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dissolute · Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 1:47 pm Post subject: DVD commentaries

I hadn't really bothered to listen to them so far, I'm not a commentary kind of guy, but I've just listened to Cyd & Jaz discussing "Return of the Cybernauts" and it was great!

I'm going to have to go back through the sets and re-watch all the episodes that have them now.
I think the only other one I've listened to/watched was the Martin Woodhouse one, I have fond memories of Martin and wanted to hear what he had to say.[/i]
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darren · Posted: Mon Dec 05, 2011 1:12 pm Post subject:

I really enjoyed Brian Clemens on Brief for Murder and John Hough on The Morning After.

jaz · Have Fingers... Will Type! Joined: 23 Sep 2008 Posts: 394

The commentaries were fun to do and I think everyone involved enjoyed them. We did five in one day which was pretty exhausting for me but I think they were all ok.
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Rodney · Guest

The main problem with the commentaries is that if you were on the show you are now in your late 70s, or even older which makes it difficult to recall everything. At least these were done before it was too late.

jamieavenger · Nutshell Joined: 20 Sep 2010 Posts: 13

Just listened to the Peter Wyngarde commentary on Epic. Filled with bizarre, name dropping anecdotes (which Wyngarde tells with relish), that have nothing to do with the episode. Very distracting and not helped by the moderator asking for more Laurence Olivier stories...what do others think?

The rest of the commentaries so far haves been highly informative and amusing.

anti-clockwise · Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2015 6:48 am Post subject:

darren · Posted: Mon Mar 09, 2015 8:46 am Post subject:

It's just Peter Wyngarde being Peter Wyngarde - it doesn't matter how moderated, they would never have got him to focus purely on the episode. He's a fascinatingly bonkers man.

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MRotten · Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2015 9:20 am Post subject:

mousemeat · Posted: Fri May 08, 2015 9:26 am Post subject:

Lhbizness · Guest

I liked Julie Stevens' commentary on A Chorus of Frogs. She seems like a very sweet, down-to-earth person, and she had nice things to say about a very strange part of the era. She made me like Venus more.

JohnSteedFr · Posted: Fri May 08, 2015 3:13 pm Post subject:

darren · Posted: Sat May 09, 2015 1:07 am Post subject:

Julie Stevens is so lovely isn't she.

I had a similar influential change of heart for Jennifer Croxton. I couldn't stand Forbes in Killer but Jennifer was so lovely on the commentary that it softened my impression of Forbes.

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mousemeat · Posted: Sun May 24, 2015 6:55 am Post subject:

Spaceship Dispatcher · Posted: Wed Jun 10, 2015 4:34 am Post subject:

I'm just getting back into commentaries on various series, having not listened to any for a while, and the first Avengers one I listened to recently was The Winged Avenger; what a nice commentary with the writer it was too! Definitely need to catch up with some more now...