In his latest podcast/interview, host and screenwriter Stuart Wright talks to writer Nick Triplow about his new book Getting Carter: Ted Lewis and the Birth of Brit Noir, which is out now from No Exit Press: https://www.noexit.co.uk/index1.php?imprint=1&isbn=&ebookid=1689
The story of Ted Lewis carries historical and cultural resonances for our own troubled times. Get Carter are two words to bring a smile of fond recollection to all British film lovers of a certain age. The cinema classic was based on a book called Jack’s Return Home, and many commentators agree contemporary British crime writing began with that novel. The influence of both book and film is strong to this day, reflected in the work of David Peace, Jake Arnott and a host of contemporary crime & noir authors. But what of the man who wrote this seminal work? Ted Lewis is...
The story of Ted Lewis carries historical and cultural resonances for our own troubled times. Get Carter are two words to bring a smile of fond recollection to all British film lovers of a certain age. The cinema classic was based on a book called Jack’s Return Home, and many commentators agree contemporary British crime writing began with that novel. The influence of both book and film is strong to this day, reflected in the work of David Peace, Jake Arnott and a host of contemporary crime & noir authors. But what of the man who wrote this seminal work? Ted Lewis is...
- 7/13/2021
- by Stuart Wright
- Nerdly
The actor’s ruined handsomeness was perfect for his portrayal of a psychopathically violent gangster in this classic 1971 thriller
Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais are renowned for small-screen comic masterpieces such as Porridge and The Likely Lads, but in 1971 they scripted the deadly serious and horribly gripping London crime picture Villain, now rereleased on Blu-ray. It’s an extremely lairy and tasty piece of work in which Richard Burton gave one of his best, most lip-smackingly gruesome performances: this film’s easily as good as the far better known Get Carter with Michael Caine, released that same year.
Villain is based on the novel The Burden of Proof from pulp author James Barlow, reportedly an inspiration for Jake Arnott’s The Long Firm. Producer Elliot Krasner had originally commissioned a treatment from Hollywood actor-writer Al Lettieri, (who played the drug lord Virgil Sollozzo in The Godfather), but Clement and...
Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais are renowned for small-screen comic masterpieces such as Porridge and The Likely Lads, but in 1971 they scripted the deadly serious and horribly gripping London crime picture Villain, now rereleased on Blu-ray. It’s an extremely lairy and tasty piece of work in which Richard Burton gave one of his best, most lip-smackingly gruesome performances: this film’s easily as good as the far better known Get Carter with Michael Caine, released that same year.
Villain is based on the novel The Burden of Proof from pulp author James Barlow, reportedly an inspiration for Jake Arnott’s The Long Firm. Producer Elliot Krasner had originally commissioned a treatment from Hollywood actor-writer Al Lettieri, (who played the drug lord Virgil Sollozzo in The Godfather), but Clement and...
- 3/26/2020
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
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A new Fourth Doctor story is coming out this summer, written by A. L. Kennedy (Day; The Blue Book). Fans may remember Kennedy writing The Death Pit, a short story originally released as an ebook but collected together with the work of other writers (including Jenny Colgan, Cecelia Ahern, and Jake Arnott) in the Time Trips anthology....
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A new Fourth Doctor story is coming out this summer, written by A. L. Kennedy (Day; The Blue Book). Fans may remember Kennedy writing The Death Pit, a short story originally released as an ebook but collected together with the work of other writers (including Jenny Colgan, Cecelia Ahern, and Jake Arnott) in the Time Trips anthology....
The post Will The Drosten’s Curse Expand The Death Pit? appeared first on Kasterborous Doctor Who News and Reviews.
- 4/16/2015
- by Philip Bates
- Kasterborous.com
A new collection of Doctor Who short stories features a "hidden" Twelfth Doctor tale.
Doctor Who: Time Trips Collection from BBC Books features several stories previously published as eBooks last year, alongside the new story cleverly hidden in its dust jacket.
"At turns frightening and funny, poignant and gripping, the Time Trips stories journey from Ancient Alexandria and 16th Century England to mysterious planets in the distant future, and feature Doctors from across the history of the programme," said the publishers.
The book is available from March 5 in hardback and is priced at £20.
The contents of Time Trips are as follows:
The Death Pit by Al Kennedy (Fourth Doctor)
Into the Nowhere by Jenny T Colgan (Eleventh Doctor)
Keeping up with the Joneses by Nick Harkaway (Tenth Doctor)
Salt of the Earth by Trudi Canavan (Third Doctor)
A Handful of Stardust by Jake Arnott (Sixth Doctor)
The Bog Warrior...
Doctor Who: Time Trips Collection from BBC Books features several stories previously published as eBooks last year, alongside the new story cleverly hidden in its dust jacket.
"At turns frightening and funny, poignant and gripping, the Time Trips stories journey from Ancient Alexandria and 16th Century England to mysterious planets in the distant future, and feature Doctors from across the history of the programme," said the publishers.
The book is available from March 5 in hardback and is priced at £20.
The contents of Time Trips are as follows:
The Death Pit by Al Kennedy (Fourth Doctor)
Into the Nowhere by Jenny T Colgan (Eleventh Doctor)
Keeping up with the Joneses by Nick Harkaway (Tenth Doctor)
Salt of the Earth by Trudi Canavan (Third Doctor)
A Handful of Stardust by Jake Arnott (Sixth Doctor)
The Bog Warrior...
- 2/24/2015
- Digital Spy
Review Andrew Blair 3 Apr 2014 - 13:44
Could A Handful of Stardust be the best of the Time Trips ebooks to date? Here's Andrew's review...
This review contains spoilers.
Jake Arnott – of The Long Firm and He Kills Coppers fame – brings together the Sixth Doctor, Peri, and John Dee in the most fun adventure the Time Trips range has seen.
This is a romp, a colourful and deliberately Ye Olde Speaky one at that. You can practically hear The Devil's Gallop playing between chapters. It feels like the Sixth Doctor and Peri have found themselves in a Tenth Doctor pseudo-historical, smuggling in educational tidbits amongst the tales of doomed races, heretical astronomy and evil men with goatees.
As is traditional, the Master's plan could've worked perfectly if he hadn't got the Doctor involved. He could've just helped himself to the necessary equipment and sodded off without attracting any attention. Unusually, he...
Could A Handful of Stardust be the best of the Time Trips ebooks to date? Here's Andrew's review...
This review contains spoilers.
Jake Arnott – of The Long Firm and He Kills Coppers fame – brings together the Sixth Doctor, Peri, and John Dee in the most fun adventure the Time Trips range has seen.
This is a romp, a colourful and deliberately Ye Olde Speaky one at that. You can practically hear The Devil's Gallop playing between chapters. It feels like the Sixth Doctor and Peri have found themselves in a Tenth Doctor pseudo-historical, smuggling in educational tidbits amongst the tales of doomed races, heretical astronomy and evil men with goatees.
As is traditional, the Master's plan could've worked perfectly if he hadn't got the Doctor involved. He could've just helped himself to the necessary equipment and sodded off without attracting any attention. Unusually, he...
- 4/3/2014
- by sarahd
- Den of Geek
Review Andrew Blair 9 Dec 2013 - 06:12
A new series of Doctor Who ebooks kicks off with A.L. Kennedy's The Death Pit.
The Doctor Who ebook range continues with this new series – Time Trips – led by this entry from Scottish literary author A.L. Kennedy. We're going to be seeing short stories set across multiple incarnations from a variety of authors, including Joanne Harris, Jenny Colgan, Nick Harkaway, Trudi Canavan, Jake Arnott, and Cecilia Aherne. So, there's an interesting range for you. Allow me to slightly undermine any excitement you may feel by informing you that this first story is not good.
Kennedy's tale begins with a very Doctor Who clash between horror and comedy, a grotesque but scientifically-detailed death sequence written in child-like and child-friendly prose. You can tell Kennedy has read one or two Target novels in her time (and drops in references to The Invasion of Time and...
A new series of Doctor Who ebooks kicks off with A.L. Kennedy's The Death Pit.
The Doctor Who ebook range continues with this new series – Time Trips – led by this entry from Scottish literary author A.L. Kennedy. We're going to be seeing short stories set across multiple incarnations from a variety of authors, including Joanne Harris, Jenny Colgan, Nick Harkaway, Trudi Canavan, Jake Arnott, and Cecilia Aherne. So, there's an interesting range for you. Allow me to slightly undermine any excitement you may feel by informing you that this first story is not good.
Kennedy's tale begins with a very Doctor Who clash between horror and comedy, a grotesque but scientifically-detailed death sequence written in child-like and child-friendly prose. You can tell Kennedy has read one or two Target novels in her time (and drops in references to The Invasion of Time and...
- 12/6/2013
- by sarahd
- Den of Geek
He spent five years on a script and then walked away. He was thrown off a publicity tour for ruining The Road's Oscar chances. Writer Joe Penhall tells Mark Lawson why truculence works
Childbirth is a common metaphor for artistic creation and, in the recent experience of the dramatist Joe Penhall, the two have blurred. "One night, I said to my wife: 'Guess what? I've just finished a play.' And she said: 'Guess what? I'm pregnant."
The child was their first, a son; the play, his ninth, is Haunted Child, opening at the Royal Court in London next week. As Penhall wryly notes, these days the gestation of a theatre production is somewhat longer than a pregnancy (because of waiting for stages, actors and directors to become free), and while waiting for Haunted Child to drop, there was time for a second son and another play. Birthday will...
Childbirth is a common metaphor for artistic creation and, in the recent experience of the dramatist Joe Penhall, the two have blurred. "One night, I said to my wife: 'Guess what? I've just finished a play.' And she said: 'Guess what? I'm pregnant."
The child was their first, a son; the play, his ninth, is Haunted Child, opening at the Royal Court in London next week. As Penhall wryly notes, these days the gestation of a theatre production is somewhat longer than a pregnancy (because of waiting for stages, actors and directors to become free), and while waiting for Haunted Child to drop, there was time for a second son and another play. Birthday will...
- 11/30/2011
- by Mark Lawson
- The Guardian - Film News
CANNES -- Executives of the newly revamped FilmFour, the movie department of the United Kingdom's Channel 4, jetted into Cannes to reveal details of their production and development slate Thursday. The new-look company, headed by Tessa Ross, has eight titles on its development slate. Titles include an adaptation of Jake Arnott's novel He Kills Coppers, penned by television writer Simon Burke (White Teeth). Currently in the early stages of development, the movie will be produced by indie producer Nik Powell but has no director or cast attached at present. The slate also includes a project from TV writer and director Penny Woolcock (The Principles of Lust) titled Twist. Billed as a thriller set in the seedy underbelly of the gambling world, it will be produced by indie production outfit Company Pictures.
- 5/16/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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