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Channel 4. various dates and times ’ ‘ “ ‘ ‘ Obviously sick and tired of BBC3 taking most of the credit for giving new : ° ' : H ' " ' writers a real shot at small screen glory, Channel 4 have taken up the r z w‘. r . ' 2 .
cudgel big style with documentary strand First Cut and now Coming Up. a :". v ' ’ .: z» ' 1 _ 1 season of mini-dramas from emerging filmmakers. According to the '1 t , :. rt» '1" :nr 3 LM' . " z z' ‘ channel‘s website, their initial aim for Coming Up was to encourage : ’ .- .1‘ . 1'»: m, r :l :w: : .° ' w :' , w? ' H “ "~ dramas with ‘bold ideas‘, ‘strong voices‘. ‘originality‘, ‘ambition’ and ‘wit’. .i' .:~:’ ‘ ' : :7 r . :, at, .t' a ' ' w z; .1
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In Imprints (Channel 4. Thu 29 Nov. 12.05am O. )Neve McIntosh and "Ii-Y‘T? \ an. t .‘. t? My" rt. E ' -; M :; ' ' . 1' ‘ Neil Dudgeon play patient and doctor after the former wakes up in the rain \:.:" w .: ' ». :-- :w " " w °' :-- "' 2' with severe amnesia. The good doc’s technique to drag life back into her A ' ~- '1 z : v- z n ~ w z» 1' : mind is to touch her up and pretend it didn‘t happen. Or maybe he just ‘w ' ' L. .. / a , wants to touch her up. Either way, he is caught with his pants down at the " This is Civilisation In .' w end and we are none the wiser. A Man in a Box (Mon 10 Dec, 12.20am .1 r; .-.' ' .’ 0.. . : ;' Hi. 00 ) displays a modicum of wit in the true-ish tale of obsessive " v: g' ~' " .-.' ' w- r . autograph hunters who go to inexplicable lengths to nab the signatures of ’ A ..: ~ ~ ' " ’ , .1 ; Va". A -' w . " :~ Status Quo and David Essex. 2.. .-.r .» -. :7 ,'
99,100 (Thu 13 Dec. 12.05am COO ) does at least leave some kind of :--: k t ' :1 ' z . .' impact on the senses with its story of two Irish kids who seek solace from " -- : I ;' : ' 2' a ' :"' ; their tough home lives in the shape of an abandoned ice cream van. Even :: .‘ " ~- ’ :" ’ "r " ' then their idyll is shattered when they discover a mystery man trapped 1’ 2 ~ ' " .'. '. 2' 2 among the choc ices. While it‘s hard to knock Channel 4 for trying, their :" ' : " ' ' :l -- : .' reputation for bringing along new talent is on the line if Coming Up is the ' 1 f 1 :-- ‘ . ;' «,- best they can do. (Brian Donaldson) t_.f °'~ 71w "' -- w: a 1»- :21
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