[pressgang] Episode 6 - INTERFACE

[Katarina Hjärpe]

Den mån 21 feb. 2022 kl 14:57 skrev Vince Deehan <vince.deehan at gmail.com>:

> The very early use of the Internet, given that it was filmed in 1988, is
> pretty mind blowing. I guess it wasn’t called ‘The Internet’ at that time.
> I’m no expert, but I am guessing the technology they are using had been
> around for quite some time for use by scientists and computer boffins and
> high tech industries, but had only recently started to be available to the
> public?
>

I think it was called the Internet, because when I was doing a study among
online fans around 2000 and asked them how many of them had been around
before the Internet, I got lectured about how old the Internet was. I've
forgotten how old it was, though! :-)



>
> The e-mail was from Steven Moffat himself, thanking me for the kind
> words! As you can imagine, I nearly fell off my chair with excitement!! The
> absolute wonder of e-mail and the Internet! Connecting me with The Man
> himself!  Anyway, I digress.
>

That's awesome!


>
> To be totally honest with you, the whole Press Gang obsession really
> started as a very effective diversion from dealing with my sexuality, which
> I just couldn’t handle at all or even remotely start to come to terms
> with. Once I got hooked on the show, around 1991 when I was 21,  after some
> repeats were shown between series 2 and series 3, I was watching it almost
> every day for the next 5 years or maybe more. Well into my mid 20s. It was
> a safe place for me and a fictional world I was very happy to disappear
> into, as the real world was proving very difficult for me to navigate at
> the time. I wonder if anyone else can relate to this?  Apologies if I have
> over-shared. I know it’s not my usual style.
>

Thank you for sharing! I think a lot of us had trouble coming to terms with
our sexuality, though I was a bit younger than you when I came out (22).
I'm glad it worked out for you in the end!


>
> Does anyone else here have a copy of The Press Gang Programme Guide?  It’s
> a brilliant book which was published in 1995 and written by Jim Sangster,
> Stephen O’Brien and Steve Lyons.  Are any of these chaps on the mailing
> list? It’s really fantastic and has lots of inside facts and
>
> Interesting comments.
>

I have the programme guide! I remember that it was fairly cheap to buy, but
they wanted it paid in international cheques, which cost more than the book
itself! The guy at the bank told me, "You'd be better off putting the money
in an envelope!" But I didn't dare to do that, so I paid the extra sum.


>
> I notice that there is no sign or mention of Billy’s Mum. This is quite a
> common thread throughout Press Gang. Parents are rarely mentioned and
> hardly ever seen, and when they are seen it’s usually just one parent.
> I’m thinking of Lynda’s Mum. We never see her Dad.
>
> Spike’s Mum appears in a later series. We often hear about his Dad, but I
> don’t think we ever see an actor playing his Dad. Or do we? Is any of this
> significant or is it just one less actor to be cast and paid for?
>

I don't think so – but it reminds me that when I saw the show Misfits, I
commented that Nathan was "like an R-rated Spike Thomson", and a few
episodes later Dexter showed up playing his dad!

As for my own reaction, it's now up here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1yjEGiiuxQ8C3JLSx_qE6DEn_FUjHCV8W/view?usp=sharing

I still haven't finished the shorter youtube version of ep 5, but plan on
doing it soon!

Katta
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