[pressgang] Episode 6 - INTERFACE

[Vince Deehan]

Thanks for the positive feedback, Katta. It's very much appreciated.

I will watch your video reaction on Saturday morning. It's now part of my
Saturday
morning routine.

Vince

On Mon, Feb 21, 2022 at 5:17 PM Katarina Hjärpe <katarina.hjarpe at gmail.com>
wrote:

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>
> 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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