Ten Years Ago Today.

 Ten years ago today, I was in Leeds, walking around a lake. The forthcoming event was actually the subject of my very first blog post on 24th September 2013. This !

http://rabbitaway.blogspot.com/2013/09/in-seven-weeks-time-group-of-people-who.html

And here's how others were invited to join in with the event, days before, along with a bit of an explanation for it. 

https://jimcannotfixthis.blogspot.com/2013/09/time-to-walk-talk.html?view=flipcard

I won't say anymore about the matter right now. I merely wanted to tell the world, we are still here. The world, as it happens, knows we're here and it still cares. Those wanting to know more can read more of my blog posts along with Moor Larkin's. 

Tips on how best to navigate the archive of my blog : 

Read the 'web view' of any particular post. The link is at the bottom of the page. On clicking you'll see this and away you go. 

Thank you for reading this. Thank you for those pals that have been there from the start. 

"Onwards" !

How TV does 'reckonings' Part 2.

 A few days back, when I was looking for any clues about what ITV's 'The Reckoning' might contain, one of my first ports of call was imdb, which yielded nothing, thus - next stop was wikipedia, which gave me this :

OK, so I then knew that Ray Teret and Bill Cotton was being portrayed, but who were the other three playing ? Various articles appeared yesterday, including one that contained this photo.

I got it from the telegraph dated yesterday (7th October). I had to scale a wall to get it.

I now knew who those two were playing then ! I'll include another image from the article, for no other reason than that it's actually quite artistic, like an oil painting ! One must find some good even in the most terrible of places ! This is Bill Cotton, who's 'dead so he can't sue', so that's alright !

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2023/10/07/the-reckoning-bbc-review-steve-coogan-jimmy-savile/

McKay alludes to 'excellent sources' for one particulary horrible scene in TR. Naturally he does not elaborate on this.  I did check and NO, nothing in the earlier article either.  There wouldn't be would there ? 

Anyway, I'm making this short and not sweet. Here's the main things I want to convey to the reader.

1) McKay did NOT speak to Charles Hullighan, former head porter at Leeds General. Thus far, my research suggests that he died in 1995. His wife, I can find nothing on, except this ! Beryl had NOTHING to say in 2012 when the telegraph came a calling on her. Of course, it was the money angle they were chasing at the time, so that generally tightens folks' jaws. 

Beryl was singing like a canary by the time McKay got to her. But she's dead too now, so who knows what - if any weight can be applied to what he says, she said to him. 

Book ? What book I hear nobody ask ? Well, it's the one written by Dan Davies of course - the 'man who knew Jimmy Savile best' and the last piece in the : "who the hell are those three playing" wikipedia casting jigsaw puzzle !

Folks, I've had enough of this for now. I'll leave you with something that made me smile anyway. The description of Davies' 'reporter' character in one review ! From the independent, if you want to read the whole thing ! 

"Don't let this happen again". Now, there's a thought !

Meanwhile, back in 2011,

https://rabbitaway.blogspot.com/2014/07/just-plain-shite.html

https://rabbitaway.blogspot.com/2014/07/in-plain-sight-of-us-all-part-1.html

https://rabbitaway.blogspot.com/2014/07/in-plain-sight-of-us-all-part-2.html

This is the real Charles Hullighan.

And this is Agnes Savile on her 80th Birthday.

 

How Television Does 'Reckonings'.

 On Monday night anyone who chooses to can watch "The Reckoning". A three page article about the 'factual drama' is contained in this week's Radio Times. This is it.

Let the fact-checking begin !