Another Steve Bell classic in The Guardian
Posted: February 29, 2012 Filed under: General | Tags: cartoon, Steve Bell, the guardian Leave a comment »
Steve Bell on good form
Looking after an old horse from the cops stable is perfectly ok.
Mrs Brooks will I am sure will have more to worry about than hacking across the Oxfordshire countryside!
Keep up the good work Steve….
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US drama Homeland hitting UK screens in February
Posted: February 13, 2012 Filed under: General | Tags: Al-Qaeda, Channel 4, Claire Danes, Damian Lewis, Hatufim, Homeland, TV, war on terror Leave a comment »
Homeland, the US drama is to hit UK screens on Channel 4 from February 19th.
Having had the chance to watch the series in the US, this is certainly worth making time for. An intelligent psychological drama focusing upon the return home of a combat marine sergeant that has spent eight years held captive by Al-Qaeda in Iraq.
Damian Lewis stars as Nicolas Brody, a US Marine platoon sergeant who was rescued by Delta Force on a raid in Iraq. The main plot centres around what has happened to Brody during all those years held by the enemy, with CIA operations officer Carrie Mathison played by Claire Danes, suspecting that the marine has been ‘turned’ by Al-Qaeda.
Mathison, an experienced field agent, is convinced that from the moment Brody is debriefed back home in the US after a hero’s welcome he isn’t what he seems. Mathison is still living with mistakes she made in the past, so doesn’t want to miss anything this time.
This is a complex story, which for some may seem implausible or too hard to contemplate; an enemy from within. One of their own who now wants to destroy the US and all that it stands for.
The story is based upon the Israeli story Hatufim (‘Abducted’ in English) created by Gideon Raff, so drama based upon what could happen to a soldier in this very situation.
