Great TV now that I am out of the country!

Fiona told me last night that there were two other superb pieces on TV on Tuesday.

Ewan McGregor and Charlie Boorman’s “Long Way Round”. From the Amazon.co.uk DVD review:

Long Way Round documents the adventures of film stars Ewan McGregor (Trainspotting, Moulin Rouge, Star Wars) and Charley Boorman on their 20,000 mile motor bike trip around the world. Departing from London on 14th April 2004 the pair travelled through Europe, Ukraine, Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Siberia, Alaska, Canada arriving in the USA just over 3 months later. Along the way the intrepid pair encountered Kalashnikov-toting gangsters and extreme cuisine, survived numerous motorised scrapes often whilst traversing non existent roads days from the nearest hospital and found themselves alarmingly close to a hungry grizzly bear.

[The book from the series is at Amazon.co.uk ]

The latest film from Donal Macintyre called “The Trials of Mr Lattlay Fottfoy” screened a few nights ago too.

It was also superb according to Fiona. A gay Urdu speaking wise gangster. Who woulda thunk it?

There has been an interesting development. One of the two brother featured in the film – Desmond Noonan – was stabbed a few days before the film screened.

There is speculation that his boasting in the film may have been a catalyst for the murder.

The Guardian discusses issues raised in the film: Rough Justice .
Donal Macintyre’s official website: http://www.macintyre.com .
BBC reports on the case: ‘Gangster’ Injunction overturned , Police hold Noonan suspect longer.

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