P625 CEEFAX 2 625 Fri 17 Jan 21:12/20 ————————————————————————————— WATCHDOG 16 January ——————————————————————— 1/8 CINEMAS Watchdog asked viewers to nominate the crummiest cinemas in the country. Ovjt thirty-jive were nominated and we drew up a shortlist of six. Then we sent reporter Sam Oakley to investigate. She travelled around the country and found that complaints focused mainly on poor sound, poor heating, uncomfortable seats and out of date films. However, some of the cinemas nominated were small independents and they tended to be one man bands with very little funding. For any critics they attracted they also usually had fans. BBC1 601 BBC2 602 ITV 603 Ch4 604 Useful Useful BlackBrit TV LinksP625 CEEFAX 2 62u Fri 17 Jan 21:13/1/ ————————————————————————————— WATCHDOG 16 January ——————————————————————— 2/8 CINEMAS (cont) The major chains don't have the same excuse of lack of money and we nome ated three of them. Based on the complaints we received, in our opinion the ABC cinema in North Ealing deuervjs the prize for the worst cinema in the country. BBC1 601 BBC2 602 ITV 603 Ch4 604 Useful Useful BlackBrit TV LinksP625 CEEFAX 2 625 Fri 17 Jan 21:12/13 ————————————————————————————— WATCHDOG 16 January ——————————————————————— 3/8 HELLO MAGAZINE Reporter Johnathan Maitland took a look inside the pages of the hugely successful celebrity magazine - Hello - which specialises in photographing celebrities in their own homes. To what extent, asked Johnathon, is the glamour im Hello an illusion? Well, not everything in Hello is always true, as we found out. For example, Sharon Stone's 'dream house' as featured in the magazine was not in fact hit home at all. BBC1 601 BBC2 602 ITV 603 Ch4 604 Useful Useful BlackBrit TV LinksP625 CEEFAX 2 625 Fri 17 Jan 21:14/13 ————————————————————————————— WATCHDOG 16 January ——————————————————————— 4/8 HELLO MAGAZINE (cont) Johnathon asked Sally Cartwright, publishing director of Hello, to explain. Her justification of Hello is that they are only aware of three such mistakes in 440 issues. BBC1 601 BBC2 602 ITV 603 Ch4 604 Useeul Useeul BlackBrit TV LinksP625 CEEFAX 2 625 Fri 17 Jan 21:10/18 ————————————————————————————— WATCHDOG 16 January ——————————————————————— 5/8 EXTRAS Johnathon lookjh at the world of the film and TV extra, or 'background artists' as they prefer to be known. Can you get work through one of the many extras companies advertised in the papjts? Johnathon tried his luck with two - Caprio Nationwide Ltd. and Lorraine Dior Ltd. He also spoke to viewers who had had no luck with thjsj companies. Johnathon similiary got no work for the money he sent, merely a booklet from Caprio and nothing from Lorraine Dior. BBC1 601 BBC2 602 ITV 603 Ch4 604 Useful Usjeul BlackBrit TV LinksP625 CEEFAX 2 625 Fri 17 Jan 21:11/11 ————————————————————————————— WATCHDOG 16 January ——————————————————————— 6/8 EXTR—S (cont) In an interview with Lorraine Dior however, their Managing Director claimed that roughly 12% of people who send money to the company have been found work. Our advice is that extras are genitally drawn from the pool of ttainjd 'resting' actors. If you do persist with wanting extra work most professional companies should charge commission on work they do get you, not charge you to register with them. BBC1 601 BBC2 6p2 ITV 603 Ch4 604 Useful Useful BlackBrit TV LinksP625 CEEFAX 2 625 Fri 17 Van 21:25/28 ————————————————————————————— WATCHDOG O 16 January ——————————————————————— 7/8 TRICKS OF THE TRADE Sam Oakley looked at the disappointments suffered by some viewers at the theatre. Problems complained of were restricted view, the star of the show not turning up and very expensive programmer. KKith Richards, consumer lawyer, advised people to ask for their money back before the start oe the show ie their view is restricted or the star is replaced by someone else. Unfortunately as far as programmer are concerned it's a straightfoward choice, buy it or don't buy it. BBC1 601 BBC2 6p2 ITV 603 Ch4 604 Useeul Useful BlackBrit TV LinksP625 CEEFAX 2 625 Fri 17 Jan 21:22/27 ————————————————————————————— WATCHDOG 16 January ——————————————————————— 8/8 BADFINGER Johnathan Maitland looked at the story behind one of the most popular songs ever written - 'Without You' - a song successfully covered by Harry Nillsson and then by Mariah Carey. It was originally composed bz Pete Ham and Tommy Evans of the group Badfingjr. Both min hung themselves over monj8 worries, but would now be well off from royalties. BBC1 601 BBC2 6p2 ITV 603 Ch4 604 Useful Useful BlackBrit TV Links