Since the start of 2013, BBC2 have been showing double bills of old RKO movies on Saturday and Sunday mornings, starting at around 6am. They’re hidden in the schedules, but have included some gems, some turkeys and even some TV premieres.
I can only assume the BBC has finally decided to exploit this rich archive of early films! So far we have had westerns, musicals (two with Frank Sinatra), dramas (several with Ginger Rogers), a Hildegard Withers mystery with Edna May Oliver, and comedies (including a brace with theatre agents Alan Mowbray and Donald MacBride. We’ve had Bette Davis, Anna Neagle, Katharine Hepburn, Barbara Stanwyck and Rosalind Russell films too.
A great way to start the weekend, or to record and keep to enjoy whenever you have a spare hour or so.
Here’s more about it from the Digital Spy forum earlier in the year: http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/showthread.php?t=1777326
Thank you BBC – I hope this continues into 2014.
