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Caught about 10 minutes of a C4 documentary last night about the Mini Pops (A programme where kids dressed up and sang pop tunes of the time - quite disturbing). Anyway, the director of this "show" was a Mike Mansfield. Yep, I checked my Wake video for the the credits - he's the producer for that as well :eek:
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...maybe theres some old archive footage hidden away somewhere of the minipops covering 'driven like the snow'........
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I would think they got Mike Mansfield thanks to his work on Supersonic rather than any other interests he may have had...
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Mike Mansfield was ITVs no I Pop TV director and in many ways he was quite innovatave, I mean supersonic was far better telly thatn Top of th ePops was at the time.
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allfear wrote:Mike Mansfield was ITVs no I Pop TV director and in many ways he was quite innovatave, I mean supersonic was far better telly thatn Top of th ePops was at the time.
Maybe, but did you see Whatever Happened To The Mini Pops? I can't remember the program at all, but the performances looked ominous and just a little bit creepy.

I must apologise for my spelling and typing earlier this morning - the caffine hadn't kicked in :lol:
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If it was a fight Minipops would win, because they're bigger than Andrew. :innocent:
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Mike Mansfield was an arse!
all his TV shows sucked and he ruined Wake, all IMO, of course
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I remember the minipops as basically being a really crap kids tv show, i got the docco on tape but havent watched it yet, and i actualyl relly like the way wake was shot and filmed.

Im et some of the crew as well as they work for a company called roll to record who do big brother!
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James Blast wrote:Mike Mansfield was an arse!
all his TV shows sucked and he ruined Wake, all IMO, of course
If he was the one responsible for all the silly filmic effects on Wake, I'm with Blast.

He ought to be stabbed. :twisted:
Put their heads on f*cking pikes in front of the venue for all I care.
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saw the first half hour of that minipops documentary last night :o

had to turn it off as it was just too awful :urff:

the "gender benders" one the night before about new romantics and the blitz club was great though, even if steve strange and marylin were completely screwed! a proper case of my drug hell :urff: :|
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canon docre wrote:
James Blast wrote:Mike Mansfield was an arse!
all his TV shows sucked and he ruined Wake, all IMO, of course
If he was the one responsible for all the silly filmic effects on Wake, I'm with Blast.

He ought to be stabbed. :twisted:
yup, t'was him Jess and a proper stabbing is in order
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Quiff Boy wrote:saw the first half hour of that minipops documentary last night :o

had to turn it off as it was just too awful :urff:
I thought it was hilarious and disturbing. The best bit being the end, when everyone involved was shown some of the more incriminating footage. Those who'd insisted it had all just been clean innocent fun looked on in disbelief at the sight of a 7-year-old in makeup and scanty nightie performing '9 to 5'. That shut them up.
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