tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post3047046221424925500..comments2024-02-13T10:20:04.888+00:00Comments on David Hepworth's blog: "The Knowledge"David Hepworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05973053694541321308noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-35022222909754673262008-08-14T15:14:00.000+01:002008-08-14T15:14:00.000+01:00I recently got a taxie from Dublin airport; gave t...I recently got a taxie from Dublin airport; gave the the driver my destination; he promptly inputted the destination into his sat/nav and got me to my address. No local knowledge was necessary.<BR/><BR/>Time marches on, I suppose.Sean McAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870957353898319860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-72234982070250933092008-07-29T13:19:00.000+01:002008-07-29T13:19:00.000+01:00Totally disagree with you there Mr Hepworth. Thes...Totally disagree with you there Mr Hepworth. These days, commissioning editors are only looking for big subjects, with scale... the 'grenade in the schedule' or the thing that's 'like climbing the north face of the Eiger'.<BR/><BR/>A drama about people learning to become cab drivers, with no life & death jeopardy, no Zeitgeist-surfing point to prove about society today? Fuggedaboutit.matt_r_phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07071616449387186783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-67525482849499477512008-07-29T10:31:00.000+01:002008-07-29T10:31:00.000+01:00Actually, maybe I could. I haven't seen "The Knowl...Actually, maybe I could. I haven't seen "The Knowledge" since it was first broadcast and was struck by the fact that it was just like a straight-down-the-line piece of popular entertainment, corny theme song and all. I think if anyone did it nowadays it would be the BBC and it would be a bit more pretentious. And it would be a series.David Hepworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03541581777824775884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-7231259054112847832008-07-29T08:57:00.000+01:002008-07-29T08:57:00.000+01:00Could you imagine ITV showing anything as intellig...Could you imagine ITV showing anything as intelligent as the Knowledge nowadays?Blackacrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15808024417861534968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-78254492326272243682008-07-28T14:33:00.000+01:002008-07-28T14:33:00.000+01:00My old man was a black cab driver before he ran aw...My old man was a black cab driver before he ran away to join the theatre and apparently passed The Knowledge in a record time. I think I'm more proud of that than I am that he used to work with Larry Olivier.londonleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08431179744928331353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-89499689052490081542008-07-28T09:42:00.000+01:002008-07-28T09:42:00.000+01:00I'm as prone to romanticising the past as anyone, ...I'm as prone to romanticising the past as anyone, Dave, but there were three TV channels in 1979, not two. (You're right though, of course, everybody did watch The Knowledge. I mainly remember the bit where Hawthorne puts two pencils up his nose.)Andrew Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16968231919253150433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-64450707654337446182008-07-28T01:00:00.000+01:002008-07-28T01:00:00.000+01:00A good blog.Nice to see your blog.A good blog.<BR/>Nice to see your blog.Cahyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04595006218166332219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-45278643135579763332008-07-27T18:40:00.000+01:002008-07-27T18:40:00.000+01:00The Knowledge was brilliant – particularly for Lon...The Knowledge was brilliant – particularly for Londoners of a certain vintage – but the most frutrating thing last night was the repeated Modern Times doc from 1996 afterwards which followed a determined beaky-nosed ex-con who was doing the Knowledge and constantly getting knocked back. If any doc was crying out for an update it was this one. Did he make it? Did he stay on the straight and narrow? Has anyone ever had him in the front of their taxi?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-66844077779624956492008-07-27T15:41:00.000+01:002008-07-27T15:41:00.000+01:00Am I right in thinking that Mini-cab drivers take ...Am I right in thinking that Mini-cab drivers take 'The Ignorance?'<BR/><BR/>It's much quicker and merely involves an ability to swear and make racist remarks in at least four languages, whilst wearing a brown nylon short stinking of stale acrid BO.Charlie Mingleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13863983502944581596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38548109.post-90304677553566217102008-07-27T12:48:00.000+01:002008-07-27T12:48:00.000+01:00Mornington Crescent!Erm, actually that's a differe...Mornington Crescent!<BR/><BR/>Erm, actually that's a different skillset, isn't it? Sorry - just couldn't help myself.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14029131747151415931noreply@blogger.com