Pilot Episode

Monday, September 4th 1978.

School begins on this day for those who are still at school.  Those at CCAT will be drifting in over the next two weeks (their term begins on Monday 18th).

The University term will begin on Monday 2nd October but the students who fill the halls over July and August have been shooed back home to Des Moines or Neunkirchen or Freemantle to make way for the Students, who will drift in from now until then as they wish.  University staff, of course, begin today.

There are two commercial Cinemas in town, currently showing Days of Heaven, The Silent Partner, The Paper Chase and Thank God It's Friday.

The Art Cinema is showing Derek Jarman's punk Masterpiece, Jubilee starring Adam Ant, Toyah, Jordan, Little Nell frolicking in the ruins of Buckingham Palace to a 'Punk' Soundtrack that includes Adam and the Ants, Chelsea SS, Bethnal amid other more obscure bands.

Number one in the Charts is Three Times A Lady by the Commodores.

12 Days to the full moon.

Monday September 11th 1978

This week the Arts Cinema will be showing The Chess Players directed by Sayajit Ray.  This is the first ever showing of this film in the UK.

On television, this week's episode of The Professionals ('In The Public Interest') has Bodie and Doyle intervening after the Chief Constable has turned an unnamed city into a virtual police state, reducing the crime rate to zero except for the crimes committed by the police in denying the young their civil rights.

Meanwhile at the ABC on Regent Street, the main film is Grease starring John Travolta and Olivia Newton John.

5 days to the full moon

Saturday, 16th September 1978

The commercial cinemas are showing Animal House and the Ralph Bakshi film, Lord of the Rings but the Arts Cinema is showing a schlock horror called "I Spit on Your Grave" against the protests of Mary Whitehouse and her band of freelance censors.

NIGHT OF THE FULL MOON