Muppet Treasure Island – Mythbusters – Doctor Who – Notting Hill – 01 Jan 2010

Welcome to 2010. There’s rather a lot of recordings today, but having checked the schedule this won’t keep up. It’s the last gasp of the holidays. The first recording starts with a trails for Doctor Who and Gavin and Stacey. Then, as a kind palate-cleanser for having to watch the two Pirates of the Caribbean movies, it’s Muppet Treasure Island. As we started watching this, my daughter commented that the score sounded a bit similar to POTC and wonders if that had been inspired, or if they were both inspired by earlier Pirate movies. Then we got this credit, which sort of answers the question. The film opens with Billy Connolly as Billy Bones telling everyone about Captain Flint’s Treasure. Gonzo and Rizzo are interested. So is young Jim Hawkins, who’s played by a very young Kevin Bishop. In these days he was on Grange Hill, and it would be quite a few years before he got his own comedy show. Billy Bones is visited by Blind Pew and given a Black Spot – meaning the pirates are coming to…