Richard Luck
@rmgluck2017.bsky.social
Writer/editor. Substack: As Luck Would Have It (https://richardluck.substack.com/publish/home)
For no particular reason, here's a young Liz Hurley and a positively fresh-faced Richard E Grant in an ad I'm sure they'd both like to forget. www.youtube.com/watch?v=d50I...
Schweppes Tonic Ad
YouTube video by VHS Video vault
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November 22, 2025 at 1:04 PM
For no particular reason, here's a young Liz Hurley and a positively fresh-faced Richard E Grant in an ad I'm sure they'd both like to forget. www.youtube.com/watch?v=d50I...
Remembering Robert Addie who died far too young on this day in 2003. His Guy of Gisburne is a key reason Robin Of Sherwood trumps all other Robin Hood adaptations.
November 20, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Remembering Robert Addie who died far too young on this day in 2003. His Guy of Gisburne is a key reason Robin Of Sherwood trumps all other Robin Hood adaptations.
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In the latest edition of @thenewworldmag.bsky.social, I celebrate the life of French rugby union great Christophe Dominici. www.thenewworld.co.uk/richard-luck...
Christophe Dominici, the titan on the rugby field
A pacy and ferocious player, disappointments weren’t uncommon throughout the Frenchman's life. Nor was depression
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November 19, 2025 at 9:53 AM
In the latest edition of @thenewworldmag.bsky.social, I celebrate the life of French rugby union great Christophe Dominici. www.thenewworld.co.uk/richard-luck...
Forget Hitler's DNA - I've got the receipt for the last time he visited C&A!
November 19, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Forget Hitler's DNA - I've got the receipt for the last time he visited C&A!
In the latest edition of @thenewworldmag.bsky.social, I celebrate the life of French rugby union great Christophe Dominici. www.thenewworld.co.uk/richard-luck...
Christophe Dominici, the titan on the rugby field
A pacy and ferocious player, disappointments weren’t uncommon throughout the Frenchman's life. Nor was depression
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 9:53 AM
In the latest edition of @thenewworldmag.bsky.social, I celebrate the life of French rugby union great Christophe Dominici. www.thenewworld.co.uk/richard-luck...
On what would have been David Hemmings' birthday, a FREE Substack post re: the time I met the great man on a film set in Sydney... richardluck.substack.com/p/a-life-nea...
A Life Near Film: Lighting Up With David Hemmings
Meeting 'Mr Sixties' at a studio in Sydney remains a highlight of what I continue to insist on calling a career.
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November 18, 2025 at 3:56 PM
On what would have been David Hemmings' birthday, a FREE Substack post re: the time I met the great man on a film set in Sydney... richardluck.substack.com/p/a-life-nea...
Remembering James Coburn who died #onthisday in 2002.
November 18, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Remembering James Coburn who died #onthisday in 2002.
Since today should have been his birthday, here's a FREE Substack piece on Peter Cook's big-screen excursions... #petercook richardluck.substack.com/p/peter-cook...
Peter Cook - A Laugh In Film
Surveying the king of satire's weird but wonderful movie career.
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November 17, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Since today should have been his birthday, here's a FREE Substack piece on Peter Cook's big-screen excursions... #petercook richardluck.substack.com/p/peter-cook...
Remembering Peter Cook who was born on this day in 1937.
November 17, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Remembering Peter Cook who was born on this day in 1937.
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Just noticed that yesterday marked the tenth anniversary of Saeed Jaffrey's death. Here's a short FREE Substack piece on my encounter with the man who will always be The Man Who Would Be King's Billy Fish... richardluck.substack.com/p/when-me-an...
When Me And Billy Fish Watched The Man Who Would Be King
There's nothing like seeing a favourite film in the company of one of the stars.
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November 16, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Just noticed that yesterday marked the tenth anniversary of Saeed Jaffrey's death. Here's a short FREE Substack piece on my encounter with the man who will always be The Man Who Would Be King's Billy Fish... richardluck.substack.com/p/when-me-an...
Just noticed that yesterday marked the tenth anniversary of Saeed Jaffrey's death. Here's a short FREE Substack piece on my encounter with the man who will always be The Man Who Would Be King's Billy Fish... richardluck.substack.com/p/when-me-an...
When Me And Billy Fish Watched The Man Who Would Be King
There's nothing like seeing a favourite film in the company of one of the stars.
richardluck.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Just noticed that yesterday marked the tenth anniversary of Saeed Jaffrey's death. Here's a short FREE Substack piece on my encounter with the man who will always be The Man Who Would Be King's Billy Fish... richardluck.substack.com/p/when-me-an...
On the anniversary of his death, a FREE Substack piece celebrating the remarkable life of Patrick Edlinger, the Frenchman who introduced the world to free climbing... richardluck.substack.com/p/le-blond-t...
Le Blond - The Ballad Of Patrick Edlinger
My admiration for mountaineers might have something to do with my own fear of heights. Here I celebrate the gravity-defying Frenchman who introduced the world to the thrills of free climbing.
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November 16, 2025 at 9:53 AM
On the anniversary of his death, a FREE Substack piece celebrating the remarkable life of Patrick Edlinger, the Frenchman who introduced the world to free climbing... richardluck.substack.com/p/le-blond-t...
A nice surprise find on Tubi, Peter Watkins' Punishment Park. tubitv.com/movies/10002...
Punishment Park (1971)
Follows a film crew and their coverage of soldiers escorting anti-establishment types across the desert to participate in a game for their freedom.
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November 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
A nice surprise find on Tubi, Peter Watkins' Punishment Park. tubitv.com/movies/10002...
Another brilliant Richard Burton-related gift courtesy of the BBC iPlayer. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
The Richard Burton Diaries
Documentary revealing the contents of hellraising Welsh actor Richard Burton's diaries, providing a unique opportunity to reassess the man behind the myth.
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November 14, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Another brilliant Richard Burton-related gift courtesy of the BBC iPlayer. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Nice that he had a bag to hand so he could take it home with him.
November 14, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Nice that he had a bag to hand so he could take it home with him.
Many happy returns, Paul McGann.
November 14, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Many happy returns, Paul McGann.
With Louis Malle's Damage now available on Amazon Prime, here's a FREE Substack post on the film, the unusual way in which it was financed and Jeremy Irons' incendiary leading turn... richardluck.substack.com/p/damage-und...
Damage - Under Review
A transgressive sex thriller funded by the National Lottery. Oh, how I miss the 1990s...
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November 13, 2025 at 9:26 AM
With Louis Malle's Damage now available on Amazon Prime, here's a FREE Substack post on the film, the unusual way in which it was financed and Jeremy Irons' incendiary leading turn... richardluck.substack.com/p/damage-und...
Delighted to see that Charles Burnett's Killer Of Sheep is being shown at the @BFI this weekend. By way of an introduction to the man and his movie, here's a FREE Substack post... richardluck.substack.com/p/charles-bu...
Charles Burnett - Unsung American Film Hero
The man who made cinema available to a whole new audience on his landmark debut movie, Killer Of Sheep.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Delighted to see that Charles Burnett's Killer Of Sheep is being shown at the @BFI this weekend. By way of an introduction to the man and his movie, here's a FREE Substack post... richardluck.substack.com/p/charles-bu...
Delighted to hear that The Battle Of Algiers will be screened at the 2026 @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social. Here's a FREE Substack piece about why this is a retrospective worth looking forward to... richardluck.substack.com/p/guerrillas...
Guerrillas In Our Midst: The Battle Of Algiers
Gillo Pontecorvo changed cinema forever with his Academy Award-nominated docu-drama. But the Italian filmmaker also shaped the future in ways he couldn't possibly have predicted...
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November 11, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Delighted to hear that The Battle Of Algiers will be screened at the 2026 @glasgowfilmfest.bsky.social. Here's a FREE Substack piece about why this is a retrospective worth looking forward to... richardluck.substack.com/p/guerrillas...
Lovely to hear Helen Sharman being interviewed on Radio 5 this morning. Had the pleasure of chatting to our first Cosmonaut a few years back. Here's the piece in question... richardluck.substack.com/p/talking-ga...
Talking Galactic Gastronomy With Cosmonaut Helen Sharman
In space, no one can eat ice scream. Except the Americans...
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November 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Lovely to hear Helen Sharman being interviewed on Radio 5 this morning. Had the pleasure of chatting to our first Cosmonaut a few years back. Here's the piece in question... richardluck.substack.com/p/talking-ga...
Now available on the BBC iPlayer, Mr Burton. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Mr Burton
Film biopic about the power of an inspirational teacher and how talent can sometimes transcend the circumstances in which it is found.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Now available on the BBC iPlayer, Mr Burton. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Just learnt of Lee Tamahori's passing. A career that yielded Once Were Warriors is worthy of acknowledgement.
November 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Just learnt of Lee Tamahori's passing. A career that yielded Once Were Warriors is worthy of acknowledgement.
And with Quiz Show on Great! TV from 9pm, here's my piece for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social about American TV's first great scandal...
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Called in to question: The show that brought TV into disrepute
RICHARD LUCK looks back at one of the greatest and most defining scandals of the TV age. Among this year's most anticipated dramas is ITV's Quiz. Starring
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November 8, 2025 at 10:57 AM
And with Quiz Show on Great! TV from 9pm, here's my piece for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social about American TV's first great scandal...
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Another FREE Substack post and the 100 has a new entry - Michael Apted's The Squeeze... richardluck.substack.com/p/100-the-sq...
100 -The Squeeze
When '70s British TV crime drama hit the big screen.
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November 7, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Another FREE Substack post and the 100 has a new entry - Michael Apted's The Squeeze... richardluck.substack.com/p/100-the-sq...
On the anniversary of his passing, a FREE Substack piece on my idiosyncratic relationship with Steve McQueen...
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Me And Steve McQueen
This year almost saw me rekindle my relationship with the 'King of Cool'. Almost.
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November 7, 2025 at 9:25 AM
On the anniversary of his passing, a FREE Substack piece on my idiosyncratic relationship with Steve McQueen...
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