Monday 9 March 2009

Wire news and Perry news

I hope I'm not recycling old info, but I haven't seen anyone mention this: The Wire is coming to BBC2, linky. So, if you haven't seen it yet, and you're still interested (and haven't been put off by the huge wave of hype) then you can see it for free. Great news, which comes just at the moment I pressed ' Submit' on an online order for the final (series 5) box set. I regret nothing.

I recommend the series, highly, as ever. Ignore everything about it being complex, and all in hard-to-understand lingo. It's not a forbidding artwork, it's a very entertaining TV show with lots of great characters, and great plotting, which has gone to great effort to achieve realism. And succeeded as far as I'm aware, although I've never been a cop or a drug dealer in Baltimore obviously.

Additional: as a personal rule, I don't like to use the blog for personal info, except where it concerns or affects my screenwriting, but this is a special case. My wife is expecting a baby, due at the end of August. We're very happy, and everything's looking good so far: mum is healthy and beginning to show.

This is the 'production' that is preventing my going to the Screenwriters' Festival later this year. It's a bit too soon when the little 'un will be less than two months old to be going off for a four-day festival, however useful it will undoubtedly be. Have a great time if you're going, but - you know - I wouldn't change it for the world. I'm a happy pappy.

13 comments:

Piers said...

Damn you, Perry!

Of all the excuses you could have for not going, you come up with the one reason that I shall actually forgive you for!

Unknown said...

Hey - very exciting news xxx

martin said...

Great news! And good news about the baby too, obviously ;)

Congrat! :)

Rachael Howard said...

Congratulations. Hope it is a nice cool summer for the final months.

I am one of those that completely missed the wire. Didn't see a single episode. So will check it out. Ta.

Lara said...

Congrats, Sir Perry! A bit more Perryness to run around the world! Hurrah! x

Stuart Perry said...

Thanks for your good wishes, all. Very excited!

Oli said...

Way! Good news!

Jennifer said...

Congrats - fantastic news!

Sofluid said...

Oh, wonderful news! Congratulations!

Stuart Perry said...

Ta loves!

Dan Turner said...

Congratulations Stuart, great news. D.xx

David Lemon said...

Congratulations- another little Perry!

Stuart Perry said...

David, Dan - thanks for your good wishes.