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Tonight marks the end of a radio era for me when Ian Collins<\/strong> presents his final show on TalkSPORT<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The very title of this website comes from Ian (“a bit of film detail”), whose show I started reviewing films on back in March 1999 when the station was called Talk Radio<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He was generous enough to let me come in every Friday and discuss the latest releases or interesting titles from the past.<\/p>\n

His show has gone through several incarnations, not least a station name change, various moves around the schedule and different co-presenters and producers.<\/p>\n

Aside from ‘what is your favourite film?’ the question I’m most often asked is ‘why don’t you write for ______ magazine?’.<\/p>\n

The main reason – apart from the fact that I never really pursued it – is that I prefer the medium of radio to print.<\/p>\n

I owe a great deal to Ian (and various team members down the years, some sadly no longer with us) for letting me come in and talk about films to the nation.<\/p>\n

On Monday I was on Ian’s show and we had an hour long chat<\/a> about the history of the film slot and various aspects of modern cinema, which you can listen to by clicking here<\/a>\u00a0(I have no idea why the web copy is completely wrong, but never mind).<\/p>\n

But tonight (Thursday 1st September) is his last night, so I thought I’d publish a film-related timeline of the show from 1999-2011, which includes world events, some random things that happened, notable and quirky film stuff, my favourite films to be released between 1999-2011 and significant film trends of the period.<\/p>\n

A RADIO TIMELINE<\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

March 1999
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