Was Ken Russell on something stronger than coffee last night?

***Saturlight*** · 04-01-2007

And I don't mean drink!

The guy had to be taken aside and told to shut up by an embarrassed Davina McCall.

I am not sure what staggering Ken was shouting, but my mother reckons it was something to do with gender-bender Pete Burns' toilet habits!

**Salty25** · 04-01-2007

Whatever he said, the guys off his rocker to think anyone is going to find him even moderately interesting. The guys washed up, the reason people 'liked' John McCirick (sp) is because they've seen him on the box doing racing for C4.

**rolfw** · 04-01-2007

Salty, the guy is 79 and has done more in his life than most of us could dream of.

Do a google on his films and accreditations, he's done more of value than pretty much the rest of the house put together. Yes, he may have seen better days and I don't think that he will win it, but don't discount him as a person, he was brilliant in his time and deserves some respect for his past work.

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 KNIGHTS ON BIKES	1956	Director
AMELIA AND THE ANGEL	1958	Director/Script/Photography
PEEP SHOW	1958	Director
LOURDES	1958	Director
MONITOR: JOHN BETJEMAN: A POET IN LONDON	BBC, tx. 1/3/1959	Director
MONITOR: GORDON JACOB	BBC, tx. 29/3/1959	Director
MONITOR: GUITAR CRAZE	BBC, tx. 7/6/1959	Director
MONITOR: VARIATIONS ON A MECHANICAL THEME	BBC, tx. 27/9/1959	Director
MONITOR: SCOTTISH PAINTERS	BBC, tx. 25/10/1959	Director
MONITOR: PORTRAIT OF A GOON	BBC, tx. 16/12/1959	Director
MONITOR: MARIE RAMBERT	BBC, tx. 17/1/1960	Director
MONITOR: JOURNEY INTO A LOST WORLD (ARCHITECTURE OF ENTERTAINMENT)	BBC, tx. 28/3/1960	Director
MONITOR: CRANKS AT WORK	BBC, tx. 24/4/1960	Director
MONITOR: MINERS\\\\\\' PICNIC	BBC, tx. 3/7/1960	Director
MONITOR: SHELAGH DELANEY\\\\\\'S SALFORD	BBC, tx. 25/9/1960	Director
A HOUSE IN BAYSWATER	BBC, tx. 14/12/1960	Director
MONITOR: THE LIGHT FANTASTIC	BBC, tx. 18/12/1960	Director
MONITOR: LOTTE LENYA SINGS KURT WEILL	BBC, tx. 26/3/1961	Director
MONITOR: OLD BATTERSEA HOUSE	BBC, tx. 4/6/1961	Director
MONITOR: PROKOFIEV - PORTRAIT OF A SOVIET COMPOSER	BBC, tx. 18/6/1961	Director
MONITOR: LONDON MOODS	BBC, tx. 5/11/1961	Director
MONITOR: ANTONIO GAUDI	BBC, tx. 3/12/1961	Director
MONITOR: POP GOES THE EASEL	BBC, tx. 25/3/1962	Director
MONITOR: BRUCE LACEY - PRESERVATION MAN	BBC, tx. 20/5/1962	Director
MONITOR: MR CHESHER\\\\\\'S TRACTION ENGINES	BBC, tx. 1/7/1962	Director
MONITOR: ELGAR	BBC, tx. 11/11/1962	Director/Screenplay
MONITOR: WATCH THE BIRDIE	BBC, tx. 9/6/1963	Director
FRENCH DRESSING	1963	Director
MONITOR: LONELY SHORT	BBC, tx. 14/1/1964	Director
MONITOR: BELA BARTOK	BBC, tx. 24/5/1964	Director/Scenario
MONITOR: THE DOTTY WORLD OF JAMES LLOYD	BBC, tx. 5/7/1964	Director
SIX: DIARY OF A NOBODY	BBC, tx. 12/12/1964	Director/Screenplay
MONITOR: THE DEBUSSY FILM	BBC, tx. 18/5/1965	Director/Producer/Screenplay
MONITOR: ALWAYS ON SUNDAY	BBC, tx. 29/6/1965	Director/Producer/Script
OMNIBUS: DON\\\\\\'T SHOOT THE COMPOSER	BBC, tx. 29/1/1966	Director
OMNIBUS: ISADORA DUNCAN	BBC, tx. 29/6/1965	Director/Producer/Scenario
BILLION DOLLAR BRAIN	1967	Director
OMNIBUS: DANTE\\\\\\'S INFERNO	BBC, tx. 22/12/1967	Director/Producer/Scenario
OMNIBUS: SONG OF SUMMER	BBC, tx. 15/9/1968	Director/Producer/Scenario
WOMEN IN LOVE	1969	Director
OMNIBUS: DANCE OF THE SEVEN VEILS	BBC, tx. 15/2/1970	Director/Producer/Scenario
THE MUSIC LOVERS	1970	Director
THE DEVILS	1971	Director/Producer/Screenplay
THE BOY FRIEND	1971	Director/Producer/Screenplay
SAVAGE MESSIAH	1972	Director/Producer
MAHLER	1974	Director/Screenplay
TOMMY	1975	Director/Producer/Screenplay
LISZTOMANIA	1975	Director/Screenplay/Lyrics
VALENTINO	1977	Director/Screenplay/Actor (Rex Ingram)
CLOUDS OF GLORY: WILLIAM AND DOROTHY	ITV, tx. 9/7/1978	Director/Script
CLOUDS OF GLORY: THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER	ITV, tx. 16/7/1978	Director/Script
THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT	1979	guest
ALTERED STATES	1980	Director
THE SOUTH BANK SHOW: KEN RUSSELL\\\\\\'S VIEW OF "THE PLANETS"	ITV, tx. 12/6/1983	Director
THE SOUTH BANK SHOW: VAUGHAN WILLIAMS	ITV, tx. 8/4/1984	Director/Producer
CRIMES OF PASSION	1984	Director
GOTHIC	1986	Director
VIDEO JUKEBOX	1986	Interviewee
ROCK VIDEO DIRECTOR	1987	Cast Member
YOUR HONOUR, I OBJECT! GUCCIONE V RUSSELL	1987	Cast Member
ARIA (segment 8)	1987	Director/Scriptwriter
The LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM	1988	Director/Producer/Screenplay
SALOME\\\\\\'S LAST DANCE	1988	Director/Screenplay
THE SOUTH BANK SHOW: KEN RUSSELL\\\\\\'S ABC OF BRITISH MUSIC	ITV, tx. 2/4/1988	Director/Producer/Presenter
The RAINBOW	1989	Director/Producer/Screenplay
KEN RUSSELL - A BRITISH PICTURE	1989	Director
KEN RUSSELL	1989	Interviewee
SUNDAY SUNDAY[22/10/89]	1989	Interviewee
The RUSSIA HOUSE	1990	Walter
The STRANGE AFFLICTION OF ANTON BRUCKNER	1990	Director
The ASTROLOGY SHOW[14/10/90]	1990	Cast Member
HUW WHELDON: BY HIS FRIENDS	1991	Cast Member
WHORE	1991	Director/Screenplay
WITHOUT WALLS[17/12/91]	1991	Cast Member
MAHLER\\\\\\'S FIFTH SYMPHONY	1991	Presenter
The MYSTERY OF DR MARTINU	1992	Director
THE SOUTH BANK SHOW: THE SECRET LIFE OF ARNOLD BAX	ITV, tx. 22/11/1992	Director/Script/Cast (Arnold Bax)
ENTERTAINMENT UK[24/11/92]	1992	Interviewee
LADY CHATTERLEY (four episodes)	BBC, tx. 6-27/6/1993	Director/Screenplay/Cast (Sir Michael Reid)
STARLET	1993	Himself
ALICE IN RUSSIALAND	1993	Director/Script
THE SOUTH BANK SHOW: CLASSIC WIDOWS	ITV, tx. 5/2/1995	Director
KEN RUSSELL\\\\\\'S TREASURE ISLAND	Channel 4, tx. 24/12/1995	Director/Script
DREAMS AND HAMMERS	1996	Sings `One of the ruins that Cromwell..\\\\\\'
MUSIC JOURNEYS: KEN RUSSELL IN SEARCH OF THE ENGLISH FOLK SONG	Channel 4, tx. 31/8/1998	Director/Presenter
WOMEN & MEN STORIES OF SEDUCTION	1999	Director [2]
FROSTRUP ON SUNDAY[20/06/99]	1999	Guest
OPEN HOUSE WITH GLORIA HUNNIFORD[08/12/99]	1999	Interviewee
OPEN HOUSE WITH GLORIA HUNNIFORD[16/12/99]	1999	Interviewee
DOGBOYS	2000	Director
THE FALL OF THE LOUSE OF USHER	2001	Director
PRISONERS OF HONOR	2001	Director
Die UNERSATTLICHE MRS. KIRSCH	2001	Director/Screenplay/Cast (Mr Kirsch)
KEN RUSSELL	2001	Interviewee
OPEN HOUSE WITH GLORIA HUNNIFORD[14/02/2001]	2001	Interviewee
MAINE DIL TUJKO DIYA	2001	Director
ELGAR - FANTASY ON A COMPOSER ON A BICYCLE	2002	Director

***Saturlight*** · 05-01-2007

I wasn't knocking the guy, and I realise the guy has done a lot. Indeed he's still making films today. I just thought his eccentric behaviour was funny.

I thought I'd like that Jo, but when she took an instant distlike the Ken because of his appearance without even knowing the slightest thing about him, put me off HER.

**Salty25** · 05-01-2007

I'll be terrible blunt here rolfw - the normal audience of BB, and perhaps to a certain extent the general public at large, don't either know or remember him or his films. In effect, they don't really care.

However, this is more or less the same for everyone in the house, they all start with a clean slate because this is a test of their personality and game strategy (or lack thereof) - something which we don't get to see in their professional careers mostly.

**rolfw** · 05-01-2007

I would disagree with you on the general audience not knowing who he is salty, perhaps many of the ones below 20 might not, but I would bet that most above that age would.

I personally find the whole show a little tedious and probably only dip into it once a week if something outrageous has happened. I did think though that Leo Sayer was starting to get a bit boring.

**PaulR** · 05-01-2007

Originally Posted by rolfw

I did think though that Leo Sayer was starting to get a bit boring.

He's been like that for the last 15 - 20 years Rolf!

**Topper** · 05-01-2007

I too have to disagree with you there Salty25 but after all you are young and the vast majority of Ken Russels work was released before you were conceived.

What I do not understand is why would Ken want to subject himself to this sort of torture or indeed subject the other housemates to his incessant snoring, why would he want media exposure at his time of life, I personally think his manager should have advised him against it.

**rolfw** · 05-01-2007

LOL Paul, you're probably right.

***Saturlight*** · 07-01-2007

He's sobered up now, thankfully.

**gameboy** · 07-01-2007

Originally Posted by rolfw

deserves some respect for his past work.

Sad that BB will be added to this list of some crackers...

**Topper** · 07-01-2007

Originally Posted by gameboy

Sad that BB will be added to this list of some crackers...

I heard on the radio tonight whilst driving back from work that he has left after a big argument with Jade and her mum. IMHO he should never have entered in the first place

**rolfw** · 07-01-2007

Yes, saw part of that this afternoon, he refused to take it seriously (don't blame him) and Jade believes it is all life and death.

I must confess that the idea of half a dozen twenty something luvvy TV production execs making me jump though hoops for the "entertainment" of the public, throwing up false barriers and problems, would not appeal to me. Can't think why Ken thought he could stand it either, perhaps he's just skint.:

**Topper** · 07-01-2007

Originally Posted by rolfw

, perhaps he's just skint.:

You mean he has rejoined the real world then

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