links for 2009-07-14

• The Mercury Men
  A fun looking diesalpunk web serial in glorious monocolour made on a shoestring.
  
  
• ScyFi Love: The Mercury Men - interview with Chris Preksta
  "We of course are influenced heavily by the old serials, but the films with the greatest impact on TMM is the Indiana Jones series. I'm almost certain that we talked about Indiana Jones EVERY single day of production."
  
  
• IanVisits: How London Bridge Fell Down
  Prepare to be amazed at the original configurarion of London Bridge. No wonder it fell down.
  
  
• UKTV to air Channel 4 shows | News | Broadcast
  "The 187 hours of content will air across four of the new-look channels - Watch, GOLD, Dave and Yesterday - giving a major boost to output. Dave, for example, will be able to air high-profile shows such as Star Stories and Smack the Pony alongside Top Gear and QI, while Yesterday will show Peter Kosminky drama The Government Inspector."