The opening scene of the programme has Tony Soprano staring at a statue waiting to see a psychiatrist, filmed in luxuriant colour with a wide aperture and reminiscent of Scorsese or De Palma, so we are already on familiar yet unfamiliar ground.
At the opening of her programme, which began with Mozart's Masonic Cantata K619 and continued with eight Richard Strauss songs, her middle range was not quite matched with her upper register, and there was an occasional sense of the tone sagging.
In his role as "master of ceremonies", Harrison began the afternoon show (or matinee) by asking the audience to "try to get into" the opening, Indian music portion of the programme.
From the opening titles, the programme was no easy ride.
After the official opening of the health centre, a radio programme was broadcast from a nearby tent.
The strike would have disrupted news production for the opening of the Commonwealth Games, as well as newsgathering and programme production across BBC radio and TV services.
"We have a testing programme, as you know, that covers only the period from the opening of the village until the end of the Games, and any doping programme would probably be put in place long before then," he said.
With the opening of the North East Line, a series of artworks created under a programme called "The Art In Transit" were commissioned by the Land Transport Authority.
20 Reasons for not being satisfied of the programme were linked to the study part that was too long and imposed tight opening sessions.
Here, after a long and tense election, is the ceremonial opening of the political season that should herald a new beginning and a grand programme of action.
