Well worth a watch, unusually in depth insight into our little world...
Well worth a watch, unusually in depth insight into our little world...
I didn't realise you lived in the faux-hippy-platitiude-spouting choad world ??? I was somewhat embarrassed that people may now think that's what climbers are like. There were some nice Yos shots though, overall it would have been a better program if they just showed those and left Potter out completely.
peep show - brilliant
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/peep-show/4od (http://www.channel4.com/programmes/peep-show/4od)
Hmmm. Didn't mean to embed it but never mind!
There were some nice Yos shots though, overall it would have been a better program if they just showed those and left Potter out completely.
Who the fuck is Potter, and who the fuck has been snapping me? Assuming the worst, it's the donkey fucking they got, right? Fuck, I knew I shouldn't have trusted that cunt...
never trust a donkeyThere were some nice Yos shots though, overall it would have been a better program if they just showed those and left Potter out completely.
Who the fuck is Potter, and who the fuck has been snapping me? Assuming the worst, it's the donkey fucking they got, right? Fuck, I knew I shouldn't have trusted that cunt...
That's my wife...
The footage was amazing, shame there wasn't much depth to it. I'm not a massive fan of the current direction towards 'Wow, look at this. Now this, wow!' nature shows. I preferred the nineties style year-in-the-life-of. Slower burn, but much more staisfying.
Morrissey on Desert Island Discs (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00p068y#synopsis).
Morrissey on Desert Island Discs.
One of the best programmes I ever saw was about a day in life of a farm - it must have been Natural World,
'Cos he's got a totally different worldview to most of us, whilst being very intelligentYeah I think you're probably right there
I downloaded Iplayer Desktop for the first time last night and downloaded a program from BBC2 but was a bit disappointed with the quality. I know its a little off topic but could someone enlighten me as to:
Do you have to watch the programs within 7 days or is there some way of saving the downloaded file?
Do you HAVE to watch the downloaded programmes with Iplayer desktop or can you use KMplayer/VLC etc?
Very interesting ideed. And rather scary. Sounds like we basically need a 'one in, one out' policy.
I volunteer to do my bit and not have kids.
That would curb growth, but the world is already over populated, so you need a two out, one in policy to reduce the population, as they did in China.
I wasn't too convinced by Attenborough's attempt at optimism right at the end either.
they just don't comprehend geological timescales.
they just don't comprehend geological timescales.
Does anyone? And is there any point? Do you really make decisions in your life based on what effect it will have a few million years down the line? On geological timescales all human endeavour is insignificant.
I think JB's Arboreal is more appropriate to use in the context than geological. Otherwise I agree with what you say.
Royal Institution Xmas lectures have started too.
Yes, I know, it's nerdy.
Amazing, shame they edited out the Delierance/Brad Pit/White Wand showboating footage ;)
http://tvpixie.com/tv-listings/28-jul-2010-2230/bbc4/belleville-rendez-vous (http://tvpixie.com/tv-listings/28-jul-2010-2230/bbc4/belleville-rendez-vous)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/cinema/features/belleville.shtml (http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfour/cinema/features/belleville.shtml)
Worth watching, although I suspect it will be like Marmite.
OK, so I might be a bit biased due to the Sheffcentric slant of the whole thing and the fact that Trsitram is a good freind of mine who goes bouldering, but y'all should watch "Alice and her six dads" on BBC3. Featuring The Works.
Making the unmissable really easy to miss because you assume it'll be online... It'd be nice of them to warn you that stuff isn't going to be repeated or put on iplayer but that sounds a much too sensible use of the licence fee.
Anyone else been watching Mongrels? I think it's brilliant, very odd but it appeals to my sense of humour. Still on iPlayer at present.
Not sure if anyone else loved it, but I've had plenty of time for The Trip.
+1 for that, top stuff. Photography was incredible, was expecting a making of to fill the ad gap for the foreign markets, but good to see BBC still unashamedly making hour long progs for their own use only.
but its always good to see a man in genuine fear!
Concrete Circus on C4 now. Urban sports goodness.
There's a NEW series of Thundercats starting on Saturday 11am on cartoon network.. Hooooooooooo!
There's a NEW series of Thundercats starting on Saturday 11am on cartoon network.. Hooooooooooo!
It was a cracker!
sorry if reposted Big bang theory season 5 starts on E4 tonight at 8pm 8)
pretty cool, if you like this kind of thing
Survivors: Nature's Indestructible Creatures (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01bcxdh)
I do
Make sure you old skool Sheffield climbers and ex-UKC followers tune into the next Come Dine With Me, because it features no less than """bohemian erotic author""" Jude Calvert-Toulmin (http://www.channel4.com/programmes/come-dine-with-me/episode-guide/series-24/episode-27) :ninja:comes across well :wall:
Mentalist reputation intact.
A few episodes in, I'm really enjoying "Homeland"
great premise, great acting and so far, goood pacing. Hope it continues for all 12 episodes.
(don't give anything way as I'm a bit behind where they are on telly!)
10pm BBC3 Anchorman. Now!
Just to echo what everyone (except Andi) has said about Homeland, it's excellent, I'm hooked http://www.channel4.com/programmes/homeland/4od (http://www.channel4.com/programmes/homeland/4od)
thank Ben Tye, he tipped me off.
Nice one Paul. Saw the trailer for this a week or so ago but didn't want to fork out £20 for the DVD.
I always wanted a 205 T16 myself (still do if I'm honest.......)
thank Ben Tye, he tipped me off.
Thanks Ben. A great watch. Now, does anyone have a spare 85,000 Euros to lend me to buy this (http://www.carclassic.com/Peugeot_205_Turbo_16_ex-works_DD63.html)
Nice one Paul. Saw the trailer for this a week or so ago but didn't want to fork out £20 for the DVD.not seen a t16 running but saw 1 parked.seen most of the other group b's running.
I always wanted a 205 T16 myself (still do if I'm honest.......)
as good as the old gpb cars were they are not a patch on modern wrc carsI should hope so given the 25+ years of development they've had :)
did you ever hear the utterly stupid myth that an s4 lapped estoril in a time that would have qualified in 6th!!!!Wonder if it was really "Toivonen lapped Estoril in an F1 car at a speed that would have qualified 6th" ;)
considering f1 qualifying cars were around 1400hp and 600kg makes it even more laughable
but dont dare tell the morons on utube who think the s4 is the quickest car to ever race.
must be a generation thing, gramps ;)
us kids love that shit.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/hy0wb/ (http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/hy0wb/)
A repeat from a few years back, but if you've not seen it, you really should. Incredible.
Commons Public Accounts Committee (http://news.bbc.co.uk/democracylive/hi/house_of_commons/newsid_9768000/9768680.stm)I feel slightly uneasy about these enquiries. Firstly they stink of hypocrisy with politicians looking at corruption, back handlers etc, when there still don't seem to have been many prosecutions for expenses, levison etc. secondly have these corporations done anything illegal? If so they should be investigated and prosecuted.
Hilarious grilling of Starbucks, Amazon and Google representatives.
Starbucks haven't posted a profit in 15 years of business, and yet they promote the guy in charge 'cause of his example!!! Opening 300 more stores but can't inform share holders what the return on investment will be! :lol: :lol: :lol:
I and a lot of my friends are going to struggle this year without Amazon to buy all my Christmas presents off, but I'd prefer to buy stuff from an outlet which pays taxes back into our economy. I hope everyone else boycotts Amazon too...
Inland revenue maybe slackers? Oh wait that's not really viable is it as the MPs have cut the number of staff... We need new tax laws to stop companies taking the piss. Name and shaming does have it's place and it'll be interesting to see for example starbucks sales vs costa since this has broken.
I've really enjoyed the first two episodes of Ricky Gervais's new Channel 4 series, Derek. Both funny and really emotional.
I missed the pilot last year, but I gather it caused some controversy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_%28TV_series%29 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek_%28TV_series%29)
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/derek (http://www.channel4.com/programmes/derek)
Really intereesting documentary on pirate bay on iplayer at the mo
Oh and I enjoyed AndyK/BenP's film about El Cap, well done to all involved.
sure this won't be everyone cup of tea but I watched Utopia today and thought it was brilliant
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/utopia/4od (http://www.channel4.com/programmes/utopia/4od)
its a scifi drama around a comic that was said to be prophecies of the future.
The first episode starts as it means to go on. Brutal murders and confusion.
Really intereesting documentary on pirate bay on iplayer at the mo
This is basically a rehash of the free to download (although they ask for donations) TPB-AFK (http://watch.tpbafk.tv/) (The Pirate Bay - Away From the Keyboard).
Another in the coming up in the series is about Anonymous hackers, I predicted silhouettes and digitised voices.
I've not watched it yet but its supposed to be well brown:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p00zstkn/The_Challenger/ (http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p00zstkn/The_Challenger/)
Young Montalbano for some quality Morse'esque Sunday night comfort viewing. Especially if you watched the grown up version. Lots of people speaking impenetrably fast Italian, food and crime. What's not to like?balls, I only just watched episode 5 of 6 so have missed 'em. Good call though Falling Down
The Great Hip Hop Hoax is on iPlayer at the moment.
Worth a watch and features our very own Fatboyslimfast (in a shit isn't that stylee)
Guy Martin's Speed is well funny if you're a fan of the pork chopped lunatic from Grimsby. Or a pedal powered nut for that matter.
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/speed-with-guy-martin/ (http://www.channel4.com/programmes/speed-with-guy-martin/)
Thanks for the heads up on House of Fools. Was worried that it would be a disaster as many other comdians have completely failed to make the sitcom format work. As you said, if they can maintain the standard of the first episode it will be fantastic.
I want his job.:agree:
I'm sure you could to go TT racing if you wanted.Not Guys, Nicks.
I could listen to Cerys all day.
I'm sure you could to go TT racing if you wanted.Not Guys, Nicks.
I'm sure you could to go TT racing if you wanted.
Watched the first episode of 'House of Fools (http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/b03qdvl0/)' on iPlayer.
Watched the first episode of 'House of Fools (http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/b03qdvl0/)' on iPlayer.
Oh God, just watched this. The best Vic and Bob yet??
Just watched House Of Fools. Unfortunately I thought it was mainly shite.Did you watch the first one? I fear they used all the best stuff in the pilot. Ep2 didn't do it for me either. Pity, had high hopes it was a classic series in the making.
Sons of Anarchy and you can see his influence.
The Irish second series was really bad. It gets better and better after that.
Anybody watch this? http://www.channel4.com/programmes/dont-look-down/4od (http://www.channel4.com/programmes/dont-look-down/4od)
Basically, bloke climbs big cranes and then hangs off them one handed, travels to the Ukraine and hooks up with an obviously insane individual who does the same.
Interesting...
The Irish second series was really bad. It gets better and better after that.
It looks as if the last series I have is S03, should I try again from 04?
Good TV series?
House of cards is exceptionally good so far.
The Newsroom - yup, if rather self-indulgent
Borgen - really great show
Vincent - Decent oldskool show which I'm enjoying with the other half
Wire in the blood - ""
Nah haven't seen the first one.
RE-up for House Of Fools.
Finally got round to watching one last night and it is classic V&B.
The GF who is Scanda Euro and hasn't seen or heard of them before* was in fits of laughter for 30mins.
* (Listening to me talking about 90's british cultural references is an auto daydream. That might not only apply to her.)
yeah, but what's Pemba ever done on....That Pemba is one hard fit fool. My hero.
no, no no, what am I saying? my wife'll kill me
I watched it as I knew I would be faced with plenty of inane questions from work colleagues given that the programme pitched him as an "Urban Climber" rather than an attention seeking moron.
I had to spend half of Monday explaining to people that climbing doesn't involve hanging one armed from tower cranes.
Basically it was an hour of my life I'll never get back.
Anyone here been watching W1a? Hilarious cross between the office and thick of it. So much will ring true if you work in a large (public) organisation. Brilliant.Yeah, the follow series from '2012' which was so accurate on the run up to the London Olympics. Great.
Big names in a made for TV film/ drama:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/b03yrjvc/ (http://www.bbc.co.uk/i/b03yrjvc/)
Wasn't really sure what to expect, very understated. Bill Nighy was in another similar thing a few years back called Page 8. Well worth watching and Bill Nighy is too cool for school.
Coogan/Brydon Italy trip. Fucking hell. So good.
Coogan/Brydon Italy trip. Fucking hell. So good.
Thanks for the tip off, would have missed it completely, so glad I didn't - pure genius!
God he comes across as a c*nt doesn't he?
People seem more interested in watching other people bake cakes than putting themselves through an existential wringer for a few hours :shrug:I saw something earlier about the cake programme getting better ratings than the World Cup.
People seem more interested in watching other people bake cakes than putting themselves through an existential wringer for a few hours :shrug:I saw something earlier about the cake programme getting better ratings than the World Cup.
I don't have the words to convey how I feel about that and what it actually means.
Having not seen Drive - that was great. No idea if the tunes were anything like what went before but yeah, suited it.
For all the fans of Marvellous, I've really been enjoying The Detectorists. Same lead actor, but also joined (and directed by McKenzie Crook) I've found it a great quintessentially British comedy ;
No idea if the tunes were anything like what went before but yeah, suited it.
No idea if the tunes were anything like what went before but yeah, suited it.
Mostly ambient electronic.
The music on the original is amazing. I decided against watching the rescored version because of this.
I agree, but think that's part of what made it an interesting project - more interesting than restoring a film where the music wasn't so important, at least.The music on the original is amazing. I decided against watching the rescored version because of this.
Same here. I think the music was integral to the orginal film.
The music on the original is amazing. I decided against watching the rescored version because of this.
I watched the last 3 episodes the other night. Really enjoyed them only problem it's rekindled the missus idea for us to get a mental detector and I look as shit as fiend in camo.For all the fans of Marvellous, I've really been enjoying The Detectorists. Same lead actor, but also joined (and directed by McKenzie Crook) I've found it a great quintessentially British comedy ;
I've been watching this the last two nights and also really enjoyed it. It makes me feel strangely peaceful.
Gomorrah (the series). Bloody hell.
Too good actually. I'm absolutely knackered today after staying up far too late as we watched "just one more" last night..... :yawn:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fbvquHSPJU (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fbvquHSPJU)
The first 15 mins is spent telling you 'this is not a conspiracy video', which makes it seem like a conspiracy video, altho it is not.
House of Fools Christmas special http://bbc.in/1HVnGIZ (http://bbc.in/1HVnGIZ) :clap2:Was just about to post the same. Its remarkably silly. An omelette, a bobble hat, Phil Collins and a racist Santa all feature. Definitely one of the better ones.
One of the best books I've read in the last decade
The Internets Own Boy (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b051wkry) aired on BBC the other day.
Or you can watch it on YouTube
The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz (CC available) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXr-2hwTk58#ws)
The Internets Own Boy (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b051wkry) aired on BBC the other day.
Citzen Four showing on C4 2015-02-25 @ 23:05 (http://www.channel4.com/programmes/citizenfour)
https://citizenfourfilm.com/ (https://citizenfourfilm.com/)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizenfour (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizenfour)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4044364/ (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4044364/)
Its worth repeating, watch Bitter Lake.
Things we won't say about race that are true.
Channel 4.
Now.
Fans of tinker tailor soldier spy will probably enjoy The Game BBC 2. Two episodes so far.
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell - fantastical faery shenanigans given the full BBC treatment (vaguely familiar faces in every role, lush production values). But the most important aspect for all Northern lime nerds - repeated use of Gordale Scar (Yorkshire's very own Mordor).
Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell - fantastical faery shenanigans given the full BBC treatment (vaguely familiar faces in every role, lush production values). But the most important aspect for all Northern lime nerds - repeated use of Gordale Scar (Yorkshire's very own Mordor).
Yup, second that, great series.
Anyone watch Odyssey on BBC2? I started watching last night and didn't really engage even though it looked like it *should* be good. I am expecting/hoping that's just because I was knackered.
I enjoyed the first episode in contrast to many of the critics who seemed massively disappointed, yes, it looked like it was going to be a conventional troubled cops and ambiguous baddies series unlike the occult/existential weirdness of S1 but last night's episode I thought really opened up some deeper storylines and interest in the characters. Pizzolatto's too-good a writer to turn out an average screenplay. I think it's going to be great (especially after the ending last night :o ).
On iPlayer there's an Arena special on Nic Roeg and his films from Sunday that looks really good. Not watched it yet myself though but thought I'd mention it.
Chemical Brothers. Glastonbury 2015 Set. (http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p02tvklm/glastonbury-2015-the-chemical-brothers)
Stunning (as always).
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I enjoyed the first episode in contrast to many of the critics who seemed massively disappointed, yes, it looked like it was going to be a conventional troubled cops and ambiguous baddies series unlike the occult/existential weirdness of S1 but last night's episode I thought really opened up some deeper storylines and interest in the characters. Pizzolatto's too-good a writer to turn out an average screenplay. I think it's going to be great (especially after the ending last night :o ).
On iPlayer there's an Arena special on Nic Roeg and his films from Sunday that looks really good. Not watched it yet myself though but thought I'd mention it.
I agree. True Detective is getting a critical hammering online but I've really enjoyed the first two episodes. It's different that the first series but I think thats good. I'm really looking forward to where it's going to end up.
The first series was really good but it was let down by a pretty crap ending which sometimes gets forgotten when people talk about.
Enjoyed Mr Robot so far. Only a couple of episodes in and could end up being crap but it's been really interesting so far. A socially awkward cyber security employee by day and vigilante hacker by night is approached by a hacker group with plans for a big evil corporation too big to fail. Who just happen to be the main client of the aforementioned cyber security company.
Really enjoying The Saboteurs:
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-saboteurs
Though how much of the air of quality is due to the chilly Gallic cool is hard to judge. Would it seem so sophisticated if it had the same script but was set in Birmingham?
And had to bite through the unbilical cord.....I heard that, it was genius. I do hope the baby was called Gordon....
I shall say no more.
it was a girl
it was a girlJordan?
Music For Misfits : The Story of IndieReally enjoyed this cheers, one more episode this week.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b06f17bk/music-for-misfits-the-story-of-indie-1-the-diy-movement
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b06gxxxk/music-for-misfits-the-story-of-indie-2-the-alternative-80s
Presented by Mark Radcliffe
Watched most of episode 1 last night, brill. Should have been better advertised, it's ace!
Music For Misfits : The Story of Indie
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b06f17bk/music-for-misfits-the-story-of-indie-1-the-diy-movement
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b06gxxxk/music-for-misfits-the-story-of-indie-2-the-alternative-80s
Presented by Mark Radcliffe
Watched most of episode 1 last night, brill. Should have been better advertised, it's ace!
Music For Misfits : The Story of IndieReally enjoyed this cheers, one more episode this week.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b06f17bk/music-for-misfits-the-story-of-indie-1-the-diy-movement
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b06gxxxk/music-for-misfits-the-story-of-indie-2-the-alternative-80s
Presented by Mark Radcliffe
Watched most of episode 1 last night, brill. Should have been better advertised, it's ace!
with Gardners' Question Time being in South Yorkshire I was expecting Mr Lee from Sheffield asking a question about a problem he is having with an Austrian Oak
sadly, he didn't feature on the show
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06j67y2
Toast of London on Channel 4.
Possibly the funniest thing I've seen in years!
It makes me feel strangely peaceful.
Anyone else watching The Last Kingdom?
Also enjoying Deutschland 83
doesn't involve popular music of the 1990s
Nice! If you watch carefully during the crowd scene you can see Andy Popp not enjoying himself.
.... Also worth watching just to see Tom Hollander out of Rev playing a horribly oily and amoral aide-de-camp to Hugh Laurie's "lord of war".
Also enjoying Deutschland 83
Interesting that they make the villain quite likeable
He also played the Fucker in The Thick of It but in all these roles I just don't find him convincing to be honest. Not that that detracts from the Night Manager which I'm enjoying. Interesting that they make the villain quite likeable
Netflix stuff, but Peakyblinders. Brilliant gangster series set in post world war I Birmingham, one of the best things I've seen for years.
Netflix stuff, but Peakyblinders. Brilliant gangster series set in post world war I Birmingham, one of the best things I've seen for years.
I'm not really into football, but enjoyed
Leicester's Imposible Dream on the BBC last night
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07c6lwh
nicely explained and put together
only available for 7 days - presumable because of viewing rights for the football
I've got five or six episodes saved up for a binge...Yeah it's impossible to watch one at a time. We're doing the same after watching the first two.
I was a bit disappointed by the man in the high castle - good production values, nice ideas, but felt the main actors were a bit average - or rather their characters rather unbekievable/hard to relate/warm to etc...
Gomorrah is back
Anyone looking to fill the GoT void left in their lives. A good suggestion would be Preacher, which is 5 episodes into the first season. Based I believe on a comic (I'm not familiar with). Enjoyed it so far. Dark humour and weird.
Season 2 of Mr. Robot starts soon too.
Season 2 of Mr. Robot starts soon too.
The new Robot Wars is really good. My memories of watching it as a kid are of it being a glorified shoving match, with a few really good robots and lots of really crap ones - the armour being much more developed than the weaponry such that the only way to reliably win was to shove the other thing in the pit or flip it out of the arena.
It seems that this has now changed and in the past decade the batteries and motors have become vastly more powerful. Remember that Hypno-Disc thing from the original series? That flywheel weighed about 18Kg and spun at 500rpm. In the new series there's a thing with a spinning bar weapon - the bar weighs 25Kg and spins at 2500rpm. When it gets up to full speed it fills the arena with a sound known as the "Death Hum". When it drives into other robots it literally rips them to shreds and both 110Kg robots ricochet violently off each other like they weigh nothing. Huge chunks of shrapnel flying everywhere. When I was watching it I found myself wondering whether the producers of the show were shitting themselves, wondering whether two layers of bullet proof material was enough to protect the audience.
It's bloody brilliant.
Does Craig Charles still present it? If not it can't be the same!
The new Robot Wars is really good. My memories of watching it as a kid are of it being a glorified shoving match, with a few really good robots and lots of really crap ones - the armour being much more developed than the weaponry such that the only way to reliably win was to shove the other thing in the pit or flip it out of the arena.
It seems that this has now changed and in the past decade the batteries and motors have become vastly more powerful. Remember that Hypno-Disc thing from the original series? That flywheel weighed about 18Kg and spun at 500rpm. In the new series there's a thing with a spinning bar weapon - the bar weighs 25Kg and spins at 2500rpm. When it gets up to full speed it fills the arena with a sound known as the "Death Hum". When it drives into other robots it literally rips them to shreds and both 110Kg robots ricochet violently off each other like they weigh nothing. Huge chunks of shrapnel flying everywhere. When I was watching it I found myself wondering whether the producers of the show were shitting themselves, wondering whether two layers of bullet proof material was enough to protect the audience.
It's bloody brilliant.
Does Craig Charles still present it? If not it can't be the same!
They've still got a fit female presenter co-presenting it, so normal service should be maintained, with the gawkier roboteers entering stumbling stammering fits whenever she speaks to them.
Watched Fleabag on bbc iplayer. Funny, rude and funny. Well worth a watch if you haven't seen it yet.
The Night Of and Stranger Things. Both well worth a watch.Watching Stranger Things on Netflix. I wasn't a subscriber but signed up for a months trial as loads of people were raving about ST. Definitely worth it. Great stuff so far (on 6 of 8 i think). Easy enough to cancel afterwards.
The Night Of and Stranger Things. Both well worth a watch.Watching Stranger Things on Netflix. I wasn't a subscriber but signed up for a months trial as loads of people were raving about ST. Definitely worth it. Great stuff so far (on 6 of 8 i think). Easy enough to cancel afterwards.
Which reminds me, new Black Mirror on Netflix soon
Might wait for all 6 episodes to drop then get a month Netflix trial.
Might wait for all 6 episodes to drop then get a month Netflix trial.
Adam Curtis' Hypernormalisation was released to iPlayer last night. His Bitter Lake was one of the best things I watched last year.
As a mate put it in a text message: "there's a team that claims their robot is pulling 1000 amps. Thats like...A substation. Put your finger in there and you'll vanish in a puff of smoke."
Any recommendations for new comedies that are actually funny? Got Netflix/Prime etc and all the recommended ones we've tried are lame. Gonna have to resort to Father Ted/Black Books/IT crowd reruns at this rate.Modern Family and Silicon Valley are both good if you haven't seen them yet.
Any recommendations for new comedies that are actually funny? Got Netflix/Prime etc and all the recommended ones we've tried are lame. Gonna have to resort to Father Ted/Black Books/IT crowd reruns at this rate.Ha be you watched The Detectorists series one has just been repeated on BBC 2
+1 for the Detectorists. Gentle investigation into the psyche of hobbyists overlain with subtle humour. Brilliant stuff.Caught a couple of the first series, thought it was ok, may have to given it another chance.
Any recommendations for new comedies that are actually funny? Got Netflix/Prime etc and all the recommended ones we've tried are lame. Gonna have to resort to Father Ted/Black Books/IT crowd reruns at this rate.
Is anybody watching The Handmaid's Tale?Enjoying it but agree about the slow pace, feels stretched out to 10 episodes when 6 or 8 would have sufficed.
Read the book recently and thought it was OK (I'd normally lap up this sort of dystopian future novel but I just never quite got into it). I'm successfully getting to the end of each episode of the TV program, however I'm finding it a bit like hard work as it feels incredibly slow paced.
Oh Christ, is it ten episodes? I really can't see how that's necessary for such a short book where not a great deal happens (you can tell they struggled by the amount of extras and deviation from the book there is).
They should have chopped it to be a mini-series of 4-5 hour long episodes and, IMO, not played so heavily with flashbacks. If you'd told the story chronologically the full grimness of it could slowly have built and built with the first "ceremony" happening in the 3rd episode. As it is, everything is laid out in front of you in episode one and you then have 10 episodes of the same sort of stuff repeating itself.
+1 for the Detectorists. Gentle investigation into the psyche of hobbyists overlain with subtle humour. Brilliant stuff.
And, if you have kids (sod it, I enjoyed it too) "Hidden Kingdoms" (also the Beeb) is riveting.
Heavily dramatised and a little like the Disney wildlife film style I remember as a child, but I think probably better researched, with a great "how we made it" thing at the end.
Storyville - The Silk Road documentary on iPlayer is really good. Well worth watching.
Anyone watching Electric Dreams - series of short films based on Philip K Dick stories?
Is anyone watching the epic Ken Burns/Lynn Novick documentary series The Vietnam War?
Anyone watching Electric Dreams - series of short films based on Philip K Dick stories?
Ha, agreed, great quiz. Not sure if acceptable to say this sort of thing on here anymore but Victoria Coren Mitchell has to be the hottest woman on tv.
Is anyone watching the epic Ken Burns/Lynn Novick documentary series The Vietnam War? I believe its available somewhere on BBC. We're up to episode 7 of 10. It is flawed in a number of ways but still very worthwhile and pretty revelatory at times. The early episodes were good with a multiplicity of different voices, including many Vietnamese voices - though not enough women. I felt like it started to lapse into a more conventional military history narrative following key battles in detail. But Ep. 6 on the Tet Offensive was gripping, and full of incredible footage, and Ep. 7 began to show the real toll taken on soldiers and families, including in North Vietnam. Recommended
I know it's not the sort of show we normally feature on this thread, but do we have any Only Connect fans in the house?
We're getting 10x1 hour episodes, the original was 18 hour long. Surely the difference is not just ad. breaks?
Final cut? Four frigging words and cut out of almost every shot.
Is anyone watching the epic Ken Burns/Lynn Novick documentary series The Vietnam War? I believe its available somewhere on BBC.
MR James night on BBC4 Christmas eve was good with a few repeats of adaptations and Christopher Lee reading.
McMafia on BBC is a good alow burner.
Self promotion time: I consulted in a minor way on a current BBC documentary, following a single Liverpool house through time: http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/proginfo/2018/01/a-house-through-time
The first episode was broadcast a few days ago. I haven't been able to watch but I've heard some good reports.
Good in our time
Also, I'm sure everyone else saw it years ago but breaking bad on Netflix is amazing.
Good in our time this week about cephlapods.
Good in our time
Also, I'm sure everyone else saw it years ago but breaking bad on Netflix is amazing.
I was late to the Breaking Bad party (not quite as late as you ;) )
I’ve watched the entire thing 4 times. Amazing!
W has discovered Melvyn and In Our Time in the last couple of weeks through her studies and is now completely in love with him and the programme.
She was studying 18th C industrial history and stumbled across the archive - it’s searchable by subject and date. A valuable resource...
W has discovered Melvyn and In Our Time in the last couple of weeks through her studies and is now completely in love with him and the programme.
She was studying 18th C industrial history and stumbled across the archive - it’s searchable by subject and date. A valuable resource...
It's brilliant isn't it. I quite often download an episode to listen to on long car journeys. Also on the BBC I player, I quite like Nick Robinson's weekly political thinking podcast, and more or less, although this seems not quite as entertaining as it used to be, somehow.
Really? BB was good but I was sick of it at the very end and just glad that it had finished so I didn't have to watch it any moreGood in our time
Also, I'm sure everyone else saw it years ago but breaking bad on Netflix is amazing.
I was late to the Breaking Bad party (not quite as late as you ;) )
I’ve watched the entire thing 4 times. Amazing!
You’re talking about the walking dead, aren’t you?Really? BB was good but I was sick of it at the very end and just glad that it had finished so I didn't have to watch it any moreGood in our time
Also, I'm sure everyone else saw it years ago but breaking bad on Netflix is amazing.
I was late to the Breaking Bad party (not quite as late as you ;) )
I’ve watched the entire thing 4 times. Amazing!
You’re talking about the walking dead, aren’t you?Really? BB was good but I was sick of it at the very end and just glad that it had finished so I didn't have to watch it any moreGood in our time
Also, I'm sure everyone else saw it years ago but breaking bad on Netflix is amazing.
I was late to the Breaking Bad party (not quite as late as you ;) )
I’ve watched the entire thing 4 times. Amazing!
?? Just finished season 2 of BB; I can't believe I'm going to get sick of it... I'll struggle to make myself watch anything else before I embark on season 3.
I can’t remember how far I got before giving up. It became impossible to suspend my disbelief that no one had shot WW in the face yet.
With these criteria Will I hope you’ve watched the Westworld series, it’s really really good.
Tones, drones, and arpeggios: the magic of minimalism.
On BBC4 right now but I expect it will be repeated.
(Or on iPlayer (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09tbfp6))
Just polished of Altered Carbon (on netflix i think?) Very enjoyable SciFi series. Got a little lost in the middle but pulls it all together nicely in the end. It's based on a novel, though I haven't read it so not sure how it compares.
Just polished of Altered Carbon (on netflix i think?) Very enjoyable SciFi series. Got a little lost in the middle but pulls it all together nicely in the end. It's based on a novel, though I haven't read it so not sure how it compares.Having read it, I felt like the first half of the series was really good, but as it started to deviate from the book, it lost it's way a bit. I don't really want to give spoilers, but some of the changes they made changed the backstory quite a lot, and I preferred the book version. I did like the change to the hotel though. Overall I really enjoyed it, and realise that TV and book things are never going to be exactly the same. I recommend the author, all his stuff is good.
Just polished of Altered Carbon (on netflix i think?) Very enjoyable SciFi series. Got a little lost in the middle but pulls it all together nicely in the end. It's based on a novel, though I haven't read it so not sure how it compares.
We’re in the middle so good to hear it perks up. Decent so far.
Better Call Saul is indeed brilliant. Great character development and it brings an incredible depth to the character you see in breaking bad.
I've been watching The Money Heist on netflix. This is amazing.
Also watched altered carbon which is a cool concept but the story is pretty weak. Stayed for the visuals.
Enjoyed the first episode of The City And The City. Looking forward to watching the next ones.
Enjoyed the first episode of The City And The City. Looking forward to watching the next ones.
Is that based on the sci-fi novel by what’sisname?
I was skeptical about whether Philomena Cunk would be able to sustain a 30 minute show. I'd say she did well. It's on iPlayer.
Enjoyed the first episode of The City And The City. Looking forward to watching the next ones.
Is that based on the sci-fi novel by what’sisname?
Yeah, it was OK. Felt a bit slow going. Worth a watch if you enjoyed the book.
Didn't know they were doing a new series of The Bridge - very exciting - second the recommendation above, for me this is the best crime/thriller series I've seen. The Killing (Scandi version) also well worth a watch if you liked The Bridge.
For fans of Scandi-noir - if for whatever reason you haven't seen The Bridge, all 3 series are available on iPlayer in advance on series 4 coming on in May.
One of the best shows of the genre IMO, get it watched!
The Money Heist
Only seen episode one so far.... But it seems rather derivative and isn't really grabbing me at the moment; do I persist, does it develop, or more of the same?
The Money Heist
Only seen episode one so far.... But it seems rather derivative and isn't really grabbing me at the moment; do I persist, does it develop, or more of the same?
It's a slow burner Toby - stick with it. And derivative...pshhhh, I'm of the opinion that quite a lot of decent British crime drama has a lot to thank The Killing and The Bridge for!
The Money Heist
Only seen episode one so far.... But it seems rather derivative and isn't really grabbing me at the moment; do I persist, does it develop, or more of the same?
Jago.
BBC iPlayer
Watch it in a dark room.
Also we now have Netflix and have enjoyed some of the recommendations on here as well as The Staircase, Stranger Things and Dark Tourist.
Also we now have Netflix and have enjoyed some of the recommendations on here as well as The Staircase, Stranger Things and Dark Tourist.
I watched an episode or two of ST but didn't really grab me. It's okay but it's not better call Saul!
I'm sure most other people have also been watching Bodyguard, but if anyone hasn't... Get to it!
Agree on Bodyguard.
Agree on Bodyguard.
It's very good, but not the best thing I've ever seen. make sure you don't read any spoilers in the press.
Line of Duty?
Was pleasantly surprised that the new Jack Ryan series on Netflix was almost completely self contained with no cliff hanger bs and a good pace per episode.
GoT is a funny one because the pace of each episode varies from amble to all out sprint through action, which actually kind of matches the books. If you are into fantasy stuff at all the last two series are essentially 9 hour long high budget feature films.
American imports that my friends tell me to watch.Breaking Bad, Prison Break, Better Call Saul, Stranger Things, Cold Souls, The Walking Dead etc etc etc.
American imports that my friends tell me to watch.Breaking Bad, Prison Break, Better Call Saul, Stranger Things, Cold Souls, The Walking Dead etc etc etc.
Breaking Bad and BCS are worth all of their run time. BB especially.
I'm sure they're really good, but when I see series after series stretching out for endless hours I just feel that to watch it would be to waste a bit of my life. There's so much good telly out there that if you watch it all you'll end up giving up a lot of other stuff.
Was pleasantly surprised that the new Jack Ryan series on Netflix was almost completely self contained with no cliff hanger bs and a good pace per episode.Yep GoT doesn't deserve to be clubbed in with the others. Based on existing literature to a point and the sheer scale and production quality means it worth a watch without pre conceived ideas of how it is going to be.
GoT is a funny one because the pace of each episode varies from amble to all out sprint through action, which actually kind of matches the books. If you are into fantasy stuff at all the last two series are essentially 9 hour long high budget feature films.
Anyone been watching The Preacher?Watched the first series and thought it was great for all it's weird and wonderfulness. Lost me a little during the second and haven't picked it back up.
I've been watching episodes on and off and find it pleasantly weird.
I'm sure they're really good, but when I see series after series stretching out for endless hours I just feel that to watch it would be to waste a bit of my life. There's so much good telly out there that if you watch it all you'll end up giving up a lot of other stuff.
Some top brass at Netflix was recently asked who the competitor that he most worried about was. His answer? Not Sky, not Now TV, not Amazon Prime, not Freeview channels.
Netflix's biggest competitor is sleep. When you put it like that you realise that the model for most of these shows is to pin people to their sofas with a large quantity of Class A TV. I spend more time than I would like staring at the TV as it is, it's our default evening activity after work, putting our daughter to bed, cooking, eating etc is finished. I'd rather not start hitting the hard stuff and make it worse.
But currently watching Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing. And I’m really enjoying it. There is a strange sadness about it, as the show is based around the two of them going fishing as they’ve both got serious heart problems. Paul is the expert fisherman, and Bob does the cooking. They reflect on their lives and talk quite openly about death, mortality etc. As you’d expect there is plenty of laughs, but it’s them being more themselves rather than characters.
staring adoringly at Victoria Coren-Mitchell while being completely baffled.
staring adoringly at Victoria Coren-Mitchell while being completely baffled.
:ras: Smuggest woman on tv?
A rant (with slight Killing Eve spoiler so look away now if you're watching it)...
I am getting increasingly annoyed with the obsession in modern TV of never ending a series / season. Why are writers / commissioners obsessed with the next series, at the expense of (in my opinion) frustrating the viewers?
I get this all the time now - you are engrossed in something, enjoying watching it but midway through the penultimate episode, uh oh there it is. You can see the plot lines not being drawn to a close, potential ambiguity being opened up and you know you're in for the televisual equivalent of being put on hold.
Killing Eve's a case in point - and I just know Bodyguard is going to do the same.
The best TV series (in my opinion) have managed to drive smaller series-level plots that can be resolved, but still exist within a wider universal narrative.
Think The Wire, any of the seasons of which can be enjoyed without necessarily seeing the previous ones. The same is true to a certain extent of The Sopranos.
The Bridge was a master of this - "the case" was satisfactorily rounded off within the series, and also a chapter of Saga's life too.
True Detective even managed to do a first season that was compelling, self-contained and actually had an ending after the final episode. It's not that hard. (Caveat that subsequent series have I gather been terrible so maybe not the best example but you get the idea).
Not everything has to be bloody Lost, meandering along with no sense of an ending!
Just watching the Bros doc, again. :lol: :'( :popcorn: :clap2:
Not long left on iplayer...
Just watching “a slow odyssey: the Great Wall” on bbc4.... in its own words slow tv style flight along 2500km of the Great Wall... no music - captions annotating the highlights.
Amazing!
This three part Inside Europe: Ten Years of Turmoil www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0002jn8 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0002jn8) has been excellent - extensive interviews with all the key players.
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/feb/11/inside-europe-superb-tv-that-shows-how-to-solve-the-european-crisis-eu-brexit (https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/feb/11/inside-europe-superb-tv-that-shows-how-to-solve-the-european-crisis-eu-brexit)
Well worth watching
i've binged my way through Luther after never watching it, if you think series 3 is going downhill I wouldn't bother making it to series 5
Oh I think the directors knew exactly what they were doing. It's funnier than Spinal Tap, not only are they more ridiculous they're not acting.
Not out yet but a new series of Alan Partridge starts tonight, can't wait.
If that sort of thing is your bag (why wouldn't it be?!) This Country is still on iPlayer
Goes without saying the Fyre Festival documentary is brilliant (in a watch through your fingers kind of way) too.
This is brilliant, disturbing and moving. A look back at the Ripper murders and how antiquated and misogynistic thinking prevented Sutcliffe from getting caught earlier. A three part series that’s gripping and compelling viewing.
The Yorkshire Ripper Files: A Very British Crime Story, Series 1: Episode 1: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0003m05 via @bbciplayer (http://The Yorkshire Ripper Files: A Very British Crime Story, Series 1: Episode 1: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0003m05 via @bbciplayer)
Last night spotted that Wide Boyz is on Amazon Prime.
I'm so far behind the loop on this kind of stuff that this is probably old news but hey ho...
DAwn Wall
DAwn Wall
Don't you start with that..
Also recently watched The Big Short and Vice which I highly recommend.
Has anyone watched Chernobyl yet? A number of my friends are raving about it.
If anyone has Amazon Prime (some people mentioned Wideboyz is on there which I enjoyed) Mr. Robot featuring Rami Malek is on there which is really good. Also if you're into sci fi all 3 series of The Expanse are there too which are just incredible and highly addictive...
If anyone has Amazon Prime (some people mentioned Wideboyz is on there which I enjoyed) Mr. Robot featuring Rami Malek is on there which is really good. Also if you're into sci fi all 3 series of The Expanse are there too which are just incredible and highly addictive...
Mr Robot is cool - it gets REALLY dark in S2 - then a bit too mainstream in S3 but still great (IIRC - it was a while back when I caned the series...)
Has anyone watched Chernobyl yet? A number of my friends are raving about it.
Has anyone watched Chernobyl yet? A number of my friends are raving about it.
Yes it's very good. I've been interested in Chernobyl since I was young, remembering the accident being on TV and have read about it a lot since. As a piece of TV it's very good. The science is also very accurate when talking about the reactor - it's a bit exaggerated in terms of the gory visual effects of radiation burns. Also good as a piece of political/coverup intrigue. The structure of the story is very well crafted and the characters flesh out very well after initially seeming a bit 2D. I should say that I basically don't watch TV and this was the first series/mini series I've watched in the last 10 years, so maybe my barometer of what is good is not tuned in, but I thought it was riveting.
Thatcher: a very British revolution (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0005br9). Not a universally loved figure on here I would guess but extremely good television. Understanding Thatcher and her aggressive Euroscepticism is required background if you want to begin to understand the current shit-show.
I heard this got a roasting for flossing over/ignoring the more controversial parts of her tenure.. notably Miners strike, Orgreave...
What is more interesting to me is how her uncompromising Iron Lady persona turned to caricature and lives on. The beatification of this Maggie by a large proportion of current Tories goes some way to explaining the national and self-harm they are comfortable with inflicting for Brexit (https://yougov.co.uk/topics/politics/articles-reports/2019/06/18/most-conservative-members-would-see-party-destroye): any U-turn would be a betrayal of her holy legacy.
If you enjoyed the Kiwi film What We Do In The Shadows, the series is worth a watch;
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0005bkw
Some comedy genius moments
I've seen all of the second series. There was almost no discernible plot. Jodie Comer and Fiona Shaw (and to a lesser extent for me, Sandra Oh) carried it, but boy did they carry it. I could watch Jodie Comer watching paint dry and still be enraptured.
Series 3 of Top Boy on Netflix. As you may or may not know, Drake brought this to Netflix after Channel 4 cancelled it. So amazing. It makes Bodyguard look like Button Moon. Even more impressive cast, inc Little Simz, Dave (of Glastonbury Thiago Silva fame), etc. I tried to ration it to an episode per day, but failed hopelessly. Epic soundtrack as well...
Series 3 of Top Boy on Netflix. As you may or may not know, Drake brought this to Netflix after Channel 4 cancelled it. So amazing. It makes Bodyguard look like Button Moon. Even more impressive cast, inc Little Simz, Dave (of Glastonbury Thiago Silva fame), etc. I tried to ration it to an episode per day, but failed hopelessly. Epic soundtrack as well...
There was an episode of the beyond today podcast last week where they interviewed the guy who wrote it, worth a listen. I'd like to watch it, although I haven't seen series 1 or 2 yet, are they available anywhere?
On the subject of dodgy accents
The three-part “Rise of the Nazis” on the Beeb has been really good.
It explores the roots of nazism in Germany and how Hitler came to power.
Nomad - Herzog on Bruce Chatwin. Brilliant.
Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0008rqv via @bbciplayer (http://Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0008rqv via @bbciplayer)
Some mountaineering and vintage Glowacz footage too.
Series 3 of Top Boy on Netflix. As you may or may not know, Drake brought this to Netflix after Channel 4 cancelled it. So amazing. It makes Bodyguard look like Button Moon. Even more impressive cast, inc Little Simz, Dave (of Glastonbury Thiago Silva fame), etc. I tried to ration it to an episode per day, but failed hopelessly. Epic soundtrack as well...
Haven't got round to this yet, thought series 1 & 2 were great so am looking forward to it. Sounds like it more than meets expectations.
Series 3 of Top Boy on Netflix. As you may or may not know, Drake brought this to Netflix after Channel 4 cancelled it. So amazing. It makes Bodyguard look like Button Moon. Even more impressive cast, inc Little Simz, Dave (of Glastonbury Thiago Silva fame), etc. I tried to ration it to an episode per day, but failed hopelessly. Epic soundtrack as well...
Haven't got round to this yet, thought series 1 & 2 were great so am looking forward to it. Sounds like it more than meets expectations.
:2thumbsup: Brilliant.
Series 3 of Top Boy on Netflix. As you may or may not know, Drake brought this to Netflix after Channel 4 cancelled it. So amazing. It makes Bodyguard look like Button Moon. Even more impressive cast, inc Little Simz, Dave (of Glastonbury Thiago Silva fame), etc. I tried to ration it to an episode per day, but failed hopelessly. Epic soundtrack as well...
Haven't got round to this yet, thought series 1 & 2 were great so am looking forward to it. Sounds like it more than meets expectations.
:2thumbsup: Brilliant.
Life got in the way but finally got round to watching this, didn't disappoint. Really, really good and and with a satisfying finale as well (something quite of lot of TV seems to struggle with), Seemed to go a bit under the radar after the initial hype but one of the best shows I've watched this year.
Its brilliant but (for me) gruelling viewing... In the opposite to binging, I only feel up to being able to watch it every week or so (which is an indicator of its gritty brilliance)
Documentary on Kes, Barry Hines and lots of other stuff. It’s brilliant.
A new series of Vic & Bob's Big Night Out starts tonight on BBC2... I am almost tempted to avoid as I would prefer not to be disappointed / or have to reassess my teenage memories of the old C4 series.
A new series of Vic & Bob's Big Night Out starts tonight on BBC2... I am almost tempted to avoid as I would prefer not to be disappointed / or have to reassess my teenage memories of the old C4 series.
The previous, fairly recent series had no problems maintaining the old standards. Bit of a tonic compared to must stuff nowadays tbh.
I was dreading His Dark Materials as it would be so easy to fuck up. But, bar some slightly slow pacing in the early episodes, I thought it was a great adaptation. I can imagine it being a bit confusing at first for people who haven't read the books.
Admittedly i am a fully paid up fanboy of the books, but I'm halfway through the series and I think it's brilliant. Well worth a look.
Watchmen. Normally I have zero interest in super hero type things, but we watched the first two episodes last night and I thought it was great from the outset. Looking forward to watching some more. No idea if it offends the devotees.
A bit late to the party, but I finally got into peaky blinders this holiday whilst convalescing on the sofa. Series 1 and 2 blew me away. Less so series 3. I miss the real Arthur and the grime of Birmingham. Does it pick up again in season 4 and 5?
Did anybody see Dracula on the BBC over the New Year period? 3 parts - each about an hour and a half. First one was honestly some of the best telly I've seen in ages. Second episode decent - not dissimilar from a long episode of Inside No 9. Third episode spoiled it by trying to be Sherlock.Similarly I really enjoyed the first two episodes and thought that the third was a bit of a dud - seemed a bit unnecessary and the jump in setting a bit gimmicky. Sister Agatha was a great character with some cracking lines.
You could quite happily watch the first two and pretend that the third didn't exist.
I am very much enjoying The Trial of Christine Keeler. Though I have a slight issue with the casting* it's great to see the story from her perspective. To see these young girls in that environment, not shown as wanton/whores/all the other terms used by the press but young, naive, fun loving etc is a breath of fresh air. Also, the added "taint" on the protagonist for having balck partners is also laid bare. Really well made imo
*Sophie Cookson is 29, James Norton is 34. I know they have tried to age Norton but Keeler was 17 and Ward was 50 when they met. I think it undermines the mismatch of power and experience that was obviulsy present. John Profumo was 47 and they have cast Ben Miles so that fits and looks "right".
Thats really interesting. I watched the first episode and thought it was utter dross and couldn't fathom all the good reviews it was getting. Maybe I am missing something; I thought the acting was poor and the scriptwriting even worse. But only judging from one episode as I couldn't face another, so maybe its worth another look.
“Don’t F*ck With Cats” - Netflix. Binged all three episodes, found it gripping.
Anyone seen “Pandemic” on Netflix?
Because, I wonder if anyone else ends up with the impression that Christians (of a certain stripe, at least) are the biggest threat to humanity today? Possibly greater than the diseases themselves...?
(Not an entirely serious comment.
Not entirely).
“Don’t F*ck With Cats” - Netflix. Binged all three episodes, found it gripping.
Succession
I’d put it in my top 3 alongside The Wire and Deadwood.
Has anyone watched Ozark? Did you think it was any good?
Has anyone watched Ozark? Did you think it was any good?
I watched about one and a half seasons. It's fun but it gets increasingly implausible (which it makes no bones about). If you can live with how ridiculous it is then it could be worth watching. Good cast.
Season 2 of What we do in the Shadows starts on Thursday.
Season 2 of What we do in the Shadows starts on Thursday.
:bounce:
The Skripals poisoning 3-part series....if you want some highly implausible state issue propaganda.I haven't watched this yet. Can anyone point me to any non-hysterical, non-conspiracy theory, relatively dispassionate assessment/analysis of the known facts and the gaps/holes in some of the known/presented 'information'. I'm genuinely interested in reading some analyses so I can watch the drama with a more critical eye.
I thought this article was excellent and very interesting. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/23/skripal-salisbury-poisoning-decline-of-russia-spy-agencies-gru (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/23/skripal-salisbury-poisoning-decline-of-russia-spy-agencies-gru)The Skripals poisoning 3-part series....if you want some highly implausible state issue propaganda.I haven't watched this yet. Can anyone point me to any non-hysterical, non-conspiracy theory, relatively dispassionate assessment/analysis of the known facts and the gaps/holes in some of the known/presented 'information'. I'm genuinely interested in reading some analyses so I can watch the drama with a more critical eye.
Thanks to anyone who can help.
The Skripals poisoning 3-part series....if you want some highly implausible state issue propaganda.I haven't watched this yet. Can anyone point me to any non-hysterical, non-conspiracy theory, relatively dispassionate assessment/analysis of the known facts and the gaps/holes in some of the known/presented 'information'. I'm genuinely interested in reading some analyses so I can watch the drama with a more critical eye.
Thanks to anyone who can help.
Succession
Surprised this hasn’t been mentioned before.
I think this is the one of the best box set / US TV series ever made. I’d put it in my top 3 alongside The Wire and Deadwood.
The Skripals poisoning 3-part series....if you want some highly implausible state issue propaganda.I haven't watched this yet. Can anyone point me to any non-hysterical, non-conspiracy theory, relatively dispassionate assessment/analysis of the known facts and the gaps/holes in some of the known/presented 'information'. I'm genuinely interested in reading some analyses so I can watch the drama with a more critical eye.
Thanks to anyone who can help.
I have only seen the first two parts so far, I think it's a decent serviceable piece of drama. I really don't understand why anyone would have a particular problem with it. I'm sure it doesn't stick rigidly to the truth indeed it opens saying that its the story of the people in Salisbury. It certainly doesn't qualify as propaganda unless the third part is very different.
Succession
Surprised this hasn’t been mentioned before.
I think this is the one of the best box set / US TV series ever made. I’d put it in my top 3 alongside The Wire and Deadwood.
I've just blasted the 2 series of this in 10 days and have to say it really is great.
The writing is amazing - it has you (and the characters) constantly changing allegiances, sometimes multiple times in an episode. It's properly funny too.
I haven't loved a TV show this much since The Wire.
Succession
Surprised this hasn’t been mentioned before.
I think this is the one of the best box set / US TV series ever made. I’d put it in my top 3 alongside The Wire and Deadwood.
I've just blasted the 2 series of this in 10 days and have to say it really is great.
The writing is amazing - it has you (and the characters) constantly changing allegiances, sometimes multiple times in an episode. It's properly funny too.
I haven't loved a TV show this much since The Wire.
I think I recommended it a while back. Season 2 is in the making. I think it's a great premise, series gets better btw.
Has anyone watched Hinterland? Any good?
:please:Has anyone watched Hinterland? Any good?
Yes, give it a go. Scandinoir with less consonants and more drizzle.
+1 for the Detectorists. Gentle investigation into the psyche of hobbyists overlain with subtle humour. Brilliant stuff.
Watched the BBC Fidel Castro documentary over the last 2 nights. Very good, especially speaking as someone with very little knowledge / background.
On iPlayer etc. 2 x hour-long docs.
Season 2 due 4th Sept.
Not a "must watch" but an interesting curio - article and TV piece on the Krumlin festival. An ill-fated 1970 attempt to recreate Woodstock on the Huddersfield moors.
Elton John just a year into his career was an opener and ended up having to pass reviving bottles of brandy around the frozen audience. Fairport Convention shat themself and pissed on journalists.... the organiser did a runner across the moors... 70 people hospitalised with exposure! My Dad was there and I thought his tales were probably exaggerated... they were not!
https://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2020-08-13/50th-anniversary-of-yorkshires-first-ever-major-music-festival (https://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2020-08-13/50th-anniversary-of-yorkshires-first-ever-major-music-festival)
Whitehouse and Mortimer go fishing series 3 is now on iPlayer.
Thought I'd be bored by now, but still love it.
Finally got around to watching Giri / Haji.Interesting that you assume that it was a man who pitched it; but anyway, I think it was partly funded by Netflix, compared to whatever they pay the likes of the Obamas and Harry and Meghan I'm sure they'll bung a few dollars at anything, as it hardly makes a difference.
The man who pitched it and asked for funding must have had a helluva gift of the gab!
The Boys S2 starts tomorrow
The Boys S2 starts tomorrow
only the first three episodes though, then a new episode every Friday
How come A Train and The Deep can't go anywhere without their uniforms on yet Starlight can slip into something more comfortable and slip away to meet Hughie as Annie?
And doesn't get recognised even though she was outed as Annie in S1?
I’m waiting to see the baby with home lander death rays being pointed around like a ray gun by Butcher - it was in one of the trailers/previews I’m sure.
Random one in a lab
Middleish season 1. You must have dozed off.
Ah that sounds right up my street. In a similar vein, very much enjoyed this half hour doc on a photographer spending forty days and nights in the desert looking for the new sound: https://youtu.be/HaWUONEjSmgReally enjoyed that.
Also watched this thing on saturday called the beach: isolation in paradise. Ambient, slow, mundane, beautiful, I couldn't stop watching it. I can froth more but it probably isn't for everyone.
Loved Salt. Experienced similar places for short periods, they seem other worldly.
My Octopus Teacher on Netflix is a wonderful film if you’re into nature/underwater world/having a mid-life crisis.
Mesmerising and hard to fathom how he managed to shoot some of the footage that he did, especially given he didn’t use scuba tanks.
Watched it with the family - 9 year old thought it was brilliant, 7 year old was bored.
The fantastic When We Were Kings is on iPlayer. Watched it again last night and it was even better than I remembered. If you haven't seen it is well worth it, one of the best sporting/historical documentaries ever made.
Would third My Octopus Teacher for anyone with access but not got around to it yet.
Watched The Mole (https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p08tqd6q/the-mole-infiltrating-north-korea) last night, a storyville documentary on BB4. Absorbing, compulsive and confusing 2 parter. Incredibly necky seeming shenanigans infiltrating the world's most brutal dictatorship. Various elements are straight out of a Frederick Forsythe novel. Left me reeling and a bit bewildered. eg. What drives the mole? What was Mr James' motivation and why do I want to be him? Why did I feel a (clearly misplaced) sense of pity for the obnoxious Spanish bloke at the end? What's next for the mole after all that?
Staged on BBC iPlayer, one of the funniest things I've seen in a long time.
Staged on BBC iPlayer, one of the funniest things I've seen in a long time.
Series 2 just starts.
Also Gone Fishing Xmas Special is a good watch, some touching moments.
We love a good documentary. Anyone got any recommendations? History, nature, science, politics...anything really!
Death to 2020 on Netflix. Some funny bits, some crap, some serious.
This one is good too. Don’t be put off by the title, it’s a really interesting look at celebrity culture, social media and the intersection with politics etc. Me and W have been watching over the last few days.
Celebrity: A 21st-Century Story, Series 1: Episode 1: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000qsjz via @bbciplayer (http://Celebrity: A 21st-Century Story, Series 1: Episode 1: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000qsjz via @bbciplayer)
This one is ace. A short doc on world champion stone skimmers https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000hzs6 (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000hzs6) competing in Wales and Scotland. Delightfully eccentric and familiarly obsessive.
And does it stop with the time hopping? I don't mind a bit of jumping around but episode 1 was chock full of it.
Does The Serpent get better after Episode 1? It was visually beautiful but I felt there there was no suspense and struggled to engage with the characters.
We love a good documentary. Anyone got any recommendations? History, nature, science, politics...anything really!
I’m afraid I’m mostly with JB on Mountain and was also counting myself lucky I hasn’t paid to see it*.
The climbing sections were all recycled from other films as far as I could tell, starting as it meant to continue with Honnold soloing. Impressive of course but probably rather familiar if you’re here.
It wanted to have its cake and eat it with the now-compulsory dig at guided trips up Everest and over-caffeinated sugary drink company TV, only to include extended sequences of the latter.
One of the big selling points on the poster was the specially recorded sound track. And what did they specially record? Vivaldi’s Four bloody Seasons, presumably because there are only 187** existing recordings and the world desperately needs the 188th. It sounded over-blown through a neutral home hi-fi, I hate to think what it would sound like through a cinema set-up.
Non-climbers might like it.
*Fortunately it's on iplayer and you can decide whether we're astute critics or grumpy old curmudgeons.
**probably an underestimate
We've just binged It's A Sin on All4 - the new Russell T. Davies thing. As you'd expect it's excellent.
We've just binged It's A Sin on All4 - the new Russell T. Davies thing. As you'd expect it's excellent.
Just watches the first episode, hooked already! Thanks for the recommendation.
We've just binged It's A Sin on All4 - the new Russell T. Davies thing. As you'd expect it's excellent.
Just watches the first episode, hooked already! Thanks for the recommendation.
I love RTD's stuff - Years And Years was brilliant as well.
LupinDepends what you're looking for. A lot of the better (from a critical perspective) stuff we've watched recently has been pretty dark with some fairly unpleasant characters - Serpent, Ozark, Cardinal. Sometimes it's just nice to have some entertaining escapism and I thought Lupin fitted that description quite well. The dubbing became less distracting after the first episode.
Watched the first episode, passingly entertaining, but pretty overrated I thought. I don't know if you can watch it with subtitles instead of the dubbing, which I found distracting.
We've just binged It's A Sin on All4 - the new Russell T. Davies thing. As you'd expect it's excellent.
Just watches the first episode, hooked already! Thanks for the recommendation.
I love RTD's stuff - Years And Years was brilliant as well.
Agreed on both It's A Sin (first episode was great, looking forward to rest) and RTDs other stuff. He also seems like a really decent bloke and appears to a be very good interviewee - good interview on Pilot TV podcast last week, his Desert Island DIsc's is a great (if emotional) listen
Lupin is pretty powderpuff. In a good way, it's easy to watch, good fun with an interesting thread running through it.LupinDepends what you're looking for. A lot of the better (from a critical perspective) stuff we've watched recently has been pretty dark with some fairly unpleasant characters - Serpent, Ozark, Cardinal. Sometimes it's just nice to have some entertaining escapism and I thought Lupin fitted that description quite well. The dubbing became less distracting after the first episode.
Watched the first episode, passingly entertaining, but pretty overrated I thought. I don't know if you can watch it with subtitles instead of the dubbing, which I found distracting.
Lupin is pretty powderpuff. In a good way, it's easy to watch, good fun with an interesting thread running through it.LupinDepends what you're looking for. A lot of the better (from a critical perspective) stuff we've watched recently has been pretty dark with some fairly unpleasant characters - Serpent, Ozark, Cardinal. Sometimes it's just nice to have some entertaining escapism and I thought Lupin fitted that description quite well. The dubbing became less distracting after the first episode.
Watched the first episode, passingly entertaining, but pretty overrated I thought. I don't know if you can watch it with subtitles instead of the dubbing, which I found distracting.
Agreed on both It's A Sin (first episode was great, looking forward to rest) and RTDs other stuff. He also seems like a really decent bloke and appears to a be very good interviewee - good interview on Pilot TV podcast last week, his Desert Island DIsc's is a great (if emotional) listen
Well (no spoilers, I think it's obvious it isn't exactly a barrel of laughs) you'll be in for some emotion with It's A Sin too. Me and the missus were both in pieces towards the end.
Lance documentary on iPlayer is well worth watching.
Despite endless other ones, this is a remarkable portrait of a fascinating guy, a hero, but a really horrible one.
Can anyone who's seen It's a Sin let me know how explicit it is? We have my mother-in-law living with us at the moment and she's quite a conservative fifty-something Asian lady... so if there's too much bumming, we can't really watch it.
Can anyone who's seen It's a Sin let me know how explicit it is? We have my mother-in-law living with us at the moment and she's quite a conservative fifty-something Asian lady... so if there's too much bumming, we can't really watch it.
Thanks guys.
My MIL is fairly open minded and has no problem with gay people, just not sure she'd appreciate too much of the actual shennanigans.
Thanks guys.
My MIL is fairly open minded and has no problem with gay people, just not sure she'd appreciate too much of the actual shennanigans.
Going to swim against the tide a bit here and say maybe its worth a go; sounds like your MIL is pretty enlightened compared to lots of other 50 year olds and might get a lot out of watching it? Its amazing TV.
Especially since we still have several episodes of Monty Don's "Around the World in 80 Gardens" to work through! (Which is actually pretty good too.)
sounds like your MIL is pretty enlightened compared to lots of other 50 year olds and might get a lot out of watching it?
sounds like your MIL is pretty enlightened compared to lots of other 50 year olds and might get a lot out of watching it?
Now I feel old :o
Your MIL will probably be chatting to her friends next week “ffs, all we watched was Monty Dons bloody gardens. I wanted to see lots of bumming in Its A Sin!”
Can anyone who's seen It's a Sin let me know how explicit it is?...if there's too much bumming, we can't really watch it.I may be misremembering here but I thought all the explicit stuff was confined to one episode so you could potentially just skip that one?
The shield - 4od. Dirty cop drama, Im currently a couple of seasons in and still enjoying it. Plot moves quickly enough, and I the characters are interesting.
For anyone that's missed it, Adam Curtis (Century Of The Self, Power Of Nightmares, Bitter Lake, Hypernormalisation) has a new 6-part documentary on BBC iPlayer.
It's bloody good, and bloody dense - feel like I should be watching it with a pen and notebook - well worth a watch.
The Stonehenge BBC doc w/Alice Roberts is good.
(Although I’m finding the slow, ponderous yet clickbaitey style of voiceover in documentaries increasingly irritating as I get older. I was able to follow James Burke rattling on when I was eight so I don’t know why presenters have to speak so slowly. )
I’m just being elitist Tom :). I totally understand why they’re done like that.
Expanse series is now complete for those not wanting to watch an episode a week. Best sci fi around IMO.
Vikings also finished up the final season.
For anyone that's missed it, Adam Curtis (Century Of The Self, Power Of Nightmares, Bitter Lake, Hypernormalisation) has a new 6-part documentary on BBC iPlayer.
cheers both, that looks right up my street, and always up for a new podcast for the commute
I very much enjoyed The Terror (BBC) last night. Fictionalised (OR IS IT? :o) account of Franklin's doomed expedition to complete the Northwest Passage.
Very reminiscent of that brilliant adaption of Dark Matter that was on BBC Sounds a while ago (you know, the scary story of a man overwintering alone [OR IS HE? :o] at an Arctic observation station).
The opening dialogue on The Terror had me reaching for the remote to put the subtitles on which I used to do for W as she’s French but (like Moose IIRC) I watch a lot of TV and films with them on for myself now.
Thoroughly enjoyed it though. Quality TV so far.
I very much enjoyed The Terror (BBC) last night. Fictionalised (OR IS IT? :o) account of Franklin's doomed expedition to complete the Northwest Passage.
Very reminiscent of that brilliant adaption of Dark Matter that was on BBC Sounds a while ago (you know, the scary story of a man overwintering alone [OR IS HE? :o] at an Arctic observation station).
I very much enjoyed The Terror (BBC) last night. Fictionalised (OR IS IT? :o) account of Franklin's doomed expedition to complete the Northwest Passage.
Very reminiscent of that brilliant adaption of Dark Matter that was on BBC Sounds a while ago (you know, the scary story of a man overwintering alone [OR IS HE? :o] at an Arctic observation station).
Is it my hearing, or is this (like a lot of modern TV drama) pretty mumble-y?
No matter what sound setting I had the TV set up on I kept missing whole sections of dialogue!
Something that started ten minutes into The Wire in our house.
the series is named after one of the ships, HMS Terror.
Worst Journey in the World is long, but a fascinating account of the hardships, not just on the Polar trek, but the other ones they did while there, some of which sound more brutal.
Worst Journey in the World is long, but a fascinating account of the hardships, not just on the Polar trek, but the other ones they did while there, some of which sound more brutal.
Halfway through this and can confirm it is good but long.
Of interest to the Terror-watchers?
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2021/mar/14/what-happened-on-hms-terror-divers-plan-return-to-franklin-wrecks
Bloodlands
having seen all of this, if people are considering it, I'd say its watchable and worthwhile but not exceptional. It seemed a little confused and not up to the stuff which Mercurio has written rather than produced. The premise is good, however, and it certainly has some effective tension. I find that James Nesbitt can overact to a slightly irritating degree though, but he's pretty popular so other may not find this. 6.7/10
BloodlandsYou’re not the only one. He basically just gurned and grimaced for a solid hour each episode. I stuck with it to the end but don’t think I’ll watch series 2 for that reason.
I find that James Nesbitt can overact to a slightly irritating degree though, but he's pretty popular so other may not find this.
Rick Stein’s Cornwall - easy viewing and I know he’s a bitmarmitelimited edition organic yeast extract, served in hand crafted artisan created glass jar
We saw this, went a bit further and got some Cornish sparkling wine... :???: L also made the buns and they were excellent.
Rick Stein is something of a conundrum in our house. L will always put him on, then spend half the time gushing that he chooses the exact right recipes, half the time complaining about his orientalist quoting of Kipling and other nonsense. He still picks good destinations though and we are enthused to visit both Cornwall and Calcutta off the back of his shows.
New season of Line of Duty so far just as brilliant as previous ones. I am ashamed to admit that I now find it annoying when I can't binge episode after episode of something I'm enjoying though. (BBC)
New season of Line of Duty so far just as brilliant as previous ones. I am ashamed to admit that I now find it annoying when I can't binge episode after episode of something I'm enjoying though. (BBC)
I mean - haven't these people ever seen The Wire?
Just watched Season 1 of The Bridge (Scandinavian police series) which I can heartily recommend. On iPlayer
I mean - haven't these people ever seen The Wire?
No I haven't! I'd like to but it's not available on any streaming service I have and I don't want to spend 50 quid on DVDs. Also true of The Sopranos.
No I haven't! I'd like to but it's not available on any streaming service I have and I don't want to spend 50 quid on DVDs. Also true of The Sopranos.
I'd like to but it's not available on any streaming service I have and I don't want to spend 50 quid on DVDs. Also true of The Sopranos.
I mean - haven't these people ever seen The Wire?
No I haven't! I'd like to but it's not available on any streaming service I have and I don't want to spend 50 quid on DVDs. Also true of The Sopranos.
If you take out a free trial of Now TV its on there, you get a week for free which should be enough to smash through season 1. Ditto the Sopranos and Succession.
Anyone with a love of sci fi, CGI and a bit of humour, check out Love, Death & Robots on Neflix. All short stories (longest is 15 minutes) and all very different, but the ones I've seen are all great so far.
Definitely not family viewing, swearing, sex and extreme violence in some of them.
https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80174608
No I haven't! I'd like to but it's not available on any streaming service I have and I don't want to spend 50 quid on DVDs. Also true of The Sopranos.You're still in Sheff Toby?
No I haven't! I'd like to but it's not available on any streaming service I have and I don't want to spend 50 quid on DVDs. Also true of The Sopranos.You're still in Sheff Toby?
You'd be welcome to borrow The Sopranos, got the full series box set.
Yes, I am and that's be awesome! Can I pick up at some point soon?
I just want to know who H is.
One of the best documentaries I've ever seen is now up on iPlayer. Gripping and jaw-dropping.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m000v94s/watergate
70s paranoia film "All the Presidents Men" may be of interest if you're into Watergate (and assuming you haven't already seen it).
Written by the Washington Post reporters.
Radio 4 (BBC sounds)Listened on the way to the crag aptly enough 👍
Recall The Rock.
Just brilliant.
I have seen that along with several other films but there's big gaps in my knowledge and reading just doesn't happen for me outside of work so this is perfect, watched most of the first one whilst ironing school uniform tonight!
A shout out for Mindhunter on Netflix, which I am re-watching as Mrs TTT hasn't seen it.
Never realised it's directed by David Fincher. Sadly it's been stalled mid-run and there's no word of whether there will be a series 3.
You'll have done well to avoid them otherwise the last few days!
Cheers for the spoiler.
You'll have done well to avoid them otherwise the last few days!
I've been quickly flicking past any mention of LOD on any feeds, though I was safe here.
Really enjoying Better Call Saul at the moment, he's a classic flawed hero. The parallel plot story and characterisation of Mike Ehrmantraut is just as good.
I’ve been watching an animated series on Amazon Prime lately, called Invincible. Not my usual thing at all, but it’s been absolutely brilliant!
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Second this, they did the annoying one episode a week thing but the whole season is on now. Stellar voice cast and a great storyline.
Anyone with a love of sci fi, CGI and a bit of humour, check out Love, Death & Robots on Neflix. All short stories (longest is 15 minutes) and all very different, but the ones I've seen are all great so far.
Definitely not family viewing, swearing, sex and extreme violence in some of them.
https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80174608
I'm still on season 3, so don't blab :)
I actually think the characters are better than BB.
The 1979 Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy series is on iPlayer at the moment. One of the best things ever on the tele.
Surprised no-one has mentioned Mare of Easttown yet. Seems like the papers (well, the Guardian anyway) are talking about nothing else. We stalled near the end of episode 6 last night, but hope to finish it tonight.
Surprised no-one has mentioned Mare of Easttown yet. Seems like the papers (well, the Guardian anyway) are talking about nothing else. We stalled near the end of episode 6 last night, but hope to finish it tonight.
Thanks for the recommendation, finished this a couple of days ago and really enjoyed it. So good to have some decent characters, really elevates it above the usual crime drama stuff.
A prisoner consumed by guilt, an officer with an impossible choice. What does it take to survive? A tense story of punishment and principles, starring Sean Bean and Stephen Graham.
I really enjoyed this over a few nights:Yep - brilliant I thought.
Time
Now other people can hate Andrew Wakefield just as much as I do! Which, speaking as an autistic person, is a lot.
I can’t recommend this highly enough https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000wfcj (https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000wfcj)
I watched the first episode of Time but, whilst I’m ok with cartoonish violence, I couldn’t enjoy it because I felt uncomfortable with where it was going.
I thought Time was very, very good. Worth sticking with. It's an uncomfortable watch but, in a way, how could it not be?
I thought Time was very, very good. Worth sticking with. It's an uncomfortable watch but, in a way, how could it not be?
Is the rest of it even grimmer than the first one? I found the first one tolerable (because it was superb) but I wouldn't want to persist if it gets loads worse.
I thought Time was very, very good. Worth sticking with. It's an uncomfortable watch but, in a way, how could it not be?
Is the rest of it even grimmer than the first one? I found the first one tolerable (because it was superb) but I wouldn't want to persist if it gets loads worse.
The first one reminded me of Nick Bullock's autobiography...
...a worthwhile read, if anyone hasn't read it.
The first one reminded me of Nick Bullock's autobiography...
...a worthwhile read, if anyone hasn't read it.
I was wondering that the other day. I'll have a read (thanks).
If people stomached the first episode I think they'll manage the next two. It's really worthwhile.
Have you watched Season 1 & 2 of The Missing? It's where he first appears as a character.
If anyone hasn't seen Laura Kenny and Kate Archibald win the Madison yet, its about 15 minutes long on iplayer, and its probably equal to any display of absolute sporting mastery and dominance that I've ever seen, akin to Federer in his prime, or an on form All Blacks side. They just absolutely smash it from start to finish.
Olympics, Track Cycling - Women's Madison: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p09py86l via @bbciplayer
If anyone hasn't seen Laura Kenny and Kate Archibald win the Madison yet, its about 15 minutes long on iplayer, and its probably equal to any display of absolute sporting mastery and dominance that I've ever seen, akin to Federer in his prime, or an on form All Blacks side. They just absolutely smash it from start to finish.
Olympics, Track Cycling - Women's Madison: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p09py86l via @bbciplayer
Absolutely, despite the lack of competition it was mesmerising to watch. Hopefully the full interview afterwards is also included, I was slightly upset by the version on the BBC 7:30pm highlights show which cut most of Katie Archibald out.
Whatever bit of the interview is on it was really good. Kenny is almost incredulous that they just had to execute their plan, as though anyone could have done it; which is clearly not the case, they're awesome.
Whatever bit of the interview is on it was really good. Kenny is almost incredulous that they just had to execute their plan, as though anyone could have done it; which is clearly not the case, they're awesome.
Absolutely awesome. Just starting to watch the Omnium on catch up now and avoiding any news or scoial media (actually could have been a risk coming on here!), hopefully another medal for Kenny. I do wonder if her personality and the view of her as a 'bubbly blonde' means here ability and achievements are actually somewhat underrated - to do what she has done over three Olympics demonstrates both incredible athletic ability and an amazing racing mind.
If anyone hasn't seen Laura Kenny and Kate Archibald win the Madison yet, its about 15 minutes long on iplayer, and its probably equal to any display of absolute sporting mastery and dominance that I've ever seen, akin to Federer in his prime, or an on form All Blacks side. They just absolutely smash it from start to finish.
Olympics, Track Cycling - Women's Madison: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p09py86l via @bbciplayer
If anyone hasn't seen Laura Kenny and Kate Archibald win the Madison yet, its about 15 minutes long on iplayer, and its probably equal to any display of absolute sporting mastery and dominance that I've ever seen, akin to Federer in his prime, or an on form All Blacks side. They just absolutely smash it from start to finish.
Olympics, Track Cycling - Women's Madison: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p09py86l via @bbciplayer
Had a spare 15 mins so stuck this on. I imagine my feelings watching it would be similar to non-climbers watching the bouldering; I've no idea what's going on, the scoring makes no sense and although I can vaguely understand that the level of athleticism is extremely high, I've no concept of just how high.
Completely. Laura and Jason Kenny must have more Olympic medals than most countries.
Tom Pidcock is a legend too, on team Ineos, rides cyclo-cross in the winter and Olympic gold MTB. I hope he does well in the Vuelta. Heard him interviewed saying he's not really much of a mountain biker ...
Had a spare 15 mins so stuck this on. I imagine my feelings watching it would be similar to non-climbers watching the bouldering; I've no idea what's going on, the scoring makes no sense and although I can vaguely understand that the level of athleticism is extremely high, I've no concept of just how high.
I liked Jason Kenny's keiran win, despite it being such a contrived event (Google Japanese gambling and UCI bribery!). But bludgeoning power is easy to recognise and admire. Comparatively little tactics, no dawdling and drafting: at the first opportunity he went beast mode and didn't let up.
If anyone hasn't seen Laura Kenny and Kate Archibald win the Madison yet, its about 15 minutes long on iplayer, and its probably equal to any display of absolute sporting mastery and dominance that I've ever seen, akin to Federer in his prime, or an on form All Blacks side. They just absolutely smash it from start to finish.
Olympics, Track Cycling - Women's Madison: www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p09py86l via @bbciplayer
Had a spare 15 mins so stuck this on. I imagine my feelings watching it would be similar to non-climbers watching the bouldering; I've no idea what's going on, the scoring makes no sense and although I can vaguely understand that the level of athleticism is extremely high, I've no concept of just how high.
Vigil
On iPlayer and weekly episodes. In my opinion this may be the best TV drama I've seen recently, up there with LOD or the better Netflix shows.
If you're unaware it's basically a police investigation on a trident nuclear submarine.
Highly recommended.
It’s for the general public Matt. There are several moments of obviously scripted exposition about submarines, nuclear reactors, trawlers, drug testing - you name it, but it’s still good tele.
Another good 90m BBC documentary tonight. 9/11 Inside the Presidents War Room.
It’s for the general public Matt. There are several moments of obviously scripted exposition about submarines, nuclear reactors, trawlers, drug testing - you name it, but it’s still good tele.
Another good 90m BBC documentary tonight. 9/11 Inside the Presidents War Room.
I know, but it’s like watching a Hollywood climbing movie.
Someone even called a Chief “Sir” and I almost choked on my wine. They even had a Lieutenant (Captain, in Army ranks) supposedly “best friends” with a Kilick (Leading Hand/Corporal). 🤦🏻♂️
Still, it’s bloody good.
Someone even called a Chief “Sir” and I almost choked on my wine. They even had a Lieutenant (Captain, in Army ranks) supposedly “best friends” with a Kilick (Leading Hand/Corporal
Watched an episode of "People Just Do Nothing" on Netflix, found it pretty funny, but not sure if the concept has legs for 5 seasons, has anyone watched any more of it?
I have given Ride a bit if a revisit given the quality of the recent material. Best thing was on Vapour Trail on Nowhere (and Spotify stats agree).
Not quite TV,... But 6music is all about 1991 today and the release of Nevermind. Such a good period in music, so many different new genres taking off.
We've just finished The North Water on BBC - bit of a slow burner, but really grabs you as it goes on.
Amazing cast, some incredible scenery - sounds like it's gone under the radar a bit but definitely worth a watch.
We've just finished The North Water on BBC - bit of a slow burner, but really grabs you as it goes on.
Amazing cast, some incredible scenery - sounds like it's gone under the radar a bit but definitely worth a watch.
I enjoyed it, but perhaps unlucky to air so soon after The Terror. There's only so much sitting in a tent in the Arctic waiting to die that one can really enjoy to the fullest.
Not quite TV,... But 6music is all about 1991 today and the release of Nevermind. Such a good period in music, so many different new genres taking off.
Watching The Last Mountain just now... seems a bit veveuristic and unforfortable. Not sure what to make of it.
BBC2 on iplayer.
Watching The Last Mountain just now... seems a bit veveuristic and unforfortable. Not sure what to make of it.
BBC2 on iplayer.
Watching The Last Mountain just now... seems a bit veveuristic and unforfortable. Not sure what to make of it.
BBC2 on iplayer.
Interested in this but having watched “The Alpinist” on Saturday there’s only so much “tragic death in the mountains” I can take in a week.
Watching The Last Mountain just now... seems a bit veveuristic and unforfortable. Not sure what to make of it.
BBC2 on iplayer.
Interested in this but having watched “The Alpinist” on Saturday there’s only so much “tragic death in the mountains” I can take in a week.
It's on iplayer for a year, so you can have some respite. Alpinist good?
Watching The Last Mountain just now... seems a bit veveuristic and unforfortable. Not sure what to make of it.
BBC2 on iplayer.
Interested in this but having watched “The Alpinist” on Saturday there’s only so much “tragic death in the mountains” I can take in a week.
It's on iplayer for a year, so you can have some respite. Alpinist good?
Went to see it with erm, sam of this parish. I thought it was excellent. The footage of him on the Stanley Headwall was breath-taking and the opening footage of him om Mt Sleese (I think) really set the tone. As well as the footage being amazing, the story was well told, without many missteps.
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tunless anyone has any doubt, latest series of Gone Fishing is as great as all the others. I'm not tired of the formula at all yet, keep them coming.
Slightly OT, but the first episode features 2 of the beaches I've surfed on North Uist, some of the best waves I've ever had.Thanks for the hint Chris - having recently cycled/rafted round North Uist, I'll look that out (even though i don't really have any interest in fishing)
Great, I'm going tonight - turns out some mates were planning on it already!
Great, I'm going tonight - turns out some mates were planning on it already!
Verdict?
The fishing is just an excuse for stunning scenery and banter.
We've just finished The North Water on BBC - bit of a slow burner, but really grabs you as it goes on.
Amazing cast, some incredible scenery - sounds like it's gone under the radar a bit but definitely worth a watch.
I enjoyed the war room show, interesting just to see what happens "beehind the scenes" during these sorts of events.
This mainly aimed at you Toby being a Newton Abbot boy, but did you ever see the borderland? I had randomly downloaded it for a trip away to France, and were then stunned to see it is set in Denbury, complete with scene outside out house! Not the best film ever (team of investigators from the Vatican come to look at a potential miracle in West ogwell Church), but worth it for the scenery if you know the area...
Four Hours at The Capitol - Shocking and great documentary making.Best quote was from one of the rioters after he'd been arrested. "I'm a firm believer in capital punishment. And I'm a firm believer in hard labour. But to lock someone in a cell for 9 days and not even let 'em take a shower. It's un-American and it's inhumane" :lol: :boohoo:
but I find some of the accents a bit challenging. 6.5/10
but I find some of the accents a bit challenging. 6.5/10
Challenging how? Hard to understand or inauthentic?
I'm enjoying it, but the fact that only 1 cast member is actually from Shetland kinda grates.
The Long Call; on ITV this week. Pretty good based on having watched the first episode. Whodunnit drama based in north Devon, with more interesting details than a generic standard.Apart from the lovely coastal shots of Devon I didn’t think much of this. Poor acting, and I felt no connection with the deceased as he was ultimately just always a body with no back story so I wasn’t that fussed who’d dunnit. Also some important issues (sexual consent and coercive control behaviour) felt a bit shoe horned in. Just my 2p.
but I find some of the accents a bit challenging. 6.5/10
Challenging how? Hard to understand or inauthentic?
I'm enjoying it, but the fact that only 1 cast member is actually from Shetland kinda grates.
The former! Having grown up in South Devon its probably not surprising... I wouldn't know how authentic or otherwise they were.
Watching The Last Mountain just now... seems a bit veveuristic and unforfortable. Not sure what to make of it.
BBC2 on iplayer.
Should have said - Story of Tom Ballard / Alison Hargreaves K2 Nanga Parbat etc.
Guilt on BBC is a bit like a Scottish Better Call Saul. It's also got a really good soundtrack.
Anyone else watching The Wheel of Time on Prime?
Anyone else watching The Wheel of Time on Prime?
I've been a massive fan of the books since about the year 2000, have read them multiple times etc. Basically a WoT geek. So I am getting pissed off at lots of little things they've changed. But on the whole am enjoying the series so far, has been done mostly pretty well. My wife who is by no means a fantasy fan is enjoying them (probably more than me).
Well,
It’s, uh, different and not what I would have chosen.
Quite funny, very moving (especially if you’re bereaved).
Weird.
But,
Nine Perfect Strangers
On Prime.
Been enjoying The Outlaws on BBC. Directed by and starring Stephen Merchant (as well as Christopher Walken who is brilliant in it). Mostly a lighthearted crime thriller set in Bristol but with some darker moments thrown in.
The recent documentary on "social media and us" on iplayer is a good, intelligent watch. David Baddiel is an engaging presenter, although the programme doesn't say anything hugely surprising it does confirm that not being on Twitter is better for you.He is good, definitely doesn't feel like just another celebrity presenter. His programme on holocaust denial a couple of years ago was similarly intelligent and interesting while taking on an obviously difficult subject.
Stop Making Sense - incredible live film of Talking Heads free on Amazon Prime atm.
Stop Making Sense - incredible live film of Talking Heads free on Amazon Prime atm.
I watched this recently, first time for years, having owned 2-3 VHS copies in the past. Still mesmerising.
Hey thanks for putting me onto Stop Making Sense. It’s mesmerising. What he / they are creating on stage is just incredible.
We watched this last night, really engaging and insightful.
https://films.nationalgeographic.com/the-rescue
It's on Disney+
We watched this last night, really engaging and insightful.
https://films.nationalgeographic.com/the-rescue
It's on Disney+
Yeah - watched it last night having missed the cinema showings. Just incredible. I find it strange that they didn't mention the 2003 Mexico trip where Rick and Jason were flown out to Mexico to dive out 4 trapped cavers (non divers) from Alpazat. It was a perfect dry (sic) run. https://ukcaving.com/board/index.php?board=24.0
But this was another level and some.
Not a dry eye in the house at ours.
Hey thanks for putting me onto Stop Making Sense. It’s mesmerising. What he / they are creating on stage is just incredible.
Hey thanks for putting me onto Stop Making Sense. It’s mesmerising. What he / they are creating on stage is just incredible.
This is where I fail to contain myself any longer! I saw the Stop Making Sense show live in 1984 and it was amazing, though I'm now not quite sure what I remember from being there and what comes from numerous viewings of the (excellent) film.
Also saw the Remain in Light tour in 1980. This was more memorable in some ways, I made a trip to London specially, it was more conventional but I'd not seen many live shows then, and they were a lot more manic and less controlled.
https://youtu.be/2KQjy02eqOk
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0013vf3/storyville-final-accountFound this interesting. Felt like there was a bit of a language barrier for me as apart from the obviously remorseful and the obviously remorseless interviewees, I found it quite hard to tell where most of them were on that spectrum or pick up on any subtlety with what they were saying. Guess the direct, to the point way that German's tend to speak didn't help here.
A portrait of the last living generation of everyday people to participate in the Third Reich. Men and women ranging from former SS officers to children who grew up in Hitler’s Germany speak for the first time about their memories and perceptions of some of the greatest crimes in human history
Another vote for The Responder. A lot more than just another cop drama. Had a lot more to say, snappier and way more interesting in the space of a couple of episodes than the entire 8 (or whatever) series of Line of Duty. Not always a big fan of Martin Freeman's acting but he was brilliant in this.
Arcane on Netflix is a very good animated series. I'm normally not that taken with animated series, since they can be a bit cringe in my opinion. So I went in with fairly low expectations, but had heard good things and have to agree I thought it was brilliant. Set in a magic/steampunk city of two halves, the upper rich region and the lower slums, and the struggles between them. It leans heavily on some typical tropes and characterisations but manages to pull it off excellently. The characters and their struggles (mostly) felt believable and genuine Animation style is also a very nice comic book look , which reminded me a bit of Spider-man: into the spiderverse (also excellent). Despite a couple minor eye roll moments, overall it is well worth a watch. I hope they make a second series. I believe it is all based on a video game called league of legends, but I know nothing about that and it didn't seem to matter.
Is anyone else watching Severance? It’s the best thing I’ve seen on TV in ages, creepy, disturbing and intelligent science fiction with wonderful acting and sets. The premise is simple: the characters work for a company called Lumon which “severs” some of its employees. Their memories of work are inaccessible to their outside selves, and their outside selves are unknown to their selves at work. They go down the lift in the morning and know nothing until 5pm, whilst their work self is trapped in the nightmare of a continual work day. It’s riveting.
Russian Doll on Netflix.
Excellent (well series 1 is - I'm tempted to stop there as series 2 doesn't look as interesting a premise).
Jacob Collier. How come I’ve not heard of him before. Best thing I’ve watched this year.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001717f/imagine-2022-jacob-collier-in-the-room-where-it-happens
Top Boy Season 2 (or 4 if you include the original C4 seasons) - seems to fly a little bit under the radar compared to some other 'bigger' shows but I think its great. Brilliant characters and interlinked storylines, the middle few episodes have so much tension you feel like you need a lie down in a quiet place at the end! Holding off on watching the last episode until the weekend so I can enjoy it properly.
Top Boy Season 2 (or 4 if you include the original C4 seasons) - seems to fly a little bit under the radar compared to some other 'bigger' shows but I think its great. Brilliant characters and interlinked storylines, the middle few episodes have so much tension you feel like you need a lie down in a quiet place at the end! Holding off on watching the last episode until the weekend so I can enjoy it properly.
I watched the first Netflix season, and agree that it was excellent. It is almost a bit too real, you have to be in the mood for it I think, but if you are up for something pretty hardcore, with exceptionally well drawn and believable characters, this is it.
Anyone else underwhelmed by the last series of Peaky Blinders? Was hoping for more to happen.
. I'm not sure about believable though! Especially in the latest season I thought I had to suspend my disbelief quite regularly.
Maybe I'm just naively hoping it's not actually realistic.
Prince of Muck - BBC iPlayer. A lovely little cinematic documentary about Lawrence MacEwen, the elderly owner and laird of the Isle of Muck. Elegiac in tone and beautifully shot. Loved it.
Thanks really enjoyed Prince of Muck. Will watch theTruffle Hunters too soon.
PS - Did anyone else watch the Truffle Hunters that I shared earlier? It’s absolutely brilliant.
The Boys Season 3 is coming out in June too.
Sherwood
I've only watched the first episode so far, but I'd definitely recommend this. Engaging human drama with an unusual murder investigation on the side, set in an interesting historical context. It feels especially relevant at the moment as strikes are obviously in the news again at the moment.
Sherwood
I've only watched the first episode so far, but I'd definitely recommend this. Engaging human drama with an unusual murder investigation on the side, set in an interesting historical context. It feels especially relevant at the moment as strikes are obviously in the news again at the moment.
I'd be interested to know how it pans out and if you'd still recommend it at the end. There seems to have been a spate of dramas, particularly on the BBC, recently that have brilliant first episodes and the writing becomes weaker and weaker the further through the series you get.
The Boys Season 3 is coming out in June too.
So far so good, the usual great mix of story, humour and gore.
The Boys Season 3 is coming out in June too.
So far so good, the usual great mix of story, humour and gore.
Anyone watch this? Slightly disappointed by finale.
With finales to Ozark, BCS and a new season of Love Death and Robots I need to get another month of Netflix while I have free evenings in the school holidays.
The Sandman on Netflix. Just stunning.
That should be awesome -- I saw the liveshow of which that's half.
It was an odd experience since I'd bought tickets with a friend for summer 2020. Two years later, we were sitting in the audience going "Well, we finally made it. We survived this far".
Started watching Inside Man last night, it's well worth watching, based on the first episode. Stanley Tucci is exceptional.Normally get on pretty well with your recommendations Toby but found this unwatchable!
No diss, Toby, but I've noticed that a lot of your recommendations are based on the first episode, which I expect the writers put a disproportionate amount of effort into to get the audience interested.
For the Inside Man my suspended disbelief quickly resumed when the nice priest locked the tutor in the basement in lieu of sorting out a simple misunderstanding.
Anyone else watching Industry?
It’s kind of like Skins shagging Succession in the toilet of an investment bank. An HBO / BBC collaboration - the writing is super sharp.
The second series has just been released on iPlayer and I’d say (3 episodes in) it’s even better than the first.
Discussed with some UKBers on Twitter, but just to flag up The Bear on Disney here, totally awesome
The Peripheral (prime)Pleasantly surprised with it so far given that a previous attempt to turn some of his (Gibson's) work into a screenplay brought us the dire Johnny Mnemonic. A writer of such vision and genius deserves so much better than that.
Tbf I'll happily watch CGM in any old rubbish, but this seems like genuinely worthwhile sci fi. 3 episodes so far
Zeitgeist in Grimsby:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRmuFJDiZlk
Peripheral is good so far, bar an amusing bit of exposition attempting to (I think) address a paradox of the time travel plot, which is a bit complex, but then one of the characters literally says "don't worry about understanding it, it's all pretty complicated"!
Time travel is increasingly regarded as a menace. History is being polluted.
One of the major problems encountered in time travel is not that of accidentally becoming your own father or mother. There is no problem involved in becoming your own father or mother that a broadminded and well-adjusted family can't cope with. There is also no problem about changing the course of history- the course of history does not change because it all fits together like a jigsaw. All the important changes have happened before the things they were supposed to change and it all sorts itself out in the end.
The major problem is quite simply one of grammar, and the main work to consult in this matter is Dr Dan Streetmentioner's Time Traveller's Handbook of 1001 Tense Formations. It will tell you for instance how to describe something that was about to happen to you in the past before you avoided it by time-jumping forward two days in order to avoid it. The event will be described differently according to whether you are talking about it from the standpoint of your own natural time, from a time in the further future, or a time in the further past and is further complicated by the possibility of conducting conversations whilst you are actually travelling from one time to another with the intention of becoming your own father or mother.
Most readers get as far as the Future Semi-Conditionally Modified Subinverted Plagal Past Subjunctive Intentional before giving up: and in fact in later editions of the book all the pages beyond this point have been left blank to save on printing costs.
Note: The term "Future Perfect" has been abandoned since it was discovered not to be.
I get that there's a potential retention / stopping people cancelling element to this from a business point of view BTW, it just pisses me off.
This really gets my goat. I've paid the subscription (and therefore for the content), sure if I want to binge something I should be able to binge it?
:thumbsup: Ha! I thought you meant because there were a lot of downbeat stories… I liked it because like you said, it was positivity in adversity. You have a clear idea of where Harris is coming from (and I don’t mean Wilmslow) but he gets the subjects to talk and holds back himself. I like his stuff.Zeitgeist in Grimsby:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRmuFJDiZlk
Wadded you for this. but my autocorrect changed it to Grumble. Frikkin phones! Great little doco on Grimsby scene. Thanks for sharing it. Bleak, but hopeful at the same time.
Quote from: lorentz link=topic=12396.msg668371#msg668371 date:1667341643:thumbsup: Ha! I thought you meant because there were a lot of downbeat stories… I liked it because like you said, it was positivity in adversity. You have a clear idea of where Harris is coming from (and I don’t mean Wilmslow) but he gets the subjects to talk and holds back himself. I like his stuff.Zeitgeist in Grimsby:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRmuFJDiZlk
Wadded you for this. but my autocorrect changed it to Grumble. Frikkin phones! Great little doco on Grimsby scene. Thanks for sharing it. Bleak, but hopeful at the same time.
Inside Man on iPlayer. David Tenant plays vicar. Some really good characters and a different take on a crime thriller
We've recently subscribed to Netflix and watched 1899:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9319668/
I thought it was really well filmed with good music but after finishing the series I can't really tell if I enjoyed it (I don't want to go too far here due to spoiler potential). Has anyone else watched it?
I would suggest anyone who's interested switching to the subtitles rather than the dubbed version.
Nat wants to watch Dahmer but I'm not sure... :sick:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13207736/
Have you watched 'Dark' also on Netflix? It was made by the same people who have gone on to make 1899. Has a similar production values, great use of score and music to set the tone and atmosphere. It'd be a very strong recommend from me. One of my favourite recent shows. It's fully in German and I'd also advise watching with subtitles on although I'm sure dubs are available.
Despite the awful name, which sounds to me like some Bear Grylls wankfest, SAS Rogue Heroes on iplayer is really good.
Despite the awful name, which sounds to me like some Bear Grylls wankfest, SAS Rogue Heroes on iplayer is really good.
It's 6 hour-long episodes, and is a drama about the inception of the SAS during WW2 in North Africa by a colourful group of characters. Very funny in parts, with an excellent cast including the headmasters son / bully from Sex Education in the lead role. It's made by the same person who did Peaky Blinders.
I'm not normally one for a soldier drama but thought this was great.
Just finished watching Andor last night, for some reason I thought it had finished in a weird place after 8 episodes before I realised there were another four!
I think probably the best thing to come out of Star Wars for me, great cast, good through storyline (unlike Mando which is more episodic) and does a great job of capturing the evilness in administration of the empire.
Just finished watching Andor last night, for some reason I thought it had finished in a weird place after 8 episodes before I realised there were another four!
I think probably the best thing to come out of Star Wars for me, great cast, good through storyline (unlike Mando which is more episodic) and does a great job of capturing the evilness in administration of the empire.
Fully agree with this. I'm not a Star Wars fanboi but thought this was really good, far darker than the other series (and decidedly less Disney!).
Is it just me that reckons this lives up precisely to its utterly wanky title?
I've struggled through the first couple of episodes now and have found it really hard to get into, my main thought being that what the SAS did in Africa in WW2 was so outrageous that it just doesn't need the rock soundtrack, ridiculous over-acting, excessive characterisation and pointlessly verbose scripting. It has the excruciating air of trying too hard to be cool to me.
Gallows Pole sounds great, was just reading about it online. Amazing story. Filmed in Heptonstall too!!Interesting aside(maybe) is that I was chatting to another basketball dad during a match last week and asking what he did for a living. Turns out he was a mechanic and part time singer who had just hopefully had his big break through being cast in Gallows Pole after randomly bumping into Shane Meadows. Never acted before but Meadows gave him a main character role nonetheless.
Is it just me that reckons this lives up precisely to its utterly wanky title?
I've struggled through the first couple of episodes now and have found it really hard to get into, my main thought being that what the SAS did in Africa in WW2 was so outrageous that it just doesn't need the rock soundtrack, ridiculous over-acting, excessive characterisation and pointlessly verbose scripting. It has the excruciating air of trying too hard to be cool to me.
Thanks for confirming I'm not just being a grumpy old man by expecting WW2 dramas to feature clipped accents, repressed emotions, doubtful sexual politics, and cardboard sets (ideally in glorious black and white). It was all a bit sub-Tarantino: fresh-ish in 2009 now just a bit too knowing.
Period dramas are like SF of course, a mirror to the times they are made, but the biggest anachronism for me is the constant swearing. I knew a few blokes from that era, from my Dad (working class east end; radar operator FAA) to friends/patients (Corpus Christi; Captain, British Indian Army). They never swore.
Got rid of the pointless mind reading octopus?
Got rid of the pointless mind reading octopus?
Whitehouse and Mortimer Gone Fishing Season 4 is as brilliant as all the others, amazed they maintain the standard. Every shot is just stunning, just let the beauty of the countryside wash over you. Looking forward to the Xmas special on Norway.
One of the best things I’ve seen this year from the BBC. A must watch. Brilliant.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001g4rn (https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001g4rn)
I only remember it because it was the first Star Wars film that I took my son to see, and he loved every moment of it, apart from that bit freaked him out.
Really enjoyed the first three episodes of Snowpiercer (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6156584/) on Netflix. Looking forward to getting the rest watched over the Christmas period.
Have you seen the 2013 movie, same name?
First one is amazing - been mentioned on here earlier. Second one less so.Ah shame, might still take a look at some point. I’m a sucker for recent K movies, and zombies are a favourite kind of trash.
Good to see The Bear making it to the top of a lot of end of year lists. Just to bump it as a recommendation here for those who haven’t seen it, as I think it really does live up to the hype.
Watched start of Happy Valley S3 last night. Seems like quality is definitely maintained from the previous seasons, first episode was a brilliant intense watch with great characters, superb performances and some cracking dialog.
If anyone fancies a classic, the original Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy series (with Alec Guiness as Smiley) is up on iPlayer for a month:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b006ylbp/tinker-tailor-soldier-spy
The Detectorists Christmas special was fab.
mostly for the Julio Iglesias track on the final scene.
I must have all series about 5 times now. Apparently in an episode of wurzal gumidge, Macaulays version, in distant field you can see a yellow TVR with 2 blokes with metal detectors.
This could be an urban myth.
It appears that 1899 will now not be funded for a second series.
Supposedly (i.e. Twitter hearsay) the CCO of Netflix has openly said viewership algorithms are the decider of which shows are considered successful or unsuccessful. A metric for cancellation is if viewers do not finish the first season within a month of launch.
Early Doors is being re-run on BBC4 from tonight. If you’ve not seen it before, it’s a brilliant comedy.
It appears that 1899 will now not be funded for a second series.
I've been watching Spooks from Series 1 (I watched it late in the run, but missed the first few series-es).
S1 is circa 2002 and is very much of its time...the cars, the fashions and the interior design seem like they're from another era, even though it's only about 20 years ago!
One of the biggest things you notice is the phones. Good Nokia representation!
I've been watching Spooks from Series 1 (I watched it late in the run, but missed the first few series-es).
S1 is circa 2002 and is very much of its time...the cars, the fashions and the interior design seem like they're from another era, even though it's only about 20 years ago!
One of the biggest things you notice is the phones. Good Nokia representation!
Do I recall a rather vicious scene early on in the first series, where one of the team gets her head dunked in a deep fat fryer.. I remember being pretty shocked at the time.
2002 and is very much of its time...the cars, the fashions and the interior design seem like they're from another era, even though it's only about 20 years ago!
2002 and is very much of its time...the cars, the fashions and the interior design seem like they're from another era, even though it's only about 20 years ago!
It’s usual for things that are about 20 years old to seem like they’re of another era though isn’t it? It’s kind of the point where the past all feels excruciatingly naff, before we recognise bits as classic. 1981 (Adam and the Ants, The Birdie Song, Triangle (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xxWoKr8d0D4&feature=youtu.be), Sorry! (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jyMZx9nIdeM&feature=youtu.be), Charles and Di’s Wedding etc.) certainly felt like another era in 2002…
Personally I love watching old TV shows- the historical element just adds to the entertainment. On that note, every episode of Desmond’s (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8uAPK7livSY&feature=youtu.be) is available on All4. 8)
Other thing I've noticed, mainly through being an avid re-watcher of old Seinfelds and Frasiers - is how many of the plots / comedy scenarios revolve around using missing a land line call / something to do with an answerphone as a plot device, and how jarring it would feel as they would never happen now!
S1 is circa 2002 and is very much of its time...the cars, the fashions and the interior design seem like they're from another era, even though it's only about 20 years ago!
One of the biggest things you notice is the phones. Good Nokia representation!
S1 is circa 2002 and is very much of its time...the cars, the fashions and the interior design seem like they're from another era, even though it's only about 20 years ago!
One of the biggest things you notice is the phones. Good Nokia representation!
I think there are more similarities between 2002 and 2022 than say 1964 and 1984, or 1975 to 1995. Everything from the TV itself (b&w to colour), computers moving from universities and spacecraft to the home, the sexual revolution (there weren’t that many gays on TV in the early 80s but homosexuality wasn’t illegal), women couldn’t get a loan without a man in the 60s but by the 80s we were watching Cagney and Lacey (well, my divorced mother certainly enjoyed this tale of gun-toting emancipated New York female cops), the depiction of race went from Mind Your Language to Goodness Gracious Me. So much social change that it makes our last two decades look a bit staid, despite all our many current crises.
Having said that… I recently watched the whole of Prime Suspect and 1990s London does seem a very different city to the present day. It’s still a great watch tho and Helen Mirren is superb.
I also have just finished watching “The Dropout” which is the story of Elizabeth Holmes and Theranos. A jaw dropping tale of deceit! Kinda clunky but thorough and well worth the time.
That’s complete nonsense! :w00t: Washing machines and pre-prepared food helped increase women’s participation in the (formal, paid) labour force - a massive change that has impacted everyone. Mass air travel destroyed most English seaside towns. The rise of the car made the modern suburb possible and changed the way our towns and cities looked.
The phone only looks large in our imagination because there has been so much continuity in our material lives. I haven’t seen anything in my life as different as going from a week in Skegness, getting there by train, to flying for a week in Benidorm (individual changes in life circumstances being taken into account of course). I do think IT has changed our political lives but all the things we see now are to some extent a reworking of trends we’ve seen before (sorry I’m an End of History fanboy).
As for fashion, I reckon you could pinpoint the time a photo was taken to within five years using dress, for any time from the late 50s to the mid 90s. After that, not so much, altho over a 20 year span changes are more obvious.
I hope the one year old succumbs…!
A podcast is just a new way of delivering a piece of content - the radio show - that first appeared a hundred years ago. WhatsApp is essentially fancy text messaging which I’ve been doing now for nearly a quarter of a century. I also use google maps to get to the crag, but the big change for me was getting a car instead of public transport or hitching everywhere. Once I’d made that leap, whether my map was in a book or a mini computer doesn’t make that much difference.
I do think the ways we consume information has had a big impact, but mostly via turbo charging things that we have experienced before in modernity.
You may feel that being able to order an on demand television show is as big a change as, say, building a bunch of nuclear power stations and increasing car ownership by a couple of dozen percentage points, but to me that just seems an overblown claim and a kind of bias towards present experience.
You may feel that being able to order an on demand television show is as big a change as, say, building a bunch of nuclear power stations
Returning to TV, I think it’s interesting how little online life is actually depicted in drama. Even stories about Silicon Valley are mostly stories about people talking in rooms.
Returning to TV, I think it’s interesting how little online life is actually depicted in drama. Even stories about Silicon Valley are mostly stories about people talking in rooms.
I think it's a weird paradox - that "tech" forms such a bedrock in our day-to-day lives, but the actual core material is pretty boring.
Even the recent C4 "The Undeclared War" - a compelling story, but it was based around developers, computer code and malware.
There's an "MI5 get hacked" plotline in one of these Spooks episodes from 20 years ago, and one of things that hasn't changed is any attempt to talk about the IT side / the mechanics of these things.
It's all just relegated to screens of flashing colours, weird "Matrix" style code snippets, and people randomly guessing passwords!
Early Doors is being re-run on BBC4 from tonight. If you’ve not seen it before, it’s a brilliant comedy.£4:20 for a pint of Guinness and a pint of bitter. Fuck me it’s more than that for a pint of Guinness on its own in my local.
I think Sean's got a point. The information revolution has massively affected the way we live our lives, but it's only just begun to affect the physical reality of the country. Obvious changes like internet shopping are just a slow burn on top of catalogues and the death of the high street. And it took the pandemic to really get people working from home en masse, which is only beginning to be reflected in property trends. I think it will though, and along with an explosion in electric cars/ bikes/ scooters will be the obvious things that date today's footage.
Early Doors is being re-run on BBC4 from tonight. If you’ve not seen it before, it’s a brilliant comedy.£4:20 for a pint of Guinness and a pint of bitter. Fuck me it’s more than that for a pint of Guinness on its own in my local.
Interesting discussion.
My first instinct was to try and refute Sean's claims that phones and tech haven't had as big of an impact as I might have imagined, but after allowing myself to see his side of the argument, it's oddly quite comforting to consider that things aren't changing quite as radically as they might appear. Having younger kids and the sense that everything is accelerating, I sometimes consider the impact that technology might have on their lives, but maybe Sean is right and things aren't so different :-\
Matt, your position is fairly unique but I can appreciate how things must be very different for you. Since the pandemic, i've been working from home full time and it's been one of the best things that's happened to my day-to-day life.
Matt - I totally get your point but the question is: is this happening on the margin or is it now super widespread? And even if it is, my point is about the pace of change as compared to other eras. A set of innovations that allow some people to work remotely and that has taken nearly fifteen to come to fruition (I first did a day a week WFH back in 2007 but my boss was pretty forward thinking) is not as impactful as the changes that led to say women’s mass entry into the workforce and the huge cultural impact this had (hey this is a TV thread right?). And at the same time people were dealing with deindustrialisation, globalisation, hugely expanding consumer technologies, etc etc. The breadth of change was greater in previous eras than now, whereas today we’ve seen an expansion of one area but not so much in others. Matt might compare his situation to the early 90s but that is 30 years ago. Compare that time period to 1960 to 1990 or 1950 to 1920. Those were the real eras of massive change.I don’t exactly disagree, nor doI fully agree. I very much take your point though. I would suggest that it is a UK/Western Europe view, though. The leap that has occurred in this region, socially, economically and technologically; from second arrival here (1999/2000, already greatly advanced from when I first came out in ‘92) and my latest stint, is truly mind boggling. That is equally true for most points to my East all the way to the Pacific ring. When female emancipation has occurred here, it’s largely as a result of that information explosion, for instance. The early stages of that explosion had drastic implications for many of the world most conservative regimes. In the West, we’ve almost forgotten the Arab Spring.
Professional historian has entered the chat! Andy - I’m sure my grasp on the details is shaky, in my head the rise in consumer appliances was a post WW1 to the 70s thing but it’s clearly more complex than that. I’m not sure I ever mentioned suburbs tho! I was almost going to mention the telegraph as the technology that changed communication speeds by many orders of magnitude.
From an economist’s point of view (which I was trying to avoid stating explicitly, sorry guys) the impact of technology in the labour market starts in the late 70s - college graduates earnings increase - but in broader productivity stats we don’t see much of an impact. Naturally, there are many theories.
Matt - I’m completely aware of the huge changes across Asia in the last 25 years, and yes, they are massive. But fundamentally it is catch up and the adaptation of already existing ideas and technology in places that were really poor to start with.
As for your point about inter-generational advancement, that was absolutely a thing in the 50s-60s too, which is my parents’ generation. I’m not really pinpointing a single change, in fact the opposite - to point out the changes from IT is to ignore the relative degree of continuity that has occurred elsewhere. Computers make air travel cheaper and safer, but flying as a mass thing has been around since the late 60s.
It was more that the characters were exaggerated of versions people you saw in the pub, at work and the like. But not usually all in the same place at the same time.Early Doors is being re-run on BBC4 from tonight. If you’ve not seen it before, it’s a brilliant comedy.£4:20 for a pint of Guinness and a pint of bitter. Fuck me it’s more than that for a pint of Guinness on its own in my local.
And that was one of the expensive rounds in the first few episodes!
I'm enjoying it but it hasn't quite lived up to the hype for me yet. Is it a bit of a cult classic cause its set in the north and very little tv was then or something?
Phones and information technology stand out to us because they are one of the few massive changes in consumer technology in the last two decades. Whereas in 1960 in the U.K. fridges are relatively rare, by 1980 practically everyone has one. The 747 arrives in the very early 1970s and transforms air travel. Supermarkets start to change the high street at around the same time. Consumer electronics make a massive leap forward. Car ownership rates in the 70s soar. And fashion changed really rapidly, far more so than today.As I was driving home, something about this and (what I perceive to be your overall position) struck me and at the risk of building a huge straw man…
I get your point on racist and homophobic entertainment but do we consider the norm or the cutting edge? The cutting edge in the late 60s was decriminalising homosexuality, whereas I certainly remember that by the late 80s us right on and politically correct teenagers were well against homophobia - probably at least in part to a diet of alternative comedy- even though society as a whole had much more regressive attitudes in general. (I’m not trying to show off here, it’s not as if I actually knew any gay people!)
Really enjoyed the first three episodes of Snowpiercer (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6156584/) on Netflix. Looking forward to getting the rest watched over the Christmas period.
Really enjoyed the first three episodes of Snowpiercer (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6156584/) on Netflix. Looking forward to getting the rest watched over the Christmas period.
Did you persist with Snowpiercer? (The Netflix series, not the movie) I just started watching it, seems ok so far but not absolutely blown away by it. Does it improve/ deteriorate?
It seems to have the same obsession with inequality that you see in Parasite, Bong Joon Ho seems to do that a lot.
Really enjoyed the first three episodes of Snowpiercer (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6156584/) on Netflix. Looking forward to getting the rest watched over the Christmas period.
Did you persist with Snowpiercer? (The Netflix series, not the movie) I just started watching it, seems ok so far but not absolutely blown away by it. Does it improve/ deteriorate?
It seems to have the same obsession with inequality that you see in Parasite, Bong Joon Ho seems to do that a lot.
Persevered with Season 1, Season 2 gets worse. Gave up.
too many laws/over-regulation, risk aversion and total obsession with ensuring physical safety at any cost with the upshot that innovation in most areas is completely hamstrung and we just generally can't get anything done, especially anything 'real world'.
too many laws/over-regulation, risk aversion and total obsession with ensuring physical safety at any cost with the upshot that innovation in most areas is completely hamstrung and we just generally can't get anything done, especially anything 'real world'.
Do you have any particular examples where you see this, or is this a general ‘elf and safety gawn mad’ feeling?
Working in the environment sector with cross over into construction design and management, the legislation and regulations we have in place seem very appropriate, and the environmental ones need more resource for enforcement, not less!
The book is great Shurt. I think The Offing (another of his great books) has just got a TV commission too.
Got to be some Happy Valley fans here?
Got to be some Happy Valley fans here?
The book is great Shurt. I think The Offing (another of his great books) has just got a TV commission too.
I'm struggling with this one. Finding the Dulcie character intensely annoying. Imagine it might work better on the TV.
Got to be some Happy Valley fans here?https://twitter.com/KieranCHodgson/status/1623589398422904832?t=eubno6T7JOeH0hacEfWklQ&s=08
Per Steveri's comment above about The Rig - we watched it, and I wouldn't bother if I were you. Starts well, interesting premise, then kind of loses its way and peters out into a pretty meh end.
Mrs. Tone loves Unforgotten, but the ITVX app is terrible on our (LG) TV, glitches and crashes constantly. All the other on-demand apps are fine, so I'm assuming it's the app itself.
We've just finished watching Better, which is an intriguing one. Quite a slow burn, but with some good performances.
Only distraction was getting annoyed at the inconsistencies of where the characters were. In ep.1 there's a bit where she gets into her car by the Corn Exchange in Leeds, makes a phonecall, and then drives off from the Tesco Metro near Park Square!
This was totally awesome. Please get it watched before its too late!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0133r58/Natural_World_20112012_My_Life_as_a_Turkey_Natural_World_Special/ (http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0133r58/Natural_World_20112012_My_Life_as_a_Turkey_Natural_World_Special/)
This was totally awesome. Please get it watched before its too late!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0133r58/Natural_World_20112012_My_Life_as_a_Turkey_Natural_World_Special/ (http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0133r58/Natural_World_20112012_My_Life_as_a_Turkey_Natural_World_Special/)
I've thought of this programme often over the years. I googled it today and found you can watch it on Daily Motion. Still beautiful and brilliant if you missed it first time around.
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/xvccpd
Finished The Last of Us last week. Proper gut punch final episode, I hadn't played the game so it was largely a surprise, although I had an inkling. Thought the whole series was brilliant, looking forward to series 2 next year. Episode 3, Long Long Time, was up there with the best hours of television I have ever seen.
I agree it's not elite TV actually, it's not an all time series but that episode 3 is. Agree re the character development, I thought there were several weak episodes, the mall one especially. But the last two and the 3rd were so good maybe I can let it off!
Wish I'd played the game but I think it might be a bit late now. I am studiously resisting too much googling around the storyline to avoid spoilers!
Re the infected, I think they were caught between a rock and hard place really. Too many interactions and it becomes a by the numbers zombie series (walking dead etc), too few and it feels like a missed opportunity. I wanted to know more about those triceratops like infected that came out of the hole in episode 4 or 5!
Colin from Accounts
Australian comedy showing on BBC. Only watched first two episodes but it’s very good so far.
blue lights on iPlayer. Police drama in Northern Ireland, I'd recommend it. pretty dramatic but witty.
Succession - I’m currently on S3 and it’s as good as everyone says. Very very sharp and funny dialogue and first rate acting. So many fantastic lines coming at you every minute. Media tycoon Logan Roy is of course a monster, in fact so are his children and most of his flunkies. First time around the hideousness of the milieu put me off after the first episode, but it’s worth persevering with. The main weakness is that the show revolves around the same basic question - which child gets to run Logan’s empire when he’s gone - so sometimes it feels like an endless game of musical chairs.
Jury Duty - fairly unusual mockumentary premise, with an excellent pay off. If nothing else a triumph of logistical TV planning (if that doesn't make it sound too dull).
I can't believe this has received so little discussion here. I think it deserves all the plaudits. More than anything, it's just a huge amound of fun. I think SE4 was the best Sean. The structure, each episode one of ten consecutive days, makes it much tauter. I don't envy you trying to avoid spoilers for however long its going to take you to get to the end.
blue lights on iPlayer. Police drama in Northern Ireland, I'd recommend it. pretty dramatic but witty.
Plus one to this - takes an episode or two to get going, but once you're into it it's really good.
I've just rewatched True Detective S1 as well, forgotten quite how good it is. I started S2 last night and it's not as good, but I'm gonna persevere with it.
Did anybody watch The Gallows Pole who hasn't read the book? What did you think?
If anyone enjoys a bit of Stewart Lee:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m001bvpn/stewart-lee
A friend and I had tickets booked to see "Snowflake/Tornado" ... in early summer of 2020.
Felt like a bit of a pandemic milestone when we finally sat down in the theatre to see it, two years later.
Just in case anyone is tempted to watch Annika on iPlayer, I'd strongly recommend not doing so. I usually love this kind of thing, and the lead was great in Unforgotten; however this is awful, I watched most of episode one and won't be finishing it, or going back to it. It had some good scenery, but that's about it. .Funnily enough, it had the opposite effect on me. Stuffed full of tv detective tropes, troubled home life, novelty car, work comes before teenage kid, tricky colleague relationship. As soon as she broke the fourth wall and spoke to camera I thought “not going to like this”. And yet I kind of did.
Don't think anyone has mentioned The Deepest Breath yet?
Documentary about free-diving and an interesting glimpse into a strange and intriguing world. Some beautiful photography.Netflix.
Just finished the BBC le Carre adaptation of The Little Drummer Girl. Very good, well acted, and replete with all the usual 'what the fuck is going on, I really need to pay more attention' moments that in reality theres nothing you can do about and are le Carre's trademark. I haven't read the book but I gather its quite a faithful adaptation.
Enjoying Bodies, currently on netflix. It's not as great as some reviewers seemed to think, but it is compelling and very nicely made.
Everyone should watch Mr Bates vs. the Post Office on ITV/ITVX.
I'd also recommend following Dan Neidle on Twitter if you don't already.
Edit: I meant the dramatisation which is 4x1h but there's also a 1h documentary too.
I'd recommend a Google to get to the original Private Eye articles - go to the source. Incredible stuff.
For an exceptional piece of animation, Blue Eye Samurai, on Netflix is very good indeed.
I liked the art work of https://www.instagram.com/briankesinger?igsh=YnA1Z3hwaG10eG9m (https://www.instagram.com/briankesinger?igsh=YnA1Z3hwaG10eG9m) and have been meaning to watch the first season and started tonight. Did not disappoint.
Just finishing Season 1. Compelling stuff.
The only thing that's bad about it is the fact that it's a reminder that Rob Brydon is a fucking good actor and so why doesn't he do more things like this vs panel shows. (The answer to which is £ I'm sure.)
When it comes to reality TV I am a complete snob, especially if it looks like the kind of thing where they stick a load of people in a small space and make them hate each other. Despite these misgivings, and some initial concern about the format of the game, we recently watched series 1 of The Traitors. It took a couple of episodes to get going and then I was completely hooked. Absolutely amazing telly, and compelling to the end.
When it comes to reality TV I am a complete snob, especially if it looks like the kind of thing where they stick a load of people in a small space and make them hate each other. Despite these misgivings, and some initial concern about the format of the game, we recently watched series 1 of The Traitors. It took a couple of episodes to get going and then I was completely hooked. Absolutely amazing telly, and compelling to the end.
Ok here's my not-really-a-claim to fame. I have a mate at work whose father has been played by Rob Brydon in a film (Blinded by the Light). Said father is a very ordinary man from Luton.
Pedro Pascal looks like he'd be great in a Sicario type role/movie after the last episode! Let's hope S02, out in 2025, is as good.
Did Loki make it to this thread? I’m almost at the end of season 2 (Disney +) and it’s pretty good.
I think the writers must have watched Good Omens…
Anyone watched For All Mankind? Seems like I'd like it, trying to work out if it's worth the apple+ faff/getting round it
Anyone watched For All Mankind? Seems like I'd like it, trying to work out if it's worth the apple+ faff/getting round it
Anyone watched For All Mankind? Seems like I'd like it, trying to work out if it's worth the apple+ faff/getting round it
I've wondered about this, seems to be quite a bit of good stuff on Apple (Slow Horses anyone?) but the potential faff as an Android/Chromecast users is a bit off-putting.
The real reason you should be getting Apple TV is for Severance! Also The Morning Show is very good. But Severance is fantastic.
I've wondered about this, seems to be quite a bit of good stuff on Apple (Slow Horses anyone?) but the potential faff as an Android/Chromecast users is a bit off-putting.
Isn't it just an app on the Chromecast same as Netflix etc.? I'm tempted as would like to watch Masters of the Air.
The Australian one is also compelling viewing with a lot of major twists, well worth a watch.
Anyone mention Lupin?
Entertaining French heist caper. Great lead actor, some less great support roles and you do sometimes need to not question the plot and character traits too much, but a total hoot and very watchable. Netflix.
We're down to the final episode in season 3....
David Tennant is disturbingly good at playing really unpleasant human beings.
For once, Mrs rodma is also enjoying this, making it the only thing in this list that doesn't fall into the "what is this nonsense you're watching" category (except I presume detectorists which must be several hundred posts back)I just searched for detectorists on this site and failed to find it. Someone at work recently said he loves it. I'm always keen to hear Don Walker's amazing dectectorist experiences when he's at the crag with Ethan. (eg https://www.archaeology.org/issues/146-1409/trenches/2377-england-dovedale-coin-hoard )
Yes 👍For once, Mrs rodma is also enjoying this, making it the only thing in this list that doesn't fall into the "what is this nonsense you're watching" category (except I presume detectorists which must be several hundred posts back)I just searched for detectorists on this site and failed to find it. Someone at work recently said he loves it. I'm always keen to hear Don Walker's amazing dectectorist experiences when he's at the crag with Ethan. (eg https://www.archaeology.org/issues/146-1409/trenches/2377-england-dovedale-coin-hoard )
Does detectorists the TV program get a general recommendation from people on here?
Does detectorists the TV program get a general recommendation from people on here?
I have never remotely understood the attraction of Gone Fishing. I have tried but I just don't get it.
Detectorists is absolutely top notch (slightly awkward blokes with an odd obsession anyone?). Coincidently watched 'Beast' at the weekend with Johnny Flynn (Detectorists theme tune).
All the Light we Cannot See
A Netflix adaptation of the novel (which I haven't read, though I heard it's quite good). I really enjoyed this four part adaptation, it has some decent acting - although some pretty cartoonish bad guys - overall pretty entertaining and not too serious.
True Detective: Night Country (Sky / Now TV)
Better than all the other "not S1" True Detective series, but not amazing either.Builds nicely but kind of peters out in the final act, and the dénouement is a bit weird, and leave a few strange plot holes.
Wanna see a car crash? Liz Truss being interviewed by Chris Mason. It’s excruciatingly entertaining :popcorn: if it wasn’t so serious :blink:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001yrtr (https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001yrtr)