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As alluded to here:
www.car4play.com/forum/post/index.htm?t=9556&m=213139&v=e
How about a thread along the lines of the 'bargains' and 'unusual sightings' threads for discussion of miscellaneous TV programmes?
Obviously some programmes such as Top Gear will have their own thread, but I've quite often felt like discussing something watched last night but felt it's not worth starting a whole new thread for.
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Last edited by: VxFan on Wed 22 Feb 12 at 10:41
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>>Corrie? ;-)
>>Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo !!!
I think Corrie has got quite boring. We used to watch it regularly, but haven't tuned in for the last few months.
We'll try again if and when the humour returns.
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>> I think Corrie has got quite boring. We used to watch it regularly, but haven't
>> tuned in for the last few months.
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How is Albert Tatlock? He must be getting on now.
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Quite an interesting programme about the work of Coroners that I just caught the last 10 mins of!
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>> Quite an interesting programme about the work of Coroners that I just caught the last
>> 10 mins of!
I thought that looked interesting to and was going to watch it, but Mrs F decided otherwise and starting watching a recording of an earlier 'Escape to the country'. So I went to bed :)
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This is about the only thing I watch regularly on the idiots lantern (on Freesat)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nivQIgk2EKk
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>> I've quite often felt like discussing something watched last night
Try using Twitter whilst the programme's on. It's like watching TV with 500 sharp-witted experts on the subject in the room with you - some of the comments are priceless.
Many programmes now advertise a hashtag at the start to promote discussion and comment (e.g. #BBCHIGNFY, #BBCF1), but often a different, more intuitive and easier to type hashtag surfaces for the duration of the programme (e.g. #F1, #BBC3) which is where the more pithy comments can be found.
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>> >> I've quite often felt like discussing something watched last night
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>> Try using Twitter whilst the programme's on.
Signed up for an account but haven't 'got into' it; doesn't appeal from what I've seen. Probably an age thing :)
However I can see how it would be good for doing what you suggest, but surely that's only for certain types of programme. Eg. for dramas I like to try to immerse myself in what's going on on the screen - to start tweeting about it would destroy the enjoyment.
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Emmerdale.....it's the only fresh air I get !
Ted
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Just watched Bomber Boys with Ewan McGregor and Colin McGregor (ex 617 Squadron pilot) - superb programme in every respect. Well worth a watch.
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yeah - saw a couple of days ago. It was good. He looked delighted to be flying the Lanc.
Wouldnt get me to be a gunner tho!
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Can't imagine the bottle that took, just can't imagine it.
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Have to be like a motorcycle racer, total lack of imagination !
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Not sure how much choice you got. Many years I worked in an office where we employed a guy as a filing clerk. He was very small, just over 5 foot. He had been a rear gunner in a Lancaster, selected because of his size. Didn't like to talk about it much. Lost a lot of mates
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>> Not sure how much choice you got. Many years I worked in an office where
>> we employed a guy as a filing clerk. He was very small, just over 5
>> foot. He had been a rear gunner in a Lancaster, selected because of his size.
>> Didn't like to talk about it much. Lost a lot of mates
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SWMBO's favourite uncle swerved as a Sgt. flight engineer in bombers. He was lost, with all his crew, in 1944.
We visited the war grave where he was buried in Picardy, on one of our road trips from Spain to the UK and it was quite emotional.
At 34 he was one of the oldest RAF crew in the nice little area just off a regular French churchyard.
Most of the men, from his aircraft and obviously several others, were in late teens or very early twenties.
SWMBO will NEVER forgive the Germans and to this day felt very uncomfortable on our trip to see our family in Gutersloh, BAOR.
Last edited by: Roger on Thu 9 Feb 12 at 08:27
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SWMBO will NEVER forgive the Germans
I can understand that - but lack of forgiveness is what causes a lot of problems between people. It was a lifetime ago and many innocents suffered on both sides. One of the most powerful philosophies is to forgive enemies.
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I agree Rob you can't live a live with hatred.Plenty of German women and children got killed in WW2.
My mother couldn't forgive .The last ten years of her live a German lady used to clean her house for her.They became best friends live is strange.
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>> Just watched Bomber Boys with Ewan McGregor and Colin McGregor
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01byv2g
Completely missed that one - didn't see any trailers, which is odd as the BBC seem to push new programmes at every possible opportunity.
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>Just watched Bomber Boys..
My Dad served in Bomber Command after WWII.
He was based in Heidelberg with the USAAF in a joint operation to locate, recover and identify the bodies of downed allied aircrew throughout Europe. He would talk about his off-duty times but refused point blank to go into any detail about his work. Not something you'd want to remember I suspect. When the Soviets began their blockade he was transferred to Berlin for airlift operations.
He used to get quite annoyed by the lack of recognition given to the dangers that bomber crews faced and the sacrifices they made. The vilification of Arthur Harris, once his job was done, didn't go down too well either.
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Just read a very good book from a soldier's perspective about the Russian campaign. It was acknowledged in that book that the bombing of Dresden was a necessity. The Russian advance was stalling and arguably it was the "right" thing to do, it was a major hub for German troops, unfortunately there were thousands of German refugees there as well...dunno myself though.
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There are a few videos about Dresden.Not nice to watch well over 300000 people killed.
War what's the answer.
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>> War what's the answer.
Er... peace?
Easier said than done though my old Batavian... and to tell the truth I find excessive use of the word and concept 'peace' more than a little annoying.
Perhaps because war seems the norm to me. Peace resulted in austerity and continued sweet rationing. Then later on people used 'peace' in a slippery way to mean left wing or even Stalinizing. Although that was more or less my chosen side I still found that ideological use of the word annoying.
Perverse of me no doubt. Bourgeois. You can't make revolution with people like me.
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True A.C Peace I like that word Bourgeois,but the Bourgeois decides what happens.
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I'm quite fond of the German people and have appreciated their friendliness and hospitality first hand in their homes and eaten at their tables - including in the former GDR but, in 39-45 they were the enemy and did their utmost to kill my mother and her 4 babies in Bermondsey S.E. London during the blitz, so, I have no negative feelings towards what happened in Dresden, Lubeck, Hamburg, Hannover etc., etc., - we were at war, dreadful things happen in war
(see WW1) lest we forget.
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>> (see WW1)
Speaking of which, anyone else watch Birdsong? Quite stylish with lots of staring meaningfully into space, but very enjoyable. The WW1 battlefield scenes were moving.
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Yes it was good. Far better than the melodramatic "Warhorse" which I finally got round to see last week. The book as is usually the case is even better, especially the descriptive scenes of fighting in the tunnels which brings home the sheer claustrophobic terror of the situation. Well worth a read if you haven't already
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Yes, I saw that article earlier - amazing!
As y'all know I watched 18 hours of WW1 on DVD over the xmas period, and some of the bombs the BEF lobbed over to The Bosch were absolutely HUGE!
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Nowwhere near as big as the bombs they planted UNDER the bosch.
Battle of Messines On 7 June 1917, nineteen (of a planned twenty-one) huge mines, containing a total of over 455 t (1,000,000 lb) of ammonal explosives, were set off beneath German lines on the Messines-Wytschaete ridge. The explosion, which killed about 10,000 Germans, was heard as far away as London and Dublin. While determining the power of explosions is difficult, this was probably the largest planned explosion in history until the 1945 Trinity atomic weapon test, and the largest non-nuclear planned explosion until the 1947 British Heligoland detonation (below). The Messines mines detonation killed more people than any other non-nuclear man-made explosion in history.
It rattled the windows in the houses of parliament in london apparently.
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Scary Zero my Birthday 7 June.Not 1917 do.
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One went off in a thunder storm in the 1950s - the other is er...sort of er...missing and still there !
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Careful where you put out that ciggy....
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We came acoss once a WW2 floating mine in the North sea reported it to the Coast Guards didn't stop to pick it up.
This is also true, a submarine outside the UK coast came up to periscope deapht a few hundred yards from our bow.Explanation training excercise.>:)
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>> We came acoss once a WW2 floating mine in the North sea reported it to
>> the Coast Guards didn't stop to pick it up.
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>> This is also true, a submarine outside the UK coast came up to periscope deapht
>> a few hundred yards from our bow.Explanation training excercise.>:)
I have alarming news for you Dutchie, he had just carried out a torpedo firing exercise on you, he was just checking to make sure he hadn;t let one off at you by accident.
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>>Nowwhere near as big as the bombs they planted UNDER the bosch<<
Crikey! - that was mentioned in the WW1 DVD series, but I didn't realise it was THAT big!
I shall never cease to be amazed that we (France and Britain in the main) managed to defeat the might of the German war machine in WW1, eventually, but at what cost :(
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>>I shall never cease to be amazed that we (France and Britain in the main) managed to defeat the might of the German war machine in WW1
You must be referring to what's defined as the '17-'18 war by the real victors?
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The explosion set off on the Somme was so loud it was heard in London. Dog can I recommend a cracking film ?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beneath_Hill_60
Hill 60 is in Ypres. This is a fictionalized account of a true event. I've been there - a stunning piece of engineering. I've been there a couple of time, as a complete juxtaposition of events there's a road sign there with bullet holes from WW2. We'll never learn will we ?
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I'll have to check that film out then Rob.
I call my brother in Kent the war correspondent because he has studied both wars for at least 35 years and has many books/ films etc., etc.,
I shall test him when he phones me tomorrow, on Hill 60 in Ypres.
I take it you've been to The Imperial War Museum in London?
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i can vouch for "beneath Hill 60" a damn fine film, not your World at War type thing, more based on the personal drama.
A good film about WW1 stupidity is the classic Kirk Douglas 1959, film Paths of Glory.
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>> Yes it was good. Far better than the melodramatic "Warhorse" which I finally got round
>> to see last week. The book as is usually the case is even better.
the 'Book' being Birdsong Sir?
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Yes "Birdsong" by Sebastian Faulks.
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I saw a T-mobile advert: www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-EvvfMXEwU
That dog Fenton isn't prepared to lay down and die yet! ;>)
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The Chase - ITV
Anyone watch it? I have done a couple of times when there's a boring bit on Top Gear on Dave.
youtu.be/ctVGRgNt0e8
Seems Bradley Walsh is unable to keep a straight face for some reason.
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>>The Chase - ITV
>>Anyone watch it?
Yes, I do. It's very addictive.
The Beast did well in the final chase last night, having been beaten by a nanosecond last week.
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There are too many game shows, cooking programmes, and auction based nonsenses, on all channels at present.
I guess it's relatively cheap TV to make, but there seems to be a paucity of fresh ideas.
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>>There are too many game shows
Does that mean that you haven't been watching Total Wipeout?
You don't know what you're missing!
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>> Does that mean that you haven't been watching Total Wipeout?
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>> You don't know what you're missing!
Oh yes I do, thankfully ;-)
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>> paucity<<
I'll look it up :)
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About supermarkets on BBC2.They paying rubbish to people who still have to claim benefits.
Bosses are on millions.Strange world.
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One for BigTee, Z, and other railway buffs:
"Toughest place to be a Train Driver"
BBC2 9.00PM Sunday 12th.
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>> One for BigTee, Z, and other railway buffs:
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>> "Toughest place to be a Train Driver"
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>> BBC2 9.00PM Sunday 12th.
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Just watched it on Iplayer. Jolly good stuff it was too. Bit of a shock for the pendolino joystick jockey to find out what real train driving was about.
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I sort of half watched it, I may watch it again actually cracking views up there, I looked into the background of the Peruvian railways - very American influenced. The Chinese are asset stripping the country now and using the railways to do it.
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I watched it last night. Strange hair that man had ! Quite took my attention away from the subject matter.
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Now you come to mention it Humph...
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It was like Robert Plant after an altercation with a Flymo.
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It was ok when he was weaning his beanie.
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeland_%28TV_series%29
Looks like a good 'un. Damien Lewis makes a particularly good American.
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>> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeland_%28TV_series%29
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>> Looks like a good 'un. Damien Lewis makes a particularly good American.
He was good in Band of Brothers. I'll have to download that, tho were all yank tv'd out here, currently watching Blue Bloods and Alcatraz.
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Blazing Saddles! - watched this spoof-western last night for the first time since it was released in the `70`s!
Still worth a "chuckle" here and there, but as far as being "Politically Correct" ;-) oh Dear!!
I`m suprised that they have been allowed to show it "Un-Bleeped"!! - maybe the humour police were off duty!
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Not on TV as such but in our local co-op I spotted a 2disc DVD set for Edge of Darkness.
Remember that from the 80's?
A very good series and well acted. Set Bob Peck on the road to stardom in TV/films etc
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Remember blot on the landscape another good series.
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The *best* TV series was Ray Bradbury's "The Martian Chronicles", and I've got it on DVD, see!
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The Martian Chronicles I have to look it up Dog.
Brtish television was always the best to much American rubbish now.
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Oh well American rubbish.>:)
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I have the Martian Chronicles on DVD too, and it's awful strange. There's no middle ground with it - you'll either be captivated by it in all its tawdry ridiculousness or be bored witless.
Me, I love it. I also love the original Solaris in Russian, especially, and I mean especially, the extended silent "view from the car whilst on the motorway" sequence. I think I'll watch it again the next time I have three hours spare.
It was on TV once. BBC2, Saturday night in "World Cinema", in about 1974. Formative series for my cinematic taste.
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>> There's no middle ground with it - you'll either be captivated by it in all its tawdry ridiculousness or be bored witless<<
That just about sums it up :)
I cant really say just what it is I see in it, but for me it isn't just American low budget rubbish - its for real, almost.
I'll have to check out Solaris to see if its 'for me'.
Wow! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solaris_(1972_film)
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Bradbury was a cracking SF read - you've inspired me to dig out some of the books currently in storage......
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I'm listening to this at the moment Rob, been a fan of his since the late 1960's
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01by9t7/When_Jarvis_Cocker_Met_Leonard_Cohen
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Another rail based one starting on Monday 20th Feb.
The Tube
BBC2. 9 PM
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Having seen a prom for this recently, it looks as if it is mostly about issues with the "self loading freight".
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I'm not quite sure why the above post ended up at the end of the thread... never mind..
It relates to "The Tube" as I'm sure you all realised.
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No worries John - we'll sort the posting order out in Volume 2. This one was too far gone when it opened.
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>> I'm not quite sure why the above post ended up at the end of the thread...
Temp change to threaded view and all should become apparent.
edit - now corrected. Moved a couple of posts to link them to the 1st post in this thread
Last edited by: VxFan on Tue 21 Feb 12 at 10:19
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I was thinking of a fix along the lines of what we did with the "IHAQ" threads in HJ's days.
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>> I was thinking of a fix along the lines of what we did with the
>> "IHAQ" threads in HJ's days.
If you mean what I think you mean, that's what I had in mind. Didn't want to start laying down the law though - that's your job :)
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That's fine Focus - seems like a popular thread we'll keep it going every 100 replies.
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Be sorry, be very sorry, if you have just missed the best hour of TV this year!
On BBC4 tonight, a whole hour - "Sinatra Sings".
Sublime stuff from the greatest popular singer of the 20th Century.
A wonderful sense of phrasing of some of the very best ballads and swinging songs, backed by the absolute artistry of some of the greatest big bands ever heard.
Nothing before or since has ever bettered these performances.
Superlatives from your resident miserable old git?
You bet!
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Thanks Roger - I'll be recording the repeat at 12.10am.
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...and very good it was too. Not sure if/when it's appearing again on BBC4, but it's on iPlayer for another 6 days:
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0192r0w/Sinatra_Sings/
Great footage of him recording 'it was a very good year' in the studio, with full orchestra. Mrs F was commenting on how good it would be to a member of his band. Listening to the clarinet solo, I was imagining playing that and making a squeak - 'Sorry Mr Sinatra, sorry orchestra - can we take that again from the top?' Not a job for the faint-hearted.
EDIT: studio footage at 9:30 on iPlayer
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Spoilt for choice tonight. Upstairs Downstairs (I love dramatizations of periods of history I'm interested in) and Homeland on C4 (With the excellent faux American Damien Lewis in the lead) - "taped" Homeland - won a shedful of awards. Looking forward to seeing it.
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>>With the excellent faux American Damien Lewis in the lead
I'd even seen him on something.... I'll watch this.
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My thoughts exactly - I don't do celebrity crap, but I know a good actor when I see/hear one.
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Watched it (homeland) - its good!
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>> Watched it (homeland) - its good!
Just watched the recording - yes, very promising. More than one fake American accent though; recognised the CIA team leader bloke from stuff like Hustle and Dr Who.
www.imdb.com/name/nm0362873/
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I watched it last night - first episode was promising. Also seen episode two as well.
It's based on an Israeli programme - that makes sense as the Americans often need to copy ideas. Take the Killing for example (Danish version).
So two programmes/series I rate as well:
- The Killing Series 1 (20 episodes) and Series 2
- Borgen Series 1
Both Danish.
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Hyundai i40 Saloon in episodes 4 and 5. Looks like the car in Auto Express last week to me.
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Very interesting prog at 9pm on BBC2 last night (Monday), first of a series of six.
Amusing at times too.
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Of course, it isn't called 'Underground'.
It's called 'The Tube'!
Just testing.....
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Watched on eye player - worth the effort in my book
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Just watched Adele singing on the Brits. With her and that backing group, there was a lot of buxom womanhood on display!
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Watching a recording at the moment, haven't got that far yet. But I do think James Corden is doing a good job. Liked Adele's best solo female acceptance speech.
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Ok, yes - I see what you mean :)
Good song isn't it (Rolling in the Deep)? I often have the local ILR station on when I'm working at home 2 days a week - for the dog so it's not too quiet - and get to hear it quite a lot (they alternate between Adele and Bruno Mars). Still not tired of it. I think the arrangements are good, not over-produced.
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The Queen boys look like tramps :)
I saw today that they are doing Sonisphere later in the year at Knebworth with Adam Lambert. Quite like to see that - Lambert did some incredible performances on American Idol whenever it was.
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Not wanting to monopolise this thread but I thought Bruno Mars's performance was top notch. I'm not a big fan of his singles - they're clever and catchy but they don't grab me; too 'clinical'? - but he clearly knows what he's doing on stage. Very impressive.
Thought Blur did a good set as well. Their acceptance speeches need a bit of work though :)
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>> I thought Bruno Mars's performance was top notch.
This probably helped: ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Mars )
"At age four, Mars began performing five days a week with his family's band, The Love Notes, in which he became known on the island for his impersonation of Presley."
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