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New Thu 21 Jan 16 21:50   As Seen on TV - Volume 13 - VxFan

***** This thread is now closed, please CLICK HERE to go to Volume 14 ***** ============================================================== A place to discuss what's on TV that might be of interest to others. (exc. Top Gear, F1, for example - which have threads of their own) Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3 Volume 4 Volume 5 Volume 6 Volume 7 Volume 8 Volume 9 Volume 10 Volume 11 Volume 12 PLEASE NOTE:- To try and maintain some kind of logical order of discussion, if you start a new subject then reply to this post and remember to change the default subject header. Last edited by: VxFan on Fri 24 Jun 16 at 01:17

New Wed 20 Jan 16 23:15   Occupied - R.P.

Sky Arts - excellent Norwegian "future history" stuff. US has pulled out of NATO some lefty PM wants to stop oil production to save the planet, and the Russians invade..

New Thu 21 Jan 16 10:30   Occupied - Alanovich

Oh yeah. Saw episode 1 and forgot it was on again last night. Hopefully I remembered to series link it on the Sky box. Good show going by the first episode.

New Thu 21 Jan 16 10:51   Occupied - Zero

sounds good

New Thu 21 Jan 16 22:40   Occupied - R.P.

Episode 2 was very good. Understated but with an underlying menace....looks very real when you think about the Ukraine.

New Fri 22 Jan 16 17:13   Occupied - zippy

Occupied is very watchable. I would also recommend Deutschland 83 which is on Channel 4 which goes back to the tensions between the East and West in the early 80's, specifically between East and West Germany.

New Fri 22 Jan 16 17:19   Occupied - sooty123

I've been watching D83 as well very good.

New Fri 22 Jan 16 17:47   Occupied - zippy

If you like back to the past dramas The Americans on ITV is very watchable (warning - can be rude). I also really enjoyed Halt and Catch Fire on Amazon (and probably others) about developing the first PC compatibles to compete with IBM. It is very much a drama and not only for techies. The feel of the early 80's is very good. Last edited by: zippy on Fri 22 Jan 16 at 17:51

New Fri 5 Feb 16 08:42   World War Three - Dog

Strong stuff!! www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b06zw32h/this-world-world-war-three-inside-the-war-room www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2016/02/03/world-war-three-inside-the-war-room-bbc-two-review-gripping/

New Mon 7 Mar 16 19:30   Stag,,,, - R.P.

Anybody been watching this....out breaking the bad, out walking the dead. Brilliant British telly. BBC - catch it on iPlayer. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p03gzctm/preview-stag-trailer-short

New Mon 7 Mar 16 19:58   Stag,,,, - bathtub tom

I enjoyed the first two episodes, but SWMBO's a little confused by it.

New Mon 7 Mar 16 20:46   Stag,,,, - Manatee

We watched about 20 minutes of the first one and then switched to something more cheerful. Will probably revisit it at some point, I think we have recorded them all. We've been quite gripped by Trapped.

New Mon 7 Mar 16 20:59   Stag,,,, - R.P.

Will have a look at that...

New Mon 7 Mar 16 22:48   Stag,,,, - rtj70

First two episodes of Trapped seen here. Don't they do a good job to Iceland look like a place to visit in the depth of winter. Not! As in the weather looks like you'd be mad to live there.

New Mon 7 Mar 16 23:21   Stag,,,, - smokie

Yeah I can't wait for the concluding episode of Stag next weekend, watched the first two this weekend. It almost go the elbow 15 minutes in as SWMBO thought it rubbish, but then got hooked.

New Tue 8 Mar 16 09:24   Stag,,,, - Clk Sec

I wasn't going to bother recording Stag, but I'm glad I did. An excellent series.

New Tue 8 Mar 16 11:13   Sport Relief Hell on High Seas - legacylad

Lucky lucky sods. Five days on a racing yacht with world class crew to show you the ropes. I would pay a lot of money for an experience like that. A friend of mine has the qualifications enabling him to bare boat charter... Last time we went we sailed from Largs in October for 5 days. Fabulous fun. awful weather with sideways rain & spray. Being at sea was better than being onshore at Largs though....

New Tue 8 Mar 16 11:53   Sport Relief Hell on High Seas - Manatee

Good ice cream parlour in Largs. www.nardinis.co.uk/icecream.html Last time I went it was shut!

New Tue 8 Mar 16 12:15   Sport Relief Hell on High Seas - legacylad

Trust me, ice cream was the last thing you wanted on a day when the rain was lashing down. As for the pubs... We retreated to the Yacht Club then sat below decks playing doms before we dared venture out to sea. Dare say the sailing is glorious in those parts, weather permitting.

New Thu 17 Mar 16 20:53   Guy Martin / David Coulthard - Runfer D'Hills

Ch4 9.00 Might be alright. Guy Martin on a bike and David Coulthard in an F1 car have a race. Soon...

New Thu 17 Mar 16 22:16   Guy Martin / David Coulthard - R.P.

Recorded.

New Thu 17 Mar 16 22:45   Guy Martin / David Coulthard - bathtub tom

I suspect that knowing how boring this season's F1's going to be they thought they'd do this to hype it up.

New Fri 18 Mar 16 09:08   Guy Martin / David Coulthard - Zero

As a serious comparison F1 vs Superbike, it was always a forgone conclusion. As a slice of entertainment, DC and GM is a dream pairing. Clearly they need to put these two together for other motor sport speed stuff. Add martin brundle to the mix and They would make a fantastic TG team

New Sun 20 Mar 16 23:22   Guy Martin / David Coulthard - R.P.

I said as much whilst we watched it last night. Well made entertainment. GM is good value. He's an ace rider as well. Very good programme.

New Mon 21 Mar 16 15:35   Guy Martin / David Coulthard - Slidingpillar

Agreed, enjoyed watching the programme, but as a foregone conclusion it was one. Did you notice it was fiddled to make the drag race closer as the F1 car was on wets, not slicks?

New Sat 26 Mar 16 12:18   The Night Manager - smokie

Last one in Series 1 tomorrow. Brilliant TV, based on a Le Carre novel. Not surprising really at £3m per episode!

New Sat 26 Mar 16 12:46   The Night Manager - R.P.

Hope its going to be on iPlayer as a box set...

New Sat 26 Mar 16 13:42   The Night Manager - zippy

>>at £3m per episode! Ouch! Very good series though and some good acting though I have a sneaking suspicion that Hugh Laurie is just playing himself!

New Sat 26 Mar 16 13:57   The Night Manager - Zero

>> >>at £3m per episode! Not surprised, its very glossy with very high production vales. Fortunately the plot, script and acting has lived up to it.

New Sat 26 Mar 16 14:50   The Night Manager - rtj70

It's been on iPlayer. Episode one now removed and episode two goes on Tuesday. Which is why, after we didn't record episode one from the Sky box I grabbed the episodes (note not downloaded in iPlayer as they would expire before we watched them).

New Sat 26 Mar 16 15:16   The Night Manager - R.P.

Have to pay 1.89 for episode one. Fair enough I suppose. Wife working tonight so I'll boxset some of them before they vanish.

New Sat 26 Mar 16 16:25   The Night Manager - rtj70

If you download using the iPlayer application, they will expire. On a Mac I use Get iPlayer Automator. Episodes are about 1GB in 720P HD. I could send that file to you if you want it. Last edited by: rtj70 on Sat 26 Mar 16 at 16:26

New Sat 26 Mar 16 16:56   The Night Manager - R.P.

Thanks ! Send iit to my mod address..!

New Sat 26 Mar 16 17:24   The Night Manager - smokie

Doubt you'd get a Gb in email!! maybe Dropbox or something...?

New Sat 26 Mar 16 18:35   The Night Manager - rtj70

No it can't be emailed. I could setup a share somewhere for you to download it. Maybe when I have all six episodes. These will be MPEG4 H264 Flash files as downloaded from iPlayer.

New Sat 26 Mar 16 18:36   The Night Manager - R.P.

Ok Thanks...

New Sat 26 Mar 16 18:40   The Night Manager - rtj70

We tend to watch these multi-part series once they've finished or near to finishing. We do not like waiting 7 days for the next episode. And worse is watching multiple series over a long time period. So we watch all of one and move on. Well try to. Usually we record on the Sky box but we missed the first of these. And downloads on Sky eventually expire unlike recorded programmes. I'll try to sort something out for you though... just need to find 5 minutes. I'll probably just create a share locally. You should be able to download most of the episodes. I'd use the application on the Mac like I suggested - set it to try to grab HD format as a preference.

New Sat 26 Mar 16 19:00   The Night Manager - R.P.

Don't worry, resolved to spending the 1.89 on the first episode and I'll watch the others tonight and tomorrow...

New Sat 26 Mar 16 19:15   The Night Manager - Zero

>> Don't worry, resolved to spending the 1.89 on the first episode and I'll watch the >> others tonight and tomorrow... Its money well spent

New Sat 26 Mar 16 19:43   The Night Manager - Ian (Cape Town)

I've stacked them up for watching as well.. all of torrent sites, mind... >> We tend to watch these multi-part series once they've finished or near to finishing. We >> do not like waiting 7 days for the next episode. I'm stuck with that at present, watching Vinyl.

New Sat 26 Mar 16 21:18   The Night Manager - R.P.

Watched Ep 1. As advertised - well made and well acted. Brilliant. Downloading the others now

New Sun 27 Mar 16 07:47   The Night Manager - Duncan

>> Watched Ep 1. As advertised - well made and well acted. Brilliant. Downloading the others >> now I think it goes downhill. The script and plot get, well, let's see if you agree with me.

New Sun 27 Mar 16 09:27   The Night Manager - smokie

Opposite for me, I didn't really get into episode 1 but SWMBO did so we watched 2 and I was hooked. (We missed recording E1, and catch up, and I could only find E1 on some small-windowed poor quality Youtube feed.)

New Sun 27 Mar 16 09:47   The Night Manager - Ian (Cape Town)

Dear smokie... go and look at the broadband speed thread... my conversation with MD. I think you may find something of interest...

New Sun 27 Mar 16 11:00   The Night Manager - smokie

Yes, thanks Ian, I did spot that earlier, most useful and has been noted :-)

New Sun 27 Mar 16 11:05   The Night Manager - Ian (Cape Town)

under your hat, and all that. a very useful site (especially here, where our TV is pi$$-poor - even on satellite)

New Sat 26 Mar 16 15:17   The Night Manager - Manatee

The DVD is already on Amazon.       4

New Sat 26 Mar 16 18:54   The Night Manager - Roger.

........and on eztv, via torrents.

New Sat 26 Mar 16 20:19   The Night Manager - Roger.

To go with the torrent downloads for we who are mutt & jeff www.addic7ed.com/show/5686

New Sat 26 Mar 16 22:15   The Night Manager - R.P.

Zero (in particular).....did you notice on the shopping list of weapons that there was an "Avro Vulcan Jet" ? Wouldn't have picked that particular bike for the hero's transport....that should have been either a Brough Superior or a BMW GS.

New Sat 26 Mar 16 22:32   The Night Manager - Zero

>> Zero (in particular).....did you notice on the shopping list of weapons that there was an >> "Avro Vulcan Jet" ? >> Me and the wife both looked at each other at that item!

New Sat 26 Mar 16 22:41   The Night Manager - R.P.

Possibly what the Americans call an "Easter Egg"

New Sat 26 Mar 16 22:48   The Night Manager - R.P.

Clearly produced for the US market...."Devon, England" and "Madrid, Spain"...

New Sat 26 Mar 16 22:54   The Night Manager - Zero

I kind of assumed it was in the original book (its very early 1990's vintage) when there were a few knocking about, and they left it in as a jokey reference to its least season Yeah, an easter egg

New Sun 27 Mar 16 00:30   The Night Manager - smokie

Le Carre makes a fleeting appearance too, it'd be lost on me cos I 've no idea what he looks like.

New Sun 27 Mar 16 15:31   The Night Manager - smokie

Le Carre is apparently the diner in the restaurant whose meal is interrupted by the Corky issue.       4

New Sun 27 Mar 16 17:15   The Night Manager - R.P.

Another little easter egg....brilliant acting the Corky part.

New Sun 27 Mar 16 20:36   The Night Manager - rtj70

An Easter Egg in a film I watched/endured recently was a Captain America/Marvel one (Winter Soldier?). The character played by Samuel L Jackson was 'killed off'. At the cemetery there was his headstone with part of the he infamous lines he says in Pulp Fiction. The righteous man quote if you know it (Ezekiel 25:17). Spotted the reference straightaway. :-) How sad's that.... not as bad as watching a Marvel movie I suppose.

New Sun 27 Mar 16 10:54   The Night Manager - Roger.

A Vincent Black Shadow would do!

New Sun 27 Mar 16 11:06   The Night Manager - Ian (Cape Town)

Really? He's trying to stay incognito - having the AA or RAC out every 5 minutes to fix it would be a bad idea!

New Sun 27 Mar 16 11:40   The Night Manager - R.P.

But on a Bonnie ! He's not exactly what GS riders called "tosser" size but a Bonnie !! Last edited by: R.P. on Sun 27 Mar 16 at 11:41

New Sun 27 Mar 16 12:00   The Night Manager - Zero

>> .********* >> a Bonnie !! A bonnie is a perfect size motorcycle. Only bikers with small willies can crouch over too much tank stuffed in your crutch

New Sun 27 Mar 16 12:55   The Night Manager - Ted

>> A bonnie is a perfect size motorcycle. Only bikers with small willies can crouch over >> too much tank stuffed in your crutch >> Thanks Z....my FJS600 doesn't have a tank in the way................now, where's that tape measure ?

New Sun 27 Mar 16 13:26   The Night Manager - R.P.

Hahahaha...:-)

New Sun 27 Mar 16 22:11   The Night Manager - Duncan

Hmmm. Well, too easy and too unbelievable - for me.

New Sun 27 Mar 16 22:13   The Night Manager - Zero

the ending could have been a little darker.

New Sun 27 Mar 16 22:15   The Night Manager - Runfer D'Hills

I think they've left it open. Roper could make another deal etc...

New Sat 26 Mar 16 16:16   Maigret - Ted

Looking forrard to see what Rowan Atkinson makes of the detective on Monday. Can't help thinking of a French Blackadder though !

New Sat 26 Mar 16 16:41   Maigret - smokie

.. or Mr Bean...

New Sat 26 Mar 16 18:38   Maigret - Zero

>> >> Looking forrard to see what Rowan Atkinson makes of the detective on Monday. I'm not. Apparently its terribly soporific, and even Mr Atkinson can't comment favourably about his performance.

New Sat 2 Apr 16 20:05   Maigret - Crankcase

I sometimes wonder if it's possible to be more out of step with the rest of the world. This evening, we have tried to watch Princess Kaguya. All the reviews tell us this is the most wonderful film that's ever come out of Japan. It has a good heritage. We like Studio Ghibli stuff. What could go wrong? It was utterly terrible. For the second time in a couple of weeks, a film abandoned. So, back to this thread. We've just watched the Maigret from last week instead. Loved it. We thought it was really well done, we liked Rowan in the role, and thought his understated performance was brilliant. Good gripping story, great scenery. What's not to like? Then I read the reviews. Panned from here to kingdom come. I bet they never show the second one. Shame.

New Sat 2 Apr 16 23:36   Maigret - Ted

What do the critics know ? Me and 'er just loved the Maigret, Atkinson was just right for the role and the locations, filmed in Budapest, and atmosphere were perfect. It was entertainment , after all !

New Sun 3 Apr 16 00:15   Maigret - Zero

It was dire! Mrs zee and I gave it a good attempt but had to abandon it after 30 minutes. As for Atkinson's performance it was every bit as muddled as he admitted it was Deservedly it will not see the light of day again

New Sun 27 Mar 16 13:15   Line of duty - helicopter

Missed the first two series but was very impressed with the first episode of series three......Daniel Mays is excellent... Recommended...

New Sun 27 Mar 16 15:02   Line of duty - Clk Sec

>>Daniel Mays is excellent... >> Recommended... >> Watched it last night. Very good indeed.

New Sun 27 Mar 16 16:44   Line of duty - Zero

I found that one to be completely over the top, so far over to be laughable.

New Sun 27 Mar 16 21:03   Line of duty - R.P.

And me. Daft plot.

New Tue 29 Mar 16 14:18   Guy Martin - wall of death record - Focusless

Anyone else see this last night? (apologies for the Wail link) www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3513491/How-bear-watch-Daredevil-Guy-Martin-smashes-Wall-Death-record-live-TV-viewers-Twitter-say-feel-sorry-GIRLFRIEND.html Did look pretty scary, and I'm a bit surprised they did it live. He's a brave* lad, as I think we already know. Doing 78mph can't be that easy on a a track consisting of planks of wood about 15ft(?) wide, especially when said planks are vertical. Didn't they estimate he was pulling about 5g? * just noticed that the article states he's been diagnosed with Aspergers

New Tue 29 Mar 16 15:27   Guy Martin - wall of death record - tyrednemotional

>> >> * just noticed that the article states he's been diagnosed with Aspergers >> ....Guy Martin is Fluffy :-)

New Tue 29 Mar 16 23:53   Guy Martin - wall of death record - R.P.

And great telly it was. Guy a classic British "tryer"....we need more people like that, Aspergers or not.

New Sat 2 Apr 16 22:48   Guy Martin - wall of death record - bathtub tom

Loved David Coulthard's comment at the end about him having balls of steel, as visible due to the tightness of his leathers!

New Mon 4 Apr 16 14:52   Vinyl - Ian (Cape Town)

No, nothing to do with fluffy. Have you chaps got this in the UK yet? Still trying to get my head around it, but entertaining nonetheless... and the soundtrack is pretty good.

New Tue 5 Apr 16 19:53   James May and a lawnmower - Crankcase

Did anyone watch the Reassemblers programme last night? He had to entirely reassemble a lawnmower from its component parts, and..um..well, that was it. I started thinking it was going to be fun, moved to disbelief this ever got made into a programme, discovered it appealed strongly to my ASMR predilictions, moved into a soporific state, and ended thinking it was a great bit of tv only the BBC would have put on. Liked it, but it's a real Marmite of a programme. Another one tonight, and tomorrow too.

New Tue 5 Apr 16 21:11   James May and a lawnmower - Alastairw

Just watched it. Slight hint of Wheeler Dealers in the Ed reassembling an engine kind of way. An enjoyable half hour.

New Tue 5 Apr 16 22:18   James May and a lawnmower - WillDeBeest

Very odd. To his credit, May makes it work better than anyone else I can imagine trying it. Still not sure it does work, though.

New Tue 5 Apr 16 22:29   James May and a lawnmower - Bromptonaut

>> Did anyone watch the Reassemblers programme last night? He had to entirely reassemble a lawnmower >> from its component parts, and..um..well, that was it. His ultimate challenge is a Sturmey Archer Sprinter 5 speed hub gear :-P

New Wed 6 Apr 16 09:01   James May and a lawnmower - R.P.

May was doing it because Channel 4 have Guy Martin. Now he would have made it interesting. Bit of a paint drier. He was wearing a version of my winter biking jumper. That was the interesting bit.

New Wed 6 Apr 16 09:08   James May and a lawnmower - Old Navy

I stripped, repaired, and reassembled my pressure washer. No bits left over, and it works. I can't imagine anyone wanting to watch me, there would be many breaks for coffee and it's subsequent disposal.

New Mon 23 May 16 07:00   Channel 5 now in HD on freeview - Focusless

At long last! All your favourite programmes now available in high res :) Freeview ch 105 unsurprisingly. And actually it's been there since May 4th apparently.

New Mon 23 May 16 07:15   Channel 5 now in HD on freeview - Dog

>>Freeview ch 105 unsurprisingly. ditto Freesat = S'good.