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Last edited by: VxFan on Sat 8 Jan 22 at 21:23
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Brilliantly made, great characters, great scenery, decent plot, quite funny bits.
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I started to watch the first episode and thought something seemed familiar about it. Discovered it's the same team that nade The Lost, that interminable series about a plane crash on an apparently uninhabited island.
I don't intend watching any more.
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Never watched Lost, Private Eye mentioned that it's the same team that did The Missing (never watched that either). I enjoyed it.
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Forgot to watch it last night...early doors beers began just too early, Bar credit was offered and accepted, so catch up later. Enjoyed it so far...light entertainment.
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>> Forgot to watch it last night..
Count yourself lucky - as far as I am concerned one of the worst bits of BBC TV for a long time. Only saving grace was a reminder what Australian culture is really like.
I am however an ALL4 addict - the 'european noire' under the Walter Presents label is worth a watch if you enjoy crime/drama.
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My god thats 6 hours of my life I will never get back. What was it - drama? Comedy? Travel documentary? Sleep therapy? Not sure how I watched them all, We binged the last two
a: to get it over and done with
b: faintly interested in the ending - Mistake no 99 brought on by the promising start but it was more down hill than Eddie the Eagle.
c: Vague hope it would get better
And Australian culture is far more sophisticated than that portrayed in the film.
(yes I know, who'da though anyone could say Australian culture was sophisticated.)
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>> (yes I know, who'da though anyone could say Australian culture was sophisticated.)
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...probably only someone from Surrey could.....
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I watched the first two episodes and gave up. Lady Duncan watched some more episodes, came upstairs last night and said that she had given up. I don't know if that was live or a recording, or what.
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>> >> (yes I know, who'da though anyone could say Australian culture was sophisticated.)
>> ...probably only someone from Surrey could.....
The Bloke from Basingstoke can keep his trap shut then.
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I really enjoyed the series although was disappointed when the pschoopathic killer played by Olafur Darri was killed off, albeit in a satisfyingly guesome and spectacular manner. I thought the ending was actually quite good and had a neat twist - I wasn't expecting happy ever after affair
Don't think I was looking for a realistic investigation and portrayal of Australian culture either really
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>> Don't think I was looking for a realistic investigation and portrayal of Australian culture either
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Certainly not. It would probably be indistinguishable from very bad drama.
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Watched this last night. Very good.
About the rescue of the boys football team from the caves in Thailand.
Sorry of documentary as it involved the people involved and also footage from the time.
Recommend it.
And as an aside, these rescuers were real heroes.
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Must be on repeat as I missed them first time around...also on iPlayer.
Particularly liked the episode presented by Lemn Sissay (who?) in Dentdale where I camped for many years in my teens, and still revisit several times a year.
Different presenters...Alistair Campbell was good.
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...Gentle television made rather more interesting if you know the landscape (some of the "presenters" are less than engaging - and I agree Lemn Sissay was good).
Also a short series of "Walking With..." on a very similar theme, but not winter. All (I think) still on iPlayer.
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Shown occasionally on Talking Pictures.
It’s an awful film. But strangle compelling just to see what happens.
It must have something going for it because in some parts of the USA it was shown so often that the film reels deteriorated.
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I was gonna record it last night, no doubt it will be shown again (and again and again etc etc.)
"Now here's a film that's guaranteed to divide opinion. There will be those who see it as inexcusably racist exploitation that mocks the traditions and expectations of the Kalahari bush tribe, whose peaceful existence is disturbed by a Coke bottle that drops from the sky. But others will applaud the barbed colonial satire that arises when N!xau ventures into civilisation to drop the contentious bottle off the edge of the world. Certainly, audiences worldwide warmed to director Jamie Uys's slapstick style that turned this latter-day Keystone comedy into a cult smash. There are some crude laughs, but the political juvenility is hard to ignore".
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I know your memories aren't what they were, so I thought I would give you a quick reminder that Series 5 of Bangers and Cash starts tonight.
yesterday.uktv.co.uk/shows/bangers-and-cash/episodes/
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was on again, a good yarn, but well seen by all I guess.
Except.
This was the first time I had seen in in Hi Def. Delicious quality, - wow look at that stuff - the at sea scenes dawn and daybreak were stunning - so much so I checked on the cinematography, one of the best - Victor Chalice, in 35mm vistavision and technicolour, I'd love to know how they got it digitised so faithfully with no artefacts - the superb lighting and original quality helps.
Cinema at its best.
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Based on the Robert Harris book of the same name,
Just watched on Netflix. Very good all round, worth a watch.
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Watched it tonight on Netflix. Good call :)
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I watched it, recommended. Some nice historical context.
The plot about the secret documents, which came to light when the war ended, was fictional of course but the controversial bit is the portrayal of Chamberlain as a wise and kindly owl when historical accounts suggest he was naive and resistant to counsel, a bad combination. I've never found the caricature of him as a credulous fool easy to believe, maybe the truth was somewhere in between.
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Pilloried at the time, there is no doubt the years grace to war starting (used for Chain Home radar command and control, and beefing up the RAF) saved the UK. Its pretty sure he knew we couldn't beat the Nazis at that time, but its still open to debate if he deliberately aimed for a years grace and build up or was a whimpy pacifist all along.
Last edited by: Zero on Sat 5 Feb 22 at 14:14
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Mini series on iplayer, a murder mystery. I quite enjoyed it, some funny lines from some of the female actors well i thought they were funny. Only 4 episodes, worth watching.
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We only watched the first episode. Not our cup of tea.
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Been to see this at the cinema this afternoon. I enjoyed it.
Depiction of Kenneth Branagh's memories of growing up in Belfast during the troubles. Black and white. Fairly simple sets.
"A semi-autobiographical film which chronicles the life of a working class family and their young son's childhood during the tumult of the late 1960s in the Northern Ireland capital."
Background music provided by Van Morrison.
A few of the props related to growing up in the 60s.
Father played by Jamie Dornan - The Tourist.
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BBC Scotland...Southern Upland Way in 3 x 30 minute episodes...series 2. Iain Robertson Rambles....watched the first 10 mins last night and hope to binge watch the remainder tonight.
Currently on iPlayer
Of particular interest because my Lakeland LDWA group walked the SUW in 4 sections, adding on the Berwickshire Coast Path, over the past 2 years. One of the few decent things to come out of restricted overseas travel.
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He also did one on the West Highland Way if I remember correctly which I really enjoyed.
Cheap television to make but actually can be quite interesting.
Always thought John Muir Way was named after the guy who first walked it but apparently he never did!
As an aside, I have put it on my 2022 must do list that this is the year I climb Ben Nevis. Ashamed to say as a Scot now in my 50s that I have never climbed it!
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Bobby......highly recommend the John Muir Trail in the Sierra Nevada. Walked it about 12 years ago when I was considerably fitter, it’s an outstanding wilderness area, and we had two resupply points en route.
Even if you can only walk short sections it’s still flippin impressive and well worth the effort.
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Advertised in the Radio Times as showing on Sundays on ITV, my attempt to watch on Freeview or record on my Freesat box was met with a link to Prime Video and an invitation to pay for the episode. This is not a problem I have met with to date. Was anyone other poster affected?
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No idea whats going on there, I watched it live on ITV on Sunday (its ok not brilliant), and its available on ITV hub online.
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Yep Ep.1 is on catch up (ITV Hub via e.g. firestick) and free to watch although there is a button for watching ad-free at a cost. Is that what your hardware is pushing at you?
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I will try ITV Hub. I have mislaid the remote fr my Fire Stick and the £12.80 replacement from Amazon (RIRY) "Does not support voice". That would render it useless so how come?
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>> I will try ITV Hub. I have mislaid the remote fr my Fire Stick
There is an App that works very well with the Firestick. Even has a qwerty keyboard for searching, which makes it a lot easier than the Amazon way of doing it. And you can do voice control too.
Last edited by: VxFan on Tue 25 Jan 22 at 16:38
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Do you mean the Android phone app?
Yes it does work well. I use it when the boss has hidden the remote.
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Fire TV? There was another but I deleted it.
Fire TV also works with more than one Firestick IIRC.
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>> Fire TV? There was another but I deleted it.
That's the one
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>> Fire TV also works with more than one Firestick IIRC.
Yes it does. It seems to identify available Fire sticks and you just click the relevant one. You then have to enter a code displayed on the TV which stops you operating the neighbours'...
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>> Do you mean the Android phone app?
No, the Apple iOS one. Probably has the exact same features though.
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On Prime.
FINALLY. - Goodbye TC, Hello a proper Reacher and good book to screenplay.
Good stuff
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Never paid for / watched anything on Amazon Prime.
Having seen the trailer on ewe tube you’re spot on Z
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We just binged this. Not much thinking required but eminently watchable and it probably isn't giving anything important away to say the villains get their deserts and the heroes get their desserts.
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Blimey, not sure I could take 8 hours of it in one hit.
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SWMBO likes it. Lots of muscles apparently.
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>>Lots of muscles apparently.
Any cockles?
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>> Any cockles?
Now then, Dog, you mustn't be shellfish.
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Apologies Cc, I must try to be less of a Cottus gobio.
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I'm never that keen on American stuff and it has some far fetchedness about it but it is very watchable. We've done 2 nights of 3 episodes each, 2 to go.
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Quirky and enjoyable. Ben Whishaw plays Adam Kay.
On BBC One and available on iPlayer.
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We've watched this. Uncomfortable viewing. And given it was based in about 2006, it's possible that Covid has left the NHS in an even worse place than that.
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I imagine most here will remember the songwriter/performer Labi Siffre. I enjoyed this.
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0014jmn/imagine-2022-2-labi-siffre-this-is-my-song
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Watched it, worth a view. Lot of unknown stuff.
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As a fan of Len Deighton I'm looking forward to this, ITV at 9pm tonight. I've read the book a few times over the years, seen the film on several occasions too and it will be interesting to see what they make of this six parter.
For those not familiar with the Harry Palmer series they are the Polar opposite of Bond, more downbeat and gritty than glamorous.
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>> As a fan of Len Deighton I'm looking forward to this, ITV at 9pm tonight.
>> I've read the book a few times over the years, seen the film on several
>> occasions too and it will be interesting to see what they make of this six
>> parter.
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>> For those not familiar with the Harry Palmer series they are the Polar opposite of
>> Bond, more downbeat and gritty than glamorous.
Strangely I am not going to watch this, from the preview clips It seems like a bloke trying to do an impersonation of Michael Caine, doing the role of Harry palmer.
Do the ipcress file by all means, but but not a copy.
I fear another get carter remake.
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Heck yes. I remember the remake. Thanks for nothing.
Sometimes they work. Most times they don’t.
‘ Heat’ did.
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I thought it was pretty good, provided you treated it as a tale on it's own and did not draw comparisons with the book and the original film.
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Really enjoying this. Good casting for the most part, and I like the Michael-Caine-alike who despite obvious similarities (glasses, accent) isn't really doing an impersonation. Tom Hollander also good.
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>> Really enjoying this. Good casting for the most part, and I like the Michael-Caine-alike who
>> despite obvious similarities (glasses, accent) isn't really doing an impersonation. Tom Hollander also good.
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I watched episode two on ITV Hub the other night. It's strength is developing the original story rather than trying to ape it, for instance with more background on the main character. I think it's the best thing I've watched for ages.
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Horror channel. Episode one was this morning and I missed it.
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It's on again at 13:00 today and at 14:00 on horror ch+1
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If you happen to subscribe to Britbox the original The Prisoner is available there to watch as and when you wish, along with much other stuff of varying quality.
Just seen all 27 years worth of the original Doctor Who, but for the more sane there's stuff like Morse, Poirot, Only Fools, and a load of modern stuff I've never heard of but the rest of the world will have done.
About a fiver a month via Prime is the way I do it, so can just cancel whenever.
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There is a free trial of Britbox available too, 7 days IIRC.
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Just binged all 5 episodes of this BBC drama and thoroughly enjoyed it. I felt it was proper gritty and gave a fairly stark picture of the pressures of frontline policing, despite the plot itself being a bit fanciful.
Star is Martin Freeman (ex The Office). It' s on catch up.
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Ch4 tonight.
Saw it when first released. Time to watch it again. After Crufts.
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>> Ch4 tonight.
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>> Saw it when first released. Time to watch it again. After Crufts.
Indeed, and as I am away at crufts for the w/e I have recordedit
I figure it will take a second watch
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Spy story about "failed" spies. Cracking dialogue, fantastic cast, based on the book by Mick Herron - not one I have read.
Well worth a watch, but its on Apple TV, so you'll need a subscription or Kodi on a stik.
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Not got Amazon TV, but I've read the full series of books and they are absolutely terrific, hugely funny while being deadly serious at the same time.
I believe Timothy Spall is playing the hugely politically incorrect Jackson Lamb in the TV version?
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>> I believe Timothy Spall is playing the hugely politically incorrect Jackson Lamb in the TV
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No, its Garry Oldman, and he is a a complete slob, git, swine of the first order. Its a fantastic performance
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Z, am I right in assuming I can get Apple TV on my Firestick?
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Yes you can, but you will have to pay for a subscription. The free way is to sideload kodi on it, put an add on onto kodi, then bingo you have it for free
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Cheers Z,
Amazon are doing a weeks free trial at the moment, so if I sign up I can catch all six episodes in that time.
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But Amazon isn't Apple... :-)
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>> But Amazon isn't Apple... :-)
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Ooops!
To be fair, they both begin with an 'A'.
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Just finished the series, absolutely brilliant and well worth the £4.99 for a months sub. There is a second series in the offing which begins filming in July. I'd recommend the books by Mick Heron, seven in the series so far with the eight on sale from 12th of this month. I have it on order from Amazon.
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The Thief, His Wife and a Canoe
Have been watching this over the last couple of nights, with the last episode to come tonight. A story that most of us are familiar with, I think. John Darwin fakes his own disappearance and presumed death in a canoing accident.
A man, not cursed with excessive intelligence, always seemed to have an answer to the next problem which reared its head.
And it's all true, of course - well, more or less.
tinyurl.com/4ztrmspb
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Series six now available on Netflix. Only watched episode 1 so far but looks bingeworthy.
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I watched the first few series of BC Saul at a friends place when she subscribed to Netflix.
That’s reminded me to subscribe and binge watch the more recent series...I binge watched B Bad when I was in the States several years ago.
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Will be catching up with that
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Crime series on ITV.
Rather gruesome and plots that keep you guessing.
I'm enjoying them but need to glance away for some really horrible bits.
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The Tourist. - R.P.