Hitchington
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bits of Springwatch and new series of The Hotel Inspector
What TV are you watching?
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John the Monkey
Frivolous Cyclist
- Location
- Crewe
Orphan Black s4 (Netflix)
The plot is proper thickening right now.
An Immigrant's Guide to Britain (All4)
Henning Wehn and friends take a look at British customs from an outsiders point of view. High points: the Indian guy playing drinking games with cups of tea, and the Hungarian lady trying to complement people. Low points: The guy with the odd beard who seemed to regurgitate every half truth and outright falsehood about how immigrants have it easier than the natives here.
The plot is proper thickening right now.
An Immigrant's Guide to Britain (All4)
Henning Wehn and friends take a look at British customs from an outsiders point of view. High points: the Indian guy playing drinking games with cups of tea, and the Hungarian lady trying to complement people. Low points: The guy with the odd beard who seemed to regurgitate every half truth and outright falsehood about how immigrants have it easier than the natives here.
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AndyRM
XOXO
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- North Shields
Daredevil (season 2)
I've no idea if this follows the comics, and frankly I don't care. This is an absolute cracker of a series and I'm looking forward to the next one.
It's only recently that I've got into more mainstream comics, and there seems to be an intrinsic link between vigilantes, journalists and lawyers. I suppose it's because all three groups are looked down upon in different ways?
I've no idea if this follows the comics, and frankly I don't care. This is an absolute cracker of a series and I'm looking forward to the next one.
It's only recently that I've got into more mainstream comics, and there seems to be an intrinsic link between vigilantes, journalists and lawyers. I suppose it's because all three groups are looked down upon in different ways?
NorthernDave
Never used Über Member
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- The real Northern Powerhouse
Found series 2 of the excellent, but under-rated Hinterland on the iPlayer.
Don't remember it being screened and I've been keeping an eye out for it - or is it shown first on BBC Wales, then a few months later on BBC4?
Anyway, episode one expires off the iPlayer tonight, so you'd better be quick if you want to watch it...
Don't remember it being screened and I've been keeping an eye out for it - or is it shown first on BBC Wales, then a few months later on BBC4?
Anyway, episode one expires off the iPlayer tonight, so you'd better be quick if you want to watch it...
Lullabelle
Banana
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- Midlands UK
24 hours in A&E
potsy
Rambler
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- My Armchair
Currently halfway through Undercover, ok so far, 7/10.
Colony, an American mini series about the aftermath of an alien invasion, 5/10 with one episode left.
Given up on Limitless, was an ok start but has gone down hill ever since 4/10.
Colony, an American mini series about the aftermath of an alien invasion, 5/10 with one episode left.
Given up on Limitless, was an ok start but has gone down hill ever since 4/10.
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AndyRM
XOXO
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- North Shields
Undercover
More cliches than is feasible and a truly, truly awful script. The most frustrating thing is that for the main characters everything is black and white, with no real grey areas in what should be a pretty murky existence.
Swingannamiss.
More cliches than is feasible and a truly, truly awful script. The most frustrating thing is that for the main characters everything is black and white, with no real grey areas in what should be a pretty murky existence.
Swingannamiss.
swee'pea99
Legendary Member
Brings to mind George Mike's brilliant 'How to be an Alien' - a book from the '50s in which he, a young Hungarian journalist, recently arrived, brilliantly dissects the British character and customs. A chapter on 'Favourite things', eg, begins:
In England, people do not often get excited. They do not enjoy many things but they love to queue.
In Europe, if people are waiting at a bus-stop they look bored and half asleep. When the bus arrives they fight to get on it. Most of them leave on the bus and some are very lucky and leave in an ambulance. One Englishman waits at a bus-stop and, even if there are no other people there, he starts a queue.
One chapter is one sentence long-"SEX - On the continent people have sex lives, in Britain they have hot water bottles".
Beebo
Firm and Fruity
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- Hexleybeef
Wonders of the Universe on BBC4.
Brian Cox, gives a run down of the life span of the universe and the concept of deep time.
The numbers are mind boggling, but at some point time will end.
Brian Cox, gives a run down of the life span of the universe and the concept of deep time.
The numbers are mind boggling, but at some point time will end.
Lullabelle
Banana
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- Midlands UK
A couple of evenings ago we watched Horizon, 'why are we getting fat'. A very interesting programme that covered many things, comfort eating-genetics-lifestyle etc... Horizon as it should be.
John the Monkey
Frivolous Cyclist
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- Crewe
Anyone who missed Happy Valley S1 might be interested to know that it's popped up on Netflix.
Enjoyable is probably the wrong word, but it's gripping, with excellent performances, and a real feel of the tragedy of inescapable fate that puts me in mind of James M. Cain.
Enjoyable is probably the wrong word, but it's gripping, with excellent performances, and a real feel of the tragedy of inescapable fate that puts me in mind of James M. Cain.
Richard A Thackeray
Legendary Member
Watched the 'Lightweight' & 'Zero' TT last night
Nice to see Mark Higgins taking another Subaru round, but seemingly a very stock example this time
If you want to compare him, 'flat out', have a look at this (edited) film, where he broke his own record, to cross the line in 19:16 @117.5MPH
(faster than the SideCar, & 250 records)
It was a 19:07 (@ 118.4MPH) first place time/speed for the electric bike
Put against, the absolute record lap record is; 17:03 (@132.7MPH)
But, the electric time is better than the 250cc record!
Full torque, from motor zero-RPM certainly helps!
Might stay up for the Senior TT this evening
After watching 'SuperGirl' at 20:00, on Sky One
Nice to see Mark Higgins taking another Subaru round, but seemingly a very stock example this time
If you want to compare him, 'flat out', have a look at this (edited) film, where he broke his own record, to cross the line in 19:16 @117.5MPH
(faster than the SideCar, & 250 records)
It was a 19:07 (@ 118.4MPH) first place time/speed for the electric bike
Put against, the absolute record lap record is; 17:03 (@132.7MPH)
But, the electric time is better than the 250cc record!
Full torque, from motor zero-RPM certainly helps!
Might stay up for the Senior TT this evening
After watching 'SuperGirl' at 20:00, on Sky One
John the Monkey
Frivolous Cyclist
- Location
- Crewe
Finished Happy Valley S1 - excellent series.
Watched another episode of Versailles, which I'm sticking with, in the hope that they will offer some more sympathetic characters eventually.
The Musketeers, S3 (iPlayer) - whilst this really misses Capaldi's Richelieu, I'm enjoying Rupert Everett's villainy rather more than I did Marc Warren's.
No Such Thing as the News (iPlayer) - essentially a TV version of the excellent "No Such Thing as a Fish" podcast. As such, very enjoyable.
Peaky Blinders S3 (iPlayer) - After a bit of a wobbly start, I think this series has found its feet - I'm wary of saying more, in case people haven't seen the finale yet.
The Disappearance (iPlayer) - This is shaping up really well, I think - all episodes are (currently) available on the iPlayer.
Orphan Black S4 (Netflix) -
Watched another episode of Versailles, which I'm sticking with, in the hope that they will offer some more sympathetic characters eventually.
The Musketeers, S3 (iPlayer) - whilst this really misses Capaldi's Richelieu, I'm enjoying Rupert Everett's villainy rather more than I did Marc Warren's.
No Such Thing as the News (iPlayer) - essentially a TV version of the excellent "No Such Thing as a Fish" podcast. As such, very enjoyable.
Peaky Blinders S3 (iPlayer) - After a bit of a wobbly start, I think this series has found its feet - I'm wary of saying more, in case people haven't seen the finale yet.
The Disappearance (iPlayer) - This is shaping up really well, I think - all episodes are (currently) available on the iPlayer.
Orphan Black S4 (Netflix) -
Helena is Back! 
