- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
Great little series. Hiddlestone and Laurie were excellent.
Sadly Olivia Colman was miscast imo - very good actress though.
Elizabeth Debicki added a very glamorous sparkle to the precedings!
What TV are you watching?
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Great little series. Hiddlestone and Laurie were excellent.
Sadly Olivia Colman was miscast imo - very good actress though.
Elizabeth Debicki added a very glamorous sparkle to the precedings!
Chris S
Legendary Member
- Location
- Birmingham
I've been watching 'Who do you think you are?'
So far in the current series three people (Ricky Tomlinson, Emma Willis, Lulu) have found out that they had relatives in the Orange Order.
In the last series a few people found out that they had relatives who had died in Nazi death camps.
I don't think the producers are selecting people for each series by their ethnicity but conspiracy theorists might
So far in the current series three people (Ricky Tomlinson, Emma Willis, Lulu) have found out that they had relatives in the Orange Order.
In the last series a few people found out that they had relatives who had died in Nazi death camps.
I don't think the producers are selecting people for each series by their ethnicity but conspiracy theorists might
Alan Frame
Gnu
- Location
- Lost In Space
"How It's Made".
Makes me appreciate the amount of thought, skill and know how that goes into producing everyday things that I and many others are guilty of taking for granted.
Makes me appreciate the amount of thought, skill and know how that goes into producing everyday things that I and many others are guilty of taking for granted.
Lullabelle
Banana
- Location
- Midlands UK
We watched a bit of sounds of the 80's with Belinda Carlisle, that face lift went horribly wrong.
Roadhump
Time you enjoyed wasting was not wasted
- Location
- The flatlands of South West Lancs
Watched "North Korea: Murder in the family" earlier. I recorded it last weekend. A documentary about the assassination of Kim Jung Nam, who is Kim Jong Un's half brother and was killed in Kuala Lumpar airport earlier this year. Frightening stuff, and didn't seem overdone for dramatic effect at all, difficult to find words fitting for the North Korean regime, sinister, cruel, bizarre, corrupt all seem vast understatements. It makes the totally far fetched plots of your average Robert Ludlum novel seem quite believable.
OP
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AndyRM
XOXO
- Location
- North Shields
Defenders
Takes a while to get going, but when it does is cracking. Sigourney Weaver is totally stealing the show so far (I'm 3 in)
Takes a while to get going, but when it does is cracking. Sigourney Weaver is totally stealing the show so far (I'm 3 in)
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AndyRM
XOXO
- Location
- North Shields
Finished this yesterday. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Some really neat touches too - particularly with lighting.
The colour of each defender is used to light each scene, and when one's in trouble the backgrounds are used as a clue for who's about to come to the rescue. Very, very clever and so simple!
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AndyRM
XOXO
- Location
- North Shields
Nick Helm is back on our screens with Eat Your Heart Out. Thoroughly enjoyable but then I like all his stuff so am probably a bit biased. Essentially he goes to places and eats stuff. Doesn't sound great but he makes it work.
I missed the very beginning so didn't realise the girlfriend thing was a joke. It's funny enough, but I'm glad I didn't know about it until the end.
Levo-Lon
Guru
Nigel-YZ1
Guru
- Location
- Somewhere else... maybe soon.
The Invaders.
TV series from the 60s. Not seen it in 20+ years.
TV series from the 60s. Not seen it in 20+ years.
John the Monkey
Frivolous Cyclist
- Location
- Crewe
People Just Do Nothing, series 4 (iPlayer)
Comedy about a pirate radio station. The first episode seemed to have leant into the drama element of it's "comedy drama" tag a little too much, but the second episode finds them right back on form, with several laugh out loud moments.
Cleverman (Netflix (s1), iPlayer (s2))
Interesting Australian science fiction drama, with echoes of Channel 4's "Aliens", and District 13. In this case, the "aliens" are an indigenous people who have lived alongside humanity forever, having only been revealed recently. The "hairies" are regarded as dangerous, and severe limitations placed upon them. Into this situation comes Koen, a young man living just on the edge of the law, who inherits the title of "Cleverman" (a sort of Aboriginal conduit to "the dreaming") from his uncle. An interesting, possibly important series given attitudes to race and immigration, especially in Australia.
This Country (iPlayer)
A faux-documentary set in rural England. It's very funny, although I found myself feeling a little uneasy about its tone. It's quite often captioned with facts about the decline of rural communities, and the plight of young people in them in finding work, partners &c - despite that, those things are played largely for laughs in the body of the programme. It feels slightly like the programme makers are having their cake and eating it, in this respect. It also tends to deny the ambitions of the characters.
Uncle (Netflix)
Terrific Nick Helm comedy about a feckless 30 something and the nephew he reluctantly takes under his wing. I know I'm late to this one, and wish I'd found it earlier.
Top of the Lake - China Girl (iPlayer)
Great performances, and another massively unpleasant antagonist for Elizabeth Moss' detective. This series felt a little uneven tonally at times (Gwendoline Christie's character seemed to veer between being played for laughs and not) but overall, it finished strongly. The theme seemed to be control, and whether those under it ever truly escape it.
Salem (Netflix)
At times quite barmy series about the town infamous for its witch panic. The difference here is the lean into the idea that can, essentially, be summed up as "What if all the Witch stuff was true?" Not great art, but a lot of fun.
Comedy about a pirate radio station. The first episode seemed to have leant into the drama element of it's "comedy drama" tag a little too much, but the second episode finds them right back on form, with several laugh out loud moments.
Cleverman (Netflix (s1), iPlayer (s2))
Interesting Australian science fiction drama, with echoes of Channel 4's "Aliens", and District 13. In this case, the "aliens" are an indigenous people who have lived alongside humanity forever, having only been revealed recently. The "hairies" are regarded as dangerous, and severe limitations placed upon them. Into this situation comes Koen, a young man living just on the edge of the law, who inherits the title of "Cleverman" (a sort of Aboriginal conduit to "the dreaming") from his uncle. An interesting, possibly important series given attitudes to race and immigration, especially in Australia.
This Country (iPlayer)
A faux-documentary set in rural England. It's very funny, although I found myself feeling a little uneasy about its tone. It's quite often captioned with facts about the decline of rural communities, and the plight of young people in them in finding work, partners &c - despite that, those things are played largely for laughs in the body of the programme. It feels slightly like the programme makers are having their cake and eating it, in this respect. It also tends to deny the ambitions of the characters.
For instance, Kurtan doesn't go to college - I couldn't help thinking that letting the characters have a success for once might have leavened the feeling of "laughing at" that I kept getting from this series.
Uncle (Netflix)
Terrific Nick Helm comedy about a feckless 30 something and the nephew he reluctantly takes under his wing. I know I'm late to this one, and wish I'd found it earlier.
Top of the Lake - China Girl (iPlayer)
Great performances, and another massively unpleasant antagonist for Elizabeth Moss' detective. This series felt a little uneven tonally at times (Gwendoline Christie's character seemed to veer between being played for laughs and not) but overall, it finished strongly. The theme seemed to be control, and whether those under it ever truly escape it.
Salem (Netflix)
At times quite barmy series about the town infamous for its witch panic. The difference here is the lean into the idea that can, essentially, be summed up as "What if all the Witch stuff was true?" Not great art, but a lot of fun.
