Author Topic: What are you watching? (Read 25986 times)

Nearly Sane · « **Reply #50 on:** April 05, 2023, 11:24:50 PM »

Back to the Canadian tosh and rewatching Sanctuary. Incredibly patchy but lots of interesting ideas. To have such a series based around a woman was something of a thing in Canada tosh of the same era.

Nearly Sane · « **Reply #51 on:** April 08, 2023, 08:47:12 AM »

Slow Horses - not quite what I was expecting but very good

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt5875444/

Harrowby Hall · « **Reply #52 on:** April 10, 2023, 09:13:51 AM »

Quote from: SteveH on April 01, 2023, 10:12:56 PM

Just seen the first episode of 'Great Expectations' - very atmospheric. I was quite chuffed to recognise the bridge over the Thames at Marlow in the opening scene, though I don't remember Pip attempting suicide in my reading of it, many years ago. Olivia Coleman is of course brilliant, but a bit more well-nourished than I imagined Miss Havisham.

I can only imagine that this bizarre version of Great Expectations was based on an initial transcript which Dicken's publisher rejected because it was too woke for prevailing Victorian sensibilities.

Nearly Sane · « **Reply #53 on:** April 10, 2023, 10:04:53 AM »

Not so much watching but watched. Was a bit confused to hear an advert for Why Didn't They Ask Evans? on ITV the other day, and thought but I thought I watched that about a year ago on the BBC.

Turns out I did watch it about a year ago but on Britbox but this was its first outing on 'terrestrial' TV. Have to admit surprise that it was presented as 'new'. The impact of the various streaming services and their own productions still seems uneven and unsettled.

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt14829590/

ETA I thought it was perfectly enjoyable.

Udayana · « **Reply #54 on:** April 10, 2023, 11:55:23 AM »

Quote from: Harrowby Hall on April 10, 2023, 09:13:51 AM

I can only imagine that this bizarre version of Great Expectations was based on an initial transcript which Dicken's publisher rejected because it was too woke for prevailing Victorian sensibilities.

I've lost interest. They seem to have used Dickins' framework and filled it with their own imaginings. So, mostly a waste as they could just have produced a completely new work, with their own story, to get across whatever ideas they wanted.

Harrowby Hall · « **Reply #55 on:** April 10, 2023, 07:10:54 PM »

Quote from: Udayana on April 10, 2023, 11:55:23 AM

I've lost interest. They seem to have used Dickins' framework and filled it with their own imaginings. So, mostly a waste as they could just have produced a completely new work, with their own story, to get across whatever ideas they wanted.

Great Expectations was my "O" level English Lit set text. I loved it and was pleased to hear that it was going to be serialied (again). But then when I saw the opening sequence - with Isaac Newton being being rejected in exactly same way as he had been by Nigel Pargeter's death in The Archers ... my heart sank.

... And did I hear correctly? "Carmichael" Jaggers is a QC?

Nearly Sane · « **Reply #56 on:** April 11, 2023, 01:40:11 PM »

Watched The Gold - very good if very preachy throughout and guilty of glamourising Kenneth Noye and others.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gold_(TV_series)

Udayana · « **Reply #57 on:** April 13, 2023, 10:13:34 AM »

Quote from: Harrowby Hall on April 10, 2023, 07:10:54 PM

Great Expectations was my "O" level English Lit set text. I loved it and was pleased to hear that it was going to be serialied (again). But then when I saw the opening sequence - with Isaac Newton being being rejected in exactly same way as he had been by Nigel Pargeter's death in The Archers ... my heart sank.

... And did I hear correctly? "Carmichael" Jaggers is a QC?

Yes - he's been upgraded !

If you haven't seen it already you might enjoy Armando Iannucci's "Tale of Charles Dickens" on iPlayer:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0195pt7/armandos-tale-of-charles-dickens

Nearly Sane · « **Reply #58 on:** April 15, 2023, 11:56:19 AM »

Ripping Yarns appearing on BBC 4 tonight and going forward and on iPlayer

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b007ls8p/broadcasts/upcoming

Harrowby Hall · « **Reply #59 on:** April 18, 2023, 05:08:54 PM »

Carmichael Jaggers QC

Quote from: Udayana on April 13, 2023, 10:13:34 AM

Yes - he's been upgraded !

But it has already been stated (in the programme) that he is a solicitor.

Nearly Sane · « **Reply #60 on:** April 23, 2023, 09:32:53 AM »

Enjoyed Blue Lights on BBC. Not quite up to the hype I'd heard from some people but strong.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0f2cxpr/episodes/guide

Udayana · « **Reply #61 on:** April 23, 2023, 11:51:20 AM »

Quote from: Harrowby Hall on April 18, 2023, 05:08:54 PM

Carmichael Jaggers QC

But it has already been stated (in the programme) that he is a solicitor.

How to tell if that was a misleading part of the story or a random production error?

Nearly Sane · « **Reply #62 on:** April 23, 2023, 06:53:12 PM »

Quote from: Udayana on April 23, 2023, 11:51:20 AM

How to tell if that was a misleading part of the story or a random production error?

Good audio adaptation here on BBC

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/b00g2v6p

Udayana · « **Reply #63 on:** April 24, 2023, 10:25:00 AM »

Quote from: Nearly Sane on April 23, 2023, 06:53:12 PM

Good audio adaptation here on BBC

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/series/b00g2v6p

No doubt. Just watching the Steven Knight series now to see how how they have "enhanced" the story.

Watched "The Diplomat" (Debora Cahn) on Netflix - watchable if not to be taken seriously. Like that it is "up to date" on world events.

Nearly Sane · « **Reply #64 on:** May 03, 2023, 05:58:38 PM »

New series of Inside No 9 started. Not sure about the newest Mother's Ruin. Had all the elements including good guest stars but felt not quite up to the best episodes.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001lf98/inside-no-9-series-8-2-mothers-ruin

Nearly Sane · « **Reply #65 on:** May 05, 2023, 11:01:23 AM »

And just watched last night's Inside No 9, really liked this one, and it has the fabulous Amanda Abbington

Nearly Sane · « **Reply #66 on:** May 07, 2023, 07:58:27 PM »

Watching Clive Myrie's Italian Road Trip, enjoying it immensely but none more so than the episode of Barga, the most Scottish town in Italy

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0fds186/clive-myries-italian-road-trip-series-1-11-barga

Udayana · « **Reply #67 on:** May 08, 2023, 10:29:13 AM »

Quote from: Nearly Sane on May 07, 2023, 07:58:27 PM

Watching Clive Myrie's Italian Road Trip, enjoying it immensely but none more so than the episode of Barga, the most Scottish town in Italy

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0fds186/clive-myries-italian-road-trip-series-1-11-barga

Enjoyed the first two episodes, very calming with great scenic shots and nice people. Long way to get to Bargo episode but good that episodes are only a half hour each.

Nearly Sane · « **Reply #68 on:** May 13, 2023, 07:50:34 AM »

Been watching the second series of The Avengers, not much left of the first, seen some of them before but many not. There are hints of the magnificent madness that it was to become but the changing partnerships, and tougher writing make it a very different series. It's a pity that so little of the first series exists to see how it developed.

Gordon · « **Reply #69 on:** May 13, 2023, 09:19:17 AM »

Quote from: Nearly Sane on May 13, 2023, 07:50:34 AM

Been watching the second series of The Avengers, not much left of the first, seen some of them before but many not. There are hints of the magnificent madness that it was to become but the changing partnerships, and tougher writing make it a very different series. It's a pity that so little of the first series exists to see how it developed.

I'm a bit or a fan - I remember watch this is my teens, and watching them film an episode in St Albans.

This is a good reference site for all things Avengers.

http://www.theavengers.tv/forever/

Aruntraveller · « **Reply #70 on:** May 13, 2023, 09:24:42 AM »

Watched a film called "Homeward" on BBC4. It is available on Iplayer.

It is a Ukrainian film about a Crimean Tartar family and is basically a road trip movie, albeit very bleak.

An impressive film imo.

Worth watching but not if you are feeling down already!

Nearly Sane · « **Reply #71 on:** May 13, 2023, 09:49:47 AM »

Quote from: Gordon on May 13, 2023, 09:19:17 AM

I'm a bit or a fan - I remember watch this is my teens, and watching them film an episode in St Albans.

This is a good reference site for all things Avengers.

http://www.theavengers.tv/forever/

And another show that Sydney Newman had a big hand in

SteveH · « **Reply #72 on:** May 13, 2023, 11:49:08 AM »

Yesterday, I watched the first Dr Who featuring the weeping angels, from 2007, featuring David Tennant and Freema Agyeman. It was quite moving, in a way.

Nearly Sane · « **Reply #73 on:** May 20, 2023, 12:41:06 PM »

Interesting episode of Inside No 9. Not sure how it will play for those not followers of the show.

Nearly Sane · « **Reply #74 on:** May 20, 2023, 02:42:25 PM »

Watching the David Lean Great Expectations on BBC2 - is excellent. And will be available on iPlayer I assume

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