Kaffs posted:Roger the Alien posted:Homeland, Orange Is The New Black, Narcos, The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt on Netflix?
Homeland. No question. (although someone recommened Narcos to me the other day)
Ta Kaffy 
I will try it .... and welcome back 
Roger the Alien posted:Kaffs posted:Roger the Alien posted:Homeland, Orange Is The New Black, Narcos, The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt on Netflix?
Homeland. No question. (although someone recommened Narcos to me the other day)
Ta Kaffy
And from me 
Kaffs posted:Extremely Fluffy Fluffy Thing posted:Did we all watch 'The Night Manager'? I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Loved it.. still want to know how they blew up six truck loads of weapons about 50 yards away and everyone walked away unscathed. A minor detail though..
Armour plated underwear - of course.
You Only Live Twice - ITV4
Great theme tune 
Come on Join me and sing along...
I'm exhausted. Line of Duty... the finale. I'm drained. Wow. FAB U LOUS!
Baz posted:Roger the Alien posted:Kaffs posted:Roger the Alien posted:Homeland, Orange Is The New Black, Narcos, The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt on Netflix?
Homeland. No question. (although someone recommened Narcos to me the other day)
Ta Kaffy
And from me
thank you... haven't really been anywhere though! There's too much good drama on at the moment so I gave up on Masterchef (too big a commitment) and I don't like Bake Off's nasty spin off... so I've been chilling and watching telly uninterrupted most nights
Did nobody watch The A Word btw? It was excellent - and the wee boy who played Joe has to be a star in the making.
Kaffs posted:Did nobody watch The A Word btw? It was excellent - and the wee boy who played Joe has to be a star in the making.
Agree on both counts, Kaffs. I enjoyed the series, and I thought the lad playing Joe was remarkable.
Eugene's Lair posted:Kaffs posted:Did nobody watch The A Word btw? It was excellent - and the wee boy who played Joe has to be a star in the making.
Agree on both counts, Kaffs. I enjoyed the series, and I thought the lad playing Joe was remarkable.
He was wonderful, Eugene - at that age! Hardly anyone I know watched the series... missed a good 'un. (loved the soundtrack too)
Anyone watch 'The extraordinary case of Alex Lewis'?
Utterly heart breaking - what an amazing guy who totally deserves better.
I am in awe of him - I would have crumbled
Saint posted:Anyone watch 'The extraordinary case of Alex Lewis'?
Utterly heart breaking - what an amazing guy who totally deserves better.
I am in awe of him - I would have crumbled
I didn't watch .....TBH after seeing the trailers I couldn't bear to ....but I agree , he must be totally amazing .....and like you, I know I would have simply given up 
we just watched line of duty on catch up-i swore-i jumped up and down-i shouted at the tv-i think i can say it was a fantastic episode, i also hate cottan
Baz posted:I stumbled across a thriller called Hinterland today ( on Iplayer) .....I am really enjoying it ....but there is obviously a back story , presumably from earlier series ....can anyone tell me what it is please?
It's been running on BBC Wales and S4C in Welsh, for a few years, they show the English version after. Richard Harrington plays a cop who has lost his daughter in a fire...blames himself, wife leaves him ,taking his other daughter so he is this depressed man brooding around in the rainy bleak landscape.....solving crime and living in a caravan.
Amythist posted:Baz posted:I stumbled across a thriller called Hinterland today ( on Iplayer) .....I am really enjoying it ....but there is obviously a back story , presumably from earlier series ....can anyone tell me what it is please?
It's been running on BBC Wales and S4C in Welsh, for a few years, they show the English version after. Richard Harrington plays a cop who has lost his daughter in a fire...blames himself, wife leaves him ,taking his other daughter so he is this depressed man brooding around in the rainy bleak landscape.....solving crime and living in a caravan.
Thanks Amythist It came a bit clearer in the second part
.....but is there some history between him and the woman DC ?
Watching "The Durrell's" and loving it.
Particularly like Larry
I'm just watching that programme presented by Eamonn Holmes and his wife where they look at the lifestyles of the super-rich.
Tonight they have been gushing over a ÂĢ20M home. The way they talk you would expect they live in a two up two down home.
Here is their pad...
Baz posted:How the other half lives , eh
C4's The Windsors was good fun 
. It was a bit like Star Stories, and its also good to see Harry Enfield back on tv.
I'm going to go to bed and watch Prometheus tonight and if I stay awake long enough I will watch the film which follows, Alien, one of my all time favourites.
Baz posted:Anyone been watching Undercover ( BBC1) ?
Yes....I'm hooked!
Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:
I'm going to go to bed and watch Prometheus tonight and if I stay awake long enough I will watch the film which follows, Alien, one of my all time favourites.
Prometheus is an amazing looking film - great effects EC. Hope you enjoy it
Just watched The Hollow Crown on iplayer. Huge chunks have been cut from the original play but I found it very enjoyable all the same. Some first-rate performances from a stellar cast. Looking forward to the next in the series.
Riveting stuff!
Roger the Alien posted:Enthusiastic Contrafibularities posted:
I'm going to go to bed and watch Prometheus tonight and if I stay awake long enough I will watch the film which follows, Alien, one of my all time favourites.
Prometheus is an amazing looking film - great effects EC. Hope you enjoy it
I fell asleep Roger, probably about 20 mins in.
However I did see it at the cinema.
Madame Arcati posted:Just watched The Hollow Crown on iplayer. Huge chunks have been cut from the original play but I found it very enjoyable all the same. Some first-rate performances from a stellar cast. Looking forward to the next in the series.
Riveting stuff!
I also enjoyed it a lot. Yes: there was a lot of editing, but then again "Henry VI Part 1" is often considered to be the weakest of Shakespeare's plays. What they've done is taken 4 three and a half hour long plays (the three Henry VI plays and Richard III) and turned them into about 6 hours of TV. You'll have also noticed that last night's show included part of "Henry VI Part 2", and they swapped some of the characters around...
One nice touch I noticed: Tom Beard, who played Sir William Lucy, died last year, so they dedicated the show to him, and put his name at the top of the credits...
Oh, and one other thing that made me smile: this is the second time that Hugh Bonneville and Sally Hawkins have played husband and wife (as the Gloucesters, in this case), They also played Mr and Mrs Brown in "Paddington"...
A heads-up for anyone following "Marcella" on ITV:
In case you don't already know, both of the final two episodes are being broadcast this week. Ep. 7 is tonight (Mon), and Ep. 8 tomorrow - both 9pm.
Eugene's Lair posted:Madame Arcati posted:Just watched The Hollow Crown on iplayer. Huge chunks have been cut from the original play but I found it very enjoyable all the same. Some first-rate performances from a stellar cast. Looking forward to the next in the series.
Riveting stuff!
I also enjoyed it a lot. Yes: there was a lot of editing, but then again "Henry VI Part 1" is often considered to be the weakest of Shakespeare's plays. What they've done is taken 4 three and a half hour long plays (the three Henry VI plays and Richard III) and turned them into about 6 hours of TV. You'll have also noticed that last night's show included part of "Henry VI Part 2", and they swapped some of the characters around...
One nice touch I noticed: Tom Beard, who played Sir William Lucy, died last year, so they dedicated the show to him, and put his name at the top of the credits...
The only bits of the BBC Shakespeare season I watched were Upstart Crow, Philomena Cunk, and Ran [ based on King Lear ] 
And me named after one of his characters too [Rosalind]
Baz posted:Eugene's Lair posted:A heads-up for anyone following "Marcella" on ITV:
In case you don't already know, both of the final two episodes are being broadcast this week. Ep. 7 is tonight (Mon), and Ep. 8 tomorrow - both 9pm.
I've got it set up to record
Ditto Baz.
velvet donkey posted:Undercover and Marcella are great!
Thanks for the heads up Eugene.
I've been watching both too. Good to have some decent drama on tv.
Roger the Alien posted:The only bits of the BBC Shakespeare season I watched were Upstart Crow, Philomena Cunk, and Ran [ based on King Lear ]
And me named after one of his characters too [Rosalind]
I've been recording "Upstart Crow" - haven't seen it yet.
"Ran"'s wonderful! (Mind you, I've always been a Kurosawa fan anyway...)
And as a Shakespearean aside: did you know that one of the moons of Uranus is named after Rosalind from "As You Like It"?
Eugene's Lair posted:Roger the Alien posted:The only bits of the BBC Shakespeare season I watched were Upstart Crow, Philomena Cunk, and Ran [ based on King Lear ]
And me named after one of his characters too [Rosalind]
I've been recording "Upstart Crow" - haven't seen it yet.
"Ran"'s wonderful!
And as a Shakespearean aside: did you know that one of the moons of Uranus is named after Rosalind from "As You Like It"?
Oooh! Thanks Eugene. I'm delighted to find out there's a moon with my name
Roger the Alien posted:Eugene's Lair posted:Roger the Alien posted:The only bits of the BBC Shakespeare season I watched were Upstart Crow, Philomena Cunk, and Ran [ based on King Lear ]
And me named after one of his characters too [Rosalind]
I've been recording "Upstart Crow" - haven't seen it yet.
"Ran"'s wonderful!
And as a Shakespearean aside: did you know that one of the moons of Uranus is named after Rosalind from "As You Like It"?
Oooh! Thanks Eugene