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On 03/01/2023 at 22:51, fuzzydunlop said:

Really enjoyed the first episode of Happy Valley.  Great script and Sarah Lancashire is top notch and a role she was born to play.  Looking forward to seeing where it finishes...just a shame the Beeb wont let us binge watch it!

She's amazing in it. First series of Happy Valley was brilliant and this third has started great. 

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On 23/08/2022 at 08:55, Mark Connolly said:

Gutted that Only Murders is done for another series, but it was an excellent last episode.

Season 3 looks as if it will be good as well

Meryl Streep has joined the cast. Can only be a good thing…

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2 hours ago, Bert Raccoon said:

I'm four episodes into The Rig and actually quite enjoying it. Not what I was expecting and it's daft as f**k yet tries to take itself too seriously but still enjoyable 

It wasn't as bad as I'd feared and is left wide open for a second series. 

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I'm a bit slow and having missed it first time around I've been watching Spooks from the start on iPlayer.

 

Just seen an episode (from 2009) where an explosion at a gas plant leaves the UK short of gas and the Government has to order power cuts. There are high jinks as they try to negotiate a gas deal with a dodgy fictional Central Asian -istan that's actively taking out political opponents in the UK. The deal fails but happily the Americans arrange for the UK to get a good deal on Russian gas. Yay! That'll end well...

 

No mention at any point of Global Warming. I did wonder at one point if the Home Sec (Robert Glenister) was going to announce, 'We're just going to have to swallow our pride and buy in windpower from the bleedin' Jocks.'

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Watched 'The Fire Within', on iPlayer last night.   https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001d7lc/storyville-the-fire-within

Documentary film and requiem by Werner Herzog about Katia & Maurice Krafft, French scientists / vulcanologists / filmmakers.

Beautiful, tragically sad and well worth 90 mins. of your time.

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On 31/12/2022 at 23:42, Arch Stanton said:

Mayflies was tremendous. Wonderful acting from Curran and Jensen and a phenomenal 80s soundtrack from Joy Division, New Order, Cocteau Twins, TJAMC, Shop Assistants, The Fall etc.

No yer usual 80s shite like Curiosity Killed the Cat, Jonny Hates Jazz, Swing Out Sister etc.

Only got round to watching this last night and have to agree on both points, some great acting and a fantastic soundtrack. Thoroughly enjoyed it, heartbreaking but also life affirming in equal measure 

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Watched Kindergarten Cop with the kids last night.

At the very end, Arnie is in hospital having been shot in the leg. His arms seem fine even though he was shot somewhere in the upper body. Regardless of his perfectly functional limbs, a nurse is spoon feeding him jelly.

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On 24/01/2023 at 17:50, Savage Henry said:

The original TV series of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is on the iPlayer, and it hasn’t aged a bit.  Up there with Boys from the Black Stuff.  

Did it say Ian Bannen's Jim Pridoe visited the mole before going to east European capital ?

Small Spoiler - Picard with hair

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On 24/01/2023 at 17:50, Savage Henry said:

The original TV series of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is on the iPlayer, and it hasn’t aged a bit.  Up there with Boys from the Black Stuff.  

Watched that last year when BBC2 showed them all.  Absolutely magnificent TV. 

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On 01/02/2023 at 00:10, Florentine_Pogen said:

Watched 'The Fire Within', on iPlayer last night.   https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001d7lc/storyville-the-fire-within

Documentary film and requiem by Werner Herzog about Katia & Maurice Krafft, French scientists / vulcanologists / filmmakers.

Beautiful, tragically sad and well worth 90 mins. of your time.

Didn’t he do Grizzly Man as well?  Horrific true story.

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