fuzzydunlop Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 On 01/04/2024 at 23:26, tongue_tied_danny said: I've watched the first 4 episodes of This Town on the iplayer. Pretty decent. Finished it last night. I must admit i was a wee bit disappointed. I live in the Midlands so there's been a fair bit of hype around it down here so that's maybe not helped. I liked some aspects of it but felt it was a bit disjointed at times. Great soundtrack though....especially hearing the Electric Prunes and Suicide. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_Wilkos Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 On 03/04/2024 at 00:24, 19QOS19 said: Bridge of Lies the latest for this but most quiz shows, particularly BBC ones. When given options "Well I know it's not 'A', and I know it's not 'C' so I'm going to go with 'B'" or even worse "I know it's not 'A' or 'B' but I know 'C' is correct". Just fucking step on/tell us the fucking answer then! We don't need to hear your thought process out loud. I assume the arsehole producers encourage this pish to draw out time. Absolutely infuriating though. Eggheads was bad for this. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
printer Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 6 hours ago, Steve_Wilkos said: Eggheads was bad for this. And Pat was the worst Egghead for it. I did love Eggheads though. I used to think, I fancy myself against Kevin on sport, then remembered they usually had one question on US sport. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
printer Posted April 4 Share Posted April 4 On 19/03/2024 at 16:52, printer said: Just watched the whole thing, hadn't seen it for years - it's every bit as good as I remembered. Eric Morecambe's applause at the end shows, I think, how good he thought Previn was. My Dad was a big M&W fan and watching it again I could picture him laughing. A nice memory. @sugna 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sugna Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 22 hours ago, printer said: @sugna 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
54_and_counting Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 On 04/04/2024 at 14:31, Steve_Wilkos said: Eggheads was bad for this. Every fucking quiz show is horrendous for this Millionaire especially, if on the 100 quid question the c**t explains how they ruled out the 3 obvious non answers i start hoping they get pumped and win heehaw 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groundhopping Adventures Posted April 10 Share Posted April 10 Race Across the World back on BBC1 just now @The Naitch and anyone else interested 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Naitch Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 16 hours ago, Groundhopping Adventures said: Race Across the World back on BBC1 just now @The Naitch and anyone else interested Delighted it’s back. Early signs are that they’ve chosen the pairs well. Potential meltdowns for all apart from the older couple who are just on a jolly and loving it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groundhopping Adventures Posted April 11 Share Posted April 11 12 minutes ago, The Naitch said: Delighted it’s back. Early signs are that they’ve chosen the pairs well. Potential meltdowns for all apart from the older couple who are just on a jolly and loving it. Prediction that the old couple get to Vietnam and decide that will do them and the mother and daughter are stranded at the side of the road having ran out of money 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 19 hours ago, Groundhopping Adventures said: Prediction that the old couple get to Vietnam and decide that will do them and the mother and daughter are stranded at the side of the road having ran out of money There is no way that mother and daughter are getting close to the end - didn't they manage to burn through nearly a third of their budget in the first episode? And there's a good chance the boy training to be a pilot will throttle his mate before long. Having said that, I thought after the first episode last year that one pair were useless because it take them so long to get out of the park they started from and they ended up winning 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo army Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 Switched on "Traces" which is on BBC i-player. It's a Dundee set forensic drama from Val McDermid and stars Laura Fraser. I don't know whether it's the budget, the acting, my internalised Scottish cringe or all three, but every time I watch a Scottish production it just looks cheap. I've never been that into Laura Fraser as an actress as she tends to make Blythe Duff look like Meryl Streep, and she is every bit as wooden here. Fraser stars as a Professor of Forensics and the head of SIFA (Scottish Institute of Forensic Science and Anatomy.......so SIFSA, Shirley!!....never mind) and recently hired a new lab tech who has history with Dundee and used to live there (but has moved from Manchester to work there). It turns out that the dummy case she is asked to work on replicates her mother's murder from years ago. It's a really good plot idea, and I would normally be right into pursuing it......but the acting is rubbish as is the script. There's a couple of bits where my suspension of disbelief was massively tested. First of all it seems that Fraser's entire department is staffed by women, which I'm sure is laudable if the aim of a show is to indulge in alternative realities, but after watching several movies and series where the "diversity" of the cast was more important than creating a believable world and engaging story I couldn't help but feeling this was some kind of cathartic fantasy from McDermid. It took me out of the story a bit as it didn't feel like a real work place. The one guy in the office was such a cartoonishly effete gay guy too that it rendered the whole place a bit ridiculous. Oh, and the script sounded like it was written by a 10 year old. Dundee looks great though, and there was a cool moment at the beginning where the lassie was driving across the Tay Bridge and there was a John Barry-esque soundtrack playing. I liked that a lot. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GordonD Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 9 hours ago, velo army said: a Dundee set forensic drama I don't see how that would work. There would be no dental records and all the DNA would be the same... 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arch Stanton Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 On Saturday Kitchen Mel B behaving like a spoilt brat because the viewers voted for Hell. Making vomit noises and pulling faces like she just eaten a jobby sandwich. I doubt she'll be invited back. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy boo Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 2 hours ago, Arch Stanton said: On Saturday Kitchen Mel B behaving like a spoilt brat because the viewers voted for Hell. Making vomit noises and pulling faces like she just eaten a jobby sandwich. I doubt she'll be invited back. I've recorded it for the Adam Richman bits. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 5 hours ago, jimmy boo said: I've recorded it for the Adam Richman bits. Adam Richman Eats Britain is a joy. Chef about to cook rabbit and he looked very unhappy. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 Guess the episode! Original series. Kirk is arguing with a computer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy boo Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 On 13/04/2024 at 19:49, scottsdad said: Adam Richman Eats Britain is a joy. Indeed but I still prefer Man V Food and his ridiculous challenges. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soapy FFC Posted April 14 Share Posted April 14 Watching the end of Free Solo, and although I've seen it before, I'm still crapping myself watching it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_Wilkos Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 On 10/04/2024 at 21:22, Groundhopping Adventures said: Race Across the World back on BBC1 just now @The Naitch and anyone else interested Could you be arsed spending more than five minutes in Alfie's company? A complete p***k. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groundhopping Adventures Posted April 15 Share Posted April 15 36 minutes ago, Steve_Wilkos said: Could you be arsed spending more than five minutes in Alfie's company? A complete p***k. They'll end up strangling each other so the rest of us probably didn't have much chance 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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