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Tom Smith, Scottish union former captain, aged 50 Same age as me.

The original Monkey is on BritBox. Enough said really.

Yep, thoroughly loved them as well, same feel.

I really enjoyed it. Proper spaghetti western stuff in nature that reminded me of my childhood watching them with my granddad.

We binge watched the last 4 episodes of the new Dexter series today. I agree entirely with the IMDB rating for the last episode. Don’t go looking if you’re enjoying it and want to not spoil the ending.

I got a bottle of Laphroaig 16y/o for myself as a "reward" for a work anniversary. Lovely stuff, probably the most rounded of the Laphroaigs you can get. They also do a nice Port & Wine cask version that's very different to other Laphroaigs and certainly worth it if you find one out there.

Two posts removed, please remember this is a restricted thread. If you want to grumble about the monarchy, start a new thread.

One programme we’ve been watching on free time is Scandal. Not exactly new, but new to us. It’s into season 3 and it’s relentless monologues where in reality they’d be told to shut up or people would walk away. The so-called “white hat” lead character has more moral flaws than Boris Johnson, makes more mistakes than Chris Grayling and has the loyalty of Nigel Farage, yet she’s treated as this omniscient messiah creature. I’ve no idea why we’re still watching it. I think it’s just that the wife likes it and it’s into soap opera territory now

I still enjoy it as well. Harmless throwaway telly, useful for winding down. Too many other programmes out there now are just relentlessly miserable.

The Fourth Reich started in an unexpected way and with an unexpected group of leaders:

Yes, the remake. Had worries they'd try to make it more serious, but no, cheese all the way through and so it bloody well should have.

Pop-up alert just now. The new season of The New Legends of Monkey is on Netflix. The first season had close to the right levels of cheese that the original Monkey had. Good hopes the second will build on that.

This one, then go to the top post in the Twitter thread and see all the other companies joining in

First one was Dick Van Dyke Show, they apparently even brought him in to consult on setup.

A few unexpected hours off so we watched this a couple of nights ago. Strange, confusing, disjointed... and hurry up with more episodes!

Which channel/platform is showing the new version of The Stand?

You really are wasting your typing, I am deleting every single discussion/joke/commentary now on Maradona. Go create another thread if it really means that much to you.

Come on. I’ve asked nicely, I’ll just start deleting posts now. Go start another thread if you want to discuss him.

Thank you. My old Number 1s from my army days did look a bit iffy, but not quite Hitler like... The principle applies though. Start a new thread if you must.

Gillian Anderson playing Maggie Thatcher. It's almost nightmare material. How... how could she... It's like turning on Father Brown and seeing him turn into Torquemada.

Please remember that this is an obituary thread. If you want to discuss Sutcliff and his crimes or life then please start a separate thread.

Watched S3 ep1 of Star Trek Discovery. It’s turned into a remake of Andromeda with a bit less cheese. I guess the Roddenberry stuff has to be wrung out a bit further. I didn’t mind Andromeda, it was just too squeaky in its morals. I sincerely hope this doesn’t go that way. What really annoyed me about S2 was the over-dramatic scenes. e.g. the last episode full of standing around in mutual admiration while explosions In space probably meaning lots of people dying in the background. And...