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1 minute ago, DavidM said:

Wish I was in that charity shop . Couple of years back I gave a big dvd collection to a local charity shop and I’ve regretted it from not long after . Hornblower and Sharp boxsets were among them . Brilliant 

I chucked out my dvd collection a few years ago as well, 100s of films, but I've since been buying them all back from various charity shops. Just after the lockdowns were lifted was best when everyone had had a clear out and charity shops were selling them at 10 for £1.

Sharpe is another boxset I've got, probably my favourite drama series of all time. I've read all the books as well. Aren't a fan of the India based episodes but that's probably because they are based on the books set in India, which are set before the Peninsular campaign around the Battle of Seringapatam, but the tv episodes are set after the rest of the series. 

I've watched 4 of the Hornblower films so far. Fantastic series so far! 

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Watched the final episode of Years and Years tonight. Then straight away watched the news. I wasn't 100% sure that it wasn't the same programme. 

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I watched the last two episodes in a row via iPlayer. The sense of attention to detail comes across, just as it did in the previous series. Not just in the little things you see in passing (the Samuel

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1 hour ago, The Hallucinating Goose said:

I chucked out my dvd collection a few years ago as well, 100s of films, but I've since been buying them all back from various charity shops. Just after the lockdowns were lifted was best when everyone had had a clear out and charity shops were selling them at 10 for £1.

Sharpe is another boxset I've got, probably my favourite drama series of all time. I've read all the books as well. Aren't a fan of the India based episodes but that's probably because they are based on the books set in India, which are set before the Peninsular campaign around the Battle of Seringapatam, but the tv episodes are set after the rest of the series. 

I've watched 4 of the Hornblower films so far. Fantastic series so far! 

Sharpe is the best no doubt 

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4 hours ago, DavidM said:

Sharpe is the best no doubt 

There's a real connection between the two series we mention as well. Bernard Cornwell has said in the past that the reason he wrote Sharpe was because he loved the Hornblower novels but couldn't find a similar series about the army during the Napoleonic Wars so decided to write the series himself.

Patrick O'Brien also said the reason he wrote the Aubrey-Maturin series was because he loved Hornblower but felt that it didn't deal with everyday life in the navy enough so wrote a series more focused on that aspect of the naval service. 

Hornblower seems to have influenced just about every bit of historical fiction dealing with the Napoleonic era. 

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3 hours ago, ivans82 said:

Payback new drama on ITV got off to a cracking  start  ,  finally looks like there`s one worth watching .

Have watched 3 episodes on itvx , as you say really worth the watch. Peter Mullen at his usual best as the chief baddie.

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3 minutes ago, bobbruce said:

I’ve spent the last couple of weeks watching all 5 series of Ghosts. Absolutely brilliant I don’t know how I’ve missed for so long. 

The US series - which goes in a slightly different way - is also excellent and available on the iPlayer.

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The US series - which goes in a slightly different way - is also excellent and available on the iPlayer.

I tried to watch it straight after but found the pilot episode too forced. Will leave it a bit and give it another go. 

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I tried to watch it straight after but found the pilot episode too forced. Will leave it a bit and give it a bother go. 

In my view, it is significantly better than the already brilliant BBC series - especially once it hits its stride.

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In my view, it is significantly better than the already brilliant BBC series - especially once it hits its stride.

Will definitely give it another go was probably too soon after finishing that series to go through all the introductions again. I’ve got Detectorists ready to go so may come back to it after that. 

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the repeats of the six million dollar man on freeview channel Legend  -  are taking me right back to junior school days - in fact I  could just grab a criminal in  beige flares and a porn tash now and throw him in to pile of empty cardboard boxes in an abandoned warehouse 

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1 hour ago, graveyard johnny said:

the repeats of the six million dollar man on freeview channel Legend  -  are taking me right back to junior school days - in fact I  could just grab a criminal in  beige flares and a porn tash now and throw him in to pile of empty cardboard boxes in an abandoned warehouse 

Well, don't let any of us on here stop you, GYJ!

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2 hours ago, graveyard johnny said:

the repeats of the six million dollar man on freeview channel Legend  -  are taking me right back to junior school days - in fact I  could just grab a criminal in  beige flares and a porn tash now and throw him in to pile of empty cardboard boxes in an abandoned warehouse 

For years they've been trying to get a film remake of this called 'The Six Billion Dollar Man', off the ground. As far as I know it is still in production but I don't think it's got far yet. 

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16 hours ago, graveyard johnny said:

the repeats of the six million dollar man on freeview channel Legend  -  are taking me right back to junior school days - in fact I  could just grab a criminal in  beige flares and a porn tash now and throw him in to pile of empty cardboard boxes in an abandoned warehouse 

In the Sweeney, there was alwaysa pile of empty 45-gallon drums or cardboard boxes for the slags' car to crash into when being chased down by Jack Regan's Ford Granada after a blag at a warehouse.

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7 hours ago, Wolford6 said:

In the Sweeney, there was alwaysa pile of empty 45-gallon drums or cardboard boxes for the slags' car to crash into when being chased down by Jack Regan's Ford Granada after a blag at a warehouse.

the oil drums were also on the six million dollar man which he picked up and threw - making all the oil spill out and the criminals slip on their behinds 

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A warehouse full of empty cardboard boxes is also a popular site for the final fight in a cheesy action/martial arts movie.

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7 minutes ago, Futtocks said:

A warehouse full of empty cardboard boxes is also a popular site for the final fight in a cheesy action/martial arts movie.

what about the oil drums surely they could skilfully jump over them as they are rolled towards them?

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what about the oil drums surely they could skilfully jump over them as they are rolled towards them?

In that kind of movie, oil drums are usually filled with the kind of explosives that can be set off in series by a single gunshot.

Or a Zippo lighter, casually tossed over his shoulder by the hero as he struts towards the camera.

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4 hours ago, Futtocks said:

A warehouse full of empty cardboard boxes is also a popular site for the final fight in a cheesy action/martial arts movie.

The Saint may hold the record.

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Dave Whelan "In Wigan rugby will always be king"

 

This country's wealth was created by men in overalls, it was destroyed by men in suits.

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17 minutes ago, Padge said:

The Saint may hold the record.

There are contenders...

 

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