JohnM Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Excellent Count Basie documentary on BBC4 last night. In 1959, at the tender age of 13, sitting in my bedroom listening to VOA on shortwave on an old radio instead of doing my school homework I heard The Kid From Red Bank, and was hooked from that moment on. Regarding Pointless, don't be so ******* miserable. Currently it's a better watch than the news. 2 “Bouncing on beds, I remember from childhood, is a great depression reliever.” ― Robert M. Pirsig, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiltshire Rhino Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 3 hours ago, JohnM said: Currently it's a better watch than the news. Everything is a better watch than the news. Well maybe not Mrs Brown's Boys 2014 Challenged Cup Winner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckn Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 55 minutes ago, Wiltshire Rhino said: Everything is a better watch than the news. Well maybe not Mrs Brown's Boys I see your Mrs Brown’s Boys and raise you the new Walking Dead spin-off. I can’t see any excuse for a programme this bad. It doesn’t even have bad-programme parody value. 1 "When in deadly danger, when beset by doubt; run in little circles, wave your arms and shout" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GUBRATS Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Pointless is pointless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearman Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 10 hours ago, Stirlin said: https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-same-sky Watched first episode , looks good......Sofia Helin from The Bridge Scandi cop series is female lead. My owner and I are hooked on the "Walter Presents" programmes 1 1 Ron Banks Midlands Hurricanes and Barrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckn Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 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... if they killed the evil AI, why did they still need to go into the future? And why were they still going there anyway even when they knew the AI was onboard? 1 "When in deadly danger, when beset by doubt; run in little circles, wave your arms and shout" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleep1673 Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 On 23/10/2020 at 18:48, The Hallucinating Goose said: I watched the entire thing in about a month at the start of lockdown though I haven't got anything else going on at the moment aside from just sitting on my backside, getting fat and watching TV. That is the summary of my 2020. Just had Pate aux Fois Gras. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleep1673 Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 On 23/10/2020 at 18:09, DavidM said: You should be nominated for the New Years honours list . That’s worthy of an MBE . At least most people had them drip fed over 9 years I watched 2 series of Ghosts in one day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Currently working my way through a re-watch of Lexx. Seasons 1-3 are on Amazon. I started season 4 (which is not on Amazon, but watchable on a free, ad-supported service) last night, and there is a cameo appearance by Craig Charles and Hattie Hayridge, who were making 'Red Dwarf' at the time. "We are easily breakable, by illness or falling, or a million other ways of leaving this earthly life. We are just so much mashed potato." Don Estelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stirlin Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Just a boys game , 2200 tonight BBC 4 , with Frankie Miller of Frankie Millers Full House fame. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p032kjg0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsi42 Posted October 29, 2020 Share Posted October 29, 2020 Rewatching deadwood and it’s making a good shout for the best tv show ever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidM Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 Started series two of The Alienist last night . After series one was around a serial killer killing and mutilating boy prostitutes , this one is heading into murdering babies territory . Strong stuff but compelling viewing with our heroic trio of investigators on the case Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleep1673 Posted October 30, 2020 Share Posted October 30, 2020 I do not watch the BBC Death to all News thread anymore, all it talks about is how many people are supposed to be dying of Covid-19 while the reporters are nice & safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 Two contestants on Tipping Point have just answered this question. Which is the northernmost county in England. Contestant number 1 answered Norfolk, contestant number 2 answered Birmingham. I despair 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Futtocks Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 "We are easily breakable, by illness or falling, or a million other ways of leaving this earthly life. We are just so much mashed potato." Don Estelle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graveyard johnny Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Moose said: Two contestants on Tipping Point have just answered this question. Which is the northernmost county in England. Contestant number 1 answered Norfolk, contestant number 2 answered Birmingham. I despair do they both work for dhl by any chance? see you later undertaker - in a while necrophile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hallucinating Goose Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Moose said: Two contestants on Tipping Point have just answered this question. Which is the northernmost county in England. Contestant number 1 answered Norfolk, contestant number 2 answered Birmingham. I despair I find it upsetting how shockingly bad people's geography knowledge on quiz shows is, especially that about their own country. I remember once seeing one and the question was to name a city in Spain and the contestant said France... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 (edited) 58 minutes ago, graveyard johnny said: do they both work for dhl by any chance? The first contestant was a middle age Scottish chap who knew that Berwick on Tweed was near the border with Scotland and thought it was in Norfolk. The second answer came from a 20ish year old female who admitted she hadn’t a clue about her own country’s geography. Hopefully neither work for Royal Mail. Edited November 5, 2020 by Moose Spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graveyard johnny Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 8 minutes ago, Moose said: The first contestant was a middle age Scottish chap who knew that Berwick on Tweed was near the border with Scotland and thought it was in Norfolk. The second answer came from a 20ish year old female who admitted she hadn’t a clue about her own country’s geography. Hopefully neither work for Royal Mail. its a bit before my time ill just guess and hope im right i really dont know so i will go down the middle see you later undertaker - in a while necrophile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spidey Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 2 hours ago, Moose said: Two contestants on Tipping Point have just answered this question. Which is the northernmost county in England. Contestant number 1 answered Norfolk, contestant number 2 answered Birmingham. I despair I happened to watch that. Absolutely terrible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graveyard johnny Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 one of the the questions on tipping point the other week- "someone said to be greek- would be from which country?" yes- they got that one right- phew! see you later undertaker - in a while necrophile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moose Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 The young lady although very hit and miss with her answers ended up winning £30,000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graveyard johnny Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 4 minutes ago, Moose said: The young lady although very hit and miss with her answers ended up winning £30,000 thought the max you could win on tp was 10k? see you later undertaker - in a while necrophile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Hallucinating Goose Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 15 minutes ago, graveyard johnny said: thought the max you could win on tp was 10k? 20k if you get the jackpot counter to drop with a double counter at the same time but I think that has only happened once, so yes, it is normally 10k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graveyard johnny Posted November 5, 2020 Share Posted November 5, 2020 2 minutes ago, The Hallucinating Goose said: 20k if you get the jackpot counter to drop with a double counter at the same time but I think that has only happened once, so yes, it is normally 10k. are you a tipping point superfan? see you later undertaker - in a while necrophile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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