The TV Thread

[The Hallucinating Goose]

2 hours ago, gingerjon said:

How do you improvise in plasticine?

Use play-doh.

[Futtocks]

In Scotland, watching Still Game: The Story so far and realising they are showing it twice in a row without a gap.

Most odd.

A sitcom worth celebrating, nevertheless, although it's not well known South of the Border.

[Futtocks]

Just re-watched the episode of Outnumbered that ends with Karen conducting a funeral for a mouse.

[GURNER]

22 hours ago, Futtocks said:

In Scotland, watching Still Game: The Story so far and realising they are showing it twice in a row without a gap.

Most odd.

A sitcom worth celebrating, nevertheless, although it's not well known South of the Border.

Absolute comedy gold, with a keen eye on peoples foibles

Edited December 30, 2024 by GURNER

[Futtocks]

12 minutes ago, GURNER said:

Absolute comedy gold, with a keen eye on peoples foibles

Available South of The Wall on the BBC iPlayer, in case anyone's interested.

[ivans82]

Most of the best Comedies are the ones which arrive without a fanfare or loads of hype , thinking principally of Still Game , Detectorists and Early Doors .

[The Hallucinating Goose]

3 hours ago, ivans82 said:

Most of the best Comedies are the ones which arrive without a fanfare or loads of hype , thinking principally of Still Game , Detectorists and Early Doors .

Detectorists is certainly one of my all time favourites, so so well written. 

[Stirlin]

On 30/12/2024 at 21:18, Futtocks said:

Available South of The Wall on the BBC iPlayer, in case anyone's interested.

Jim Watt saying he is more famous for his appearance in Still Game than being a former World Champ boxer.

[Jeff Stein]

The second series of Dark Winds on Alibi has been very good. It's based on the Navajo police novels of Tiny Hillerman, which were huge in the past, but now appear to be mainly out of print. Big name producers too in the shape of Robert Redford and George RR Martin.

[Futtocks]

The Indian Hill Railway 3-parter is being repeated on BBC4, with the first episode on right now.

Not a Portillo programme, but a low-key and absorbing documentary.

Edited January 6 by Futtocks

[graveyard johnny]

On 02/01/2025 at 22:55, Jeff Stein said:

The second series of Dark Winds on Alibi has been very good. 

that reminds me - that left over beef madras in the freezer needs eating 

[RayCee]

I don't know if this has been covered but I recently noticed on TV3 On Demand in NZ two and a half series of The Traitors UK are available. I've binge watched the first two series and the third is currently half way through but it's a case of doing it weekly as I've caught up.

I never do 'reality' TV but this is the first one and have enjoyed it immensely watching it with the better half. The tasks and the plotting are unpredictable.  

Don't worry, I won't be tempted to try 'Real Housewives of...' or 'Love...' as they seem anything but reality but this is very different. 

[Gerrumonside ref]

1 hour ago, RayCee said:

I don't know if this has been covered but I recently noticed on TV3 On Demand in NZ two and a half series of The Traitors UK are available. I've binge watched the first two series and the third is currently half way through but it's a case of doing it weekly as I've caught up.

I never do 'reality' TV but this is the first one and have enjoyed it immensely watching it with the better half. The tasks and the plotting are unpredictable.  

Don't worry, I won't be tempted to try 'Real Housewives of...' or 'Love...' as they seem anything but reality but this is very different. 

The Traitors is the only reality TV show I bother with.

When all the scheming and amateur sleuthing goes wrong by the ‘faithful’ in their attempts to weed out the traitors amongst them, it makes for great TV drama.

I was sceptical at first that I’d like it but am enjoying the latest series as I did series 2.

 

[RayCee]

32 minutes ago, Gerrumonside ref said:

The Traitors is the only reality TV show I bother with.

When all the scheming and amateur sleuthing goes wrong by the ‘faithful’ in their attempts to weed out the traitors amongst them, it makes for great TV drama.

I was sceptical at first that I’d like it but am enjoying the latest series as I did series 2.

 

In series two, I felt for Molly when she was taken in and used by Harry but maybe that's a life lesson to be learned as she is young. 

[Gerrumonside ref]

3 hours ago, RayCee said:

In series two, I felt for Molly when she was taken in and used by Harry but maybe that's a life lesson to be learned as she is young. 

That was hard to watch I must admit.

He was playing the game to a ruthless degree and will probably have to reflect on it later in life.

[Futtocks]

Three Men in a Boat (1975)
Adapted from the book by Jerome K.Jerome by Tom Stoppard and starring Tim Curry, Michael Palin and Stephen Moore.

 

[Liverpool Rover]

On 15/01/2025 at 09:46, Gerrumonside ref said:

That was hard to watch I must admit.

He was playing the game to a ruthless degree and will probably have to reflect on it later in life.

I did see that Harry paid for a holiday for Molly.

[Gerrumonside ref]

Just now, Liverpool Rover said:

I did see that Harry paid for a holiday for Molly.

That’s good to hear.

[RayCee]

55 minutes ago, Liverpool Rover said:

I did see that Harry paid for a holiday for Molly.

I didn’t know about that so some credit to him.

[Stirlin]

Cr'a

another good cop series from the beeb.

BBC One - Crá

[Josef K]

Has anyone watched “Simon Schama’s Story Of Us - BBC2” “Lucy Worsley Investigates - BBC2”.
I loved “Simon Schama’s - History Of Britain” i loved it that much i bought the CD that had the music on it. 
Id guess Lucy Worsley won’t disappoint because almost everything she has done has been enjoyable. 

[Futtocks]

18 hours ago, Josef K said:

Has anyone watched “Simon Schama’s Story Of Us - BBC2” “Lucy Worsley Investigates - BBC2”.
I loved “Simon Schama’s - History Of Britain” i loved it that much i bought the CD that had the music on it. 
Id guess Lucy Worsley won’t disappoint because almost everything she has done has been enjoyable. 

I haven't watched the latest Lucy Worsley TV series, but her recent Radio programmes have been, as Lord Reith would have it, entertaining and informative.

[Sidi Fidi Gold]

The 28 day catch up figures saw both Wallace and Gromit and Gavin and Stacey surpass 20 million viewers.

Wallace and Gromit  21.6 million

Gavin and Stacey     20.9 million

Apparently nobody watches the BBC anymore.

[The Masked Poster]

4 hours ago, Sidi Fidi Gold said:

The 28 day catch up figures saw both Wallace and Gromit and Gavin and Stacey surpass 20 million viewers.

Wallace and Gromit  21.6 million

Gavin and Stacey     20.9 million

Apparently nobody watches the BBC anymore.

Or you could argue, make some decent programmes and people will watch. 
 

[The Hallucinating Goose]

5 hours ago, Sidi Fidi Gold said:

The 28 day catch up figures saw both Wallace and Gromit and Gavin and Stacey surpass 20 million viewers.

Wallace and Gromit  21.6 million

Gavin and Stacey     20.9 million

Apparently nobody watches the BBC anymore.

To be fair, I think about 1 million of those Wallace and Gromit viewings was me.