Author Topic: Television tonight: what's worth watching? (Read 342142 times)

Hot Flatus · « **Reply #2300 on:** 02 October, 2022, 10:55:37 am »

Traumazone

Appears on iplayer in a fortnight. 9 part series by Adam Curtis on Russia during the period that spanned the fall of the Soviet Union. Cue loads of utterly bonkers archive footage from the cutting room floor.

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #2301 on:** 02 October, 2022, 04:22:11 pm »

Ooh thanks for that.

andyoxon · « **Reply #2302 on:** 27 October, 2022, 11:50:49 pm »

The Peripheral (Prime), 2 episodes so far & pretty good. Based on a William Gibson novel. Jonathan Nolan is one of the exec prods.

Socks · « **Reply #2303 on:** 03 November, 2022, 07:47:56 pm »

Rugby League World cup - England vs Australia, fantastic game so far and Australia have an early lead.

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fd3 · « **Reply #2304 on:** 04 November, 2022, 11:52:28 pm »

Frankie Boyle's New World Order.

rafletcher · « **Reply #2305 on:** 22 November, 2022, 08:18:10 pm »

David Baddiel’s “Jews Don’t Count”.

geoff · « **Reply #2306 on:** 29 November, 2022, 02:07:12 pm »

SAS Rogue Heroes.. Ben MacIntyre's SAS origin tales given the rock roll treatment.

6 Eps passed oh too swiftly. Brutal, touching and sad. WTF to watch now?

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Auntie Helen · « **Reply #2307 on:** 29 November, 2022, 03:53:10 pm »

Watched Kleo on Netflix, 2 episodes to go. This is really, really good - funny and in the same vein as Killing Eve.

Not sure if it is on the UK Netflix (it's a German series) but well worth watching if you can.

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #2308 on:** 29 November, 2022, 06:11:02 pm »

I want to watch Armando Ianucci's Avenue 5 but I don't have DingoVision

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #2309 on:** 29 November, 2022, 06:46:02 pm »

Not tonight but the third series of the Beeb’s adaptation of “His Dark Materials” starts on December 18th. Wretched USAnians are getting it the thick end of a fortnight earlier

pcolbeck · « **Reply #2310 on:** 30 November, 2022, 11:33:39 am »

Quote from: geoff on 29 November, 2022, 02:07:12 pm

SAS Rogue Heroes.. Ben MacIntyre's SAS origin tales given the rock roll treatment.

6 Eps passed oh too swiftly. Brutal, touching and sad. WTF to watch now?

That was good. Pretty true to life for a TV series but I'm not sure why they needed to invent the French spy love interest for Stirling, didn't really add anything.

Wowbagger · « **Reply #2311 on:** 02 December, 2022, 08:26:33 pm »

This evening I watched a programme about orgasms. It was a bit of an anticlimax.

rafletcher · « **Reply #2312 on:** 05 December, 2022, 09:42:03 am »

Not tonight, but it'll be on iPlayer - both the first series (the one on scaffolding was the best!) and this - "How To" with John Wilson, BBC2 Fridays

Kim · « **Reply #2313 on:** 05 December, 2022, 12:53:44 pm »

New Four Deaf Yorkshiremen: https://www.bslzone.co.uk/watch/four-deaf-yorkshiremen-and-a-wedding

Sadly the best gag comes at about 2 minutes in, and it's downhill from there.

Jaded · « **Reply #2314 on:** 05 December, 2022, 01:41:16 pm »

Quote from: Wowbagger on 02 December, 2022, 08:26:33 pm

This evening I watched a programme about orgasms. It was a bit of an anticlimax.

Just didn’t hit the spot?

Basil · « **Reply #2315 on:** 05 December, 2022, 02:19:06 pm »

Quote from: Wowbagger on 02 December, 2022, 08:26:33 pm

This evening I watched a programme about orgasms. It was a bit of an anticlimax.

Is that the one I saw a clip of on twitter?

Test woman's blood.
Send woman off for a wank.
Test woman's blood again.

Nuncio · « **Reply #2316 on:** 15 December, 2022, 01:04:13 pm »

Premature, given the thread title, but I wouldn't want any fans to miss Detectorists on Boxing Day, 9pm BBC 2. A one-off Christmas special, not the start of a new series, sadly,

rafletcher · « **Reply #2317 on:** 15 December, 2022, 01:47:51 pm »

His Dark Materials starts again this Sunday @ 19:00. And Happy Valley 3 on New Years Day.

coops456 · « **Reply #2318 on:** 21 December, 2022, 03:47:36 pm »

I am v excited about the final series of Happy Valley. The first two are currently on BBC iPlayer and I highly recommend a wee binge. Top writing (Sally Wainwright, duh) and acting (Sarah Lancashire, James Norton et al).

Mr Larrington · « **Reply #2319 on:** 21 December, 2022, 06:12:04 pm »

Quote from: rafletcher on 15 December, 2022, 01:47:51 pm

His Dark Materials starts again this Sunday @ 19:00. And Happy Valley 3 on New Years Day.

All the former are available on iPlayer too. Binge binge.

Mrs Pingu · « **Reply #2320 on:** 21 December, 2022, 06:23:04 pm »

There should be an episode of The Cleaner containing Greg Davies on at some point in the festivities too.

Jakob · « **Reply #2321 on:** 23 December, 2022, 02:33:58 am »

Quote from: geoff on 29 November, 2022, 02:07:12 pm

SAS Rogue Heroes.. Ben MacIntyre's SAS origin tales given the rock roll treatment.

6 Eps passed oh too swiftly. Brutal, touching and sad. WTF to watch now?

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I tried really hard to like this, but found it way over the top, with dodgy colour corrections( and very poor FX).
Also Dominic West will always be Jim McNulty.

Auntie Helen · « **Reply #2322 on:** 23 December, 2022, 06:56:01 am »

I didn’t like it much either.

Hot Flatus · « **Reply #2323 on:** 23 December, 2022, 08:18:01 am »

Anyone watched the Traitors?

It's been touted as excellent

rogerzilla · « **Reply #2324 on:** 23 December, 2022, 09:52:55 am »

I binge watched His Dark Materials. They did pretty well with the special effects, although there was a fair bit of padding to get some action sequences in. The books are pretty flawed in plot terms so I can't blame the adaptation, but the revelation that

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is dropped in pretty abruptly to give the required melancholy ending.

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