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Re: Television tonight: what's worth watching?
« Reply #1575 on: 19 September, 2019, 02:35:56 pm »
Re- Defending the Guilty. I saw and enjoyed the pilot which was broadcaset last year, so was pleased to see that a full series had been commisioned (but disappointed that ep 1 was a repeat of the pilot).

Re: Television tonight: what's worth watching?
« Reply #1576 on: 22 September, 2019, 10:38:56 am »
Derry Girls : how have I managed to miss this?

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Re: Television tonight: what's worth watching?
« Reply #1577 on: 22 September, 2019, 10:48:17 am »
A couple of B&W classics today:

The Lady Vanishes - BBC2
The Seventh Seal - BBC4

Re: Television tonight: what's worth watching?
« Reply #1578 on: 27 September, 2019, 08:39:10 pm »
Late to the party, on BBC4 “The Troubles, a Secret History”. Excellent.
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Re: Television tonight: what's worth watching?
« Reply #1579 on: 27 September, 2019, 09:15:28 pm »
Talking Pictures Freeview 81 tonight:


10pm - The Damned (1963)

Director: Joseph Losey. Stars Macdonald Carey, Shirley Anne Field & Viveca Lindfors.

The sister of a motorbike gang leader (Oliver Redd) and her boyfriend discover a military base when on the run.


11:50 pm - Night of the Demon (1957) ,classic horror.

Director: Jacques Tourneur. Stars Dana Andrews, Peggy Cummins and Niall MacGinnis.

A professor arrives in London to find himself investigating a devil worshipper

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Re: Television tonight: what's worth watching?
« Reply #1580 on: 27 September, 2019, 11:04:44 pm »
BBC 4 earlier this evening- Joan Armatrading- Me Myself I.

I love her music.

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Re: Television tonight: what's worth watching?
« Reply #1581 on: 28 September, 2019, 11:15:12 am »
The new series of The Circle is strangely, horribly compelling. Richard Madeley is passing himself off as a 27 year old woman. Beyond the cringe.
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Re: Television tonight: what's worth watching?
« Reply #1582 on: 03 October, 2019, 04:58:05 pm »
Saturday October 12, 9 pm, BBC4.  Engrenages series 7.  Settez le video.
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Re: Television tonight: what's worth watching?
« Reply #1583 on: 03 October, 2019, 05:04:47 pm »
Saturday October 12, 9 pm, BBC4.  Engrenages series 7.  Settez le video.

Oooh. Merci bien, M Le Maire.

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Re: Television tonight: what's worth watching?
« Reply #1584 on: 03 October, 2019, 05:15:55 pm »
 :thumbsup:
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Re: Television tonight: what's worth watching?
« Reply #1585 on: 04 October, 2019, 12:42:29 pm »
Saturday October 12, 9 pm, BBC4.  Engrenages series 7.  Settez le video.

Will this be the grand finale where they all get sacked for being utterly incompetent and corrupt?  :)

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Re: Television tonight: what's worth watching?
« Reply #1586 on: 04 October, 2019, 02:20:02 pm »
Or they're all killed utterly to DETH by vengeful wives/swarthy FOREIGN drug smugglers/feral teens.  Except M. le Juge, who goes on to a long and lucrative career managing Arsenal.
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Re: Television tonight: what's worth watching?
« Reply #1587 on: 04 October, 2019, 04:41:41 pm »
Or they're all killed utterly to DETH by vengeful wives/swarthy FOREIGN drug smugglers/feral teens.  Except M. le Juge, who goes on to a long and lucrative career managing Arsenal.
Or as a stunt double for Andy Warhol.
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Re: Television tonight: what's worth watching?
« Reply #1588 on: 11 October, 2019, 12:53:12 pm »
Not strictly TV but tonight we will be sitting down to watch the Breaking Bad movie which was released today on Netflix.
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Re: Television tonight: what's worth watching?
« Reply #1589 on: 12 October, 2019, 12:06:47 pm »
Saturday October 12, 9 pm, BBC4.  Engrenages series 7.  Settez le video.

Not watched any of the previous series. Is it something you can watch as a one off series?
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Re: Television tonight: what's worth watching?
« Reply #1590 on: 12 October, 2019, 02:48:29 pm »
Saturday October 12, 9 pm, BBC4.  Engrenages series 7.  Settez le video.

Not watched any of the previous series. Is it something you can watch as a one off series?

The first series I saw was the third so there was quite a lot less backstory then but I reckon it'd be worth a try and if you haven't got a clue what's going on, wait for the bits with Audrey Fleurot in them :P
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Re: Television tonight: what's worth watching?
« Reply #1591 on: 15 October, 2019, 01:17:57 pm »
Well, the last minute of Succesion Series 2 set up Series 3 in a rather exhilerating way. Shame we'll have to wait several months for it.

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Re: Television tonight: what's worth watching?
« Reply #1592 on: 16 October, 2019, 10:13:34 pm »
Terminator 2  8)
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Re: Television tonight, whats worth watching
« Reply #1593 on: 20 October, 2019, 09:45:16 am »
I would love to see Chernobyl as the reviews are great, but I have no idea how to. I’m living in Germany and have Amazon Prime but it’s not on that. Maybe they will release it on DVD sometime, I think I have a DVD player in a drawer somewhere.
It's on DVD and Amazon Prime now. Quite expensive, but there are some on ebay.
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Re: Television tonight: what's worth watching?
« Reply #1594 on: 20 October, 2019, 10:15:10 am »
I bought the DVD when in the UK in July. I have lent it to loads of friends here, I thought it was brilliant!
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Re: Television tonight: what's worth watching?
« Reply #1595 on: 31 October, 2019, 07:32:42 pm »
Tuesday November 5th, 21:00, BBC4: Rich Hall's Red Menace.  The gravel-voiced one examines the relationship between the West and the Soviet Union.
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Re: Television tonight: what's worth watching?
« Reply #1596 on: 31 October, 2019, 07:37:31 pm »
Thx for the heads up  :thumbsup:
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Re: Television tonight: what's worth watching?
« Reply #1597 on: 31 October, 2019, 08:58:24 pm »
BOO! I'll be in FOREIGN!
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Re: Television tonight: what's worth watching?
« Reply #1598 on: 31 October, 2019, 09:21:23 pm »
BOO! I'll be in FOREIGN!

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Re: Television tonight: what's worth watching?
« Reply #1599 on: 01 November, 2019, 06:56:11 am »
Just finished watching Preacher on Prime.

Well done, well written and acted.

At last a series that knows when to call it a day (4 series)

You can pick up the hand of Seth Rogen in the dialogue at times.

Well worth watching.
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