Television tonight: what's worth watching?

[Jaded]

Watched the BBC2 (rancid waste of money, shud of bene pade by avdertized) programme about Notre Dame de Paris.

Fascinating, if a little Channel 5-ish. Still, they do need to be thinking about the Post-Dorries Era.

[rafletcher]

Friday, 7pm, Quest, Giro d’Italia highlights begin.

[rafletcher]

And next Sat sees the return of Beck to BBC4.

[Hot Flatus]

The Truffle Hunters.
A Storyville on iPlayer.

[Robh]

The Truffle Hunters.
A Storyville on iPlayer.

This is truly a great piece of documentary film making. A lot of the shots were set up with a painter’s eye, some beautiful images. Plus, it’s a great film for dog lovers 

[Sergeant Pluck]

The Truffle Hunters.
A Storyville on iPlayer.

Ooh thanks! I saw the reviews for that and mentally bookmarked it. I had no idea it was on iPlayer.

[Sergeant Pluck]

Did anyone watch the two-part Paul Gascoigne doc that was recently on BBC? "Gazza". Brutal stuff, and a reminder of the sheer evil of Piers Morgan and Rebekah Brooks.

[Genosse Brymbo]

Did anyone watch the two-part Paul Gascoigne doc that was recently on BBC? "Gazza". Brutal stuff, and a reminder of the sheer evil of Piers Morgan and Rebekah Brooks.

Yes, and it wasn't Gascoigne's story which stuck with me but the reminder of the phone hacking scandal.  In the documentary none of the "journalists" involved showed any contrition for their actions.

[woollypigs]

Derry Girls, the last season (well actually the whole series) and especially the last episode had me in stitches and a flood of tears.

And the loons in #10 are hell bent on ripping up the GFA, arrgghh

[Mr Larrington]

Derry Girls, the last season (well actually the whole series) and especially the last episode had me in stitches and a flood of tears.

And the loons in #10 are hell bent on ripping up the GFA, arrgghh

And selling off C4 to anyone with a suitably large sack of gold.

[rogerzilla]

Derry Girls, the last season (well actually the whole series) and especially the last episode had me in stitches and a flood of tears.

And the loons in #10 are hell bent on ripping up the GFA, arrgghh

I didn't think the third series was as good generally, but had two standout moments:

- Stars In Their Eyes
- Orla dancing at the start of the last episode.  Brilliant.

[Hot Flatus]

The Truffle Hunters.
A Storyville on iPlayer.

Ooh thanks! I saw the reviews for that and mentally bookmarked it. I had no idea it was on iPlayer.

Garage People was another recent Storyville I really appreciated.

[rafletcher]

The Truffle Hunters.
A Storyville on iPlayer.

Ooh thanks! I saw the reviews for that and mentally bookmarked it. I had no idea it was on iPlayer.

Garage People was another recent Storyville I really appreciated.

That was amazing, especially the tunneller “because he could”.

[Basil]

The 2nd part of Jim Al-Khalili's two parter 'The Secrets of Size' just beginning on BBC4

[mattc]

Derry Girls, the last season (well actually the whole series) and especially the last episode had me in stitches and a flood of tears.

And the loons in #10 are hell bent on ripping up the GFA, arrgghh

I didn't think the third series was as good generally, but had two standout moments:

- Stars In Their Eyes
- Orla dancing at the start of the last episode.  Brilliant.

Totally agree!

(It was quite nice for Orla nice-but-dim to really have A Moment )

[fd3]

Missions S3

[Kim]

Derry Girls, the last season (well actually the whole series) and especially the last episode had me in stitches and a flood of tears.

And the loons in #10 are hell bent on ripping up the GFA, arrgghh

I didn't think the third series was as good generally, but had two standout moments:

- Stars In Their Eyes
- Orla dancing at the start of the last episode.  Brilliant.

Totally agree!

(It was quite nice for Orla nice-but-dim to really have A Moment )

+1

I assume the conspicuously anachronistic LED lighting in S3 indicates that the set/costume designers were all foetuses.  You expect them to get random items wrong on a television budget, but such a quintessentially noughteens aesthetic in a period piece can only come from people who don't remember the 90s.

[mrcharly-YHT]

Started watching moon Knight.

First episode is brilliant and does a great job of conveying what it is like to have a mental perception disorder. A lot of familiar feelings for me in the disorientation and shock that the main character feels

[fd3]

Missions S3

I should clarify - if you have not done so already - DO NOT WATCH.  I liked S1 and 2, S3 has moments of being interestingly different, but mostly I would rather they had ended at S2.

[ian]

I think you're supposed to knowingly disparage Stranger Things to be cool these days. Well, I liked the first series, but..., but I'm really enjoying it. Saved the last double-ep for the weekend. Obviously, it's an intravenous bolus of the era's entertainment tropes, but that's really the point, and it's painted in joyous tones of nostalgia. I'm not entirely sure what younger people think of it, but evidently, they enjoy it. The scene with Max to Running up that Hill is one of the best.

Started watching The Mandalorian on Disney. Bit meh so far. I don't think I ever really liked Star Wars that much.

[pcolbeck]

The 2nd part of Jim Al-Khalili's two parter 'The Secrets of Size' just beginning on BBC4

Anything by Jim is worth watching.

[fd3]

^ this

[Nuncio]

We Own This City. For those pining for The Wire, back to Baltimore with a David Simon- (and George Pelecanos) written based-on-real-events story of curruption in a BPD Gun Trace Unit. It feels very The Wire-ish with the music, title sequence, and shooting (both senses), but without its ambitious sprawl given that it's a 6-parter. You still have to concentrate, not only to understand the speech but also because there are two intertwined timelines going on.

Extra fun in trying to identify The Wire alumni. I was pleased to recognise Poot and Slim Charles but Jay Landesman was easy despite a loss of girth . If anything he looks younger, not 15 years older.

[Hot Flatus]

I think you're supposed to knowingly disparage Stranger Things to be cool these days.

Not so much that as it is enjoyed by my 12 year old daughter and her friends, which accords with my limited exposure to it.

Very teenage.

That said, production quality on anything Netflix is pretty stunning. I'm sure there is something in it for adults. Just not this one in his mid 50s

[ian]

Given it's in series 4, some of the 'teenagers' who star in it aren't looking so teenage, which I guess is the curse of such programmes. I never saw Harry Potter, but I'm sure the 'kids' were about 40 when the last one aired. Prince Andrew would be disappointed.