Thought this was  good - even though Stacey Dooley is presenting it.

She doesn't seem quite so hapless.

 

 

 

 

 

51 minutes ago, ivor bigun said:

Well watched it last night ,looks good , well acted and as i said no PC rubbish like mixed race couples ,high class People from other nations and same sex marriages in historical dramas, in other words it was not on the BBC.????

Why don't you change your record. Your repetitive benging on about "mixed race couples" etc became tiresome long ago. Are you incapable of working out for yourself that many of us in this forum are in "mixed race" relationships? Keep it to the telly here and bore of elsewhere with your other nonsense.

1 minute ago, Blue Muton said:

Why don't you change your record. Your repetitive benging on about "mixed race couples" etc became tiresome long ago. Are you incapable of working out for yourself that many of us in this forum are in "mixed race" relationships? Keep it to the telly here and bore of elsewhere with your other nonsense.

Isn't he talking about being period correct? ie, I doubt there were that many mixed race couples in Victorian England.

11 minutes ago, Blue Muton said:

Why don't you change your record. Your repetitive benging on about "mixed race couples" etc became tiresome long ago. Are you incapable of working out for yourself that many of us in this forum are in "mixed race" relationships? Keep it to the telly here and bore of elsewhere with your other nonsense.

I think he's highlighting how the BBC, is so blasted pc & the too obvious way, that whenever they make a Drama all genders, race, sexualities & disabilities, are thrown in.

 

4 minutes ago, faraday said:

I think he's highlighting how the BBC, is so blasted pc & the too obvious way, that whenever they make a Drama all genders, race, sexualities & disabilities, are thrown in.

 

You may think that, I disagree, it's been a constant theme on this thread.

28 minutes ago, Blue Muton said:

You may think that, I disagree, it's been a constant theme on this thread.

Well, that's probably because a lot of people are fed up with all the PC garbage and catering to minority groups for fear of offending somebody.

Not sure if I was just in the wrong mood, but the last episode of "Curb your Enthusiasm" was a total fizzer. The scene of the car accident was totally boring and went on far too long. Oh well, they can't all be winners I suppose, or is the show running out of steam?

21 hours ago, canthai55 said:

Got in a little hometown jam
So they put a rifle in my hand
Sent me off to a foreign land
To go and kill the yellow man

Bruce Springsteen

Sang the hypocrite that dodged the draft.

45 minutes ago, giddyup said:

Not sure if I was just in the wrong mood, but the last episode of "Curb your Enthusiasm" was a total fizzer. The scene of the car accident was totally boring and went on far too long. Oh well, they can't all be winners I suppose, or is the show running out of steam?

I thought episodes 7 and 8 were terrific.

 

Episode 9 was a bit ordinary but you usually don't have every episode being excellent.

The show has raised the bar so high.

It's still great IMO.

5 hours ago, Blue Muton said:

Why don't you change your record. Your repetitive benging on about "mixed race couples" etc became tiresome long ago. Are you incapable of working out for yourself that many of us in this forum are in "mixed race" relationships? Keep it to the telly here and bore of elsewhere with your other nonsense.

I am in a mixed race couple ,my cousin is gay , thats not what i am 'banging on"about ,its the constant pushing it down our throats by the PC brigade and those with an agenda ,  how many books about the old days had mixed race couples ,men married to men and visa versa , how many high class People of colour in London,how many black innkeepers ,its a constant stream of this misinformation that those with an agenda have ,I had never even seen a black man until i was about 8 years old and was facinated by him.

lets face it the amount of mixed race couples in the UK is tiny as are same sex married couples,or trans or binary or whatever todays trendy thing is ,but its in virtually all tv shows these days especially the BBC,why cant they just let people get on with things  and no i am not homophobic or any other phobic ,just do it in private .

 

1 hour ago, ivor bigun said:

I am in a mixed race couple ,my cousin is gay , thats not what i am 'banging on"about ,its the constant pushing it down our throats by the PC brigade and those with an agenda ,  how many books about the old days had mixed race couples ,men married to men and visa versa , how many high class People of colour in London,how many black innkeepers ,its a constant stream of this misinformation that those with an agenda have ,I had never even seen a black man until i was about 8 years old and was facinated by him.

lets face it the amount of mixed race couples in the UK is tiny as are same sex married couples,or trans or binary or whatever todays trendy thing is ,but its in virtually all tv shows these days especially the BBC,why cant they just let people get on with things  and no i am not homophobic or any other phobic ,just do it in private .

 

Many a show has been sidetracked exactly as you have described, indeed I hardly watch any these days.

Noughts and Crosses on BBC. Gripping stuff, and well made as usual.

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My Brilliant Friend 

has returned for season 2. A great show continues.

 

Also checking out The Plot Against America,

tv series set in an america that is run on a different political system.

Based on the book by Philip Roth.

 

Another exciting development is a movie spinoff from Gomorra.

After getting shot by Gennaro Savastano, Ciro Marzio's

body topples over into the sea and he rises again as "The Immortal". (L'Immortale)

Enjoyed this one.

Oh well, with the exchange rate, virus and pollution comes a bit of good news.

 

Bosch is up against the biggest case of his career when the city he loves comes under attack.

The new season of #BoschAmazon arrives April 17.

20 hours ago, IvorBiggun2 said:

Sang the hypocrite that dodged the draft.

Did what he thought was right.

History proved he was

Penance - new 3 part series has started.

Summary: Grieving mother Rosalie Douglas refuses to accept that her son Rob’s sudden death was an accident. Husband Luke has moved out of the house, and teenage daughter Maddie is acting out, wracked with grief and a pang of as-yet unexplained guilt over her brother’s death. Their lives change forever when Rosalie meets Jed – a charismatic young man – at bereavement counselling.

 

 

SOA binge.

Westworld season 3 has just started.

 I abandoned it halfway through season 1 as it seemed to be dragging.

Did it pick up ? was season 2 any better ?

On IMDb it got an 8.7 so can’t be all bad , should I give it another go ?

Watched "The Postcard killings" and thought it was good, with a couple twists which I didn't see coming.

 

Also cannot understand why quite a few downloads have subtitles (not srt) in them which describe "door opens" or "background music" and so on. IMO very annoying, however if I play them through my computer using VLC I can disable them........but would rather not. Any ideas on how to get rid of them as nothing in the download states subs.

23 hours ago, xylophone said:

Watched "The Postcard killings" and thought it was good, with a couple twists which I didn't see coming.

 

Also cannot understand why quite a few downloads have subtitles (not srt) in them which describe "door opens" or "background music" and so on. IMO very annoying, however if I play them through my computer using VLC I can disable them........but would rather not. Any ideas on how to get rid of them as nothing in the download states subs.

They’re not (just) Subtitles, they’re CC (Closed Caption) so people who are hard of hearing/Deaf can enjoy the movie/show to

 

figure you coffin dodgers would appreciate the extra help ????????

 

[Joke ????]

 

 

AD - better known as Audio Described.

On 3/13/2020 at 8:49 AM, sanuk711 said:

DOCUMENTARY: Howard Shipman : Five Mistakes That Caught a Killer
On: Channel 5  

Seems that after the Sarah Payne episode that the series is going to be an ongoing ongoing weekly-- that visits most of the  UK high profile killers and the mistakes they made.

This is now appearing around the place.

 

Just got it on Lime.

Gaza Fights for Freedom

MV Group

 

2 hours ago, Will27 said:

This is now appearing around the place.

Thanks Will27......There  are quite few gems on that Chaos site.......& with Football/Boxing gone........wow what a void in my TV life....but can catch up with all the programs out there.

 

At the moment I am looking at wartime crimes  (6 different true stories) about crime during the war....first one Is the rise of Billy Hill who ran the underground during and after the war until the Kray twins & Jack spot moved in. Billy Hill started the smash and grab gangs & of course the wholesale printing of ration books-----murder was quite easy as over 1 million house were bombed into ruble, if someone needed to be moved on--just bash his head in and lay him amongst the debris. 

Another episode was the biggest jewel theft of all time.....When the US military takes over the German Kronberg Castle in 1945, a scandalous affair between a US Army Captain and Air Force Officer ensues, resulting in one of the most elaborate treasure heists of all time.....and 4 other stories

this is 2 years old..... so easy to download on chaos , but maybe difficult to hunt out, I see that rarg still has it (must have been popular) but very few seeds now  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7108906/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2

 

Looking at another Doco there called Lefties......   70s--80s a collection of three snapshots of the failures

Property is Theft
"The story of Villa Road, a squatted street, during the heyday of squatting in the late 1970s, when all over the country people lived to gether in politicised communities.

The film also documents London's most long-standing squatted community,
St Agnes Place, a street close to Villa Road. They fought eviction and
demolition for over 30 years, and were finally evicted by the council
only recently, in December 2005.

Angry Wimmin
In the late 1970s in Leeds, a group of women called the Revolutionary
Feminists splintered away from mainstream feminism. Unlike the
socialists, who pictured a revolution where the ruling class and the
working class would be on opposite sides, Revolutionary Feminists
declared war on men.

News on Sunday was a left-wing tabloid that launched to great fanfare in 1987 and went bankrupt just eight weeks later. It was one of the boldest business ventures ever attempted by the far left and it was a disaster.
A group who met through a tiny left-wing faction called Big Flame were convinced it was possible to market a left-wing mass-circulation newspaper. They were led by ex-Ford worker Alan Hayling (now head of BBC
Documentaries) under the editorial leadership of John Pilger  https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0901609/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

 

Up to date I am looking at Dev's  it is suppose to be a Sci Fi, but its more of a murder mystery, its well acted and put together, up to episode 5 at the moment. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8134186/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

Gypsy King 3 parts----even if your not into boxing this is a good watch IMO, haven't seen anything like this inside or outside the ring since Ali --getting a 9 at one point (8.2 now) for a sporting thing on IMDB is not usually heard of. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt11766280/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

 

 

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11 hours ago, Mike Teavee said:

They’re not (just) Subtitles, they’re CC (Closed Caption) so people who are hard of hearing/Deaf can enjoy the movie/show to

 

figure you coffin dodgers would appreciate the extra help ????????

 

[Joke ????]

 

 

No problems with the joke and although I am in the category of what you call "coffin dodgers" my hearing is good, so I don't need these distractions.

 

I never see them included in the download description, so cannot choose to download without them, but as I said if I play through my computer with its VLC media player app, then I can switch them off, so that's probably the way to go.

 

Thanks for the explanation anyway!

Watched "Judy and Punch" last night and still don't know how to describe it as it is very unusual in some respects and may not appeal to all.

 

Set in what would appear to be "a century or two ago" and in Australia, it is nothing stunning, but as I said, an unusual watch!

3 hours ago, xylophone said:

I never see them included in the download description, so cannot choose to download without them, but as I said if I play through my computer with its VLC media player app, then I can switch them off, so that's probably the way to go.

In the menu page of your tv there should be an option to disable subs.

 

http://www.mediafire.com/folder/5a03enswahwjw/NO_ESCAPE

 

 

https://www.imdb.com/video/vi71675417?playlistId=tt1781922&ref_=vp_rv_ap_0

Series 2 of Before we Die has dropped on RARBG.

Thought season 1 was really good.