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Posted by ChastMastr (# 716) on :
 
I thought I'd started this thread before but perhaps it died on the vine, as it were. Anyway, I don't want to clutter up the film thread, so here it is again.

Lately we've been watching Hulk: Agents of SMASH, an animated series about Hulk, She-Hulk, Red Hulk, A-Bomb (the former Rick Jones) and some version of Skaar. Plus Devil Dinosaur. It's fun.

Starting the new (i.e., the series that started in the mid-2000s) Doctor Who, after seeing only bits and pieces of it over the years.

Waaaay behind on Agents of SHIELD.

Almost done with Super Sentai Toqger. New episodes of Kamen Rider Drive are out!
 

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Posted by Roselyn (# 17859) on :
 
Happy Day, both Taggart and George Gently started again! Joy and chortling abound.
 

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Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on :
 
I think BBC Canada ran about two episodes of George Gently then mysteriously stopped, which was rather sad, as Martin Shaw makes me go weak at the knees.

Apart from Top Gear*, which justifies the exorbitant cost of cable television all by itself, a current favourite chez Piglet is the Great British Baking Show, which is being shown on PBS and is quite compulsive. We're currently almost at the final of the series where the bloke from Northern Ireland stormed off after someone took his Baked Alaska out of the deep-freeze ...

* the British one, as James May also makes me go weak at the knees
 

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Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 

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Apart from Top Gear*, which justifies the exorbitant cost of cable television all by itself ...

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You cannot be serious .... I think it's ghastly!

But one (wo)man's meat is someone else's poison, I suppose ... (or vice-versa, if you see what I mean).
 

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Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :
 
I'll say. I would pay money never to have that sneering rent-a-bigot Clarkson appear on TV again.

I see there are ever proliferating attempts to replicate the success of The Great British Bake Off. Besides The GB Sewing Bee, there's now one with competitive painting. Neither has quite the drama of collapsing sponges and melting alaskas though.

About the only programme I make an effort to catch is Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe - which will tide me over until the next series of Have I Got News For You.
 

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Posted by Ariel (# 58) on :
 
"Top Gear" can be hilarious. I discovered it recently and enjoy it a lot. Their adventures have often been quite interesting. The Patagonia trip when they got attacked in Argentina and stuck in a few bogs, the bit where they had to round up 4000 cows in Australia just using three cars, driving along unlit Indian motorways at night, and of course the cars, make it worthwhile.

Apart from that I've been watching "Spiral" and although I've come late to it and missed some episodes, would say that's been one of the best things on television recently. I used to like "Inspector Montalbano" but have drifted away from that now.
 

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Posted by Paul. (# 37) on :
 
Currently binge-rewatching Breaking Bad. I blame Better Call Saul which I started watching but is only on once a week.

I said I'd never re-watch it because it's so depressing to see the inevitable decline - but somehow I got sucked in again.
 

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Posted by LeRoc (# 3216) on :
 
I don't have television, but I try to watch Doctor Who in streaming sometimes.
 

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Posted by Baptist Trainfan (# 15128) on :
 
"Only Connect" - the QI Elves are in the final!
 

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Posted by Chocoholic (# 4655) on :
 
I love lots of the drama series out at the moment like Call the Midwife, Death in Paradise and Midsomer Murders. The current series of DiP finishes this week, I'm not sure if MM has finished or of there is another episode left.

I do like Top Gear too

I'm so with you with Martin Shaw, Piglet.
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
Watched "Downton Abbey" last night; and have started watching the "Bake-off", because it's on right before. Also watch "Grantchester", because it's on right after.

I watch a lot of other shows on my local PBS* station--mysteries, science, short films (really hooked on those), kids' shows, and occasional special events (MoTown concert at the White House, Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett together).

Let's see, what else...the various "NCIS" shows, "Person of Interest", "Castle", sometimes "Scandal", "Masterchef Junior" (really good--and the kids and the judges are much better behaved than on the grownup shows), "Scorpion".
"Bones"...plus various retro and lifestyle shows.

Have started watching "Grey's Anatomy" again, tentatively. Got tired of it, for a while. (And am getting sick of "Scandal". Too many twisted people who need to get a clue and get out of each other's lives.)


*Sort of the US version of the BBC.
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
Oh, I forgot "Sleepy Hollow'! Probably my current favorite. (And I'll never look at Ben Franklin the same way! ROTFL.) Chast, I suspect you'd like it.

"Grimm" and "Constantine" are also good.
 

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Posted by ChastMastr (# 716) on :
 
We do want to check out Flash, and while Cubby seemed to like it, I was less interested in Green Arrow. Er, in Arrow. (I'm such a comics geek, when I saw your post above, I saw the words "Ben" and "Grimm" and thought "Fantastic Four," LOL.)
 

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Posted by Eigon (# 4917) on :
 
I really enjoy Arrow. My Young Man has been buying me the box sets so I'm up to the end of season two now. Felicity is great, but I really, really like Diggle. I usually prefer side-kicks anyway, but Diggle is just brilliant, and always tells Oliver when he's out of line or making a big mistake (which is quite often - Oliver Queen being a superhero who is trying to work out what being a superhero is all about, which is fun to watch).
 

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Posted by Trudy Scrumptious (# 5647) on :
 

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I'll say. I would pay money never to have that sneering rent-a-bigot Clarkson appear on TV again.

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... I actually find him, and the show in general, really really funny ...

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Originally posted by Trudy Scrumptious:
... I actually find him, and the show in general, really really funny ...

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I think that's quite a lot of the point. I don't find that it matters a jot whether I agree with an entertainer's politics as long as he/she makes me laugh (although Jeremy Clarkson is refreshing because he's not right-on and politically correct).

And although I'm no petrolhead (I have a British driving licence but don't drive over here), I can still appreciate the beauty of the more up-market cars, the cleverness/silliness of the japes they get up to and the banter that goes on among the presenters.

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Originally posted by Piglet:
(although Jeremy Clarkson is refreshing because he's not right-on and politically correct).

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I must have led a very sheltered life. I didn't know that the word "slope" could be offensive until Mr. Clarkson got into trouble for using it; I thought he just meant that the bridge was sloping (which it was).

You learn something new every day ...
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With you there Piglet. That had gone over my head as well. I've probably missed a few other references.
 

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Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on :
 
I've hardly watched anything this week as I've been too busy with my study deadline but what I will need to catch up on is Wolf Hall, The Sewing Bee and most of the history category on BBC's iPlayer.
 

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Posted by Trudy Scrumptious (# 5647) on :
 
I just watched the episode with the "slope" reference in it last night and not only did I not notice the line, I would never in a million years have known it was a racist slur. But, there you go, there's lots of things I don't know, and I can quite see how that's offensive if lots of people would recognize it as such.
 

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Posted by Palimpsest (# 16772) on :
 
Better Call Saul, the prequel spinoff of Breaking Bad. Some of it is interesting only if you watched Breaking Bad, but I have a great faith that the lead actor is going to make it a very interesting show.

Gotham.

The Amazon "Man in the High Castle" pilot has been picked up for a series.

The Goldbergs

That other Jewish show Downmton Abbey.
 

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Posted by lilBuddha (# 14333) on :
 

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Originally posted by Trudy Scrumptious:
I just watched the episode with the "slope" reference in it last night and not only did I not notice the line, I would never in a million years have known it was a racist slur. But, there you go, there's lots of things I don't know, and I can quite see how that's offensive if lots of people would recognize it as such.

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It isn't that some viewers occasionally miss the references, it is that Clarkson does not.
 

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Posted by Starbug (# 15917) on :
 
I've been watching the wonderful Wolf Hall, but missed the last episode because our church council was at the same time. I need to catch up on that.
 

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Posted by Eigon (# 4917) on :
 
I've seen some stills of the new Thunderbirds, and I'm not convinced they're better. I mean, whatever has Virgil done to his hair? And none of them are wearing Thunderbirds hats.
I have tried watching some of the originals recently, and though I loved them as a child, I can't go back because of the sexism. One disaster is caused, for instance, by a woman's bad driving!
 

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Posted by lilBuddha (# 14333) on :
 
The stills of the characters look kind of meh. This is why I am cautious.
As far as the sexism, I initially saw them as repeats in a different era than they were made and so ignored that aspect. Even the progressive shows from back then were sexist.
 

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Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on :
 
Do any non-Canadians have access to XCompany. Agents dropping into France in 1942 to do missions? Seen 2 episodes. Gripping and well done.

We're also following Ascension (caution - spoilers if you scroll the link) which is about a multigenerational space ship going to Proxima Centauri, the nearest star to our's.

They're putting on The Great British Bake-off which we've caught a few episodes (don't tell me the end!). It is one of the sillier reality shows, oddly amusing. Our main focus seems to be which of the 2 hosts we think is goofier, and which judge we think week to week is meaner.
 

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Posted by Nenya (# 16427) on :
 
I've been watching "Wolf Hall" and will miss it on a Wednesday evening. I also watch "The Musketeers" as I love a bit of swash and buckle and Mr Nen and I are watching "Indian Summers" on a Sunday evening. We tried "A Casual Vacancy" on the other side one Sunday but it was unremittingly grim - the news at ten afterwards seemed light relief by comparison. I'm also really missing "Last Tango in Halifax" and hope there will be another series soon, and looking forward to the next series of "Downton Abbey."

Mr Nen and I watch "Top Gear" - otherwise known as "Snog, Marry, Avoid."
 

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Posted by Angloid (# 159) on :
 
Spiral was great although I found it hard to follow the plot twists, let alone the street French. Wolf Hall was mesmerising, especially Mark Rylance's facial expressions and silences, but I never concentrated hard enough to make sense of it (and my ignorance of history didn't help). Broadchurch (this series at least) was overrated and while Olivia Colman is always superb, David Tennant in shouty mode isn't my favourite (at other times I think he is brilliant). But the most gripping thing lately has been Cucumber; I won't spoil it for those who haven't seen the last episode but it was gut-wrenching and brilliantly acted,
As for other genres, Only Connect is addictive and Victoria Coren-Mitchell stays (usually) just the right side of smug. I didn't watch Gogglebox for ages, fearing populist tripe, but it is funny and perceptive: I'd give most of the sofa critics a job on the TV column if I were a newspaper editor. The Siddiqui lads from Derby are quick, intelligent and witty; the two women friends from Brixton are hilarious - and what can I say about the Meldrew-like couple from Liverpool ?
 

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Posted by ChastMastr (# 716) on :
 
We have now finished Toqger, and will now be starting Ninninger.

We are mostly caught up with Jon Stewart on the Daily Show, Larry Wilmore's Nightly Show, and have discovered Chris Hardwick's @Midnight (yes, that's its title, pronounced "At Midnight").

The Colbert Report is still deeply missed.
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
Just watched the finale of "Downton Abbey", season/series 5. It.was.so.good!


If you watch Downton and missed this episode, track it down and watch it. (And it's a long episode, so allow for time.)
 

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Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on :
 

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Everyone seems to be skirting around the BBC's latest adaptation of Poldark so come on, what do you think?

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Everyone seems to be skirting around the BBC's latest adaptation of Poldark so come on, what do you think?

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It's not a patch on the original. Unconvincing acting, over-hyped, sensationalist, with an unattractive nondescript in the main role. Robin Ellis had charisma. Aidan Turner doesn't. He's also much too light-hearted in the part. I gave up after the first episode of the new Poldark, sent off for the DVDs of the old series and found that decades later it's still good and plausible stuff.

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Aidan Turner nondescript??! He is beauty personified! And yes, I remember the old series, and thought it a lovely touch to have Robin Ellis play a cameo role.

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Didn't anyone watch The Ark?

If not, then you didn't miss much. It was slow and the story didn't sit right. It was only after some digging that I found out it was the Islamic version of the story. Kenan was there but Kel was missing.

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Yes, we saw it...I didn't realise it was an Islamic version, I just thought it really dull. And I couldn't believe it when they all held hands to say grace - which seemed excessively evangelical of them, not to say really unlikely!

I also saw a bit of the new Killing Jesus on National Geographic, but was too engrossed with seeing Rufus Sewell in a wig and TrueBlood's Bill Compton as Pilate to be bothered with the rest of the ep though I might come back to it later.
 

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Posted by Mr Clingford (# 7961) on :
 

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Everyone seems to be skirting around the BBC's latest adaptation of Poldark so come on, what do you think?

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It's not a patch on the original. Unconvincing acting, over-hyped, sensationalist, with an unattractive nondescript in the main role. Robin Ellis had charisma. Aidan Turner doesn't. He's also much too light-hearted in the part. I gave up after the first episode of the new Poldark ...

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Didn't anyone watch The Ark?

If not, then you didn't miss much. It was slow and the story didn't sit right. It was only after some digging that I found out it was the Islamic version of the story. Kenan was there but Kel was missing.

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I'm also now hooked on The Good Wife - especially love the fact that two of the leads (Alan Cumming and Matthew Goode) are Brits.

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Archie Panjabi who plays Kalinda is another Brit.
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
Watched the "Dove-Keepers" mini-series this week. It was about Masada.

Glad "Mr. Selfridge" is back.

BTW, last fall there was a 10-part series on Fox (broadcast): "Gracepoint". It's a suspense story that riveting until the very end.

New episodes of "Bones"! And "Grey's Anatomy" is getting interesting again. And "Scandal"...
 

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Posted by Coa Coa (# 15535) on :
 
Person of Interest, Forever, Agents of Shield, and NCIS New Orleans, Flash is fun and we have rediscovered Farscape, husband loves Gotham especially Cobblepot. BlackList is great. Elementary. We stream everything but Farscape, which we watch via Netflix.
 

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Posted by Meike (# 3006) on :
 
Better Call Saul - welcome lawbreakers!
Fargo - I'll never see Bilbo Baggins the same way again.
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
Any fans of either "Scorpions" or "Person of Interest" who missed this week's episode:

Track it down and watch it!!!
 

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Posted by Nenya (# 16427) on :
 

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I'm enjoying the mining and the dress the most.

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Which dress is that? The one with lacing up the back which Demelza managed to get into on her own but couldn't get out of without Ross's help? I am watching it but have slightly tired of Ross and Demelza and am keen to see what happens to Verity who's the kind of girl everyone needs as a friend. The scenery is stunning of course and Aidan is easy on the eye.

Mr Nen and I are watching "Indian Summers" which is ok although it's hard to find a character to really like. We saw "The Ark" and found it unremarkable.

I'm also enjoying "Secret Britain" about hidden parts of the countryside you might not know about. It also includes things you didn't know about the presenters. Last night one of them displayed a talent for throwing a pot and the other demonstrated her beautiful singing voice. Not at the same time.
 

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Posted by balaam (# 4543) on :
 
We started watching Poldark. From the first few seconds I said it would be typical women's drama. All slightly slowed down horse riding through the countryside ith wind in your hair.

If eye candy for the ladies is what rocks your boat then watch it. But there's nothing for me here.

What I am watching is Gotham, a bit of a curate's egg, but every episode has brilliant bits as well as being unnecessarily graphic at times.

Breaking Bad has started from episode one. Not being one who uses Netflix I am keen to see what the fuss was about.

House of Fools and University Challenge are finished for now, so I'll have to look for something else.

And there's Masterchef. The Torode/Wallace style was a breath of fresh air when it replaced the original Grossman programme (Rhodes does not count) but the present format is getting tired. Time for another makeover? It is still better than most food shows though.
 

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Posted by leo (# 1458) on :
 
a fly-on-the-wall programme about men in pubs.

Pubs I used to frequent were nothing like this one though.
 

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Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :
 
I watched Back in Time for Dinner - firstly to marvel at the number of times Giles Coren has managed to recycle the programme idea. But it did bring out how shrewdly food manufacturers have learnt to counterfeit Real Food from the early days of processed goop (still processed but a lot less goopoid).

[ 17. April 2015, 23:12: Message edited by: Firenze ]
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
balaam--

Do you have "Masterchef Junior" there? In the US, it's one of Gordon Ramsey's shows. It's really good. All the competitors are kids--ages 6-13, IIRC. (There was a little girl, Abbie, who was 8 and cooking since she was 2.) They are very, very good cooks--on a grownup, professional level (per the judges), and cooking dishes that are similar to the ones from "Masterchef" and "Hell's Kitchen".

Both the kids and judges (from "Masterchef") are much better behaved than on the grownup shows--and they have a lot more fun! Even pouring buckets of oil and other substances over the judges.

 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
"Grey's Anatomy", "Scandal"*, and "Elementary" were all good last night.

*Do heed the content warning.

ETA: More and more local broadcast stations are adding retro channels. (E.g., digital ch. 5 adding 5.2.)


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Posted by Trudy Scrumptious (# 5647) on :
 

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I'm also now hooked on The Good Wife - especially love the fact that two of the leads (Alan Cumming and Matthew Goode) are Brits.

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Archie Panjabi who plays Kalinda is another Brit.

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I have no idea why I was under the impression that Alan Cumming was Canadian since now that I look him I can clearly see he's not the least bit Canadian. Oh well. I would have liked it if we could have claimed him. He's great on The Good Wife. I love that show and have just finished Season 5, which is all they have on Netflix. Looking forward to eventually catching up with Season 6.
 

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Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on :
 
I've been glued to the General Election coverage, so am feeling very tired.
 

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Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Me too.
 

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Posted by Ariel (# 58) on :
 
I was watching "slow TV" earlier this week, and loved it.

(This is a programme presented as it is, with no music and no commentary. You just watch what goes on. It can be quite relaxing and refreshing. I found I watched three programmes one after the other without feeling tired.)

I've seen the Dawn Chorus (in a variety of different settings); a glassblower making a glass jug, gradually transforming a small dark cylinder of raw glass into a beautiful large clear glass jug with a handle; and a blacksmith making a kitchen knife, starting with six strips of sheet metal then combined, furnaced, beaten, shaped and worked into a real, polished kitchen knife with a wooden handle.

The photography was artistic and it was lovely to watch skilled craftsmen at work and see the finished articles take shape.
 

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Posted by Firenze (# 619) on :
 
Got to be more interesting than that series on the industrial manufacture of various foods (bread, choccie biccies etc). Endless aerial pans over industrial plant and Greg Wallace in a white coat and hair net.

ETA: and a statutory10 minutes of Ruth Gooding explaining how it was done in The Olden Days.

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Posted by Ariel (# 58) on :
 
I can't bear Greg Wallace so wouldn't have watched that. It is quite nice just to be able to draw your own conclusions instead of having an annoying commentator spoonfeeding you and repeating himself at intervals while showing you recaps of the same pictures for at least the third time.

The Slow TV of the canal barge gliding steadily along the Kennet & Avon canal was a bit boring, though. I'm holding out for the Norwegian fire crackling.
 

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Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on :
 
The glassblowing show sounds really cool. Perfect for the overstimulated.
 

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Posted by Dafyd (# 5549) on :
 

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What I am watching is Gotham, a bit of a curate's egg, but every episode has brilliant bits as well as being unnecessarily graphic at times.

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What I am watching is Gotham, a bit of a curate's egg, but every episode has brilliant bits as well as being unnecessarily graphic at times.

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Fun mindless entertainment. Also an object example of why if you have a character who is the protagonist's love interest they should have a personality and role in the show beyond protagonist's love interest. Were we ever even told what Barbara's job is, or where she gets her money from, or what she does all day?

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If you're going to actually root for the love interest as part of a couple, then yes it is necessary that she have a personality and something to do.
A love interest who is only a love interest is boring. And boring is the one unforgivable flaw in fun mindless entertainment. Being boring and endorsing the world according to the Daily Mail and the two unforgivable flaws. The two unforgivable flaws in fun mindless entertainment are...
 

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Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Wolf Hall has just finished airing on PBS over here, and I must say I enjoyed it infinitely more than the book (that wouldn't have been hard), although Mark Rylance's long, hard stares sideways to the camera got a bit wearing after a while.

We're apparently getting the re-invented Poldark in June ...
 

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Posted by Brenda Clough (# 18061) on :
 
I too am enjoying Wolf Hall. It's subtle, a word not often used about television.
 

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Posted by Gill H (# 68) on :
 
Finally finished The Musketeers - we recorded about 5 eps as we were out a lot, and discovered last night that we were missing the final ep! Fortunately some naughty person had put it on YouTube.

I'm going to miss my lovely boys. I do like a little swashbuckle now and then.
 

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Posted by ChastMastr (# 716) on :
 
We're now watching Monsters and Mysteries in America; Steven Universe, Adventure Time; the latest Sentai series (Ninninger); and Kamen Rider Drive.

Alas, Daily Show and Nightly Show are off this week, but we usually watch them.

I miss Colbert.
 

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Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on :
 
My shows of the week are sucking rocks. Drag Race Sucks. Nurse Jackie is turning into warm watery diarrhea. I'm going to bed with a book.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Rather a lot of baseball and shows about fixing up old cars like Wheeler Dealers, etc. We also watch Jeopardy nightly!
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 

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What I am watching is Gotham, a bit of a curate's egg, but every episode has brilliant bits as well as being unnecessarily graphic at times.

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Fun mindless entertainment. Also an object example of why if you have a character who is the protagonist's love interest they should have a personality and role in the show beyond protagonist's love interest. Were we ever even told what Barbara's job is, or where she gets her money from, or what she does all day?

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I've rarely watched "Gotham"--too dark for me. I'm more for the Adam West series I loved as a kid, and some of the theatrical movies.

But if we're talking Barbara Gordon, then presumably either the library work from the old TV series--or what she got up to in "Birds of Prey", a wonderful but short-lived show. (With lots of woman power! )
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
Just watched a movie on TV: "The Pope Must Diet". It's about a priest who accidentally becomes pope, in a situation of great corruption. It's a comedy and something of a spoof, but there's a lot more to it than that.

I wonder if Pope Francis has seen it? I suspect he'd like it.
 

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Posted by Ariel (# 58) on :
 
Has anyone seen "Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell"? I missed the first episode last week, but it sounded interesting.
 

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Posted by TurquoiseTastic (# 8978) on :
 
I caught an episode of "1864" on BBC4 last night. It was quite interesting but I suspect the historical resonances are rather Denmark-specific...
 

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Posted by Paul. (# 37) on :
 

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Has anyone seen "Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell"? I missed the first episode last week, but it sounded interesting.

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we're working our way through these bit by bit and I really like it. Especially the cheesy local radio adverts and announcers.
 

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Posted by Nenya (# 16427) on :
 
We watched The Armada last night and that was very interesting. Even Mr Nen was semi-engaged and it takes a lot for a history programme to do that to him. I suspect it may have had something to do with some of the attractive young female historians who contributed, but I may be doing him an injustice.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 

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The whole family is really enjoyig Jonathan Strange, even my husband who didn't get on with the book. My son and I that loved it are both really pleased that they've managed to capture the spirit of it, while smoothing it out a bit.

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But if we're talking Barbara Gordon, then presumably either the library work from the old TV series--or what she got up to in "Birds of Prey", a wonderful but short-lived show. (With lots of woman power! )

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