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  • Started 10 years ago by Charterhall
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  1. Charterhall
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    Jusr wondering what we've enjoyed/not enjoyed on telly over the last few days.

    For me I very much enjoyed Downton this year (unlike last year !) but my top telly award goes to Death Comes to Pemberley, superb.

    Also very much looking forward to the Guy Martin programme on tonight.

    As for not enjoyed, my wife insisted on watching Meet Me in St Louis. I didn't take much encouragement because normally I like feel good festive films, but I'm afraid this was lost on me. What people see in this I really don't know.

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  2. wee folding bike
    Member

    On TV Paths of glory and All quiet on the western front.

    On DVD Despicable Me 2.

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  3. gembo
    Member

    James Cracknell, post brain injury (shot of the road where he was hit by the tanker, bib, lid blood, bad one)

    This was on a pretend expedition in the Arabian desert with camels. The show was duff but the case study of brain injury was interesting to me.

    Inhave always resisted downtown as my mother calls it (come back petulant Clark) I am leaving that should say petula. But Inthink the point is that a good episode must have nothing happening in it at all? The acting must be as wooden as possible and the frocks should be good.

    The other costume drama Pemberley, would have been a very good two parter. Spinning it out to three was too much. (See also Hobbit movies, JK Rowling etc)

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  4. wee folding bike
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    Wasn't impressed by the Gryls & Fry show. Gryls couldn't carry a lighter and some powdered soup/pasta/rice like any sensible person. They had to cut bits off an animal. He did manage to have a fire lighter and a big glass jar of chocolate sauce.

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  5. SRD
    Moderator

    Noticed 'chicken run' on the iplayer last night and suggested the kids watch it. They wrren't convinced. Wanted cbeebies. But by the end they loved it. 'It was brilliant, brilliant!'. Now they want to watch it again :)

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  6. Smudge
    Member

    The Fry and Gryls thing would have been ok if it wasn't for the outrageous commentary, obviously very staged for TV but I think Mr Fry genuinely got something out of it which was nice. A good advert for adventurous sport (less the "ooh isn't it dangerous" commentary when any danger was clearly carefully managed)

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  7. gembo
    Member

    @srd re chicken run, you do now live in the home of the brave

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  8. wee folding bike
    Member

    The Fry & Gryls show had me doing my usual "Where is the camera man?" thing.

    The camera shadow could be seen in the abseiling section and the wire rope was shot from both ends so either there were two cameras or they were able to let the camera get past them.

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  9. Stickman
    Member

    Also very much looking forward to the Guy Martin programme on tonight.

    That was quite a big gear he was pushing!

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  10. Smudge
    Member

    Got to respect that, a fine effort and the first time on film I've seen Mr Martin looking genuinely frightened. I had to laugh when Laura Trott casually told him "you're not trying hard enough", there aren't many people get to honestly say that to a competitive TT rider! :-)

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  11. Charterhall
    Member

    A fine effort. I can only wonder how fast he could go, or better still one of our elite riders, on a few miles of nice tarmac. But a puncture doesn't bear thinking about.

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  12. Wilmington's Cow
    Member

    I've got that taped to watch later, looked great from the trailers.

    Christmas telly was a bit of a letdown. The Doctor Who Special I watch every year and get disappointed; Downton Abeey was a bit meh; the Death Comes to Pemberley thing was pretty good, but I agree was probably a two-parter, and (fittingly given the author) felt like a whodunnit with some recognisable characters; Fry and Gryls was a bit of entertaining enough fluff, but I just cannot warm to Gryls at all; and Charterhall, Meet Me In St Louis, I was intrigued as to just what would make Judy Garland's hair stand up like that, and why on earth it was as famous a film as it is.

    At least they showed the original Star Wars films. Wouldn't be Christmas without those.

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  13. chdot
    Admin

    Julien Temple's latest film was an almost unbelievable (well you couldn't have made it up - Sex Pistols play at kids' Christmas party and leave out the swearing) snapshot of a past time.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03ncggy

    http://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/dec/23/sex-pistols-anarachy-film-huddersfield-never-mind-baubles

    John went on to be a philosopher -

    "

    Gandhi is my life's inspiration: passive resistance. I don't want to live in the Thunderdome with Mad Max.

    "

    http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2012/may/31/john-lydon-sex-pistols-pil-interview

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  14. wee folding bike
    Member

    The Open All Hours special recycled an old plot but changed it from Jamaican Gingerbread to anchovies. It might also have given us an idea of how much the show depended on Barker. I've read that he came up with a lot of Arkwright's character.

    I think the most important bit was near the beginning when Granville said he learned it all from Arkwright except I think it was really David Jason saying that about Ronnie Barker.

    Nice to see nurse Gladys Emmanuelle anyway.

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  15. gembo
    Member

    Nurse Gladys has not been away, just on cbeebies flying her plane in Come Outsdie. I am currently 750 yards from Ronnie Barker's birthplace

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  16. wee folding bike
    Member

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:RonnieBarkerPlaque.JPG

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  17. gembo
    Member

    Yes, I have stood outside the house, a modest terrace and looked at the plaque. I imagine his parents were passing through, possibly towards an extended summer season in Repetory Theatre but this is pure specualtion.

    Quick google, happy childhood, apart from occasional wet sock. Moved to Oxford when four. Father had Pierrot outfit but worked for Shell? Or Shell-Mex. did not support his acting ambitions which started in Rep.

    Most of google taken up with one of his sons, did not know about him.

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  18. recumboris
    Member

    Not quite holiday telly but last night watched a Christmas present - The Untouchables DVD. Hilarious and heart warming. Forgot it was in french with english subtitles after 5 minutes.

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  19. wee folding bike
    Member

    Son disappeared and wasn't at the funeral.

    Did you find how many candles were on the coffin? You could probably guess.

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  20. gembo
    Member

    Our film club secretary is always wanting to put that on, but our loyal fan base may struggle with subtitles so we might have to go for an arty farty Friday type show and a mainstream Saturday. This month we are screening The Innocents which is old ghost story with maybe 50 year reissue, stars Deborah Kerr in role Nicole Kidman played in the Others. Both films based on Henry James story The Turn of the Screw

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  21. recumboris
    Member

    @Gembo Honestly subtitles not an issue. My 15 year old son really enjoyed it - I was also a sceptic, as were female daughers - 2 uni students. However very funny and watchable indeed.

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  22. Cyclingmollie
    Member

    I enjoyed the IT Crowd special on Christmas eve. And everyone else did too which was a relief.

    I was looking forward to The Tractate Middoth but thought it was disappointing.

    @wfb Four of course.

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  23. Charterhall
    Member

    Dougie Vipond's Auld Lang Syne programme last night was very watchable. I particularly enjoyed the fine selection of tweed that he was sporting throughout. Later I caught a few mins of him performing at Stirling Castle, again looking very dapper in a tweed waistcoat. Tweed, its the new rock n roll.

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