Re: The all-singing, all-dancing TV thread - Part Three : Sat Jun 15, 2013 9:11 pm  

Durham Giant wrote:

The other one i would reccommend is

Romanzo Criminale.

An Italian made series about the criminal underworld in Rome. Absolutely superb

Its fantastic although I missed out on the second series

Re: The all-singing, all-dancing TV thread - Part Three : Sat Jun 15, 2013 9:20 pm  

Up to episode 7 of Sons of Anarchy and I am quite enjoying it. Watched a couple of episodes of Arrested Development and I didn't hate it, but probably wouldn't be bothered if I never saw another one.

Re: The all-singing, all-dancing TV thread - Part Three : Wed Jul 03, 2013 12:01 pm  

Watched the documentary on the great British war photojournalist Don McCullin last night on BBC1. From Cyprus to Nam to Biafra to NI to the Lebanon. This bloke has seen the horror of what man can do to other man, been there and seen it all. Even so he spoke in a very moving, poignant and humanitarian way about the suffering he had personally witnessed. Recommended viewing if available on Iplayer. Just found a trailer for anyone interested. http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2013/jan/06/mccullin-review-documentary-don-mccullin

Watched the documentary on the great British war photojournalist Don McCullin last night on BBC1. From Cyprus to Nam to Biafra to NI to the Lebanon. This bloke has seen the horror of what man can do to other man, been there and seen it all. Even so he spoke in a very moving, poignant and humanitarian way about the suffering he had personally witnessed. Recommended viewing if available on Iplayer. Just found a trailer for anyone interested. http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2013/jan/06/mccullin-review-documentary-don-mccullin

Re: The all-singing, all-dancing TV thread - Part Three : Wed Jul 03, 2013 12:40 pm  

WIZEB wrote: Watched the documentary on the great British war photojournalist Don McCullin last night on BBC1. From Cyprus to Nam to Biafra to NI to the Lebanon. This bloke has seen the horror of what man can do to other man, been there and seen it all. Even so he spoke in a very moving, poignant and humanitarian way about the suffering he had personally witnessed. Recommended viewing if available on Iplayer. Just found a trailer for anyone interested. http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2013/jan/06/mccullin-review-documentary-don-mccullin Oh wow - I want to watch that one, tonight, iPlayer, don't disturb me.

WIZEB wrote: Watched the documentary on the great British war photojournalist Don McCullin last night on BBC1. From Cyprus to Nam to Biafra to NI to the Lebanon. This bloke has seen the horror of what man can do to other man, been there and seen it all. Even so he spoke in a very moving, poignant and humanitarian way about the suffering he had personally witnessed. Recommended viewing if available on Iplayer. Just found a trailer for anyone interested. http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2013/jan/06/mccullin-review-documentary-don-mccullin Oh wow - I want to watch that one, tonight, iPlayer, don't disturb me.

Re: The all-singing, all-dancing TV thread - Part Three : Wed Jul 03, 2013 12:51 pm  

JerryChicken wrote:

Oh wow - I want to watch that one, tonight, iPlayer, don't disturb me.

Lump in the throat job when he goes into Biafra and describes the effect the war had amongst the starving, dying children.
Especially the albino child.
Went to get us a drink in the kitchen so I could hide behind the fridge freezer to straighten myself out JC.

Re: The all-singing, all-dancing TV thread - Part Three : Thu Jul 04, 2013 5:59 am  

If anyone thought Mrs Brown's Boys was peurile shite, be prepared for new levels of shitery when Count Arthur Strong transfers from Radio 4 to BBC2.

Where Mrs Brown is a poor man's version of Old Mother Riley, Arthur Strong just seems to have taken all the worst bits from Harry Worth and put them in a contemporary setting.

I'd love to know who commissions this crap

Re: The all-singing, all-dancing TV thread - Part Three : Thu Jul 04, 2013 7:46 am  

cod'ead wrote:

If anyone thought Mrs Brown's Boys was peurile shite, be prepared for new levels of shitery when Count Arthur Strong transfers from Radio 4 to BBC2.

Where Mrs Brown is a poor man's version of Old Mother Riley, Arthur Strong just seems to have taken all the worst bits from Harry Worth and put them in a contemporary setting.

I'd love to know who commissions this crap

Arthur Strong is a great radio comedy, also looks good on Youtube as a stage show - not sure how it will convert to TV though.

And I used to be bored rigid by Harry Worth.

Re: The all-singing, all-dancing TV thread - Part Three : Thu Jul 04, 2013 9:35 am  

WIZEB wrote:

Watched the documentary on the great British war photojournalist Don McCullin last night on BBC1...

I've got this recorded and have only watched the opening ten minutes so far, I deliberately stopped watching because I reckon it deserves watching in a single sitting.
I've been a McCullin fan ever since I saw an exhibition of his work at the Museum of London back in the 1990's (not the more recent one at the Imperial War Museum which received great acclaim).
At most exhibitions there are pictures you can just pass by ... but not at that one, each one arrested your attention and really made you think.

I've never heard him talking about it before and I'll be watching it this weekend.

Re: The all-singing, all-dancing TV thread - Part Three : Thu Jul 04, 2013 9:44 am  

JerryChicken wrote:

Arthur Strong is a great radio comedy...

I think he must be a "Marmite" performer because whilst I loved his various Radio 4 series and would roar with laughter at them, La Senora would be looking at me totally mystified, she simply just didn't "get" him.

Harry Worth was just a gentle blunderer, whereas Arthur Strong has a snobbily inflated sense of self-importance.

I'll give the TV a go but, as with many other transfers, it might not work.

Re: The all-singing, all-dancing TV thread - Part Three : Thu Jul 04, 2013 9:46 am  

cod'ead wrote:

If anyone thought Mrs Brown's Boys was peurile shite ...

Never watched it, the trailers were enough to put me off.