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I watched the last episode of line of duty and thought that was good. Undercover has finally grabbed by attention. I quite like some of the investigative programmes Stacey Dooley does. However I can't wait for the next series of people just do nothing.
The Mandalorian season 2 is here tomorrow (Friday) - well worth a look if you haven't already, especially if you're a sci-fi / star wars fan - it's brilliant.
I planned to wait until the series had run and then binge but caved. First 2 eps definitely up to the standard of series 1.
Perdida on Netflix. Spanish with English subtitles. Very good.
Coming in Jan 2021. (unless you look online) Something to look forward too.
Ooooh lala.
Helas!
I was looking around for a bit of Spiral and I see it's now on sale on Amazon Prime at about £8 a series. Being too mean for that, I have been watching a Netflix series called Le Bazar de la Charite (English title The Bonfire of Destiny) starring the great Audrey. It's based on a disastrous fire at a charity ball in 1897 Paris, and it's very enjoyable rubbish, a mash-up of Downton Abbey, Les Miserables and Titanic, but much less subtle than any of them. The plot is at the same time ingenious and laughable, but it looks great. Audrey is looking painfully thin these days, but there's a bogglingly lovely character played by (it says here) a French pop singer called Camille Lou, so I'm sticking with it.
I was looking around for a bit of Spiral and I see it's now on sale on Amazon Prime at about £8 a series. Being too mean for that, I have been watching a Netflix series called Le Bazar de la Charite (English title The Bonfire of Destiny) starring the great Audrey. It's based on a disastrous fire at a charity ball in 1897 Paris, and it's very enjoyable rubbish, a mash-up of Downton Abbey, Les Miserables and Titanic, but much less subtle than any of them. The plot is at the same time ingenious and laughable, but it looks great. Audrey is looking painfully thin these days, but there's a bogglingly lovely character played by (it says here) a French pop singer called Camille Lou, so I'm sticking with it.
Thanks I'll check it out.
Beer and Beef has made us what we are - The Prince Regent
Coming in Jan 2021. (unless you look online) Something to look forward too.
Ooooh lala.
Thanks for posting, that will be worth watching. I have only seen one series but it was excellent.
For any scholars of the French language, the dialogue the elderly judge uses is just wonderful. He is full of mordant but grammatically perfect quips.
Bring it on!
"Things had started becoming increasingly desperate at Loftus Road but QPR have been handed a massive lifeline and the place has absolutely erupted. it's carnage. It's bedlam. It's 1-1."
Watched the first 7 series at least twice. My French is still not good enough to bypass the sub titles.
Not a big fan of Audrey Fleurot but I do like Carolien Proust. And Philip Duclos as le juge is always entertaining.
In fact, I'll give a big push for a lot of the Euro dramas from BBC4. The Bridge, Borgen both 2 other excellent choices.
"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the Earth all one's lifetime." (Mark Twain)
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Not sure if it was a first showing but there was an excellent documentary about Ronnie Scott's on BBC4 last night (now on iPlayer).
Some great footage throughout with multi-instrumentalist Blind Roland Kirk (and I mean multi-instruments all at once!) and Buddy Rich on drums the stand out for me.
It's not all about the Jazz but as much a story of post-war London. Mobsters, friendship, money and depression.
I've never been personally but hope to spend a Tuesday afternoon there one day.
Watched the first 7 series at least twice. My French is still not good enough to bypass the sub titles.
Not a big fan of Audrey Fleurot but I do like Carolien Proust. And Philip Duclos as le juge is always entertaining.
In fact, I'll give a big push for a lot of the Euro dramas from BBC4. The Bridge, Borgen both 2 other excellent choices.
Agree on the Caroline/Audrey thing. Also I thought that the recently finished “DNA” by the writers of “The Killing” in BBC4’s Saturday evening foreign import slot was very good. And ‘The Twelve”, a Belgian whodunnit about a jury trial on C4’s “Walter Presents” was very intriguing as well.
Apologies if it's been mentioned already, but I found a German film from 2018 on Prime called The Captain last night. It's very long (4 hours) so I've only seen half of it so far. It's brilliantly made (helped by black and white filming) but very unpleasant. A young deserter on the collapsing Western Front in April 1945 finds an officer's uniform and convinces people he's Hitler's personal emissary. You probably won't enjoy it, but it's well worth trying - I thought I'd give it ten minutes and two hours flew by.
EDIT - 2 hours, not four. Oddly, once it finishes, they show it again.
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Watched it last night, not bad. somewhat crazy.. just kill everyone.
Heads up for a 'Christmas Special' of a programme with a quite a few positive reviews on here, and rightly so - its Mortimer & Whitehouse Go Fishing' on Sunday BBC 2.
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