What's currently good on the BBC iPlayer?

[chilango]

Twin.

Nordic noir with surfing

 

[Mattym]

Twin.

Nordic noir with surfing

Yes, have really enjoyed the first 4 episodes.

 

[belboid]

These last few things are just on telly at a regular time.

and Twin is silly.

 

[ska invita]

3 series of Porridge

Porridge

Enjoy a long stretch of the classic comedy. Little victories and lots of laughs with Fletch, Godber and the inmates at Slade Prison. Starring Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale.

www.bbc.co.uk

and the 2017 reboot series 1...

Porridge (2017)

Nigel 'Fletch' Fletcher, grandson of Norman Stanley Fletcher, has been banged up in Wakeley Prison for a series of cybercrimes.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[oryx]

The Nest

This is really good - a well-made and suspenseful drama about a surrogacy.

 

[kittyP]

In My Skin, tragic drama about a Welsh teenager dealing with very dysfunctional parents (and friends) whilst trying to navigate her school life,
I found it surprisingly beautiful as well as depressing.

 

[Kaka Tim]

health warning on "A Monster Calls" - i was expecting a kind of dark fairy tale thing - but, although I can see how its a very fine film, i found it really fucking miserable.

 

[sojourner]

Personal Shopper. Very interesting film.

 

[wayward bob]

BBC Four - Arena, A British Guide to the End of the World

A film that recaptures a time of stockpiled paranoia that left a generation traumatised.

www.bbc.co.uk

in places hysterical and others appalling. and a fascinating watch in these Troubled Times.

 

[belboid]

BBC4 & iplayer now, it's Wise Children's performance of, uhh, Wise Children.

redsquirrel & I both saw it at Manchester, and it is well worth seeing if you haven't, or again, if you have.

BBC Four - Wise Children

Angela Carter’s delightfully dark final novel, captured for the stage by Emma Rice.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[redsquirrel]

BBC4 & iplayer now, it's Wise Children's performance of, uhh, Wise Children.

redsquirrel & I both saw it at Manchester, and it is well worth seeing if you haven't, or again, if you have.

BBC Four - Wise Children

Angela Carter’s delightfully dark final novel, captured for the stage by Emma Rice.

www.bbc.co.uk

Yep can definitely recommend it

 

[nagapie]

Once again I'll mention how fantastic Better Things is and once again it'll fall on deaf ears

It's excellent. But I wasn't sure if you had to be a middle aged woman to appreciate it, well to get it.

 

[D'wards]

It's excellent. But I wasn't sure if you had to be a middle aged woman to appreciate it, well to get it.

Nah, I'm a middle aged man who isn't particularly "guardianista" in my tastes, but I love it. It's just great human stories.
The only thing that rankles a little is the casting of Celia Imrie as Phyl. She is too posh for the way Sam is, who to my admittedly tin ear seems to speak with quite a working class American accent.

The actress who plays Frankie is great- I think she'll hopefully go on to, um well, better things

 

[mwgdrwg]

Devs.

 

[Nivag]

Devs.

Just started watching this, 2 episodes in and enjoying it.

 

[Chz]

Devs.

Beautiful wankery, IMO. But I know it divides opinion.

 

[sojourner]

The Clouds of Sils Maria. Another Kristen Stewart film. Multi-layered, beautiful, perfect for analysis. Totally identified with the Juliette Binoche character.

Peter Kay's Car Share, Audio Special. Had us proper laughing.

 

[killer b]

Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation is on Iplayer atm, which I have on very good authority is sensational, and will be watching in the next few days

 

[belboid]

Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation is on Iplayer atm, which I have on very good authority is sensational, and will be watching in the next few days

It’s magnificent, one of the very best films of the seventies

 

[sojourner]

Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation is on Iplayer atm, which I have on very good authority is sensational, and will be watching in the next few days

Cheers, just added that

 

[sojourner]

Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation is on Iplayer atm, which I have on very good authority is sensational, and will be watching in the next few days

Fucking hell killer b - you watched this yet? Absolute masterclass in cinematography. Sumptuous, elegant, intelligent - a total joy from start to finish. Cheers for that!

 

[killer b]

Fucking hell killer b - you watched this yet? Absolute masterclass in cinematography. Sumptuous, elegant, intelligent - a total joy from start to finish. Cheers for that!

no, we watched Portrait of a Lady on Fire the other night and wanted to alternate between serious and trash and it was trash night last night. Soon though!

 

[equationgirl]

The new series of Killing Eve has started.

 

[DJWrongspeed]

Again not iPlayer but essentially state sponsored TV from Ch4

2 of Ben Wheatley's best
A Field in England
Kill List

 

[redsquirrel]

Francis Ford Coppola's The Conversation is on Iplayer atm, which I have on very good authority is sensational, and will be watching in the next few days

It’s magnificent, one of the very best films of the seventies

What belboid said. Coppola could barely put a foot wrong at that time

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Taboo is back on.
Dark and mysterious. Tom Hardy giving it maximum Tom Hardy and then some.
"I have a use for you..."

Superb.

 

[Argonia]

Damned United, about Brian Clough's 44 days at Leeds United:

The Damned United

 

[sleaterkinney]

This is really good - a well-made and suspenseful drama about a surrogacy.

It's really not, it's massively hammy and silly.

 

[oryx]

It's really not, it's massively hammy and silly.

Well, my partner and I enjoyed it and so did other people I know, and the plot twists were well done I thought, so depends on your taste I suppose.

 

[chainsawjob]

BBC Two - Performance Live, Kae Tempest

Award-winning artist Kae Tempest hosts a night of poetry.

www.bbc.co.uk