What's currently good on the BBC iPlayer?

[girasol]

I thought Dave was surprisingly good. I started watching at random and liked all the characters, the plot, even the rapping. Never heard of Lil Dicky before, but apparently he's a real artist. It's funny but also the characters feel "real".

‘Dave’ Star Lil Dicky Has a Small, Strange Penis. So He Made a TV Show About It.

Can a dick joke be profound? Rapper Lil Dicky’s new comedy aims to pivot from its phallus-heavy gimmick to really say something—often, ahem, rising to the occasion.

www.thedailybeast.com

 

[ginger_syn]

big love to Tony Slattery (and his partner) for doing this:

BBC Two - Horizon, 2020, What's the Matter with Tony Slattery?

Comedian Tony Slattery turns to psychiatry for some answers to his psychological problems.

www.bbc.co.uk

It was a heartbreaking and beautiful also a difficult watch.

 

[stavros]

I'm not sure if it was mentioned when televised in January, so I will recommend this two part documentary on the Peoples Temple and the Jonestown Massacre.

 

[stavros]

They've currently got Election on there, a very good black comedy from 1999, with Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon. I'd not seen it in twenty years, and I'm pleased to say it's as good as I remember.

 

[stavros]

Channel 4 seem to by having a shopping spree at the moment. Having got the whole of Seinfeld up there, they've just put up the whole of Buffy.

 

[belboid]

They've currently got Election on there, a very good black comedy from 1999, with Matthew Broderick and Reese Witherspoon. I'd not seen it in twenty years, and I'm pleased to say it's as good as I remember.

I’d forgotten nearly all of the subplot behind it. And didn’t Reece W look young?! Still very enjoyable.

 

[Part 2]

This is great.

BBC One - Our Lives, Series 4, Soul Boy

A teenager in care finds a home on Nottingham’s Northern Soul scene.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[agricola]

"a house through time" - each series gets better and better; currently in Bristol

 

[ash]

Second that - a lovely half hour, heart warming and inspiring. It also showed how it’s absolute luck for people in care what type of key worker they get- this one was a diamond.

 

[8115]

This is great.

BBC One - Our Lives, Series 4, Soul Boy

A teenager in care finds a home on Nottingham’s Northern Soul scene.

www.bbc.co.uk

I watched that, it's really great, recommended it to a few people.

 

[Part 2]

Second that - a lovely half hour, heart warming and inspiring. It also showed how it’s absolute luck for people in care what type of key worker they get- this one was a diamond.

Yea definitely the relationship with the worker that stood out for me. I rememeber the days of taking kids to the pub in my work with care leavers and the meeting where we were told to stop it. The program brought back memories of The Punk Syndrome which I'd recommend if you've not seen it.

 

[moody]

Anyone else watching A House Through Time on the beeb? David Olusoga does a great job of trawling through historical documents to bring to life the history of an 18th century house in Bristol. This particular property has a connection to piracy, slavery and an abandoned child left on the doorstep.

 

[DJWrongspeed]

Blair Witch Project

it's aged obviously but still ground breaking, you don't have to like the leads. I remember being in the cinema with everyone freaked.

So many films have ripped it.

 

[stavros]

Blair Witch Project

it's aged obviously but still ground breaking, you don't have to like the leads. I remember being in the cinema with everyone freaked.

So many films have ripped it.

I haven't seen that since it came out, so I'll be glad to revisit it.

 

[DJWrongspeed]

Beast CH4

Brilliant film

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Beast CH4

Brilliant film

That is a brilliant film yes. I love her. Jessie Buckley.

 

[Bond]

Man Like Mobeen was a lot better than expected. Being of British Pakistani origin myself I felt it was going to be something for cheap laughs such as Citizen Khan (which is OTT caricatures). Surprised me how it actually highlighted issues not only humourously, but with bit of grittiness of growing up in certain urban environments. Only just started season 1

 

[stavros]

Man Like Mobeen was a lot better than expected. Being of British Pakistani origin myself I felt it was going to be something for cheap laughs such as Citizen Khan (which is OTT caricatures). Surprised me how it actually highlighted issues not only humourously, but with bit of grittiness of growing up in certain urban environments. Only just started season 1

I thought all three series were excellent, and I have virtually no links to the communities depicted. There may be some cultural jokes shoved in there which passed me by, but nonetheless.

 

[Kasper Jonran]

I've almost run out of things to watch on I-player now. It's like they have run out of things to put on there. I like the Ranganation show. Ive been mostly watching stuff on the wales channel and the art channel on there.. I do miss flicking around the telly from home. A lot of streams of UK TV seem to be down at the moment. Do any ex pats have a go to web site for streams?

 

[Chz]

I like the Ranganation show.

Quite possibly the only show that actually got better under lockdown conditions. They should stick with that format.

 

[stavros]

Quite possibly the only show that actually got better under lockdown conditions. They should stick with that format.

That and Question Time.

 

[Kasper Jonran]

Quite possibly the only show that actually got better under lockdown conditions. They should stick with that format.

What night does it air in UK? Its brilliant

 

[Kasper Jonran]

That and Question Time.

I cant watch question time with that antiques woman. What happened to the old grumpy guy?

 

[stavros]

What night does it air in UK? Its brilliant

Sunday. It's on in about 45 minutes on Beeb 2.

 

[stavros]

I cant watch question time with that antiques woman. What happened to the old grumpy guy?

Dimbles? He retired, aged about 96, in late 2018.

 

[8115]

The Commune, Danish film about, well, a commune. I really really enjoyed it.

 

[girasol]

Started watching "I may destroy you". No strong opinions either way yet, but it's "a fearless, frank and provocative new drama about sexual consent and modern relationships. " written by and also starring the charismatic Michaela Coel.

I do like glow up (make up artist competition show).

 

[oryx]

Anyone else see Sitting In Limbo tonight? It's the dramatised story of Anthony Bryan who arrived here from Jamaica in 1965 and fell foul of the hostile environment when he tried to apply for a passport to travel to see his mother.

Powerful and shocking even with what we know about the Windrush scandal. Highly recommended.

Spoiler

He was told to report to the Home Office twice a week, was incarcerated in a detention centre twice and narrowly escaped being deported. As well as having the paternity of his kids questioned, being asked if he was sure when he said he'd never been in trouble with the police, etc. etc.

While knowing we don't consume TV now as people did in the 60s and 80s, I would really like to see this drama, shown on primetime BBC1, have the same effect as Cathy Come Home and Boys From The Blackstuff.

Sitting in Limbo

A shocking drama inspired by the Windrush scandal. After 50 years in the UK, Anthony Bryan is wrongfully detained by the Home Office and threatened with deportation.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[8115]

Anyone else see Sitting In Limbo tonight? It's the dramatised story of Anthony Bryan who arrived here from Jamaica in 1965 and fell foul of the hostile environment when he tried to apply for a passport to travel to see his mother.

Powerful and shocking even with what we know about the Windrush scandal. Highly recommended.

Spoiler

He was told to report to the Home Office twice a week, was incarcerated in a detention centre twice and narrowly escaped being deported. As well as having the paternity of his kids questioned, being asked if he was sure when he said he'd never been in trouble with the police, etc. etc.

While knowing we don't consume TV now as people did in the 60s and 80s, I would really like to see this drama, shown on primetime BBC1, have the same effect as Cathy Come Home and Boys From The Blackstuff.

Sitting in Limbo

A shocking drama inspired by the Windrush scandal. After 50 years in the UK, Anthony Bryan is wrongfully detained by the Home Office and threatened with deportation.

www.bbc.co.uk

Just watching this now, it's a tough watch. It was so against natural justice, so terrible.

ETA probably is because it's all still going on now.

 

[agricola]

Just watched A House Through Time's third episode (covering three families who lived in a house in Bristol from about 1880 to 1920). Hopefully it will be on the iplayer soon.

The first two were brilliant, but the third is the best hour of TV I've seen this year. The sort of history programme that people need to watch, especially now.