What's currently good on the BBC iPlayer?

[Fozzie Bear]

BBC One - The Capture

An ambitious young DCI enters the terrifying world of deepfake technology.

www.bbc.co.uk

6 part drama set in London with Black-Mirrorish angle. Unchallenging but watchable. Slightly ridiculous in places.

 

[kittyP]

Anyone else watch The Salisbury Poisonings? A drama about... well, you know the story.

It's definitely worth a watch. The perspective is from a public health point of view rather than an international spy drama.

Which makes it sound dull, but it's far from that. Anne-Marie Duff is excellent as the executive tasked with leading the response (safety, contamination, tracing etc.).

Recommended.

Yeah I thought it was really good.
Anne~Marie Duff ❤

 

[Little Piranha]

The Joy of Painting is great slow tv, especially if you're stoned...

 

[Me76]

Series 2 of Glow Up , it's the Bake Off/Sewing Bee formula but with make-up artists. For some reason got quite addicted to watching the first series despite having no interest in make-up.

Thanks for flagging that. I really enjoyed series 1 too. Sunday's TV sorted.

 

[sojourner]

The Storyville on the Black Panthers is also up and an incredible watch.

BBC Four - Storyville, The Black Panthers

Film about the Black Panther party, its culture and political awakening for black people.

www.bbc.co.uk

Yeh watched that ages ago. Quality.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Why am I watching a 3 part version of A Christmas Carol in June? Because it's got Guy Pearce in it and time currently has no meaning. That's why.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Anyone else watch The Salisbury Poisonings? A drama about... well, you know the story.

It's definitely worth a watch. The perspective is from a public health point of view rather than an international spy drama.

Which makes it sound dull, but it's far from that. Anne-Marie Duff is excellent as the executive tasked with leading the response (safety, contamination, tracing etc.).

Recommended.

I thought that was excellent too. It made me really think about how terrifying the whole business actually was.

 

[Jeff Robinson]

I watched the first four of this yesterday and can't wait for the rest. Really challenging content though. I've been thinking about all of it a lot.

Yes, I've just finished episode 4. Genuinely gut-wrenching to watch, but really excellent. I'm liking these BBC co-productions with with Hulu (Normal People) and HBO (I May Destroy You). Much higher quality than usual BBC fare.

 

[Dead Cat Bounce]

Two thirds of the way through 'The Hidden Wilds of the Motorway'

It shows how nature can thrive despite being meters away from one of the UK's most hated motorways.

 

[butchersapron]

V.

 

[The39thStep]

Gun number 6 . Years ago I used to work with members of Daryll;s gang. He turned himself around many years later

 

[danny la rouge]

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.

I’ve followed all of these. I’m a sucker for social history. But I wanted to plug his “Black and British” 3-parter. It’s worth your time. You need to look past the staged format of the plaques. The history doesn’t need that gimmick, and his presentation style could have carried the programmes without it. But he wasn’t the director, so we can let him off.

 

[Johnny Vodka]

The first ep of Huey Morgan's Latin Music Adventures (just been on BBC4) is good.

 

[oryx]

The first ep of Huey Morgan's Latin Music Adventures (just been on BBC4) is good.

Really want to see that!

And the David Olusoga programme.

 

[flypanam]

Bored today so we rewatched Vienna Blood. Really holds up.

 

[Red Cat]

Anyone else watch The Salisbury Poisonings? A drama about... well, you know the story.

It's definitely worth a watch. The perspective is from a public health point of view rather than an international spy drama.

Which makes it sound dull, but it's far from that. Anne-Marie Duff is excellent as the executive tasked with leading the response (safety, contamination, tracing etc.).

Recommended.

This was very good, it really brought to life the psychological impact of the incident that hadn't occurred to me to imagine as it was very much spy drama in the media.

 

[D'wards]

Keith Haring: Street Art Boy

Absolutely brilliant

 

[ska invita]

good fun bbc history, following Robert the Bruce up to the Battle of Bannockburn

BBC Scotland - Rise of the Clans, Series 1, The Bruce Supremacy

Neil Oliver reveals how Robert Bruce used clan power to win Scotland's independence.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Not sure I'd 100% recommend it but there's an Aussie series called The Secrets She Keeps that is a decent enough distraction.

Lady Edith Crawley is really rather good in it.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

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

Regarding The Nest...I thought it was good...and then less good from about 3/4 of the way in. It was an interesting drama though that I think explored some of the issues well.

And it had the marvellous, marvellous Shirley Henderson who is always riveting to watch. I absolutely adore her.

 

[danski]

Why am I watching a 3 part version of A Christmas Carol in June? Because it's got Guy Pearce in it and time currently has no meaning. That's why.

Shit, that was awesome. I wasn't really that fussed when it came on but glad I did.

 

[stavros]

Alex Brooker: Disability and Me, where he explores his and others' relationships with being disabled.

 

[oryx]

The first ep of Huey Morgan's Latin Music Adventures (just been on BBC4) is good.

This is fantastic and comes highly recommended.

It's covered Brazil and Cuba so far, so tropicalia, bossa nova, rumba, son, reggaeton etc.

Huey Morgan is a likeable and knowledgeable host, speaking to musicians in depth and linking music in with social history.

As well as the music, the colours in this programme are amazing.

 

[miss direct]

Watched episode 6 of I may destroy you last night Wasn't expecting that! They really captured teenage life of the early 2000s (I was just about a teenager then). Glad I stuck with this programme, although it isn't an easy watch.

 

[wiskey]

I've just started the Mrs America series after hearing something about it on the radio the other day.

Mrs America review – Cate Blanchett fights off feminism

This clever drama sees the actor portray Phyllis Schlafly – who led a 70s campaign against equal rights in the US – without turning her into a simple villain

www.theguardian.com

 

[wiskey]

Not sure I'd 100% recommend it but there's an Aussie series called The Secrets She Keeps that is a decent enough distraction.

That reminds me I got to E3 of something Australian called Mystery Road that was watchable enough.

 

[girasol]

Binge watched the shit out of Mrs America this weekend. Loved it! Felt angry too, as one should.

 

[wiskey]

Binge watched the shit out of Mrs America this weekend. Loved it! Felt angry too, as one should.

Have got to the end of E8 ... Really ought to go to bed but I need to watch E9.

Have to say it lost me a bit along the way (E5) but the Houston episode is excellent.

ETA: I'm going to regret staying up so late tomorrow but I had to finish it, then I had to do a lot of googling.

I'd like to see the film The Gloria's next.

 

[girasol]

Have got to the end of E8 ... Really ought to go to bed but I need to watch E9.

Have to say it lost me a bit along the way (E5) but the Houston episode is excellent.

ETA: I'm going to regret staying up so late tomorrow but I had to finish it, then I had to do a lot of googling.

I'd like to see the film The Gloria's next.

Penultimate episode (Houston) is sooooo good, isn't it? Alice is not a real person though, but a composite of the women who worked with Schlafly (I kinda like saying her surname).

 

[wiskey]

Penultimate episode (Houston) is sooooo good, isn't it? Alice is not a real person though, but a composite of the women who worked with Schlafly (I kinda like saying her surname).

Yes in my post-binge googling I discovered she and Pamela were a collection of people. Doesn't detract from how brilliant 'Houston' is or how well the subtleties of the Pamela storyline are dealt with.

Tbh I'm half tempted to watch it all again now I've more of an idea what's being explored.