What's currently good on the BBC iPlayer?

[sojourner]

There's another in The Trump Show series - Downfall.

 

[oryx]

There's another in The Trump Show series - Downfall.

Watched that tonight - excellent. Knowing what happened we were able to laugh at a lot of it.

 

[stavros]

There's another in The Trump Show series - Downfall.

Is that new? I seem to remember something whose blurb was similar two or three years ago.

 

[Argonia]

All the President's Men is on for 29 days. Have never seen it before so looking forward to it.

BBC Two - All the President's Men

Two Washington Post reporters uncover abuses of power by President Nixon.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[two sheds]

All the President's Men is on for 29 days. Have never seen it before so looking forward to it.

BBC Two - All the President's Men

Two Washington Post reporters uncover abuses of power by President Nixon.

www.bbc.co.uk

Watched it again last night - it's very good. Impressively constructed.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

Staged. We were pissing ourselves laughing, absolutely nailed what it's like. Summary here Staged

I watched the first series of this last weekend. Absolutely brilliant!

Many highlights but being told off by Judy Dench was great.

 

[Throbbing Angel]

Watching The Investigation on iPlayer, scandi noir of the Kim Wall murder in 2017

Enjoying it so far. Hoping that the rather open-ended title means that they will make other series looking at different cases and their investigations.

 

[Voley]

We finished The Serpent last night and really enjoyed it although I was in two minds for the first couple of episodes. Stick with it, it really takes-off. It's very nicely filmed in Thailand, surprisingly well acted and tells a compelling story about French conman and serial killer Charles Sobhraj, who preyed on hippies in Thailand and India in the 70s. There's some very good procedural stuff about how he was traced and caught, and what happened next!

It actually seemed a bit far-fetched in places and I had never heard of him so I googled the fella and it's pretty much all true. My word he was a proper piece of work!

This is ace. Really mental, true story. Good depiction of the hippie trail, too. 1970s Bangkok looked fucking wild.

 

[fucthest8]

Watched it again last night - it's very good. Impressively constructed.

Bloody brilliant film, made Mrs St8 watch it a couple of months back.

That tracking shot as they run through the office. Worth it for that alone

 

[two sheds]

And the interviews they did by phone - right up saying who they were and what paper they were from. I assume that's what happenedand if so amazing that people just talked to them after that.

 

[fucthest8]

And the interviews they did by phone - right up saying who they were and what paper they were from. I assume that's what happenedand if so amazing that people just talked to them after that.

Who knows, not sure I'd trust a film to get that detail exactly right ... but maybe that one guy did and that was enough?

 

[stavros]

All the President's Men is on for 29 days. Have never seen it before so looking forward to it.

BBC Two - All the President's Men

Two Washington Post reporters uncover abuses of power by President Nixon.

www.bbc.co.uk

I watched this today. I only knew the bare basics of Watergate, so it was educational.

 

[sojourner]

Is that new? I seem to remember something whose blurb was similar two or

Fairly new yeh stavros

 

[editor]

Watched it again last night - it's very good. Impressively constructed.

I watched it again too and it's as good as I remembered it.

 

[belboid]

I watched it again too and it's as good as I remembered it.

The ending still shocks me - you ended it there? But they’d just fucked up and Nixon was about to win! Brave, but it works.

it’d be half the length if they’d have had google

 

[oryx]

Watched Traces this week.
All moody and atmospheric in places, good actors, cliffhangers aplenty and sinister music. Val McDermid and Amelia Bullmore involved, so if you like either of them - and I absolutely love them both - it will be right up your alley.

This is really good. Just finished episode 2.

Young woman moves back to Dundee to start a new job, and is soon caught up in a series of unanswered questions about her mother's murder (which you know about from the start). Along with the crime element, the family and relationship dynamics are well-portrayed.

 

[rubbershoes]

Mrs Shoes was watching a programme about Trump. Plenty of interviews with high level people like Steve Bannon and Sean Spicer. I saw 5 minutes and couldn't take any more.

 

[two sheds]

Watching Last Tango in Halifax - really enjoying it but am prejudiced I've never seen anything Derek Jacobi's in that I didn't like.

 

[stavros]

Election is up there again. Very highly recommended.

 

[Johnny Vodka]

Watched the cult movies episode of Kermode's Secrets of Cinema tonight. Gave me loads of reminders/inspiration for films to seek out.

 

[weltweit]

We finished The Serpent last night and really enjoyed it although I was in two minds for the first couple of episodes. Stick with it, it really takes-off. It's very nicely filmed in Thailand, surprisingly well acted and tells a compelling story about French conman and serial killer Charles Sobhraj, who preyed on hippies in Thailand and India in the 70s. There's some very good procedural stuff about how he was traced and caught, and what happened next!

It actually seemed a bit far-fetched in places and I had never heard of him so I googled the fella and it's pretty much all true. My word he was a proper piece of work!

I've read the book about Charles Sobraj, (the life and crimes of Charles Sobraj) he was terrifying.

An aunt made teenagers who wanted to go to Thailand read it before they went. One young backpacker encountered someone just like Sobraj, lost his confidence completely and got on the next flight home.

And the kicker? Sobraj didn't get life, sometime soon or even just recently - he is or will be released!

 

[purves grundy]

Watched Foxcatcher last night - wooaah. Recommended.

 

[miss direct]

I'm watching an Australian drama called The Secrets She Keeps. Enjoying it. Even with the random Aussie slang that I have to check on Google.

 

[rubbershoes]

Hoop Dreams is back on. It's a really engrossing documentary about two aspiring basketball players. It's long at 2 1/2 hours but worth a watch

 

[Part 2]

I imagine most have seen it by now but just finished the OJ Simpson - Made in America series. I never followed it at the time and knew very little other than he was obvs guilty.

It's excellent. Far more than just the murder case. I think it's only on for another month if anyone hasn't seen it.

 

[Badgers]

Useful film listing

Films to watch on BBC iPlayer right now

Who needs Netflix and Prime? The BBC offers a terrific collection of free movies. Here's our updated list of the best films on iPlayer.

www.filmstories.co.uk

 

[sojourner]

The Eichmann Show. Excellent.

 

[stavros]

Hip Hop: The Songs that Shook America. I've watched the first two, on Kanye West and Kendrick Lamar respectively, and they're both interesting. Further episodes take in tracks by Run DMC, Oukast, Marley Marl and Queen Latifah.

 

[DJWrongspeed]

In Fabric

Missing the shopping experience?- Peter Strickland's hilarious mysterioso!

 

[Supine]

Hip Hop: The Songs that Shook America. I've watched the first two, on Kanye West and Kendrick Lamar respectively, and they're both interesting. Further episodes take in tracks by Run DMC, Oukast, Marley Marl and Queen Latifah.

The Run DMC episode was really interesting