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I like the slow paced nature and beautiful scenery in Death in Paradise.

I was half paying attention the way I usually watch a tv and was surprised to see sirens and a mad dash and intenseness which I definitely do not associate with Death in Paradise. Hope it’s doesn’t get all Luther style :D....ok that’s a massive exaggeration :D
 
Last day to watch this documentary about Dolly Parton and her song writing, which is incredibly prolific, unique and varied. A true talent, a natural born songwriter. She's up there with the best! It's impossible not to fall in love with her, once you get to know her. She's incredibly funny, witty, self deprecating and down to earth. ❤❤

 
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Last day to watch this, documentary about Dolly Parton and her song writing, which is incredibly prolific, unique and varied. A true talent, a natural born songwriter. She's up there with the best! It's impossible not to fall in love with her, once you get to know her. She's incredibly funny, witty, self deprecating and down to earth. ❤❤

Yeah, saw this, thought the same. A really cool human.
 
I like the slow paced nature and beautiful scenery in Death in Paradise.

I was half paying attention the way I usually watch a tv and was surprised to see sirens and a mad dash and intenseness which I definitely do not associate with Death in Paradise. Hope it’s doesn’t get all Luther style :D....ok that’s a massive exaggeration :D
Back on form with Ralf Little which is a great relief as Ardal O'Hanlon was inexpicably awful in the role.
 
Just finished watching the Serpent and really enjoyed it. I think 8 episodes was too many mainly because the first couple dragged along a bit but once it got going it was really good. He was a proper loony as was Ajay.

His final attempt to rob the engineers was a bit bizarre though, he seemed to be quite desperate.
 
I’m trying to watch Snowfall but the iPlayer is continually crashing and buffering every few seconds. Nothing to do with Internet speed, it’s embarrassing how bad the app is on this TV. I don’t want to watch it on my laptop screen but may have to if only to finish the episode.
 
Live BBC, rather than iPlayer, but has anyone else had annoying subtitle lag on BBC1/2? I watch everything with subs on and it's driving me nuts.
 
people might think i'm an idiot, but i think BWP is a master piece. certainly one of the greatest horrors made.

I remember going to see it when it came out (it must've been a 15, as I was only 16 and certainly looked nowhere near 18). I saw it again quite recently and liked it, although I'm by no means an authority on the horror genre.

This Panorama, on how the first lockdown was managed, is quite a good watch. It goes into quite some detail as to why "following the science" is a somewhat meaningless phrase. The humility of scientists from various fields, explaining their own errors and lack of specialties, is a refreshing change from political dogma.
 
I'm watching "a teacher". As I am also a sort of teacher in a secondary school, wondering if I will have any similar experiences when they're all back. :confused: :oops:
 
I'm watching "a teacher". As I am also a sort of teacher in a secondary school, wondering if I will have any similar experiences when they're all back. :confused: :oops:

Doesn't it involve a teacher starting a sexual relationship with a pupil? If so I certainly hope you don't run into anything similar miss direct!
 
Coming next week is The Terror - a HBO series about the doomed Franklin expedition to find the Northwest Passage and some strange goings on the ice - thoroughly recommended
It's one of those things I kept meaning to torrent and could never remember it when the time came.
 
Just finished watching the Serpent and really enjoyed it. I think 8 episodes was too many mainly because the first couple dragged along a bit but once it got going it was really good. He was a proper loony as was Ajay.

His final attempt to rob the engineers was a bit bizarre though, he seemed to be quite desperate.

I am on the last few episodes. The time-frame jumping got on my nerves early on, though it does settle down. Very compelling series though.
 
Beats is up - Scottish film set in the early 90s about two lads going to a rave. Beautiful B&W photography, cracking soundtrack, fantastic young cast. And the rave is a proper rave with some amazing moments that actually feel real rather than posed and unnatural like so many other depictions of clubbing/raving/dancing off your tits to techno. 10/10 one of the best UK films to come out in the past ten years
 
Beats is up - Scottish film set in the early 90s about two lads going to a rave. Beautiful B&W photography, cracking soundtrack, fantastic young cast. And the rave is a proper rave with some amazing moments that actually feel real rather than posed and unnatural like so many other depictions of clubbing/raving/dancing off your tits to techno. 10/10 one of the best UK films to come out in the past ten years
Yes! So pleased it's on iplayer!! That's my Sunday night film sorted, nice one!
 
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