What's currently good on the BBC iPlayer?

[purenarcotic]

Darkness; Those Who Kill is excellent. Proper, gasp out loud twists.

Blinded; Those Who Kill, however, whilst not bad, has some ridiculous plot twists that have you screaming in frustration at the telly ‘this would never happen!’ - a decent enough binge though

 

[Elpenor]

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is up there atm (apparently for another 25 days). If you haven't seen it, take the opportunity 'cause it's a total masterpiece.

That’s probably my next on the list to watch on Britbox.

 

[RileyOBlimey]

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is up there atm (apparently for another 25 days). If you haven't seen it, take the opportunity 'cause it's a total masterpiece.

It doesn’t quite capture the grime of the series but it is superb.

 

[killer b]

It doesn’t quite capture the grime of the series but it is superb.

It is the series!

 

[RileyOBlimey]

It is the series!

So it is. Brilliant.

Spot Capt. Picard stick to the script and only reports seeing 4 lights ;-)

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

All of battlestar Galactica is up. Great stuff until the final season, where it's revealed the writers were makeing it up as they go along. If you can get past that you'll love it.

 

[girasol]

All of battlestar Galactica is up. Great stuff until the final season, where it's revealed the writers were makeing it up as they go along. If you can get past that you'll love it.

I've watchedit all twice. Maybe time for 3rd time!

 

[Epona]

I watched that Britney Spears thing, it was a bit chilling.

 

[not-bono-ever]

Lance- 2 parter about Lance Armstrong

He is a fucking psycopath

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I watched that Britney Spears thing, it was a bit chilling.

In what way? I'm not interested in a Britney doc, but the 'chilling' aspect makes it sound intriguing.

 

[stavros]

Lance- 2 parter about Lance Armstrong

He is a fucking psycopath

I have that saved to watch at some point.

 

[Epona]

In what way? I'm not interested in a Britney doc, but the 'chilling' aspect makes it sound intriguing.

It was talked about a few pages back, it's about the guardianship order (sorry, can't recall the correct US legal term for it) she is under where basically she has no control over or say in her own life at all - it's interesting on that front. I personally have little interest in Britney herself either, but I had no idea about the legal stuff.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

It was talked about a few pages back, it's about the guardianship order (sorry, can't recall the correct US legal term for it) she is under where basically she has no control over or say in her own life at all - it's interesting on that front. I personally have little interest in Britney herself either, but I had no idea about the legal stuff.

That does sound interesting.
I'd ask more questions, but I assume i'd have to watch the doc really.

 

[miss direct]

Just watched Time. Disturbing but good acting.

 

[D'wards]

Just watched Time. Disturbing but good acting.

Lovely and grim for a Sunday night.

I'd be like Mark if I ended up in the clink- I have a shaved head and tattoo sleeves but am in reality a complete wuss who abhors real life violence. But there again this hasn't been tested for 25 years

 

[not-bono-ever]

Grim but looks to be classic McGovern

 

[nottsgirl]

Just watched Time. Disturbing but good acting.

This just made me cry (had had a glass of wine).

 

[nottsgirl]

I wasn't sure if it was realistic showing one prison officer to a landing for association, seemed a bit risky to me.

 

[ash]

I wasn't sure if it was realistic showing one prison officer to a landing for association, seemed a bit risky to me.

Also everyone is searched going into prisons I can’t see him getting away with that!

 

[nottsgirl]

Also everyone is searched going into prisons I can’t see him getting away with that!

Are the prison officers searched every day going in? That's something I can see them slacking on.

 

[nottsgirl]

V good doc about revenge porn.

 

[D'wards]

Just finished Time, the whole series.

I thought it was outstanding, really good telly. A 5/5 from me

 

[Part 2]

Also everyone is searched going into prisons I can’t see him getting away with that!

Screws get paid fuck all, course they take stuff in and get away with it. I'd gamble it's one of the easiest ways to get stuff in.

Dozens of prison staff sacked over prohibited items, MoJ figures show

Exclusive: FoI request reveals there have been 88 convictions of HMP and outside staff in five years

www.google.com

I thought Sean Bean was excellent, looked completely ground down very quickly and the scenes where inmates described their crimes and the stupid decisions that led to them being incarcerated hit very hard. It's good telly with a few minor annoyances.

Spoiler

Why did Mark go to Jackson Jones for help dealing with Jonno when Kav had already said 'I owe you one' for writing the card?

I also wondered whether the ghosting was realistic and what would happen if a screw had family threatened like that in real life.

I wasn't sure if it was realistic showing one prison officer to a landing for association, seemed a bit risky to me.

Fairly sure I've seen a 'reporter goes undercover' type documentary on prisons where exactly that happened.

 

[Cerv]

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is up there atm (apparently for another 25 days). If you haven't seen it, take the opportunity 'cause it's a total masterpiece.

I hadn't so cheers for the heads up

 

[D'wards]

Are the prison officers searched every day going in? That's something I can see them slacking on.

The majority of contraband is brought in by dodgy officers iirc

 

[stdP]

I'm not a fan of footie, or indeed any sport, but I was at school with a lot of Liverpool fans when Hillsborough went down; it became a formative point in my youth where I became aware there was either a massive misunderstanding between what the fans and a lot of eyewitnesses were saying and what the newspapers/police were reporting... or just outright lies.

In any case, I found this doco on it very interesting (as well as moving and infuriating) as it fills in a lot of the detail of what went on before, during and after although it doesn't dwell on rags like the Scum and deplorable way they shat on the fans at every opportunity.

BBC Two - Hillsborough

Account of the Hillsborough disaster, capturing the horror and exposing police failures.

www.bbc.co.uk

I'm half-way through Time currently. Being McGovern I don't expect it will end well, but any chance to see understated masters of their craft like Sean Bean and Stephen Graham do their thing is a must-see.

 

[stavros]

Lineker, Richards and Shearer have done another load of MOTD Top Tens, specifically about the Europeans Championships. The first one, best goals, spends about half justifiably eulogising about Van Basten's volley, and the other half about whether Shearer sliced/mis-hit his second against the Dutch.

 

[kittyP]

I watched The Lark Ascending (which was on BBC 4) on the iplayer earlier.
The program itself was both interesting but a bit schmaltzy/patriotic.
But, the performance of the piece by a 15 year old was transcendent. I was a snotty mess by the end.

BBC Four - The Lark Ascending

Dame Diana Rigg tells the story behind the ever popular The Lark Ascending.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Buddy Bradley]

No link yet, but the new Ken Burns documentary on Hemingway is apparently coming to iPlayer (and BBC4) pretty soon.

 

[sojourner]

I watched The Lark Ascending (which was on BBC 4) on the iplayer earlier.
The program itself was both interesting but a bit schmaltzy/patriotic.
But, the performance of the piece by a 15 year old was transcendent. I was a snotty mess by the end.

BBC Four - The Lark Ascending

Dame Diana Rigg tells the story behind the ever popular The Lark Ascending.

www.bbc.co.uk

Oo nice one, I'll give that a watch.