What's currently good on the BBC iPlayer?

[stavros]

Any idea when the final schedule for Monday will be announced? The iplayer guide is currently saying BBC1 still has Homes Under the Hammer and Bargain Hunt on. I want to know if there'll be any kind of escape from corpse worshipping.

 

[Skim]

Anyone been watching How To with John Wilson?

I don't know who he is but he's pretty funny. First episode is How to make small talk. I'm really not sure what it's supposed to be about but it's good telly. An easy watch.

Just polished off the first season. Really liked it. Read a review that said it was like a cross between Louis Theroux and Woody Allen, but think he surpasses both.

 

[Part 2]

Just noticed Our Friends in the North is starting at 10.10pm tonight on bbc4 so assume it will be on iPlayer afterwards.

 

[Part 2]

Just polished off the first season. Really liked it. Read a review that said it was like a cross between Louis Theroux and Woody Allen, but think he surpasses both.

Yea I wasn't sure if he was playing daft or what but it does feel a bit like theroux at times.

 

[stavros]

Just noticed Our Friends in the North is starting at 10.10pm tonight on bbc4 so assume it will be on iPlayer afterwards.

Voila: Our Friends in the North

I've never seen it, being slightly too young at the time. I was also too young for Boys From The Blackstuff, This Life and Queer As Folk when they were first on, but it's been good to fill in the blanks on these oft-spoken of shows.

 

[danny la rouge]

IPlayer algorithm is pretty pedestrian. It confidently “predicts” for me programmes it knows for certain I’ve already seen.

 

[Orang Utan]

IPlayer algorithm is pretty pedestrian. It confidently “predicts” for me programmes it knows for certain I’ve already seen.

Like Amazon trying to sell you something expensive like a PC when you’ve just bought one.

 

[Calamity1971]

I watched Have I Got News For Boris with a bit of trepidation, thinking it could cast him as a loveable oaf. I was pleasantly surprised when the whole half hour is dedicated to lambasting him and his acolytes, including Jack Dee calling him a cunt.

It got the Daily Mail angry, if you need a further recommendation.

Looks like the cancelled one( someone died apparently) is now on I player with Charlie Brooker. Definitely watching tomorrow's as Mick lynch is on!

 

[kittyP]

Looks like the cancelled one( someone died apparently) is now on I player with Charlie Brooker. Definitely watching tomorrow's as Mick lynch is on!

I'm a bit in love with Mick. I keep dreaming about him

 

[Calamity1971]

I'm a bit in love with Mick. I keep dreaming about him

Me too. The skip hire place I use, the guy who delivers them looks like him. I said, ' has anyone ever told you that you look like Mick lynch' and he said ' who's he' .

 

[stavros]

Looks like the cancelled one( someone died apparently) is now on I player with Charlie Brooker. Definitely watching tomorrow's as Mick lynch is on!

Is it? The only ones I can find are the Johnson special, and two extended versions dating from May-June. You got a link?

 

[Calamity1971]

Is it? The only ones I can find are the Johnson special, and two extended versions dating from May-June. You got a link?

It was on the radio times website. Just looked and you can't even click on it now or see who the guests are, could see it last night?

 

[stavros]

It was the one that was screened last night. I presume it was filmed this week, although I haven't watched it yet.

 

[Calamity1971]

It was the one that was screened last night. I presume it was filmed this week, although I haven't watched it yet.

It shows episode 2 after the B tribute one. Was clickable t'other day?
Friday's was brilliant. Merton doing a too soon joke . Ayoade on form as usual.
Always filmed on a Thursday afternoon afaik.

 

[stavros]

You're right, and they've put the extended version up before the Monday screening.

 

[moochedit]

It’s frustratingly bad, but not as much so as Amazon’s forwarding/rewinding speed options seem to be barely faster than normal play or a ten bloody minute jump per second.

Yeah the rewind speed is fucking annoying on all the streaming services

 

[Plumdaff]

We enjoyed Am I Being Unreasonable? the new Daisy May Cooper series. Definitely a comedy drama, skews quite dark, but also extremely funny in places.

 

[kittyP]

We enjoyed Am I Being Unreasonable? the new Daisy May Cooper series. Definitely a comedy drama, skews quite dark, but also extremely funny in places.

I've only watched the first episode.
Quite different to what I thought it would be like and I enjoyed it.

 

[nottsgirl]

We enjoyed Am I Being Unreasonable? the new Daisy May Cooper series. Definitely a comedy drama, skews quite dark, but also extremely funny in places.

Watched this yesterday, really enjoyed it.

 

[story]

We enjoyed Am I Being Unreasonable? the new Daisy May Cooper series. Definitely a comedy drama, skews quite dark, but also extremely funny in places.

I‘m really enjoying it. The question of how perception depends on perspective has always really fascinated me. And here the question is also being applied to “is this funny /really dark?” as well as fact and truth. How heartbreak makes us develop gallows humour, how a sense of humour makes it possible to handle tragedy.

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

I turned on the telly and happened to catch the beginning of Inside Man. David Tennant's in it and Stanley Tucci, so there's two good reasons to watch it. Intriguing premise. Starts off with parallel storylines on either side of the Atlantic that make you wonder whether this is going... certainly piqued my interest.

 

[Elpenor]

Industry season 2 has dropped its 8 episodes this morning

 

[Spymaster]

I am watching season 1 of The Capture (I think S2 is coming soon) - and although it was very well received by critics, it is lurking just the other side of the feasibility line for me. Like I know shit goes on, but this is too complex and involves too many people in on it and keeping their silence for it to be believable even within the bounds of fictional drama. I'm struggling to suspend disbelief.

(Yes of course shit goes on and lies are told, but it's usually based on a lot simpler, easy for everyone to stick to type cover-ups)

I'm enjoying season 2, and thought season 1 was pretty good too.

Yes, it's far fetched, verging on science fiction in places, but it doesn't pretend to be a documentary. The premise (political espionage via government manipulation of Artificial Intelligence and security surveillance) is interesting and it's well acted and paced. The style is reminscent of Spooks, so anyone who enjoyed that should probably give it a go.

I binged the first 4 episodes yesterday and will finish it today.

 

[story]

I‘m really enjoying it. The question of how perception depends on perspective has always really fascinated me. And here the question is also being applied to “is this funny /really dark?” as well as fact and truth. How heartbreak makes us develop gallows humour, how a sense of humour makes it possible to handle tragedy.

Okay so I’ve now seen the last episode.

Spoiler

I already suspected Nic was responsible for Alex’ death but hadn’t mapped it out in any way. And it was clear from fairly early that Alex was dick of the highest order. The ending was played as a Tales of the Unexpected twist rather than for the psycho-drama I was geared up for. So less subtle and more for the lol than I would have liked. But despite that I really liked this series. There was some stuff kinda shoe-horned in to make the narrative work better, like Jen’s whole untold backstory (will that be done in a second series?) I liked the way stuff was implied rather than explained and then became really obvious as things unfolded, like Ollie being bribed and coerced by his mum over the years to keep his mouth shut and that being ultimately very corrupting.

Pretty good, would recommend.

 

[stavros]

Industry season 2 has dropped its 8 episodes this morning

I haven't watched this yet, but have heard other good reviews, so I'm going to work my way through the first series, which is also up there.

 

[nottsgirl]

Ooh I loved Industry.

Frozen Planet 2 (?) is pretty amazing, enjoying that at the moment.

 

[braindancer]

This has probably been posted but just in case it hasn't, Stewart Lee's 'Snowflake' is up there now.

BBC Two - Stewart Lee, Tornado

The other show he toured at the same time as Snowflake is playing on Thursday.

 

[Plumdaff]

Okay so I’ve now seen the last episode.

Spoiler

I already suspected Nic was responsible for Alex’ death but hadn’t mapped it out in any way. And it was clear from fairly early that Alex was dick of the highest order. The ending was played as a Tales of the Unexpected twist rather than for the psycho-drama I was geared up for. So less subtle and more for the lol than I would have liked. But despite that I really liked this series. There was some stuff kinda shoe-horned in to make the narrative work better, like Jen’s whole untold backstory (will that be done in a second series?) I liked the way stuff was implied rather than explained and then became really obvious as things unfolded, like Ollie being bribed and coerced by his mum over the years to keep his mouth shut and that being ultimately very corrupting.

Pretty good, would recommend.

I've found myself thinking about this series a lot since I watched it - I think it's set up very well for the second series, I kind of trust it to go into more emotional depth with some of the revelations you refer to because it handled it so deftly so far.

 

[oryx]

Simon Reeve's South America.

Watched the first two episodes (Venezuela and Brazil) and as with everything Simon Reeve does, it's great. An incisive travelogue with a human touch.

Simon Reeve's South America

Simon Reeve embarks on a journey to discover the amazing landscapes of South America.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Spymaster]

I'm enjoying season 2, and thought season 1 was pretty good too.

Yes, it's far fetched, verging on science fiction in places, but it doesn't pretend to be a documentary. The premise (political espionage via government manipulation of Artificial Intelligence and security surveillance) is interesting and it's well acted and paced. The style is reminscent of Spooks, so anyone who enjoyed that should probably give it a go.

I binged the first 4 episodes yesterday and will finish it today.

I finished this last night and thought it was excellent.

Brilliant ending that you don't see coming at all.