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Children of the Caribbean Revolution with Lindsay Johns.

One hour programme covering Queen Nanny of the Maroons, Toussaint Louverture, Frantz Fanon and Walter Rodney.

"In this high-concept visual essay, writer and broadcaster Lindsay Johns reframes the history of the Caribbean to tell a new story. Not the traditional narrative of suffering and adversity but a celebratory one of superheroes and epic wars, unceasing resistance and never-ending rebellion, told through the stories of four inspirational leaders and their modern-day spiritual descendants."
 
Being Jewish myself probably helps, but the two episodes of Jews I've watched have been really interesting.

Worked backwards with the Hassidic drug smuggler and then the children of holocaust survivors. The latter is obviously quite hard viewing in lots of ways as you'd expect, and the former is a rare insight into Hassidic life and an interesting character. Not so interested in the fella trying to revive synagogue attendance in the first episode, but expect I'll watch it as well.
 
sparkybird said:
Another vote for Am I being Unreasonable. Very funny, very dark, just how I like my TV
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I really enjoyed most of it but have mixed feelings about the final episode. Because it retrospectively makes a lot of the series go from 'a bit dark', which I enjoyed along with the humour, to 'dark as fuck', which I am not sure I do enjoy. But if you like 'dark as fuck' then it will certainly work for you.
 
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Being Jewish myself probably helps, but the two episodes of Jews I've watched have been really interesting.

Worked backwards with the Hassidic drug smuggler and then the children of holocaust survivors. The latter is obviously quite hard viewing in lots of ways as you'd expect, and the former is a rare insight into Hassidic life and an interesting character. Not so interested in the fella trying to revive synagogue attendance in the first episode, but expect I'll watch it as well.
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the drug smuggler 47 mins in. I'm not violent, I used to be, I just open the door (of people behind with rent) and put two dogs in
 
I was looking forward to SAS: Rogue Heroes, but have given up after 3 episodes. There's a good story to be told here but they've made the characters ridiculous, the whole thing almost comedic, then put it all to a contemporary Heavy Metal soundtrack (it's set in WW2). If you're interested in this stuff give this a miss and read the book instead.
 
I think it's part of the centenary celebrations, and putting up old comedy, that they've got episodes of The Thick Of It up there sporadically. Given the goings on in Whitehall and Westminster over the last ten years since it finished you wonder if civil servants still regard it as as accurate as they once did.

One line, from Jamie inevitably, springs to mind with the Cruella Braverman story:

"You're about as secure as a hymen in a South London comprehensive."
 
8115 said:
I'm really enjoying Industry. I think it's pretty good, I know a few people on here didn't like it but I like it.
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I’ve started watching this, just finished season 1. I’m enjoying it. I worked in the belly of the beast as trading floor support for years and know only too well the characters in this.
 
Couple of episodes from the end. I’m impressed with how they’ve aged the actors- the ‘friends’ are mid forties in episode 8.
 
Spymaster said:
I was looking forward to SAS: Rogue Heroes, but have given up after 3 episodes. There's a good story to be told here but they've made the characters ridiculous, the whole thing almost comedic, then put it all to a contemporary Heavy Metal soundtrack (it's set in WW2). If you're interested in this stuff give this a miss and read the book instead.
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I was going to give it a go but now won’t bother
 
Spymaster said:
I was looking forward to SAS: Rogue Heroes, but have given up after 3 episodes. There's a good story to be told here but they've made the characters ridiculous, the whole thing almost comedic, then put it all to a contemporary Heavy Metal soundtrack (it's set in WW2). If you're interested in this stuff give this a miss and read the book instead.
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Yeah total bollocks, mumbling dialogue, loud shitty music, cartoon characters….you can tell it’s the Peaky Blinders creators who’ve now run out of ideas.
 
Elpenor said:
I like a bit of Harry and Paul and loved their story of the twos so will take a look at that
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It's pretty random. Lots of parodies of old BBC TV programmes which I guess they wanted to make and had to work out a narrative. But works for me!
 
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