What's currently good on the BBC iPlayer?

[kittyP]

Just watched The Detectorists special.
Proper lovely warm glow now

 

[stavros]

Frankie Boyle's 2022 round-up was good, as was Miles Jupp as one of the guests. Boyle is one of the few media people willing to denigrate the Queen, which is refreshing.

 

[Spymaster]

Frankie Boyle's 2022 round-up was good, as was Miles Jupp as one of the guests. Boyle is one of the few media people willing to denigrate the Queen, which is refreshing.

I defy anyone who’s ever seen Fuckwit Boyle, live, to not conclude that he’s a massive cunt.

 

[Elpenor]

It isn’t new, but I haven’t seen it before. Happy Valley is on iplayer ahead of the release of the third season on Sunday.

Two episodes in and I am enjoying it.

 

[T & P]

Haven’t started it myself yet, but fans of Vienna Blood might be interested to know S3 has dropped. Only found out by chance; if there have been any promotional ads on the BBC for it, I must have missed them all.

 

[rubbershoes]

Inside No 9 seemed to have disappeared a few months back but is all back on now

 

[T & P]

Inside No 9 seemed to have disappeared a few months back but is all back on now

But presumably not the entire brand new season yet (first episode being the Xmas one the other day)?

 

[Elpenor]

Haven’t started it myself yet, but fans of Vienna Blood might be interested to know S3 has dropped. Only found out by chance; if there have been any promotional ads on the BBC for it, I must have missed them all.

My Dad is a fan of it, I watched an episode with him and found it quite good.

 

[T & P]

My Dad is a fan of it, I watched an episode with him and found it quite good.

I liked S2 more than the first; it felt like the actors, as well as the writers/ directors, found their stride as they got S1 under their belt.

 

[rubbershoes]

But presumably not the entire brand new season yet (first episode being the Xmas one the other day)?

Don't know. I'm not up to date. I was showing it all to my son in the summer and it fell off iplayer before we'd finished series 1

 

[Chz]

I defy anyone who’s ever seen Fuckwit Boyle, live, to not conclude that he’s a massive cunt.

I'd have thought if you've paid to see him live, you're going expecting him to be a cunt. That is the shtick, is it not? I'm sure if you called the man a cunt to his face, he'd just say "well, duh".

 

[Spymaster]

I'd have thought if you've paid to see him live, you're going expecting him to be a cunt. That is the shtick, is it not? I'm sure if you called the man a cunt to his face, he'd just say "well, duh".

I didn't know he was like that. I was invited as part of a gaydoo (gay lad's stag night, apparently), at The Apollo.

It was at the time of the Shannon Matthews/Maddy McCann, thing. Shannon had been found (and her mother charged), but Boyle said 'nonces only keep the pretty ones'.

I got up to leave and walked down the row and Boyle says "touched a nerve?", looking at me. So I tried to get at him but was unsuccessful.

 

[AmateurAgitator]

Frankie Boyle's 2022 round-up was good, as was Miles Jupp as one of the guests. Boyle is one of the few media people willing to denigrate the Queen, which is refreshing.

Just watched that, very enjoyable. Thankyou for sharing.

 

[stavros]

Damn, Goodfellas is good. I knew loads of Sopranos actors were in it (Dr Melfi, Christopher, Paulie, Big Pussy and Phil Leotardo), but I also spotted Clay Davis make a very brief cameo.

 

[Johnny Vodka]

Mayflies was okay. A good soundtrack, quite sad, but also curiously flat in places. I'm assuming the book is better?

 

[gosub]

Yeah, tried Strike, gave up after 20 mins too. Did anyone try Granite Harbour? Like someone said 'Make us a reverse Death in Paradise, with a similar lack of awareness about neo-colonial power dynamics'. It's also just boring, though I only got halfway through episode 1 so who knows if it improves.

Suffered all of it on iplayer was amazed to it in the schedule as Friday night prime time fair...it didn't improve

 

[T & P]

The Good Liar. A 2019 crime/ drama film starring among others Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen. A pretty decent film, and one I feel has flown slightly under the radar with audiences and critics alike. Certainly worth one’s time imo.

 

[Humberto]

The Place Beyond the Pines. Thriller with a good cast from 2012. Tragedy, fate and redemption themes in overlapping narratives. Top film enjoyed it.

 

[Spymaster]

The Good Liar. A 2019 crime/ drama film starring among others Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen. A pretty decent film, and one I feel has flown slightly under the radar with audiences and critics alike. Certainly worth one’s time imo.

They closed my local boozer for 2 days to film one scene in that

 

[Spymaster]

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[porp]

Mayflies was okay. A good soundtrack, quite sad, but also curiously flat in places. I'm assuming the book is better?

Yes I only watched it because it had Martin Compston in it, and as a bonus had that woman from Extras who is always watchable. It never really caught fire and I couldn't care enough about the central tragedy of the thing, because they hadn't involved me with the character to make me care.

 

[Epona]

Yes I only watched it because it had Martin Compston in it, and as a bonus had that woman from Extras who is always watchable. It never really caught fire and I couldn't care enough about the central tragedy of the thing, because they hadn't involved me with the character to make me care.

It was a bit different because the bloke who was terminally ill was portrayed as being quite normal possibly verging on being a bit of a cock (ie mostly normal), in comparison with the more popular classical portrayal of nearing sainthood when badly unwell.

 

[porp]

Search Party

Dark comedy about a group of friends who become involved in an ominous mystery.

www.bbc.co.uk

This was so good. I should have found the antics of 4 good looking New Yorker actor artisty types, with all their zingers and one liners, really annoying. But I really got into this one. Give it a go.

 

[porp]

It was a bit different because the bloke who was terminally ill was portrayed as being quite normal possibly verging on being a bit of a cock (ie mostly normal), in comparison with the more popular classical portrayal of nearing sainthood when badly unwell.

You think? I found the portrayal of the "nearly cock" guy, and the whole raging against the dying of the light business, fairly familiar and not unexpected.

 

[porp]

It isn’t new, but I haven’t seen it before. Happy Valley is on iplayer ahead of the release of the third season on Sunday.

Two episodes in and I am enjoying it.

It's a sad reflection on my narrowed cultural horizons (or something) , but I truly envy someone discovering Happy Valley for the first time.

 

[oryx]

It's a sad reflection on my narrowed cultural horizons (or something) , but I truly envy someone discovering Happy Valley for the first time.

Watched it last night - superb as expected. It really is one of the best things I've seen on TV.

 

[killer b]

My Old School. It’s a documentary about the Brandon Lee/Brian McKinnon case in the 90s, when a 32-year-old pretended to be 16 to go back to school in Bearsden, a middle class suburb of Glasgow. The film maker was a pupil at the school at the time. “Brandon Lee” agreed to be interviewed but not to be seen, so Alan Cumming lip syncs to his words. It’s a real “what the fuck?” film. Watch it.

just watched this with the kids - an absolute pure delight of a film. just brilliant.

 

[danny la rouge]

just watched this with the kids - an absolute pure delight of a film. just brilliant.

Isn’t it? If it doesn’t become a word of mouth hit, there’s no justice in the world.

 

[danny la rouge]

For those who haven’t seen it yet:

BBC Scotland - My Old School

The story of Scotland's most notorious impostor.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Part 2]

I was out at the weekend seeing loads of old friends and this was quite a talking point. An old friend is on claiming she was a Hacienda regular. She wasn't.

I'll watch it and laugh/cringe then I'll probably feel a bit uncomfortable when I next see her.

Just remembered I did watch this, it was really bad and really not recommended. Just the same old boring Factory stories accompanied by a few different talking heads than might usually be seen, including my mate telling fibs. I think only Noel Gallagher got more airtime than she did.

I find it really eye opening how history is manipulated in this way tbh.