But you might like it, so just give it a go. Some people have loved it.Won’t be watching that then
What's currently good on the BBC iPlayer?
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Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Don’t be put off by the naysayers! They couldn’t be more wrong.Won’t be watching that then
Orang Utan
Psychick Worrier Ov Geyoor
Spymaster
Plastic Paddy
Won’t be watching that then
Give it a go anyway. You might like it. You’ll know in the first 15 mins if it’s for you.
furluxor
snake with a claw
They both overlap on the coming of age/problematic friendship front. Me Without You, however, doesn't have the gay romance
Kaka Tim
Half Arsed and Slapdash till I Die
its not about "slavish attention to detail" though - where it fails is in creating a convincing world. Evockeing a sense of time and place. A skilled writer would be able to write convinicing dialouge that does that whislt still engaing the audience - and old school yorkshire dialect is very rich and evocative. Very hard to make it feel like 18th centuary yorkshire when you have actors improvising in the style of a modern day bar in Halifax.
Gallows pole is a total mess IMO - there is a really good story to be told - but the meandering, clangingly anarchronistic dialougue and leaden pace come close to killing it off. And it massively neglects the "show dont tell" rule - we are told that the clothier is a robbing bastard and that times are hard only cos the charchters keep mentioning it (as well as it being highlighted in the credits) - but we dont actually "see" any of it. We are told its a "community" but only ever see one building and about 8 charachters. Its does a real diservice to the people whose story it is supposed to be telling. You'd think as a BBC drama with a big name director it wouldnt look like a low budget student project.
Bit gutted cos i was really looking forward to this after coming accross the tale of the coin clippers - and the fact it was going to be a shane meadows drama - when I was camping in crag vale last year. Ive managed two epsisodes and really dont know if i can be arsed with any more of it.
(and how the fuck did it get 5 stars from the gaurdian?)
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belboid
Exasperated, not angry.
Started Gallows Pole last night. Managed one and a half episodes. Sadly, it's just not that good. Nothing wrong with anachronistic dialogue etc, but there is a lot wrong with shit dialogue. And shit it is. Socha & Turgoose are both perfectly decent performers, but they obviously don't have the chops to come out with convincing, in character, performances here. Just throw another 'fuck' in to make it sound authentic. I've also got no reason to actually give a shit about any of the characters so far.
because that piece was written by Lucy Mangan, who is an idiot.
I wish I hadn't read this before seeing the film because I KNEW then that nothing was going to happen.They both overlap on the coming of age/problematic friendship front. Me Without You, however, doesn't have the gay romance
Anyway, I did watch it, and it was excellent, so cheers for that.
furluxor
snake with a claw
Ah, sorry, unintended spoiler. Glad you enjoyed it though. I felt like I was watching my high school friendship replicated on-screen.
It made me skin up. The constant bloody smoking
We had a little reminisce about how absolutely everything we did back then was accompanied with a ciggy I finally watched the Depeche Mode programme today. Very strange, as I had no idea they were that global.
I liked how that American bloke at the start thought Basildon was some sort of pristine paradise. I can only think it was filmed before 2010, when the sign was put up:
I liked how that American bloke at the start thought Basildon was some sort of pristine paradise. I can only think it was filmed before 2010, when the sign was put up:
A380
How do I change this 'custom title' thing then?
Gallows Pole.
See, I'm loving it so far. My take is it's not supposed to be authentic in terms of dialogue and behaviour, which is un ashamedly 2023, but is in terms of costume and design. Add in shooting it like a fly on the wall documentary whilst still having BBC costoooom drama standards of beauty in the costumes, locations and actors.
I love it so far (episode three) but I do like things that are different.
a_chap
When the world came apart, where were you?
Thoroughly enjoying watching a recording of the live 1970 general election results' program. Fascinating to see how different so many things were back then.
www.bbc.co.uk
They do the occasional vox pop interviews with members of the public. So, imagine my surprise to see this chap being interviewed...
BBC Election 1970 - Part 1
A chance to relive the historic 1970 general election and its surprise result.
www.bbc.co.uk
They do the occasional vox pop interviews with members of the public. So, imagine my surprise to see this chap being interviewed...
mod
A modernist
Once upon a Time in Northern Ireland.
One of the best things about the Troubles I've ever seen (and I've watched a lot of docs on the subject).
Granted, I have a personal interest in it as Mum and Dad are from Belfast but I think its essential viewing. Very hard to watch at times. But the humour and warmth of the people constantly shines through. Even when talking about very grim stuff (some of them had done themselves).
One of the best things about the Troubles I've ever seen (and I've watched a lot of docs on the subject).
Granted, I have a personal interest in it as Mum and Dad are from Belfast but I think its essential viewing. Very hard to watch at times. But the humour and warmth of the people constantly shines through. Even when talking about very grim stuff (some of them had done themselves).
Johnny Vodka
The Abominable Scotsman
Watching this at the mo.
www.bbc.co.uk
Scary shit so far. Maybe some folk are right about "big pharma".
BBC One - Panorama, The Antidepressant Story
The companies trying to conceal concerns about their antidepressants.
Scary shit so far. Maybe some folk are right about "big pharma".
a_chap
When the world came apart, where were you?
I remember watching this when it was first broadcast.
It was fascinating then. It's even more fascinating now with the benefit of - gulp - 45+ years of hindsight
www.bbc.co.uk
It was fascinating then. It's even more fascinating now with the benefit of - gulp - 45+ years of hindsight
Horizon - 1977-1978: Now The Chips Are Down
The rise of the microprocessor and its effect on industry. (1978)
www.bbc.co.uk
Brainaddict
slight system overdrive
We've known for about ten years that the pharma companies hid their bad anti-depressant trial results, that if you include those results most of them were probably barely better than placebo, and that the side effects were worse than they claimed. I assume that's what they're covering? Is there anything new?Watching this at the mo.
BBC One - Panorama, The Antidepressant Story
The companies trying to conceal concerns about their antidepressants.
Scary shit so far. Maybe some folk are right about "big pharma".
Johnny Vodka
The Abominable Scotsman
Yeah, I knew some of it already. Main new thing to me was sexual dysfunction that is permanent (so even after treatment stops). There's also the controversy over low serotonin being the cause of depression. Has never been proven, but pharma was stating this as fact. Not watched the whole thing yet.
Cheers. That's me settling for the night then.
Or a few nights...
I'm not sure the latest series of Man Like Mobeen is as good as the previous ones. No Eight, and taking it out of the Small Heath setting loses something.
Still, not bad.
Still, not bad.
A one-off second series edition of The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer. No Mulligan & O'Hare, Slade or Otis & Marvin (would they screen the latter in 2023?), but plenty of Uncle Peter, the Stotts and Le Corbussier et Papin.
Not a fan of Iron Maiden but this is a fantastic documentary about them playing a gig during the seige. Includes footage of at the time and interviews with people from UN who helped organise as well as people who went to the gig.
Strangely sad and uplifting.
www.bbc.co.uk
Strangely sad and uplifting.
BBC Four - Bruce Dickinson: Scream for Me Sarajevo
How the lead singer of Iron Maiden brought music to Sarajevo at the height of Bosnian War.
oryx
Sitting on the bok of the day
Can't wait! It's been a very long gap, even taking Covid into account.World on Fire, bbc spy / WW2 drama returns for a second series tonight
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