What's currently good on the BBC iPlayer?

[Spymaster]

Murder Is Easy - Christie adaptation. One of the best standalone Christie adaptations I've ever seen. The changes they made (mainly having the main guy be Nigerian) were fully incorporated into the plot and added to it a lot.

I binned this after about half and hour. Will give it another go on your rec.

 

[sojourner]

The Other One. Stumbled across it last night and loved it. It's from 2017, so not exactly new, but right up my street. Very funny.

 

[Johnny Vodka]

Watched the first episode of Wilderness, the new Simon Reeve show. Excellent.

 

[oryx]

Watched the first episode of Wilderness, the new Simon Reeve show. Excellent.

Thanks for that - me and OH love Simon Reeve and I would highly recommend all the programmes he's made.

 

[Saffy]

Has anyone watched any Silent Witness lately? There's a new series and it's so awful. Really, really awful.
I remember watching it back in the day and enjoying it but the last few series are absolute shite.
I was actually laughing out loud at it. They always crowbar a boxing scene in to it or Jack has to duff someone up.
I'm not sure how it's still getting commissioned.

 

[BoatieBird]

Has anyone watched any Silent Witness lately? There's a new series and it's so awful. Really, really awful.
I remember watching it back in the day and enjoying it but the last few series are absolute shite.
I was actually laughing out loud at it. They always crowbar a boxing scene in to it or Jack has to duff someone up.
I'm not sure how it's still getting commissioned.

I agree, I used to like it but it's turned into ridiculous shite.

 

[Bus Honeygun]

Only nine days left as I type, but if you're into niche interests like me, this is definitely worth a view.

Best I've ever managed is six. These folk are unbelievable.

BBC Scotland - Sink or Skim

Two obsessed stone skimmers show us what it takes to be the world's best.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[T & P]

A tentative recommendation for Domino Day to fans of the supernatural/ fantasy drama. Nowhere as good as Being Human or Sabrina, but passable enough for aficionados of the genre.

 

[Elpenor]

On ITVX (can’t find a thread) I am watching the totally silly Trigger Point, which has to be up there as one of the more unrealistic police drama shows, lots of bombs planted by a random terrorist group are defused by Vicky McClure and her team. More explosive are the frequent cliches and the predictable messed up personal lives. Quite fun playing spot the actor.

 

[Kaka Tim]

Ant man is on player. It's quite shit. At first it promises to be a Paul verhoven style violent, darkly comic satire - but then descends into cliche ridden guff.
Also the ant related aspects of his superpower are kind of superfluous, he's really "can shrink very quickly" man.

 

[Spymaster]

Ant man ........ It's quite shit.

Well there's a surprise!

 

[Epona]

Ant man is on player. It's quite shit. At first it promises to be a Paul verhoven style violent, darkly comic satire - but then descends into cliche ridden guff.
Also the ant related aspects of his superpower are kind of superfluous, he's really "can shrink very quickly" man.

Ah I love that film!
I do have a wee crush on Paul Rudd though, so that might be a factor.

 

[T & P]

I just saw an add on the BBC iplayer for sitcom series Here We Go, seemly because S2 has just come out.

I had never heard of this before, but a very promising first episode of S1. Set during the initial days of the lockdown, with no track/ canned laughs, and the kind of comedy that is slow-burning and storyline-driven rather than a three-gags-a-minute affair. Very good reviews for S1, so will persevere.

https://www.thereviewgeek.com/herewego-s1review/

 

[rubbershoes]

The Tourist season 2 is up in its entirety. Not quite as good as the immaculate first season, but an enjoyable enough romp, this time sponsored by the Irish Tourist Board.

Wtf was that last scene all about? It worked in Giri-haji and had a point. Here it just seems odd

 

[Plumdaff]

Wtf was that last scene all about? It worked in Giri-haji and had a point. Here it just seems odd

Setting up season 3 if it gets commissioned?

 

[rubbershoes]

Setting up season 3 if it gets commissioned?

He joins the Royal Ballet?

 

[Brainaddict]

Watched a bit of Domino Day. The guardian has foolishly referred to it as a new 'Buffy'. It lacks the humour for that, and is much darker. It's more akin to the craply named The Bastard Son and the Devil Himself, which was mostly quite watchable.

 

[sojourner]

I just saw an add on the BBC iplayer for sitcom series Here We Go, seemly because S2 has just come out.

I had never heard of this before, but a very promising first episode of S1. Set during the initial days of the lockdown, with no track/ canned laughs, and the kind of comedy that is slow-burning and storyline-driven rather than a three-gags-a-minute affair. Very good reviews for S1, so will persevere.

https://www.thereviewgeek.com/herewego-s1review/

We absolutely love that Funny as fuck. Alison Steadman is brilliant in it.

 

[Mrs Miggins]

I binned this after about half and hour. Will give it another go on your rec.

Hm. I am an Agatha Christie fan and found this adaptation boring as hell.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

I just saw an add on the BBC iplayer for sitcom series Here We Go, seemly because S2 has just come out.

I had never heard of this before, but a very promising first episode of S1. Set during the initial days of the lockdown, with no track/ canned laughs, and the kind of comedy that is slow-burning and storyline-driven rather than a three-gags-a-minute affair. Very good reviews for S1, so will persevere.

https://www.thereviewgeek.com/herewego-s1review/

Based on this post I turned on BBCi after dinner to have a look.
Turns out I have already had a crack at it, watched about 10 minutes and gave up. . . . gave it another ten minutes and concluded it wasn't made for me.

This was only the pilot mind. Is the series any different? Better? Funny?

 

[T & P]

Based on this post I turned on BBCi after dinner to have a look.
Turns out I have already had a crack at it, watched about 10 minutes and gave up. . . . gave it another ten minutes and concluded it wasn't made for me.

This was only the pilot mind. Is the series any different? Better? Funny?

Yes, it gets markedly better after the pilot. It really finds its feet as the season progresses, and the last three or four episodes of S1 are very good

 

[8ball]

Ant man is on player. It's quite shit. At first it promises to be a Paul verhoven style violent, darkly comic satire - but then descends into cliche ridden guff.
Also the ant related aspects of his superpower are kind of superfluous, he's really "can shrink very quickly" man.

The Ant thing is that he's really strong compared to his size when he's ant-sized (like ants are).
I quite liked it. No universe-ending guff or timey wimey bollocks, just a fairly low key redemption story.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Yes, it gets markedly better after the pilot. It really finds its feet as the season progresses, and the last three or four episodes of S1 are very good

OK thanks. I'll jump to the last three and see how it is.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

The Ant thing is that he's really strong compared to his size when he's an ant.

He is supposed to retain the same mass or something. . . Except its annoying that when he is big he is even stronger rather than just as strong as he always was (like when he is ant size).

I quite liked it. No universe-ending guff or timey wimey bollocks, just a fairly low key redemption story.

That is good. I'm sick of all the big stuff.

 

[rubbershoes]

The storyville on people trying to escape from North Korea is good.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

The storyville on people trying to escape from North Korea is good.

Ah. That does sound good. Thanks.

 

[belboid]

The storyville on people trying to escape from North Korea is good.

Storyville's are always good. If you think it looks interesting, it will be. If you just watch it by accident, it will be surprisingly interesting.

 

[PR1Berske]

On ITVX (can’t find a thread) I am watching the totally silly Trigger Point, which has to be up there as one of the more unrealistic police drama shows, lots of bombs planted by a random terrorist group are defused by Vicky McClure and her team. More explosive are the frequent cliches and the predictable messed up personal lives. Quite fun playing spot the actor.

Trigger Point is complete nonsense but good value for it. Police procedural dramas have to ramp up the twaddle with each series, obviously though while Line of Duty could do so realistically ("Bent coppers! Everywhere!"), TP really struggles ("Here's a bombing campaign that makes the IRA look like an April Fool's prank!")

 

[nottsgirl]

There’s a new series of Here We Go. It’s a quirky mild mannered family comedy with Katherine Parkinson from the IT crowd. I think the first series slightly flew under the radar but I really enjoyed it.

 

[Elpenor]

Trigger Point is complete nonsense but good value for it. Police procedural dramas have to ramp up the twaddle with each series, obviously though while Line of Duty could do so realistically ("Bent coppers! Everywhere!"), TP really struggles ("Here's a bombing campaign that makes the IRA look like an April Fool's prank!")

TP is great popcorn tv.

Line of duty jumped the shark quite early but was very well written and acted.