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Post by sfsusan on Sept 22, 2020 20:58:25 GMT
It’s run into some trouble about its depiction of Asians too - mostly the absence of them I would think they'd object to being portrayed solely as taxi dancers, servants and clownish entertainers. Given how unflattering all the characters are, they're almost better off being absent from the screen.
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Post by TallPaul on Sept 26, 2020 10:06:24 GMT
It was a repeat, as almost all BBC programmes are these days, but having missed it the first time around, I watched, and very much enjoyed, The 7.39 last night on i-Player.
That too starred David Morrissey, having a midlife crisis, with Olivia Colman as his wife, and Sheridan Smith not his wife. 😉 It's all the RMT's fault! For someone with no formal training, she really is a good TV actor.
Then I watched Molly's Game. I have to admit I didn't twig until the end credits rolled, but Molly was played by sometime (maybe) West End star Jessica Chastain.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 27, 2020 17:16:10 GMT
Linzi Hateley was in Eastenders on Friday, as the Headmistress in the primary school.
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Post by n1david on Sept 30, 2020 19:12:26 GMT
I’ve enjoyed Hannah Waddingham’s turn in “Ted Lasso” very much. It’s an Apple TV+ series, so has fairly limited circulation, and it’s a bit of an odd beast, the story of an overwhelmingly good-natured but completely inexperienced American brought over to manage English Premier League football team AFC Richmond. Basic plot is that Waddingham got the football team in her divorce from her sh*t of a millionaire husband (Anthony Head) and she thinks Lasso will destroy the club that was her ex-husband’s passion. Initial episodes saw her presented as the archetypal rich b*tch, but later episodes have shown depth to her character. The show as a whole has a very uneven tone, some quite cruel and harsh humour in the same show as heartwarming morals about respecting each other. Nonetheless there’s been enough in it to get me through the series, and a lot of that has been Hannah Waddingham’s performance. Recommended if you have access to the service.
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Post by TallPaul on Oct 11, 2020 10:15:14 GMT
I watched one of those BBC4 re-runs of Top of the Tops on Friday night, from January 1990, when I was just a babe in arms. 😉
Up eleven places to number 14 was one Sharon D Clarke, or rather Sharon Dee Clarke. I had no idea she'd been a bona fide popstar in a former life.
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Post by crowblack on May 25, 2021 18:50:17 GMT
The new series of Fargo with Jessie Buckley and Ben Whishaw is on Ch4/All4 now and I'm delighted to say it's wonderful so far. If you love Miller's Crossing / O Brother Coens (and I do) it's very much in that area.
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Post by TallPaul on Apr 1, 2022 11:20:58 GMT
Steph Parry is playing a housing officer in series 3 of Hidden on BBC4. So far she's had 10 seconds in episode 1, and a full 30 seconds in episode 4.
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Post by justfran on Apr 1, 2022 12:28:05 GMT
Michael Xavier is appearing in the new series of Grantchester currently showing on ITV1.
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Post by alece10 on Apr 11, 2022 18:03:46 GMT
Just spotted Jenna Russell in Gentleman Jim on BBC.
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Post by d'James on Apr 11, 2022 19:13:02 GMT
Emma Williams was on Doctors today.
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Post by crowblack on Feb 6, 2024 22:19:59 GMT
Patsy Ferran will be playing a Tudor court jester in the upcoming comedy series Fools - sounds like a great role for her.
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Post by longinthetooth on Feb 7, 2024 0:10:43 GMT
The delicious Julian Ovenden is currently in Trigger Point, the latest thriller on ITV. I know he's done a lot of telly work as well as theatre, but thought it worth a mention.
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Post by Jon on Feb 7, 2024 0:30:09 GMT
Sharon D Clarke is going to be starring in a new Channel 5 drama called Ellis.
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Post by danb on Feb 7, 2024 14:52:37 GMT
The delicious Julian Ovenden is currently in Trigger Point, the latest thriller on ITV. I know he's done a lot of telly work as well as theatre, but thought it worth a mention. This second series of Trigger Point is really gripping, trashy binge-able action drama. Highly recommended. (And Ovenden is an absolute tool in this. 🤣)
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Post by theatrefan62 on Mar 19, 2024 9:22:29 GMT
Tyrone Huntley in this week's Death in Paradise
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Post by anita on Mar 19, 2024 10:06:54 GMT
Tyrone Huntley in this week's Death in Paradise Yes. I recognised him too.
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Post by anita on Mar 25, 2024 10:31:41 GMT
Richard Fleeshman in "Death in Paradise" last night.
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Post by danb on Mar 31, 2024 20:32:56 GMT
Have we already mentioned most of noughties broadway in ‘The Gilded Age’ on Sky Atlantic?
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Post by crowblack on Apr 6, 2024 22:55:03 GMT
Is anyone watching Ripley on Netflix? It has Andrew Scott and Johnny Flynn and mixed reviews: some critics love it, but it's not working for me. It's a shame, as I was looking forward to it, but Scott and Flynn feel miscast - both too old for the set up to be plausible, and devoid of anything in their characterisation to engage me.
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Post by alece10 on Apr 7, 2024 8:13:00 GMT
Is anyone watching Ripley on Netflix? It has Andrew Scott and Johnny Flynn and mixed reviews: some critics love it, but it's not working for me. It's a shame, as I was looking forward to it, but Scott and Flynn feel miscast - both too old for the set up to be plausible, and devoid of anything in their characterisation to engage me. I watched the first episode last night. It was very "arty" with lots of clever shots but all that happened really was Andrew Scott walking up and down stairs. I am also not a great fan of black and white probably because that's all I had on TV until I was a teenager.
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Post by theatrefan62 on Apr 7, 2024 9:55:53 GMT
Is anyone watching Ripley on Netflix? It has Andrew Scott and Johnny Flynn and mixed reviews: some critics love it, but it's not working for me. It's a shame, as I was looking forward to it, but Scott and Flynn feel miscast - both too old for the set up to be plausible, and devoid of anything in their characterisation to engage me. I've just finished it and it was so disappointing. Massively miscast, lots of style and little substance. Also story wise it doesn't work as an adaption. I like black and white, but it doesn't really serve anything here. And the number of 'arty shots' felt like it was the directors first job out of film school and wanted to throw everything at it.
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Post by solotheatregoer on Apr 7, 2024 10:02:21 GMT
Is anyone watching Ripley on Netflix? It has Andrew Scott and Johnny Flynn and mixed reviews: some critics love it, but it's not working for me. It's a shame, as I was looking forward to it, but Scott and Flynn feel miscast - both too old for the set up to be plausible, and devoid of anything in their characterisation to engage me. I've just finished it and it was so disappointing. Massively miscast, lots of style and little substance. Also story wise it doesn't work as an adaption. I like black and white, but it doesn't really serve anything here. And the number of 'arty shots' felt like it was the directors first job out of film school and wanted to throw everything at it. Sadly, I agree with all of this. I was looking forward to this series for well over a year and, as outstanding as Scott and Flynn both are, they were both miscast in this. Completely devoid of any tension and nothing I haven't seen before cinematically. I also don't feel there is enough story to flesh out 8 episodes. I love the original but this was a huge let down.
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Post by manchestertheatrefan on Apr 7, 2024 13:01:03 GMT
David Bedella in episode 5 of Big Mood, Channel 4
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Post by crowblack on Apr 7, 2024 19:49:17 GMT
I've just finished it and it was so disappointing. Massively miscast, lots of style and little substance. Also story wise it doesn't work as an adaption. I like black and white, but it doesn't really serve anything here. And the number of 'arty shots' felt like it was the directors first job out of film school and wanted to throw everything at it. Sadly, I agree with all of this. I was looking forward to this series for well over a year and, as outstanding as Scott and Flynn both are, they were both miscast in this. Completely devoid of any tension and nothing I haven't seen before cinematically. I also don't feel there is enough story to flesh out 8 episodes. I love the original but this was a huge let down. I've seen people say it perks up when the Italian police detective comes in - I'll give it another go. It looks beautiful with all the b&w and arty shots of statuary, but in my head I keep thinking "oh, Vienna!". I read all the Ripley novels in sequence a few years ago and maybe it would have made more sense if this series had missed out 'Talented' - a very well known movie and a hard act to follow - and gone straight into the stories where Ripley's older.
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Post by theatrefan62 on Apr 8, 2024 10:34:19 GMT
Sadly, I agree with all of this. I was looking forward to this series for well over a year and, as outstanding as Scott and Flynn both are, they were both miscast in this. Completely devoid of any tension and nothing I haven't seen before cinematically. I also don't feel there is enough story to flesh out 8 episodes. I love the original but this was a huge let down. I've seen people say it perks up when the Italian police detective comes in - I'll give it another go. It looks beautiful with all the b&w and arty shots of statuary, but in my head I keep thinking "oh, Vienna!". I read all the Ripley novels in sequence a few years ago and maybe it would have made more sense if this series had missed out 'Talented' - a very well known movie and a hard act to follow - and gone straight into the stories where Ripley's older. As good as he is, I didn't think the Italian detective really saved it. But yeah he makes it a bit more watchable, but all the problems are still there. I don't think it's enough to change your mind if you didn't like it already.
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Post by londonmzfitz on Apr 8, 2024 12:32:34 GMT
Christmas 2023, settled into Hallmark "Christmas In Notting Hill" film and Killian Donnelly popped up as "Uncle Howard".
Also had a colleague stay for a weekend, she wanted to (re)watch a favourite series of hers, Magpie Murders. Killian Donnelly appears for about 10 seconds as non speaking German Passport Control in the first episode. "Ooo", I said "He's an Irish actor in loads of musicals". Colleague was confused, surely not, he was German ...
(She was thrilled to go and see Guys and Dolls at the Bridge recently with Daniel Mays, who also stars in Magpie Murders... )
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Post by crowblack on Apr 8, 2024 22:40:23 GMT
I've seen people say it perks up when the Italian police detective comes in - I'll give it another go. It looks beautiful with all the b&w and arty shots of statuary, but in my head I keep thinking "oh, Vienna!". I read all the Ripley novels in sequence a few years ago and maybe it would have made more sense if this series had missed out 'Talented' - a very well known movie and a hard act to follow - and gone straight into the stories where Ripley's older. As good as he is, I didn't think the Italian detective really saved it. But yeah he makes it a bit more watchable, but all the problems are still there. I don't think it's enough to change your mind if you didn't like it already. I enjoyed the last three episodes, the final one especially, but it was a bit of a slog getting there. Andrew Scott in Venice in some fine threads and a 'tache helps too.
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