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Post by david on Jan 1, 2020 20:55:26 GMT
Ploughing through all the stuff I’ve recorded. Thoroughly enjoyed the Susan Hill Ghost Story on CH5. The BBC adaptation of Christmas Carol was a let down for me. I didn’t think Guy Pearce made a particularly great Scrooge.
The Trial of Christine Keeler is a fascinating story though the constant time hopping isn’t doing it any favours in my opinion. With something like this, I’d be much happier if the events unfolded in a more linear timeframe. Despite the time hopping thing, it’s a show I’ll continue watching.
Fingers crossed for Dracula. With Mark Gatiss / Steven Moffat involved, I’ve got high hopes for this.
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Post by jaqs on Jan 1, 2020 21:16:07 GMT
Derry Girls Bake Off on Ch4. I thoroughly enjoyed that. And Miranda earlier, it’s been the best day for telly for me.
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Post by Tibidabo on Jan 1, 2020 21:18:40 GMT
Derry Girls Bake Off on Ch4. So funny. Those mixers! And... "Well what about how Liza must feel?" "You could set the Thames with that!"
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 1, 2020 21:41:25 GMT
Watching Sound of Music as not much else on. Why is it physically impossible to watch this film without singing at the top of my voice? Or is that just me? I only ever watch it up to the wedding scene. It should have ended there. I hate it when she comes back from honeymoon all different and “knowing” and it goes all dark and nazi.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 1, 2020 21:48:08 GMT
I want to give a shout out to a couple of films on iplayer for people who may not have seen them. Murder On The Orient Express with Albert Finney, the definitive Hercule Poirot and a fabulous cast which eclipsed Branagh’s recent attempt by miles. Death On The Nile with Peter Ustinov as a different but equally fantastic Poirot and an absolutely stellar cast including Bette Davis and Maggie Smith which will not be eclipsed by Branagh’s upcoming effort. Evil Under The Sun with Ustinov as Poirot again, and Diana Rigg and Maggie Smith Looking bloody fab and bitching the hell out of eachother.
The Mirror Crack’d is also on one of the catch ups, might be My5. Liz Taylor, Rock Hudson and Angela Lansbury as Miss Marple.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Jan 1, 2020 22:34:14 GMT
I think I enjoyed Dracula.
Some great lines. Plenty of shocks.
And clever reinvention.
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Post by peggs on Jan 1, 2020 22:44:13 GMT
Derry Girls Bake Off on Ch4. So funny. Those mixers! And... "Well what about how Liza must feel?" "You could set the Thames with that!" Best thing I've seen all holidays.
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Post by david on Jan 1, 2020 22:45:32 GMT
Dracula - that was a fantastic 90 minutes of tv tonight. Thoroughly entertained and will be watching the remaining 2 episodes this week. Great writing and performances. This is far better than the recent War of the Worlds on the BBC.
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Post by crowblack on Jan 1, 2020 22:59:14 GMT
Loved 'Dracula' until the Count went inexplicably Guy Ritchie. I mean why? It was going so well, properly creepy and superb work from John Heffernan et al, and I loved the female Van Helsing - she deserves a spin-off.
Btw, the actress playing Mina has just been cast as Galadriel in the mega-budget Amazon Lord of the Rings series.
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Post by AddisonMizner on Jan 1, 2020 23:04:53 GMT
I too loved the first DRACULA. Very campy, but thoroughly entertaining, with genuinely scary moments, but also lots of humour.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 1, 2020 23:24:14 GMT
What channel is Dracula on?,
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Post by david on Jan 1, 2020 23:25:50 GMT
What channel is Dracula on?, BBC 1
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Post by FrontroverPaul on Jan 2, 2020 0:55:35 GMT
Miranda deserved a later time slot. I'd forgotten was a special show it was, the reunion retrospective really did it justice. More please, Ms Hart !
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Post by xanady on Jan 2, 2020 10:17:27 GMT
^Agree on the ridiculous Guy Richie thing in ‘Dracula’....dreadful nonsense
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Post by dontdreamit on Jan 2, 2020 10:27:38 GMT
Miranda deserved a later time slot. I'd forgotten was a special show it was, the reunion retrospective really did it justice. More please, Ms Hart ! We’re watching this now, as I was at the theatre last night. Loving it! With Lucifer finishing in the US next season (Tom Ellis stars in it), I have my fingers crossed we will get a one off Christmas special at some point soon, like Gavin and Stacey.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2020 13:34:49 GMT
Miranda deserved a later time slot. I'd forgotten was a special show it was, the reunion retrospective really did it justice. More please, Ms Hart ! Considering that the Beeb had decided to commission this celebration it was strange to put t on so early. NYE's schedule wasn't good so maybe it could have been slotted in there.
Pity Miranda only ran for 20 episodes especially as it was a bit of a slow burner. Maybe they could have done what they did with Mrs Brown's Boys and just do a special or two a year. Once a sitcom is established and you know the characters then to write it should be easier as you only have to think up the jokes and situations. But if Miranda had thought the show had gone as far as she felt it could then that is fair enough.
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Post by alece10 on Jan 2, 2020 14:24:56 GMT
I want to give a shout out to a couple of films on iplayer for people who may not have seen them. Murder On The Orient Express with Albert Finney, the definitive Hercule Poirot and a fabulous cast which eclipsed Branagh’s recent attempt by miles. Death On The Nile with Peter Ustinov as a different but equally fantastic Poirot and an absolutely stellar cast including Bette Davis and Maggie Smith which will not be eclipsed by Branagh’s upcoming effort. Evil Under The Sun with Ustinov as Poirot again, and Diana Rigg and Maggie Smith Looking bloody fab and bitching the hell out of eachother. The Mirror Crack’d is also on one of the catch ups, might be My5. Liz Taylor, Rock Hudson and Angela Lansbury as Miss Marple. I stayed at The Old Cataract hotel in Aswan once which is where the scenes were filmed before they boarded the cruise ship and whilst watching the TV in the room the film came on. It was very surreal being there and watching it at the same time.
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Post by crowblack on Jan 2, 2020 18:02:43 GMT
I want to give a shout out to a couple of films on iplayer for people who may not have seen them. Murder On The Orient Express with Albert Finney, the definitive Hercule Poirot and a fabulous cast which eclipsed Branagh’s recent attempt by miles. Death On The Nile with Peter Ustinov as a different but equally fantastic Poirot and an absolutely stellar cast including Bette Davis and Maggie Smith which will not be eclipsed by Branagh’s upcoming effort. Evil Under The Sun with Ustinov as Poirot again, and Diana Rigg and Maggie Smith Looking bloody fab and bitching the hell out of eachother. The Mirror Crack’d is also on one of the catch ups, might be My5. Liz Taylor, Rock Hudson and Angela Lansbury as Miss Marple. Talking Pics TV have a version of And Then There Were None (aka Ten Little Indians) on this evening which I've never seen but a friend recommended. The reviews are rather lukewarm though.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Jan 2, 2020 18:11:57 GMT
I want to give a shout out to a couple of films on iplayer for people who may not have seen them. Murder On The Orient Express with Albert Finney, the definitive Hercule Poirot and a fabulous cast which eclipsed Branagh’s recent attempt by miles. Death On The Nile with Peter Ustinov as a different but equally fantastic Poirot and an absolutely stellar cast including Bette Davis and Maggie Smith which will not be eclipsed by Branagh’s upcoming effort. Evil Under The Sun with Ustinov as Poirot again, and Diana Rigg and Maggie Smith Looking bloody fab and bitching the hell out of eachother. The Mirror Crack’d is also on one of the catch ups, might be My5. Liz Taylor, Rock Hudson and Angela Lansbury as Miss Marple. Talking Pics TV have a version of And Then There Were None (aka Ten Little Indians) on this evening which I've never seen but a friend recommended. The reviews are rather lukewarm though. Ooh thanks! Good cast, Oliver Reed, Herbert Lom, Richard Attenborough and.... Charles Aznavour??? I’ve set the “tape”.
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Post by alece10 on Jan 2, 2020 18:39:57 GMT
Derry Girls Bake Off on Ch4. So funny. Those mixers! And... "Well what about how Liza must feel?" "You could set the Thames with that!" I've just watched it. Funniest thing on TV this Christmas. Some real laugh out loud moments.
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Post by oxfordsimon on Jan 2, 2020 22:35:27 GMT
Episode 2 of Dracula was even better. More focused. Very tense.
Nice Inside No. 9 reference.
And some genuinely clever twists.
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Post by Latecomer on Jan 2, 2020 22:37:35 GMT
Watched Derry Girls on Bake off and then episode 1 of Dracula. Rather regretting the order I watched them in, now it’s time to go to sleep!!!!
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Post by peggs on Jan 2, 2020 22:45:04 GMT
Just finished Christmas carol, found it very slow, episode one only really redeemed by the hint of something to do with mrs cratchitt, it did get better but found scrounge in the main the least interesting bit. Should I skip Dracula? Being both squeamish and easily given nightmares?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 2, 2020 22:55:26 GMT
Just finished Christmas carol, found it very slow, episode one only really redeemed by the hint of something to do with mrs cratchitt, it did get better but found scrounge in the main the least interesting bit. Should I skip Dracula? Being both squeamish and easily given nightmares? Watched the first episode tonight and just barely made it through, peggs. It’s pretty unpleasant. That said, you can (mostly) guess when the gore is coming and close your eyes (and ears). But it’s also funny at times and boy, they know how to ratchet up the tension, do Moffat and Gatiss... so I’ll probably be back for episode 2 at the weekend! I did have to laugh at the scene with the nuns at the gate, though. Now I see why they hired a Nordic actor for Dracula... ;-)
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Post by lynette on Jan 2, 2020 23:08:09 GMT
So many not good Xmas specials. Can we just get back to the ordinary rubbish please? Did people see that Gavin and Stacey came in at 9 in the most watched of all the decade amid a swathe of footie and Olympics? Amazing.
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Post by AddisonMizner on Jan 2, 2020 23:24:02 GMT
I actually didn’t enjoy DRACULA as much tonight. I loved the first episode - it was gripping, and bar one or two moments didn’t drag. Plus, it was very funny. I feel that the second episode lost some of this, as him bumping off passengers one by one became somewhat dull after a while. I also really didn’t understand the twist at the very end of the episode. I understood what happened, I just didn’t understand why. Maybe someone would like to explain to me, unless all will become clear in tomorrow’s episode.
However, it is still much better than anything that has been on TV during the Christmas Period, and most of 2019 come to that! I look forward to tomorrow’s conclusion.
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Post by crowblack on Jan 2, 2020 23:45:42 GMT
Dracula feels like the drama equivalent of a big jumbled Quality Street tub with nods to pretty well every horror and genre pic they must have seen growing up, including all those Poirots. Maybe it should have been on last week, instead of the downbeat Christmas Carol. This is rather silly and better suited to that slightly drunk laid back, undemanding family atmos.
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Post by peggs on Jan 3, 2020 15:13:26 GMT
As a teenager 'watched' bram stoker Dracula as everyone else wanted too a d spent most of the time behind a cushion. It's amazing just home much more you can identify when not watching so maybe I'll just rewatch the Derry girls bake off again as a safer option.
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Post by theglenbucklaird on Jan 3, 2020 16:34:45 GMT
So many not good Xmas specials. Can we just get back to the ordinary rubbish please? Did people see that Gavin and Stacey came in at 9 in the most watched of all the decade amid a swathe of footie and Olympics? Amazing. Yep amazing. Is Gavin and Stacey the most over rated show ever?
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Post by NeilVHughes on Jan 3, 2020 16:44:29 GMT
Mentioned earlier but a clear favourite for me was Wurzel Gummidge.
Low expectations overcome with delightful innocence, a beautiful soundtrack and a backdrop of rural landscapes to die for.
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