So .. What Do You Watch On TV?

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On 31/05/2020 at 20:01, En Passant said:

Edge of Darkness. The series not the film (barf). you can get it on a site called Daily Motion or something like that with a brief search. Unmissable even 35 years on. But you've presumably seen it. I can't imagine anyone liking chernobyl and not liking it but  you never know.

 

I finally got around to watching Edge Of Darkness.  I'd bought the DVD on Ebay for a couple of quid and it's been resting in a drawer for months.

Excellent stuff, and despite being nearly 40 years old, surprisingly topical.

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23 minutes ago, Toast said:

 

I finally got around to watching Edge Of Darkness.  I'd bought the DVD on Ebay for a couple of quid and it's been resting in a drawer for months.

Excellent stuff, and despite being nearly 40 years old, surprisingly topical.

Never mind Bond, Jedburgh is the reason I'd die on the "Joe Don Baker's DLy" hill.

 

"He died, peacefully in his sleep, of bullet wounds."

 

It's just excellent TV and has aged considerably well imo.

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1 hour ago, Toast said:

 

I finally got around to watching Edge Of Darkness.  I'd bought the DVD on Ebay for a couple of quid and it's been resting in a drawer for months.

Excellent stuff, and despite being nearly 40 years old, surprisingly topical.

 

40 minutes ago, msc said:

Never mind Bond, Jedburgh is the reason I'd die on the "Joe Don Baker's DLy" hill.

 

"He died, peacefully in his sleep, of bullet wounds."

 

It's just excellent TV and has aged considerably well imo.

 

"Get me Pendleton!"

Best BBC drama serial ever IMHO.

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"He's rumoured to be the state executioner"

"What's he doing up here?"

"It could be you old boy, the minister didn't take 'too' kindly to that speech of yours"

 

"If this turns out to have an Irish connection, I shall retire"

 

 

I could quote from it all day and all night too, but better not eh?

There are plot holes and a couple of factual errors (plutonium bullets, cough) if you watch it a few times and look closely enough but rarely has anything ever been done better. And no matter your thoughts on EC one way or the other, the soundtrack is epic.

 

 

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2 hours ago, Toast said:

 

I finally got around to watching Edge Of Darkness.  I'd bought the DVD on Ebay for a couple of quid and it's been resting in a drawer for months.

Excellent stuff, and despite being nearly 40 years old, surprisingly topical.

I watched that years ago on a recommendation from here (search reveals it was 15 years ago, recommendation from @themaninblack). Agreed, excellent,  and still no desire (despite it being on streaming for yonks) to see the Mel Gibson version.

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I had just finished my binge of series 1 of "Upstart Crow" (2016) on my library streaming service Kanopy when I learned about "Ludwig" (2024), so I binge that online. 

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Last night I finished Blake's 7. Having been a Doctor Who fan since I was young I had always heard great things about it, but even my highest expectations were blown out of the water. That ending left me standing up, yelling at my TV. It's hard to pick a favourite character but it would probably be Vila, with Jenna and Avon coming not so far behind. The only main character who left me feeling nothing was Soolin. Personally I preferred series 1 Travis to series 2. The only thing I knew going in was that Blake left after series 2 and I was fully expecting the series to decline after that, but I found the third series to be the best. Hard to pick a favourite episode, but I think season 3 episode 2 'Powerplay' would probably take it for me.

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Anyone else been watching Charlotte In Sunderland?

I've actually been seeing a lot of stuff on BBC 3 and 4 especially when I'm up late I don't know if anyone else bother with them channels, but they only air between 7pm and 4am roughly