Recommended Television Programmes

[Ein Heldenleben]

Er... octopi???

From wiki
The standard pluralised form of "octopus" in English is "octopuses";[8] the Ancient Greek plural ὀκτώποδες, "octopodes" (/ɒkˈtɒpədiːz/), has also been used historically.[9] The alternative plural "octopi" is considered grammatically incorrect because it wrongly assumes that octopus is a Latin second declension "-us" noun or adjective when, in either Greek or Latin, it is a third declension noun.[10][11]

[Nick Armstrong]

Last night BBC4 repeated the excellent Natural World documentary 'The Octopus in My House'. What amazing creatures they are - fascinating programme about this animal which Professor David Scheel says is so different from any other species on the planet. He brings Heidi, a day octopus, to live in his living room with him and his daughter and in the process tells us about octopuses. Just as fascinating second time around as it was the first.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0007snt

Yes I watched it, absolutely enthralled.

[Serial_Apologist]

Yes I watched it, absolutely enthralled.

Imagine in Octopus World, you did something illegal and got sent to jail. You could just escape by squeezing through the bars!

[johncorrigan]

Mrs C and I have been enjoying 'The Newsreader' on the Beeb's i-player. Set in Melbourne in 1986 it's been a very entertaining series with some very good characters and reminders of 'real-life' events.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p0cgx4k0/the-newsreader?seriesId=p0cgx57w

[Ein Heldenleben]

Marriage was just weird. But it did feature Caroline Shaw’s Partita for 8 voices. It’s quite rare to hear contemporary classical music in mainstream tv drama.

[LHC]

Following the first programme of the new series this Monday (with Paxman's successor) there looks to be a welcome review on the programme's more-than-half-century...

60 Years of University Challenge

And not forgetting that the comparably cryptic Only Connect returns on the same evening.

Paxman is still presenting this series. His successor takes over for the next series.

[Serial_Apologist]

Paxman is still presenting this series. His successor takes over for the next series.

It's goodbye, then, to His Smugness. One solitary bit of good news, this week.

[cloughie]

It's goodbye, then, to His Smugness. One solitary bit of good news, this week.

Come on, that’s a bit uncharitable. At least on UC he only needed to ask them once to get an answer!

[johncorrigan]

At least on UC he only needed to ask them once to get an answer!

...as opposed to a starter for 10, cloughie.

[Serial_Apologist]

...as opposed to a starter for 10, cloughie.

I hope they at last update the horrible 1980s stage colour scheme before the next series.

[eighthobstruction]

....does Ridley sing in every episode?....is it safe to come out from behind the sofa now?....

[Nick Armstrong]

....does Ridley sing in every episode?....is it safe to come out from behind the sofa now?....

Abandoned the first one after 10 minutes

[antongould]

Abandoned the first one after 10 minutes

Wise move IMVVHO

[Bryn]

Fascinating documentary/interview about Gorbachev:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/live/bbcfour

[johncorrigan]

I've never read Joyce's 'Ulysses', but I could be persuaded by this terrific documentary from the 'Arena' strand, though it might be a bit raunchy for an old soul like me. I really enjoyed the way the film was cut together. A fine cast of the talking heads assembled gave an excellent guide to the book. Great viewing, I thought.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001bvp2/arena-james-joyces-ulysses