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Originally posted by FRJames View PostThe London Nobody Knows - Norman Cohen (1967)
An excellent documentary presented by James Mason, based on Geoffery Fletcher's 1962 book.
Talking Pictures TV - 4/9/2023, 5.05pm.
The DVD of this documentary looks to be long OOP.
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I had intended to watch this, as I enjoy David Olusoga's programmes, but gave up after about 15 minutes, completely defeated by the dominating "background" music, which often wasn't decreased even when people were speaking. It just got too tiring and tiresome. Such a pity.
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Originally posted by johncorrigan View Post
Television: The BBC’s hysterically overcooked Magdalene-laundry series is like a reboot of EastEnders’ donkey-in-the-pub episode
Maybe I should give it a go after all.
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Originally posted by gurnemanz View Post
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Originally posted by smittims View PostWhile this thread's current I'll mention that 'The Ascent of Man' is being repeated again on BBC4.
I first saw it in 2000 and it was a revelation to me, as someone largely ignorant of scientific matters, though I'd always admired Jacob Bronowski from his appearances on 'Tonight'. I still think it (and he) are among the most compelling things I've seen on TV. Of course it's dated now, and for some politically incorrect (women aren't mentioned in episode one) but I'm looking forward to seeing it all again.
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Have just watched this
and very much enjoyed it but it did come with a large helping of regret for extent to which the kind of programmes featured don't appear any more - such impoverishment. OK Andre Previn and the LSO would never be a regular feature these days, but what's wrong with using the BBC orchestras? Is it really acceptable to just ignore several centuries of music because of erroneous perceptions of what modern audiences apparently(where is the evidence?) want.
The other thing that struck me, as always, was the unfussy, gimmick-free filming.
I'm just glad I was able to benefit at the time...
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Sunday evenings at 10pm, BBC4 are repeating Robert Hughes’ The Shock of the New, his survey of modern art up to 1980 when the series first aired. This (and the recently repeated Ascent of Man) illustrate how big themed documentaries, even if they get made, have declined in intellectual content since then. Hughes’ forthright delivery, intelligence and lack of condescension is bracing.
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Originally posted by Belgrove View PostSunday evenings at 10pm, BBC4 are repeating Robert Hughes’ The Shock of the New, his survey of modern art up to 1980 when the series first aired. This (and the recently repeated Ascent of Man) illustrate how big themed documentaries, even if they get made, have declined in intellectual content since then. Hughes’ forthright delivery, intelligence and lack of condescension is bracing.
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Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post
Programme change there then, since this was scheduled for 10.35 according to Radio Times, and preceded by a repeat of Alistair Laurence's excellent Holst and Vaughan Williams: Making Music English, which I'd marked up and would have been at 9.35. Thanks however for the tip 0ff, Belgrove.
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Laura Kuenssberg: State of Chaos (BBC2: 1/3) was a fascinating dissection of the immediate post 2016 Referendum period up to the proroguing of Parliament by Johnson. I don't think I learned much that was factuallly new, but hearing politicians and senior mandarins speak on the record about their thoughts at the time was revealng. I intend to watch the other two programmes.
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Originally posted by kernelbogey View PostLaura Kuenssberg: State of Chaos (BBC2: 1/3) was a fascinating dissection of the immediate post 2016 Referendum period up to the proroguing of Parliament by Johnson. I don't think I learned much that was factuallly new, but hearing politicians and senior mandarins speak on the record about their thoughts at the time was revealng. I intend to watch the other two programmes.
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