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  • johncorrigan
    Full Member
    • Nov 2010
    • 10336

    I'm loving 'The Woman in the Wall' with the wonderful Ruth Wilson on BBC1 - can't wait for episode 3. Thrilling!
    Murder, mystery, morality. One woman's traumatic past threatens to expose Ireland’s most shocking and darkest secrets. Gothic detective story with Ruth Wilson and Daryl McCormack.

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    • FRJames
      Guest
      • Jul 2023
      • 49

      The 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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      • Serial_Apologist
        Full Member
        • Dec 2010
        • 37559

        Originally posted by FRJames View Post
        The 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.
        I have that, coupled with a dreadful Swinging London-type film titled Les Bicyclettes de Belsize, best watched with the sound turned off. Mason introduces us to parts of London now no longer in existence like the Caledonian Road cattle market, and did so in a tone which today (and probably back then) would be seen as pretty condescending to say the least, it has to be said.

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        • oddoneout
          Full Member
          • Nov 2015
          • 9135

          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.
          David Olusoga explores the 400-year history of London’s Covent Garden Piazza.

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          • gurnemanz
            Full Member
            • Nov 2010
            • 7380

            Originally posted by johncorrigan View Post
            I'm loving 'The Woman in the Wall' with the wonderful Ruth Wilson on BBC1 - can't wait for episode 3. Thrilling!
            Murder, mystery, morality. One woman's traumatic past threatens to expose Ireland’s most shocking and darkest secrets. Gothic detective story with Ruth Wilson and Daryl McCormack.
            I was going to watch this but read a review in The Irish Times which completely slated it and put me off.



            Maybe I should give it a go after all.

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            • johncorrigan
              Full Member
              • Nov 2010
              • 10336

              Originally posted by gurnemanz View Post

              I was going to watch this but read a review in The Irish Times which completely slated it and put me off.



              Maybe I should give it a go after all.
              I've read a couple of dodgy reviews of 'The Woman in the Wall', gurney. I can't comment on the accent of Ruth Wilson, but as far as I'm concerned the series is worth watching for her alone. It does get a bit frantic at times, but I have found it gripping and often because of her performance. Personally, I can't wait for the next episode.

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              • JasonPalmer
                Full Member
                • Dec 2022
                • 826

                Have been enjoying alone on channel 4, people left in canadian wilderness to see how stays longest, they have a satellite phone to "tap out" when it too much for them.
                Annoyingly listening to and commenting on radio 3...

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                • Lordgeous
                  Full Member
                  • Dec 2012
                  • 830

                  Originally posted by smittims View Post
                  While 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.
                  Yes, I remember watching its original broadcast. Gripping then and still complusive veiwing. The selected music also well chosen. What 'serious' broadcasting can match this today? His Parkinson interview was fascinating too - I don't recall seeing that at the time.

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                  • smittims
                    Full Member
                    • Aug 2022
                    • 4039

                    Nor did I, but I've recorded it and am looking forward to seeing it.

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                    • oddoneout
                      Full Member
                      • Nov 2015
                      • 9135

                      Have just watched this
                      Conductor and composer Andre Previn looks back at some of his greatest television moments.

                      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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                      • Belgrove
                        Full Member
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 935

                        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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                        • Serial_Apologist
                          Full Member
                          • Dec 2010
                          • 37559

                          Originally posted by Belgrove View Post
                          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.
                          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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                          • oddoneout
                            Full Member
                            • Nov 2015
                            • 9135

                            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.
                            The freeview schedule is showing that two episodes are being aired consecutively - 10pm and 11pm

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                            • kernelbogey
                              Full Member
                              • Nov 2010
                              • 5735

                              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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                              • kernelbogey
                                Full Member
                                • Nov 2010
                                • 5735

                                Originally posted by kernelbogey View Post
                                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.
                                This reivew of the programme in the Guardian gives a more detailed description than my brief recommendation:
                                The knives are out as Nigel Farage, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Hilary Benn and more dish out startling high-end gossip about Brexit and beyond. A gruesome look at the UK’s political perma-crisis

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