Originally posted by FRJames
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Beginning next Saturday, BBC4 are repeating 'The Hollow Crown', a series of Shakespeare's plays about the Wars of the Roses, first screened in 2016, the quatercentenary of the author's death. I liked the first series, well-done overall, with Jeremy Irons a memorable Henry IV. But I didn't like the second series which contained some miscastings (in my humble opinion) and tried to be too much like an American gory thriller.
By coincidence I've recently re-read Richard II, which reminded me of the splendid 1973 RSC staging with Richard Pascoe and Ian Richardson. We were lucky also to see the two Henry IVs at our local theatre with Timothy and Sam West as Falstaff and Hal.
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The BBC has been advertising that it will be re-airing some 90s programmes on BBC4. If the "Warriors" mentioned in the list is the award-winning Peter Kosminsky drama following the fortunes of peace-keeping soldiers in Bosnia, then it is a highly recommended, albeit harrowing, watch. It features Ioan Gruffudd, Damian Lewis and Matthew Macfadyen in the early stages of their careers. I have it on VHS, but I don't think it was ever released on DVD, so I'll be wanting to record it for posterity.
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I hope you got your TV sorted out, Jason. Many modern sets don't have any buttons and are useless if the remote packs up.
Very often the problem is dirt between the contact points. It used to be easy to crack them open and clean the affected parts, but recently they've become impossible to open without wrecking them. I was prepeared to resort to a Black and Decker Workmate and a Stanley Knife in desperation to perform major surgery on my Panasonic recorder's remote control, but luckily managed to prise it apart with a fine-bladed screwdriver.
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Originally posted by alywin View PostThe BBC has been advertising that it will be re-airing some 90s programmes on BBC4. If the "Warriors" mentioned in the list is the award-winning Peter Kosminsky drama following the fortunes of peace-keeping soldiers in Bosnia, then it is a highly recommended, albeit harrowing, watch.
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NB: a run of new episodes of the Bruno Crémer Maigret starts this Tuesday 17/10 at 21:05 on Talking Pictures TV"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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Yes! I have set my recorder accordingly. I've seen them all so far and am quite sure these are the best Maigrets ever. The Granada ones were good (with Michael Gambon) but limited by needing to be confined to the 49 minute schedule. I don't think they had good ratings as they made only twelve I think.
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Last edited by JasonPalmer; 17-10-23, 18:19.Annoyingly listening to and commenting on radio 3...
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