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Originally posted by LMcD View Post'Dopesick' (BBC2 and iPlayer) is an 8-part dramatization of Beth Macy's book about the opioid scandal in the USA, dealing specifically with OxyContin, the Sackler family and the actions of various governmental and non-governmental bodies. I'm gripped (I've tried to avoid using certain other words!) after Episode 1. Admirers of the recently screened 'The Dropout' and Michael Keaton, and anybody else looking for a well-crafted drama on an important topic, might well find it worthwhile giving this series a try.
(There's also a Netflix series about OxyContin, called 'Painkiller', which I haven't seen, but which seems to be regarded as a far less satisfactory treatment of the subject).
ref urban culture decaying because of fentanol)....yes gripped....bong ching
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Originally posted by LMcD View Post
There are - at least for now - very few ads if you go for the £4.99 a month option.
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Originally posted by Maclintick View Post
Thanks LMcD. That's worth knowing. The ad-free Netflix hike now makes it more expensive than Apple TV+, which I might investigate for the free week in order to sample Slow Horses -- with lowered expectation levels as it's another recommendation from the same family member. One free channel I value, though one has to put up with dismal ads for Texan automobile franchises and suchlike, is TUBI TV, which allows me to wallow nostalgically in British 60s series The Prisoner, The Saint et al, all beautifully restored. Classic Brit TV is popular in the US, as I understand it.
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Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post
Similar retro stuff to what Talking Pictures TV transmits, then.
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Originally posted by Roger Webb View PostToday (Sunday) 19.00 BBC 4. Michael Palin goes to the Med in search the view in one of his Scottish Colourist paintings. Followed at 19.30 by a programme examining the history of this fascinating group of artists.
"In 2005, Hammershøi's life and oeuvre was featured in a BBC television documentary, Michael Palin and the Mystery of Hammershoi, with the British comedian and writer Michael Palin. In the programme, Palin, fascinated by Hammershøi, whose pictures he conceived as having a distinct enigmatic coolness and distance about them, sets out to unlock the mysteries and find out about the background of Hammershøi. Palin, wanting to know of his inspirations and the reason for these mystical pictures, started his search in the Hayward Gallery in London, goes to Amsterdam and finally to Copenhagen."
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Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
... and (for some of us) perhaps of equal or even greater interest - today Sunday 21:00 BBC4 - Michael Palin on Vilhelm Hammershøi, from 2005
"In 2005, Hammershøi's life and oeuvre was featured in a BBC television documentary, Michael Palin and the Mystery of Hammershoi, with the British comedian and writer Michael Palin. In the programme, Palin, fascinated by Hammershøi, whose pictures he conceived as having a distinct enigmatic coolness and distance about them, sets out to unlock the mysteries and find out about the background of Hammershøi. Palin, wanting to know of his inspirations and the reason for these mystical pictures, started his search in the Hayward Gallery in London, goes to Amsterdam and finally to Copenhagen."
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Originally posted by Roger Webb View Post
Thanks for that Vinteuil, I hadn't seen it.....my examination of the TV schedules rarely extends beyond 9.00 and after spotting the first two I was inclined to think that BBC 4 had done me proud, and it would seem greedy to expect any more largesse!
Alan Bennett is occupying the second part of the evening on BBC4, and I've set my TV to record his discussion with Nicholas Hytner.
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Originally posted by LMcD View PostAlan Bennett is occupying the second part of the evening on BBC4, and I've set my TV to record his discussion with Nicholas Hytner."...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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Last night's episode of The Piano was very heavily weighted to the backstory angle - at the risk of sounding snobby I found the music side not very inspiring, modern ballad emote type vocal stuff not being my thing, but the Kenyan lad chosen at the end - Teddy - was interesting, a story of how determination and a dollop of serendipity(music teacher in the right place at the right time) can win through.
I hadn't noticed that a documentary about the previous winner, Lucy, followed this week's episode until it came up at the end, but I'm glad I caught it. A number of important points were covered, quite apart from the human interest aspect of the relationship between teacher and pupil and how it got them to The Piano. The bombshell at the end of the programme about the appearance at Windsor Castle was quite something - I had read about it but to see it played out in the documentary was even more shocking.
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A live Beethoven Ninth for the anniversary......,and with four conductors for the price of one!
Conductors Andris Nelsons, Klaus Mäkelä, Riccardo Chailly and Petr Popelka conduct the four movements of Beethoven's 'Symphony No. 9' in succession across Europe. An epic concert celebrating the bicentenary of the creation of Beethoven's masterpiece.
Note the odd start time (there's a helpful 'count-down' clock) I make it 20.39....was this the time Beethoven raised his baton in 1824?Last edited by Roger Webb; 07-05-24, 08:14.
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The 1987 serialisation of Le Carré’s A Perfect Spy surfaces this evening on BBCFour (preceded by a short retrospective by Peter Egan who played ‘Magnus Pym’) - Dame Peggy & all
As far as I know, this hasn’t appeared on You Tube (as some series of a similar vintage have) - looking forward to watching it (concluding 4 episodes next Wednesday night)
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PS I just noticed that all 7 episodes are currently available on iPlayer
.Last edited by Nick Armstrong; 08-05-24, 23:14."...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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Originally posted by Nick Armstrong View PostThe 1987 serialisation of Le Carré’s A Perfect Spy surfaces this evening on BBCFour (preceded by a short retrospective by Peter Egan who played ‘Magnus Pym’) - Dame Peggy & all
As far as I know, this hasn’t appeared on You Tube (as some series of a similar vintage have) - looking forward to watching it (concluding 4 episodes next Wednesday night)
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PS I just noticed that all 7 episodes are currently available on iPlayer
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Peter Egan said he thought that BBC drama production values were at their highest in the mid- to late 1980s, and I think that goes for British TV drama in general. This was the decade that brought us The Jewel In The Crown, The Singing Detective and Inspector Morse, to cite just a few examples..
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