Recommended Television Programmes

[AuntDaisy]

Fascinating to see a Bloomsbury Group member (or at least an offspring of same) as a panellist in the latest edition: Quentin Bell, Virginia Woolf’s nephew (and biographer)

Yes, it was good programme & QB's beard was a sight to behold (Brahmsian?).

BTW I don't think it was the episode advertised on BBC4's listings - "13/05/1976 With Patrick Campbell, Felicity Kendal, Simon Ward, Frank Muir and Penelope Keith." Possibly 10^th or 17^th of June 1976?

[vinteuil]

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... very much enjoying Kaos on netflix, with Jeff Goldblum playing Zeus as Jeff Goldblum, and a brilliantly icy Janet McTeer as Hera.

Created by Charlie Covell, who was also behind the excellent The End of the F***ing World back in 2017-2019.

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[richardfinegold]

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... very much enjoying Kaos on netflix, with Jeff Goldblum playing Zeus as Jeff Goldblum, and a brilliantly icy Janet McTeer as Hera.

Created by Charlie Covell, who was also behind the excellent The End of the F***ing World back in 2017-2019.

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That sounds interesting

[LMcD]

Yes, it was good programme & QB's beard was a sight to behold (Brahmsian?).

BTW I don't think it was the episode advertised on BBC4's listings - "13/05/1976 With Patrick Campbell, Felicity Kendal, Simon Ward, Frank Muir and Penelope Keith." Possibly 10^th or 17^th of June 1976?

The BBC4 listings for Call My Bluff are all over the place at present.

[Nick Armstrong]

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... very much enjoying Kaos on netflix, with Jeff Goldblum playing Zeus as Jeff Goldblum, and a brilliantly icy Janet McTeer as Hera.

Launched this on your recommendation - the prologue in the unmistakable tones of one of my favourite actors, Stephen Dillane as Prometheus, instantly drew me in. Shall pursue

[LMcD]

Possibly worth a look - 'Mozart: Rise of a Genius' - a brand-new 3-part series starting on BBC2 at 9.00 p.m. tomorrow (Monday). No reviews available as yet as far as I can tell, but there are 'dramatised reconstructions and stellar talking heads', the latter including 'such famous Mozart lovers as Sheila Hancock, Stephen Fry and Richard E. Grant'. Juliet Stevenson narrates.

[johncorrigan]

I will definitely be watching more of 'Nightsleeper' which started last night on Channel 1. Thrilling first episode, well set up, I thought.

[smittims]

BBC4 are showing a six-part series of 29-minute theatre performances by Victor Borge, on Sunday evenings.

Does anyone else remember/enjoy this unique entertainer? I used to think he was the funniest man I'd ever seen. I watched the first programme and alas!, as you may have guessed , I found it faded and dated, but still worth watching. I have to say I feel the same about Hancock's Half-Hour.

I can't decide whether these old favourites have simply outlived thier shelf-life, or whether I've become more critical and harder to please.

For those who wonder what this is all about, Victor Borge was an accomplished Danish pianist who chose to do stand-up comedy mixed with piano playing. His shows usually included one 'straight' performance of a work to finish.

[Serial_Apologist]

BBC4 are showing a six-part series of 29-minute theatre performances by Victor Borge, on Sunday evenings.

Does anyone else remember/enjoy this unique entertainer? I used to think he was the funniest man I'd ever seen. I watched the first programme and alas!, as you may have guessed , I found it faded and dated, but still worth watching. I have to say I feel the same about Hancock's Half-Hour.

I can't decide whether these old favourites have simply outlived thier shelf-life, or whether I've become more critical and harder to please.

For those who wonder what this is all about, Victor Borge was an accomplished Danish pianist who chose to do stand-up comedy mixed with piano playing. His shows usually included one 'straight' performance of a work to finish.

I like to think British humour grew up a bit in the 1960s, especially with the satire boom which continues to be sustained in HIGNFY and a few radio shows, but there have been a few lapses on the subsequent route. My first symptoms of middle-aged grumpiness began way back in the early 1980s with The Young Ones, although that team went on to much better things. I still think that the best way to deflate sel-righteousness is in being able, or made, to laugh at ourselves.

[LMcD]

BBC4 are showing a six-part series of 29-minute theatre performances by Victor Borge, on Sunday evenings.

Does anyone else remember/enjoy this unique entertainer? I used to think he was the funniest man I'd ever seen. I watched the first programme and alas!, as you may have guessed , I found it faded and dated, but still worth watching. I have to say I feel the same about Hancock's Half-Hour.

I can't decide whether these old favourites have simply outlived thier shelf-life, or whether I've become more critical and harder to please.

For those who wonder what this is all about, Victor Borge was an accomplished Danish pianist who chose to do stand-up comedy mixed with piano playing. His shows usually included one 'straight' performance of a work to finish.

I found it only intermittently amusing and won't be watching any further episodes.

[oddoneout]

I found it only intermittently amusing and won't be watching any further episodes.

I stuck it out for about 10 minutes and then gave up. Just didn't seem funny anymore.

[oddoneout]

Possibly worth a look - 'Mozart: Rise of a Genius' - a brand-new 3-part series starting on BBC2 at 9.00 p.m. tomorrow (Monday). No reviews available as yet as far as I can tell, but there are 'dramatised reconstructions and stellar talking heads', the latter including 'such famous Mozart lovers as Sheila Hancock, Stephen Fry and Richard E. Grant'. Juliet Stevenson narrates.

I almost managed to get to the end of the first episode but frustration, annoyance and queasiness got the better of me; I shall not watch the remaining episodes.

[kernelbogey]

Possibly worth a look - 'Mozart: Rise of a Genius' - a brand-new 3-part series starting on BBC2 at 9.00 p.m. tomorrow (Monday). No reviews available as yet as far as I can tell, but there are 'dramatised reconstructions and stellar talking heads', the latter including 'such famous Mozart lovers as Sheila Hancock, Stephen Fry and Richard E. Grant'. Juliet Stevenson narrates.

I found the format of this - many swift cuts from one talking head to another - rather irritating, though the reconstruction scenes were well done. I wish people would pronounce 'Wolfgang' correctly, though.

I then gave The Joy of Mozart a try, but, as usual, found Mr TS insufferable.

[LMcD]

I found the format of this - many swift cuts from one talking head to another - rather irritating, though the reconstruction scenes were well done. I wish people would pronounce 'Wolfgang' correctly, though.

I then gave The Joy of Mozart a try, but, as usual, found Mr TS insufferable.

At least they didn't call him 'Wolfie' (cf. Mrs M in 'Amadeus')