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Richard Tarleton
Just watched the first two episodes of series 2 of The Kominsky Method, now on Netflix - Michael Douglas, Alan Arkin (and new character Jane Seymour) - pure gold.
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PQ17: An Arctic Convoy Disaster is worth a watch, although sadly it is over-dramatically presented by Clarkson.
Watch live BBC TV channels, enjoy TV programmes you missed and view exclusive content on BBC iPlayer.
[edit] My link was taken directly from the iPlayer, perhaps that's why it may not work. Try this:
Pacta sunt servanda !!!
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Unreported World Channel 5
An admirable series providing documentary coverage of international disasters that evade the headlines in the mainstream media, this episode ably crafted by Seyi Rhodes looking at the humanitarian crisis affecting Haitian migrant workers caused by Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas.And the tune ends too soon for us all
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Originally posted by Flay View PostPQ17: An Arctic Convoy Disaster is worth a watch, although sadly it is over-dramatically presented by Clarkson.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod...ia @bbciplayer
Your link doesn't seem to work - but I saw this programme recently on PBS America.
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Originally posted by Constantbee View PostUnreported World Channel 5
An admirable series providing documentary coverage of international disasters that evade the headlines in the mainstream media, this episode ably crafted by Seyi Rhodes looking at the humanitarian crisis affecting Haitian migrant workers caused by Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas.
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Originally posted by Bryn View PostYou appear to have rather overestimated the quality of Channel 5's documentary programming. Channel 4+1 is not Channel 5.
Ep 2 Reporter Adrian Sarwar meets the pupils, parents and teachers trying to survive at a primary school caught in the turf war in Cape Town, between lawless, drug-dealing gangs. As Sarwar and his director Tom Cross discover, the Cape Flats have long had a notorious reputation for lawlessness and violence. But with 279 children killed in the last year alone, the government has now sent in the military.
With a failing capitalism inflicting its worst consequences on areas of the world used to build unsustainable riches for the few and and false underlying justificatory value systems for the rest, the series provides and promises an inexhaustible range of plot lines for viewers to fill in details and outcomes.
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Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View PostThe episode mentioned by Constantbee was the first of a new series which are broadcast every Friday evening at 7.30, following neatly after the Channel 4 news at seven, arguably the best mainstream broadcast news on any UK network. Here's the RT blurb for the next one:
Ep 2 Reporter Adrian Sarwar meets the pupils, parents and teachers trying to survive at a primary school caught in the turf war in Cape Town, between lawless, drug-dealing gangs. As Sarwar and his director Tom Cross discover, the Cape Flats have long had a notorious reputation for lawlessness and violence. But with 279 children killed in the last year alone, the government has now sent in the military.
With a failing capitalism inflicting its worst consequences on areas of the world used to build unsustainable riches for the few and and false underlying justificatory value systems for the rest, the series provides and promises an inexhaustible range of plot lines for viewers to fill in details and outcomes.
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Originally posted by Flay View PostPQ17: An Arctic Convoy Disaster is worth a watch, although sadly it is over-dramatically presented by Clarkson.
Watch live BBC TV channels, enjoy TV programmes you missed and view exclusive content on BBC iPlayer.
[edit] My link was taken directly from the iPlayer, perhaps that's why it may not work. Try this:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03n3297
That works - I would definitely recommend this programme.
In 1981 the BBC broadcast a Play For Today called 'PQ17' in which Richard Briers played Capt Jack Browne. Sadly, it doesn't appear to be available online.
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Originally posted by Constantbee View PostUnreported World Channel 5
An admirable series providing documentary coverage of international disasters that evade the headlines in the mainstream media, this episode ably crafted by Seyi Rhodes looking at the humanitarian crisis affecting Haitian migrant workers caused by Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas.
[FONT=Comic Sans MS][I][B]Numquam Satis![/B][/I][/FONT]
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Originally posted by Anastasius View PostApologies if this has already been mentioned but anyone else also enjoying Guilt ?
Am also still much enjoying Giri/Haji, and - even tho' it's a bit battered and showing its age, Spiral series 7.
Last night's Gold Digger a complete hoot, compulsively watchable in a mad-as-a-box-of-frogs way : and anything with Alex Jennings, Julia Ormond, Jemima Rooper gets my vote...
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