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[Nick Armstrong]

[all that Alor and Bof stuff]

[cloughie]

Sun-kissed pile of predictable **** isn’t it…

I didn’t last long.

Apart from anything else, I have never seen (nor can I imagine) wine for a hifallutin’ reception in France being served from wine boxes

Nice Citroën DS though

Being a pleb and a sucker for series based in Provence, that are not too serious or requiring much analysis I enjoyed watching it. I’ll analyse Cynthia’s Prom today via Sounds?

[LHC]

Sun-kissed pile of predictable **** isn’t it…

I didn’t last long.

Apart from anything else, I have never seen (nor can I imagine) wine for a hifallutin’ reception in France being served from wine boxes

Nice Citroën DS though

I watched this last night (I watched the Prom on Sunday night).

What a pile of steaming merde. At no stage did any of the characters convince that they were French, and not just because they were speaking in English. Clothes, posture, gestures and attitudes all wrong, as well as the overuse of colloquial English. It was also painfully obvious that, apart from a few carefully chosen exterior shots, that it was filmed almost entirely in England, and judging by the pedestrian direction and camerawork probably by the same people responsible for Midsomer Murders.

[kernelbogey]

I watched this last night (I watched the Prom on Sunday night). What a pile of steaming merde.

Qu'est que c'est, cette merde?

[Nick Armstrong]

Qu'est que c'est, cette merde?

“Murder in Provence” ….

Sorry, neither 8tho nor I named it, did we.

To paraphrase the old Michelin Guides, cela ne vaut pas le détour…

[kernelbogey]

“Murder in Provence” ….

Sorry, neither 8tho nor I named it, did we.

To paraphrase the old Michelin Guides, cela ne vaut pas le détour…

I did wonder, briefly, if it could have been 'allo, 'allo...!

[Bryn]

I did wonder, briefly, if it could have been 'allo, 'allo...!

Quite! Though nothing like a well-written or performed.

[oddoneout]

....it must have/and with new characters every week, it will cost large amounts to do such a production. Must be a huge amount spent on imaginary 'having lunch' situations.

....I would have been more happy if some Gallic gestures and postures had been used ....not enough hand gestures/exclaimations/lip twisting [with all this large budget being spent you'd have thought the characters would have had an all important Lip-Twisting coach as bare minimum]....Somewhere in this episode I thought it would be better if the actors continually swung and flicked their fingers, shrugged negatively [all that Alor and Bof stuff] - while English dialogue would be replaced by unintelligable French sounding grunts....The dialogue would then be consumed via sub-title as in Montalbano....Allam needs French Greeting Kissing coaching too....

That would need viewers not only to tolerate all that forrin stuff wot we've got rid of, but also to be able to read... A step too far perhaps?

[eighthobstruction]

I did wonder, briefly, if it could have been 'allo, 'allo...!

....Actually Kb I thought that too....it could so easily have ended up that way....I was playing with that senario too....all it needed was a couple of berets, and secretive 4th wall dialogue....spot on, At the end when Allam was on the roof he should have done a to the audience sardonic/laconic soliloquy [hand cupping chin....]

[eighthobstruction]

That would need viewers not only to tolerate all that forrin stuff wot we've got rid of, but also to be able to read... A step too far perhaps?

....surely them lot is all "danthepub getnumin"....or ello ello stylee "pob"

[Bryn]

An interesting 2-part documentary (from 2014) on the hydrological society of Angkor:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04jmx7j

and

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04kn99x ("available soon").

[johncorrigan]

Last night BBC4 repeated the excellent Natural World documentary 'The Octopus in My House'. What amazing creatures they are - fascinating programme about this animal which Professor David Scheel says is so different from any other species on the planet. He brings Heidi, a day octopus, to live in his living room with him and his daughter and in the process tells us about octopuses. Just as fascinating second time around as it was the first.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0007snt

[Bryn]

Last night BBC4 repeated the excellent Natural World documentary 'The Octopus in My House'. What amazing creatures they are - fascinating programme about this animal which Professor David Scheel says is so different from any other species on the planet. He brings Heidi, a day octopus, to live in his living room with him and his daughter and in the process tells us about octopuses. Just as fascinating second time around.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0007snt

Indeed, BBC FOUR served up a trio of fine "Nature programmes last night:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p02wnhp6/atlantic-the-wildest-ocean-on-earth-3-from-heaven-to-hell

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0007snt/natural-world-20192020-5-the-octopus-in-my-house

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00y5jhx/the-secret-life-of-waves

[kernelbogey]

Last night BBC4 repeated the excellent Natural World documentary 'The Octopus in My House'.

Thanks for the heads up on this film, John. I just watched it for the first time: fascinating.

[Serial_Apologist]

Last night BBC4 repeated the excellent Natural World documentary 'The Octopus in My House'. What amazing creatures they are - fascinating programme about this animal which Professor David Scheel says is so different from any other species on the planet. He brings Heidi, a day octopus, to live in his living room with him and his daughter and in the process tells us about octopuses. Just as fascinating second time around as it was the first.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0007snt

Er... octopi???