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  • Ein Heldenleben
    Full Member
    • Apr 2014
    • 6797

    Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post
    Er... octopi???

    From wiki
    The standard pluralised form of "octopus" in English is "octopuses";[8] the Ancient Greek plural ὀκτώποδες, "octopodes" (/ɒkˈtɒpədiːz/), has also been used historically.[9] The alternative plural "octopi" is considered grammatically incorrect because it wrongly assumes that octopus is a Latin second declension "-us" noun or adjective when, in either Greek or Latin, it is a third declension noun.[10][11]

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    • Nick Armstrong
      Host
      • Nov 2010
      • 26540

      Originally posted by johncorrigan View Post
      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
      Yes I watched it, absolutely enthralled.
      "...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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      • Serial_Apologist
        Full Member
        • Dec 2010
        • 37703

        Originally posted by Nick Armstrong View Post
        Yes I watched it, absolutely enthralled.
        Imagine in Octopus World, you did something illegal and got sent to jail. You could just escape by squeezing through the bars!

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        • johncorrigan
          Full Member
          • Nov 2010
          • 10371

          Mrs C and I have been enjoying 'The Newsreader' on the Beeb's i-player. Set in Melbourne in 1986 it's been a very entertaining series with some very good characters and reminders of 'real-life' events.
          1986: The big news is behind the camera. In a world on the cusp of change, star anchor Helen and rookie reporter Dale join forces to survive the cut-throat world of commercial TV.

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          • Ein Heldenleben
            Full Member
            • Apr 2014
            • 6797

            Marriage was just weird. But it did feature Caroline Shaw’s Partita for 8 voices. It’s quite rare to hear contemporary classical music in mainstream tv drama.

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            • LHC
              Full Member
              • Jan 2011
              • 1559

              Originally posted by Boilk
              Following the first programme of the new series this Monday (with Paxman's successor) there looks to be a welcome review on the programme's more-than-half-century...

              60 Years of University Challenge

              And not forgetting that the comparably cryptic Only Connect returns on the same evening.
              Paxman is still presenting this series. His successor takes over for the next series.
              "I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is gone. The whole theory of modern education is radically unsound. Fortunately in England, at any rate, education produces no effect whatsoever. If it did, it would prove a serious danger to the upper classes, and probably lead to acts of violence in Grosvenor Square."
              Lady Bracknell The importance of Being Earnest

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              • Serial_Apologist
                Full Member
                • Dec 2010
                • 37703

                Originally posted by LHC View Post
                Paxman is still presenting this series. His successor takes over for the next series.
                It's goodbye, then, to His Smugness. One solitary bit of good news, this week.

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                • cloughie
                  Full Member
                  • Dec 2011
                  • 22128

                  Originally posted by Serial_Apologist View Post
                  It's goodbye, then, to His Smugness. One solitary bit of good news, this week.
                  Come on, that’s a bit uncharitable. At least on UC he only needed to ask them once to get an answer!

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                  • johncorrigan
                    Full Member
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 10371

                    Originally posted by cloughie View Post
                    At least on UC he only needed to ask them once to get an answer!
                    ...as opposed to a starter for 10, cloughie.

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                    • Serial_Apologist
                      Full Member
                      • Dec 2010
                      • 37703

                      Originally posted by johncorrigan View Post
                      ...as opposed to a starter for 10, cloughie.
                      I hope they at last update the horrible 1980s stage colour scheme before the next series.

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                      • eighthobstruction
                        Full Member
                        • Nov 2010
                        • 6444

                        ....does Ridley sing in every episode?....is it safe to come out from behind the sofa now?....
                        bong ching

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                        • Nick Armstrong
                          Host
                          • Nov 2010
                          • 26540

                          Originally posted by eighthobstruction View Post
                          ....does Ridley sing in every episode?....is it safe to come out from behind the sofa now?....

                          Abandoned the first one after 10 minutes
                          "...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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                          • antongould
                            Full Member
                            • Nov 2010
                            • 8792

                            Originally posted by Nick Armstrong View Post

                            Abandoned the first one after 10 minutes
                            Wise move IMVVHO

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                            • Bryn
                              Banned
                              • Mar 2007
                              • 24688

                              Fascinating documentary/interview about Gorbachev:

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                              • johncorrigan
                                Full Member
                                • Nov 2010
                                • 10371

                                I've never read Joyce's 'Ulysses', but I could be persuaded by this terrific documentary from the 'Arena' strand, though it might be a bit raunchy for an old soul like me. I really enjoyed the way the film was cut together. A fine cast of the talking heads assembled gave an excellent guide to the book. Great viewing, I thought.

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