Yes, there are exceptions, Richard Holmes' War Walks, for instance, recently repeated on BBC4. But this was made some time ago.
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This presenter has advised governments, so my expectations weren't so high, having seen his CV and reckoned on the parameters he was working within. In the end the programme blurb to the effect that factors being avoided in the election party propaganda (like growth?) were to be given a place in the debate turned out not to be the case. It would have been more objective to have someone like Ash Sarkar or Owen Jones on as well to present alternatives; what I found particularly irksome though was the patronising tone of the presentation, as if this kind of stuff isn't churned out daily in reports on the economy.Originally posted by oddoneout View PostNot one I can recommend sadly.
I had expected something of interest but was deeply unimpressed by this - a missed opportunity in my view. Or perhaps I was just expecting too much, in hoping for analysis rather than just a few graphs and the constant banging on about growth being the solution - the only one put forward*. Managing to avoid any examination of reasons for things such as child poverty, slow rate of house building, inadequate infrastructure(existing or future) was quite an achievement. The bad filming( jerky, as if the camera was running out of battery power - not as in "clever" camera effects - and lack of synch at times) didn't help. It was the kind of flabby effort that stops me from watching BBC documentaries, not what I expect from C4.
* Actually that isn't perhaps quite correct, as he did say that having a long term business plan for the country would be a better way forward than the current model of short term policies that change with change of government, or political whim. But that was still in the context of economic growth as the sole solution.Comment
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....ITV Douglas is Cancelled....¬^/]¬¬^* CODSWALLOP....Steven Moffat could spoil Fish and Chips....Hideous people (ha ha)....Hideous vacuous ludicrous people....ridiculous hideous airheads with clever fast dialogue and texts and tweets that you cannot read they are fast and furious (like me) smoke mirrors flashing lights glass sided offices and buildings more light more ¬¬¬?^]¬¬9>< codswallop....so much speed, lights and codswallop it makes your mind vomit Stephen Poliakov ideas (perhaps). Steven Moffat ....could possibly set off epileptic fits ( has any body checked A&E figures for an increase in epileptic fits on thursday evenings)[[Irresponsible]]. Steven Moffatt has made it so that when I sit with my grandsons watching Dr Who, I have keep apoligizing for the utter rubbish dialogue coming out of the characters mouths (sorry boys the man who writes it forgets you are 8 and 10years)...................the man is a MENACE.....a ¬¬0^/*¬¬]>< menace.....just when you think you have seen off Stephen Poliakov another one comes along....(no, I have not been drinking....but I did eat a large pot of Mango Onken yoghurt).......my god you've just squeezed the last drip drip drip out of Andy Murray Sue Barker you should be ashamed of yourselves BBC.......R'sbong chingComment
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Originally posted by eighthobstruction View Post
Good one, 8tho! 
Was abroad when this series started, recorded 2nd episode, but my hopes now aren’t high
(I didn’t know Moffatt was behind it, I agree he’s the kiss of death…)
"...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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....spewing spurning spawn of the Devil....R's
....Steven Moffatt trying be 30 Rock on steroids....Last edited by eighthobstruction; 04-07-24, 23:10.bong chingComment
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I watched Episode 1, but have no plans to waste any more time on it.Originally posted by Nick Armstrong View Post
Good one, 8tho!
Was abroad when this series started, recorded 2nd episode, but my hopes now aren’t high (I didn’t know Moffatt was behind it, I agree he’s the kiss of death…)Comment
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Next Sunday, 21 July at 22.50 BST, John Bridcut's film about Michael Tippett, The Shadow and the Light, is shown on BBC4. I don't know if this is new or a repeat. I have seen documentaries aboiut Michael but can't recall this one. In my experience Bridcut is always interesting if uneven at times: I thought his Holst film , InThe Bleak Midwinter, rather disappointing. But Tippett on TV is not a frequent event so this is one for the Timer .Comment
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Thanks! I wonder how I missed it.Comment
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Next Wednesday eveing, 24 July at 2000 BST on Sky Arts Melvyn Bragg talks about the importance of the Arts, with extracts from his many interviews . I'm hoping this will be relevant to discussion often aired on these boards.Comment
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Well if The Bragg thinks the arts so important, why then is it that he devotes his weekly programme on Radio 4 to pet subjects which have little or nothing to do with them?Originally posted by smittims View PostComment
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....I notice Richard Ellison of Little Haywood Staffordshire writing in the Radio Time Feedback, thought Douglas is Cancelled to be "excellent and thought provoking" and Stephen Barkiem of Woking, Surrey thought it was "witty and extremely funny"............let them come on R3 Forum and debate no holds barred....bong chingComment
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Hugh Bonneville seemed to be playing the same somewhat bemused character as he has played previously in W1A and elsewhere, added to which I think TV series centred on presenters of TV programmes are more than a little self-indulgent. Sufficient reasons not to waste my time watching Episodes 2-4.Originally posted by eighthobstruction View PostComment
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A plug for Secrets of the London Underground - a series featuring on several channels, hosted by two delightful and enthusiastic presenters, Siddy Holloway - who just happens to curate at the London Transport Museum (nice job!), and her friend Tim Dunn. We are led into hidden worlds of tunnels deep underground to discover often long-abandoned places and disused sections of the tube network including shut stations, revealing customised corridor lining tiles, lift shafts and ticket halls that are no more, fossilized escalators replete with 1930s fittings and posters, tattered remnants of adverts from way back in time, dust-covered machinery, and old technologies. One learns so much about not just the history, but London itself from this unexpected but indispensable perspective. My huge respect goes for all those we owe The Tube to, from the pioneers, planners, technicians and designers to the work forces, past and present.
Some (at least) of the series can be found on this link, and I cannot recommend the programmes on Earl's Court, Paddington and Waterloo stations too highly. - it's free if you wish, but you have to sign on.
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