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Ah yes. Photo from years ago I think - very eye catching. Those years in "Parliament" seem to have taken their toll. -
Series 3 starts on Saturday 16th with two episodes at 9.00 and 10.00 on BBC4. No HD, unfortunately.Comment
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Gadzooks, thank-ee!Originally posted by mangerton View Post
"...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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Well...that at least is something to help with the young and present Montalbano Saturday evening withdrawal symptoms.Originally posted by mangerton View Post
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Totally Agree! I've been spoilt watching the young Buck - never was really into the older one anyway. Just viewed the first two in Series 3 back-to -back with my early morning tea, all very satisfactory, and is it just me or is Sidse Babett Knudsen really sexy when she speaks in English
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Hmm.
Well, I'm afraid I found that first double epi pretty predictable, almost on the stopwatch: tired exec home - count five slowly and bang on cue baby cries - yeah, right. Young pushing new exec in scarf and thirty seconds and one drink in bar later into Katrine's bed despite being an enemy = gosh the dialectic of sexual politics!? Oh dear. And the tiresome Bent like a poorly acted schoolboy saying 'please let me come back'. Oh dear. OK, a lot to be re-established for newcomers, but I'm hoping that next Saturday, things move on a tad quicker. And yes, agree Spiral, The Bridge and The Killing have this beaten into a cocked hat.
Bust up between Katrine and Mum good. Nice to have a real baby being a real baby too.Comment
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Agreed on all points, MobsonOriginally posted by Mobson7 View PostTotally Agree! I've been spoilt watching the young Buck - never was really into the older one anyway. Just viewed the first two in Series 3 back-to -back with my early morning tea, all very satisfactory, and is it just me or is Sidse Babett Knudsen really sexy when she speaks in English
"...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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I guess that's right - I was trying to put my finger on why, though a great watch, it wasn't quite the same level as the cut-and-thrust of the earlier two seasons - I put it down to 'exposition'-itis, needing to take stock of where everyone is. The predictability didn't grate, though, with me - and I liked the way Birgitte's change of tack was suggested by her different responses to the audience question (at two of her Blair-style lectures) 'what would you do if you were PM?' - first parrying it by saying she doesn't ask hypothetical questions, but then actually engaging with the question and giving an answer.Originally posted by DracoM View Post
It's still unmissable stuff for me
"...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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I thought that Birgitte was taking her lead from John Major following his recent re-entry into UK politics...wonder if he's thinking of starting a new party.
I'd pay good money to see that one!
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I'm afraid the new party's doomed if it has "New" in the title, a tainted political adjective if ever there was one. I thought the series got off to a slow start, and Kasper was virtually airbrushed out of the opening episodes. What's he doing working on that mind-numbing political discussion programme and why do they have to stand up all the time? Have they all got piles?!Originally posted by johncorrigan View PostI thought that Birgitte was taking her lead from John Major following his recent re-entry into UK politics...wonder if he's thinking of starting a new party. I'd pay good money to see that one!Comment
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Hmm, a centrist party teams up with a nasty right wing party. Wonder where they got that idea from <grin>.SteveComment
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***Spoiler alert****
Thought the episode about the pigs last night was top notch entertainment and information. The Freedom Party leader Svend Åge Saltum is a frightening caricature really well played by Ole Thestrup - really enjoyed it...and Birgitte exerting her control very interesting indeed.Comment
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aaaaaaaaaaagh please put SPOILER ALERT up front if you give away plot! still to watch the recording ...
it is not the story line [yep too predictable] it is all about her innit ....and intelligent political discourse and scandi family values etc come way behind her star quality ...According to the best estimates of astronomers there are at least one hundred billion galaxies in the observable universe.Comment
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Sorry Calum - I've put in a late entry as you suggested.Originally posted by aka Calum Da Jazbo View PostComment
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Ok Boren fans, S4C kindly sent me this vital Clic ! link for you all to enjoy. The Killing - Aberystwyth style. Y Gwyll
Can't wait for more but wait I'll have to ...
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Warning. Does include images of a VolvoComment
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