[TV] What's good to watch on BBC iPlayer ?

[Is it PotG?]

The News is pretty good.

I find it keeps me up-to-date with events of the day or of a previous day.

Similarly I love watching yesterday's weather forecast and judge its accuracy.

 

[Nigella's Cream Pie]

The News is pretty good.

I find it keeps me up-to-date with events of the day or of a previous day.

You can also see news for any BBC region you like

 

[Is it PotG?]

You can also see news for any BBC region you like

Indeed, I'm all over the Grimsby pot hole situation thanks to this great facility.

 

[Is it PotG?]

The BBC (BBC 1) has acquired the forthcoming adaptation of Liane Moriarty’s best-selling novel, The Last Anniversary.

The six-part series -described as a comedy drama – stars Teresa Palmer, Miranda Richardson and Danielle Macdonald, with Helen Thomson, Susan Prior, Claude Scott-Mitchell, Charlie Garber, Uli Latukefu and Jeremy Lindsay Taylor.

The story is set on Scribbly Gum Island, a place of many secrets. The one that made it famous – the disappearance of a young couple decades ago – might have made the island a destination for true crime tourists, but when it comes to secrets, the three generations of women that call Scribbly Gum home, hold far more.

When Sophie Honeywell (Teresa Palmer) inherits a house on the island, left to her by her ex-boyfriend’s great-aunt Connie, it’s the fresh start she’s craving, despite the unwelcome reception she receives on arrival. Single and approaching 40, Sophie is intrigued by something else Connie left her - a promise that she might finally find the man of her dreams…

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

I'll be disappointed with how late I've come to the party with INDUSTRY. Suffice to say that anybody who has spent any amount of time working in The City will recognise all of the places and many of the characters. These are a good series (x3)

 

[Super Sub]

Superman & Lois. 3 series and love it... Big Superman nerd though.
Your Home Made Perfect
Your Garden Made Perfect

 

[kevo]

I'll be disappointed with how late I've come to the party with INDUSTRY. Suffice to say that anybody who has spent any amount of time working in The City will recognise all of the places and many of the characters. These are a good series (x3)

Series three not quite as brilliant as the first two so far, but fantastic TV.

 

[Talby]

STORYVILLE and Arena have some brilliant documentaries :

Jonestown Massacre :

Storyville - Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle: Episode 1

A Storyville documentary. Why did Jim Jones, a charismatic American preacher and leader of the People's Temple, compel his members in 1978 to perform 'revolutionary suicide' in northern Guyana?

www.bbc.co.uk

Elvis’s diet

Arena - The Burger and the King

Fried peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are on the menu as Arena documents the life and cuisine of Elvis Presley - whose talent was matched by his appetite. (1996)

www.bbc.co.uk

Kendo Nagasaki….this is brilliant if you remember your wresting when it was on daytime on Saturday

Arena - Masters Of The Canvas

When pop artist Peter Blake confessed that his fantasy was to be the mysterious masked wrestler Kendo Nagasaki, little did he know what the consequences would be. (1992)

www.bbc.co.uk

And…

12 monkeys - https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b01fhfjy

Babs- https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b08q8jcy


This….https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p0fw10hz

Threads …only been broadcast 4 times

Threads

Grim drama telling the story of a nuclear strike on Britain through the eyes of two families, tracing the events leading up to the war and the decade of devastation that follows.

www.bbc.co.uk

Time :

Time - Series 1: Episode 1

Mark Cobden is sent to prison and has to learn quickly how to survive. When an inmate identifies prison officer Eric McNally’s weakness, he faces an impossible choice.

www.bbc.co.uk

I love a bit of TV. And the BBC still puts out brilliant programmes (and some shite, like all the others do too).

 

[Talby]

Is that good? I keep seeing it advertised.

It’s ok. Not as good I think.

FISK is a great comedy series.

 

[Weststander]

Industry, a drama set around the lives of employees in a City finance firm. It's excellent.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m000pb89/industry

 

[keaton]

Was on a while ago but the documentary Hell Jumper is outstanding.
About a young bloke from Cornwall who goes to Ukraine to help out just after the Russian invasion and ends up doing rescue missions of Ukraine citizens in no man's land

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Series three not quite as brilliant as the first two so far, but fantastic TV.

Gotta love Industry S3. Spirals head-mentally out of control while remaining absolutely must-watch TV (if you absolutely bloomin' loved S1 & S2)

 

[Beach Hut]

Sambre - Anatomy of Crime is quite brilliant

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

Flack. Two series about a PR firm who do crisis management for celebs. Decent, bingable watch

 

[Ooh it’s a corner]

Sambre - Anatomy of Crime is quite brilliant

yes I watched it and it got better as it went on - I like virtually all the European drama stuff - Justice:Those Who Kill started on BBC4 on Saturday - the lovely Louise

 

[Beach Hut]

yes I watched it and it got better as it went on - I like virtually all the European drama stuff - Justice:Those Who Kill started on BBC4 on Saturday - the lovely Louise

Watch Walter Presents on Channel 4, a multitude of excellent Worldwide drama

 

[Ooh it’s a corner]

Watch Walter Presents on Channel 4, a multitude of excellent Worldwide drama

Thanks - I have seen several and agree

 

[Beach Hut]

yes I watched it and it got better as it went on - I like virtually all the European drama stuff - Justice:Those Who Kill started on BBC4 on Saturday - the lovely Louise

Talking of nice totty, Tosh from Shetland is back Wednesday week, BBC1

 

[AmexRuislip]

Talking of nice totty, Tosh from Shetland is back Wednesday week, BBC1

I did have to think for a second

 

[Peteinblack]

Apologies if previously recommended upthread, but two excellent Welsh crime dramas, usually involving murder or abduction/kidnapping.

1) Set in bleak and remote countryside near Aberystwyth with surly/dodgy locals and their dark family secrets; slow-paced but still gripping and sometimes unnerving https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b03sgfbz/hinterland

2) On currently. Set in and around Pembroke Dock; a run-down town literally at the end of the (train) line in south-west. Wales. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/p0jt33wx/cleddau

Also:

Blue Lights - Series 1: 1. The Code

PSNI probationer Grace promises to help Angela, whose son has fallen in with a notorious gang. But with undercover agents watching, will she be able to keep her word?

www.bbc.co.uk

The Night Manager

In his quest to do the right thing, he must become a criminal himself. Tom Hiddleston, Hugh Laurie and Olivia Colman in a tense, stylish thriller from spy master John Le Carré.

www.bbc.co.uk

Luther

A brilliant, troubled detective crosses the line between personal and professional as he investigates the darkest crimes in London. Starring Idris Elba.

www.bbc.co.uk

Wolf Hall

The irresistible rise of Thomas Cromwell - who defied and defined an era. Mark Rylance leads the acclaimed adaptation of Hilary Mantel's tales from the dark heart of Tudor history.

www.bbc.co.uk

Happy Valley

It never goes away. Sgt Catherine Cawood is tough, defiant and facing her traumatic past. Sarah Lancashire in Sally Wainwright's northern noir.

www.bbc.co.uk

Vigil

The deeper you go, the darker it gets. Military investigator DCI Silva fights to uncover conspiracies of silence - but who can she trust? Tense drama starring Suranne Jones.

www.bbc.co.uk

Jonathan Creek

Comedy drama series about a deviser of magic tricks who is often called in to solve puzzling murders. Starring Alan Davies.

www.bbc.co.uk

And my all-time favourite film! https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001t443/the-wicker-man