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

[chaileyjem]

Boybands Forever is a terrific , moving documentary at times and doesn't shy away from conflict or the negatives. It also has the best opening to a music documentary in quite a while.

Boybands Forever - Series 1: Episode 1

It’s the early 90s, and Take That are vying with East 17 for both teenage hearts and chart dominance, giving birth to a British pop phenomenon which would define the decade.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[alanfp]

... and don't forget BBC Sounds if you want to enjoy something while resting your eyes.

There are quite a few (though not all) Radio 4 comedy programmes that I enjoy. Sometimes I even make it to the end of the programme without falling asleep!

 

[Ooh it’s a corner]

... and don't forget BBC Sounds if you want to enjoy something while resting your eyes.

There are quite a few (though not all) Radio 4 comedy programmes that I enjoy. Sometimes I even make it to the end of the programme without falling asleep!

You’re obviously not doing it properly @alanfp!

 

[marlowe]

Thanks for the recommendation, it was great! Funny as, just wished it had ended slightly differently or went on to a second series.

There is a second series. Started a couple of days ago. Only 8 episodes in total but each one about five minutes longer...

Cheaters - Series 2: Episode 1

After the adrenaline of their affair, Josh is keen to take his relationship with Fola to the next level. But Fola wants to take things slowly – not exactly Josh’s speed.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Alba Badger]

Bit old now so many will have seen, but after Slow Horses I fancies some more Spy gubbins so watched "The Night Manager" t'was quite entertaining. I'd not watched it fo whatever reason when it was on.

 

[Ooh it’s a corner]

Bit old now so many will have seen, but after Slow Horses I fancies some more Spy gubbins so watched "The Night Manager" t'was quite entertaining. I'd not watched it fo whatever reason when it was on.

These are a very good series

 

[Birdie Boy]

There is a second series. Started a couple of days ago. Only 8 episodes in total but each one about five minutes longer...

Cheaters - Series 2: Episode 1

After the adrenaline of their affair, Josh is keen to take his relationship with Fola to the next level. But Fola wants to take things slowly – not exactly Josh’s speed.

www.bbc.co.uk

Fantastic. I'm thinking wife swap or swinging...

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Icons of Football - 'How some of Scottish football's biggest stars made their names on and off the pitch.'

If the rest if the series lives up to S1E1 Charlie Nicholas then it will be a rare treat indeed. Only mild criticism I'd make is to would have been nice if they didn't show him scoring against Partick Thistle quite so often

 

[alanfp]

Hope I'm not rubbing salt in the wound, but didn't Billy Connolly say that when he was growing up he thought the name of his local team was "Partick Thistle Nil"

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

Hope I'm not rubbing salt in the wound, but didn't Billy Connolly say that when he was growing up he thought the name of his local team was "Partick Thistle Nil"

Yes, yes he did

 

[Is it PotG?]

The BBC has announced a new Gaelic-language crime drama, An t-Eilean (The Island).

The Beeb describes the series as, ‘a tense, twisting story of lies, loss and long-buried secrets’, and the murder mystery is set against the elemental backdrop of the Western Isles of Scotland. An t-Eilean (The Island), which combines Gaelic dialogue with English, and will air in early 2025 on BBC ALBA, BBC iPlayer and BBC Four.

Sorcha Groundsell leads the cast as Kat Crichton, a young Family Liaison Officer, assigned to investigate the brutal murder of the wife of a local tycoon at a remote island mansion. She stars alongside Sagar Radia (Industry) who plays her boss, DCI Ahmed Halim. The murder investigation unravels on the island of Lewis and Harris, from where Kat mysteriously fled ten years previously.

 

[Weststander]

Watched a spellbinding version of Jane Eyre on BBC4 last night, it’s available. The 2011 movie.

Jane Eyre

Adaptation of Charlotte Bronte's classic tale set in the 1840s. Jane Eyre falls in love with Mr Rochester, unaware of the terrible secret that he is harbouring.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Machiavelli]

There's a great 150 minute compilation of rare performances from top artists in the Music section of iPlayer. We fast-forwarded through a fair bit of it, but there are some real gems in there.

 

[Slum_Wolf]

Enjoyed these two documentaries...

Different League: The Derry City Story

The story of a community that needed a break and how its football club, exiled for 13 years, was brought back from the dead.

www.bbc.co.uk

Dreams of Glory: The Glentoran Story

East Belfast football club Glentoran was saved from financial collapse by a new owner. This documentary follows the club’s fight to reclaim the glory days of its past.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Machiavelli]

I'm pretty sure there was a more appropriate BBC thread for this, so please post on that if you can find it via searching (I couldn't), but this doesn't paint the happiest picture:

From constant scandals to its best shows ending – how 2024 turned into the BBC’s annus horribilis

With star names such as Gary Lineker, Kirsty Wark and Mishal Husain leaving, a slew of others embroiled in legal troubles and a sharp drop in income, this has been a dreadful 12 months for the broadcaster. But could it get worse?

www.theguardian.com

 

[LU7 RED]

There's a great 150 minute compilation of rare performances from top artists in the Music section of iPlayer. We fast-forwarded through a fair bit of it, but there are some real gems in there.

Non BBC - but the 'From the Vaults' thing by Guy Garvey on ITVX is excellent. Its the other side of the coin - rare ITV music performances.

 

[alanfp]

While we're on music, it's not iPlayer, but don't forget to have a look at the Sky Arts schedule in case you see something of interest.
I spotted a Jethro Tull concert last week - great stuff (that I wouldn't normally have seen).

 

[LamieRobertson]

Don’t really watch much on BBC these days ..but happy to catch the new series of Strike..can’t say I followed the plot that well but then I’m a bit dim..still it didn’t spoil my enjoyment as I like the lead characters

 

[Slum_Wolf]

Ffa Coffi Pawb!

30 mlynedd ers chwalu, dilynwn siwrne'r band o'r gogledd - o sin gerddoriaeth danddaearol Cymru'r 80au a'r 90au - i'r Super Furry Animals. Following the journey of Welsh band Ff...

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Weststander]

David Copperfield … 1999 version with a young Daniel Radcliffe, also Maggie Smith, an evil Trevor Eve and Nicholas Lyndhurst. Brilliant.