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

[Norman Potting]

Father Ted. FECK

 

[Is it PotG?]

Can't wait for this, The Gallows Pole. Based on the book by Benjamin Myers, Shane Meadows has adapted the remarkable true story of the rise of David Hartley and the Cragg Vale Coiners. Set in the moorland hills of 18th Century Yorkshire, the drama follows the enigmatic David Hartley played by Michael Socha, as he assembles a gang of weavers and land-workers to embark upon a revolutionary criminal enterprise that will capsize the economy and become the biggest fraud in British history.

Also starring are Sophie McShera who plays Grace, with Thomas Turgoose as William Hartley, Yusra Warsama as Bethsheba, Anthony Welsh as Abe Oldfield, Samuel Edward-Cook as Isaac Hartley, Joe Sproulle as Joe, and Adam Fogerty as James Broadbent, Nicole Barber-Lane as Susie, Fine Time Fontayne as Joseph Broadbent, with Ralph Ineson as The Clothier.

Fantabulous.

Meadows really is a genius.

Dialogues, choice of.music and emotion swings. You could have watched this 'blind' and known within 15 minutes it was the MeadowsMeister at work.

Add the humour and a few faces from This is England and game on . .

 

[banjo]

Steeltown murders.

 

[Stat Brother]

Hell and High Water is in films - if you haven't you really must.

I did notice another, as well as Mindhorn, but I'll have to edit that in later, as I've forgotten.

Death Of Stalin.

 

[Is it PotG?]

Coming very soon, The Sixth Commandment.

A brand new four-part true crime drama that explores the deaths of Peter Farquhar and Ann Moore-Martin in the village of Maids Moreton, Buckinghamshire, and the extraordinary events that unfolded over the following years.

Penned by Sarah Phelps it stars Timothy Spall (Barry, Barry Taylor

) and Last Tango In Halifax’s legendary Anne Reid.

It tells the story of how the meeting of an inspirational teacher, Peter Farquhar (Timothy Spall), and a charismatic student, Ben Field (Éanna Hardwicke), set the stage for one of the most complex and confounding criminal cases in recent memory. It also focuses on how suspicions around Field’s relationship with Ann Moore-Martin (Anne Reid), Peter’s deeply religious neighbour, unlocked a series of chilling revelations.

 

[Terry Butcher Tribute Act]

I note that Staged series 3 is on Wednesday night, not sure when it hits iplayer

 

[Neville's Breakfast]

Just watched and enjoyed the first two series of There she goes.’ We missed them first time around but saw David Tennant interviewed last week about an upcoming 3rd series. It is a portrayal of life bringing up a child with learning difficulties. Enjoyable and there are some light hearted monents.

 

[BrightonCottager]

Hell and High Water is in films - if you haven't you really must.

I did notice another, as well as Mindhorn, but I'll have to edit that in later, as I've forgotten.

I thought this was great - a real modern western, suspenseful up to the end. But I wish I could have worked out how to put the subtitles on - the Texas accents were really thick.

 

[lawros left foot]

Don’t know if it’s been mentioned, but Once upon a time in Northern Ireland, is excellent. The Troubles from the perspective of ordinary people. I’ve only watched the first one, but it is very good.

 

[1066familyman]

Don’t know if it’s been mentioned, but Once upon a time in Northern Ireland, is excellent. The Troubles from the perspective of ordinary people. I’ve only watched the first one, but it is very good.

Now watched all of them. Difficult watch but very well made.

 

[Super Steve Earle]

Andy Murray just about to start against Dom Stricker at Nottingham.

 

[Machiavelli]

Don’t know if it’s been mentioned, but Once upon a time in Northern Ireland, is excellent. The Troubles from the perspective of ordinary people. I’ve only watched the first one, but it is very good.

Agreed. It's very, very good.
We've just got 2/3 of the way through the Nazis doc which we've been watching ahead of our one's GCSEs, and that's worth a plunge too (if you haven't had enough of Hitler and the Nazis).

 

[keaton]

Agreed. It's very, very good.
We've just got 2/3 of the way through the Nazis doc which we've been watching ahead of our one's GCSEs, and that's worth a plunge too (if you haven't had enough of Hitler and the Nazis).

I'm not sure if the Syllabus has changed but the World at War episode on the Nazis rise to power got a very good mark in GCSEs

 

[Van Cleef]

As mentioned before in this thread, must big up Death of Stalin. Superb film. Unrelated subject, but "The Witness is a Whale" is also well worth a watch.

 

[beardy gull]

The English review – Emily Blunt’s sweeping western is a rare, sensational masterpiece | Television | The Guardian

Hugo Blick’s revelatory series is a gorgeous, glorious new take on the old west – a lawless land where no one can hear you, or anyone in your way, scream

amp.theguardian.com

Really enjoyed The English. Slow start but well worth sticking with it. Rafe Spall is superb.

 

[Van Cleef]

I thought this was great - a real modern western, suspenseful up to the end. But I wish I could have worked out how to put the subtitles on - the Texas accents were really thick.

I loved this film too. Reminded me a bit of No Country for Old Men. Quite dark - just how I like 'em.

 

[Is it PotG?]

Just finished Clean Sweep which I've just read the Beeb have acquired for BBC Four. The six-part thriller series stars Charlene McKenna and was originally shown on RTE.

Inspired by true events, it follows a seemingly ordinary housewife, Shelly Mohan (McKenna), a mother of three, married to a Garda detective (Barry Ward). On the surface, all seems normal until her dark past comes back to haunt her.

Pretty enjoyable stuff, recommended.

 

[Van Cleef]

Not sure if mentioned, but i noticed recently the film version of What We Do In The Shadows is available. Its what the series was based on. Well worth a watch.

 

[Icy Gull]

Linda Ronstadt - The sound of my voice.

Fascinating and ultimately very sad

 

[Ooh it’s a corner]

I’m fully behind your ’We Love Linda’ campaign Icy - a bit of a pin-up for me in the 70’s(her not you!) - the harmony alums with Dolly and Emmylou are excellent too - so sad how Illness has blighted her later years.