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    #62
    pinkypinky
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    Thought Salamander started slowly but I was well into it by the second episode's start. Shame there are no female characters of note - big change after the Danish/Swedish model.

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    #63
    Dozen Wicked Words
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    johnire wrote: »
    Hi

    I missed the first 2 episodes as well but where is it possible to watch them as they are not repeated???

    BBC iplayer has it, (you need to google hola! browser add on). Or there are lots of other ways to make iplayer watchable here, but I don't think it's permitted on forum to discuss them.


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    #64
    mike65
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    mike65 wrote: »
    Also coming soon "the Life of Rock" a major new documentary series by Simon Day Brian Pern (and Nigel Havers, Vic Reeves, David Arnold, Peter Gabriel, Paul Whitehouse, Bob Mortimer)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRUCKRJr1PQ

    Bump! Its on at 10pm right after Danny Baker's Rockin' Decades - The Seventies


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    #65
    mike65
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    That was near genius! :D You have to know the faces and names of course to get some of the gags and to spot where fact and fiction had been artfully mixed (Judge Dredd for example) but if you do very good indeed.


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    #66
    FloatingVoter
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    Loved it. Peter Gabriel might be suing over this. The stone age theme from Eastenders was good. Pretty sure some of those 70s morons did actually amp up an egg at some point. The look on Michael Kitchen's face when Pern starts talking about how his "brain" works says it all.


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    #67
    mike65
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    Part two of Danny Baker's Rockin' Decades and the return of Parks and Recreation at 10.30 (two eps back to back)


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    #68
    mike65
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    mike65 wrote: »
    Nation Builders the story of British architecture

    Featuring two hours of Jonathan Meades who will be worth the price of admission on his own.

    Jonathan Meades writes about post war Brutalism in the Guardian

    Habitat-67-in-Montreal-by-011.jpg

    Part one of the Brits Who Built the Modern World (understated title!) which went out at 9pm Thursday featured the Pre-Fab Five - Richard Rodgers, Norman Foster, Nicholas Grimshaw, Terry Farrell and Michael Hopkins in their formative years and early struggles to get established - absorbing primer with excellent machine-age music - Kraftwerk, Jarre, Moroder, Vangelis, Numan, Reilly etc


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    #69
    Infoanon
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    pinkypinky wrote: »
    Thought Salamander started slowly but I was well into it by the second episode's start. Shame there are no female characters of note - big change after the Danish/Swedish model.

    Different to Borgen but very watchable - looking forward to episodes 3 and 4.

    Will the excellent Spiral be the next BBC4 9pm treat ?


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    #70
    evilivor
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    Infoanon wrote: »
    Different to Borgen but very watchable - looking forward to episodes 3 and 4.

    Will the excellent Spiral be the next BBC4 9pm treat ?

    It's a year since BBC Four showed Series 4 so hopefully not too long away, though I don't think S5 has screened in France yet.


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    #71
    mike65
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    Another excellent edition of the Life of Rock with Brian Pern.


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    Yamanoto
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    Anyone watching 'The Man who Fought the Planners - The Story of Iain Nairn'?

    Had never heard of him, but an interesting guy and quite a moving show in places.

    Well worth catching the repeat.

    http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/csyxds/the-man-who-fought-the-planners-the-story-of-ian-nairn


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    #73
    mike65
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    Recorded this, thought it would be interesting, did you (or anyone else) see The Secret History of Our Streets on BBC2? Had some fascinating stuff about planning and planners, esp in the first film.


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    #74
    Dozen Wicked Words
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    Yamanoto wrote: »
    Anyone watching 'The Man who Fought the Planners - The Story of Iain Nairn'?

    Had never heard of him, but an interesting guy and quite a moving show in places.

    Well worth catching the repeat.

    http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/csyxds/the-man-who-fought-the-planners-the-story-of-ian-nairn

    He seemed like a voice of sanity. He tried to save the emporium in my hometown, failed and planners have continued their bad work up to this day.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ8eyMqJkwY&feature=youtube_gdata_player


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    #75
    SimonQuinlank
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    Michael Mosley's doc on parasites yesterday was very interesting.Not many TV presenters would eat dodgy raw meat and willingly be infected with tapeworms.Stuff about toxoplasmosis was slightly scary too.


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    #76
    mike65
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    Michael Mosley is a man who laughs in the face of danger, every series he risks his health doing something - he did that 5/2 diet that apparently transforms your well being but I could never put up with that.


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    #77
    Harry Angstrom
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    Isambard Kingdom Brunel was a genius. Amazing stuff with The Thames Tunnel.


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    #78
    evilivor
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    SimonQuinlank wrote: »
    Michael Mosley's doc on parasites yesterday was very interesting.Not many TV presenters would eat dodgy raw meat and willingly be infected with tapeworms.Stuff about toxoplasmosis was slightly scary too.

    It was terrific - though I feared I had contracted Morgellons during the lice segment.


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    #79
    mike65
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    Harry Angstrom wrote: »
    Isambard Kingdom Brunel was a genius. Amazing stuff with The Thames Tunnel.

    The animated history of Brunel, well worth 25 minutes even with Russian subs.

    https://video.yandex.ru/users/urikis/view/644/


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    Harry Angstrom
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    Very good documentary about film scores on at the moment.


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    #81
    mike65
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    Yamanoto wrote: »
    Anyone watching 'The Man who Fought the Planners - The Story of Iain Nairn'?

    Had never heard of him, but an interesting guy and quite a moving show in places.

    Well worth catching the repeat.

    http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/csyxds/the-man-who-fought-the-planners-the-story-of-ian-nairn

    When watching profiles like this one is powerfully reminded hw so much has changed for both better and worse - better planning overall but worse tv in some repects - quite impossible to imagine any commissioning editor letting someone like Ian Nairn near a tv series now. These days diversity is measured by colour or religion rather than opinion.


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    #82
    mike65
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    WE WANT MEADES
    WE WANT MEADES

    :)

    Love it when he turns his righteous guns on the flipping hippies and all that followed.


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    #83
    two wheels good
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    mike65 wrote: »
    WE WANT MEADES
    WE WANT MEADES

    :)

    Love it when he turns his righteous guns on the flipping hippies and all that followed.

    The "yohgurt-weaving hippies" were a target of his ire last night when he lamented the demolition of brutalist architecture.
    It sounded good but I doubt it has much basis in fact. It's not just the hippies who protect Georgian architecture and want to live in cottage with wisteria over the door. And rubbishing efforts for sustainability ... that makes no sense. I wondered when the doc. was made.


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    #84
    OldRio
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    two wheels good wrote: »
    The "yohgurt-weaving hippies" were a target of his ire last night when he lamented the demolition of brutalist architecture.
    It sounded good but I doubt it has much basis in fact. It's not just the hippies who protect Georgian architecture and want to live in cottage with wisteria over the door. And rubbishing efforts for sustainability ... that makes no sense. I wondered when the doc. was made.

    Absolutely loved it.
    Meades was on fire. Nice to hear someone have a go at the tree huggers.


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    #85
    two wheels good
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    OldRio wrote: »
    Absolutely loved it.
    Meades was on fire. Nice to hear someone have a go at the tree huggers.

    A rational argument won't be so important then.

    I couldn't help thinking that capitalist property developers may have had more of hand in the demolition of the buildings than the hippies. And the question .. how many architects actually live in their high-rise "machines for living"?.
    But I will be looking out for more of Meades ..and Floyd


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    #86
    mike65
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    The hippies became businessmen - we saw footage of Richard Branson for a reason.

    On other matters the last of Life of Rock by Brian Penn ended last night with his alter ego Peter Gabriel popping up to end the series as the two merged on the Musical Event Horizon.

    I doubt there will be a second series but I'd not be against more of Brian Penn the character.


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    #87
    evilivor
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    Couple of interestting Storyvilles coming up:

    Thur, 27 Feb 22:00

    Soccer Coach Zoran and his African Tigers

    A gripping story of triumph and failure, set in the world's youngest country.

    South Sudan became an independent state in 2011, following almost 50 years of civil war. This documentary follows veteran Serbian coach Zoran Djordjevic as he seeks to forge South Sudan's first national football team. What follows is a fascinating and original portrait of the birth of a nation.

    Although still steeped in traumatic memories, the new nation is seeking to make a mark on the international soccer stage under the dynamic and hugely ambitious new coach. The film follows the team over its first year, from the hunt for new players to buying a sheep to be its mascot and the side's first international games. Zoran's aggressive style soon leads to conflict with the chair of the soccer federation. As the euphoria of independence subsides, the team finds itself hit by bitter infighting, malaria and a financial crisis that threatens the state itself.


    Mon 3 Mar 22:30

    The Village that Fought Back: Five Broken Cameras

    Oscar-nominated film compiled from the video diary of a Palestinian farmer who documents unrest in his West Bank village. Emad Burnat starts filming with his first camera following the birth of his fourth son. At the same time in his village of Bil'in, a separation barrier is being built and the villagers begin to resist this decision.

    Over several years Burnat films this non-violent struggle against the Israeli army - which is led by two of his best friends - literally from his own point of view. Soon, these events begin to impact his own life. Bulldozers knocking down olive trees, the loss of life and night raids scare his family. His friends, brothers and even himself are either shot or arrested. One camera after another used to document these events is shot or smashed.


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    #88
    OldRio
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    two wheels good wrote: »
    A rational argument won't be so important then.


    Whoaaa there. Argument ? Not from this old hippy. Here have a flower.


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    #89
    Harry Angstrom
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    The First World War from Above. Well worth watching.


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    Harry Angstrom
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    What Do Artists Do All Day? - Photographer Tom Wood.

    Another one worth watching.


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    two wheels good
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    OldRio wrote: »
    Whoaaa there. Argument ? Not from this old hippy. Here have a flower.

    Thanks, man. Call round for some lentils sometime. We could listen to Yes

    I was referring to Meades' lack of rational argument. Not to your good self.
    He does good polemic - with great visuals. But that's based on only my first viewing. As I say, I'll look out for more of Meades.


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