The BBC Four Thread

Harry Palmr

Indeed - also worth looking for is the 40th Anniversary of Arena this week which charts a day using Arena archive material.

brian_t

More Nordic drama coming next year in the form of 'Follow the Money' and 'Trapped'.

also more Beck and Hinterland.

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-11-21/the-12-best-scandi-drama-treats-to-come#channel=fc9361c6c883b8&origin=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.radiotimes.com

Nekarsulm

Tonight, 8pm till 9.
"Digging for Ireland" an archaeology programme.

Harry Palmr

So then Simon and Garfunkel are actually

Peters and Lee

Deathwish4

Another cracking Episode of Detectorists. Spot on from start to finish.

Devasted there's only 1 episode left in the series

Luckily, there is a Christmas Special coming soon

"Mackenzie Crook and Toby Jones will be searching for festive items in a Christmas special of Detectorists later this year.
The critically-acclaimed BBC Four comedy will return for a six-part second series in late 2015, followed by a festive episode in December."

Nekarsulm

This is one programme where time flies. Hard to believe the half hour is gone when it ends.

Skid X

I am enjoying this repeat of the Huw Edwards doc about the Welsh community in Patagonia.

Hard to believe they have kept their language and culture alive for so long so far away from its roots.

Harry Palmr

and that's that until Christmas is the brooch the real deal or not?

Dan Chipowski

I was almost in tears last night. Lance's face!

Detectorists has been the best thing on television in years.

Skid X

This looks interesting, I haven't seen it before.

BBC Four is repeating the biopic Best Possible Taste: The Kenny Everett Story on Thursday 17 December 2015 at 10pm.

If you missed it first time around in 2012, or just fancy seeing it again, it’s worth catching – a high quality drama that’s mostly accurate and very well acted and written, with plenty of reminders of the genius that Ev brought to radio and television.

http://www.transdiffusion.org/2015/12/15/best-possible-taste

Hotblack Desiato

It's all done in the best possible taste. :pac:

It's a good programme for those who can remember the 80s - the young un's probably scratching their heads. But Kenny turned a nasty letter of admonishment from BBC hierarchy "...must be done in the best possible taste" into a catchphrase.. on the BBC. Genius

Alas poor Kenny, a genius taken from us much too soon.

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

brian_t

The final two episodes of The Bridge are on tonight.

After a short break for Christmas the second series (6 parts) of "The Young Montalbano" starts at 9:00pm on Saturday 2nd January.

And after that :-

brian_t

10:00pm on Wednesday 23rd December

Repeated :

02:30am on Thursday 24th December.

00:00am on Saturday 26th December.

Harry Palmr

Ah, nice to see Graham Garden pop up from about 1968

Poochie05

So did anyone catch the 2 hour sleigh ride film last night? A fixed camera on the back of a sleigh being pulled by reindeer above the arctic circle in Norway. Very little dialogue, just the sound of hooves on snow. Strangely hypnotic!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06t3psw

Alun

Poochie05 wrote: »

So did anyone catch the 2 hour sleigh ride film last night? A fixed camera on the back of a sleigh being pulled by reindeer above the arctic circle in Norway. Very little dialogue, just the sound of hooves on snow. Strangely hypnotic!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06t3psw

It's a whole genre called, rather appropriately, "Slow TV", and nrk, the Norwegian state broadcaster, seems to have pretty much invented it.

http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2013/oct/04/slow-tv-norwegian-movement-nrk

http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/apr/03/norway-nrk-slow-tv-relaxation

darkdubh

Loved the programme about the golden age of childrens TV.

Harry Palmr

Poochie05 wrote: »

So did anyone catch the 2 hour sleigh ride film last night? A fixed camera on the back of a sleigh being pulled by reindeer above the arctic circle in Norway. Very little dialogue, just the sound of hooves on snow. Strangely hypnotic!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06t3psw

I did, the ambient near silence is what makes these programmes, you just sort of drift into your own space and time while watching.

Arthur Daley

It is back on now for two hours

Harry Palmr

The Life of Rock with Brian Pern 10 PM tonight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbrZfNsEYJ8

Skid X

Brian Pern gets better and better. Rhys Thomas OBE should get a Knighthood for writing it.

Harry Palmr

Episode two was one of the best 30 mins of parody comedy I've seen, so many pop-cultural moments skewered perfectly.

loyatemu

no mention of Storyville: The Show of Shows?

absolutely mesmerising vintage footage of circus acts from the early-mid 20th century, set to music by the guys from Sigur Ros. Some of it quite disturbing (weird animal acts, toddlers boxing) but the whole thing was like some bizarre dream. Yet another example of something only BBC4 would show.

Harry Palmr

Did anyone else see the Storyville this week about the film tax rebate financial scam?
Interesting glimpse into the world of 100,000 quid movie making (estimated cost £19.7 million on the book though )

Harry Palmr

Did anyone else see the Storyville this week about the film tax rebate financial scam?
Interesting glimpse into the world of 100,000 quid movie making (estimated cost £19.7 million on the book though )

OldRio

Who would have thought. Brian Pern as Bob Hoskins. Peter Gabriel as Pierce Brosman.
It just gets better and better.

Harry Palmr

Another cracker and alas the last one - until the reunion obviously.

brian_t

brian_t wrote: »

More Nordic drama coming next year in the form ............. 'Trapped'.

Confirmed for Feb 13. I watched some of the Young Montalbano and it was good but it's not a substitute for the Nordic dramas.

I'm looking forward to this one . According to Wikipedia it is most expensive television series ever made in Iceland, costing about one billion krónur (more than € 6.5 million)

Kormakur’s 'Trapped' breaks Iceland TV records

Icelandic crime series Trapped, created by Baltasar Kormakur, has launched with a bang after debuting on Dec 27 in Iceland.

The first episode had a 50% rating and a 90% share, making it the strongest debut for any TV series in Icelandic TV history.

The second episode’s airing on RUV on Jan 3 continued the strength, with a 55% rating and 91% share. In viewership, that translates to more than 132,000 for episode 1 and 141,000 for episode 2. Iceland has a total population of just 329,000.

http://www.screendaily.com/news/kormakurs-trapped-breaks-iceland-tv-records/5098665.article

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For anyone who watches Montalbano, BBC4 is showing "Montalbano and Me: Andrea Camilleri" next Sunday at 7pm. It is a portrait of the novelist behind Inspector Montalbano.

Nekarsulm

While not a BBC 4 show, I see a new series of "Happy Valley" is coming this month.

Harry Palmr

Quite enjoyed Trapped - at 45 mins a pop it's not a bum acher when shown back to back.

Tonight 9 PM - an intriguing sounding doc about the Shah of Iran's final big moment before revolution.