The BBC Four Thread

brian_t · 12-10-2018 12:44AM

A new half-hour comedy-drama series starts next Tuesday at 10pm.

"There She Goes" stars David Tennant and Jessica Hynes as the parents of a nine-year-old girl with severe learning disabilities.

Hotblack Desiato · 12-10-2018 11:14AM

Does every show on the BBC now have to have a trans or lesbian or disability angle to get commissioned?

peteeeed · 12-10-2018 11:22AM

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

Does every show on the BBC now have to have a trans or lesbian or disability angle to get commissioned?

no

mean gene · 12-10-2018 06:37PM

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

Does every show on the BBC now have to have a trans or lesbian or disability angle to get commissioned?

Course it does

Tigerandahalf · 15-10-2018 09:28PM

brian_t wrote: »

Next Saturday at 9pm there is a film "Goldstone" which is a sequel to the original Mystery Road film.

54 Hours starts on Saturday 20th October at 9pm.

I saw Goldstone. Well worth a watch. Same main character Jay and the same Aboriginal theme of land and murder. Some beautiful scenery again especially the last scene.

The ending is a little odd, like there would be another film. You don't know what exactly happened.

Alun · 15-10-2018 09:31PM

Tigerandahalf wrote: »

Some beautiful scenery again especially the last scene.

That creek wandering in between the rocks was pretty, yes, but the rest of the place was just mind numbingly desolate and far from beautiful IMO.

Tigerandahalf · 15-10-2018 09:35PM

Alun wrote: »

That creek wandering in between the rocks was pretty, yes, but the rest of the place was just mind numbingly desolate and far from beautiful IMO.

Different strokes for different folks.
I thought the overhead shots were great. It gave you a feeling for its vastness.

Tigerandahalf · 16-10-2018 04:58PM

Any idea where I could watch Mystery Road, the 2013 film, on which the previous shows were sequels to.

It seems to be on Netflix UK but I have the US version.

Google Play or Rakuten don't have it.

brian_t · 19-10-2018 07:05PM

brian_t wrote: »

54 Hours. A 4 hour limited series is based on a 1988 hostage crisis that turned into a human tragedy and a police and media fiasco.

https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/bbc-54-hours-german-hostage-drama-1202853388/

54 Hours starts tomorrow and finishes next Saturday.

Series 7 (4x 90 mins) of the Swedish crime drama Beck seems to be the next occupant of that timeslot starting on Saturday 3rd November .

Mr.Nice Guy · 19-10-2018 08:43PM

Have the BBC moved away from the European mystery dramas? I enjoyed Se Quien Eres and Black Lake last year. Maybe they reckon Brexit is filling that gap. :pac:

Harry Palmr · 28-10-2018 05:58PM

Sunday 9 PM The Ghan - The Great Australian Train Journey

A three hour trek across the subcontinent from Adelaide to Darwin via Alice Springs.

Arthur Daley · 28-10-2018 06:41PM

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Sunday 9 PM The Ghan - The Great Australian Train Journey

A three hour trek across the subcontinent from Adelaide to Darwin via Alice Springs.

Actually on 8pm to 11pm

brian_t · 28-10-2018 06:41PM

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Sunday 9 PM The Ghan - The Great Australian Train Journey

A three hour trek across the subcontinent from Adelaide to Darwin via Alice Springs.

It starts at 8 pm.

It's more slow TV. Apparently there is a 17 hour version.

Harry Palmr · 28-10-2018 06:43PM

My Freesat box is very stupid sometimes - it hasn't worked out the clocks have gone forward.

The high horse brigade · 28-10-2018 06:55PM

Harry Palmr wrote: »

My Freesat box is very stupid sometimes - it hasn't worked out the clocks have gone forward.

Have you cold booted it?

Harry Palmr · 28-10-2018 06:59PM

Yes! The EPG is fine but the record list shows 9 pm as I planned it before the hour went. I'm going to reschedule it just in case it doesn't react to the live EPG information correctly though it should really. Oddly Little Drummer Girl on BBC One planned correctly.

The high horse brigade · 28-10-2018 07:02PM

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Yes! The EPG is fine but the record list shows 9 pm as I planned it before the hour went. I'm going to reschedule it just in case it doesn't react to the live EPG information correctly though it should really. Oddly Little Drummer Girl on BBC One planned correctly.

Pulled the plug? Not the same as a software restart. It should fix it.

Tom Mann Centuria · 28-10-2018 07:06PM

Love a bit of slow tv, so The Ghan sounds great

An Australian first foray into the 'Slow TV' movement, this is an immersive journey on Australia's most iconic railway that reveals - in real time - the stunning topographical vistas and dramatic palette changes from Adelaide to Darwin, while unpacking our Indigenous, multicultural and social history in the most surprising way. The train line and subsequent development of central Australia and the growth of Darwin, Alice Springs and Port Augusta can be attributed to local Indigenous communities' knowledge of surviving the harsh desert, as well as early immigrants, including Europeans, Chinese and the Afghan cameleers 'The Ghan' is named after.

Harry Palmr · 28-10-2018 07:10PM

I know what a cold boot is! Bloody hell I'll need to watch this to calm me down

Arthur Daley · 28-10-2018 11:38PM

Nearly there. Sat through 160 minutes of it so far. Time to relax, and time to think. Bowie at Glastonbury friday night, and now this. What a wonderful channel BBC Four is.

dublinman1990 · 29-10-2018 12:22AM

Yep. I agree with you. BBC Four is a wonderful channel; especially for Slow TV. The Ghan Train Journey was just a fantastic program from start to finish. The scenery out of it was just incredible. Everything about it was perfect. The animations that came up during this program was quite informative & executed beautifully.

Harry Palmr · 29-10-2018 12:31AM

brian_t wrote: »

54 Hours starts tomorrow and finishes next Saturday.

Series 7 (4x 90 mins) of the Swedish crime drama Beck seems to be the next occupant of that timeslot starting on Saturday 3rd November .

Anyone else watch this? My god a total **** up of epic proportions, it's a toss up as to which body of men was the most wretched - hostage takers, media or police. If it hadn't been a real event you'd have doubted it could have happened.

Cheshire Cat · 29-10-2018 09:50AM

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Anyone else watch this? My god a total **** up of epic proportions, it's a toss up as to which body of men was the most wretched - hostage takers, media or police. If it hadn't been a real event you'd have doubted it could have happened.

Watched it in horror. I remember the sorry saga, was 21 at the time.
What I didn't remember was the atrocious incompetence of the authorities only the fact that the media played an unsavoury part. The commercial TV stations were only a few years old at the time and certainly set themselves apart from the public stations. Mind boggling!

Mr.Nice Guy · 30-10-2018 12:53AM

Found 54 Hours very absorbing. Moved along at a great pace. I wasn't aware of the tragedy before the programme.

Was saddened to learn that Degowski, who shot dead the Italian teenager Emanuele De Giorgi, was freed from prison earlier this year.

volchitsa · 03-11-2018 01:28AM

I just read that Spiral is back on BBC4 but no date was given - does anybody know? I can't seem to find a date but from the way this article was written it sounded like it had already started?

volchitsa · 03-11-2018 01:31AM

I can't see season 7 on the BBC site so maybe that's wrong.
It was the Guardian TV section. Odd.

Nate--IRL-- · 03-11-2018 01:38AM

Must be a re-run of 6 - it first ran in Feb on BBC4 I think.

Nate

brian_t · 03-11-2018 04:35PM

volchitsa wrote: »

I can't see season 7 on the BBC site so maybe that's wrong.
It was the Guardian TV section. Odd.

There are 4 episodes of Beck to come so that makes December 1st the next available Saturday.

Edit :
As far as I can see series 7 is not due to air on French TV until next year.

brian_t · 11-11-2018 03:59PM

Vic & Bob’s Big Night Out.

The new series will start on Wednesday November 28 at 10 pm.

The trailers already on BBC4 look good.

Harry Palmr · 11-11-2018 04:01PM

Didn't realise this was coming back - House of Fun was unfairly treated by BBC Two.

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