TV Forum Lockdown thread - Stay At Home And Watch Lots Of Telly

Skid X · 29-03-2020 12:22am #1

Hello,

An emergency thread for all the schedule changes caused by the virus and the lockdown

A place for what are you watching? and have you seen anything interesting added to the schedules? with a bit of chat

Nothing too heavy, a bit like the Christmas TV thread.

Extras double bill on BBC1 now, followed by Old School.

Ol' Donie · 29-03-2020 1:19am

Is it too late to bitch about Mrs Brown's Boys?

The MOTD best ever strikers yoke was good. I just wanted to text Gary, Ian & Alan and tell them I miss them.

Skid X · 29-03-2020 1:39am

Ol' Donie wrote: »

The MOTD best ever strikers yoke was good. I just wanted to text Gary, Ian & Alan and tell them I miss them.

Aaah, that's nice

Apparently this would have been an international break weekend, so in a way there is more MOTD this weekend than there would have been.

Nice to see the BBC are using some classic clips from shows like Alan Partridge and The Thick Of It between shows, to tell people to stay at home.

https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/bbc-recruits-alan-partridge-miranda-stay-home-films/1678450

https://twitter.com/BBC/status/1243523414838718472

Ol' Donie · 29-03-2020 1:52am

Oooh, if anyone hasn't watched The Thick Of It, get right on it.

Only watched it recently, best thing I've seen in years.

Malcolm Tucker is the greatest anti hero since Darth Bleedin Vader.

Jordan 199 · 29-03-2020 4:12am

With the mentioning of Alan Partridge above, I remember he had a photo of Michael Schumacher driving a Benetton in his mobile home :cool:

The Black Oil · 29-03-2020 12:17pm

Just the usual Supernatural, NCIS, Better Call Saul. Don't have much of an appetite for Netflix binges. So many shows.

Welsh Megaman · 29-03-2020 1:28pm

Anything with Reeves And Mortimer

Ol' Donie · 29-03-2020 2:23pm

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Anything with Reeves And Mortimer

Especially Athletico Mince, the podcast. (Bob & Andy Dawson).

Peter Beardsley's wife is the funniest character in the world today.

Welsh Megaman · 29-03-2020 8:21pm

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Especially Athletico Mince, the podcast. (Bob & Andy Dawson).

Peter Beardsley's wife is the funniest character in the world today.

Saw your post about the ‘Nothing Is Real’ podcast, Donie!

May I also recommend what is widely regarded as the best podcast for all things moptoppery called ‘I Am The Eggpod’.

Ol' Donie · 29-03-2020 8:29pm

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Saw your post about the ‘Nothing Is Real’ podcast, Donie!

May I also recommend what is widely regarded as the best podcast for all things moptoppery called ‘I Am The Eggpod’.

Excellent. Will give it a go.

Thanks WMM!

JP Liz V1 · 29-03-2020 11:42pm

Sky Comedy is airing Parks & Rec and also The Mindy Project both worthy of rewatches

Skid X · 30-03-2020 5:22pm

BBC1 has some old favourites lined up for Saturdays, starting on April 4th with

8.15pm Gavin and Stacey (Series 1 Ep 1)
8.45pm Outnumbered (Series 4 Ep 1)

https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a31911977/gavin-and-stacey-return-bbc-coronavirus/

They will also be showing Peter Kay's Car Share at some point, and "The BBC will also deliver a range of virtual events to replace some of those that have now had to be cancelled. We can all still have a Eurovision moment, even if it is different from the past"

Dunno what that is, maybe they will show old Eurovision winners in a big evening and ask the viewers to vote on them.

brian_t · 30-03-2020 6:02pm

Goodnight Sweetheart is being repeated from the start on Forces TV.

Starts on Thursday (Apr 2nd) at 10am (3 episodes) repeated later at 7.05pm and continues daily.

Robins Nest is also being repeated from the start on Forces TV.

Starts this Saturday at 10am (2 episodes) and repeated at 4.30pm and 8pm. Continues on Sunday (check times) and then the following weekend.

Van der Valk is being repeated by Talking Pictures starting on Friday 10th April at 9pm and continues weekly.

Slydice · 30-03-2020 9:19pm

Just remembered that Facebook have all the episodes of their Limetown show up for free. It was one season which had an opening at the end for a second but they've since cancelled the show.

Episode links below.

Agent Coulson wrote: »

The latest Podcast turned into the TV series.
Starring Jessica Biel, Stanley Tucci & Marlee Matlin

Limetown follows "Lia Haddock, a journalist for American Public Radio (APR), as she unravels the mystery behind the disappearance of over 300 people at a neuroscience research facility in Tennessee

Slydice wrote: »

Just realised that no-one on the thread posted the link to where facebook make the episodes available.
It's here: https://www.facebook.com/pg/Limetown/videos/
Episode links:
Episode 01: https://www.facebook.com/Limetown/videos/2106944929612019/

Episode 02: https://www.facebook.com/Limetown/videos/1399020346916873/

Episode 03: https://www.facebook.com/Limetown/videos/2083551235079363/

Episode 04: https://www.facebook.com/Limetown/videos/406367940078444/

Episode 05: https://www.facebook.com/Limetown/videos/2645409002218471/

Episode 06: https://www.facebook.com/Limetown/videos/2445359518888951/

Episode 07: https://www.facebook.com/Limetown/videos/919843431712010/

Episode 08: https://www.facebook.com/Limetown/videos/2579577625396214/

Episode 09: https://www.facebook.com/Limetown/videos/438816536738822/

Episode 10: https://www.facebook.com/Limetown/videos/436805823853527/

JP Liz V1 · 31-03-2020 1:38am

I think RTE are going start re showing Love/Hate soon

Atlantic Dawn · 31-03-2020 10:27am

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

I think RTE are going start re showing Love/Hate soon

It would be great to show it weeknights back to back over a few weeks, stick it on RTE2 at 10pm.

Skid X · 31-03-2020 12:45pm

The 1985 film Cocoon is on Film4 on Sunday at 4.25pm

Hopefully it has some useful information for our elderly relatives and neighbours at this difficult time. Let's have a look ...

"The elderly residents of a retirement home treat themselves to an occasional dip in the pool at an abandoned house. It turns out that friendly aliens in human form are using the place to restore dormant members of their species - and energy from their cocoons is giving the old-timers a new lease of life."

:eek::pac:

Skid X · 07-04-2020 6:29pm

RTE starting a new twice weekly show tonight at 7pm

Ireland On Call
RTE1's new live television show presented by Katie Hannon and Brendan Courtney will guide viewers through the coronavirus crisis. From interviews with the experts to the first hand experiences of frontline workers, to those providing essential services the programme will showcase the combined national effort to get us through this unprecedented time.

Ireland on Call will broadcast on RTÉ One on Tuesday and Thursday nights at 7pm.

Edit: Apparently it started last Thursday

Ol' Donie · 12-04-2020 9:17pm

There seems to be a channel called Sony Channel.

+1 right now is the best thing ever...that Irish Murder She Wrote.

And tomorrow is...I'm not making this up...Murder She Monday.

All Jessica Fletcher, all day.

Ol' Donie · 12-04-2020 9:26pm

"That's why he wrote it in Gaelic. It was Eamon's way of making sure you got your share of the treasure!"

JP Liz V1 · 12-04-2020 9:26pm

Ol' Donie wrote: »

There seems to be a channel called Sony Channel.

+1 right now is the best thing ever...that Irish Murder She Wrote.

And tomorrow is...I'm not making this up...Murder She Monday.

All Jessica Fletcher, all day.

Also on TG4 daily at 1pm

Jordan 199 · 12-04-2020 9:29pm

Ol' Donie wrote: »

There seems to be a channel called Sony Channel.

+1 right now is the best thing ever...that Irish Murder She Wrote.

And tomorrow is...I'm not making this up...Murder She Monday.

All Jessica Fletcher, all day.

A Killing In Cork :eek:

Ol' Donie · 12-04-2020 9:30pm

Jordan 199 wrote: »

A Killing In Cork :eek:

Nay! The Celtic Riddle!

I've just been informed that there are 2 Irish episodes of this!

JP Liz V1 · 12-04-2020 10:03pm

I want the Virgin Media channels to air some other show repeats

brian_t · 13-04-2020 9:59am

Bachelors Walk starts next Monday at 10.10pm on RTE 2.

I haven't seen this since it first aired.

Did you know that Don Wycherley's father was called Florence Wycherley.

jos28 · 13-04-2020 9:27pm

The ad on RTE says that Batchelors Walk box set is available now on RTE Player. Anyone manage to find it cos I can't

eh i dunno · 13-04-2020 9:34pm

jos28 wrote: »

The ad on RTE says that Batchelors Walk box set is available now on RTE Player. Anyone manage to find it cos I can't

It's on the app on my phone. Great shiw

Skid X · 13-04-2020 9:38pm

jos28 wrote: »

The ad on RTE says that Batchelors Walk box set is available now on RTE Player. Anyone manage to find it cos I can't

Try this link https://www.rte.ie/player/series/bachelors-walk/SI0000004222?epguid=IP7333

Ol' Donie · 13-04-2020 10:30pm

I think I'm getting a bit fed up watching telly. Even though I've watched flip all today. Bit of news, bit of Jurassic World.

Bit more news.

That's it.

Think I spent more time outside with the dogs (inside 2km!) than I did watching telly today.

Just feels like I've watched way too much of it lately.

Welsh Megaman · 13-04-2020 11:14pm

Anybody else finding themselves strangely addicted to a TV series called ‘Botched’?

One episode caught my eye (ahem), as it had an Irish woman called Ava Van Rose who claimed to be ‘Ireland’s Top Model’

No, me neither.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtZP_wHk3OE

NIMAN · 13-04-2020 11:17pm

So that's where Right Said Fred went.

Welsh Megaman · 17-04-2020 12:53pm

Old episodes of ‘Hi-De-Hi’ on Gold in the afternoon have become strangely addicted viewing.

Sadly, there is nothing so far in the series to match Paul Shane’s ‘interpretation’ of ‘You’ve Lost That Loving Feeling’

Slydice · 17-04-2020 9:50pm

If you don't have netflix, they just threw a bunch of free .. documentaries from the look of the names? up on their youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/user/NewOnNetflix/videos

Example: David Attenborough talking about our oceans in HD for 40 mins:

Skid X · 18-04-2020 1:31pm

BBC1 has a Telethon 'Big Night In' on Thursday at 7pm, a combined Children In Need and Comic Relief production

It will feature new material from Little Britain, Peter Kay and Catherine Tate and more

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-52312376

BSK · 18-04-2020 1:42pm

Mayans MC, the follow up to Sons of Anarchy, very good even though one of them has near superpowers ha

Ol' Donie · 18-04-2020 10:25pm

Some sort of Match of the day on now.

Don't care what it is. I'm watchin it.

Welsh Megaman · 18-04-2020 10:33pm

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Some sort of Match of the day on now.

Don't care what it is. I'm watchin it.

You know they’ll cut transmission and show ‘Mrs. Brown’s Boys’! :eek:

DON’T FALL FOR IT!! SAVE YOURSELF!!

Skid X · 19-04-2020 12:01am

Ol' Donie wrote: »

Some sort of Match of the day on now.

Don't care what it is. I'm watchin it.

From watching this I have learned that Wimbledon had a player with the excellent name of Peter Fear

I don't know how I missed that at the time

Here is a Peter Fear fact

https://twitter.com/PeterFear4/status/329548726836293632

Ol' Donie · 19-04-2020 12:08am

Was he playing for Palace in that cup final?

I was delighted that when I saw a player with Fear on his shirt, I thought "Ah, that's Peter Fear".

There something I didn't know I knew.

Skid X · 19-04-2020 12:13am

No he missed out on FA Cup glory, alas

This is the most recent Fear news

He was also a contestant on Ken Bruce's BBC Radio 2 'phone-in pop music quiz Popmaster on Thursday 13 May 2010 and again on Thursday 31 January 2013. During this last appearance, Peter informed the host that he was working as a cab driver

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Fear

fryup · 19-04-2020 6:43pm

in an effort to boost the nation's morale RTE have decided to re-run Pat Short's Killinaskully :cool:

Welsh Megaman · 19-04-2020 7:20pm

Possibly car crash tv on BBC One!

Welsh Megaman · 19-04-2020 7:29pm

Didn’t think he would perform ‘Revolution 9’.

Skid X · 19-04-2020 7:36pm

It's all very worthy and I hope they raise lots of money and thanks to all the Front Line Workers and Stay Safe and Stay At home ...

But it's a bit like being dragged along to a School concert which goes on for hours and you only really want to see a bit of it. Dreadful performances of songs and you would much rather be down the pub

Ol' Donie · 19-04-2020 7:43pm

Skid X wrote: »

It's all very worthy and I hope they raise lots of money and thanks to all the Front Line Workers and Stay Safe and Stay At home ...

But it's a bit like being dragged along to a School concert which goes on for hours and you only really want to see a bit of it. Dreadful performances of songs and you would much rather be down the pub

Yeah, I'm on exactly the same page.

Great, well done, lots of excellent funding collected.

But I'm actively trying to avoid it, even the thought of it makes me cringe for some reason.

Think I'm scarred by that celeb Imagine video from a few weeks back.

Ol' Donie · 19-04-2020 7:43pm

Meanwhile, Simon Reeve is excellent and his shows are always deadly.

Ol' Donie · 19-04-2020 7:44pm

Wait, what's that bloke off 2fm on this for on RTE?

Welsh Megaman · 19-04-2020 7:56pm

Urgh...I was genuinely about to post ‘no sign of Chris Martin yet, thank God’.

Say Your Number · 19-04-2020 8:01pm

Can't always git what you want

Jinglejangle69 · 19-04-2020 8:02pm

That was brilliant from the stones.

Still more talent in their baby fingers than any band around now.

prodsc · 19-04-2020 8:05pm

Charlie was great on the drums!!!!

TV Forum Lockdown thread - Stay At Home And Watch Lots Of Telly

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