nav[aria-label="Primary Navigation"] { padding: 0; & ul { list-style: none; width: 100%; display: flex; flex-direction: row; justify-content: start; align-items: start; gap: 30px; padding: 0; & li { margin: 0; } & ul li { list-style: none; } } }

Child Item

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

Skid X

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.

Find more posts tagged with

Quick Links

Comments

JP Liz V1

Ol' Donie wrote: »

So, do we know what the craic is with talk shows over the summer?

Is there some equivalent of Stay There! (No, STAY THERE) or anything?

Is Angela Scanlon show cancelled?

Wee Daniel O' Donnell has at home skype show on TG4 (he is all over RTE and TG4)

They could air Marty in the Shed

sligojoek

"Reeling in the Years " St Pat's day after the news, at no.9. Just goes to show how many people leave the TV (or radio )on after the news.

Skid X

Apparently these are the TV Ratings in Ireland since the Lockdown started.

The Taoiseach's St Patrick's Day speech got enormous viewing figures. RTE should commission a full series of them :pac:

https://twitter.com/MoCatterson/status/1269326765555621889

Welsh Megaman

On RTE Two at midnight, a documentary devoted entirely to some obscure Manchester band from the 90’s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HvSwZaquCw

Skid X

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Ahead of his 80th. birthday on Sunday, tis Tom Jones night on BBC Four tonight!

The greatest white blue-eyed soul singer Britain has ever produced. Fact.

I am honour bound to mention Mary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'Brien in dispatches as an alternative candidate for that title, but yeah I bloody love your boy Tom.

Ol' Donie

So, do we know what the craic is with talk shows over the summer?

Is there some equivalent of Stay There! (No, STAY THERE) or anything?

Ol' Donie

Nothin but love for Brendan Grace, but does anyone know how many times they've show this tribute Late Late already? It's at least four times, and not late night slots, in and around the 9 o'clock mark.

I mean, even if you were a huge Brendan fan, you'd have seen this several times already.

Welsh Megaman

Ahead of his 80th. birthday on Sunday, tis Tom Jones night on BBC Four tonight!

The greatest white blue-eyed soul singer Britain has ever produced. Fact.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmA-mczzN3Q

Basq

Skid X wrote: »

I wonder if Derry Girls will get much of an audience?

I think solid TV is so thin on the ground these days that it probably will do decent enough.

Skid X

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Derry Girls starting on RTE 1 on Sunday night

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Tonight at 9.35pm on RTE One, The Late Late Show Brendan Grace tribute show, followed by that knockabout sitcom ‘Love/Hate’.

I wonder if Derry Girls will get much of an audience?

It has been all over Channel 4, E4 and Netflix and you would think anyone who was interested would have found it by now.

Having said that, there is still a large number of people who bizarrely only watch the Irish Channels who will be probably be all over Facebook on Monday telling everyone about this new Derry Girls thing. You could put a 26 part 1982 Czechoslovakian Communist cartoon series about Jakub and his farming collective (poorly received at the time even in Prague) on at 9.30pm on RTE1 on Sundays and it would get solid viewing numbers

Personally, I would have put Love/Hate in the better slot (as it hasn't been repeated in ages) but those schedulers who put it on at a graveyard time after an repeat of a Brendan Grace LLS tribute which was just a load of old clips obviously know what they are doing.

Welsh Megaman

Tonight at 9.35pm on RTE One, The Late Late Show Brendan Grace tribute show, followed by that knockabout sitcom ‘Love/Hate’.

JP Liz V1

Derry Girls starting on RTE 1 on Sunday night

Radio5

Virgin Media repeating the Toughest Trade , the one with sports people changing from their sport to another. I think that was an RTE series from a good few years back.

JP Liz V1

Basq wrote: »

Never rated the original either tbf..

It's pure dump popcorn fun and that president's speech is epic

silverharp

i forgot there was a sequel to independence day, I think I even saw it in the cinema

Basq

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

Just rewatch the original, awful sequel

Never rated the original either tbf..

JP Liz V1

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Tonight on RTE One at 9.40pm - Independence Day: Resurgence

Never seen it meself, it had better have another epic inspirational speech from President Bill Pullman.

Just rewatch the original, awful sequel

Skid X

BBC2 has a series of home made sketches in 'Comedians - Home Alone' starting on Monday (either 10pm or 10.30pm depending on your region). Each episode is only 15 minutes long

https://www.beyondthejoke.co.uk/content/8849/tv-comedians-home-alone

Ep 1 has Bob Mortimer, Michael Spicer, Kerry Godliman Marcus Brigstocke and Rachel Parris, later episodes have appearances from Tom Allen, Al Murray, Sara Pascoe, Vic Reeves, Meera Syal and Sanjeev Bhaskar, Phil Wang, Chris McCausland, Tez Ilyas, Russell Kane, Sally Phillips, Richard Herring, Mat Horne and MacKenzie Crook

Welsh Megaman

Tonight on RTE One at 9.40pm - Independence Day: Resurgence

Never seen it meself, it had better have another epic inspirational speech from President Bill Pullman.

Atlantic Dawn

brian_t wrote: »

From the Start:

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet starts on Sunday on Yesterday at 10pm with a double-bill and continues weekly.

Sliders starts on Monday on Forces TV at 9pm and continues weekdays.

Sapphire and Steel starts on Monday on Forces TV at 11pm with a double-bill and continues weekdays.

Both Auf Wiedersehen, Pet and Sliders have been repeated regularly but I haven't come across Sapphire and Steel before.

I watched Series 3 and 4 and enjoyed, must give the first 2 a look.

brian_t

From the Start:

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet starts on Sunday on Yesterday at 10pm with a double-bill and continues weekly.

Sliders starts on Monday on Forces TV at 9pm and continues weekdays.

Sapphire and Steel starts on Monday on Forces TV at 11pm with a double-bill and continues weekdays.

Both Auf Wiedersehen, Pet and Sliders have been repeated regularly but I haven't come across Sapphire and Steel before.

Say Your Number

Given that Summer has been unofficially cancelled this year, don't think anyone needs to go to the bother of starting a Summer thread.

brian_t

E4 will be airing Buffy the Vampire Slayer from the start at 11pm every weeknight from Monday the 1st of June.

Basq

Skid X wrote: »

BBC1 have announced a new short lockdown comedy series with David Tennant and Michael Sheen which should start in June

Bet you can't name two more likable actors working today..

.. looking forward to this!

Welsh Megaman

The Saturday night city beat had already started,
The pulse of the corner boys sprang into action,
And young Billy watched it all under the yellow street light,
And said "tonight...of all nights...

There’s going to be a Boomtown Rats documentary on BBC Two at 9.20pm.”

‘Citizens Of Boomtown’ - which coincidentally, is also the title of the next Pointless thread.

:cool:

Joe_ Public

Tonight sorted.

Citizens of Boomtown: the story of the Boomtown Rats, BBC2 9.20.

Should be alright then quick at the controls to C4 for Educating Rita @ 10.35.

Will record MofD just for Ian Wright. Could listen to him all day.

Joe_ Public

fryup wrote: »

found it a very hard watch too, could hardly recognise him ....the abuse he suffered as a boy by a catholic priest had a huge toll on him psychologically, heartbreaking:(

Yeah, had a gander at a couple of old Whose Line is it anyway? shows on All4 last night just to check was he as good as i remembered and, god he was. Didnt get the sense of much hope by the end of the show, but really do pray he finds peace. Tough break.

fryup

Joe_ Public wrote: »

Not exactly cheerful viewing, but just caught last nights screening of What's the matter with Tony Slattery? on BBC 2 last night and found it very compelling. Such a ubiquitous and talented guy around the 80s and 90s, just a shock to see what he has been going through. Hard but good watch.

found it a very hard watch too, could hardly recognise him ....the abuse he suffered as a boy by a catholic priest had a huge toll on him psychologically, heartbreaking:(

Atlantic Dawn

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Channel 4 have been boxsetting old comedies on Friday nights. Spaced, Black Books and Ali G next up. I never caught Spaced the first time for some reason but I enjoyed it, Bernard Black is still fantastically of his own universe.

Watching Ali G tonight, the Sammy Wilson NIRL episode is gold.

Joe_ Public

Not exactly cheerful viewing, but just caught last nights screening of What's the matter with Tony Slattery? on BBC 2 last night and found it very compelling. Such a ubiquitous and talented guy around the 80s and 90s, just a shock to see what he has been going through. Hard but good watch.