On 16/03/2023 at 23:05, Munkworth said:

Two weeks until it’s back. 

Mae Martin for the win. 

Think it's jumped the shark mate I like the show but the panel is the worst ever Frankie Boyle thinks he's above it, never liked Jenny Eclair and I've never understood the appeal of posh comedians what do they talk about Jack Whitehall is another and the imaginary friend game to quote Roman from Succession I cringed so hard I turned into a fossil.

7 hours ago, bluehaze said:

Think it's jumped the shark mate I like the show but the panel is the worst ever Frankie Boyle thinks he's above it, never liked Jenny Eclair and I've never understood the appeal of posh comedians what do they talk about Jack Whitehall is another and the imaginary friend game to quote Roman from Succession I cringed so hard I turned into a fossil.

You’re entitled to your opinion even if it is completely wrong… 

I’m loving this one but I suppose with my addiction to comedy it’s not surprising is it.

2 hours ago, Munkworth said:

You’re entitled to your opinion even if it is completely wrong… 

I’m loving this one but I suppose with my addiction to comedy it’s not surprising is it.

Fair enough but that posh bloke is dreadful surely you haven't seen his stand up he makes Jack Whitehall look like Richard Pryor 🤣

1 hour ago, bluehaze said:

Fair enough but that posh bloke is dreadful surely you haven't seen his stand up he makes Jack Whitehall look like Richard Pryor 🤣

Ivo once slid in to my DMs unprovoked on Twitter to offer to help with something. He is a true gent and I won’t have a bad word said about him. 

1 hour ago, Munkworth said:

Ivo once slid in to my DMs unprovoked on Twitter to offer to help with something.

 

6 hours ago, bluehaze said:

 

No need to be jealous of my connections on the comedy scene.

Will watch this later. On BBC2 at 9pm. About Brian Jones and his relationship with the other members of the Rolling Stones in their early days. Jones was certainly key in the early days of the band was gradually side-lined. It will be interesting to see if Ian Stewart is mentioned. He was the unofficial 6th member of the band and was highly respected by the others. Am hoping that my home town is mentioned as one of the band went to the local art college. Another student at the college was in the band for a short while. I could name the two people but leave it to others to work out who they are.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001m0sm

As a schoolboy aged 14, Nick Broomfield met Brian Jones, by chance, on a train. Brian was at the height of his success, with the world at his feet, but just six years later, he would be dead.

This film takes a look at the relationships and rivalries within The Rolling Stones in their formative years, exploring the iconoclastic freedom and exuberance of the 60s, a time of intergenerational conflict and sexual turmoil that reflects on the present day.

Featuring revealing interviews with all the main players and unseen archive released for the first time, this documentary explores the creative musical genius of Jones, key to the success of the band, and uncovers how the founder of what became the greatest rock 'n' roll band in the world was left behind in the shadows of history.

The Stones and Brian Jones

Edited May 15, 20233 yr by Boyne

Man Like Mobeen is back and I once again am in love with Mark Silcox. 

Will watch I, Claudius on BBC4 tonight. The first episode in a series of 12. First broadcast in 1976 - and I watched some of it - and has a fine cast including Derek Jacobi and Sian Phillips. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0074srn

23 minutes ago, Boyne said:

Will watch I, Claudius on BBC4 tonight. The first episode in a series of 12. First broadcast in 1976 - and I watched some of it - and has a fine cast including Derek Jacobi and Sian Phillips. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0074srn

I bought the DVD set recently. It's still a smashing series (however the recording quality is poor). If a British actor wasn't cast in this, they didn't amount to much 

I read the Robert Graves books for my English class grammar school exams, my teacher was very much endeared to my enthousiasm. It got me a 9 out of 10 

I bought Tom Holland's Dynasty for fact checking reasons, but haven't read it yet. I gather from The Rest is History podcast Graves's account may not be 100% historically accurate [shock horror]..

Edited August 16, 20232 yr by Valerie

Three seasons of Taskmaster New Zealand on All4 

4 hours ago, Munkunku said:

Three seasons of Taskmaster New Zealand on All4 

Just about to start watching these while waiting on the new uk series.

Are they decent?

Currently watching Ragnarok on netflix, a belting Norwegian series based on the viking gods.

12 minutes ago, dkw said:

Just about to start watching these while waiting on the new uk series.

Are they decent?

Yeah they’re alright. It’s a bit weird being used to Greg & Alex and not having heard of any one (other than Paul Williams - the little Alex Horne of the series) but it’s still Taskmaster. 

Watching My Kind of Town on BBC Scotland. It's about Larkhall a town I know very well. My late Dad was born there and I have aunts, uncles and cousins who live there. The wife of one of my cousins was interviewed in the programme.

On 28/08/2023 at 18:58, Munkunku said:

Yeah they’re alright. It’s a bit weird being used to Greg & Alex and not having heard of any one (other than Paul Williams - the little Alex Horne of the series) but it’s still Taskmaster. 

Are you watching the new UK Season, its a lot better than I expected with the guests, which usually happens. Sam is one weird little fella, but bloody hilarious.

GEN V (The Boys Spinoff)

Love it. 

6 hours ago, dkw said:

Are you watching the new UK Season, its a lot better than I expected with the guests, which usually happens. Sam is one weird little fella, but bloody hilarious.

Yeah I’m loving this lot. Sam is brilliant, I can’t wait to see him live. It was impossible to get tickets to see him in Edinburgh.

A few of my friends were at the recording of this season and the next one too. 

Watched the original Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy series again. Absolutely brilliant, I always notice something new. 

Will probably watch this. The summary below mentions British throne. Certainly wasn't a British throne at the time of the Norman Conquest. England had only united under one leader about 150 years before hand and Aethelstan one of the kings in England in the early 10th century did have ambitions on Scotland but not British throne. Why is it people confuse England and Britain. Poor research. Also will William be given one of the titles used at the time i.e. William the Bastard.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2023/king-and-conqueror-james-norton-nikolaj-coster-waldau?

New historical drama King and Conqueror, starring James Norton and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, to premiere on BBC One and BBC iPlayer

King and Conqueror is the story of a clash that defined the future of a country – and a continent – for a thousand years

Published: 02:00 pm, 28 November 2023

 

James Norton (Image: Michael Shelford) and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Image: William Lacalmontie/Getty Images)

In the UK we learn about William the Conqueror, the Battle of Hastings and King Harold’s gruesome death in our school history lessons – but those headlines are all most of us can remember. King and Conqueror will bring Harold and William to life, depicting their lives, loves and families, and the gripping, high stakes power game that led to their fateful meeting in 1066. With incredible talent both in front of and behind the camera, I cannot wait for this exciting project to be realised. — Sue Deeks, Head of BBC Programme Acquisition

CBS Studios today announced new eight-part historical drama series King and Conqueror starring James Norton (Little Women, Mr. Jones, Happy Valley) as Harold, Earl of Wessex and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (Game of Thrones, Mama, Oblivion) as William, Duke of Normandy.

Written by Michael Robert Johnson (Sherlock Holmes, The Frankenstein Chronicles) and with the opening episode directed by Baltasar Kormákur (Trapped, Everest, Adrift), King and Conqueror will premiere on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.

James Norton will also executive produce through his production company, Rabbit Track Pictures and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau will direct an episode and also serves as executive producer. Filming is set to take place in Iceland next year. The series is produced by TDP Development Partnership, Rabbit Track Pictures, Shepherd Content and CBS Studios in association with the BBC. Icelandic production services will be provided by RVK Studios.

King and Conqueror is the story of a clash that defined the future of a country – and a continent – for a thousand years, the roots of which stretch back decades and extend out through a pair of interconnected family dynasties, struggling for power across two countries and a raging sea. Harold of Wessex and William of Normandy were two men destined to meet at the Battle of Hastings in 1066; two allies with no design on the British throne, who found themselves forced by circumstance and personal obsession into a war for possession of its crown.

Lindsey Martin, Sr. Vice President, International Co-Productions & Development, CBS Studios, says: “We are thrilled to partner with James, Nikolaj, Baltasar, and the entire creative team on King and Conqueror, a truly groundbreaking series with world class talent and global reach. Michael’s scripts offer a bold and fresh take on a story that has endured for nearly 1,000 years, and yet, the themes are as contemporary and relevant as ever. We are incredibly proud of what the team has achieved so far and can’t wait to see it all come to fruition on screen with our star-studded cast.”

Sue Deeks, Head of BBC Programme Acquisition, says: “In the UK we learn about William the Conqueror, the Battle of Hastings and King Harold’s gruesome death in our school history lessons – but those headlines are all most of us can remember. King and Conqueror will bring Harold and William to life, depicting their lives, loves and families, and the gripping, high stakes power game that led to their fateful meeting in 1066. With incredible talent both in front of and behind the camera, I cannot wait for this exciting project to be realised.”

The 8x60’ series is created and executive produced by Michael Robert Johnson and executive produced by Norton and Kitty Kaletsky for Rabbit Track Pictures (Rogue Agent), Robert Taylor for TDP Development Partnership (Rogue Agent, Close to Me), Dave Clarke and Richard Halliwell for Shepherd Content, Ed Clarke (The Electrical Life of Louis Wain), Robert Jones, Coster-Waldau, Baltasar Kormákur and CBS Studios’ Lindsey Martin. Kormákur will direct the premiere episode and, as executive producer, will steer the creative across the series.

The BBC has acquired broadcasting rights for the series in the United Kingdom and it will be distributed outside of the UK by Paramount Global Content Distribution.

Been watching re-runs of Fools and Horses on the Gold Channel on Freeview during the weekday evenings.

Watched one with my Dad, The Jolly Boys Outing. 

Dad said he had seen it and  I said I had as well, 30 years ago. 

Anyway later he said he really enjoyed it and had forgotten how funny it was and a lot of the detail.

 

 

 

New Taskmaster is out on my birthday 

I've been watching Spooks I must have missed it the first time probably watching back then either Invasion tv series or the Spartacus series.

I think Spooks is pretty decent surprised how it stands the test of time too. One of their agents played Thorin Oakenshield in the Hobbit films

Loving the Fallout series on Prime so far!

1 hour ago, Munkunku said:

Loving the Fallout series on Prime so far!

Is the lot on there so far, or one a week?

11 hours ago, Mod said:

Is the lot on there so far, or one a week?

Fallout is all out.