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Byrne at his peak - great series
NWR TV Thread
- Thread starter Daron Fincham
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- London
Anyone else watching Lupin? Great fun.
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- London
Fantastic show. The Koreans understand the art of coarse dining almost better than any other culture.
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- Jerusalem. Israel
Quite enjoying Rake on Netflix, set in Sydney. If I describe it as a bit like Rumpole, if Rumpole was a divorced, semi-alcoholic, drug taking, sex obsessed Australian barrister you will have a rough idea of the program.
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Yes and enjoyed it. I have been in isolation in two different countries in the past 6 weeks and have watched a lot of easy 'distraction' TV.
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Yep. Kids loved it. Good for their bad language in French too.
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Don’t miss Untouchable on Amazon if you’ve not seen.
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Yep, that’s the sort of education that the l’Ecole Anglaise is never going to give them.
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Excellent series until late in the day when it jumps the shark.
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Has anyone found the second batch of episodes yet? Poised for bingeing
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Following news of the desperately untimely death of the actor Paul Ritter a few days ago, I've gone back to binge on the C4 sitcom Friday Night Dinner from the beginning. What's clear from his very first entrance in the first episode is that his Martin Goodman is one of the very greatest humane comic creations, a figure of a kind of centripetal anarchy, all done with virtuoso economy of gesture, so compelling to watch, and uplifting too in the face of the void.
He was an actor of enormous range too, viz. his terrifying turn as the negligent supervisor Dyatlov in Chernobyl and many other memorable roles.
He was an actor of enormous range too, viz. his terrifying turn as the negligent supervisor Dyatlov in Chernobyl and many other memorable roles.
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I missed FND and will give it a try. He was certainly outstanding and absolutely compelling as Dyatlov in Chernobyl, as were so many others.
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He was completely brilliant in FND - as is pretty much the whole cast, really.
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FND - I was introduced to this via my 2 boys - love it and now "Shit on it" is (much to my wife's horror) a regular phrase coming from my lips.
Looking at his other work, he really was an incredible actor. Cherynobl he was very intense.
Looking at his other work, he really was an incredible actor. Cherynobl he was very intense.
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Looking back at Chernobyl, he dominated every scene he was in just by his demeanour. Brilliant acting.
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- Oxfordshire
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Just discovered Schitts creek too... utterly hilarious - and at just over 20 min an episode, highly bingable!
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I heard this morning of the death of Michael K. Williams, another one gone far too young.
I do believe posterity will record his creation of Omar in The Wire as one of the greatest contributions to TV ever. It was a full-fronted yet economical performance in which he seemed varioulsly to enact every American archetype - Stagger Lee, lover, actor, detective, lone ranger, executioner, Spiderman - perhaps even America itself. In a way that seems to instantly render other portrayals obsolete. Above all, extremely funny, viz the courtroom scene in series 1 and the scene I first thought to rewatch in tribute - where he goes out to buy cereal and clears the streets of Baltimore, armed with nothing more than a terrifying pair of teal pyjamas
I do believe posterity will record his creation of Omar in The Wire as one of the greatest contributions to TV ever. It was a full-fronted yet economical performance in which he seemed varioulsly to enact every American archetype - Stagger Lee, lover, actor, detective, lone ranger, executioner, Spiderman - perhaps even America itself. In a way that seems to instantly render other portrayals obsolete. Above all, extremely funny, viz the courtroom scene in series 1 and the scene I first thought to rewatch in tribute - where he goes out to buy cereal and clears the streets of Baltimore, armed with nothing more than a terrifying pair of teal pyjamas
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Has everyone seen 'Nairn Across Britain', now available on the iplayer? absolutely unmissable.
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Nairn Across Britain - 1. From London to Lancashire
Writer and journalist Ian Nairn takes a journey to the industrial North. (1972)
www.bbc.co.uk
Almost 50 years since first broadcast
@Raymond Tilney may recall Emporium Arcade ..
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Just clicked on that and saw Jonathan Meades introing it - I love Meades and thought this was a series of his i'd missed but not quite.
None the less i'll check it out - thank you!
None the less i'll check it out - thank you!
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Absolutely brilliant. When do we think Meades' introduction was recorded - a few years later?
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Maybe the mid 80s
The bar he’s in was demolished when Robert Maxwell bought the Architectural Review
The bar he’s in was demolished when Robert Maxwell bought the Architectural Review
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- London, Europe
Love a bit of Meades - get your dictionary out!! But, yes, Nairn across Britain is a masterpiece. Good remembering there @Thom Blach
Just started watching Vigil on BBC - drama based on nucleur sub. Very good - excellent cast
Also finished series 2 of Back to Life which I think is a superb dark comedy.
Just started watching Vigil on BBC - drama based on nucleur sub. Very good - excellent cast
Also finished series 2 of Back to Life which I think is a superb dark comedy.
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'Ted Lasso' on Apple TV+