erwbol Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 BBC The High Art of the Low Countries. Last year, I watched this on BBC World Service, now on 1080p HD download. Now I love the BBC, but BBC 1 & 2 television are a load of rubbish. My cable subscription gives me access to both in HD, but the programming is awful. How many antiques shows can you schedule on a single afternoon/evening? The BBC is or used to be held in such high esteem, but I get the feeling that the most interesting programs are being broadcast on BBC 3 & 4. An upgrade in my subscription could get me BBC 3 & 4 HD as well, but I'm used to watching downloads as I please. Was this originally broadcast on BBC 3 or 4 in the UK? I'd like to think it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 (edited) BBC4 a couple of years ago. I watched it a few months back (it was stored on my recorder-box-thingy). Really enjoyed it. See if you can find a programme on Turner from around the same time - ties him in with the scientific discoveries and industrial developments of the time. Superb programme - got me reading some scientific history, well outside my usual area. BBC4 is what BBC2 used to be. The need to compete with commercial and non-terrestrial TV has led 1+2 into a race for viewers (quizzes, baking programmes, endless 'Who is the Greatest?' competitions). You get good non-mainstream stuff every now and then - and they still do extremely well with nature programmes. But in general they respond to the marketplace which, given the threat to the licence fee, they are going to have to do for survival, once they lose it. The idea that there are things that need to be protected from market forces in order to preserve diversity is regarded as dangerously left-wing by the people who finance the political ambitions of the leaders who make the decisions on these matters. Until things went haywire in his empire, Rupert Murdoch was putting intense pressure on our government to demolish the BBC as we know it. There are others who would like to move in and asset strip it. I wouldn't be at all surprised to see BBC4 axed in the not too distant future. Interesting looking BBC4 series starting this Friday: The Sound of Song The Recording Revolution: Episode 1 of 3 Songs are the soundtrack of our lives and it takes a kind of genius to create a true pop masterpiece. But, as Neil Brand argues, there is more to consider in the story of what makes a great song. Neil looks at every moment in the life cycle of a song - how they are written, performed, recorded and the changing ways we have listened to them. He reveals how it is the wonderful alchemy of all of these elements that makes songs so special to us. To open the series, Neil investigates how songs were recorded for the first time, the listening revolution in the home that followed and the birth of a new style of singing that came with the arrival of the microphone - crooning. He also looks at the songwriting genius of Irving Berlin and the interpretative power of singers Bessie Smith, Louis Armstrong and Bing Crosby. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04y4qpt It's not yet the end of the world as we know it. Edited January 12, 2015 by A Lark Ascending Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 Scandal Season 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted January 12, 2015 Report Share Posted January 12, 2015 Downton Abbey - finished season 3, starting on season 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erwbol Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 The Man In The High Castle, pilot episode. You can watch it for free om Amazon Prime in the US, UK & Germany. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erwbol Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 Død Snø 2. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 The Shield, Season 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alankin Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 The Americans, Season two Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted January 18, 2015 Report Share Posted January 18, 2015 The Americans, Season two I really enjoyed Season 2 more the second time through, great season. Season 3 in a few weeks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erwbol Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 Final season of Justified starts tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 The Honorable Woman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 Madam Secretary. I like the two leads, the show is pretty standard fare, but it was pleasant enough time filler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 Finished The Shield, Season 1. How did I not watch that show earlier? Now on to Black Sails, Season 1, Blu-ray. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Lark Ascending Posted January 25, 2015 Report Share Posted January 25, 2015 Utterly gripped by The Good Wife now. The individual court room dramas suffer a bit from being rushed to fit in a 45 minute episode. But the evolving back stories have you anticipating the next episode. I like the way it keeps you unsure who the baddies really are. 6 away from completing series 1 - this should keep me busy for much of the year. Also more of 'Spiral', set in a much less manicured world. Paris didn't look like this when I did the tourist spots on a day in October! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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paul secor Posted January 31, 2015 Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 After reading the Cecil Taylor interview, I watched Cecil Tayor: All the Notes A fascinating document. Each time I watch it, I pick up on new perspectives. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted January 31, 2015 Report Share Posted January 31, 2015 The Americans. . . good start to the season. Elementary. . . nice wrap up of the Kitty storyline Scandal . . . weird return from hiatus. Empire. . . I just like watching Taraji. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted February 8, 2015 Report Share Posted February 8, 2015 Foyle's War season 9 episode 1 High Castle Sad to see this great show ending but it's had a good run. Two more to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawn Posted February 8, 2015 Report Share Posted February 8, 2015 Finished up season 3 of Person Of Interest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erwbol Posted February 10, 2015 Report Share Posted February 10, 2015 Better Call Saul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jlhoots Posted February 11, 2015 Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 Better Call Saul Me too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted February 11, 2015 Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 (edited) Better Call Saul. . . first episode was a bit underwhelming but the second made up for that. Edited February 11, 2015 by jazzbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erwbol Posted February 11, 2015 Report Share Posted February 11, 2015 Better Call Saul. . . first episode was a bit underwhelming but the second made up for that. The first episode did end on a high, though, with Tuco Salamanca. There was no need to have as much adrenaline flowing as in Breaking Bad's first season opener. Solid episode. I'll watch episode two later this morning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinuta Posted February 12, 2015 Report Share Posted February 12, 2015 Nashville, what a classic soap it's turned out to be. Never a dull moment. Really taken by Better Call Saul, what's not to like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jazzbo Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 (edited) Suits. . . Gina Torres! She's so lovely. The Americans. . . shaping up to be a good new season. The 100. . . weird show that tickles my fancy. On DVD: The Shield Season Three. Edited February 19, 2015 by jazzbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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