What Are You Watching

[JSngry]

I was content with it ending how it did.

[A Lark Ascending]

Passes the time but this may be a case of much of the humour getting lost in translation. I'm not sure if this post-dated Britain's 'The Thick of It' - the latter is much more acidic.  

[kinuta]

Ray Donovan 

This season is really good.

 

Watched some of Hand Of God.

Thought it was rubbish , pulled the plug.

 

Now watching the second Ian Richardson as Sherlock Holmes film, The Hound Of The Baskervilles. Good.

[A Lark Ascending]

Love and Betrayal in India: The White Mughal (BBC 4)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/18SDBJqWwgc7VLDM7MhGK2S/a-love-story-that-broke-the-conventional-boundaries-of-empire

Intriguing story of an early 19th C love affair and marriage between an officer/diplomat in the East India Company and an Indian princess and its political repercussions.

Presented by William Dalrymple (and based on his book), an historian who I've yet to read anything by (I have The Last Mughal on the shelf waiting!). Want to explore him having attended an educational conference workshop a couple of years back where his work was used as a means of presenting an alternative view of the British Empire. 

Dalrymple did a wonderful job in rubbishing Michael Gove's preconceptions when he attempted to singlehandedly re-write the English history national curriculum a few years back.  

Loved this bit which he ended the programme on:

At a time when respectable academics talk of a 'Clash of Civilisations', and East and West, Islam and Christianity appear to be engaged in another major confrontation, the White Mughals provides a timely reminder that it is indeed very possible – and has always been possible – to reconcile the two worlds. It is only bigotry, prejudice, racism and fear drive them apart. But they have met and mingled in the past; and they will do so again.

Edited September 9, 2015 by A Lark Ascending

[kinuta]

Longmire.

I'm very late to the game, I had to wait until I was in the right mindset to appreciate this.

The stories are uniformly good and the cast work well together. 

It would have been an easy copout to make Longmire a shoot first take no prisoners type macho man but luckily that isn't the route taken.

I'm enjoying it.

[jazzbo]

I don't do Netflix so I won't see Season Four for some time, but I watched the first three seasons of Longmire since broadcast and really like it. Especially the third season.

I finished Season 3 of Heroes. . . will move on to Season 4 soon. Been watching a lot of shows Lucinda likes, and having fun with them, especially Psychic Detectives.

[jlhoots]

I like Longmire too.

The Craig Johnson novels are fun as well.

[Shawn]

The Worriker Trilogy (BBC) - Episode 2: Turks & Caicos

I loved the first episode of this spy series (Page Eight also starring Bill Nighy, with Rachel Weisz) but didn't know it was part of a series because in the US it was released as "Page Eight" and I thought it was a standalone film.  Amazon Prime has the entire series for streaming so I'm a happy camper.  

Hell of a cast too...Bill Nighy, Christopher Walken, Winona Ryder and Helena Bonham Carter plus a fine cast of character actors including James Naughton, Dylan Baker, Rupert Graves, Zack Grenier and Malik Yoba.  Typically excellent BBC production.

[kinuta]

The Worriker Trilogy (BBC) - Episode 2: Turks & Caicos

I loved the first episode of this spy series (Page Eight also starring Bill Nighy, with Rachel Weisz) but didn't know it was part of a series because in the US it was released as "Page Eight" and I thought it was a standalone film.  Amazon Prime has the entire series for streaming so I'm a happy camper.  

Hell of a cast too...Bill Nighy, Christopher Walken, Winona Ryder and Helena Bonham Carter plus a fine cast of character actors including James Naughton, Dylan Baker, Rupert Graves, Zack Grenier and Malik Yoba.  Typically excellent BBC production.

Turks might be the weakest of the three but Salting The Battlefield is good stuff.

[jlhoots]

Homeland - season 4

[Shawn]

 

Turks might be the weakest of the three but Salting The Battlefield is good stuff.

Well, I enjoyed it.  It was laid back but had a great atmosphere and I enjoyed seeing all those character actors working together.  It was nice to see Winona Ryder given a good part for a change.  

Oh yeah, I'll basically watch anything with Bill Nighy, I think he's quite possibly the coolest person alive.  

[A Lark Ascending]

The Worriker Trilogy (BBC) - Episode 2: Turks & Caicos

I loved the first episode of this spy series (Page Eight also starring Bill Nighy, with Rachel Weisz) but didn't know it was part of a series because in the US it was released as "Page Eight" and I thought it was a standalone film.  Amazon Prime has the entire series for streaming so I'm a happy camper.  

Hell of a cast too...Bill Nighy, Christopher Walken, Winona Ryder and Helena Bonham Carter plus a fine cast of character actors including James Naughton, Dylan Baker, Rupert Graves, Zack Grenier and Malik Yoba.  Typically excellent BBC production.

Watched all three when they were screened here a while back. Enjoyed them very much indeed. 

Last night:

"A303 - Highway to the Sun."  Missed this when it first screened and on its repeats but found it on the iPlayer.

Very nice, gentle programme about a road I often find myself on. Never knew Weyhill Fair was so important - only know it from a song (which they played a snippet from). 

[jlhoots]

Happy Valley - season 1, finally released on US format DVD!!

[A Lark Ascending]

Happy Valley - season 1, finally released on US format DVD!!

Hopefully with subtitles! 

Never seen this right through before - one of those things forever on at Xmas while you are doing other things. Pleasant 90 minutes if rather corny in this day and age. 

Edited September 15, 2015 by A Lark Ascending

[JohnS]

"The Locket".  1946 movie with Robert Mitchum and Larraine Day.

[mjazzg]

This Is England 90. Channel 4 on Demand

Strong first episode of the, sadly, final series.

Meadows' portrayal of everyday life in Britain past is as razor sharp as before. The compiled series will stand proud as testament to great writing, acting and direction

Edited September 15, 2015 by mjazzg

[jazzbo]

Fast 'n Loud. . . the Cutlass low rider.

[alankin]

Boardwalk Empire - Season One

[Shawn]

Worricker:  Salting The Battlefield  

 

Excellent conclusion to a most enjoyable series.  

 

Edited September 15, 2015 by Shawn

[kinuta]

Treasures Of The Indus  Episode 3 Of Gods & Men

Beautiful documentary about Tamil Nadu and it's rich culture.

Have since watched the previous two episodes, both excellent and very rewarding.

Edited September 18, 2015 by kinuta

[kinuta]

An Inspector Calls BBC

Excellent, I thought it was as good as the Alistair Sim version.

Edited September 18, 2015 by kinuta

[A Lark Ascending]

A Very British Map: The Ordnance Survey Story (BBC4)

Quaint little programme about the map making institution - a bit 'aren't we British special' but a nice tale. Great to see the OS map collector with a room filled with shelves of OS maps - wonder what it reminded me of?

 

Finally got round to this. I thought it was excellent - much, much better than the last two films I watched addressing similar issues ('Lincoln' and 'The Butler'). 

Edited September 19, 2015 by A Lark Ascending

[Shawn]

Doctor Who - Season 9 premiere. 

[jazzbo]

Halfway through Heroes season 4. Tried to watch the Bastard Executioner because I like Sutter. . . but I only made it halfway through the first two hour episode. . . really bad imo.

[JSngry]

Truth maybe not always stranger than fiction, but generally more interesting.