For online streaming Iād recommend either of these sites (get an adblocker though). They both get renamed very often but are easily findable
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Just finished 10 Rillington Place. A 3 parter on bbc Iplayer. Tim Roth does a very good and creepy serial murderer John Christie. His wife is played by Samantha Morton (one of my glasto sitings). Tim Evans another tenant in the property, and hanged for Christieās crimes, is played by Nico Mirallegro and his wife by Josie Comer.
Great acting and would recommend it.
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planet earth 2 makes me want to cry, itās so beautiful
Absolutely this Intiniki !
Tim Roth is absolutely mesmerising as Christie.
If he doesnāt win something for this performance then thereās no justice.
Stunning.
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Thereās a new series on Netflix. Itās either called The AO or The OA, I forget which way round it is. Iāve only seen first episode, but I think it is One To Watch srs. Iām also trying to watch the one about the Holy Dick Detective. Iām not so sure bout that one I will have to let u knowā¦
Originally posted by @saintbletch
Originally posted by @Intiniki
Just finished 10 Rillington Place. A 3 parter on bbc Iplayer. Tim Roth does a very good and creepy serial murderer John Christie. His wife is played by Samantha Morton (one of my glasto sitings). Tim Evans another tenant in the property, and hanged for Christieās crimes, is played by Nico Mirallegro and his wife by Josie Comer.
Great acting and would recommend it.
Absolutely this Intiniki !
Tim Roth is absolutely mesmerising as Christie.
If he doesnāt win something for this performance then thereās no justice.
Stunning.
Will there be a 2nd series? (Whereās the winky eye thing?)
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Cheers Intiniki. Enjoyed this.
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The Night Ofā¦is really very good. Aside from being very good it should also be a source of Christmas cheer to all internet board dwelling weirdos as even John Turturro with crusty, weeping sores for feet can still get laid.
I havenāt seen the end yet so no spoliersā¦
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Recently started The Man in the High Castle. Think we will watch the rest.
Iāve now seen the end. Spoil awayā¦
Totally agree. Great job by Roth and a good likeness too. For anyone interested in more Christie stuff I would also recommend the film 10 Rillington Place with Dickie Attenborough in the lead role. The book is worth reading too.
http://www.thefuss.co.uk/quarry-sky-atlantic/
Saw first episode of āQuarryā last night. Pilot is quite long and some may find it too slow moving but the more intelligent ones (Iām joking) will appreciate the acting, atmospheric setting and possibly,the music. Really promising start and luckily the whole series is available to watch now.
Oh yeahā¦ Itās about the only tv programme that Bletch hasnt (yet) seen, as watching tele is about all he does (lazy cnut that he is). Thatās why the recent forum shenanigans caused him so much angst, interupting the rewatching of his limited edition box set of Bergerac.
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Roth fans should check out Made In Britain, if they havenāt already. This guy had it all very early on. A stunning performance from a then very young actor. Interesting interview with him about it here.
Back on the small screen, Iāve completed watching the second season of Man in the High Castle. The Philip K Dick novel from which it draws its inspiration isnāt particularly long, so weāre already beyond book material in season two. For those that know nowt about it, itās set in a world where the Axis powers were victorious in WW2. Here is a handy map.
The titular Man in The High Castle is someone in this world that has been collecting and distributing films from our reality, showing the outcome weāre familiar with. These videos are hugely influential.
I praised the first season for being a slow-burning drama which swapped much of the flash bang in favour of depicting life under brutal, militaristic and ideologically extreme regimes. There was an excellent plot point, picked up here, about a Nazi officer that discovers his son has a form of muscular dystrophy. Under the strict rules of the Reich, heās legally required to hand over his nipper for extermination. Thereās a lot of drama wrought from that.
This year, the world the camera sees expands. The largely hidden world of Berlin regularly appears as one of the characters from the first season travels there. Hitler remains a central figure, now an older man and expected to die in the near future, there are many in Berlin that are looking to benefit from and even exploit that process, and theyāre even worse than he is.
The source of the videos is resolved, and becomes instrumental in the series. The world building is fantastic and there are some brilliant performances from many of the cast, although Rufus Sewell remains a favourite of mine.
imdb has it hovering around the 8 out of 10 mark. Iād add a bonus point because the characters smoke and say āfuckā. Two very good seasons of television.
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After meaning to watch it for years I finally bought the box-set of Breaking Bad in October. My wife and I have sat down and watched one episode a day for the last couple of months and I have to say it is fucking EPIC.
We now have two episodes to go in the final seriesā¦the penultimate episode today (Christmas Eve) and the final one on Christmas Dayā¦āIf,ā my wife says, āthereās nothing better onā
I looked at her, said nothing. āYes, youāre rightā she said, āfinal episode, Christmas Dayā 
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Itās nice. Now that youāre at the end, lemme drop a little nugget on you that you may not have realised. It aināt really a spoiler, but something to consider with what you already know. Walt takes on the characteristics of the people he takes on.
Remember the dude in the basement in Season One? Liked his sarnies with the crusts cut off. Walt starts doing the same afterwards. Abhors Gus for his way of doing business, but emulates it when push comes to shove.
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Hadnāt noticed that papā¦but now you say itā¦
I was gripped from Episode 1ā¦ empathy with Walt, the plausible way heās drawn into what both you and he would see as an unlikey scenario and the moral-maze that presents itself. Heās sucked into this vortex that doesnāt allow him to back-track in any way, justifying each solution in a downward spiral and still seeing himself as a good man. A bit like a Pompey supporter thinking theyād been hard done by.
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Hadnāt noticed that papā¦but now you say itā¦
I was gripped from Episode 1ā¦ empathy with Walt, the plausible way heās drawn into what both you and he would see as an unlikey scenario and the moral-maze that presents itself. Heās sucked into this vortex that doesnāt allow him to back-track in any way, justifying each solution in a downward spiral and still seeing himself as a good man. A bit like a Pompey supporter thinking theyād been hard done by.
Was ahead of the general curve on this one. I got into it just before the third season aired, and marathoned everything up until the end of season two. Everyone takes Brian Cranston super-seriously as an actor now, but itās worth remembering that previously, he was most famous for being the daā out of Malcolm in the Middle.
Caught Grand Tour & Lucifer S2 openers last night.
Reunited with old friends. Ahhhh
Tour is ott oafs what is not to like? if you had no oafs youād be Germany, & Luci followed template but with a slightly darker edge until the last scene when shit looks to get real.
Hello Mumā¦
Iām working through Lucifer, āworkingā being the appropriate term. I find the formula bit a bit too formulaic. Agnostic that I am, I still decided not to tempt the apparent Almighty and watch it on Christmas day (you bad boy, Phil - Old Nick would be proud). Even if I did, canāt think heād be too offended. For a show about the Prince of Darkness, itās not all that dark.
A bit of that is fair enough. Neil Gaimanās take on the character was never evil incarnate, just a rebellious angel bunged out of heaven and given the job of lording it over Hell. Even as far back as the Sandman, itās a job he doesnāt much like, so the character is consistent in that respect. The world feels very narrow though. I would have difficulty recommending it wholeheartedly at this point, which is getting near to the end of season one.
A show Iāve no such problem with is Sense8, the latest series from Joe Michael Straczynski, erstwhile of the good station Babylon 5. Iāve just watched the Christmas special on Netflix, and raved about the first season last year. Itās a show about eight people around the world that can share each others experiences and abilities. Itās difficult to think of a show thatās more in love with the world than Sense8. It pretty much touches all continents, and jumps between them.
Any show with eight leads is going to be difficult to pull off, but so far, thereās very little to complain about. Some characters have more action packed scenarios to deal with, while others have to deal with emotional or personal issues. The eight include a cop, a martial artist, a celebrated Hollywood actor and a criminal. When the shit hits the fan, they normally borrow powers from each other, working together to overcome great adversity.
From a TV viewers perspective, this often means very nice shots of a single person kicking the fuck out of an entire room in a stylish fashion. The Christmas special had a couple of moments like that, but also packed the usual emotional punch that one comes to expect with the show. The connected people have a deep and profound love for each other which the showās directors always manage to convey.
Roll on season two.
Just finished watching
Green Wing
Spaced - Again
Dexter - Again.
All classic in their own right.
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