GOOD TV

[Big Kev]

My Lady Jane, on Amazon Prime. An interesting take loosely based on historical events. Bad language and 'mild' sexual scenes according to the programme synopsis. We found it very funny and worth a watch.

The Jetty, on BBC iPlayer, was also worth a watch.

[Tripps]

The Jetty, on BBC iPlayer, was also worth a watch

I haven't seen but have read that the lake is Hollingworth Lake near Rochdale - where Sue goes to Lunch on a Friday.

[Big Kev]

The Jetty, on BBC iPlayer, was also worth a watch

I haven't seen but have read that the lake is Hollingworth Lake near Rochdale - where Sue goes to Lunch on a Friday.

It is indeed, whilst the story it set in Lancashire most of the filming locations are Yorkshire.

[Tripps]

I'm watching the opnong ceremony of the Olympic Games. It's all on the River Seine, and sadly it's pouring down with rain. I don't know why they didn't hold it in the Summer. Someone has sabotaged the TGV - and to paraphrase Long John Silver - those that couldn't get there will be the lucky ones. What might have looked good in a stadium, is lost in the vast expanse of the river. The three athletes from Kiribati look a bit insignificant on their bateau.

I can take no more . I'm off - I'll come back when the Olympic Break Dancing is on. That should be good.

[Stanley]

I passed the 100th episode of Midsomer Murders this week. I can still stand a 90 minute episode most nights......
Yesterday I heard someone trying to persuade us that break-dancing was a true Olympic Sport. He was working very hard at it....... Is ribbon waving still in?

[Stanley]

I can report from my researches, that the first major black actor's roles in Midsomer Murders started after the 100th episode in the 18th series.

[Wendyf]

Did anyone watch 24 hours in A&E last night? The wife of the second motorbike crash victim is the daughter of a lifelong friend of mine.

[Stanley]

Sorry Wendy no, Repair shop and my daily dose of Barnaby......

[Stanley]

Another milestone noted in Midsomer Murders. Series 19 Episode 1 we learn that Sykes the terrier has died.......

[Stanley]

I reached the end of Midsomer with series 24. I am now doing the same for Lewis.

[Tripps]

I watched Antiques Roadshow from Nantgarw in S Wales, last night, closely followed by Midsomer Murders filmed two years ago. It was an interesting excercise to contrast the diversity mix in the participants between the two. One - what "they" insist on us watching, and the other what actually exists in real life . Quite different.

[Stanley]

It only works if you can suspend disbelief and I find that harder and harder to do these days. It's easier with the old productions I think......

[Tripps]

only works if you can suspend disbelief

I agree. We were asked to believe on Sunday, that the Czar of all the Russias on a visit to London (which the expert said in fact never happened), gave to an ancestor, a servant, a Fabergé gold and diamond brooch, as a thank you for his good service, rather than the more customary five bob.

A likely story. . . .

[Stanley]

[Gloria]

Freddie Flintoff Field of Dreams on bbc1 is amazing. The first series was good, but this second series is beyond that. With what Freddie has been through recently, and the what these lads have been through, it makes wonderful tv. I cannot say enough superlatives about it, it has to win an award.

[Tripps]

I surfed through the show last night, but on your recommendation I'll watch the next one.

This is the bit I saw -
The boys’ daring goes hand in hand with a squeamish and distinctly pathetic timidity. Sean has a fit at the sight of a fried pomfret (fish). Ben admits to having swallowed not a thing since the Pringles he scoffed on the flight. They want KFC, not mutton curry and coconut dhal. Flintoff, who’ll eat anything, is stern. “Just try it,” he’ll say, as if to a toddler. His expression is caught throughout between amazement and gratitude. Second chances. Anyone who is lucky enough to get one should grab it with both (turmeric-stained) hands.


I pay attention to Flintoff as he hails from (or played for?) Goosnargh which is Uncle Jim's home village, and which I know quite well. My opinion is also coloured by the experience a few years ago, of a huge Range Rover appearing out of the blue on my way in to Cambridge, and roaring past me at great speed. The Reg was FF 6 . It had to be him on his way to Fenner's. . . .

[Stanley]

What interesting lives you lot lead!
I made do with another episode of Lewis....

[Gloria]

Who’s been watching the first two of Nightsleeper on bbc1. A lot thrown at you in the first episode, but it has the makings.

[Stanley]

I may have to look at it Gloria. I have now finished Lewis and am not going to go back through Morse and Endeavour.

[PanBiker]

Who’s been watching the first two of Nightsleeper on bbc1. A lot thrown at you in the first episode, but it has the makings.

We are watching that one as well Gloria.

It's still possible to mechanically stop a runaway train safely which seems to be conveniently overlooked, artistic licence I believe its called. Good yarn anyway although the big boss woman in the pink dress throwing her weight about is annoying me as she doesn't appear to know anything to warrant her elevated position, that's probably quite normal though in reality.

[Stanley]

I think that applies to a lot of people these days Ian!
I cracked last night and started watching Morse again. Interesting, I found it very lumpy and disconnected but that could be something to do with me being deaf.

[Stanley]

Anther Morse and so much more enjoyable now I can hear better. I turned the sound level down by almost a half.....

[Tripps]

Youtube has taken over from TV quite a lot for me This week in the afternoons, it's the Chess Olympiad from Budapest - Sweden v Bangladesh , Grand Master Jan Ludwig Hammer is doing the commentary - it's a challenge for him - there have only been four moves in the last hour and a half. He manages to inject some excitement into it all. It's about the right pace for me.

[Stanley]

At present, if there is nothing that interests me on terrestrial TV I allow myself a Morse and after that fill the rest of the evening with Youtube.
Last night it was Morse and then Kurtis Allen at Cutting Edge Engineering. He is good and his wife Karen is an excellent videographer. They have a tame Butcher Bird called George and a rescue Staffy called Homeless. Ticks all the boxes for me David! Oh and then there is Robert in Vietnam.
We all tend towards things we understand and that's why chess has no attraction for me.

[Tripps]

The standard of "comedy" on TV has been much criticised recently. Looks like we are about to be saved.

Mrs Brown's Boys creator Brendan O'Carroll has landed a new BBC sitcom which will star a comedy legend. The Irish comedian's, 69, new series is called Shedites and will touch on 'men's mental health' and is due to hit screens by 'the fall'.The new BBC programme will star iconic funnyman (sic) Tommy Cannon, 86, who previously starred in The Cannon and Ball Show, as the leading character.
Brendan told The Sun: 'It's using comedy to touch on men's mental health. The BBC loved the pilot. Hopefully it will be out in the fall.'It comes after Mrs Brown's Boys won a National Television Award for Best Comedy last month.

Mens' mental health eh? from a deeply unfunny, cringeworthy, Irish cross dresser, and a retired straightman to a comedian from Royton. Sounds hilarious.