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Post by dem bones on Oct 27, 2015 8:13:10 GMT
If you missed it I recommend catching up. If you need anymore persuading, it's already been criticised by the Daily Mail for being shown before the watershed - tinyurl.com/nhbkww2Recommendation enough for me. Bride of Dem thought it was was the business, too. As to Ripper Street, for me series 3 was the darkest, most shocking and finest to date, even if some of it didn't quite gel. And there was even a deliberate laugh-out-loud comedy sequence (the desk sergeant with the hipster beard is a martyr to gout, so let's hope no fool drops anything heavy on his foot).
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Post by Shrink Proof on Oct 27, 2015 10:31:27 GMT
If you need anymore persuading, it's already been criticised by the Daily Mail for being shown before the watershed - tinyurl.com/nhbkww2That sells it for me. In case you're wondering, "Should I read the Daily Mail?", here's the answer.
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Post by dem bones on Oct 27, 2015 12:44:42 GMT
For first time ever, I tried to 'like' a post twice.
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Post by Dr Strange on Oct 27, 2015 14:05:03 GMT
There are some pretty funny comments at the bottom of the Mail's Jekyll & Hyde post - seems that most of them are just slagging off the Mail and its readers. One of my favourites says: "I am only little and it make me scared (Irwin, age 55 and three quarters)".
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Post by andydecker on Oct 27, 2015 14:32:23 GMT
For first time ever, I tried to 'like' a post twice.
This is fun.
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Post by mcannon on Oct 28, 2015 11:31:59 GMT
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Post by Shrink Proof on Oct 28, 2015 12:14:32 GMT
I'd completely forgotten about "Doomwatch", so thanks for reminding me. Very 70s...
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Post by ripper on Oct 28, 2015 18:21:58 GMT
It is surprising that Doomwatch has not been released on DVD until now. I think some episodes appeared on VHS many years ago, but a DVD release of the surviving episodes will be very welcome. I seem to remember that one of the satellite channels showed the series at some time in the past.
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Post by Dr Strange on Nov 2, 2015 11:38:59 GMT
I spent a large part of my weekend catching up on the second series of Penny Dreadful on DVD. I watched three quarters of the box set back-to-back in one sitting - absolutely amazing, even better than the first series, and possibly THE BEST THING EVER ON TV. Proper, adult, horror - but so adult, it may not have much chance of ever making it to mainstream, free-to-view TV without being cut to pieces by the censors. Makes the likes of American Horror Story look like a soap opera.
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Post by valdemar on Nov 15, 2015 8:06:18 GMT
Penny Dreadful - very possibly one of the finest TV shows ever made. God knows what the Daily Mail thinks of it. Do I care what the Daily Mail thinks of it? No. Back to the show. No spoilers here, just to let you know that if you thought the first 75% of the series was good, Then I can tell you that the finale is astonishing, violent, sad, and will leave you drained... and wanting more, whilst thinking: "How?" Look out also for a withering, and very funny put-down from the always great Simon Russell Beale's character. As you can possibly tell, I'm a fan.
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Post by dem bones on Nov 18, 2015 16:46:17 GMT
Blimey! I checked out the Talking Pictures Channel (Freeview 81) earlier, and guess who was on? Only that Algernon Blackwood, sat in a comfy armchair, narrating Lock Your Door "his gothic story, from the series A Strange Experience (1949)." Nothing much by way of action - he eventually gets up to stretch his legs - but much appreciated all the same. Put him in a smoking jacket and he would make for an ideal Gregory Pendennis, albeit a sane, composed and unusually sober version. Further investigation reveals Lock Your Door will be repeated on Wed 25 Nov at 17:35. Before that, on Saturday 21st we have Algernon reading The Reformation of St Jules (13:20 pm). Also on Talking Pictures (am sure somebody inquired after this, but can't find the post) Haunters of the Deep, 1984. "Mystery. Directed by Andrew Bogle. CFF. A ghostly tale of greed and spooks when an old Cornish tin mine is reopened by an American mining company." Repeated Tue 24th Nov. 19.10
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Post by ripper on Nov 19, 2015 9:54:38 GMT
Nice sounding channel, Dem. I see they are showing several other CFF films including at noon today--19 Nov--The Man from Nowhere, a spooky tale set in an old house. The channel can also be found on Sky 343 if anybody wants to view it that way.
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Post by mcannon on Nov 19, 2015 10:24:03 GMT
Blimey! I checked out the Talking Pictures Channel (Freeview 81) earlier, and guess who was on? Only that Algernon Blackwood, sat in a comfy armchair, narrating Lock Your Door "his gothic story, from the series A Strange Experience (1949)." Nothing much by way of action - he eventually gets up to stretch his legs - but much appreciated all the same. Put him in a smoking jacket and he would make for an ideal Gregory Pendennis, albeit a sane, composed and unusually sober version. Further investigation reveals Lock Your Door will be repeated on Wed 25 Nov at 17:35. Before that, on Saturday 21st we have Algernon reading The Reformation of St Jules (13:20 pm). Also on Talking Pictures (am sure somebody inquired after this, but can't find the post) Haunters of the Deep, 1984. "Mystery. Directed by Andrew Bogle. CFF. A ghostly tale of greed and spooks when an old Cornish tin mine is reopened by an American mining company." Repeated Tue 24th Nov. 19.10 Struth - I'd always assumed that none of these Blackwood appearances still existed! A quick Google search indicates that only two are extant, but that's two more than I expected. Pity there doesn't seem to be any way to access them via this particular channel from this part of the world, but with a bit of effort and VPN'ing I might be able to see them via the BFI Player ....... Anyway, thanks for the heads up, Dem. I live in hope of the early 1960s Blackwood TV adaptations, featuring John Laurie as the Great Man, someday being unearthed. Having grown up watching his delivery of various eerie stories as Private Frazer on "Dad's Army" ("They werrre all MAD, ye know!"), I reckon he would have been excellent in the role. Mark
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Post by dem bones on Nov 19, 2015 17:55:06 GMT
Mark, the worst of it is, I've no means of recoding them. Might be worth keeping an eye on *a popular file sharing channel* though. Very much looking forward to The Reformation of St Jules, and the repeat of Lock Your Door, because I only stumbled upon Talking Pictures by chance and missed the first five minutes or so.
Rip. Looking through the schedule, they've unearthed some fascinating material. Case in point. On Saturday 21st at 12:05, directly before The Reformation of St Jules, there's A Message From Mars, dated 1913. "Directed by J. Wallet Waller. The first British Sci-Fi Feature. A Martian is sentenced to visit earth to cure a selfish man."
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Post by ripper on Nov 20, 2015 10:21:20 GMT
It's a really interesting mix of programming, Dem. It's nice to see the CFF productions getting a screening plus there seem to be a fair few rarely seen b-movies, not to mention the Blackwood tales, classic TV series and the rest, and I have never even heard of that UK SF film from 1913--let's hope they can keep it up.
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