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  • suzisausage
    suzisausage Posts: 11,502
    hoof_it_up_to_benty said:
    I think Keeley Hawes is a very versatile actress and the more things I've seen in her the more she impresses me. She doesn't overreact like some actresses. 
    have you watched Finding Alice though? 
  • hoof_it_up_to_benty
    hoof_it_up_to_benty Posts: 22,438
    suzisausage said:
    hoof_it_up_to_benty said:
    I think Keeley Hawes is a very versatile actress and the more things I've seen in her the more she impresses me. She doesn't overreact like some actresses. 
    have you watched Finding Alice though? 
    No. Last thing I saw her in was It's a Sin.
    Haven't seen Finding Alice - mixed reviews by the sound of it.
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,835
    North Lower Neil said:
    bolloxbolder said:
    carly burn said:
    RickAddick said:
    Weegie Addick said
    Am I allowed to say I find Keeley Hawes extremely irritating? Give me Olivia Coleman any day!

    Certainly not!!!!
    Olivia is a very good actress.
    But she is NOT Keeley...
     I have to say, I'm into the 3rd series of the crown, watched 4 and I'm really struggling with Coleman as the queen.
    The girl who played her in the first two series was so much better.
    I think you will find her performance in the 4th series a lot better.

    Re Finding Alice, I blew it out after the first episode. My wife persevered but gave up after about 20 minutes of the second episode. 
    Definitely better in 4th.

    Definitely not as good as Claire Foy.
    took a while to get used to her, but I think she is better than Claire Foy
     
  • Dugdaleclass
    Dugdaleclass Posts: 554
    Finding Alice...oh dear. Just a bit of a mess despite a fine cast. Keeley has built up a fine body of work in recent years (including a delightful comic touch in The Durrells). But in this she is just rude and irritating. 

    The Bay second series on the other hand has improved on the its first outing. Quite a shock at the beginning of the first episode and the police case and home tensions for the lead character (who actually should have been drummed out of the force in the first series) is building nicely.

    ITV have been pulling out some good stuff recently. But hey ho, Marcella is back on our screens this week!
     
    The Crown has now moved into the times I remember well and doesn't have the same punch for me that the first two series had when covering the forties and fifties. When I first watched Claire Foy, I thought no, her features more resemble Princess Beatrice. But her superb acting and her ability to get the Queen's voice patterns just right meant she just grew into the role.  
  • Addickted2TheReds
    Addickted2TheReds Posts: 7,735
    I've watched the following in 2021:

    Caliphate - 9/10
    The Serpent - 7/10
    Industry - 3/10
    Night Stalker - 6/10
    The Pembrokeshire Murders - 7/10

    Caliphate was so good that we couldn't go to bed after 4 episodes. Had to finish the lot and went to bed at about half 3.

    We'll be moving on to The Spy after Charlton beat MK tonight.
  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,801
    hoof_it_up_to_benty said:
    I think Keeley Hawes is a very versatile actress and the more things I've seen in her the more she impresses me. She doesn't overreact like some actresses. 
    the fifth episode of Its a Sin, she is unbelievably good, presence on the screen was amazing, although Valerie was a right bitch (product of the time, but even so)
  • bolloxbolder
    bolloxbolder Posts: 7,958
    Addickted2TheReds said:
    I've watched the following in 2021:

    Caliphate - 9/10
    The Serpent - 7/10
    Industry - 3/10
    Night Stalker - 6/10
    The Pembrokeshire Murders - 7/10

    Caliphate was so good that we couldn't go to bed after 4 episodes. Had to finish the lot and went to bed at about half 3.

    We'll be moving on to The Spy after Charlton beat MK tonight.
    If you enjoyed Caliphate can I recommend No Man's Land on Prime via Starzplay. About women who fight ISIS in Syria with a brother trying to bring his sister back home.
  • hoof_it_up_to_benty
    hoof_it_up_to_benty Posts: 22,438
    Rothko said:
    hoof_it_up_to_benty said:
    I think Keeley Hawes is a very versatile actress and the more things I've seen in her the more she impresses me. She doesn't overreact like some actresses. 
    the fifth episode of Its a Sin, she is unbelievably good, presence on the screen was amazing, although Valerie was a right bitch (product of the time, but even so)
    Agree I thought it was an amazing piece of acting and very believable. Her character was horrible but as you say her attitude reflected the time.

    There were many parallels between the attitude to Covid and the attitude to Aids. We forget how ignorant people were back then.


  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,835
    The wife is watching Bridgerton which I am quite enjoying myself
  • LonelyNorthernAddick
    LonelyNorthernAddick Posts: 2,421
    MrOneLung said:
    The wife is watching Bridgerton which I am quite enjoying myself
    So you are watching Bridgerton ;)
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  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,823
    The wife...lol
  • Rothko
    Rothko Posts: 18,801
    Bridgerton is great fun
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 51,982
    The wife sits there watching Bridgerton, but if I so much as take my eyes off CL for a few seconds and glance at the TV, she stares at me all knowing and disapproving. What's that all about?
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,835
    LonelyNorthernAddick said:
    MrOneLung said:
    The wife is watching Bridgerton which I am quite enjoying myself
    So you are watching Bridgerton ;)
    I have to watch it whilst browsing charltonlife in order to answer the 'who's is that' type questions my wife asks
  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,453
    edited January 2021
    Rothko said:
    Bridgerton is great fun
     Upper class,regency nonsense.




    *Checks cast. Sees Polly Walker's in it.
    I'm in!!  When is it on?
  • kimbo
    kimbo Posts: 2,996
    Lupin is great but watch in french with English subtitles as the dubbing is atrocious
  • hoof_it_up_to_benty
    hoof_it_up_to_benty Posts: 22,438
    Enjoyed watching 'Harvey and Me' on BBC about Katie Price and her son. She came across well and they obviously have a good relationship. As the father of two disabled daughters I could relate to many of the challenges they face - good to see coverage of these issues.

    Some lovely dialogue about trains - very funny and charming.
  • Maccn05
    Maccn05 Posts: 967
    very late to this but we just finished watching This Country... highly recommend it, a mockumentary style comedy like the Office set it the Cotswolds.

    Really good 👍🏼
  • hoof_it_up_to_benty
    hoof_it_up_to_benty Posts: 22,438
    Maccn05 said:
    very late to this but we just finished watching This Country... highly recommend it, a mockumentary style comedy like the Office set it the Cotswolds.

    Really good 👍🏼
    Thought it was superb.
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,973
    Maccn05 said:
    very late to this but we just finished watching This Country... highly recommend it, a mockumentary style comedy like the Office set it the Cotswolds.

    Really good 👍🏼
    Comedy genius. The trainer on the train is one of the best scenes ever.
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  • Jints
    Jints Posts: 3,488
    Really enjoying season 4 (sadly the last) of Call My Agent, a French show with a similar concept to Extras (but more gentle and soapy). A really good show. Also catching up on the Great, a comedy drama very loosely (hardly anything is historically accurate) based on Catherine the Great made by the same guy who did the Favourite. 
  • cafcfan1990
    cafcfan1990 Posts: 12,811
    ValleyGary said:
    Maccn05 said:
    very late to this but we just finished watching This Country... highly recommend it, a mockumentary style comedy like the Office set it the Cotswolds.

    Really good 👍🏼
    Comedy genius. The trainer on the train is one of the best scenes ever.
    Absolutely, I re-watch that scene every few weeks if I'm feeling a bit down!

    The series was great, love the fact that they're mostly all family in real life too!
  • LargeAddick
    LargeAddick Posts: 32,557
    according to the TV critic on Jo Wiley (Radio 2) a new series starting on 5 next week called The Drowning is highly recommended, on every night I believe.
  • orpingtonRED
    orpingtonRED Posts: 3,474
    stackitsteve said:
    ValleyGary said:
    The Ripper on Netflix is excellent. The police up in Yorkshire were useless.
    Watched it today. They made so many basic errors and simply disregarded so much potentially important information.
    Watched this last night and can't believe how many times the West Yorkshire police ballsed up!
    It was before my time but obviously I knew a bit about the story, just didn't realise how many errors were made and how all of the victims were just portrayed as wronguns.
    One thing the programme didn't really go into or clear up was,  who was the bloke from Sunderland sending the letters and tapes? What was his story?
  • cafcsinger
    cafcsinger Posts: 5,548
    Nearly finished Gangs of London on sky. Excellent i thought
  • WattsTheMatter
    WattsTheMatter Posts: 367
    edited January 2021
    orpingtonRED said:
    stackitsteve said:
    ValleyGary said:
    The Ripper on Netflix is excellent. The police up in Yorkshire were useless.
    Watched it today. They made so many basic errors and simply disregarded so much potentially important information.
    Watched this last night and can't believe how many times the West Yorkshire police ballsed up!
    It was before my time but obviously I knew a bit about the story, just didn't realise how many errors were made and how all of the victims were just portrayed as wronguns.
    One thing the programme didn't really go into or clear up was,  who was the bloke from Sunderland sending the letters and tapes? What was his story?
    John Samuel Humble- was found using DNA evidence from one of the letters, and jailed for 8 years for perverting the course of justice in 2006.  Served half of it, died in 2019 if memory serves correctly. Quite a few priors, seemingly a hatred of police- think he wanted to get famous and make West Yorkshire look like idiots- the latter he certainly achieved. 
  • orpingtonRED
    orpingtonRED Posts: 3,474
    WattsTheMatter said:
    orpingtonRED said:
    stackitsteve said:
    ValleyGary said:
    The Ripper on Netflix is excellent. The police up in Yorkshire were useless.
    Watched it today. They made so many basic errors and simply disregarded so much potentially important information.
    Watched this last night and can't believe how many times the West Yorkshire police ballsed up!
    It was before my time but obviously I knew a bit about the story, just didn't realise how many errors were made and how all of the victims were just portrayed as wronguns.
    One thing the programme didn't really go into or clear up was,  who was the bloke from Sunderland sending the letters and tapes? What was his story?
    John Samuel Humble- was found using DNA evidence from one of the letters, and jailed for 8 years for perverting the course of justice in 2006.  Served half of it, died in 2019 if memory serves correctly. Quite a few priors, seemingly a hatred of police- think he wanted to get famous and make West Yorkshire look like idiots- the latter he certainly achieved. 
    Cheers. A hatred of police would make sense why he did what he did I guess. 2006 is a long time to get away with it.
    I will have a read up thanks.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,944
    WattsTheMatter said:
    orpingtonRED said:
    stackitsteve said:
    ValleyGary said:
    The Ripper on Netflix is excellent. The police up in Yorkshire were useless.
    Watched it today. They made so many basic errors and simply disregarded so much potentially important information.
    Watched this last night and can't believe how many times the West Yorkshire police ballsed up!
    It was before my time but obviously I knew a bit about the story, just didn't realise how many errors were made and how all of the victims were just portrayed as wronguns.
    One thing the programme didn't really go into or clear up was,  who was the bloke from Sunderland sending the letters and tapes? What was his story?
    John Samuel Humble- was found using DNA evidence from one of the letters, and jailed for 8 years for perverting the course of justice in 2006.  Served half of it, died in 2019 if memory serves correctly. Quite a few priors, seemingly a hatred of police- think he wanted to get famous and make West Yorkshire look like idiots- the latter he certainly achieved. 
    Believe he was also surprised when they took it so seriously and after a further death he tried to call to tell them it was a hoax and they ignored it.

    Glad he eventually got caught.
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,835
    Rothko said:
    Bridgerton is great fun
    Well last nights episode was a bit raunchy. 

    Sally Webster - do you know what your daughter is up to !! 
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,288
    WandaVision getting a lot more interesting as the episodes go by

    If you can make it to the end of Ep3 then it starts getting a bit more than just baffling

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