British Telly

[DanaC]

I still haven't got around to watching that - I might give it a go.

[DanaC]

heads up on a new show

Grantchester, which, I thought was a made up placename but turns out to be a real hamlet. Learn a new thing everyday :p

It's gentle - but not too gentle. Set in the 50s - murder, high tea, crime fighting sexy vicar and the always awesome Robson Green.

Watched the first ep this week - very good. Really enjoyed it.

[DanaC]

another period drama - Peaky Blinders.

I didn't watch the first series, last year - but now that Tom Hardy is coming into it in series 2 (just started airing) I am thinking I might catch up the first series after all

It does look pretty awesome.

Trailer for series 1:


Trailer for series 2:


Based on the real 'Peaky Blinders' a criminal gang in Birmingham in the late 18th and early 19th century. The show is set just on the cusp of 1920 - postwar Birmingham. Though historically questionable, the name Peaky Blinders was said to derive from the gang sewing razor blades into their peaked caps - a habit that the series has used to good effect.

From the bits I've seen it looks very stylish and has an awesome soundtrack

From series 1 -

[DanaC]

I recently started getting into Big School - I didn't watch series one - think it clashed with something I was into and then never got round to seeking it out on catch up . I've now watched a couple of episodes of series 2 and it is very funny.

Awesome cast - Catherine tate (love her!) David Walliams (love him!) Philip Glenister (lo....sorry that's getting irritating now so I'll stop ...even though I do) and the ever awesome Frances de la Tour, who is basically a Brit TV legend.

Not sure if these clips will play, but couldn't find any non BBC ones



nsfw lanuage

[monster]

I hate you. because I want to watch that.

[monster]

(peaky blinders is on Netflix here, didn't like it, but I'm not a period drama fan)

[sexobon]

Originally Posted by DanaC

... Awesome cast - Catherine tate (love her!) ...

FYI on another former Doctor companion, for lack of a better thread to put this, it's said Karen Gillan is not a marketable star here: ‘Selfie’ Cancelled By ABC.

Maybe she'll have better luck there.

[DanaC]

Of course she's not a 'marketable' star - she's barely known over there. An unknown actor is not a marketable star until they're known. She's just an actor.

She's marketable here - because she is known here. If she becomes known there - then she'll be marketable there.

The show had very little going for it. Poor premise, weird timeslots, mainly unknown cast etc. It looked awful from the promo stuff. I like Gillan, but even I had no intention of watching Selfie.

[DanaC]

This is not a recommendation - more of a wtf?

There's a programme over here called Embarrassing Bodies. Simple enough idea - people with embarrassing problems and illnesses consult the doctors on the show - theyget advice, treatment is arranged - follow up to see how they're doing and some tie in segments about various aspects of healthcare and so on.

I really like the lead doctor (Dr Christian Jessop) - he also does a programme on nutrition and healthy eating (Too Fat versus Too Skinny) and he pops up on various shows now and then. Lovely chap, very endearing.

Embarrassing Bodies though - I just don't nderstand why these people would go on. Oh, don't get me wrong, I've watched some of the show - it's compelling viewing. It's not something I ever want to watch, but if the tv is on in the background and EB comes on I find myself watching. It holds your attention like a slow moving car crash - whilst at the same time being really informative about random health stuffs.

The whole point is that people come along with problems they've been too embarrassed toget help with. Stuff that's been untreated sometimes for years, because it's in an embarrassing place, for instance. But now they're going totalk about it and be examined in detail on camera - with millions of people now watching that embarrassing part of the body. I just don't get it. The guy with a lump at the base of his cock - too embarrassed to see a doctor in the privacy of an examination room - but Dr Christian Jessop poking around said cock on camera- that's just fine, apparently.

This clip cuts off before anything gets shown. By her description though, you know exactly what is coming next.

On telly. Where her mum and siblings (if she has them) and work colleagues and total strangers can all see.

Wtf?

[footfootfoot]

Have you dropped an E?

[DanaC]

Hahah. No. Not for a loooong time. i think the last time I dropped an E was about 7 years ago :P

[Clodfobble]

Originally Posted by DanaC

I just don't nderstand why these people would go on.

...Because the initial rate for appearing on television and speaking--speaking is important, at least in the US, otherwise you're classified differently--is in the thousands of dollars, and probably more for a show like this? And then there's the royalties that continue paying out indefinitely every time the show airs?

As we all know, having lots of money can erase a lot of embarrassing choices.

[DanaC]

Yeah, but this British tv :p I suspect they don't get paid.

I know one guy went on because he'd been refused some treatment on the NHS, so he went on EB and ended up getting all the treatment organised and paid for privately. But for many of the people going on they haven't even been to a doctor with their problem.

[footfootfoot]

Originally Posted by DanaC

Hahah. No. Not for a loooong time. i think the last time I dropped an E was about 7 years ago :P

I was quoting that clip, Dos and Don'ts for Parents Evening

[footfootfoot]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

...Because the initial rate for appearing on television and speaking--speaking is important, at least in the US, otherwise you're classified differently--is in the thousands of dollars, and probably more for a show like this? And then there's the royalties that continue paying out indefinitely every time the show airs?

As we all know, having lots of money can erase a lot of embarrassing choices.

I'm confused. Which of the numerous crazy TC things are you referring to?