TV over Christmas

Compo · **Posted:** Thu Jan 02, 2014 11:39 am

Didnt watch any of it to be honest apart from Sherlock last night. Anyone recommend anything on the iplayer as i missed the following and want to know if they are any good;

Idris Elba King of Speed
ben fogle james cracknell Arabian desert
David Blaine real or magic
Speed with Guy Martin

was going to watch open all hours but everyone said it was crap.

Joe Mac · **Posted:** Thu Jan 02, 2014 11:40 am

I watched David Blaine last night, definitely worth a watch. The guy is mental.

Yubep · **Joined:** Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:35 pm **Posts:** 25266

Yeah blane was insane.

grabec · **Posted:** Thu Jan 02, 2014 2:06 pm

Compo wrote:

Didnt watch any of it to be honest apart from Sherlock last night. Anyone recommend anything on the iplayer as i missed the following and want to know if they are any good;

Idris Elba King of Speed
ben fogle james cracknell Arabian desert
David Blaine real or magic
Speed with Guy Martin

was going to watch open all hours but everyone said it was crap.

The Thirteenth Tale was pretty good, on BBC2 last Monday.

I watched Sherlock but it's beginning to get a bit too ridiculous for me. It's not so much the 'great escape' explanations, more that has Sherlock seems to have developed sociopathic tendencies.......howling with laughter because he'd managed to convince Watson they were about to be blown to pieces in 1.28 minutes???

Compo · **Posted:** Thu Jan 02, 2014 2:52 pm

Isnt that true to conan doyle's character thought as he was mostly off his tits on cocaine

verbalkint · **Joined:** Thu Dec 20, 2007 9:08 pm **Posts:** 3135

I think its been pretty piss poor tv over christmas, no Zulu

PJPoolie · **Joined:** Wed Mar 06, 2013 6:28 pm **Posts:** 15342

The TV over Christmas has been appalling.

I have a theory that all the people who used to make good tele are either dead or locked up for noncing.

grabec · **Posted:** Thu Jan 02, 2014 2:59 pm

Compo wrote:

Isnt that true to conan doyle's character thought as he was mostly off his tits on cocaine

I'm not sure being off your tits on cocaine leads you to convince someone he's facing certain death and then guffaw because he believes you!

Maybe it's just a personal reaction. I hate stupid practical jokes IRL, so I'm not enchanted to see them in entertainment.

Compo · **Posted:** Thu Jan 02, 2014 3:04 pm

Wonder who the fella with the glasses is though as the new villain as I liked the character of the new moriarty so the new bloke better be good.

grabec · **Posted:** Thu Jan 02, 2014 3:16 pm

Compo wrote:

Wonder who the fella with the glasses is though as the new villain as I liked the character of the new moriarty so the new bloke better be good.

Yeah, the new Moriarty was brilliant. The character of Watson is getting a bit irksome thought. He says 'What?' far too often. Surely there should be other responses but perplexity.

Don't know about the chap in specs. He's probably the mask of somebody else.

Andy Dibbles Gloves · **Joined:** Tue Dec 11, 2012 3:32 pm **Posts:** 6817

PJPoolie wrote:

The TV over Christmas has been appalling.

I have a theory that all the people who used to make good tele are either dead or locked up for noncing.

Concurring. I bought the radio times before christmas, you know the traditional two weeks thingy.

By Boxing day I threw it out. Because of Demand TV there is just no point anymore.

the amount of times we turned the tele back to dave to watch Mock the week, or some other old programme, just summed up how bad the TV was.

Garbage. Thank god for DVD's.

Yubep · **Joined:** Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:35 pm **Posts:** 25266

Andy Dibbles Gloves wrote:

PJPoolie wrote:

The TV over Christmas has been appalling.

I have a theory that all the people who used to make good tele are either dead or locked up for noncing.

Concurring. I bought the radio times before christmas, you know the traditional two weeks thingy.

By Boxing day I threw it out. Because of Demand TV there is just no point anymore.

the amount of times we turned the tele back to dave to watch Mock the week, or some other old programme, just summed up how bad the TV was.

Garbage. Thank god for DVD's.

christmas tv was summed up by channel 5's 9pm christmas day showing of the michael jackson fillum : this is it. What an awful choice for christmas day tv, behind the scenes footage of a tour that never happened, how festive!

I dont think i watched anything on tv at all, thankfully i'd saved up a few yank shows to watch during their christmas breaks.

Andy Dibbles Gloves · **Joined:** Tue Dec 11, 2012 3:32 pm **Posts:** 6817

Like I said, I threw out the radio times on boxing day.

I dont think the usual channels try any more.

Yubep · **Joined:** Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:35 pm **Posts:** 25266

Whilst i agree fully with that madjohn, i rarely watch owt at the proper time its all recorded n watched later, christmas time was traditionally the time the family would sit down n watch summit together on the box.

Joe Mac · **Posted:** Fri Jan 03, 2014 12:20 pm

One of my earliest memories is the family sitting together at Xmas to watch Wallace and Gromit - The Wrong Trousers.

demented twig · **Joined:** Mon Feb 20, 2012 10:09 pm **Posts:** 1043

I thought death comes to pemberley was good but im an old git and wouldnt read too much into that

SLowdown · **Joined:** Fri Mar 16, 2007 1:33 pm **Posts:** 115

verbalkint wrote:

I think its been pretty piss poor tv over christmas, no Zulu

Zulu on Channel 4 now....never fails to disappoint!

verbalkint · **Joined:** Thu Dec 20, 2007 9:08 pm **Posts:** 3135

Its on its on ZULU rolf

offshorepoolie · **Joined:** Wed Oct 14, 2009 7:32 pm **Posts:** 6011

No Great Escape or Battle of the Bulge though

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poolieinnottingham · **Posted:** Fri Jan 03, 2014 5:01 pm

The eldest has sussed out how to 'order' programmes from the past off the Tivo. So my Christmas viewing was predominantly episodes of Pingu. Which I quite like as it happens.

MutleyRules · **Posted:** Fri Jan 03, 2014 8:48 pm

Speed with Guy Martin was brilliant....as was a programme I watched on New Years Eve about 'weird animals'!!!!

The only 2 programmes I watched!!!!

no6bus · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 8:55 pm **Posts:** 5095

Concurring fully with mutters about the nutter on a bike FFS 111mph on a chuffing bike

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offshorepoolie · **Joined:** Wed Oct 14, 2009 7:32 pm **Posts:** 6011

MutleyRules wrote:

Speed with Guy Martin was brilliant....as was a programme I watched on New Years Eve about 'weird animals'!!!!

The only 2 programmes I watched!!!!

Going to have to watch that Guy Martin thing on 4 OD there's another episode on Sunday too..

Fensy · **Joined:** Thu Aug 17, 2006 9:15 pm **Posts:** 6475

The David Attenborough program on Sky 1 the other day was canny, it was all about bringing exhibits from the Natural History Museum to life

monkeybutt · **Posted:** Fri Jan 03, 2014 10:30 pm

what a bunch of hard to please nowts you lot are, I give you Nemo, cars 2 , ant bully, Narnia, chitty bang bang and others to many to mention, come on and join the animated delight for your eyes!

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