ALBIONSAINT Posted September 1, 2020 Report Share Posted September 1, 2020 Watched “ I see you” on Netflix last night, pretty good film, lots of plot twists right up to the end 8/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munoz Posted September 1, 2020 Report Share Posted September 1, 2020 2 hours ago, ALBIONSAINT said: Watched “ I see you” on Netflix last night, pretty good film, lots of plot twists right up to the end 8/10 Good recommendation. Just finished watching it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud the Baker Posted September 3, 2020 Report Share Posted September 3, 2020 On 7/13/2020 at 10:25 PM, FTOF said: Would thoroughly recommend Condor on SKY 1. Just watched the first season on catch up. Missed it first time round, but noticed season 2 was starting on Wednesday. A reboot of the 70s fillum starring Robert Redford... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALBIONSAINT Posted September 3, 2020 Report Share Posted September 3, 2020 Watched Hitlers children on BBC 4 last night. Talking to the children and grandchildren of the Nazi party elites about how it has effected there life. The son and daughter of Herman Goering both had voluntary sterilisation to end the bloodline !! It might be available on the iPlayer, definitely worth watching Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slarti Posted September 3, 2020 Report Share Posted September 3, 2020 Watched Hitlers children on BBC 4 last night. Talking to the children and grandchildren of the Nazi party elites about how it has effected there life. The son and daughter of Herman Goering both had voluntary sterilisation to end the bloodline !! It might be available on the iPlayer, definitely worth watching Sterilisation available on iPlayer? That's why a TV licence costs so much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALBIONSAINT Posted September 3, 2020 Report Share Posted September 3, 2020 12 minutes ago, Slarti said: Sterilisation available on iPlayer? That's why a TV licence costs so much. Also why it’s free to over 75s 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antrin Posted September 3, 2020 Report Share Posted September 3, 2020 2 hours ago, ALBIONSAINT said: Also why it’s free to over 75s 😂 Well, that’s money down the drain.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALBIONSAINT Posted September 3, 2020 Report Share Posted September 3, 2020 Not a TV programme, but I got the new Alan Partridge podcast today, and it’s ruddy, bloody, good actually Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud the Baker Posted September 4, 2020 Report Share Posted September 4, 2020 Just discovered Richard Osman's House of Games - up until now I had always strenuously avoided it as I found him a bit Pompous in Pointless but HoG is brilliant combining general knowledge with a twist like having to give the answer alphabetical in order (sic). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanleySaint Posted September 4, 2020 Report Share Posted September 4, 2020 Great show, end of! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud the Baker Posted September 10, 2020 Report Share Posted September 10, 2020 So much good TV tonight BBC2 6pm: House of Games CBBC 7om: Horrible Histories BBC2 10pm: Frankie Boyle but best of all BBC4 10pm: A repeat of Ivan Sen's Australian Noir thriller Goldstone about Aboriginal cop Jay Swan - not quite as good as Boney but then again what is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALBIONSAINT Posted September 10, 2020 Report Share Posted September 10, 2020 Watched the first 3 episodes of the 2nd season of amazon primes The Boys. Absolutely excellent, the money the spend on these series make them look like cinema quality films. 8/10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALBIONSAINT Posted September 10, 2020 Report Share Posted September 10, 2020 (edited) Watched “Sand” on Amazon prime last night. Spring break America youths get stuck on a beach that eats you! Cornball horror that I would have switched off after 20 minutes if it wasn’t for the bikini clad lovelies 4/10 Edited September 10, 2020 by ALBIONSAINT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bud the Baker Posted September 11, 2020 Report Share Posted September 11, 2020 Now as y'all are probably well aware I'm not the quickest of blokes... It suddenly occurred to me that last night's screening of Goldstone might not be unconnected with the 2020 series of Mystery Road - I was right the 6 part series starts on BBC4 next Saturday @ 9pm. Man of few words Detective Jay Swan returns, wearing his trademark hat! https://crimefictionlover.com/2020/09/mystery-road-season-2-australian-crime-show-returns-to-bbc-four/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALBIONSAINT Posted September 14, 2020 Report Share Posted September 14, 2020 Watched this on Netflix 👍🏻 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antrin Posted September 14, 2020 Report Share Posted September 14, 2020 Des david Tennant portrays serial killer Denis Neilson in a 3 parter started this evening. ITV great bit of acting, rivettin’. You kinda enjoy being in the company of this Weird, weird laidback character, making the most outlandish comments about what he has done, treating all the slaughter, dismembering, burning, dropping body bits down drains, storing parts in bin bags in cupboards or under his floorboards as moderate misdemeanours that maybe cops will sort out... Our pals at the time lived a few doors away. as we were always out then, I never saw news, never knew how extensive this had been. Interesting. And mibbe done for awards... worthy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALBIONSAINT Posted September 14, 2020 Report Share Posted September 14, 2020 Got Des recorded 👍🏻 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linwood buddie Posted September 14, 2020 Report Share Posted September 14, 2020 35 minutes ago, ALBIONSAINT said: Got Des recorded 👍🏻 You will not be disappointed bud ,it was excellent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antrin Posted September 15, 2020 Report Share Posted September 15, 2020 Des was the name used for him by workmates, in the Jobcentre where he worked as an Exec officer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALBIONSAINT Posted September 18, 2020 Report Share Posted September 18, 2020 Jimi Hendrix: The road to Woodstock, tonight at 11 on bbc4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALBIONSAINT Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 9/10 brilliant movie, one that I wish I had read the book first. You will need a spare 2.5 hours to watch it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antrin Posted September 22, 2020 Report Share Posted September 22, 2020 Saw tenet a couple of weeks back. I suggested we should go to a captioned performance as I’d read the dialogue was “tricky”. The Boss said NO. Later, I’d “been right for once”. a complicated storyline. HUGELY complicated. Baffling even. I doubt hearing the dialogue would have helped. However, I relaxed and went with the flow and thoroughly enjoyed the spectacular visual festival. All 2.5 hours of it. I’d even probably go back again see if I could join up more dots in the logic. (Maybe go alone to a captioned performance.) Saw Rocks on Monday. well filmed. longer than I wanted it to last. that is all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oaksoft Posted September 23, 2020 Report Share Posted September 23, 2020 23 minutes ago, Long John Baldy said: Watched the first half of a documentary last night, The Write Offs, about 8 adults who struggle to read and write. It was alarming that these people, ranging from 20 years old to 66, had to go through life not being able to read or write. The tactics they use to avoid situations, the embarrassment they feel and the difficulty in tasks that the majority take for granted. The real shock was that over 8 million people are termed illiterate. How can, after 11 years of school can this amount of people be allowed to leave school and not have the basics of reading and writing? I did have some experience of this a few years ago, teaching 16 - 18 year olds basic arithmetic, or as many of us will know them as sums. The lack of basic numeracy was astounding, and most of these teenagers were decent enough people, not thugs who had no interest. There are several reasons. Our schools are full of teachers who shouldn't be near a classroom for a start and there seems to be virtually no way to get rid of them. Most people going into teaching are neither the brightest nor the best of each generation. I know people who are teaching who don't have an Honours Degree in the subject they are teaching. At primary school level, it is common knowledge that many teachers struggle with fractions so it's not surprising the kids can't do it either. Having said all that, I suspect the percentage who end up illiterate and/ or incapable of working with numbers is probably the same or lower than it used to be years ago. BTW, don't think that those going to study at uni are much better. They're generally incapable of solving very basic problems because they've spent years being taught how to pass exams. Ask the likes of FTOF. He's made a career out of doing just that. Honestly, I don't know how you solve a problem like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FTOF Posted September 23, 2020 Report Share Posted September 23, 2020 (edited) 7 minutes ago, oaksoft said: There are several reasons. Our schools are full of teachers who shouldn't be near a classroom for a start and there seems to be virtually no way to get rid of them. Most people going into teaching are neither the brightest nor the best of each generation. I know people who are teaching who don't have an Honours Degree in the subject they are teaching. At primary school level, it is common knowledge that many teachers struggle with fractions so it's not surprising the kids can't do it either. Having said all that, I suspect the percentage who end up illiterate and/ or incapable of working with numbers is probably the same or lower than it used to be years ago. BTW, don't think that those going to study at uni are much better. They're generally incapable of solving very basic problems because they've spent years being taught how to pass exams. Ask the likes of FTOF. He's made a career out of doing just that. Honestly, I don't know how you solve a problem like this. 0/10 from the failed lecturer. Must try harder. Edited September 23, 2020 by FTOF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oaksoft Posted September 23, 2020 Report Share Posted September 23, 2020 54 minutes ago, Long John Baldy said: My own, limited experience suggests that there's still too much focus on the high achievers and those at the bottom are written off. Aye, the great British educational system, if you happen to be bright. Whilst I'm sure some schools do this, that's not true at all in general. The focus is on the majority in the middle. Those at the top and those at the bottom routinely lose out unless their parents have particularly sharp elbows. State schools simply don't believe they are trying to produce world leaders. They believe they are preparing the next bog standard compliant workforce. This is where the top educational establishments have the edge. The gap between the rich and the poor is set at this early stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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