Best thing on telly at the moment?

waking the dead's the only thing i've been tuning in for lately. glad peep show and buzzcocks are back. and i'm looking forward to the maxine peake thing this week - criminal justice?

it's amazing what you can get into when you're strapped for channels, as we've been for the last month or so. the choir suddenly got a whole lot more appealing and masterchef became riveting.

AutumnWatch.

Catching up with The Wire.

Have Waking The Dead and The Crow Road saved to watch sometime.

Oh, and TV Burp starts again on Sat...

An Ulsterman beating the lot of yous to be brittish touring car champion.

Not as impressive as it used to be, when the BTCC was a respected, works backed championship, it's now just 3rd world banger racing really.

Apart from that the best thing on my telly is a layer of dust.

I watched both series of True Blood which were great. Unfortunately it looks like season 3 is going to air next June! I'm still trying to watch series 4 of The Wire although I don't think it's as good as the first 2 series.

Other than that there's nothing that has peaked my interest.

Doctor? wrote: An Ulsterman beating the lot of yous to be brittish touring car champion.

Not as impressive as it used to be, when the BTCC was a respected, works backed championship, it's now just 3rd world banger racing really.

Apart from that the best thing on my telly is a layer of dust.

It's been a good season, those last 3 races were incredibly exciting. Was hoping Plato would win, but I'm glad Turkington did and not that Italian robot.

The off switch

The Ultimate Fighter.

Old Blue wrote:

Doctor? wrote: An Ulsterman beating the lot of yous to be brittish touring car champion.

Not as impressive as it used to be, when the BTCC was a respected, works backed championship, it's now just 3rd world banger racing really.

Apart from that the best thing on my telly is a layer of dust.

It's been a good season, those last 3 races were incredibly exciting. Was hoping Plato would win, but I'm glad Turkington did and not that Italian robot.

Truth be told, I was rooting for JP myself, I'm a big fan, and his performance on Sunday was excellent. Also well please at Sarah Moore winning the Gineta Juniors, bout time we had more chicks in racing.

UTV managed to pop a mention of Turkington's win in between the dead donkey and the weather, but if the NI footie squad had make it out of a match against Kazakstan with only a 18-nil defeat, there woulda been special buletins.

Still as I said, it woulda meant a lot more in the days before the WTCC and DTM lured all the factory teams and best drivers away, 10 years ago the BTCC WAS the WTCC basically. At any rate, Sunday's ToCA pissed all over the F1, which was dull as recycled dishwater, odd, considering Qually had more red flags than May day in Moscow (suspect Mr Whiting treated them all like naughty kids at driver's briefing).

Not sure if its across the pond, but the new series of House is on and I'm loving it so far...

Ceefax

criminal justice was totally gripping. ace cast. edge-of-the-sofa tense. directed by the chap who did dead set. beautifully shot, too.

on all week, well worth the watch. suspect the entire audience will be on the verge of needing medication by thursday, though.

ooh ooh ooh - new series of the thick of it starting the end of october! that's practically minutes away! wheeeeeee!

i will NOT fuck off. it's absolutely true.

rebecca front's the minister, reckon she'll be fantastic. longer run this time too. wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

matthew macfadyen's a baddie (ostensibly) in criminal justice. i love it when he's cast against type, it's so brilliantly unnerving and confusing for the audience, who can't help being automatically charmed and a little bit smitten by him.

I am almost entirely missing the point, but there's was nowt good on telly last night so I watched my rental copy of "Hunger". Just so no-one confuses this with the supremely daft vampire film with David Bowie....

Sorry for being such a latecomer. It's as good as everyone says it is, though, and has the feel of a well-funded British TV movie. Stunning stuff, I thought.

El Jarvo wrote:

Canadia wrote: I watched both series of True Blood which were great. Unfortunately it looks like season 3 is going to air next June! I'm still trying to watch series 4 of The Wire although I don't think it's as good as the first 2 series.

You haven't mentioned your appearance in CDWM yet.

The second series of True Blood only finished a couple of weeks back, don't get too greedy! Thought the second series was excellent, even better than the first. Shame the Fellowship of the Sun didn't reappear again, quite fancied a 'race' war! (Or did they reappear in the final cliffhanger, huh?)

Er, it's all based on a series of kids stories though, isn't it? :\ohwell:

We've spoken about that CDWM

I think you're confusing the 'kids' stories with Twilight. True Blood is based on a series of novels by Charlaine Harris.

Clayhead Liberation Faction wrote:

Could you go a chicken supper, Bobby Sands?

El Jarvo wrote:

Don't. You'll get Ger Boy started!

Bourdain Rick Stein My Greek Kitchen

Starving terrorists smeared in their own shit, and ugly, hag-faced chavscum beating dustbins, sounds fucking wonderful.

In civilised countries hunger strikes produce shock and horror, in NI, the produce "could you hack a pastie supper bobby sands", and the notion that one republilcan starving himself to death was a noble effort, but was barely a decent start. It's such a shame though, if he'd lived, he'd probably be a government minister by now.

Doctor? wrote: Starving terrorists smeared in their own shit, and ugly, hag-faced chavscum beating dustbins, sounds fucking wonderful.

In civilised countries hunger strikes produce shock and horror, in NI, the produce "could you hack a pastie supper bobby sands", and the notion that one republilcan starving himself to death was a noble effort, but was barely a decent start. It's such a shame though, if he'd lived, he'd probably be a government minister by now.

Well, it's suitably grim but the whole film is absolutely committed to underscoring the nihilism and futility of said events.

The best bit in the movie is a shot of a bloke methodically cleaning up piss. It goes on, without dialogue, for about 10 minutes in a single take. It's that kind of film.

Stargate universe docu. on coventry blitz err.. and thats why pubs were invented.

pure_shaw wrote: Stargate universe docu. on coventry blitz err.. and thats why pubs were invented.

I wonder if Winston ever slept again after that. I know he had little choice, but still, even a fat, unfeeling tory cunt like churchill must have suffered all his days.

This week I have mainly been downloading...... Engineering disasters (and other episodes of modern marvels, a US doco strand that's more intelligent than most BBC teletubby inspired docos (pitched at the level of a 3 year old, with everything repeated, and there's loads of stuff repeated. Shockingly, worldshatteringly, many things are repeared). I've also been fleshing out my tragically small movie collection.....lots of classic sci-fi of course, but also other more "normal" movies. I've also watched A clockwork Orange sober for the first time in my life, not half as stupid as I remember it being, but a bit bloody rape happy (BTW in the UK, if you clip the rape scene out of it, and view it in isolation, you go to prison under new porn laws). Currently reaching the end of the Hodsucker Proxy, which I watched back to back with Brazil just to revel in the extent to whicht he latter inspired the look for the former.

El Jarvo wrote:

Clayhead Liberation Faction wrote: The best bit in the movie is a shot of a bloke methodically cleaning up piss. It goes on, without dialogue, for about 10 minutes in a single take. It's that kind of film.

I watched 'Red Road' recently.

You seen that? It's a bit grim and rather humourless. Lots of longueurs too, which just adds to the underlying tension.

Makes me so pleased I wasnae born Scoe-tish.

You needed that to remind you that it's great not to be a Jock?

In the darkest hours when I ponder such things, I always find this image helps get me back on track:

Sometimes I wish they'd done a porn tape.

That would have been...

...no I can't do it.

El Jarvo wrote:

Makes me so pleased I wasnae born Scoe-tish.

Clayhead Liberation Faction wrote:

You needed that to remind you that it's great not to be a Jock?

Wish I was Ingurlish..:(

Snooker :D

Gazman wrote:

El Jarvo wrote:

Makes me so pleased I wasnae born Scoe-tish.

Clayhead Liberation Faction wrote:

You needed that to remind you that it's great not to be a Jock?

Wish I was Ingurlish..:(

Mate, are we talking in terms of immovable shit stains on a nation's good name? Let's go over to the videprinter, shall we.....

4.48pm English League Football 9 (NINE) - 0 Scottish League Football

4.49pm

Morris Dancing 7 (SEVEN) - 0 The Krankies

4.50pm

Deacon Blue 1 - 1 Coldplay

4.51pm (Baldy Celtic Women International Result)

Gail Porter P - P Sinead O'Connor (match abandoned due to divine intervention)

4.52pm

Tennants 0 - 1 Carling

Etc.

At no age did I ever run out of the room at the televisual appearance of the morismen. Those jock mutants on the other hand would have me cowering in a bedroom rocking and sobbing with sheer freakedoutedness.

The only Englishman to ever cause such a reaction is a mister R. Gervais, an alledged comedian, who has always instilled an overpowering fight or flight response in me....how refreshing to find out this very day on NOOL that he is indeed an unironic incarnation of a Mr Alfred Garnett.

And I can hardly be stonecasting when my land has bestowed such wonders as Roy hic Shaywayashee Walk-hic-er on the world. At least we kept Julian Simmons on a tight lead, if only yous had had the same courtesy with respect to Dale Winton.

Clayhead Liberation Faction wrote:

Mate, are we talking in terms of immovable shit stains on a nation's good name? Let's go over to the videprinter, shall we.....

4.48pm English League Football 9 (NINE) - 0 Scottish League Football

Take the top 4 of the prem away,and English footys a cack as ours

Clayhead Liberation Faction wrote: 4.49pm

Morris Dancing 7 (SEVEN) - 0 The Krankies

Given the choice,Id shoot the dancers first

Clayhead Liberation Faction wrote: 4.50pm

Deacon Blue 1 - 1 Coldplay

Both are shite,whether theyre Scots,English or Martian

Clayhead Liberation Faction wrote: 4.51pm (Baldy Celtic Women International Result)

Gail Porter P - P Sinead O'Connor (match abandoned due to divine intervention)

Id happily do time for both of them (fuck thats two we agree on)

Clayhead Liberation Faction wrote: 4.52pm

Tennants 0 - 1 Carling

Etc.

Same piss,different tin

I was dating someone who was really into Morris dancing.

Jesus

Anyway, I'm watching Glee and Always Sunny in Philadelphia at the mo

Has Glee screened over there yet? It's already on in OZ. That show is hilarious and cute

Funny raising footie since nobody from any of these places plays for their team, certainly aren't 11 mancs running around for Man U. the statement "Engerlish chavball is better than jock chavball" basically translates as..... "The english, after nicking all the jocks oil, can afford better Polish and Spanish players."

Polish and Spanish? you're about 15 years behind, kiddo.

African and South American more like.

Chrissy wrote: Polish and Spanish? you're about 15 years behind, kiddo.

African and South American more like.

Yeah well I bet none of the chavballists round here could tell me much about the current F1 rules without googlage, so there :D

What WOULD football do if imigration was tightened up

Doctor? wrote:

Chrissy wrote: Polish and Spanish? you're about 15 years behind, kiddo.

African and South American more like.

What WOULD football do if imigration was tightened up

Probably become more competitive

FLASHFORWARD! I'm hooked.

I was going to say Camper Van Crisis, but it ended last week. God I'd love and old VW Splitty Camper

I really liked the second series of the BBC Four quiz show Only Connect, a show where you have to work out connections that don't seem apparent. It finished a few weeks ago.

Still, University Challenge (UK TV, BBC2, 8pm Mondays) lasts 31 weeks. There was a question on Blue Monday in the last series, and Cars and Just Can't Get Enough have already featured on the music round in this series.

Quite partial to "The Football League Show". Long overdue.

Empress Touch wrote: I really liked the second series of the BBC Four quiz show Only Connect, a show where you have to work out connections that don't seem apparent. It finished a few weeks ago.

Still, University Challenge (UK TV, BBC2, 8pm Mondays) lasts 31 weeks. There was a question on Blue Monday in the last series, and Cars and Just Can't Get Enough have already featured on the music round in this series.

WOW!

you seem to live such a full throttle life for a 29 year old.

Are you into Eggheads as well?

I was ten FFS.

I can remember about 3 of them, then lost count.

Hunger strike aside, the dirty protest did WONDERS for protestant bigots...."we told you them fenians were filthy cunts" etc etc etc.

Empress Touch wrote:

Still, University Challenge (UK TV, BBC2, 8pm Mondays) lasts 31 weeks. There was a question on Blue Monday in the last series, and Cars and Just Can't Get Enough have already featured on the music round in this series.

Also Joy Divisions 'Atrocity Exhibition' has been featured with reference to JG Ballard question

sneak preview

in treatment

spiral series two

and for channel hopping type scenarios any of those iceroadchainsawtrawlermancrabfishing in big waves with no coat on type documentaries.

weirdest channel to get stuck on when the zapper battery dies: OBE tv ( sky 207 ) the production values of acorn antiques blended with the method acting of one of roger moores eyebrows. not so much so bad its' good, more so bad it's bad

El Jarvo wrote:

GaryMac wrote: in treatment

spiral series two

In Treatment. HBO. Always a mark of quality.

Is Spiral that French thingy on the Beeb?

yep and well worth checking out, series one was on a couple of years back, one of those situations where the beebs scheduling policy played havoc with any chance of decent ratings and as such the very fact that series two turned up at all is indeed a blessing. a slow burner of a series but all the better for it. if HBO have a Paris office then Spiral is probably something they would put their name to.

that said it aint no Wire or Sopranos, but way ahead of anything the uk is banging out a the moment

TRUE BLOOD SUPERNATURAL

friday used to be a good comedy type programme night on tv but tailed off a bit.its getting back that way again now though.Have i got news for you was good tonight,like so peep show.

liked that in betweeners,is there a new series coming?

next friday's mastermind will include the specialist subject 'british indie music 1979-1989'. supergeektreat.

lost house law & order:SVU and my double dose of reality TV: project runway and top chef