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Watched all of Mrs Fletcher on Sky Comedy. The first episode wasn't up to much and some of the characters appear hard to warm to but glad I persevered. A divorcee sees her son off to college. She discovers lesbian porn and he goes from being the most popular boy in school to a total dick who is out of his depth at college. Worth watching for the ending. 

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On ‎06‎/‎04‎/‎2020 at 15:09, Hampden Diehard said:

Flicking through the daytime channels and stumbled on Tenable, a quiz hosted by Warwick Davis. His patter is unbelievably woeful and the thing's slower than a week in the jail. There are ten blank possible answers on the board and if you say Banana when the question's name ten fruits beginning with A, they go through all ten when quite clearly banana won't be there. Mind numbing.

I like Warwick Davis but Tenable is tedious to watch. It is slow, especially when it is a subject that the contestants clearly don't have a clue about but they still go through the entire process in the false hope that one of them might have a flash of inspiration. Mind you, if I had to name 10 fruits starting with A (apple, apricot, avocado?  .... ) I might have to take a punt on banana myself.

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9 minutes ago, supermik said:

“The mum that got Tourettes"on channel 4. You have to watch it on catch up, funniest thing on television to brighten up these dark times.

I really enjoyed it. The mum had a refreshing attitude about her situation. Think the family's sense of humour was getting them through a lot of it.

On a separate note Joe Lycett - sorry, Hugo Boss - is back with his Watchdog style show tonight. It's been missed!

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On 09/04/2020 at 07:45, glassnahalf said:

The old mother in law stayed with us for a number of years and she latched onto the telly during the day and watched all these zombiefying quiz (??) shows. ITV must believe in them because they are all repeated later in the day and through the night. The only time itv is on in our house now is when the missus watches Corrie.  

ITV believe in them because they are cheap to record and repeats are even cheaper.

In America it is even worse.  They show repeats that are more than 30 years.  

"On tonight show, the winner can take home a brand new 1984 Ford Mustang".

 

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1 hour ago, Fullerene said:

ITV believe in them because they are cheap to record and repeats are even cheaper.

In America it is even worse.  They show repeats that are more than 30 years.  

"On tonight show, the winner can take home a brand new 1984 Ford Mustang".

 

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On 08/03/2020 at 19:55, The Naitch said:

The new series of Race Across The World is about to start on BBC 2.

Really enjoyed the first series so hopefully this one lives up to it.

Did you ever get into it? Was well addicted to the first series but thought the first episode of the new one was shite so gave up on it. Would like to know if it picks up. Just seemed like getting on a bus in Mexico City and next thing they're in Guatemala with nothing happening. Might as well have flown. 

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43 minutes ago, welshbairn said:

Did you ever get into it? Was well addicted to the first series but thought the first episode of the new one was shite so gave up on it. Would like to know if it picks up. Just seemed like getting on a bus in Mexico City and next thing they're in Guatemala with nothing happening. Might as well have flown. 

It has been pretty good. The fact that they're mostly hopeless makes for good telly.

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Did you ever get into it? Was well addicted to the first series but thought the first episode of the new one was shite so gave up on it. Would like to know if it picks up. Just seemed like getting on a bus in Mexico City and next thing they're in Guatemala with nothing happening. Might as well have flown. 
It has been pretty good. The fact that they're mostly hopeless makes for good telly.
This, although the Asian lads have got better and the Mum and son are a great team. Some of the places they see look incredible too. Which was part of the beauty of the first series, seeing places you'd never really thought of visiting before (after the last series I was actually looking up "highlights of the Silk Road holidays" on Google...)
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11 hours ago, Salvo Montalbano said:

This, although the Asian lads have got better and the Mum and son are a great team. Some of the places they see look incredible too. Which was part of the beauty of the first series, seeing places you'd never really thought of visiting before (after the last series I was actually looking up "highlights of the Silk Road holidays" on Google...)

I mainly watch it to see places I have not visited and at times I am staggered by some of the sights. The 2 Asian boys visiting the Rainbow Mountain was great considering the younger has asthma.  Some of the places they have visited now added to my want to see list.

I am disappointed that they are not finishing in Ushuaia as planned.  I reckoned the finishing point would have been the Post Office at the End of the World In Tierra Del Fuego National Park.

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1 hour ago, stanton said:

Just watched the 25 th anniversary performance of Les Miserables from the O2 on Sky Arts    fabulous stuff 

Yes, I saw that too. Don't know if I would have recognised Matt Lucas if I hadn't known in advance it was him.

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17 minutes ago, GordonD said:

Yes, I saw that too. Don't know if I would have recognised Matt Lucas if I hadn't known in advance it was him.

There was a documentary made  by the BBC about him getting the role , the practice he had to go through to learn the part , It was made as a celebration of the 25 years  of the show don't know if it's still available anywhere, was a good watch too  

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Cannot recommend Kidding enough. Jim Carrey is a beloved, world renowned kids tv presenter going through a shitter of a time as his personal life falls apart. It's dark, funny, heart warming and wrenching in equal measures, and the acting is superb, Carrey especially is brilliant as a man trying to continue to be a good person whilst simultaneously melting down.

It's on Sky box sets (ShowTime in the States), you can thank me for the recommendation later.

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John Olivers last week tonight on Sky Comedy, always gives me a laugh but it's also sometimes a bit shocking to see what's going on in the US  . Now Watching " Roads less Traveled " with Cameron McNeish recorded both parts on Saturday night on BBC Scotland channel. Good stuff 

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