The TV you like thread - The Bear and Badger

Moot_Geeza

Diluted Dante wrote:

I was like you once. Blond hair. Scraggly little beard. Childlike ears. Full of beans and spunk. I let my principles get in the way sometimes. I punched a bloke in the face once for saying "Hawk the Slayer" was rubbish.

The 'I don't care if you've saved up all your 50p's!' scene is still great. Always wondered how they managed to get the official music for the burning SW stuff shot.

Moot_Geeza

Mrs. Moot is watching the least Mrs. Moot thing imaginable (Raised by Wolves), and when questioned she said "Ragnar Lothbrok".

LivDiv

TOTP 1995 on iPlayer.
Presented by Bjork and Jack Dee.

Jack Dee's opener "some people spend their Christmas day working with sick people. For instance Bjork and I are presenting Top of the Pops."

Then into N Trance.

Brilliant.

LivDiv

Robson and Jerome really were shit, barely karaoke level.
Good job both redeemed themselves. (Robson is apparently a sound guy, Jerome obv GoT).

mannaboy

First couple of season five episodes watched of The Expanse and already feels like a major improvement on the previous season. That or compared to recent Trek any half decent attempt at a sci-fi series would look like a masterpiece.

Escape

Moot_Geeza wrote:

Mrs. Moot is watching the least Mrs. Moot thing imaginable (Raised by Wolves), and when questioned she said "Ragnar Lothbrok".

Ragnar Lothbrok's also the correct answer to Madder Max. But not Thunderdome; that's never the answer.

poprock

Went to start watching the new series of Tin Star last night and realised it’s the third one, not the second. There’s a whole season two that I missed. And it’s sitting there on Sky to watch now. Bonus!

Blocks100

Can I just skip ahead to the third series without watching the others? I hear this current one is filmed in Liverpool. I just want to sit there and shout, 'I know that place!" at the telly.

poprock

Since I’ve just started watching S2, I have no idea.

Bob

Finished Season 5 of Community which featured two of the regular cast leaving but in my mind was all the better for it. The GI Joe episode was probably the best one ever properly funny.

davyK

Kow wrote:

Tis good. I think Linehan stopped writing it after that and Dylan Moran took over. Not sure though. Wasn't as good anyway.

Linehan and Moran were S1. Linehan even appeared in it in an episode as a customer.

S2 was Moran and several guest writers.

It has me taking a notion of me running a wee bookshop if I ever became rich enough to run it at a loss and not worry.

beano

Blocks100 wrote:

Can I just skip ahead to the third series without watching the others? I hear this current one is filmed in Liverpool. I just want to sit there and shout, 'I know that place!" at the telly.

This is why I avoid the cinema if I know it's been filmed by ours

Yossarian

Just caught up with Des, that David Tennant as Dennis Nilsen thing, after it started cropping up in end of year lists. Really very good indeed, I ended up watching the whole thing in one sitting.

yourfavouriteuncle

Yeah, it was ace - as was Tennant.

Yossarian

He was, possibly a bit too good. I found myself warming to Nilsen at times.

nick_md

Still working through Jonathan Creek because it reminds me of being at home at Xmas. I'm up to the point now where Caroline Quentin isn't in it and if you asked me before who could replace her I'd say no one but seeing Julia Sawalha, I'm not so sure. I proper fancied JS in my teenage years, and watching this now it's striking how much she looks like my ex. TMI? Probably. Merry Xmas.

yourfavouriteuncle

Yossarian wrote:

He was, possibly a bit too good. I found myself warming to Nilsen at times.

Erm yeah, I kinda felt like that too. Some of his reasoning and arguments were hard to totally disagree with. There was an odd warmth and humour there too.

Diluted Dante

I thought for a moment this was about Denis Norden, which is absolutely something someone should make, also with David Tennant.

nick_md

Jonathan Creek definitely dyes his hair in this series.

yourfavouriteuncle

I just want Father Christmas to bring me an official launch of Fargo S4. Nothing else, not even any Lindt.

pantyfire

I’m watching season 3 of the Expanse.
What’s with all the fucking blue plasma spewing out all of the human spaceships?
It would be way more cool if ships broke up and tore apart rather than all this blue fire nonsense.

mk64

nick_md wrote:

Still working through Jonathan Creek because it reminds me of being at home at Xmas. I'm up to the point now where Caroline Quentin isn't in it and if you asked me before who could replace her I'd say no one but seeing Julia Sawalha, I'm not so sure. I proper fancied JS in my teenage years, and watching this now it's striking how much she looks like my ex. TMI? Probably. Merry Xmas.

One of my fav shows of all time. Great interplay and clever solves

nick_md

Innit. Merry Xmas, Tom.

Gremill

Ghosts Christmas special was superb, really funny and touching. Mortimer and Whitehouse Gone Christmas Fishing though, another level entirely. Gorgeous footage of the North East with some genuinely affecting, touching and at times hilarious chat between the two of them. Very Christmassy.

poprock

I might be a bit pissed, or it might just my neverending crush on Anna Kendrick, but Love Life is really quite good. Only realised tonight that it’s on the iPlayer (thought it was a US-only thing).

Lord_Griff

Can't get past her foetal alcohol syndrome face.

nick_md

Gotta give props to these breakfast TV anchors who do it solo on Xmas/boxing day. There's normally a double act on but yesterday and today it's just someone on their 1s. Three hours of live TV by yourself? No problem.

nick_md

Also just heard the camel Doom imp sound effect on a piece about energy. Nice.

yourfavouriteuncle

Gremill wrote:

Mortimer and Whitehouse Gone Christmas Fishing though, another level entirely. Gorgeous footage of the North East with some genuinely affecting, touching and at times hilarious chat between the two of them. Very Christmassy.

I’ve just watched this and back these words up wholeheartedly. Perfect Christmas telly with two warm and engaging leads and a big heart. Wonderful.

Gremill

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