c4countdown

Posted: **Sun Jul 28, 2024 8:25 am**

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat Jul 27, 2024 9:22 pm
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Fri Jun 28, 2024 6:13 pm Douglas Is Cancelled.
Binged it on ITV X
Very well made series (4 x 42 minute episodes ) that's more about the Me too movementthan cancelling per se.
Thedialogye is cracking and the last episode was almost like Sorkins Newsroom.
Karen Gillan and Hugh Bonneville are excellent here and the support is great too.
I've just finished watching this. I think the way it was tied up in the last episode worked quite well, but that was starting from a pretty ropey premise. Spoiler alert:

Someone tweeting that they'd heard Douglas telling a sexist joke at a wedding with no further context would get no traction at all. And it wouldn't be countered by "I don't remember the joke so I don't remember what I said" leading people to say that if he doesn't remember what he said how can he know how bad the joke was. He would say from the start that as far as he's concerned there was no sexist joke. It's just internet trolling, and there's no footage so that's that.

Yes I found it irritating too , just tell us the joke already but overall it got the balance right in wokery and Metoo #
Any thing that misses off gen Zers is OK me

(apparently thumbs up is passive aggressive)

Posted: **Wed Aug 14, 2024 12:34 pm**

Love is blind is sensational - UK one just dropped.
If you love trash TV (which everybody should) then well worth it

Posted: **Sun Oct 27, 2024 7:55 pm**

I watched Ludwig. Thought it was pretty good.

But I've finally watched the last series of Curb Your Enthusiasm. I thought it was very good. I've said before but it's one of my top three sitcoms - the others being Red Dwarf (series 1 to 6 only) and Blackadder.

Posted: **Sun Oct 27, 2024 8:42 pm**

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sun Oct 27, 2024 7:55 pm I watched Ludwig. Thought it was pretty good.

But I've finally watched the last series of Curb Your Enthusiasm. I thought it was very good. I've said before but it's one of my top three sitcoms - the others being Red Dwarf (series 1 to 6 only) and Blackadder.

Ludwig was great , I worries David Mitchel was going to be Mark Corrigan as a detective.
He kind of was but it worked and Anna Maxwell Martin was excellent also.
I can see an American version of this would work too as its got that case of the week and a long running story at the same time.
Re : Curb.
Welcome to the party pal.
An excellent series with a very poignant ending.
I do love the show even if the real Larry David defends Woody Allen in real life , which is baffling.

Red Dwarf was great and Blackadder too but I would put Alan Partridge ahead of both

Posted: **Mon Oct 28, 2024 8:43 pm**

Have been watching Breeders on Now / Netflix. Main character is called Paul Worsley!

Posted: **Mon Oct 28, 2024 9:03 pm**

I've heard you're a breeder now.

Posted: **Tue Oct 29, 2024 9:42 am**

Conor wrote: ↑Mon Oct 28, 2024 8:43 pm Have been watching Breeders on Now / Netflix. Main character is called Paul Worsley!

I was made aware of this. They pronounce it War-sley, though.

Posted: **Tue Oct 29, 2024 11:54 am**

I watched at couple of seasons , it goes from bad to Worsely.
The last season had a 5 year time time jump but unlike the superior , Outnumbered , the children have different heads

Posted: **Tue Oct 29, 2024 8:25 pm**

I like David Mitchell but Ludwig was crap. A poor man's Jonathan Creek.

Posted: **Wed Oct 30, 2024 9:36 am**

Jon O'Neill wrote: ↑Tue Oct 29, 2024 8:25 pm I like David Mitchell but Ludwig was crap. A poor man's Jonathan Creek.

It's Jonathon Creek without Alan Davies and Caroline Quentin.
A winner in my book.
Obviously David Renwick is a better writer than whoever is responsible for Ludwig , I will give you that

Posted: **Wed Oct 30, 2024 10:16 am**

Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Wed Oct 30, 2024 9:36 am
Jon O'Neill wrote: ↑Tue Oct 29, 2024 8:25 pm I like David Mitchell but Ludwig was crap. A poor man's Jonathan Creek.
It's Jonathon Creek without Alan Davies and Caroline Quentin.
A winner in my book.
Obviously David Renwick is a better writer than whoever is responsible for Ludwig , I will give you that

They need a lighting engineer on set when filming. so much of it is in semi-darkness!

Posted: **Thu Oct 31, 2024 12:01 pm**

Ian Fitzpatrick wrote: ↑Wed Oct 30, 2024 10:16 am
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Wed Oct 30, 2024 9:36 am
Jon O'Neill wrote: ↑Tue Oct 29, 2024 8:25 pm I like David Mitchell but Ludwig was crap. A poor man's Jonathan Creek.
It's Jonathon Creek without Alan Davies and Caroline Quentin.
A winner in my book.
Obviously David Renwick is a better writer than whoever is responsible for Ludwig , I will give you that

They need a lighting engineer on set when filming. so much of it is in semi-darkness!

This is a trend lately of semi dark TV shows are they making them on the cheap ?

Posted: **Fri Nov 01, 2024 12:49 am**

Married At First Sight. Boy, do they ever edit these with a healthy dollop of misandry.

Posted: **Fri Nov 01, 2024 7:05 am**

Mark Deeks wrote: ↑Fri Nov 01, 2024 12:49 am Married At First Sight. Boy, do they ever edit these with a healthy dollop of misandry.

There is a continuing trend of pendulum swinging prejudice.
I watched an episode of Dear White People recently and was shocked at the racism.

Maybe after years of sexism and misogeny and also racism against ethnic minorities the worm has turned

Posted: **Fri Nov 01, 2024 9:01 am**

There does seem to be this idea that one prejudice somehow cancels out the other. It's absolutely ridiculous and should be stamped out. The acceptance of words like "mansplaining" and the fact that some people think a reasonable counter-argument can ever be "But you're a straight white male" demonstrate the insidiousness of it. Where I used to work, if someone couldn't find something it might get the response "You didn't just do a man look did you?"

A lot of this is from people who you'd say are broadly on the "left". I generally criticise a lot of "right" politics on here, but it should be about critical thinking and being able to logically defend your views, not just following what you consider to be the prevailing view of your "tribe". People on all wings are guilty.

Posted: **Fri Nov 01, 2024 9:09 am**

I've never watched Married at First Sight but it seems like one of those programmes that in a few years they'll be looking back on it wondering how did we ever find this exploitative stuff acceptable?

Posted: **Fri Nov 01, 2024 10:52 am**

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Fri Nov 01, 2024 9:01 am There does seem to be this idea that one prejudice somehow cancels out the other. It's absolutely ridiculous and should be stamped out. The acceptance of words like "mansplaining" and the fact that some people think a reasonable counter-argument can ever be "But you're a straight white male" demonstrate the insidiousness of it. Where I used to work, if someone couldn't find something it might get the response "You didn't just do a man look did you?"

A lot of this is from people who you'd say are broadly on the "left". I generally criticise a lot of "right" politics on here, but it should be about critical thinking and being able to logically defend your views, not just following what you consider to be the prevailing view of your "tribe". People on all wings are guilty.

This

Posted: **Fri Nov 01, 2024 10:57 am**

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Fri Nov 01, 2024 9:09 am I've never watched Married at First Sight but it seems like one of those programmes that in a few years they'll be looking back on it wondering how did we ever find this exploitative stuff acceptable?

In a time where we have Donald Trump as a likely returning president.
Racist Tory Kemi Badenoch the likely leader of the opposition and a Prime Minister who makes John Major look like a statesman.
Society is yet to plunge into more ridiculousness before it can look back with any sense of 'what where we like. "
Given that 1970s stuff has only become unacceptable 40 or 50 years later I will be long dead until the next wave of reflexion

Posted: **Fri Nov 01, 2024 1:42 pm**

Last night I watched an episode of Doomwatch from the 1970s. The episode I watched was Tomorrow, The Rat available on Dailymotion. Quite interesting and very strange.

Posted: **Wed Nov 20, 2024 4:26 pm**

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Fri Nov 01, 2024 1:42 pm Last night I watched an episode of Doomwatch from the 1970s. The episode I watched was Tomorrow, The Rat available on Dailymotion. Quite interesting and very strange.

Doomwatch was great iirc Kit Pedlar made this either during his stint on Dr Who or after it

Posted: **Wed Nov 20, 2024 4:56 pm**

I have watched all of Generation Z (the zombie thing). It was OK I thought, but largely what you'd expect. Presumably the Z is a pun that can be used to refer to "Gen Z" as well as the generation of old people that turned into Zombies.

Posted: **Wed Nov 20, 2024 9:05 pm**

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Wed Nov 20, 2024 4:56 pm I have watched all of Generation Z (the zombie thing). It was OK I thought, but largely what you'd expect. Presumably the Z is a pun that can be used to refer to "Gen Z" as well as the generation of old people that turned into Zombies.

It's on my list.
But along with vampire stuff I am least impressed with Zombie stuff....Shaun of The Dead and 28 days later being the exceptions

Posted: **Thu Nov 21, 2024 12:17 pm**

Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Wed Nov 20, 2024 4:26 pm
Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Fri Nov 01, 2024 1:42 pm Last night I watched an episode of Doomwatch from the 1970s. The episode I watched was Tomorrow, The Rat available on Dailymotion. Quite interesting and very strange.
Doomwatch was great iirc Kit Pedlar made this either during his stint on Dr Who or after it

It's a shame Pedler went into TV rather than flogging sports equipment.

Posted: **Thu Nov 21, 2024 12:56 pm**

Ian Volante wrote: ↑Thu Nov 21, 2024 12:17 pm
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Wed Nov 20, 2024 4:26 pm
Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Fri Nov 01, 2024 1:42 pm Last night I watched an episode of Doomwatch from the 1970s. The episode I watched was Tomorrow, The Rat available on Dailymotion. Quite interesting and very strange.
Doomwatch was great iirc Kit Pedlar made this either during his stint on Dr Who or after it
It's a shame Pedler went into TV rather than flogging sports equipment.

Nice. Got in there before Meakin himself.

Posted: **Thu Nov 21, 2024 1:10 pm**

Ian Volante wrote: ↑Thu Nov 21, 2024 12:17 pm
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Wed Nov 20, 2024 4:26 pm
Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Fri Nov 01, 2024 1:42 pm Last night I watched an episode of Doomwatch from the 1970s. The episode I watched was Tomorrow, The Rat available on Dailymotion. Quite interesting and very strange.
Doomwatch was great iirc Kit Pedlar made this either during his stint on Dr Who or after it
It's a shame Pedler went into TV rather than flogging sports equipment.

He did however do a stint studying the minds of budgerigar and the like.
He was a parrot psychologist.....I will indeed get me coat but it's been a challenging week

Posted: **Fri Nov 22, 2024 6:56 pm**

After The Party (channel 4)
Oh boy this is so good
Gone are the days when Aussie and NZ dramas were considered a joke
I haven't seen a better limited series than this for years.
It's about a woman's ex husband coming back after 5 years after been accused by her odmf being a paedo
Lots of twists and turns and Robyn Morgan is so good as a spiky feminist who's life starts to unravel.
6 episodes and I binged the lot

Posted: **Fri Nov 22, 2024 10:36 pm**

Did anyone enjoy the tv reboot of 'Day of the Jackal' ?

Posted: **Sat Nov 23, 2024 6:44 am**

Jamie Weisenberg wrote: ↑Fri Nov 22, 2024 10:36 pm Did anyone enjoy the tv reboot of 'Day of the Jackal' ?

It's not finished yet but yes so far so good
I was a bit worried as the book is one of my favourites and the 1974 film did it justice but the Bruce Willis led remake was awful
This contemporary set reboot is very stylish cinematic and a bit silly sometimes
The character of Bianca is so horrible you kinda root for the antagonist
Sky and Peacock though are bastards having just announced that
Spoilers below.

.

.

.
.
.
.
.
.

.
.
.
.

.
It's been recomissioned for a second season
Probably makes me a bustard too if you are reading this

Posted: **Sat Nov 23, 2024 9:17 am**

Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Sat Nov 23, 2024 6:44 am It's not finished yet but yes so far so good
I was a bit worried as the book is one of my favourites and the 1974 film did it justice but the Bruce Willis led remake was awful
This contemporary set reboot is very stylish cinematic and a bit silly sometimes
The character of Bianca is so horrible you kinda root for the antagonist
Sky and Peacock though are bastards having just announced that
Spoilers below.
It's been recomissioned for a second season
Probably makes me a bustard too if you are reading this

I must be the only one who likes the Bruce Willis remake, particularly its soundtrack was excellent. Why do u think it's awful ?

Enjoyed the novel and the classic 1974 film too.

I finished episode 7 today, was good fun. Bianca has one sombre expression throughout the entire series, does she actually know how to act ?

That said, the show should've ended in one season. This franchise is not cut out for mutiple seasons; tis hard to replicate the suspense that u get from the novel or films over a long duration.

Posted: **Sat Nov 23, 2024 4:37 pm**

I'm a little harsh saying Jackal was awful , I know Freddie Forsythe wasn't keen as he refused to let them use the title for the film.
It wasn't that bad tbh a C+ compared to an A- for The 1974 version.
Can't believe there's still 3 more episodes to go.
I'm guessing UDC will get it in the end

Posted: **Fri Dec 06, 2024 8:58 am**

Only Child.
A good old British sit com (remember those)
Set in a small town in Northern Scotland.
Gregory Fisher (aka Rab C Nesbit) is very funny here .
Lots of wacky characters.
Toilet humour is still one of the last bastions of comedy unsullied by the modern world.
On BBC IPlayer

Posted: **Sat Dec 07, 2024 10:01 pm**

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sun Jun 27, 2021 10:19 pm Just finished watching Time on the iPlayer - a prison drama starring Sean Bean and Stephen Graham. It was quite interesting. Apparently people have said that it was very realistic. Having never been to prison, I can't say too much, except that a couple of things didn't seem remotely plausible, including the whole storyline with the prison officer.

Just watched series 2 of this. I'd recommend it. Definitely good for people who like emotional stuff.

Posted: **Sat Dec 07, 2024 10:04 pm**

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sat Dec 07, 2024 10:01 pm
Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sun Jun 27, 2021 10:19 pm Just finished watching Time on the iPlayer - a prison drama starring Sean Bean and Stephen Graham. It was quite interesting. Apparently people have said that it was very realistic. Having never been to prison, I can't say too much, except that a couple of things didn't seem remotely plausible, including the whole storyline with the prison officer.
Just watched series 2 of this. I'd recommend it. Definitely good for people who like emotional stuff.

Season 2 was a tough watch but a brilliantly well acted drama

Posted: **Sun Feb 02, 2025 10:07 pm**

Just watched The Read in BBC4 with Reece Shearsmith doing Jekyll & Hyde. I thought it was fantastic and the concept seems really cool, I'd not heard of the show before. Looking on iPlayer they've done some other great stories with top actors performing the readings so I'm keen to watch more.

Posted: **Sun Feb 02, 2025 10:18 pm**

Callum Todd wrote: ↑Sun Feb 02, 2025 10:07 pm Just watched The Read in BBC4 with Reece Shearsmith doing Jekyll & Hyde. I thought it was fantastic and the concept seems really cool, I'd not heard of the show before. Looking on iPlayer they've done some other great stories with top actors performing the readings so I'm keen to watch more.

How does that work? Presumably they can't just read the book as the episodes would be too long.

Posted: **Mon Feb 03, 2025 8:14 am**

Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Sun Feb 02, 2025 10:18 pm
Callum Todd wrote: ↑Sun Feb 02, 2025 10:07 pm Just watched The Read in BBC4 with Reece Shearsmith doing Jekyll & Hyde. I thought it was fantastic and the concept seems really cool, I'd not heard of the show before. Looking on iPlayer they've done some other great stories with top actors performing the readings so I'm keen to watch more.
How does that work? Presumably they can't just read the book as the episodes would be too long.

Based on this one and only episode I've seen, seems to be reading an abridged version. But the words used are exactly as written.

Posted: **Tue Mar 18, 2025 10:40 pm**

Jumped on the Adolescence bandwagon (Netflix).

One shot, one camera.

Unbelievably good.

Posted: **Wed Mar 19, 2025 10:45 am**

Philip A wrote: ↑Tue Mar 18, 2025 10:40 pm Jumped on the Adolescence bandwagon (Netflix).

One shot, one camera.

Unbelievably good.

Especially episode 3.
Erin Doherty was amazing as was the boy tbh

Posted: **Wed Mar 19, 2025 6:12 pm**

Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Wed Mar 19, 2025 10:45 am
Philip A wrote: ↑Tue Mar 18, 2025 10:40 pm Jumped on the Adolescence bandwagon (Netflix).

One shot, one camera.

Unbelievably good.
Especially episode 3.
Erin Doherty was amazing as was the boy tbh

Googling, “Who plays the boy in adolescence” returns, “Hand that boy the Emmy!!!”

There are now calls to show it in every secondary school.

Posted: **Sat Mar 29, 2025 10:05 pm**

Philip A wrote: ↑Wed Mar 19, 2025 6:12 pm
Marc Meakin wrote: ↑Wed Mar 19, 2025 10:45 am
Philip A wrote: ↑Tue Mar 18, 2025 10:40 pm Jumped on the Adolescence bandwagon (Netflix).

One shot, one camera.

Unbelievably good.
Especially episode 3.
Erin Doherty was amazing as was the boy tbh
Googling, “Who plays the boy in adolescence” returns, “Hand that boy the Emmy!!!”

There are now calls to show it in every secondary school.

Who has called for that? That's utterly absurd. Brilliant programme by the way. But if it had some central message, learning or moral guidance (which I don't really think it did) then it would definitely not be for school-age people. And especially not for 4 hours.

I found the brilliance to be in the acting, the pacing, and the impressive technical achievements that had me itching to find out how they'd done it afterwards.

Posted: **Sat Mar 29, 2025 10:07 pm**

Last One Laughing UK (Prime)
This was very very very funny.

Posted: **Sun Mar 30, 2025 11:48 am**

Jon O'Neill wrote: ↑Sat Mar 29, 2025 10:07 pm Last One Laughing UK (Prime)
This was very very very funny.

I concur.

Spoiler alert

.
.
.

.
.

The best person won in my opinion , a minor spoiler because , no one likes Joe Lycett surely

c4countdown

What TV programmes have you been watching lately?

Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?

Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?

Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?

Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?

Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?

Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?

Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?

Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?

Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?

Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?

Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?

Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?

Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?

Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?

Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?

Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?

Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?

Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?

Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?

Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?

Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?

Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?

Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?

Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?

Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?

Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?

Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?

Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?

Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?

Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?

Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?

Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?

Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?

Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?

Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?

Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?

Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?

Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?

Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?

Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?

Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?

Re: What TV programmes have you been watching lately?