If it makes you feel any better, I have been catching up with Rentaghost. Still funny after all these years and Dobbin the pantomime horse is one of my all time favourite children's tv characters! Next to Tog of course. . . "If your mansion house needs haunting just call Rentaghost!"
Did anyone see the 1st two episodes of Missions on BBC4? About a private mission to Mars being thrust into more than just a space race. Liked what I have seen so far. It's not terribly original but there is good tension and it is old school in a good way.
A good end of season cliffhanger but I think the peak of this series has been passed and it's downhill all the way until the final episode.
Polar opposite of me (born in UK to Italian immigrants but brought up in both countries - I'd do anything to leave and return to the motherland).
I watched part of it. Not too keen on the Duchess's dress but I liked the idea of the veil being embroidered with floral tributes of both the Commonwealth and Meghan's home state.
sweevo - I have all of those Maid Marion episodes as well, although I have not watched any of them yet. When I knew Tony Robinson was in it then that caught my interest.
Child Of Auron - The West Wing was a favourite of mine for a long time. When I reached the end I just started again from the beginning. :-) I knew the lines so well that I just started looking at the sets instead of the actors, as they were so well designed. I then started spotting the very few continuity errors in it which were rare. I think there were 7 that I managed to spot. It is still very good.
These days I like The Blacklist as it has a great "anti-hero" whose character is complex. I wonder where I picked up a liking for people of that sort.
OMG I LOVE The Blacklist! It is one of the best US series ever. James Spader is A1! And now I want to watch Stargate thinkjng of him!
"These days I like The Blacklist as it has a great "anti-hero" whose character is complex. I wonder where I picked up a liking for people of that sort."
"OMG I LOVE The Blacklist! It is one of the best US series ever. James Spader is A1! And now I want to watch Stargate thinkjng of him!"
I am very tempted to put the DVD in again and watch James Spader as Dr Jackson, but if I do that then I will start rolling through the whole SG1 and Atlantis series' once again as well. That will take a few months to do another run through of those.
Rewatching the original trilogy of Star Wars as prep for an article.
I have to say that Jedi is not as bad as I remember.
I watched season 7 of Are You Being Served over the weekend.
The quality continues to drop and the jokes are more crass, though there were still a few laugh out loud moments. This was Trevor Bannister's last year in the role of Mr Lucas.
Earlier today, The West Wing season 5 was started. From what I remember this was the last truly good season but I will see if the memory cheats soon enough.
Can anyone recommend something cheerful to watch?
'Macbeth', starring Rory Kinnear and Ann-Marie Duff as Mr & Mrs McB.
At first, I read that as Roy Kinnear. Even if he were still alive I couldn't really imagine him as Macbeth.
Roy was such a good actor, I actually think he could have made an interesting MacB - for all his jovial portrayal of Keiller, he does have some dark moments. His son looks a lot like him now, and was excellent in the role.
Actually I can! Have you seen Count Arthur Strong featuring Rory Kinnear? I see you have an interest in the Kinnear family. This proves that the son has inherited his father's comic gift.
Watched Peter Rabbit (2018). Not bad at all. Actually liked James Corden as Peter.
I've heard some Count Arthur Strong on the radio (and it didn't grab me, tbh) - but maybe I'll give the TV version a go. Thanks!