Hail the Tripod Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 I watched the BBC murder their adaptation of Bernard Cornwell's "The Last Kingdom" this week. Against the standard set by Vikings, let alone Game of Thrones, it wasn't just bad it was embarrassing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Carter Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 Brilliant programme. Fabulous theme, Budgie.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8l8WLxfbUs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ntb Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 A lot of the Anderson theme tunes were stonkingly epic. Stingray, Fireball XL5, and especially Thunderbirds True. But what would be more stonkingly epic is sliding down a chute to get into my car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battenberg Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 Who remembers "I Claudius"? That was cracking. Ye,ye,ye,yes. I,I,I, re,re,really enjoyed it t,t,t,too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyguy Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 I watched the BBC murder their adaptation of Bernard Cornwell's "The Last Kingdom" this week. Against the standard set by Vikings, let alone Game of Thrones, it wasn't just bad it was embarrassing! I was going to have a go at this. Even the BBC must think its sh1t becuase I've not seen a constant ad run on the telly. Ive not managed towatch the the entire first episode of any of the BBC 'we are best in the world' drama's over the last few years. I don;t think its me. I've loved stuff on netflix + amazon prime - vikings, GOT, True Detective. Its just the BBC is sh1t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bovinedealer Posted October 24, 2015 Author Share Posted October 24, 2015 This is good too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Hovis Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 I was going to have a go at this. Even the BBC must think its sh1t becuase I've not seen a constant ad run on the telly. I didn't last long, thought I just wasn't in the mood for it. So it was as bad as I suspected. Shame because Bernard Cornwell's books are generally excellent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy_renting Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 Ye,ye,ye,yes. I,I,I, re,re,really enjoyed it t,t,t,too. Typical BBC. Nothing but repeats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Economic Exile Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 I was going to have a go at this. Even the BBC must think its sh1t becuase I've not seen a constant ad run on the telly. Ive not managed towatch the the entire first episode of any of the BBC 'we are best in the world' drama's over the last few years. I don;t think its me. I've loved stuff on netflix + amazon prime - vikings, GOT, True Detective. Its just the BBC is sh1t. I hardly watch any tv...many weeks zero and a maximum of 3 hours a week. Two BBC dramas I thoroughly enjoyed last year were The Missing and Wolf Hall. Years ago I enjoyed the drama series When the Boat Comes In. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hail the Tripod Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 I enjoyed Broadchurch for all that it was a total ripoff of The Killing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyguy Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 I didn't last long, thought I just wasn't in the mood for it. So it was as bad as I suspected. Shame because Bernard Cornwell's books are generally excellent. Well thats its. You get the story served on a plate, written in way suitable for a film adaption. You've just to film and episode it. How could you fck it up? But I bet they have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hail the Tripod Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 Well thats its. You get the story served on a plate, written in way suitable for a film adaption. You've just to film and episode it. How could you fck it up? But I bet they have. The sets and costumes were shitty beyond belief, the dialog was leaden and that some of the actors were cringe inducing (Uhtred senior was good though) but all that can be blamed on budget to some degree. The way they just didn't bother trying to explain the power politics of the time made the whole thing completely pointless.Oh and how is it the Danes and Saxons speak the same language? How can you get it so wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spyguy Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3288078/Sidelined-BBC2-chief-paid-235-000-work-1-8m-home-special-projects-role-Controller-Seasons.html 'The BBC is paying one of its senior executives an astonishing £235,000 a year to work from home on ‘special projects’. Janice Hadlow, the Corporation’s ‘Controller of Seasons and Special Projects’, receives the huge salary despite being based largely at her home in Bath rather than her office in London.' 'Ms Hadlow, who is married to BBC ‘Head of Specialist Factual’ Martin Davidson and has two children, published a book in summer 2014 about King George III – a project which had nothing to do with her TV job.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTMark Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 I don't think that TV has got worse, it's just that, with so many channels, the quality stuff is harder to track down. Or put another way, there are just as many good shows, but there are many more bad ones so it's a case of hunting out stuff, which wasn't true in the days of limited channel choice. "Breaking Bad" and "Death in Paradise" spring to mind, both excellent. There's the "trash TV" which I can find compelling enough to watch, I'll own up to "First Dates" and "Obsessive Compulsive Cleaners". I flip though and set the box to record stuff, rarely watch it live. The set looks dated, but I still think this is possibly the best ever TV theme and opening sequence combination. And as a testament to that, it doesn't look at all bad now 30 years on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNACR Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 Shame he didn't play it on his saxophone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTMark Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 Now that would be interesting.. I'd love to hear a concert/orchestral music rendition of that in full. Maybe they'll get around to it one year on "Last Night of the Proms". OMG - look what I found.. Er, not by Bob Holness, but Ed Welch. They haven't really "got it", have they. This guy has: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sPinwheel Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 UK Border Force. Surely a hit with HPC OT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saving For a Space Ship Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 The Larry Sanders Show Edge of Darkness 1985 I recently rewatched the 9 series of The Office - an American Workplace. I regard it as truly consistent work of comedy genius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Hovis Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 I was talking about the Larry Sanders show way back to an American who was also a fan. I said I'd really liked the Garry Shandling show that had preceded it, he knew that was his real name but had never heard of it (and he was older than me so it must have been bigger in Britain than the US). This is the theme to Garry's show, the theme to Garry's show, Garry called me up and asked if I would write his theme tune... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neptune Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 I hardly watch any tv...many weeks zero and a maximum of 3 hours a week. Two BBC dramas I thoroughly enjoyed last year were The Missing and Wolf Hall. Years ago I enjoyed the drama series When the Boat Comes In. Really enjoyed Wolf Hall. There should be the next installment comming soon. Wife and I enjoyed Poldark for some bizarre/ironic reason. Throw in the odd documentry or other show and thats enough Tv. There is far better things to be getting on with. There was a quiet little comedy on Bbc4 recently. The Detectorists. It was quite good in a slow way. Toby jones and Mackenzie Crook made a good pair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saving For a Space Ship Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 I was talking about the Larry Sanders show way back to an American who was also a fan. I said I'd really liked the Garry Shandling show that had preceded it, he knew that was his real name but had never heard of it (and he was older than me so it must have been bigger in Britain than the US). This is the theme to Garry's show, the theme to Garry's show, Garry called me up and asked if I would write his theme tune... I imagine it was bigger in the Uk than US, due to its originality & off beat nature. The multi disc box set of saturday night live 1975 is good value at £8-£12 http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B000PMGRHI/ref=sr_1_1_twi_dvd_1_olp?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1445939686&sr=1-1&keywords=saturday+night+live+dvd&condition=used There all in there Kaufmann, Belushi Ackroyd , chase Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hail the Tripod Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 What prize do you win for being the most sanctimonius non-TV watcher?10% off the license fee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Hovis Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 What prize do you win for being the most sanctimonius non-TV watcher? Are you throwing your hat into the ring? I always qualify my "I haven't got a telly" by following up that I watch lots of things on catch up. Though this does make me out of step where people (and a lot do) are watching whatever reality show is most being promoted in advance and I'm skippig these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crashmonitor Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 One thing I quite miss is mixed schedules. Generally I hate cartoons, but I have to make an exception for Tom and Jerry and was often a filler in the seventies before the main news. Like this one when a six foot layout curiously becomes about two miles long when Tom tries to kill Jerry. Hilarious. Whatever happened to Tom and Jerry ? (naturally only the original set of series) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crashmonitor Posted October 27, 2015 Share Posted October 27, 2015 A problem of modern televison is it is too dilluted and some of the stuff is fee payers only. If you could concentrate all the best stuff into three channels 1970s style may be it would seem a bit better. Moreover because you were guaranteed a big audience the budgets were much higher and you could produce quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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