A thread to recommend stuff on the BBC

This is all on the BBC Sounds app. There is some really good stuff on there but it's a bit annoying how some of it disappears very quickly, and none of the stuff I like is available for download.

Tim Keys Late Night Poetry - Tim Key's Late Night Poetry ProgrammeTim Key presents a selection of poems that explore a different theme each week

Party (Tom Basden) - PartySitcom about a group of young idealists setting up a political party. By Tom Basden.

Alexi Sayle's Imaginary Sandwhich Bar - Alexei Sayle's Imaginary Sandwich BarAlexei Sayle delivers a mixture of stand-up, memoir and philosophy.

Alexi Sayle's Strangers On A Train - Alexei Sayle's Strangers on a TrainAlexei Sayle takes a train journey and reveals the stories of his fellow passengers.

Old Harrys Game - Old Harry's GameDevilishly funny sitcom set in the infernal kingdom of Hell. With Andy Hamilton

The Shuttleworths - The ShuttleworthsComic series following the lives of John Shuttleworth and his family.

Radio Shuttleworth - Radio ShuttleworthSheffield's aspiring singer-songwriter John Shuttleworth is on-air with special guests.

 

Started watching Fortunes Of War last night really really good it’s a bit like Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, just as good IMO.

Emma Thomson is a standout as is the guy who plays Prince Yakimov the rest of the cast ain’t too bad either.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortunes_of_War_(TV_series)

 

The Gold.
Drama based on "The 1983 Brink’s-Mat robbery was the largest score in British history".
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-...-about-one-of-the-uks-most-shocking-robberies

 

I finished watching this last night, really enjoyed it, there's also a very good podcast on BBC iplayer too, well worth a listen.

There was also a recent documentary on Channel five or four which was worth watching too for a bit of a background to the whole thing.

 

Watched the first episode last night, it’s very good. Would have carried on watching but had a very early start today.

Cheers BB

 

New series of Rick Stein's Cornwall:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m000qzxs/rick-steins-cornwall

 

our friends in the north-fantastic series

 

The Nazis The Road To Power podcast on iPlayer is very good

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0dv4m89

 

Murder in the Pacific.
1985: Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior is bombed. The attack exposed a murky world of nuclear testing and abuse of power - and inspired a generation of environmental activists.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0dvdm52

 

Started watching this the first episode is a bit shite but it’s getting there I’m now on episode two

 

Living the 90s dream here, watching:

Edge of Daekness, for the second time

House of Cards, for the first

Both top class, of course.

 

Yes the gold is a very enjoyable watch

Also enjoying the latest series of unforgotten on itv .although i keep thinking back to goodness gracious me when i watch it .the husband of the detective was on the bill for many years .i bumped into him at greenbelt festival some years back

 

Started to watch Better, about a bent cop who is trying to extricate herself from the mess she has gotten into. An interesting premise, but for some reason it doesn't work very well, so have given up on it.

 

enjoying that . thought it was rather good

 

Dionne Warwick: Don't Make Me Over
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001jw6h

 

Edge of Darkness is from the 80’s. Watched first HoC recently it’s a lot better than the American remake.

 

There’s an excellent podcast on the Sounds under ‘The Gangster’ strand, latest series focuses on Brinksmat robbery.

Let’s just say Kenneth Noye was a lot nastier than portrayed on the recent TV series.

 

Aye...did a bit of Wikipedia after watching it. Same with Palmer.

 

We started watching Paris Police 1905 last night which is a continuation of the 1900 series, really good and atmospheric.

 

How he managed to get away with the self defence defence after stabbing a guy five times in the back and five times in the front is unbelievable I always thought that the SD defence had to be proportional.

The murder of Steven Cameron is just as bad, he actually was the passenger in the van his girlfriend was driving when Noye remonstrated with her after she had apparently cut him up. SC battered Noye who then went into his car and brought out a knife and stabbed him to death then Palmer got Noye to the South of France when Noye did a runner after the murder Palmer chartered a helicopter then got Noye to southern Spain after the chateaux he put him up in France.

The murder of Palmer was at first reported by the police who originally attended as death by natural causes when in fact he’d been shot five times which they ‘missed’ after examining the body.