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[Nelly-Szoboszlai]

4 minutes ago, Bjornebye said:

Whats this on mate? 

One of the BBC channels. I've been watching it on iPlayer. It gives an account of what happened in Berlin and the surrounding area throughout 1945, based on accounts given in local newspapers, residents personal diaries and testimonies. It's worth a watch. 

[easytoslip]

12 minutes ago, Nelly-Torres said:

Was just going to post about that Berlin 1945. I've watched the first two episodes. Very good. But very haunting too. The Nazis were cunts. But, some of the shit that the Red Army did when they entered Berlin was abhorrent too. 

It was really good and as you say haunting and powerful images. 

It's hard to comprehend the actions of both sides and the hardships of living in that chaos. 

[Bjornebye]

4 minutes ago, Nelly-Torres said:

One of the BBC channels. I've been watching it on iPlayer. It gives an account of what happened in Berlin and the surrounding area throughout 1945, based on accounts given in local newspapers, residents personal diaries and testimonies. It's worth a watch. 

Nice one I'll stick that on in a bit 

[Dougie Do'ins]

11 hours ago, VladimirIlyich said:

Is this Berlin 1945 a documentary series like The World at War etc?

The archive footage is very similar but it's backed up by the reading of diary extracts and photos of the people who wrote them.

 

It begins in November 1941 when Berlin has hardly been touched by the war.

 

It's very good and is available on I Player.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m000p9tc/berlin-1945 

[VladimirIlyich]

14 hours ago, Dougie Do'ins said:

The archive footage is very similar but it's backed up by the reading of diary extracts and photos of the people who wrote them.

 

It begins in November 1941 when Berlin has hardly been touched by the war.

 

It's very good and is available on I Player.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m000p9tc/berlin-1945 

I will give that a go. I am interested in those types of things and rate The World at War as one of the best tv series ever made. Those Apocalypse WW1 and WW2 series were brilliant too.

[Dougie Do'ins]

13 hours ago, VladimirIlyich said:

I will give that a go. I am interested in those types of things and rate The World at War as one of the best tv series ever made. Those Apocalypse WW1 and WW2 series were brilliant too.

If you haven't seen this, give it a go while it's still on I Player. 

 

They Shall Not Grow Old.

 

Employing state-of-the-art technology to transform audio and moving image archive footage more than a century old, Peter Jackson brings to life the people who can best tell the story of World War I: the men who were there. 

Driven by a personal interest in the conflict, Jackson sets out to explore the day-to-day experience of its combatants. Immersed for months in the BBC and Imperial War Museum archives, Jackson created narratives and strategies regarding how this story should be told. Using only the voices of those involved, the film explores the reality of war on the front line: their attitudes to the conflict, how they ate, rested and formed friendships in those moments between battles, as well as their hopes and dreams for the future. Each frame of the film has been hand-colourised by Jackson's team, the footage 3D-digitised, transformed with modern post-production techniques, enabling these soldiers to walk and talk among us. 

Reaching into the mists of time, Jackson aims to give these men voices, investigate the hopes and fears of these veterans that survived and were able to tell their stories, and detail the humility and humanity of those who represented a generation forever changed by the destruction of a global war.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0brzkzx/they-shall-not-grow-old

[sir roger]

Watching' Royal history's biggest fibs ' and at one point it went nearly 10 minutes without Lucy Worsley putting a silly costume on.

[easytoslip]

11 minutes ago, sir roger said:

Watching' Royal history's biggest fibs ' and at one point it went nearly 10 minutes without Lucy Worsley putting a silly costume on.

She loves all that shit, for some reason our kid has a thing for her, maybe it's a lisp thing? 

[Guest]

Just finished The Haunting of Bly Manor, went in with low expectations with a lot of reviews being mixed. Blitzed it in three sittings. Bloody brilliant. 8.8 Lesbians out of 10 Ladies of the Lake.

[sir roger]

5 hours ago, easytoslip said:

She loves all that shit, for some reason our kid has a thing for her, maybe it's a lisp thing? 

Oi, tell him to get in line

[easytoslip]

7 minutes ago, sir roger said:

Oi, tell him to get in line

Haha, I don't see no sign her myself, though obviously would. 

I'd much prefer Mary Beard to tutor me good. 

[sir roger]

Me too, or Alice Roberts, but at my age I dont want to close down too many options.

[VladimirIlyich]

Just finished the Berlin 1945 series on iplayer and it was a tremendous mini series, but a really difficult watch. Interesting but heartbreaking too.

[easytoslip]

6 minutes ago, sir roger said:

Me too, or Alice Roberts, but at my age I dont want to close down too many options.

Alice is lovely, I like her. 

[JagSquared]

Really enjoyed Succession, didn’t expect / know much going in. Caulkin is excellent in it.

[Barrington Womble]

18 hours ago, easytoslip said:

She loves all that shit, for some reason our kid has a thing for her, maybe it's a lisp thing? 

To be honest, I'd give her one too. Maybe even more than one. 

[easytoslip]

5 minutes ago, Barrington Womble said:

To be honest, I'd give her one too. Maybe even more than one. 

Would that be a Pineapple cube or god forbid a Rhubarb and Custard one? 

[Carvalho Diablo]

One the final episode of The Good Lord Bird left to go and it's been excellent.

 

Telling the story of abolitionist John Brown and his attempts to emancipate the southern slaves.

 

Very good and surprisingly funny.

[YorkshireRed]

I watched the first episode of Industry the other day. A BBC2 drama set in the world of finance and focusing on an intake of graduates at an investment bank in London. 
 

Directed by Lena Dunham (Girls) it’s probably nothing we haven’t seen before but it was pretty good. The Guardian gave it 5 stars, personally I wouldn’t go that far but I’ll certainly watch episode two.

 

7.5/10.

[Anubis]

Ghoul - 7.5/10. Hindi Netflix limited series set in a dystopian near future where the unit at a secret government interrogation facility bite off more than they can chew. Literally. Only three episodes long and pretty good. Could be creepier but still enjoyable.

[easytoslip]

On 13/11/2020 at 09:44, VladimirIlyich said:

I will give that a go. I am interested in those types of things and rate The World at War as one of the best tv series ever made. Those Apocalypse WW1 and WW2 series were brilliant too.

I still watch The World at War sometimes, great series and Oliviers narration along with the theme, it always ends with him saying something to capture your imagination, the Black Watch were over the Rhine that type of thing. 

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

On 14/11/2020 at 16:16, Fluter in Dakota said:

Just finished The Haunting of Bly Manor, went in with low expectations with a lot of reviews being mixed. Blitzed it in three sittings. Bloody brilliant. 8.8 Lesbians out of 10 Ladies of the Lake.

 

The first season was way better IMO. Admittedly I watched it because I wanted a scare and in that respect it wasn't a patch on season 1. Still decent - 7/10 for me

[Guest]

2 hours ago, Aw Geez said:

 

The first season was way better IMO. Admittedly I watched it because I wanted a scare and in that respect it wasn't a patch on season 1. Still decent - 7/10 for me

I know what you mean, it was definitely lower on the scare scales but that seemed intentional as the story was quite complex at times. Trying to keep up with a complex story while keeping your pants clean is probably not the easiest thing to do.

[VladimirIlyich]

Undercover.

A Dutch/Belgian crime drama has just put series two up on Netflix. First one was decent.

[easytoslip]

Story ville was alright last night,about tackling the fire at Notre Dame. 

After it was one about how they constructed cathedrals, the craftsmen and the equipment they used for hoisting up materials. 

They must have had some know how and ingenuity, I thought it was really good.