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MarkMas

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David Tennant was pretty good as Alexander Litvinenko in the first episode of the BBC mini-series Litvinenko, but I have not yet watched the other 3 episodes, which I fear may be a bit 'police procedural'.

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Which reminds me, Martin Clunes was surprisingly good as Detective Chief Inspector Colin Sutton in the BBC's Manhunt which was recently repeated.
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Manhunt (2019 TV series) - Wikipedia

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MarkMas said:
David Tennant was pretty good as Alexander Litvinenko in the first episode of the BBC mini-series Litvinenko, but I have not yet watched the other 3 episodes, which I fear may be a bit 'police procedural'.

Litvinenko (TV series) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org

Which reminds me, Martin Clunes was surprisingly good as Detective Chief Inspector Colin Sutton in the BBC's Manhunt which was recently repeated.
en.wikipedia.org

Manhunt (2019 TV series) - Wikipedia

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I've binged all four episodes of Litvinenko this weekend, and it's pretty good.
 
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A couple of good films, both of war.

Blood and Gold, end of the WW2 and the anarchy of a beaten Germany and the prospect of Jewish Gold is a remote village. 9/10


Ambush, Vietnam war, a top secret document is lost and its recovery is vital. Time is of the essence and the discovery of a labyrinth of tunnels complicates matter. 8/10.
 
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Staged: Last series. I dunno, there's just something about it. It must help that they are all friends in real life

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CatmanV2 said:
Staged: Last series. I dunno, there's just something about it. It must help that they are all friends in real life

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Yes, THIS!

Staged is extraordinary.

It is so well-written that it seems completely improvised (like W1A). It is very meta, transgressive and disorienting (like Fleabag), dramatically intense yet also very warm. Simon Evans (not the comedian, but a theatre director) is a revelation as a writer. They have managed to progress beyond their lockdown niche. And in series 3 it is nice to see their wives (well, Georgia, at least) becoming real people, rather than partly-seen sidekicks.

Also - a great quiz question - "Which former Dr Who is married to the daughter of a former Dr Who."
 
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Also just started watching Patrick Melrose, 5-part mini-series based on the Edward St. Aubyn novels about child abuse and drug-taking. Yay! ! Bandicoot Bandersnatch does a wonderful portrayal of the effects of Quaaludes - better than Leo DiCaprio in Wolf of Wall Street.

 
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Take Care of Maya on Netflix, powerful and moving documentary and a real eye opener on how so called experts can be so wrong and deceitful and destroy families/lives
 
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TexMex on Netflix, yet another buy a cheap car and fix it up for a profit. The twist on this is they buy in Juarez, Mexico and ship it to El Paso to fix up and sell.
Quite humorous especially the Mexican slang (Qué onda guey!) and the first episode features an Opel GT! @conaero
 
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Just watched the latest episode of car sos on the channel 4 streaming service

They knocked it out of the park this week , cavalier turbo 4x4

I got quite emotional in the last 10 seconds when the guy got to feel the exhilaration of fast acceleration for the 1st time in 13 years and loved it.
 
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a man called Otto, superb film and made the Mrs well up several times
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I thought it was a bit of a routine tear-jerker made tolerable by Tom Hanks. I'm told (by my Swedish friends) that En man som heter Ove is much better - basically the American version is an exact remake, but somehow more schmaltzy and tiresome. I tried to read the book a year ago, but a book about a grumpy old perfectionist somehow didn't work for me; can't think why.

 
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MarkMas said:
I thought it was a bit of a routine tear-jerker made tolerable by Tom Hanks. I'm told (by my Swedish friends) that En man som heter Ove is much better - basically the American version is an exact remake, but somehow more schmaltzy and tiresome. I tried to read the book a year ago, but a book about a grumpy old perfectionist somehow didn't work for me; can't think why.

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thought it was an original, didn't realise it was a remake, Tom plays the grumpy old git it well and quite moving in parts
 
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I'm about to install a 'microwave' link across the valley so I can access a neighbour's high-speed fibre broadband, since his road has fibre and mine doesn't. (Any suggestions for the best kit to use? TP-Link CPE710 ? )

But, anyway, this project reminded me of a TV drama about 20 years ago where a kidnapper used this as a way to keep an eye on his kidnappees stashed a warehouse somewhere. Does anyone remember this show? I seem to remember the baddie looked like Sir Clive Sinclair?

Also, does anyone remember a biscuit advertisement where some British ambassador in a god-forsaken Latin American posting was anxiously awaiting delivery of his favourite biscuits in the diplomatic bag?

These half-remembered ads and shows drive me a bit mad!
 
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Not on TV yet but will be in October. Went to see Gran Turismo and the cinema and was really good. Worth watching especially as it is based on the true story of the gamer who become a Le Mans racer.
 
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