Asia on iPlayer. The cinematography is amazing.
Whoever was brave enough to go and film a village of starving polar bears deserves a medal
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First episode of the new Wolf Hall. Outstanding. Second one to come.
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The Scorsese Powell & Pressburger doco on iPlayer had me quite choked up, especially the end.
I want to watch them all now (starting with a couple I’ve never seen)
Bonus: Michael Powell was something of a style icon.
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i have regular rewatches of all P+P movies. As the doc beautifully illustrated, they’re strange and poetic and engrossing.
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Me too. Incredible films.
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The Listeners on iPlayer. They’re obviously trying to do a bit of a creepy 70s horror tv series thing. Two episodes in and it’s sort of working so far.
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Home alone. Finally stumped up the three pounds forty nine to watch the Beverley Glenn Copeland doco on Prime. May have had a small cry. The world doesn’t deserve that person.
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Powell & Pressburger were true visionaries no doubt. Thanks for the heads up had not seen that
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Has anyone mentioned industry yet? Watched season 1 when it was first shown and thought it was OK but absolutely flying through seasons 2 and 3. Do people really behave like that in work places, even investment banks?
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Also love Powell and Pressburger. One of my favorite memories of going to the cinema was back in my feckless 20s and I was at a loose end on a Saturday. Local cinema was showing Life and Death of Colonel Blimp. Popped in knowing nothing and came out 3 hours later absolutely buzzing and mesmerized. Always hoping for that feeling when I go to the cinema.
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Think i mentioned it on here at some point. Season 3 definitely felt like a step up. We rinsed it in a few days.
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Finished Rivals. Decent fun tv.
Bad sisters s2. 2 episodes in and ok so far. Fiona shaw is really good init.
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The name in no way matches up to the film does it?
When I met my wife, she was in grad school and we had access to all the cinematic treasures the university library could offer. It was pre-streaming and we watched all of P&P we could find. Colonel Blimp, Tales of Hoffmann, Peeping Tom, Black Narcissus… they recently did a retrospective here and we went for Red Shoes - top 5 film for me.
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My brother worked in the city in the 80s and Industry isn’t that far off the mark for that period but at least they were doing their bit for Columbia’s national debt 
No idea what it’s like today.
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Tony Soprano Tamagotchi for the fans on here
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I really really dug the Penguin series. Especially because it could have simply been set in NYC and it wouldn’t change a thing - you barely get the idea it’s related to Batman and that’s a good thing. Phenomenal acting by Farrell and especially by Cristin Milioti
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Same here. Great TV.