What are we watching on TV?

Lucy Worsley Victorian Murder Club... an interesting documentary on a possible Victorian serial killer, the "Thames Thorso" killer. It overlaps a little with Jack the Ripper, but covers largely different events. Am surprised this hasn't received more coverage in past. Bit dark at times and eg discussed details of autopsies with former state pathologist Marie Cassidy.

Airs on BBC2 Mondays 9pm, 3 x 60 minutes. Repeated on Thursday night.
 
Bought a new phone so got a few months AppLTV access with it.

What's worth watching (for free) are Killers of the Flower Moon, Ted Lasso and first few series of Slow Horses. Could not take to Severance at all but might go back to it at some stage.
 
Also on Apple if still available:

Franklin starring Michael Douglas as Benjamin Franklin, period \ historical drama. It is wrapped up in 8 episodes, I enjoyed it as interested in the period but very slow at times.

Bad Sisters, a black comedy set in Ireland. Season 1 got great reviews and nominated for awards etc.
Season 2 mixed reviews so you could consider just watching Season 1 especially if your free trial expiring.

There is also Chief of War, set during tribal conflicts on Hawaii in 18th century, and while it looked amazing and had some spectacular fight scenes overall I felt it was lacking something.
 
GSheehy said:
Bought a new phone so got a few months AppLTV access with it.

What's worth watching (for free) are Killers of the Flower Moon, Ted Lasso and first few series of Slow Horses. Could not take to Severance at all but might go back to it at some stage
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I highly recommend Black Bird. Some of the best acting I've ever seen.
 
Mudbound - Netflix- 2017 film. Two hours of non stop good film. It is based in the state of Mississippi in the years 1940 to 1950. The McAllans move to Mississippi to run a new farm and immediately find out they were conned after parting with the deposit for the land. They source land nearby and try to work it. It is in the MIssissippi Delta and has lots of rain and more ground water too. Work is hard there. Mr McAllan's brother joins the American Airforce and at the same time Ronsel Jackson (a black neighbour) joins the American army. Both fight in Europe against the Nazis. Both return home as war heroes. McAllan (white) enjoys all the fame of his heroism. He lost some of his friends in the war. Jackson arrives back from Europe, also a war hero. He stops in a local shop to buy some candy for his brothers and sisters but is obliged to leave through the back door because he is black. He lost good friends in the war also. McAllan suffers from a kind of shell-shock, starts drinking heavily but he befriends Jackson. Some of the local business people are members of the Ku Klux Klan. McAllan comes under pressure to treat Jackson as a lesser human. The movie is thought provoking. I hadn't heard of this film before. Don't miss it and I reckon it should be shown in all our secondary schools, warts and all.
 
Interesting Prime Time tonight. Miriam didnt seem prepared for the views of the former US immigration officer on the shooting. Must have assumed just because he was a Democrat he would have condemned it. Her face dropped and he was cut off early.
 
The Beast in Me on Netflix, have not watched anything Clare Danes since Homeland, very good, bit of a slow starter but a lovely twist at the end.
 
Winter Olympics coverage will start with opening ceremony Friday 6th February. A lot of coverage on BBC2 and RTE will have coverage on the player and highlights on RTE News.

Also two (!) new series with Alice Roberts:
A series about the Lost Grail, Tuesdays 9pm on Sky History.
Ancient Rome by train starting Saturday 7th on Channel 4.
 
For anyone growing up in the 90s, the Take That documentary on Netflix is well worth a watch. 3 episodes so just about right in length and a lovely nostalgic look back from the start right up to the present.
 
Tomorrow , Virgin Media One 19:00 hrs Thursday 5th Feb
Live: Guinness Six Nations
France v Ireland (Kick-off 8.10pm). Jill Douglas presents coverage of the opening match of the championship, held at Stade de France in Paris

Apparently this is because the official opening of the ”Mad hoors sliding down a mountain with planks strapped to their feet Olympics Competition" is on Friday night.
 
Feel like the winter olympics needs more madness - I think there should be outdoors versions of curling and ice hockey.
 
The Muppet Show

Disney Plus.

Total feel good brilliance. Hopefully they continue and build a new series.
 
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Just splashed out €1 for 3 months of this.
Possibly a bit high brow for me, but couldn't resist?!
 
Watching the mad lads in the luge in the Winter Olympics, sliding down an ice track at speeds approaching 130 kph on an abbreviated tea-trolley vehicle. Uniform consists of head to toe lycra, crash helmet, full face-mask and ribbed Marigold gloves to power them off the line. Crazy stuff.

For dedicated Night Hawks (no relation to either the late Pat Healy or one of the competing teams), [EDIT] Channel 5 / Virgin Media 1, 23:00 tonight for 4 hours or so excluding the afters party, The Super Bowl LX, Seattle Seahawks v New England Patriots (Kick-off 11.30pm). Coverage of the showpiece NFL match at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California. We had sunshine here today so maybe a bit of balmy Calyforney might finish the night off.

Despite the best laid plans of mice and advertisers, Mr Taylor Swift won'r feature as the Kansas City Chiefs didn't make it through
 
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I am currently composing a strongly worded letter to the BBC's director-general. The best hour-and-a-half's telly anywhere in the world of TV is cancelled tonight thanks to the Winter Olympics. The cheek of them! No MasterMind, no University Challenge, no quirky Victoria Coren-Mitchell to see tonight. Me and the mutt in deep depressions, resorting to choccy biscuits and crinkly crisps.
 
Watched these two on Netflix recently & would recommend both:

The Anniversary
The Night Manager
 
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