I can't keep up.
1864, magicians thing - "Jonathon Porritt and the temple of Doom" or whatever it's called, Joan of Arc, Eastenders does 1588 and tonight, women in the War of the Roses.
Keep it up BBC! Keep it up! Jolly good stuff all!
I enjoyed the Joan of Arc too.
Same here !
Cheers - Phil
Joan of Arc was very interesting, and we still have The Last Kingdom to look forward to.
I haven't heard of half these programs. Time to investigate iPlayer me thinks
I managed to slip in episode 3 & 4 of "1864" this week, really really good! One advantage to a horrible sick bug that's afflicted Toxic Towers is less fighting over the remote ;)
All good stuff
IanS
Tonight at 21:00 on BBC4 "Last Journey of Magna Carta King". On BBC4 "Rome's Invisible City."
Thank goodness for iPlayer!
I watched 'Rome's Invisible City'. (On Beeb 2 in Wales).......I found it fascinating. :-bd
But then, I AM an ignorant numpty, as far as most history is concerned :-[
Cheers - Phil
I opted for good old King John.
Excellent program on the death of a king who may not have been all that bad.
Oooh! On Monday the BBC have a program with Victoria Coren :x (She'll never be Coren-Mitchell to me!) Don't know what it's about, but I shall be watching.
Thoroughly enjoying Mr Strange. Marc warren's a fab actor, bit typecast, but nonetheless a very convincing bad guy!
What we need now is an army list for Napoleonic Peninsula Warband.....
Quote from: Nosher on 02 June 2015, 09:58:52 AM
Thoroughly enjoying Mr Strange. Marc warren's a fab actor, bit typecast, but nonetheless a very convincing bad guy!
What we need now is an army list for Napoleonic Peninsula Warband.....
He is the bad guy? :o :o. I thought he was the good guy and Norrell was the bad guy :-\
Mollinary
It's all gone a bit Strange!
Turns out Ms Pixie did want to see it. I caught ten mins and it looked good, she reckons it was cracking. Her folks were unimpressed or just very confused, not sure which...
Hoping I can catch episode five & six of 1864 next week when we're back off hols...
Quote from: toxicpixie on 02 June 2015, 12:36:55 PM
It's all gone a bit Strange!
Hoping I can catch episode five & six of 1864 next week when we're back off hols...
1864 seems to have gone a bit strange too - Johan seems to be a refugee from Mr Norrell and Mr Strange, doing wizardry in all directions - makes you wonder how the Prussians won! :o :o. Oh, and still no Austrians in sight.
Mollinary
PS Is Dinesen Denmark's Audie Murphy or Richard Sharpe?
There were Austrians in number four! Well, there was being on the receiving end of a rocket barrage, which I assumed was being fired from an Austrian rocket battery :)
I did specify "in sight" ! :D ;)
Mollinary
Quote from: toxicpixie on 02 June 2015, 12:36:55 PM
It's all gone a bit Strange!
Thought that was terrific.....I especially like the Neopolitan (?) 'zombies' that Mr Strange brought back to life for questioning.
Cheers - Phil.
Quote from: mollinary on 02 June 2015, 01:03:40 PM
I did specify "in sight" ! :D ;)
Mollinary
Austrians should be heard but not seen?!
I wondered at the Prussian attack - didn't look like a heavy skirmish/firing line being fed from behind, looked more like a great mass of people running in pell mell. Maybe thats what fooled the Austrians before the '66...
Quote from: mollinary on 02 June 2015, 12:09:01 PM
He is the bad guy? :o :o. I thought he was the good guy and Norrell was the bad guy :-\
Mollinary
Marc Warrens the one with white hair and weird eyebrows.... not Mr Strange. He was also vbad in The Musketeers, oh and Green Street :)
Haven't yet see latest 'Strange' (?#3?) but read the book about 10 years ago. Marc Warren seems to be the go-to psychopath these days! He was the cheeky chappy in Hustle, then I saw 'Hogfather' and he does a Mr Teatime that makes nutters a bit nervous!
REALLY getting into 'The Game' - just seen 5 of 6.
Don't worry - Murdoch will make sure Parliament puts an end to all that.