How come an actress of her calibre disappeared from the TV radar after her iconic role as Angie Watts in Eastenders ended, and yet now after her appearance as Mrs Flood in Doctor Who The Church on Ruby Road (& the following season as well as potentially the next. ) and now as Janine in C4 Ben Wheatley Zombie drama Generation Z, she is suddenly everywhere and bossing it. What changed??

Just watching pop master with the other half. Not even sure how we got onto it, but wasn’t there a comedian or sketch show that used to impersonate the 80s Eurovision singer Sonia? The catch phrase was ‘ Liverpool!’ ( Apologies to the good people of Liverpool). I swear this was a thing!

She is just so cool and calm. Elegant, witty, great rapport with Alexander and the contestants, she's just perfect. Yes, yes I do fancy her.

I've watched all 6 episodes of Season 13 on iplayer but I cannot find thi scene in any of them?

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The first season was stellar a brilliant adaptation of Hilary Mantel's novels Wolf Hall and Bringing Up the Bodies, but I'm not quite sure why I'm not impressed with the second season yet.

I will likely continue to watch the rest of the season, but my expectation have slipped.

Are there any?

Comedies from the noughties onward preferred.

I’ve watched Jam all the way through yesterday. I was aware of Chris Morris’s work like Brass Eye and Four Lions, but had never actually sat down and watched any of it. I decided to throw myself in the deep end and watch Jam, which seemed only slighter more accessible than his radio show “Blue Jam”. Not going to lie, the first two episodes were very jarring and weird. The show is psychedelic and dreamlike - more inspired by filmmakers like David Lynch than other sketch comedy shows. However, by the 4th episode, I found myself getting used to the strangeness and darkness. I laughed out loud a number of times, especially at the one where 2 men are speaking in a car, and mark heap nonchalantly starts pissing down the side of the guys car. Really caught me off guard. If morris was the head writer, then I’d say I really shared his sense of humour with this show. Another great sketch was the one where the middle class parents are unbothered about their kid being “buggered and strangled”. Really unique TV. Nothing seen anything like it. Gonna watch Brass eye and then The Day Today I think. Thanks for listening

Did anyone watch Channel 4's After the Party this week? Drama from New Zealand (where they would say 'Efder the Peddy').

Excellent drama, clever approach to the topic of how a community responds when one of their members is accused of sexual assault.

In the end, yes, he did do it - but it's done in such a way as to give us a sense of what it might also be like if someone takes a baseless accusation too far. But at the very end we're left thinking about the length's a predator can go to cover their actions up and even manage to persuade their victims to remain loyal to them, all the while denying the abuse ever happened to concerned members of the community.

And old sitcom that aired in 1977 for two seasons about a single mother and her son she also gets support from her neighbour and other friends. Did anyone remember this show or even watch it?

I am talking about the rich having to live poor due to losing his money or other situations. 

Anyone know the beautiful choir music at the end of Episode 2? Reminds me of Jockstrap - Concrete over water ( https://youtu.be/FfXwm3jwVbI?si=No1QeHlNu7r4m8rk ). Shazam is coming up blank and the credits do not glean any light. Thanks

I've recently watched a couple Scottish shows that i really liked.- Guilt, and Crime.

Any other Scottish shows that I should check out that might appeal?? I've seen stuff like Shetland that i liked too.

I’ve just been getting into Shetland after some recommendations.

All good with the 1st two series. I like the central characters and it’s an interesting setting and dynamic.

But I’m now watching series 3 and it’s become one of those ‘based on characters’ affairs (rather than the original stories) and seems to have badly “jumped the shark”.

The writing has gone downhill. Hit men and organised crime. Characters behaving irrationally. And the main character has just hooked up with a beautiful colleague, Hollywood style, after only a brief conversation.

So, does it recover from this? I can see there are 9 series, so it’s been successful, but I don’t know if I can get through series 3 or if I should move on to something more worthwhile.

I really like it and thought it was very well done and added to the 3rd sessions narrative in season 3

For me:

Old stuff:
- The Vicar of Dibley ('The Christmas Lunch Incident' - I am absolutely sent on numerous occasions during that special, specifically Geraldine intercepting the choir's inappropriate version of 'While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks' and Geraldine literally crawling back home after gobbling all of those dinners)
- A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story (the Mark Gatiss theatre adaptation, saw a bit of it last year but will check out the whole thing this year; I'm a bit of a literature buff and studied ACC for GCSE English Lit)

New stuff:
- Richard Osman's Festive House of Games (series three - I know >!Jon Richardson!<is due to be on a week which will be amazing as I'm a fan of his and a fan of HoG in general)
- Bad Tidings (new Sky Christmas one-off comedy with Lee Mack and Chris McCausland, due to air Christmas Eve I believe)
- Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl (I needn't say more)

One of the lads in work has just put the song on and we're trying to work out what advert is was from. I'm adamant it's from a travel agents advert but I want to confirm!

My family and I have been driving ourselves mad trying to recall which British comedy show that catchphrase originated.

Can anyone else?

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My official marker that the Christmas season has started.

The box of delights day.

When did you stop being shocked by horror films on British TV? Is it an age thing, poor special FX, or knowing it’s CGI? Can’t think of a film recently that scared me, even if it’s only a little bit.

Apologies for the vague recollection in advance, it was a show in the CBeebies category (possibly pre-CBeebies), where kids chose a shape (circle, square etc) and then went into a portal?

Could’ve possibly been a MSG induced fever dream.

What's going on. There's Dolly's bad facelift with it crust of makeup and lacquered brassy hair. Along with her over-wrought sexuality I take it as characterization.

But now Nikki, beautiful Nikki, has lip filler and a bad lift about the eyes. Unforgiveable.

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