Merlin
3x02 The Tears of Uther Pendragon Part 2
That's another season of Merlin over then.
Oh, that wasn't a finale? Well, it felt like one. So what's next week? Lots of farting!? Christ, did they learn nothing from Doctor Who?!
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
QI
8x01 Hodge Podge (extended repeat)
I have a feeling I missed some episodes of the last series of QI. At least, there are a couple that were never mentioned on here. To be frank, they now produce so many a year, and have a tendency to scatter them about, and drop in repeats and skip extended editions, that it's no surprise I could've missed some.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Would I Lie To You?
4x09 The Unseen Bits [season finale]
Some people seem to have become fed up with Rob Brydon's interjections and participations this series, but personally I don't mind them. And his Quick Fire Lie tonight was one of the funniest bits... even if it was thanks to the panels' responses.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Saturday, 18 September 2010
Friday, 17 September 2010
TV
Cheetah Kingdom
1x01 Episode 1
[Watch it (again) on ITV Player.]
Dexter
4x12 The Getaway [season finale]
So that's that for Dexter's fourth season, complete with a shocking ending... which, unfortunately, I found out about ages ago. (I won't mention more for the sake of anyone watching the series on FX, which is up to episode five tonight.) I look forward to seeing how it's dealt with next season, which I believe starts in the US imminently.
Mock the Week
9x08 (16/9/10 edition)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
1x01 Episode 1
[Watch it (again) on ITV Player.]
Dexter
4x12 The Getaway [season finale]
So that's that for Dexter's fourth season, complete with a shocking ending... which, unfortunately, I found out about ages ago. (I won't mention more for the sake of anyone watching the series on FX, which is up to episode five tonight.) I look forward to seeing how it's dealt with next season, which I believe starts in the US imminently.
Mock the Week
9x08 (16/9/10 edition)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Collection Count
Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.
This week, a Blu-ray replaces a DVD, though any evidence is wiped out by the last-minute arrival of a new Blu-ray and a new DVD. Exciting stuff, eh what?
Number of titles in collection: 1,216 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 1,105 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 111 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 2,973 [up 2]
Number of films in collection: 1,281 [up 3]
Number of TV episodes in collection: 4,181 [no change]
Statistic of the week:
Number of titles produced in the '70s:
91
(7.5% of the total)
Having now counted titles produced in the '00s, '90s, '80s, and over 100 years ago, it seems reasonable to continue back into the '70s. (Based on form, you can expect the '60s in about two months.)
See you next week, faithful reader.
This week, a Blu-ray replaces a DVD, though any evidence is wiped out by the last-minute arrival of a new Blu-ray and a new DVD. Exciting stuff, eh what?
Number of titles in collection: 1,216 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 1,105 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 111 [up 2]
Number of discs in collection: 2,973 [up 2]
Number of films in collection: 1,281 [up 3]
Number of TV episodes in collection: 4,181 [no change]
Statistic of the week:
Number of titles produced in the '70s:
91
(7.5% of the total)
Having now counted titles produced in the '00s, '90s, '80s, and over 100 years ago, it seems reasonable to continue back into the '70s. (Based on form, you can expect the '60s in about two months.)
See you next week, faithful reader.
Thursday, 16 September 2010
TV
Dexter
4x11 Hello, Dexter Morgan
Cliffhanger-tastic! Though I guessed weeks (well, "episodes", certainly -- I probably watch it too quickly for "weeks") ago who would be saying the titular line. Next time: season finale! Tense.
How I Met Your Mother
5x17 Of Course
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
4x11 Hello, Dexter Morgan
Cliffhanger-tastic! Though I guessed weeks (well, "episodes", certainly -- I probably watch it too quickly for "weeks") ago who would be saying the titular line. Next time: season finale! Tense.
How I Met Your Mother
5x17 Of Course
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
Films
I'll be at 100 before I know it at this rate...
Brigadoon (1954)
[#93 in 100 Films in a Year 2010]
Force of Evil (1948)
[#92 in 100 Films in a Year 2010]
The History Boys (2006)
[#94 in 100 Films in a Year 2010]
Brigadoon (1954)
[#93 in 100 Films in a Year 2010]
Force of Evil (1948)
[#92 in 100 Films in a Year 2010]
The History Boys (2006)
[#94 in 100 Films in a Year 2010]
Wednesday, 15 September 2010
TV
Dexter
4x10 Lost Boys
Grandma's House
1x06 The day Simon finally found the strength to accept that his mother was getting married [season finale]
Perhaps not Grandma's House's finest (half-)hour, but still an amusing episode. I hope we get more.
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Roger & Val Have Just Got In
1x06 The Valerie Step [season finale]
An excellent final episode to an excellent series. I hope we get more.
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
4x10 Lost Boys
Grandma's House
1x06 The day Simon finally found the strength to accept that his mother was getting married [season finale]
Perhaps not Grandma's House's finest (half-)hour, but still an amusing episode. I hope we get more.
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Roger & Val Have Just Got In
1x06 The Valerie Step [season finale]
An excellent final episode to an excellent series. I hope we get more.
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Articles
The Death Star of the 1930s (and other great retro scifi diagrams) by Cyriaque Lamar
(from io9)
A gallery of illustrations from the '30s, some of which are rather spectacular in their own retro way. I particularly like the A City On series, though the Future Ocean Liner appears to be amazingly prescient -- I think more-or-less everything it suggests has since come to pass.
(from io9)
A gallery of illustrations from the '30s, some of which are rather spectacular in their own retro way. I particularly like the A City On series, though the Future Ocean Liner appears to be amazingly prescient -- I think more-or-less everything it suggests has since come to pass.
Tuesday, 14 September 2010
TV
Gareth Malone's Extraordinary School for Boys
Part 1 (of 3)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
How I Met Your Mother
5x16 Hooked
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
Part 1 (of 3)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
How I Met Your Mother
5x16 Hooked
[Watch it (again) on 4oD.]
Monday, 13 September 2010
TV
Dragons' Den
8x10 Episode 10 [season finale]
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Law & Order: UK
3x01 Broken
L&O:UK returns with a particularly strong episode dealing with a very difficult and emotive issue. It's to the series' credit that while the ending is ostensibly a good result, it's one few are wholly happy with.
[Watch it (again) on ITV Player.]
Mountain Gorilla
Part 3 Safe in Our Hands [final episode]
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
8x10 Episode 10 [season finale]
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Law & Order: UK
3x01 Broken
L&O:UK returns with a particularly strong episode dealing with a very difficult and emotive issue. It's to the series' credit that while the ending is ostensibly a good result, it's one few are wholly happy with.
[Watch it (again) on ITV Player.]
Mountain Gorilla
Part 3 Safe in Our Hands [final episode]
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Articles
Fox orders Outnumbered remake by Morgan Jeffery
(from Digital Spy)
Let's put this headline in perspective: they've not ordered a series, they've ordered a pilot only; and this isn't even the first time they've done that -- they made a pilot back in 2007 (clearly, it didn't go well). So this is less a case of "we'll see" more "will we see?"
Google Instant is trying to kill me by Charlie Brooker
(from Comment is free at guardian.co.uk)
Brooker, as usual, has a point, and he makes it amusingly. Hurrah! This is my favourite bit:
(from Digital Spy)
Let's put this headline in perspective: they've not ordered a series, they've ordered a pilot only; and this isn't even the first time they've done that -- they made a pilot back in 2007 (clearly, it didn't go well). So this is less a case of "we'll see" more "will we see?"
Google Instant is trying to kill me by Charlie Brooker
(from Comment is free at guardian.co.uk)
Brooker, as usual, has a point, and he makes it amusingly. Hurrah! This is my favourite bit:
[Google Instant is] the internet on fast-forward, and it's aggressive – like trying to order from a waiter who keeps finishing your sentences while ramming spoonfuls of what he thinks you want directly into your mouth, so you can't even enjoy your blancmange without chewing a gobful of black pudding first.
Sunday, 12 September 2010
TV
A Concert for Heroes
Recorded it and watched an hour behind so I could fastforward the boring bits. No, not the charity stories -- the rubbish comedians and (copious) rubbish 'music' acts.
See also: today's Articles.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Recorded it and watched an hour behind so I could fastforward the boring bits. No, not the charity stories -- the rubbish comedians and (copious) rubbish 'music' acts.
See also: today's Articles.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Articles
Help for Heroes concert, Twickenham Stadium, review by Neil McCormick
(from Telegraph.co.uk)
Pretty much spot on.
(from Telegraph.co.uk)
Pretty much spot on.
this week on 100 Films
2 new reviews were posted to 100 Films in a Year this week, and they were...
Bhaji on the Beach (1993)
Bride & Prejudice (2004)
More next Sunday.
Bhaji on the Beach (1993)
The perspective is definitively female — no bad thing for a medium where, almost 20 years later, there are still few female directors, and those that garner the widest recognition tend to do so in typically male genres.
Bride & Prejudice (2004)
Melodramatic love story/stories? Check. A couple of over-acted comedy characters? Check. Characters bursting into song? Check. Bright, colourful, extravagant song-and-dance numbers? Check.
More next Sunday.
Saturday, 11 September 2010
TV
Merlin
3x01 The Tears of Uther Pendragon Part 1
Darker? Check. Grittier? Check. Well, sort of check. I mean, it's scarier, isn't it. Anyway, my point was: ah, third seasons (/books/films/etc) of fantasy series...
Still, Merlin seems to get better with each passing season. Or even episode -- next week's looks like a belter; more season finale than episode two. I hope they've got even bigger things planned, then.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Would I Lie To You?
4x08 (10/9/10 edition)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
3x01 The Tears of Uther Pendragon Part 1
Darker? Check. Grittier? Check. Well, sort of check. I mean, it's scarier, isn't it. Anyway, my point was: ah, third seasons (/books/films/etc) of fantasy series...
Still, Merlin seems to get better with each passing season. Or even episode -- next week's looks like a belter; more season finale than episode two. I hope they've got even bigger things planned, then.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Would I Lie To You?
4x08 (10/9/10 edition)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Friday, 10 September 2010
TV
Mock the Week
9x07 (9/9/10 edition)
Back from the six-week break it took for the Fringe. (I know, my comments are frequently invaluable.)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Mountain Gorilla
Part 2 Last Stand of the Silverback King
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
9x07 (9/9/10 edition)
Back from the six-week break it took for the Fringe. (I know, my comments are frequently invaluable.)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]
Mountain Gorilla
Part 2 Last Stand of the Silverback King
[Watch it (again) in HD on iPlayer.]
Articles
Heroes cancellation: Source says NBC not moving forward with movie that will wrap up series by Lynette Rice
(from at EW.com)
Title says it all. No surprise, really -- Heroes was a long way from popular by the end (hence why it got cancelled).
Torchwood writer John Fay excited by The New World, plus why killing Ianto was ‘right thing to do’ by XXNAPOLEONSOLO
(from scyfilove)
Again, the title more-or-less sums this up. It's an interview though, so there are a few more tidbits for fans to pick up on (though nothing about the plot of The New World, really, just the way it's being written and the point it starts from).
(from at EW.com)
Title says it all. No surprise, really -- Heroes was a long way from popular by the end (hence why it got cancelled).
Torchwood writer John Fay excited by The New World, plus why killing Ianto was ‘right thing to do’ by XXNAPOLEONSOLO
(from scyfilove)
Again, the title more-or-less sums this up. It's an interview though, so there are a few more tidbits for fans to pick up on (though nothing about the plot of The New World, really, just the way it's being written and the point it starts from).
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