Collection Count

Collection Count tracks my DVD/Blu-ray collection via a number of statistics every week.

Well, I say that -- it's been two weeks this time. It wasn't meant to be! As I mentioned last time, I always intended for this update to be a little late, to serve as my usual end-of-year totaliser. But then there was a lot to compile for it (I'd been getting tardy), so it gradually slipped even later than intended, eventually ending up a whole week late. Oops. But nothing's been added to my collection in the last few days, so it's still a wholly honest post-Christmas / end-of-2019 set of figures. Lovely.

And with that said, on with the numbers...

Number of titles in collection: 2,276 [up 4 this week; up 98 in 2019]
Of which DVDs: 1,124 [no change this week; down 21 in 2019]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,152 [up 4 this week; up 119 in 2019]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 37 [no change this week; up 28 in 2019]

Number of discs in collection: 5,932 [up 17 this week; up 310 in 2019]
Number of films: 2,667 [up 23 this week; up 181 in 2019]
Number of TV episodes: 8,693 [up 12 this week; up 365 in 2019]
Number of short films: 676 [no change this week; up 25 in 2019]

Total running time of collection (approx.):
434 days, 7 hours, and 3 minutes.
(Up 2 days, 21 hours, and 8 minutes from last month.)
(Up 19 days, 7 hours, and 40 minutes from last year.)

That's my smallest year-on-year running time increase since 2014 -- which was also the case last year, but this year it's even lower again. And, as I said then, it's good really, because I shouldn't buy so much stuff... but I'm gonna keep doing it!

And therefore, as ever, I'll see you next week, faithful reader.

TV

Celebrity Mastermind
2019/2020 Episode 4 (of 10)
Watching out of order because someone said this contained "one of the TV moments of 2020" already. They were exaggerating.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Not Going Out
10x05 Memory

Films

Rocketman (2019)
[#3 in 100 Films in a Year 2020]

TV

The Big Fat Quiz of the Year 2019
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]

Lucifer
3x09 The Sinnerman
[Watch season 3 (again) on Prime Video.]

Films

Evil Under the Sun (1982)
[#2 in 100 Films in a Year 2020]

Articles

Gavin and Stacey Christmas special is most-watched TV comedy for 17 years
(from BBC News)

That headline buries the real story: that the Gavin & Stacey Christmas special was the only scripted programme among the top ten most-watched programmes of the entire decade. Mad. (The other nine included eight sporting events and one X Factor final.)

TV

Criminal: United Kingdom
1x02 Stacey
1x03 Jay [season finale]
This is an odd old show. Will try to gather some more thoughts for my next 100 Films TV column.
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

Doctor Who
38x01 Spyfall Part One
A superb return to form, I thought.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Miranda
My Such Fun Celebration [10th anniversary special]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Crooked House (2017)
[#1 in 100 Films in a Year 2020]

TV

Lucifer
3x08 Chloe Does Lucifer
[Watch season 3 (again) on Prime Video.]

Not Going Out
10x04 Schooling

Films

Death on the Nile (1978)
[#151 in 100 Films in a Year 2019]

TV

The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco
1x07 Fog of War
1x08 In for a Pound [season finale]

Criminal: United Kingdom
1x01 Edgar
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

The Goes Wrong Show
1x01 The Spirit of Christmas [2nd watch]
[Watch it (again and again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Agatha and the Curse of Ishtar (2019)
[#150 in 100 Films in a Year 2019]

Sort-of-sequel to Agatha and the Truth of Murder.

this week on 100 Films

There was 1 new post on 100 Films in a Year in the past week...


A seasonal message from 100 Films

it’s been a funny old year... On the one hand, the number of new films I’ve watched already puts it in my top five years ever. And I’ve had easily my most number of visitors ever, with the number of hits already up over 24% from last year. But on the other... My actual blogging has been much more sporadic, with only 124 posts published so far this year (for comparison, every year from 2015 to 2018 ended up with over 200). And consequently my review backlog has reached insane proportions — a whopping 178 films I’ve watched but not reviewed.

Read more here.

More next Sunday.

TV

Celebrity Mastermind
2019/2020 Episode 1 (of 10)
aka Champion of Champions
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Gavin & Stacey
A Special Christmas [Christmas special; 2nd watch]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Lucifer
3x07 Off the Record
[Watch season 3 (again) on Prime Video.]

Not Going Out
10x09 Driving Home for Christmas [Christmas special]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Brightburn (2019)
[#149 in 100 Films in a Year 2019]

TV

Would I Lie To You?
13x05 Episode 5
13x06 At Christmas
[Watch Episode 5 and At Christmas (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

University Challenge
Christmas 2019 Royal Holloway v Sussex
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Vienna Blood
1x02 Queen of the Night
[Watch the it (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Gavin & Stacey
A Special Christmas [Christmas special]
Tidy.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Mrs Brown's Boys
A Wonderful Mammy [Christmas special]
Mrs Brown's Boys is only on at Christmas nowadays, which is probably for the best, because it's pretty much the only time I'd watch it.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

University Challenge
Christmas 2019 Liverpool v Hull
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

A lot less than usual for Christmas Day. I'll be catching up on stuff later.

University Challenge
Christmas 2019 Guildhall School of Music and Drama v UCL
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

QI
17x09 Quizmas [Christmas special]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

University Challenge
Christmas 2019 Birmingham City University v Wadham College, Oxford
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]