TV

Celebrity Mastermind
2019/2020 Episode 10 (of 10)

Ghosts
2x05 Bump in the Night
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

His Dark Materials
2x05 The Scholar
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

It'll Be Alright on the Night
34x04 (19/12/20 edition)
I know bloopers are pretty much lowest-common-denominator comedy, but they can be funny. Not this selection, though — this was dire.
[Watch it (again) on the ITV Hub.]

Staged
1x04 Bara Brith [2nd watch; extended]
1x05 Ulysses [2nd watch; extended]
[Watch the extended episodes (again) on Netflix.]

The Vicar of Dibley
...in Lockdown Episode 2 (of 3)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

this week on 100 Films

7 new reviews were published to 100 Films in a Year this week...


The 100-Week Roundup XV

Featuring...
- The Other Side of the Wind
- Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero
- Paper Moon
- Hitchcock/Truffaut

Read more here.


A Christmas 100-Week Roundup

Featuring...
- The Christmas Chronicles
- The Man Who Invented Christmas
- A Christmas Carol

Read more here.


More next Sunday.

TV

Ghosts
2x04 The Thomas Thorne Affair
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

His Dark Materials
2x04 Tower of the Angels
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Neil Brand's Sound of TV
1x03 The Score [series finale]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Richard Osman's House of Games Night
1x05 Episode 5 [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Staged
1x03 Who the F#!k is Michael Sheen? [2nd watch; extended]
[Watch the extended episodes (again) on Netflix.]

The Vicar of Dibley
...in Lockdown Episode 1 (of 3)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Collection Count

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

Just two new additions this week — quieter than normal as of late, but not every week can be a big one (they certainly shouldn't all be!) They're both 4K, which is nice — I'm almost at 100 titles on the format. I won't get there this year now, so we'll see just how quickly 2021 gets me to it.

Number of titles in collection: 2,502 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 1,081 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,421 [up 2]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 91 [up 2]

Number of discs in collection: 6,428 [up 4]
Number of films: 2,878 [up 2]
Number of additional cuts: 203 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 8,982 [no change]
Number of short films: 803 [up 5]

Next week's update will include whatever I get as Christmas presents, so that's 50/50 on whether it'll be a big haul or just a modest addition. See you then, faithful reader.

TV

Ghosts
2x03 Redding Weddy
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

The Great British Bake Off
11x10 The Final [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]

The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
7x10 Episode 10 [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]

His Dark Materials
2x03 Theft
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Leverage
1x03 The Two-Horse Job

Staged
1x02 Up To No Good [2nd watch; extended]
[Watch the extended episodes (again) on Netflix.]

TV

Celebrity Mastermind
2019/2020 Episode 9 (of 10)
I'll never understand the Beeb's scheduling of Celebrity Mastermind: they show almost all of it daily around Christmas, but then let the last few episodes peter out well into the new year — this "Christmas 2019" episode didn't air until March 2020, and the series didn't finish until April! The upcoming 2020/21 series is extended (14 episodes instead of 10), so that'll probably end up running 'til next summer...

The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
7x09 Episode 9
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]

His Dark Materials
2x02 The Cave
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Leverage
1x02 The Homecoming Job

Staged
1x01 Cachu Hwch [2nd watch; extended]
If you didn't know, Netflix has an extended version of this BBC lockdown hit — there's about 29 minutes of new material spread across the six episodes, which is a fair old chunk (equivalent to almost two whole extra episodes, given the original-cut episodes’ short running time). Hence why I'm now rewatching it: because it was good and I'd like to see the extra stuff. Plus, there are new episodes coming in January, so it's a good time for it.
[Watch the extended episodes (again) on Netflix.]

TV

His Dark Materials
2x01 The City of Magpies
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Leverage
1x01 The Nigerian Job

TV

Ghosts
2x02 About Last Night
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Richard Osman's House of Games Night
1x04 Episode 4
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Smiley’s People
Part Six (of 6)

TV

The Good Place
4x13 Whenever You're Ready [series finale]
A surprisingly emotional finale. I'm gonna miss this crazy gang.
[Watch the whole series (again) on Netflix.]

The Great British Bake Off
11x09 Patisserie Week
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]

Smiley’s People
Part Five (of 6)

TV

The Good Place
4x11 Mondays, Am I Right?
4x12 Patty
[Watch the whole series (again) on Netflix.]

Neil Brand's Sound of TV
1x02 Advertising and Jingles
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Smiley’s People
Part Four (of 6)

this week on 100 Films

Just one post on 100 Films in a Year again this week, and it wasn't even a film review. Must try to rectify that soon...





More next Sunday.

Collection Count

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

11 new additions this week, one an upgrade from Blu-ray to Blu-ray, which makes for a net total of 10 — and that means I land on exactly 2,500 titles in my collection! Mindboggling. In just a couple of weeks, we'll find out exactly how many of those were added this year — it's felt like rather a lot...

Number of titles in collection: 2,500 [up 10]
Of which DVDs: 1,081 [up 1]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,419 [up 9]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 89 [up 1]

Number of discs in collection: 6,424 [up 12]
Number of films: 2,876 [up 10]
Number of additional cuts: 203 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 8,982 [no change]
Number of short films: 798 [up 6]

See you next week, faithful reader.

TV

The Good Place
4x10 You've Changed, Man
[Watch the whole series (again) on Netflix.]

The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
7x08 Episode 8
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]

Smiley’s People
Part Three (of 6)

Who Dares Wins
12x06 (3/8/19 edition)

TV

Ghosts
2x01 The Grey Lady
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

The Good Place
4x09 The Answer
[Watch the whole series (again) on Netflix.]

Smiley’s People
Part Two (of 6)

TV

Ghosts
1x06 Getting Out [season finale; 2nd watch]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

The Good Place
4x07 Help Is Other People
4x08 The Funeral to End All Funerals
[Watch the whole series (again) on Netflix.]

Smiley’s People
Part One (of 6)

TV

Elementary
7x12 Reichenbach Falls
7x13 Their Last Bow [series finale]
So, that's the end of that. The last episode kind of felt just like a series of fakeouts, with a bit of an inconclusive final beat (the episode title is far from accurate), but hey-ho.

Ghosts
1x05 Moonah Ston [2nd watch]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

The Good Place
4x06 A Chip Driver Mystery
[Watch the whole series (again) on Netflix.]

The Great British Bake Off
11x08 Dessert Week
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]

TV

Baptiste
1x06 Into the Sand [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Elementary
7x11 Unfriended

The Good Place
4x05 Employee of the Bearimy
[Watch the whole series (again) on Netflix.]

Films

Agatha and the Midnight Murders (2020)
[#256 in 100 Films in a Year 2020]

TV

Baptiste
1x05 Lucy
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

The Good Place
4x04 Tinker, Tailor, Demon, Spy
[Watch the whole series (again) on Netflix.]

The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
7x07 Episode 7
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]

TV

Baptiste
1x04 Vertrouwen
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Ghosts
1x04 Free Pass [2nd watch]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

The Good Place
4x03 Chillaxing
[Watch the whole series (again) on Netflix.]

The Great British Bake Off
11x07 1980s Week
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]

Richard Osman's House of Games Night
1x03 Episode 3
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]