TV

The Goes Wrong Show
2x04 The Cornley Drama Festival Part 1
[Watch it (again and again) on iPlayer.]

Lucifer
6x09 Goodbye, Lucifer
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

Never Mind the Buzzcocks
29x04 Episode 4

Richard Osman's House of Games Night
2x05 Group 2: Week 2
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
8x03 Episode 3
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]

Lucifer
6x08 Save the Devil, Save the World
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

Richard Osman's House of Games
5x25 Week 5: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Richard Osman's House of Games Night
2x04 Group 2: Week 1
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Blankety Blank
1x05 Episode 5
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

The Great British Bake Off
12x03 Bread Week
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]

Lucifer
6x07 My Best Fiend's Wedding
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

TV

The Goes Wrong Show
2x03 There Is No Escape
[Watch it (again and again) on iPlayer.]

Never Mind the Buzzcocks
29x03 Episode 3

Richard Osman's House of Games
5x24 Week 5: Thursday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Richard Osman's House of Games
5x23 Week 5: Wednesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Doctor Who
39x01 Flux, Chapter One: The Halloween Apocalypse
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Richard Osman's House of Games
5x22 Week 5: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Search for Danger (1949)
[#179 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]
The final Falcon film. The series doesn't exactly go out on a high, but it's the best of the three starring John Calvert.

TV

Blankety Blank
1x04 Episode 4
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Richard Osman's House of Games
5x21 Week 5: Monday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Going in Style (2017)
[#178 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Collection Count

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

And this week, we're back in "biggest ever" territory — although it's not quite a record-breaker.

The week started off normally enough, with three new releases arriving on Monday. I say "normal", but I don't think I typically buy that many new releases on any given week (although, as their arrival tends to get spread across Friday–Tuesday nowadays, the impact is normally diluted, so...)

But then I caved to Arrow's Shocktober sale. Try as I might to cut down my order, I went for a whopping 9 titles. Those all arrived this morning... and Arrow threw in one for free, apparently (I don't know if that was a mistake on their end or a deliberate free gift, but it's a title I don't own, so...)

Altogether, that's 13 new titles this week — and every one of them brand-new to my collection, too; no upgrades.

How does that compare to the spate of "biggest week[s] ever" I had in the middle of 2020? It's up there amongst them, but, as I said, not a record-breaker: my biggest-ever increase remains in April 2020, when 18 new additions made net +16 increase in titles. And before that, there was a +14 in July 2011. There were a couple of other weeks in March 2020 where I received 13 new titles, but with upgrades and whatnot they came down to +11 or +12 — so you could say this week settles into 3rd place.

Anyway, here are the numbers...

Number of titles in collection: 2,690 [up 13]
Of which DVDs: 1,062 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,628 [up 13]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 129 [up 2]

Number of discs in collection: 6,769 [up 20]
Number of films: 3,144 [up 15]
Number of additional cuts: 233 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 9,115 [no change]
Number of short films: 887 [up 1]

It was also meant to be the monthly running time update this week, put off from last week; but with so many titles arriving just this morning, I just don't have the time today to work it out. Of course, that means the backlog of titles I need to add in is just getting bigger! But hopefully I'll work it out for next week — by which time it'll be the month-and-a-half-ly running time update. Hey-ho.

See you then, faithful reader.

TV

Lucifer
6x06 A Lot Dirtier Than That
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

Never Mind the Buzzcocks
29x02 Episode 2

Richard Osman's House of Games
5x20 Week 4: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Richard Osman's House of Games
5x18 Week 4: Wednesday
5x19 Week 4: Thursday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
8x02 Episode 2
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]

Richard Osman's House of Games
5x17 Week 4: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

The Great British Bake Off
12x02 Biscuit Week
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]

Richard Osman's House of Games
5x16 Week 4: Monday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Blankety Blank
1x03 Episode 3
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Richard Osman's House of Games
5x15 Week 3: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Collection Count

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

Another belated count this week, primarily because it was meant to be the monthly running time update but I haven't had time to work it out. So, that's bumped to next week, and here's just last week's new additions — of which there were five, but three were upgrades.

Number of titles in collection: 2,677 [up 2]
Of which DVDs: 1,062 [down 2]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,615 [up 4]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 127 [up 2]

Number of discs in collection: 6,749 [up 5]
Number of films: 3,129 [up 3]
Number of additional cuts: 232 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 9,115 [no change]
Number of short films: 886 [no change]

See you next week, faithful reader.

TV

Death in Paradise
10x07 Episode 7
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

The Goes Wrong Show
2x02 The Most Lamentable...
[Watch it (again and again) on iPlayer.]

Lucifer
6x05 The Murder of Lucifer Morningstar
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

Richard Osman's House of Games
5x14 Week 3: Thursday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Sylvia Scarlett (1935)
[#177 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

TV

Blankety Blank
1x02 Episode 2
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Grantchester
6x02 Episode 2
[Watch it (again) on the ITV Hub.]

Lucifer
6x04 Pin the Tail on the Daddy
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

Richard Osman's House of Games
5x13 Week 3: Wednesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
8x01 Episode 1
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]

Leverage
3x15 The Big Bang Job
3x16 The San Lorenzo Job [season finale]

Lucifer
6x03 Yabba Dabba Do Me
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

Films

Dune (2021)
[#176 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]
aka Dune: Part One

TV

The Great British Bake Off
12x01 Cake
[Watch it (again) on All 4.]

Lucifer
6x02 Buckets of Baggage
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

Richard Osman's House of Games
5x11 Week 3: Monday
5x12 Week 3: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

The Goes Wrong Show
2x01 Summer Once Again
Nothing else makes me laugh as much as this show. It's so silly and often predictable, and yet utterly hilarious.
[Watch it (again and again) on iPlayer.]

Lucifer
6x01 Nothing Ever Changes Around Here
[Watch it (again) on Netflix.]

Richard Osman's House of Games Night
2x03 Group 1: Final
[Watch House of Games Night (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Leverage
3x14 The Ho Ho Ho Job
Very much a "Christmas special" kinda episode. I probably should've saved it for December.

Richard Osman's House of Games Night
2x01 Group 1: Week 1
2x02 Group 1: Week 2
The first series of House of Games Night was basically "the same, but on in the evening". This time, at least they've tried to make it more obviously different, with a new set, an audience, and distinct rounds. So that's nice.
[Watch House of Games Night (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Capernaum (2018)
[#175 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Films

Everybody's Talking About Jamie (2021)
[2nd watch]

Collection Count

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

A variety of stuff this week, including a new-ish release of a new title (Another Round, which came out a couple of weeks ago — unusual for me: I normally either preorder or leave until a sale), a brand-new release of an archive title (Unbreakable in 4K), a release so new it's not actually out until Monday (The Sabata Trilogy, ordered direct from Eureka), an older limited edition that's been replaced with a regular edition but that I still managed to get at a reasonable price (Eureka's release of Spaghetti Western The Specialists), and a couple of older titles on offer. So that's nice, then.

There's plenty more in the post or due to ship soon (including, unusually, two packages from Australia), so expect these numbers to continue. And, with plenty more exciting releases out before the end of the year, I don't really see it letting up 'til after Christmas.

Number of titles in collection: 2,675 [up 6]
Of which DVDs: 1,064 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,611 [up 6]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 125 [up 1]

Number of discs in collection: 6,744 [up 11]
Number of films: 3,126 [up 8]
Number of additional cuts: 232 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 9,115 [no change]
Number of short films: 886 [no change]

See you next week, faithful reader.

TV

The Graham Norton Show
29x04 (15/10/2021 edition)
With guest Jodie Whittaker and the premiere of the new Doctor Who trailer.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Sherlock Holmes Baffled (1900)
[#174a in 100 Films in a Year 2021]
This 30-second short barely feels worth logging... but I watched it and it's technically a film, so... It's also the first screen appearance by Sherlock Holmes, so it's undoubtedly significant.

TV

Strictly Come Dancing
19x05 Week 3 (aka Movies Week)
19x06 Week 3 Results
[Watch these episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

this week on 100 Films

For the first time in almost five months, 1 new review was published to 100 Films in a Year this week! And it was...


No Time to Die (2021)

Make no mistake: this is an immensely entertaining Bond film... I foresee it settling in as a well-liked entry in the series, and I’m sure it will cement a reputation as the greatest last-Bond-film for any actor... But, on the flipside, it doesn’t quite hit the dizzying heights of Casino Royale or Skyfall. Is that a problem? Nah. Not everything has to be “the greatest ever” to have merit.

Read more here.


Hopefully, more next Sunday.

TV

Have I Got News For You
62x01 (9/10/2021 edition)
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

University Challenge
2020/21 Episode 13
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Collection Count

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

After a busy month, back to a quiet week: just one new addition, a 4K upgrade that doesn't replace my BD copy (because it's in a box set). But I've got loads of stuff on preorder, some of it already in the post, so don't expect it to stay quiet for long.

Number of titles in collection: 2,669 [up 1]
Of which DVDs: 1,064 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,605 [up 1]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 124 [up 1]

Number of discs in collection: 6,733 [up 2]
Number of films: 3,118 [up 1]
Number of additional cuts: 232 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 9,115 [no change]
Number of short films: 886 [no change]

See you next week, faithful reader.

TV

Blankety Blank
1x01 Episode 1
I said there'd be more.
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Richard Osman's House of Games
5x09 Week 2: Thursday
5x10 Week 2: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

A Little Chaos (2014)
[#174 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Raffles (1939)
[#173 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

this month on 100 Films

Still only managing one post each month over at 100 Films in a Year, and here it is...





More next Sunday... or maybe in a few Sundays...

TV

Leverage
3x13 The Morning After Job

Never Mind the Buzzcocks
29x01 Episode 1
Buzzcocks is back, and as good as it ever was — hurrah!

Richard Osman's House of Games
5x07 Week 2: Tuesday
5x08 Week 2: Wednesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Everybody's Talking About Jamie (2021)
[#172 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Collection Count

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

It's not the busiest week of recent times, but it's no slouch either, with five new additions across most categories: there's 3D, 4K, TV, and films all here; stuff I've seen before, and stuff I haven't. There's even a short.

No alternate cut are counted, although there sort of is one: the animation of Doctor Who serial Evil of the Daleks comes in both colour and black & white versions. But I've not quite worked out how to count alternate cuts of TV episodes (which I do have, for things like Doctor Who, Battlestar Galactica, and some anime) so there's no change to that figure.

So, the only thing that's entirely unrepresented this week is DVDs. Not so unusual, that.

Number of titles in collection: 2,668 [up 5]
Of which DVDs: 1,064 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,604 [up 5]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 123 [up 1]

Number of discs in collection: 6,731 [up 8]
Number of films: 3,117 [up 4]
Number of additional cuts: 232 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 9,115 [up 7]
Number of short films: 886 [up 1]

See you next week, faithful reader.

TV

Grantchester
6x01 Episode 1
[Watch it (again) on the ITV Hub.]

Leverage
3x12 The King George Job

Films

Appointment with Death (1988)
[#171 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

TV

Leverage
3x11 The Rashomon Job

Richard Osman's House of Games
5x06 Week 2: Monday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

No Time to Die (2021)
[#170 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Films

Spectre (2015)
[2nd watch]
Rewatchathon 2021 #29. Rewatched (for the first time since the cinema) in readiness for No Time to Die tomorrow.

Collection Count

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

Oops — this is rather late, isn't it? But, as you'll see, it's the third substantial week in a row. In fact, if a parcel from the US had turned up when I expected it to, this would actually have beaten two weeks ago to be the biggest of the month. But it didn't, so it doesn't.

Still, there's six new arrivals (The Thing (1982) 4K set includes The Thing (2011) Blu-ray bundled, so it's a net increase of five) — and, wonder of wonders, one of them's a DVD! That'd be season two of Romanzo Criminale, which has been available on Blu-ray in some countries, but I've never found season one on Blu-ray anywhere, and I already own that on DVD, so I'm just completing the set. It also means that every single stat goes up this week, a real rarity.

And all of that is just in time for the monthly running time update — the main reason I took so long putting this post together. Have these busy weeks led to an uncommonly large leap?

Number of titles in collection: 2,663 [up 6]
Of which DVDs: 1,064 [up 1]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,599 [up 5]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 122 [up 3]

Number of discs in collection: 6,723 [up 18]
Number of films: 3,113 [up 11]
Number of additional cuts: 232 [up 1]
Number of TV episodes: 9,108 [up 10]
Number of short films: 885 [up 11]

Total running time of collection (approx.):
484 days, 21 hours, and 2 minutes.
(Up 2 days, 4 hours, and 23 minutes from last month.)

I'm not sure about all-time, but that's the biggest running time increase since April's.

See you next week, faithful reader.

Films

The Green Knight (2021)
[#169 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Films

Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
[2nd watch] Rewatchathon 2021 #28

Articles

Frances McDormand & Joel Coen Answer All Questions On Eve Of New York Film Festival Opener The Tragedy Of Macbeth
by Mike Fleming Jr (from Deadline)

Macbeth is my favourite Shakespeare, so I'm very much looking forward to this new adaptation. I like the Coen brothers' movies less than most people, but this is something different, and the two leads are great, so I still have expectations. However it turns out, this is an interesting interview about how the project came to be and the motivations behind its artistic choices.

TV

Moriarty the Patriot
1x14 A Scandal in the British Empire Act 3
[Watch it (again) on Funimation.]

TV

Moriarty the Patriot
1x13 A Scandal in the British Empire Act 2
[Watch it (again) on Funimation.]

Films

Scenes with Beans (1976)
[#168a in 100 Films in a Year 2021]
aka Beanfilm

Films

The Current War (2017)
[#168 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

David Lynch: The Art Life (2016)
[#167 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Films

Terje Vigen (1917)
[#166 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Collection Count

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

I said last week would probably be the busiest of September, with one new release and seven sales purchases. And it still is, but I hadn't expected this week to come so close.

That's due to a bulk order from the US arriving super-speedily, plus I didn't realise Black Widow was out on disc this week until last weekend, so that was a last-minute (still-technically-a-)preorder. Throw in another couple of new releases (Early Universal Volume 1, and Days of Heaven from Australia via Amazon UK) and this week's tally is a more-than-respectable seven new additions... although one of them's a BD-to-4K upgrade, so the numbers fall one short of that.

Number of titles in collection: 2,657 [up 6]
Of which DVDs: 1,063 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,594 [up 6]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 119 [up 4]

Number of discs in collection: 6,705 [up 12]
Number of films: 3,102 [up 7]
Number of additional cuts: 231 [up 2]
Number of TV episodes: 9,098 [no change]
Number of short films: 874 [no change]

See you next week, faithful reader.

TV

Moriarty the Patriot
1x12 A Scandal in the British Empire Act 1
[Watch it (again) on Funimation.]

Films

La Dolce Vita (1960)
[#165 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]
Blindspot 2021 #9

Memory: The Origins of Alien (2019)
[#164 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Films

Futureworld (1976)
[#163 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Collection Count

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

Alrighty then, here we go: after a quiet few weeks (whole month, even), things are kicking off. This week's additions feature one new release (which arrived pleasingly early, as it's not due out until the 20th) and a whopping seven sale pickups (all 88 Films releases, mostly gialli). This will probably wind up being the busiest single week of September, but there's plenty more to come overall...

Number of titles in collection: 2,651 [up 8]
Of which DVDs: 1,063 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,588 [up 8]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 115 [no change]

Number of discs in collection: 6,693 [up 9]
Number of films: 3,095 [up 8]
Number of additional cuts: 229 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 9,098 [no change]
Number of short films: 874 [up 2]

See you next week, faithful reader.

TV

Being James Bond
[Watch it (again) as a free rental on Apple TV.]

Films

Daughters of Darkness (1971)
[#162 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

DVD Extras

The Making of The Birth of a Nation
A 24-minute documentary made in 1993 and included on Masters of Cinema's release of the film in question.

Films

The Birth of a Nation (1915)
[#161 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]
Blindspot 2021 #8. After Part One (aka the first half) yesterday, today I watched Part Two (aka the second half).

Films

The Birth of a Nation (1915)
[#161 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]
Blindspot 2021 #8. Only watched the first part (of two), because it's a long film and, frankly, I needed to go to bed. Part Two tomorrow (hopefully).

Also watched one of the Blu-ray's extras: when the film was re-released in 1930, it came with a short introduction and intermission in which director D.W. Griffith chatted to Walter Huston about some of the film's inspiration, and basically tried to excuse its racism. It's an interesting bit of additional context.

this week on 100 Films

Yes, 100 Films in a Year still exists, even if I'm only posting there once a month rght now. But hey, at least there's plenty to enjoy in my regular monthly column...





More next Sunday... maybe...

Films

Boss Level (2021)
[#160 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Three Identical Strangers (2018)
[#159 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Collection Count

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

Shockingly, there's only one addition again this week. Something else that was due has been delayed, and... well, I've got a lot of preorders in for later in the month, so...

Number of titles in collection: 2,643 [up 1]
Of which DVDs: 1,063 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,580 [up 1]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 115 [up 1]

Number of discs in collection: 6,684 [up 2]
Number of films: 3,087 [up 1]
Number of additional cuts: 229 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 9,098 [no change]
Number of short films: 872 [no change]

See you next week, faithful reader.

Films

Bill (2015)
[2nd watch]
Rewatchathon 2021 #27 (as well as just plain ol' 2021 #1)

TV

Richard Osman's House of Games
5x03 Week 1: Wednesday
5x04 Week 1: Thursday
5x05 Week 1: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Appointment with Murder (1948)
[#158 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

TV

Leverage
3x09 The Three-Card Monte Job
3x10 The Underground Job

Richard Osman's House of Games
5x01 Week 1: Monday
5x02 Week 1: Tuesday
Finally, the BBC have started naming the episodes more usefully.
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (2012)
[#157 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

TV

Richard Osman's House of Games
2x25 Episode 25
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Murder in Three Acts (1986)
[#156 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Wuthering Heights (1939)
[#155 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

TV

Leverage
3x08 The Boost Job

Richard Osman's House of Games
2x24 Episode 24
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Dead Man's Folly (1986)
[#154 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

My Man Godfrey (1936)
[#153 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Collection Count

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

Nothing new to add this week, but it is time for the monthly running time update. Well, it was time for that last week, but I didn't manage it; but, with no new titles to add, it's obviously the same this week as it would've been last week. Neat.

Number of titles in collection: 2,642 [no change]
Of which DVDs: 1,063 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,579 [no change]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 114 [no change]

Number of discs in collection: 6,682 [no change]
Number of films: 3,086 [no change]
Number of additional cuts: 229 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 9,098 [no change]
Number of short films: 872 [no change]

Total running time of collection (approx.):
482 days, 16 hours, and 39 minutes.
(Up 1 day, 14 hours, and 28 minutes from last month.)

See you next week, faithful reader.

TV

Leverage
3x07 The Gone Fishin' Job

Richard Osman's House of Games
2x21 Episode 21
2x22 Episode 22
2x23 Episode 23
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

The Time Traveler's Wife (2009)
[#152 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

TV

Baptiste
2x06 Episode 6 [series finale]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Richard Osman's House of Games
2x18 Episode 18
2x19 Episode 19
2x20 Episode 20
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Baptiste
2x05 Episode 5
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Leverage
3x06 The Studio Job

Richard Osman's House of Games
2x16 Episode 16
2x17 Episode 17
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Thirteen at Dinner (1985)
[#151 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

TV

Baptiste
2x04 Episode 4
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Leverage
3x05 The Double Blind Job

Films

Salting the Battlefield (2014)
[#150 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

TV

Baptiste
2x03 Episode 3
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Leverage
3x04 The Scheherazade Job

Richard Osman's House of Games
2x14 Episode 14
2x15 Episode 15
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Baptiste
2x02 Episode 2
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Ghosts
3x01 The Bone Plot
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Leverage
3x03 The Inside Job

Richard Osman's House of Games
2x13 Episode 13
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Love Affair (1939)
[#149 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Collection Count

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

This was supposed to be the monthly running time update, but as I'm clearly not in a position to get that done timelily*, this'll have to do. Running time next week.

Number of titles in collection: 2,642 [no change]
Of which DVDs: 1,063 [down 1]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,579 [up 1]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 114 [no change]

Number of discs in collection: 6,682 [up 1]
Number of films: 3,086 [no change]
Number of additional cuts: 229 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 9,098 [no change]
Number of short films: 872 [no change]

See you next week, faithful reader.

* Although this post will be archived as having been posted on Saturday 21st, I didn't actually post it until Wednesday 25th!

TV

Baptiste
2x01 Episode 1
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Leverage
3x02 The Reunion Job

Richard Osman's House of Games
2x11 Episode 11
2x12 Episode 12
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Six Minutes to Midnight (2020)
[#148 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

TV

Leverage
3x01 The Jailhouse Job

Richard Osman's House of Games
2x05 Episode 5

TV

Moriarty the Patriot
1x10 The Two Detectives Act 1
1x11 The Two Detectives Act 2
[Watch it (again) on Funimation.]

Films

The Kid Detective (2020)
[#147 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Collection Count

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

Just one new addition this week — I finally got round to picking up Sherlock series 4. Did you know that was on over four years ago now? Time flies!

Of course, what this doesn't show is all the stuff I've been preordering — lots of big box sets that will arrive later in the year. They'll get counted for this chart when they arrive, but a lot of them are getting counted by my bank balance right now!

Number of titles in collection: 2,642 [up 1]
Of which DVDs: 1,064 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 1,578 [up 1]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 114 [no change]

Number of discs in collection: 6,681 [up 2]
Number of films: 3,086 [no change]
Number of additional cuts: 229 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 9,098 [up 3]
Number of short films: 872 [no change]

See you next week, faithful reader.

TV

The Wheel
2x02 Episode 2
2x03 Episode 3
[Watch the series (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

Evangelion: 3.0+1.01 Thrice Upon a Time (2021)
[#146 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Films

Evangelion: 2.22 You Can (Not) Advance. (2009/2010)
[3rd watch]
Rewatchathon 2021 #25. I enjoyed this one more on this rewatch...

Evangelion: 3.33 You Can (Not) Redo. (2012/2013)
[2nd watch]
Rewatchathon 2021 #26. I enjoyed this one less, unfortunately. Still, now I'm all ready for the concluding part tomorrow...

Films

Evangelion: 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone. (2007/2009)
[3rd watch]
Rewatchathon 2021 #24. Last time I rewatched this, it was in prep for the imminent release of the third film. Now, same again, but in readiness for the fourth, which is out on Friday via Amazon Prime.

TV

Richard Osman's House of Games
2x04 Episode 4
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

TV

Richard Osman's House of Games
2x02 Episode 2
2x03 Episode 3
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Films

The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
[#145 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]

Tea with Mussolini (1999)
[#144 in 100 Films in a Year 2021]