TV

Agatha Christie's Seven Dials
Part 1 Bundle of Love
Part 2 Battle Commences
Part 3 The Finger Points [finale]

The latest Christie adaptation, this time on Netflix. Apparently reviews have been mixed, but I thought it was rather good overall, with several neat twists in the final episode.

Video Games

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition

Set out to do something specific today... then got distracted on the way, to the tune of over an hour's playtime. But where I left off, that's where I'd intended to get to — so, next time.

Ah, good old Skyrim.

Tabletop Games

Good Puppers!
A couple more rounds of this. Beginning to get the hang of it, I think.

The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Trick-Taking Game
The sequel's out now — need to get ahold of that.

this week on 100Films.co.uk

A trio of posts kicked off my 100 Films in a Year Challenge on 100Films.co.uk at the start of this week.

First, the overview of the structure for 2026's challenge — which is also my 20th time doing all this:





Then, two posts outlining specific 12-film categories. First up, Blindspot:





Finally, what this year I'm calling "What Do You Mean You Haven’t Seen All the Best Sci-fi, Action, Adventure, Mystery, and Thriller Films?"





Now that 2025 is wrapped up and 2026 is begun, will there be anything to report next Sunday? Probably not. But you never know.

TV

Never Mind the Buzzcocks
33x06 Does 90s Pop

Richard Osman's House of Games
8x93 Champions Week 1: Wednesday
8x94 Champions Week 1: Thursday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Slow Horses
5x05 Circus
5x06 Scars [season finale]

Video Games

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition

Collection Count

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

I thought some more stuff would turn up this week (I placed an order in the All the Anime sale back in December, but they're doing a terrible job of catching up on those), but nope, not a sausage.

Number of titles in collection: 3,655 [no change]
Of which DVDs: 977 [no change]
Of which Blu-rays: 2,678 [no change]
— of which Ultra HD Blu-rays: 498 [no change]

Number of discs in collection: 8,782 [no change]
Number of films: 4,691 [no change]
Number of additional cuts: 481 [no change]
Number of TV episodes: 10,188 [no change]
Number of short films: 1,280 [no change]

See you next week, faithful reader.

TV

Never Mind the Buzzcocks
33x05 Episode 5

Richard Osman's House of Games
8x91 Champions Week 1: Monday
8x92 Champions Week 1: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Slow Horses
5x03 Tall Tales
5x04 Missiles

TV

Richard Osman's House of Games
8x89 Week 18: Thursday
8x90 Week 18: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Tabletop Games

Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle
Game 7 (of 7)

When we played this 'level' with the Charms and Potions Expansion stuff the other day, we actually only included about half the villains, because there are so many now. So this was the other half.

Video Games

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition

TV

Richard Osman's House of Games
8x86 Week 18: Monday
8x87 Week 18: Tuesday
8x88 Week 18: Wednesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Slow Horses
5x02 Incommunicado

Video Games

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition

I feel like I've been doing a lot of faffing about lately — I've done a couple of dungeons, sure, but a lot of general exploring, house stuff, crafting... Almost killing time for the sake of it, because I couldn't decide what to do (there's already a pile of quests in my journal, plus multiple major and minor places I've still not visited... and there's always the main story, of course). So today I... just got on with some actual stuff. Did a quest; carried on to a proper new location. It made almost 2 hours of playtime absolutely fly by, and I could've done a lot more; kept going for a lot longer. This is why I fell in love with the game, not doing random nothing for the sake of it. So, I really should do more of that going forward!

Tabletop Games

Good Puppers!

I backed the sequel to this on Kickstarter last May, but it only just came through — along with a copy of the first game, so I thought we'd start there. It seems fun, though also like the kind of thing you have to play a few times to really get its rhythm and tactics.

TV

Leverage: Redemption
1x09 The Bucket Job
If I’d known this was a Christmas episode, I would’ve chosen to watch it a couple of weeks ago!

Richard Osman's House of Games
8x83 Redemption Week 2: Wednesday
8x84 Redemption Week 2: Thursday
8x85 Redemption Week 2: Friday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Video Games

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition

TV

Richard Osman's House of Games
8x81 Redemption Week 2: Monday
8x82 Redemption Week 2: Tuesday
[Watch various episodes (again) on iPlayer.]

Slow Horses
5x01 Bad Dates

Video Games

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition

TV

Not Going Out
14x06 Hotel Room [season finale]
[Watch it (again) on iPlayer.]

Tabletop Games

Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle
Game 7 (of 7)

Now with all the extra stuff added by the Charms and Potions Expansion. It certainly took a lot of time and brainpower!