Xpost I think the problem with that is BBC4 shares the bandwidth with CBeebies. There’d be riots on the streets if parents couldn’t leave their kids stuck in front of Peppa Pig at this time.
― Dan Worsley, Saturday, 21 March 2020 10:08 (four years ago) link
showing nothing but classic old black & white British films.
We've got Talking Pictures for that - and there aren't that many good old black & white British films anyway.
― God gave toilets rolls to you, gave toilet rolls to you (Tom D.), Saturday, 21 March 2020 10:23 (four years ago) link
:o
― mark s, Saturday, 21 March 2020 10:41 (four years ago) link
I've inherited my mother's dislike of the British - or English, as she called them - films of her youth tbh.
― God gave toilets rolls to you, gave toilet rolls to you (Tom D.), Saturday, 21 March 2020 10:47 (four years ago) link
*john laurie's ghost weeps*
― mark s, Saturday, 21 March 2020 10:48 (four years ago) link
He's on Talking Pictures every day!
― God gave toilets rolls to you, gave toilet rolls to you (Tom D.), Saturday, 21 March 2020 10:49 (four years ago) link
now i want to watch "bees on the boat-deck" (1939 tv drama)
― mark s, Saturday, 21 March 2020 10:51 (four years ago) link
"old films" good, "old Mr Cholmondley-Warner films" bad but thanks Dan for explaining why BBC4 has those weird hours
― I can't pay no doctor bill, but Whitey's on the McAloon (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 21 March 2020 10:53 (four years ago) link
(xp) A 'TV movie' - from 1939!
― God gave toilets rolls to you, gave toilet rolls to you (Tom D.), Saturday, 21 March 2020 10:54 (four years ago) link
i'd happily watch old movies from almost anywhere rather than rolling quota quickies tbh
― I can't pay no doctor bill, but Whitey's on the McAloon (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 21 March 2020 10:55 (four years ago) link
Peppa fucking Pig isn’t on CBeebies! I know the whole point of this thread is to rag on the bbc but that’s going too far.
― JimD, Saturday, 21 March 2020 10:57 (four years ago) link
BBC plans include more educational stuff for kids during the day, given that they are all off school. There's a lot on the web as well, always has been, but a lot of it is still in flash and hard to play (but that's being worked on)
Also more box sets and stuff available for longer.
Tony was talking about it on the radio the other day.
― koogs, Saturday, 21 March 2020 11:25 (four years ago) link
Xpost you can tell I’m not one of CBeebies core demographic.
― Dan Worsley, Saturday, 21 March 2020 11:53 (four years ago) link
the educational broadcasts begin 20 April, divvied up by age groupYes tons of stuff already on BBC Teach, Bitesize, Tiny Happy People (ugh) and moreI listened to last night’s Coronavirus Newscast (formerly Brexitcast) and I gotta say it was very good. no Laura K providing most of the basis for that granted.
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 21 March 2020 12:13 (four years ago) link
(Tracer, are you BC5?)
― koogs, Saturday, 21 March 2020 12:20 (four years ago) link
NBH but now WFH :)
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 21 March 2020 12:42 (four years ago) link
(ah, ok. Your insider sounds knowledge made me think you were in bc5 because there's a big team over there. I'm on the team that'll be transcoding the bitesize flash video into something more modern - we've done 10s of thousands of clips already, but bitesize were a low priority, before Wednesday...)
― koogs, Saturday, 21 March 2020 12:53 (four years ago) link
(And I think we've met a couple of times irl, at the swimmer fap before a clientele gig when fortunate hazel was over? The Lexington perhaps?)
― koogs, Saturday, 21 March 2020 12:55 (four years ago) link
YES! We did! That was..... wow quite some time ago. We should fix that.... at er, some point!Funny how all this low-priority stuff like, you know, education, basic salaries, the NHS, “suddenly” becomes important
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 21 March 2020 13:01 (four years ago) link
BBC WS obit of Kenny Rogers: ".. he was known for such hits as Coward of the Century"
― calzino, Saturday, 21 March 2020 13:27 (four years ago) link
LOL. Lots of possible nominations for that title tbh.
― Bridge Over Thorley Waters (Tom D.), Saturday, 21 March 2020 13:39 (four years ago) link
I don't know what Talking Pictures is, unless you mean a BBC programme that's on on Saturday afternoons sometimes.
The thread then became too technical for me.
― the pinefox, Saturday, 21 March 2020 13:50 (four years ago) link
Channel 81 on Freeview. Mostly old, terrible British movies with the occasional cracker.
― Bridge Over Thorley Waters (Tom D.), Saturday, 21 March 2020 14:02 (four years ago) link
Also some British TV shows from the 60s/70s like the genuinely entertaining Human Jungle with Herbert Lom.
― Bridge Over Thorley Waters (Tom D.), Saturday, 21 March 2020 14:03 (four years ago) link
https://talkingpicturestv.co.uk/
TV channel dedicated to old, mainly British, films and TV. Available on Freeview, Youview, Sky, Virgin etc
― Dan Worsley, Saturday, 21 March 2020 14:03 (four years ago) link
xpost to Tom D
― Dan Worsley, Saturday, 21 March 2020 14:04 (four years ago) link
Today's highlights:
Selected highlights 21-March #TPTV10:25 THE LARGE ROPE (1953)11:50 CARLTON BROWN OF THE F.O. (1959)13:40 NEUTRAL PORT (1940) Premiere15:30 THE BLACK ROSE (1950)17:50 ABOVE US THE WAVES (1955)19:50 TURN THE KEY SOFTLY (1953) Premiere21:30 THE SEEKERS (1954) Premiere pic.twitter.com/l6DezV1syr— Talking Pictures TV (@TalkingPicsTV) March 20, 2020
― Dan Worsley, Saturday, 21 March 2020 14:05 (four years ago) link
bees on the boat-deck conspicuous by its absence
― mark s, Saturday, 21 March 2020 14:14 (four years ago) link
I need to investigate some of these channels. Maybe more films are on that I realise.
― the pinefox, Saturday, 21 March 2020 15:34 (four years ago) link
(I don't have anything more advanced that Freeview or Freesat.)
... Channel 81, Freeview.
If you're into spaghetti westerns and are an early riser I noticed recently that Channel 40 seems to show (usually pretty bad) spag westerns every morning.
― Bridge Over Thorley Waters (Tom D.), Saturday, 21 March 2020 15:37 (four years ago) link
It's channel 81 on Freeview assuming your tuning is up to date. It's one of the half dozen channels I always check if I'm looking for something that might be watchable. The quality of the movies is wildly variable but there's a lot on there that you don't see anywhere else.
― I can't pay no doctor bill, but Whitey's on the McAloon (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 21 March 2020 15:38 (four years ago) link
Ah sorry Tom beat me to it.
― I can't pay no doctor bill, but Whitey's on the McAloon (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 21 March 2020 15:39 (four years ago) link
There are multiple other movie channels that show good things from time to time. You know about London Live and Film 4 obv, but there's also Sony Movies (32, modern stuff), Sony Movies Action (40, war films), Sony movies classic (50, showing African Queen and Big Heat later today). Horror Channel (70) often has decent films on too, along with a lot of terrible ones.
― koogs, Saturday, 21 March 2020 16:28 (four years ago) link
These elderly people would have just died anyway | me for the BBC news website pic.twitter.com/LhGNopAC4X— Je téléphone à la police (@je_police) March 21, 2020
― calzino, Saturday, 21 March 2020 17:03 (four years ago) link
I complained to the BBC about that god-awful "trad wives" thing they ran on the website a month or so ago. Here's the response I got- cheers!
We’re contacting you to apologise that we were unable to reply to the complaint you made earlier this year to the BBC. We regret that we could not provide you with our usual level of service.This happened after large numbers of complaints were submitted to the BBC at the end of last year and we were unable to reply to everyone within our normal time periods. We would like to reassure you however that we circulated your complaint to the production team and BBC management the following morning, so they were aware of yours and the other overnight feedback the next day.
This happened after large numbers of complaints were submitted to the BBC at the end of last year and we were unable to reply to everyone within our normal time periods. We would like to reassure you however that we circulated your complaint to the production team and BBC management the following morning, so they were aware of yours and the other overnight feedback the next day.
― Neil S, Saturday, 21 March 2020 17:10 (four years ago) link
Thanks for the film channel recommendations.
I note that others know channels by their numbers. I don't know the number of any channels or have a reliable spatial sense in my head of where they are in relation to each other. I imagine BBC1 as the start and then I press a button and it scrolls down (but it's hard to get the right button sometimes) in a not entirely logical way. Film4 is several pages later for some reason.
Perhaps one can find a channel just by pressing the number in somehow? I could try that but I doubt that I would remember the numbers.
― the pinefox, Saturday, 21 March 2020 17:48 (four years ago) link
You could always use the on screen guide to see what films are on if remembering numbers is difficult.
― Dan Worsley, Saturday, 21 March 2020 18:02 (four years ago) link
i usually just page down the guide. some numbers i remember because i watch them a lot and because paging down a dozen times to get to TalkingPictures is a ballache.
― koogs, Saturday, 21 March 2020 21:25 (four years ago) link
I have found that I can get Sony Movies and watched 3:10 TO YUMA (2007) again that way last night.
― the pinefox, Monday, 23 March 2020 08:50 (four years ago) link
Just add your favourite channels to your, uh, favourites list and scroll through that instead.
― the grateful dead can dance (anagram), Monday, 23 March 2020 09:19 (four years ago) link
Watched the original of 310 on Criterion Channel this week, so good.
Re: movies, we’ve been watching criterion from the UK - you need a vpn to sign up but it doesn’t check your region once you’re streaming
― Chuck_Tatum, Monday, 23 March 2020 10:37 (four years ago) link
(So you only need to use the vpn once)
I don't have a favourites list. Unfamiliar with how these things work. Have never found digital TVs very easy.
― the pinefox, Monday, 23 March 2020 11:55 (four years ago) link
Agree with Chuck Tatum -- I think that the 1957 3:10 TO YUMA is tremendous and having watched the remake again last night, I now think that the original is probably better (I was unsure before).
― the pinefox, Monday, 23 March 2020 11:56 (four years ago) link
R4 playing culture war against "wokeness" programming (presented by Helen Lewis) during the worst UK public health crisis in a century.
― calzino, Monday, 23 March 2020 21:13 (four years ago) link
It's always good to vent our irritation with Helen Lewis.
― the pinefox, Tuesday, 24 March 2020 11:33 (four years ago) link
I know this is BBC thread, but Sony Movies channels turn out to be an incredible find.
Sunday: 3:10 TO YUMAMonday: MOON followed by BLADE RUNNER 2049Wednesday: SATURDAY NIGHT & SUNDAY MORNING followed by A TASTE OF HONEY !!
I can't resist this!
― the pinefox, Tuesday, 24 March 2020 11:34 (four years ago) link
they used to have very long annoying ad breaks but i've noticed that seems to have calmed down a bit
― Two Gentlemen with the Rona (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 24 March 2020 11:39 (four years ago) link
Freeview thread might be better for this stuff
Freeview Boxes : Classic or Dud?
― koogs, Tuesday, 24 March 2020 12:34 (four years ago) link