programmes to watch

I've been watching this on bbc2 Tuesday at 8.pm
This isn't from last night

 

I have just been watching the first series of Fleebag..........it’s disgusting but I love it.
The comedy is such that they don’t actually show the naughty bits it’s just planted in our minds.
All clever stuff ,specially if you are a “fleebagger like me.

Don’t watch if you are easily offended......

 

I don't watch many comedies anymore, but that woman help with Killing Eve and that was great, sorry can never remember names.

 

BBC 2 The Repair Shop.

This tends to be a bit hit and miss. Some stuff really wants binning. There's only so much "sentimental value," I can take. Some of the stuffed toys repaired seem really a waste of time.
When they belong to someone in their seventies, repaired, they will hardly play with them will they? They'll just end up on a shelf. But as a programme it can squeeze out a lot of emotion ....as intended.

Now the guy who does the clocks and the woman who restores paintings are always worth following. There's a real purpose in what they achieve.


Last night they restored a 1957 Wurlitzer jukebox with some "help" from a "jukebox engineer." Apparently, this hadn't worked for three decades.
He did a good job on the mechanics, which are pretty straight forward. But he didn't do anything with the amplifier. Took it out and put it back in.
After this length of time, it would have needed considerable work.
For this they'd need a workshop manual, which are still available. I've got them for mine.

It would need a complete "re-cap," changing the electrolytic capacitors and any other components which were outside the required tolerances, it probably would have been worth changing the valves. The speakers too, would likely have needed re-coning after 60 years.

The end result was as good visibly, as you could get, without a lot of re-chroming of the metal parts.
With this programme, it's "looks which are important."

But audibly, it was terrible. These things were cutting edge hi-fi stereo, using a powerful amplifier, two twelve inch bass speakers and a couple of 8" tweeters. A fully restored one would have sounded fantastic. They were designed to, they were expected to be heard in a busy bar or diner, so as to attract more customers, as their principle function was to make money, seeing as how they cost the same as a small car. Even at low volume there's good bass and treble separation.

This one sounded like an old wind up gramophone. Really!

Here's an example of the same model that someone has restored and put on YouTube, using a digital camera. The BBC would be using far better sound recording equipment than this.



What does Jay Blades in his daft hat do? Apart from standing in front of the camera wearing an unnecessary expensive leather overall?

Still the jukebox as it is, would be worth around £5,000.

So the owner would be well pleased to have it done for nothing.

 

Just watched the big hospital experiment from yesterday BBC 2.

It's good.

 

Probably said this before. I don't watch all that much TV. I like to keep up with the news. The if I had the time, I could no doubt pass away the days watching the natural programs. I like to be entertained and educated at the same time. Very seldom watch gardening programs. I can watch time and again, series such as John Deed. Morse. New Tricks. That element of law still attracts me. Hospital dramas, are much of a muchness. Perhaps the old Carry on series were entertaining at the time. Todays hospital dramas are more about staff conflicts and the familiar giggles etc from behind the screens, with nurse Petite Boobs and Dr. Randy Handy. Although that series,'Embarrassing Bodies' was frowned upon by some. I thought it was good. The Doctors spoke quite naturally and IMO put patients at ease.

IMO there are too many Bargain Hunt type programs and these stupid Skip Raiders and make something out of scrap. Then weather forecasts. During the News, over to the weather forecast. Five minutes later in BBC London News etc. Another weather forecast.

Then the way sport takes over. I won't go there.

 

@Doghouse Riley your video almost sounds like the real thing. I don't watch those programmes but people want things done for nothing.

 

This is one of the best series I've watched in a long time. About a chap whose wife dies from breast cancer who becomes very bitter. Bit of a spoiler alert for this scene, but Penelope Wilton's acting just blew me away, it's just so natural! Cried when I watched it the first time and cried again when I re-watched this clip...



Nick

 

Watched the Capture on BBC one
It's very good

 

Tried to watch the dog house on ch.4
But made me upset when a owner wanted to rehome their dog and looking at the dogs face when they left him/her there. I was nearly in tears.

 

Just watched the second episode of this and it's getting better.

 

Can watch this on iplayer now.

 

Just got round to watching this, it's on a Sunday BBC
It's good

 

Hi,

Last week Bron and I caught an episode of "The wonderful world of crafting"

The Wonderful World Of Crafting - Channel 5

We found it both entertaining and very interesting so we hope the rest of the series proves as good; we've watched similar series previously where they start off very well indeed then run out of steam.

it's rare to see a modern TV program where there's no swearing; violence or nastiness.

Kind regards, Colin.

 

That looks good Colin, I used to watch the great british sewing bee.