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I've been watching The Protectors, starring Robert Vaughn, Nyree Dawn Porter and Tony Anholt.

Robert Vaughn wasn't happy with the British way of filming where everything stops for tea. Unhappy 
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Just started Series 2 of the excellent The Lazarus Project. A great idea for time travel the likes of which I've not seen, or read, before.
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

The Enfield Poltergeist (4 episodes)

The much publicised and famous 'haunting' of the late seventies has already been made into a drama and now we have a drama documentary. The psychic investigator of the time (Maurice Grosse) amassed over 200 hours of tape recordings of strange noises and goings on at the house in Enfield that surrounded 2 sisters. There were also photos taken and one very striking one in particular seemed to give creedence to the idea that there was supernatural phenomena taking place. The clever thing here is that actors are filmed lip synching the characters words. Creeped me out a bit but doesn't change me from being a 100% sceptic. However have to admire the throughness as they interview the sisters as well as members of Grosse's family, neighbours and other paranormal investigators. 8/10

Hmm, I'd heard about this. However I can't bring myself to watch anything about "real" supernatural events and I would probably mock it throughout as like you I'm a total sceptic too. It does seem quite a bit of effort went into making this though but I could never take it seriously.
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Originally posted by Gentle and Giant Gentle and Giant wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

The Enfield Poltergeist (4 episodes)

The much publicised and famous 'haunting' of the late seventies has already been made into a drama and now we have a drama documentary. The psychic investigator of the time (Maurice Grosse) amassed over 200 hours of tape recordings of strange noises and goings on at the house in Enfield that surrounded 2 sisters. There were also photos taken and one very striking one in particular seemed to give creedence to the idea that there was supernatural phenomena taking place. The clever thing here is that actors are filmed lip synching the characters words. Creeped me out a bit but doesn't change me from being a 100% sceptic. However have to admire the throughness as they interview the sisters as well as members of Grosse's family, neighbours and other paranormal investigators. 8/10

Hmm, I'd heard about this. However I can't bring myself to watch anything about "real" supernatural events and I would probably mock it throughout as like you I'm a total sceptic too. It does seem quite a bit of effort went into making this though but I could never take it seriously.

As much as I'm a sceptic I did enjoy watching it and it's 'fun' to see a case being made and then fall apart on very obvious simple things (for instance they confessed it was a hoax to of all people, Ray Allen a very well known ventriloquist and TV personality of the time and this is mentioned in the documentary). 

I well remember a famous hoax that was coined the 'Cottingley Fairies'. Arthur Conan Doyle was totally taken in by it but eventually the 2 young girls that perpetrated it finally confessed after 60 years that it was a hoax!
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by Gentle and Giant Gentle and Giant wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

The Enfield Poltergeist (4 episodes)

The much publicised and famous 'haunting' of the late seventies has already been made into a drama and now we have a drama documentary. The psychic investigator of the time (Maurice Grosse) amassed over 200 hours of tape recordings of strange noises and goings on at the house in Enfield that surrounded 2 sisters. There were also photos taken and one very striking one in particular seemed to give creedence to the idea that there was supernatural phenomena taking place. The clever thing here is that actors are filmed lip synching the characters words. Creeped me out a bit but doesn't change me from being a 100% sceptic. However have to admire the throughness as they interview the sisters as well as members of Grosse's family, neighbours and other paranormal investigators. 8/10

Hmm, I'd heard about this. However I can't bring myself to watch anything about "real" supernatural events and I would probably mock it throughout as like you I'm a total sceptic too. It does seem quite a bit of effort went into making this though but I could never take it seriously.

As much as I'm a sceptic I did enjoy watching it and it's 'fun' to see a case being made and then fall apart on very obvious simple things (for instance they confessed it was a hoax to of all people, Ray Allen a very well known ventriloquist and TV personality of the time and this is mentioned in the documentary). 

I well remember a famous hoax that was coined the 'Cottingley Fairies'. Arthur Conan Doyle was totally taken in by it but eventually the 2 young girls that perpetrated it finally confessed after 60 years that it was a hoax!

Yes, the fairies one I recall well. All that investigation before being announced as a hoax and no one realised that if the fairies were real and flying their wings would not be solid and still in the photos, rather a blur.

I find this site interesting - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_prizes_for_evidence_of_the_paranormal. It's a list of prizes for evidence of the paranormal. Guess what, non have ever been claimed. James Randi had one running from 1964. He's a hero of mine actually and there is some great information about him and the supernatural on line.
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Just completed season 2 of The Lazarus Project and very enjoyable it was indeed. It's complicated (time travel within time travel etc etc) but weirdly it all makes sense too, which is down to the very tight script. Hopefully another series will happen. Highly recommended 9/10

Also watching I'm a Celebrity...  This season my have some fireworks - hopefully.
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Fear The Walking Dead Season 8 Part One (6 episodes)

Do we need more of this stuff, probably not in truth. This spin off from the main series seems to exist mainly to give British actor Lenny White (''Morgan'') something to do. He's brilliant and has been carrying the show for a while. Thankfully he's still in it so I binged the 6 episodes (and have also watched the 2 episodes of Part Two that are available). It does something though that I don't like , jumps 7 years so Morgan's daughter (also called 'Morgan') can be old enough to be significant. This makes it feel very unreal to me and most of the emotional scenes don't land well because too much story has come and gone. 6/10

Fear The Walking Dead Season 8 Part Two (6 episodes)

Well this thing truly fell off the end of the cliff at the end. Dreadfull! It all felt rushed and at times 'frenetic' with an absolute abject failure by the writers to resolve anything, even going for a desperately contrived ending that wasn't remotely 'real'. Also just to pop whatever is the opposite of the 'cherry on the cake', some truly terrible overacting from a young girl who was doing all sorts of facial mannerisms for no good reason. 3/10 (and that's generous!)
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^ Eww, sounds awful. Is that the end of FTWD then?
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Just finished watching Bodies.
It was ok, a bit overrated, though.
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^ Eww, sounds awful. Is that the end of FTWD then?

Yep. I've not read up on what's happening with the 'specials' (may have to resubscribe to Disney at some point) and not sure that the timelines would work but I wonder if some of the characters could pop up again. Officially though that is the last season of FTWD
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Squaring the Circle. The Story of Hipgnosis.
On Netflix. Amazing. Awesome.
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Just finished watching the second season of "Russian Doll".

Where the first season mainly had a "Groundhog Day" vibe to it the second season is more about time travel, and although it can sometimes be a bit convoluted ( as time travel storylines can be) I enjoyed trying to keep track.

The music is well chosen and if nothing else it is worth hanging out 'til the very end just to be washed over by possibly the best use of prog I can recall in any television series.

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The Couple Next Door 6 episodes

If you fancy a trashy thriller/psychological drama then this is for you. I laughed several times at it's silliness but then that's part of the enjoyment!
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Shetland Season 8 6 episodes

The first season without the great Scotiish actor Douglas Henshall, now replaced by the excellent Ashley Jensen who is probably best known for her roles in Ricky Gervais comedies such as Afterlife and Extras. It gets off to a rocky start as we have to inevitably deal with Jensen's character back story. That slows it down for the first 2 episodes but by episode 3 we are fully up and running. Features Phylis Logan as a particularly cantankerous matriarch harbouring a very dark family secret. Normally I would rate Shetland at least 8/10 but this time has to be a little lower because of the first 2 episodes. 7/10
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The Couple Next Door 6 episodes

If you fancy a trashy thriller/psychological drama then this is for you. I laughed several times at it's silliness but then that's part of the enjoyment!
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My wife and I  got half way through episode 2 and sacked it off - just not our sort of show. Instead started on Loki season 2 which is much more like it.
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Originally posted by Gentle and Giant Gentle and Giant wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

The Couple Next Door 6 episodes

If you fancy a trashy thriller/psychological drama then this is for you. I laughed several times at it's silliness but then that's part of the enjoyment!
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My wife and I  got half way through episode 2 and sacked it off - just not our sort of show. Instead started on Loki season 2 which is much more like it.

LOL yep totally understandable
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Wrapped up season 2 of Loki last night and very enjoyable it was too. I much prefer these 6 episode seasons. Some shows just drag on for the sake of it, whereas Loki was a thrill throughout. 9/10
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Wrapped up season 2 of Loki last night and very enjoyable it was too. I much prefer these 6 episode seasons. Some shows just drag on for the sake of it, whereas Loki was a thrill throughout. 9/10

I agree, I loved that finale!
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