Rolling iPlayer and 4OD and iTVPlayer 2011

Oh, there's a rolling thread? OK.

Just to open with: I managed to get iplayer to install and work on our Wii, and watched the Sister Rosetta Tharpe documentary last night.

Pretty good pic/sound quality too!

rosetta "didn't it rain" tharpe? awesome, i will seek out

Yeah, it ws great.

BBC4 had a repeat of the Iron Maiden Flight 666 documentary on Friday, now on iPlayer. Hugely entertaining and the dedication and intensity of their Latin American fans is wonderful to behold.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00r5ylv/Iron_Maiden_Flight_666/

why is only episode 1 of "episodes" avail?? argh

Are you sure? http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00xxj7r

when i searched via the PS3 search menu only episode 1 came up! hmm.

anyone watching the danish police procedural 'the killing'? pretty good so far

okay that Maiden prog was fab, Bruce is stupidly talented.

Yay

BBC iPlayer apps, coming soon to Android and iPad

The Killing is fantastic telly.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00xg3tn/Gary_Tank_Commander_Series_2_Tank_Goodness/

Gary: Tank Commander - very very Scottish in its appeal, but I watched three episodes of this last night and laughed for a solid hour. I'm a bit late to the party with this one but I couldn't find any mention of it on ilx. I'm not as big on the "sketches" that break up the narrative but the characters are perfect, especially Gary's sister.

Has anyone watched this new SF thing Outcasts?

Yeah, it was not bad, well produced and shot, no embarrassing polystyrene sets or wooden acting. I'm gonna stick with it for a while at least, they've set up a fair few cliffhangers and "i wonder where they're going with this" devices. I'll need some convincing that the characters are interesting or likeable enough for the long haul though.

Looks like they're keeping the sci-fi pretty light. Earth-like planet, near-future technology, no aliens (yet). Obligatory shot of two moons.

It (Outcasts) needs a bit more oomph.

Just watched the first episode, it's certainly intriguing and well-made enough for me to be on board for a few more. Probably partly the presence of Lee Adama, but it very much reminded me of a planet-bound Galactica.

The Killing is fantastic telly.

― Madchen, Tuesday, 8 February 2011 17:49 (2 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

it is! no one else is watching it? i thought scando crime stuff was super popular

Any love for Human Planet? I was a bit put off by the melodramatic music and v/o at first, but this is astonishing stuff. I've watched the first four now, and there hasn't been a sequence yet that hasn't completely gripped me.

YES!

Human Planet is fantastic. And John Hurt so is the perfect narrator for it too. Always looking forward to the behind-the-scenes thing at the end too, it's a valuable addition. Because this series really makes you go "How were they just present when this happened?" "How the hell did they film this shot?"

Will never forget the shot of a tribe deep in the Brazilian rainforest. A plane flew over taking note of where the 70 odd tribes are that have never met other human beings and live in their own world basically. One tribe man ducked down for the plane, it was clearly visible. And hopefully they will never be seen or will see other people again. Staggering.

Always looking forward to the behind-the-scenes thing at the end too

Particularly enjoyed the return of the crazy french balloon man from Planet Earth.

Outcasts still keeping me interested, guessing. Bit unsure tho if some bits, e.g. strange appearing and disappearing radiation, are part of the overall ooooOOOOOoooo mystery or just handwavy type bad writing. As long as they don't go all Lost on us though I'm cool.

cosign on that Human Planet series, incredible images. Reminds me of Baraka.

I saw the Arctic one, which was amazing. I guess I should see the others too!

Particularly enjoyed the return of the crazy french balloon man from Planet Earth.

I love him, and now I am sad that I missed this entire series, and will now spend the rest of the day watching on iPlayer. Thanks, this thread.

Just caught up with The Killing. I'm part way in love with Lund's white jumper. She is so great, even while she inadvertently gets and innocent man beaten up.

waiting for blurays of both of those^

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today

History of Ancient Britain is worth a watch as well, if you can avoid shouting 'GET A HAIRCUT!' at the screen every couple of minutes.

:-)

OTM Chap, and I don't have haircut complaints (prob because I'm sporting the same do somewhat?). I had to get used to his Scottish accent more, or rather his delivery. The first episode of History of Ancient Britain he delivered every sentence as if he was having an orgasm, but that took a turn for the better, and I enjoy learning so many things about Albion I didn't know. Plus, in his defence, he is genuinly passionate about it all.

Tracer, please watch all the other episodes if you can, it's so worth it!

I'm just kidding really, I've had hair that length before. When I was 18. But yeah, his passion is really infectious.

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Very nice, but I don't get it.

Is this the thread for 4OD as well? And iTVPlayer?

sure

I cannot recommend this highly enough -

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-promise/4od

One of the best TV dramas I've ever seen.

Ha, Koogs, i geddit! Had an enormous 'The Killing' splurge over the last couple of weeks. Wasn't all that into it at first, but it has got good. Shoulda had it's own thread maybe?

its ffs

it does iirc

oh no it's for the remake. will do a new one.

A thread for The Killing, aka much-lauded Danish drama "Forbrydelsen"

I get it now I'm not looking at it on my iPhone.

by the way, when i cued up the last episode of The Promise last night on 4oD it was preceded by an incredibly loud, incredibly violent commercial for "bulletstorm", a first-person shooting game for the playstation. way to go, Channel 4. there was probably a piece of metadata on The Promise the said "war" or something, so an algorithm was like "ok, this matches"

it seriously was one of the most off-putting combinations of commercial and content that i have ever witnessed

Twenty Twelve - Bugger me this is lazy and awful, awfully lazy and awfully awful.

yeah it's too bad cause the cast is great. but it's like the office part 1,836,902

not even gonna ask how you managed to get an iplayer connection Ed

Not telling, narc.

Do you have any intel on how comprehensive international iPlayer is going to be?

none whatsoever. I imagine it all depends on what deals get negotiated with STB peeps and cable companies.

The Story of Variety with Michael Grade

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00z1z0g/The_Story_of_Variety_with_Michael_Grade_After_the_War/

Great characters telling great stories, worth watching just for Kardoma the flag man.

My mum just recommended I watch that. I guess I ought to now.

You should always listen to your mum.

RIP Outcasts ;_;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outcasts_(TV_series)#Reception

aye but kevin o'sullivan is obviously a dick who has a questionable grasp of english ('caldavars' is not a word, try 'cultivars'). and the 'lol cheap tinfoil dr who' complaint is lazy bullshit. if nothing else the locations looked fantastic.

lol cheap tinfoil blake's 7

obv it wasn't gonna set the world alight but i wouldn't have minded it trundling on somewhere. bbc one primetime an ambitious timeslot though.

Didn't see any of Outcasts, but was it like Defying Gravity? That was neat and the BBC hid that away in the post-post-Newsnight slot as well.

I thought Outcasts was terrible. I watched all of the first two episodes and I tried really hard to like it because, you know, expensive primetime sci-fi is good. But it was terrible. Sadly the wrong lesson will be learned from this.

expensive primetime sci-fi is good

*cough* The Deep *cough*

Didn't see any of Outcasts, but was it like Defying Gravity? That was neat and the BBC hid that away in the post-post-Newsnight slot as well.

― James Mitchell, Monday, 21 March 2011 03:48 (5 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Was not as good as defying gravity but watchable nonetheless. It was a bit slow moving, somewhat mawkish and cliched but was building some good tension.

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WTF is this blobby bullshit? More importantly why doesn't the timecode roll when you scrub?

re outcasts on wikipedia:
"...Deep down, Carpathia was pure Morecambe." (An allusion to comedic double-act Morcambe and Wise.)

er, no.

istr the guardian becoming fond of it around the same time it got shunted to a later slot on sunday night. i watched it all but it did seem like a bbc version of the duller bits of galactica.

the australians has a version of twenty twelve called 'the games' before the sydney games. i wonder if it was any better...

OK, dammit, Ed and James Mitchell's comments above got me to seek out 'Defying Gravity', which I'm hooked on, even though I know it never gets an ending. Which sucks, because it's really good! If only Outcasts had been even half as good as this.

Missed the beginning of Masterchef last night, waited AN HOUR for it to get to iplayer. Meanwhile other shows including every single local news bulletin that ended more than half an hour later were merryily popping up there. UNACCEPTABLE.

merryily, i tells ya.

You can't go wrong with Peter Gibbons in space.

btw - http://cliqueclack.com/tv/2009/10/29/how-defying-gravity-would-have-progressed-straight-from-the-creator/

BBC 4 is also showing the similarly cancelled and brilliant Rubicon, about foreign policy analysts.

Thank you for that link--I really wish it had got to do all of that on screen, but it's nice to know how it all worked out.

Oh good, there's now a 4od iPad app.

First-rate Icelandic tec thriller Jar City available until 18 May:

Jar City

Before watching this I had no idea that one could obtain a drive-through takeaway of sheep's head. Having seen the main character tucking in to it, I wish I'd remained ignorant tbh.

French film 'Tell No One' on iPlayer - http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00qplfr/Tell_No_One/

people who liked 'All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b011k45f

may also like 'It Felt Like A Kiss'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/adamcurtis/it_felt_like_a_kiss/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b013fbf0/Great_Thinkers_In_Their_Own_Words_The_Culture_Wars/

the analysis/narrative is most politely described as "entry level" and some of the talking heads might be kindly referred to as "a bit bollocks" but the archive footage is a treat if you like seeing Raymond Williams smoking his pipe or listening to F.R. Leavis personally slagging off my entire family. not enough Stuart Hall tho.

Netflix has pulled the trigger on its UK and Ireland launch with a price point of £5.99 and €6.99 for a monthly subscription and the lure of a month's free trial.

The US internet-delivered streaming service is available on a range of devices including all three major games consoles, the iPad and iPhone, Android tablets and phones, LG Blu-ray players and Samsung Smart TVs.

Nice, I will be trying this out to see what the quality is like. I tried Lovefilm streaming offering, but the quality was worse than 10 year old 1CD DivX ;-) rips.

Hmm. They need to up their game a little, I think. I'm not really convinced by the chance to watch Chromophobia or Witless Protection.

Earthflight is amazing. The first ep. is up until Thursday.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b018xsc5/Earthflight_North_America/

I, Regress is a fun radio comedy series about a hypnotherapist written by & starring Matt Berry. Each week he delves into the unconsciousness of a different patient - great trippy setup for a radio show http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/search?q=I%2C%20Regress

Steven Spielberg/Oren Peli thriller series collaboration The River makes its U.S. debut on February 7 on ABC. In a first for producer ABC Studios, the shows will then be available via iTunes in the U.K. 24 hours later.

i disgree with him some of the time but goddamn jonathan meades makes some entertaining documentaries -

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b019m5yy/Jonathan_Meades_on_France_Fragments_of_an_Arbitrary_Encyclopaedia/

anybody watching Inside Men?

i haven't seen episode 2 yet but the first episode was a lot more kitchen sinky than i was expecting, can't decide if i think this tendency of bbc drama is adorably british or just annoying