Rolling iPlayer and other UK TV Streaming 2024 and onwards!

Thought I'd revive this as there are two decent things up right now.

The Way - "a three-part British television series, created by James Graham, Michael Sheen and Adam Curtis, with Sheen directing from a Graham script. The series is set in the 2020s and follows the Driscoll family as they attempt to flee the United Kingdom, which has descended into anti-Welsh civil conflict following riots in Port Talbot." (my bold) - this has the right-wing media absolutely furious for some reason, this is basically why I'm watching it (plus Adam Curtis helped make it, and you really can tell) - I am just half an episode in so far, so probably not time for thoughts yet.

Boarders - "comedy-drama" about five poor black kids being given scholarships to go to a private school, it is dark and unfunny and weird, which is exactly the way I like my comedy, also relentlessly grim picture of private school culture so far.

Both of these are on the BBC.

Anyone else watched/watching 'The Dry' on itv? First series just finished on regular TV and second is up on itvx now. Loved the first series and am a couple of episodes into the 2nd and the standard has been maintained. I think off the back of reading some marian Keyes I was well disposed to some ultra snarky Irish family with a v funny look at a serious topic business. The dad is great and the conversation where he apologies to his surviving son about not being the father he was to him that he managed to be to his deceased son was incredible. Siobhan Cullen is great as Caroline tho my opinion is probably clouded by the fact that I massively fancy her.

We finished the Dry when it was on RTÉ via VPN, seconding the recommendation.

Didn't know there was a new thread.
Anyway not saying which show but was mildly annoyed/amused at a cold open to a new series where the main characters are dropped into a rapidly escalating situation where serious danger looks inevitable and then... awwww it was the old "training exercise" all along! used to be a staple in TV dramas and films!

I'm on Flagging so screwed that up eh, should've been a spoiler tag

I watched all 4 episodes of Douglas Is Cancelled, expecting it to be 'lol @ woke kids' (it is, but it's quite funny in places - "Would you like a list of countries where homosexuality is actually punished by death?” “No” “Why not?” “Because it’s racist”). Instead it became something quite different - I don't know how others felt watching ep3 but the sheer relentless SUFFOCATION of it and urge to GET OUT was pretty heavy on me (I have not been in this situation so it's not that).

It's Stephen Moffat btw, and I did not know until a couple of weeks ago that Moffat had a pilot filmed for a TV Sitcom called "The Office" back in 1996 with Robert Lindsay (and Paul Robinson off Neighbours). You can watch the whole thing if you like.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vUWv86AHMw

all the sport has killed tv recently

lots of the Saturday night foreign series still on iplayer and it's generally good, am currently enjoying the one that just finished, Jana.

Walter Presents on More 4 also. last of those was The Cinderella murder. before that they repeated the whole 30 Astrid in Paris episodes.

Did anyone watch the (weirdly) underhyped Rebus show on iPlayer?

I've only read a couple Rankins but they mostly seemed like cheesey formula fiction: Rebus gets case; Rebus is arsehole and goes off the rails (anger, drink, or both); Rebus gets taken off case; Rebus solves case. I don't think Rankin's a terribly good writer, and Michael Connolly knocks spots off him as a proceduralist.

But the TV show was different - it's still Rebus being an arsehole getting thrown off the case, but instead of a whodunnit, Rebus is just one character in crime drama ensemble - it's Rebus goes Happy Valley.

Anyway -- it wasn't great, but it was very watchable and maybe better than the books? The actor playing Rebus, a guy from Burnistoun, was enjoyably smarmy and moody.

have read the first dozen rebus books and the recent series waiting to watch. haven't bothered with the previous attempts (currently being repeated on drama), maybe i should.