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I'd say NO. There's nothing new, same old penguins shivering, a polar bear starving to death then miraculously the ice breaks. The odd cub dies, survival of the fittest etc. A few whales hunt a seal.

Save your money

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I suspect that you are like me and find that the boxed sets are excellent value for money, many hours involved so works out resonably priced viewing.

Rosemary

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Think that this will be the next series for us to buy. Sounds very involved and very engrossing.

Rosemary

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Indian Hill Railways was (as the name suggests, funnily enough!:)) a documentary series about some of the narrow gauge railway lines built during the days of the British Raj in India which run to places like Darjeeling and Shimla, and about the people who work and travel on them. It was really well done, and there were some memorable characters on it such as the widow who worked as a railway porter (carrying a stack of suitcases on her head) and succeeded in getting a place at a top private school for her son, and an old chap of over 90 who had been a porter and still working as a kind of domestic servant for a stationmaster. I found it fascinating and friends I recommended it to also enjoyed it.

There was also a v. good series a while back called Chinese School - when you watched it you could understand why they seem to be taking over the world now!

I like programmes like that about other countries and people's lives, they may only gloss over things but a lot more interesting than most of the dross that's on!

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Did you see The West Wing when that was originally shown? If not I would recommend the boxed set, I think there were about 4 series. Martin Sheen played a US President and the programme revolved around his family and staff and the way they handled events during his time in the White House. I really liked it, but anyone who isn't interested in politics might not find it so enjoyable!

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West Wing is one of our current favourites.

The reason that I asked you to give me some info on the Indian Hill Railways was to see whether there was "human interest" as well as other factors. i enjoy progs that emphasize the different charactaristics of people rather than just dry facts. Thanks for the info it sounds great, also the Chinese school sounds up my street too.

Thanks again

Rosemary

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There's not much new on TV at all now.

I like all the news channels though, I can see the other side of the stories on channels like Aljazeera tv and Press tv, where George Gallaway has a phone in.

Anyone interested in watching good films or documentaries take a look here

http://fastpasstv.ms/tv/the-vampire-diaries/

Click on channels at the top.

Hope it's ok to post that?

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There are no better wildlife documentary's than what the BBC produce (period)
Frozen Planet is a stunning production that has just the right background music when required, at just the right level so you can still easily hear the wildlife noises.
The camera work/photography is without doubt world class & in many shots a world first & of course the great commentary from David Attenbourgh just makes the whole thing a great pleasure to watch.
Last weeks episode had a remarkable piece about the struggle for survival between a huge Bison (?) and a female wolf & the story was told without the need to show the violent end that was inevitable.

You Tube will no doubt soon have this listed as it does for many past UK programs so that will cost you nothing, as will a dish & receiver to view freesat after the initial purchase.

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Yes I often view these two to get a better view of things & I like watching Max Kieser (press TV) giving the wall street shysters a hard time. :rofl:

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I quite like British comedies, but always placing them in their own time, just as anything. Society has changed enormously, so we cannot really criticize a show for something that was normal at its time. It's actually good to see the changes and differences.

Anyway I prefer comedies such as Black Adder, where the main topic is not the society but a histrionic character per se, in any time.

As per Spanish TV... I never really liked it in general. I get mad at all the stupid "marujeo" (marujas y marujos!) (=gossip) that almost monopolizes the main channels at certain times. I'm actually quite proud of not knowing most of the stupid "famosillos" (= celebrities). Can you really call somebody a celebrity simply because they f***ed somebody else?).

The "concursos" (= game shows) trend is quite normal specially in times of crisis, people try to get extra money. I don't like how little they pay here... "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" paid only €250K or so... "Deal or no Deal" pays something silly too. Game shows are very cheap to make even if the maximum price is won and get a lot of audience, so it's normal that they show everywhere. Have you seen "Ahora Caigo"? It lasts for maybe 2 hours and a half and the maximum price is €100K.

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Mmmm... I would like to say that I actually tried to change the * word to something such as "went to bed with", but unfortunately it seems that I cannot edit or delete it as it's been a while since I wrote it.

Sorry for the out of tone word; those stupid famosillos and all the silly people buying magazines, watching these programs and following their stupidities really get to my nerves. How can anybody pay for their way of living and also criticize them? :blink:

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I'll second that Evamar.

I haven't a clue who the majority of these so-called celebs are and I avoid their crap programmes like the plague, but it worries me that they seem to have such an influence on the daily affairs of so many ppl.
Has the vast majority of the population got such drab meaningless every day lives of their own that they need to hang on to every word and action of such ppl.?

I would never waste money on a newspaper today as they are so full of mindless pointless crap and gossip.
I only need to walk past any news-stand to see vivid headlines in well known tabloids, that some meaningless person I've never even heard of has fallen out with her boyfriend or some such crap.

I mean for Christs sake, who the fek really cares apart from the couple concerned ?
Well in todays sad society it seems that some ppl.do and have little else to occupy their pathetic lives. :confused:

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Yes and it's all about who has had/having a baby as if it's some special talent. And....why do none of them have a pram. It is so lucrative for these Z list that they will marry and breed with anyone to get in Hola or OK mags.

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I haven't the faintest clue about glossy mags or those who buy them, but when I pass news stands and see such pointless meaningless garbage filling the front cover of well known popular daily news-rags then it really worries me about what sort of nation we've become to subscribe in large numbers to such nonsense.

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In response to the original post, On the Buses was, is, and always will be dross. I say that remembering my late FIL was in charge of set production for that and various others at that time.

ISTR Martin Shaw stopped the repeats of the Professionals to further his own career, but that looks so dated and Martin Lewis's facial expressions and lack of acting ability doesnt help either.
Currently I find easy going things like Pie in the Sky, Foyles War, Prime Suspect etc the most enduring but I am getting to remember pieces of dialogue before the actors.

considering the amount of good television and films that have been made in the last 40 years, in the UK as well as the States, with the current run of repeated repeats of repeated repeats uktv is generally looking pretty dire.
Would like to see Between The Lines, starring Neil Pearson, its about 20 years now, but ISTR it would probably be very relevent as a feed in to getting the repeats of Spooks