tell me the positives!
Sep 24th 2013, 5:16 pm
#76
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Re: tell me the positives!
Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
Correction - if they'd start showing Father Ted and Black Books again, like they did when we first got the channel in 2006, then it'd be perfect.
Granted, I do love me Top Gear but I seem to be the only Brit I know who doesn't think Dr Who is only worth watching if it has Tom Baker in it ...
Granted, I do love me Top Gear but I seem to be the only Brit I know who doesn't think Dr Who is only worth watching if it has Tom Baker in it ...
Sep 24th 2013, 5:19 pm
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Re: tell me the positives!
Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
Correction - if they'd start showing Father Ted and Black Books again, like they did when we first got the channel in 2006, then it'd be perfect.
Granted, I do love me Top Gear but I seem to be the only Brit I know who doesn't think Dr Who is only worth watching if it has Tom Baker in it ...
Granted, I do love me Top Gear but I seem to be the only Brit I know who doesn't think Dr Who is only worth watching if it has Tom Baker in it ...
Sep 24th 2013, 5:22 pm
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Re: tell me the positives!
Originally Posted by kins
No, I'm with you on that...
Originally Posted by Nutek
Tom Baker would be a plus (as would Father Ted, obviously).
Sep 24th 2013, 5:25 pm
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Re: tell me the positives!
Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
Correction - if they'd start showing Father Ted and Black Books again, like they did when we first got the channel in 2006, then it'd be perfect.
Granted, I do love me Top Gear but I seem to be the only Brit I know who doesn't think Dr Who is only worth watching if it has Tom Baker in it ...
Granted, I do love me Top Gear but I seem to be the only Brit I know who doesn't think Dr Who is only worth watching if it has Tom Baker in it ...
They also used to show a lot of Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares on BBCA. I haven't had a chance to watch BBCA in a while so don't know if that's still the case.
Sep 24th 2013, 5:28 pm
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Re: tell me the positives!
Originally Posted by Bink
I love TG too but I appear to have seen every episode multiple times at this point.
They also used to show a lot of Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares on BBCA. I haven't had a chance to watch BBCA in a while so don't know if that's still the case.
They also used to show a lot of Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares on BBCA. I haven't had a chance to watch BBCA in a while so don't know if that's still the case.
Ramsay makes an appearance most days as well.
Perhaps there should be two BBC Americas. One for Americans who like British TV (i.e. the current one) and one actually for Brits, that shows 70s and 80s sitcoms, Open University programs, British movies, cricket and snooker. With half an hour of Testcard F every day.
Sep 24th 2013, 5:37 pm
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Re: tell me the positives!
Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
that shows 70s and 80s sitcoms, Open University programs, British movies, cricket and snooker. With half an hour of Testcard F every day.
Fortunately, Mrs. N. likes a lot of them, especially the sitcoms.
Sep 24th 2013, 5:42 pm
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Re: tell me the positives!
By no stretch of the imagination could US TV come under the heading 'tell me the positives' 
Sep 24th 2013, 5:45 pm
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Re: tell me the positives!
Originally Posted by Nutek
I would happily pay extra for this. I have a large collection of DVDs that are almost all old (70s / 80s) TV shows and I'm adding all the time.
Fortunately, Mrs. N. likes a lot of them, especially the sitcoms.
Fortunately, Mrs. N. likes a lot of them, especially the sitcoms.
Originally Posted by Sally Redux
By no stretch of the imagination could US TV come under the heading 'tell me the positives'
Apart from the crappy news (which I never watch anyway) and endless infomercials though, US TV isn't that bad. Even if I do spend most days watching reruns of Family Guy and Big Bang Theory
Sep 24th 2013, 5:46 pm
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Re: tell me the positives!
Originally Posted by Sally Redux
By no stretch of the imagination could US TV come under the heading 'tell me the positives'
The one that really got me was that BBC News had a commercial break and then came back on for 10 seconds. I thought that the beeb was above that!
Sep 24th 2013, 6:05 pm
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Re: tell me the positives!
Originally Posted by SultanOfSwing
I've got my DVDs from back home, I just haven't bought a region-hackable DVD player yet to play them on.
Samsung C500 is pretty easy to hack and works great, even with wonky dvd's that are pretty scratched.
We got it on sale a while back for a smidge under $30 but you could probably still find it cheap somewhere.
Sep 24th 2013, 6:08 pm
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Re: tell me the positives!
Originally Posted by Bob
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-DVD-C5.../dp/B003ANVQWU
Samsung C500 is pretty easy to hack and works great, even with wonky dvd's that are pretty scratched.
We got it on sale a while back for a smidge under $30 but you could probably still find it cheap somewhere.
Samsung C500 is pretty easy to hack and works great, even with wonky dvd's that are pretty scratched.
We got it on sale a while back for a smidge under $30 but you could probably still find it cheap somewhere.
Sep 24th 2013, 6:10 pm
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Re: tell me the positives!
thats a point, I am bring my large dvd library with me, so if I bring my own UK dvd player with me will it work in the US, do I need a transformer or anything?
Sep 24th 2013, 6:25 pm
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Re: tell me the positives!
Originally Posted by dfrbrowne
thats a point, I am bring my large dvd library with me, so if I bring my own UK dvd player with me will it work in the US, do I need a transformer or anything?
Sep 24th 2013, 6:32 pm
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Re: tell me the positives!
Originally Posted by dfrbrowne
thats a point, I am bring my large dvd library with me, so if I bring my own UK dvd player with me will it work in the US, do I need a transformer or anything?
Sep 24th 2013, 6:32 pm
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Re: tell me the positives!
Originally Posted by Bob
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-DVD-C5.../dp/B003ANVQWU
Samsung C500 is pretty easy to hack and works great, even with wonky dvd's that are pretty scratched.
We got it on sale a while back for a smidge under $30 but you could probably still find it cheap somewhere.
Samsung C500 is pretty easy to hack and works great, even with wonky dvd's that are pretty scratched.
We got it on sale a while back for a smidge under $30 but you could probably still find it cheap somewhere.
