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Post by ahinton on Oct 29, 2013 10:21:42 GMT -5
In what now seems to be the increasingly unlikely event that the quaintly - no, absurdly - named "HS2" project proceeds, it will be a vast waste of time and money and any benefits arising therefrom will be vanishingly small and many years down the line (sorry!) if indeed there are any. The UK coalition government is now trying with some degree of desperation to shift the goalposts of its marketing ploys on this from speed to capacity which, while again absurdly unfounded (and most people will be unable to afford the cost of travel on it anyway), also ignores the fact that it should in fact be called LMS2, i.e. low-to-medium-speed 2, given that trains are already in service elsewhere that exceed the speeds of which these things will be capable in however many years' time it would be before these ones could hope to enter service.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2013 23:58:01 GMT -5
I should perhaps report that we enjoyed watching the opening episode of ' hinterland' last night (7/10) on S4C. Of course, if you don't speak Welsh, it might be sensible to wait for English subtitles on Sunday night (22:00 GMT on Sunday 3 November 2013), although, to be honest, you can often guess what people are saying to one another anyway. S4C - y gwyll I also commend Agatha Christie's ' Poirot' tonight at 20:00 (GMT) on Wednesday 30 October 2013 to everyone reading ' The Third'. ITV - Poirot's Dead Man's Folly filmed at Greenway House in DevonAs for whether we need or want a high speed rail link (HS2) to serve the hinterland beyond the port of London, well, we probably do not actually need it, even if some people may want it. I would be tempted to improve the existing transport infrastructure instead, and create a better telecommunications infrastructure for the rest of the twenty-first century, if only so that people do not have to travel so much around the world for work. Of course, the paradox is that the less we have to travel, the more we seem to travel. I guess that we live in an age of mass migrations! ITV iPlayer - Poirot
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2014 5:35:00 GMT -5
Happy New Year to you all! I trust that all is well with all of you! So wot's on tele in 2014? BBC One (television) - SherlockIt’s one of the most eagerly awaited comebacks in recent television history: the return of the world’s most famous super-sleuth in the BBC’s phenomenally successful small-screen series ' Sherlock'. Two years ago, Sherlock Holmes plunged to his apparent death from a rooftop in ‘ The Reichenbach Fall’, the final episode of the show’s second series. On Sunday 15 December 2013, the mystery of how he survived the fall was supposedly solved for the audience at a preview screening at BFI Southbank of ‘ The Empty Hearse’, the first episode in a new series to be broadcast in the New Year. Such was the demand for the quickly sold-out screening that fans began queuing for standby tickets from 4pm the Friday before. Stars Benedict Cumberbatch (Holmes) and Martin Freeman (Dr Watson) took part in an on-stage Q&A after the screening, along with writer and co-creators Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss, director Jeremy Lovering and producer Sue Vertue. The audience was implored not to divulge the secrets of the new episode before it aired on Wednesday 1 January 2014. Cast members Amanda Abbington, Andrew Scott, Una Stubbs and Louise Brealey and executive producer Beryl Vertue were also in the audience, along with ' Sherlock' aficionado Jonathan Ross and his wife Jane Goldman. BFI - Coming soon – Sherlock: The Empty Hearse Q&AWriting in ' The Daily Telegraph', Michael Hogan asks when Sherlock Holmes is your best man what can possibly go wrong? Matrimony, my dear Watson. The second episode of Sherlock (BBC One) saw Benedict Cumberbatch’s otter-faced detective tackle his toughest challenge yet: delivering the Best Man’s speech on Dr Watson’s wedding day. No easy task for a high-functioning sociopath who’s somewhere on the autistic spectrum and simply does not understand trifling matters like love. Mrs Hudson (the magnificent Una Stubbs), the landlady of 221b Baker Street, found the idea of Sherlock making a speech so hilarious that she emitted a noise like she was “torturing an owl”. Oh, she of little faith. The speech turned out to be a tear-jerking showstopper, albeit a deeply unconventional one. It took up most of the episode, punctuated by stumbles, sarcasm, dropped drinks, flashbacks, digressions and deductions. This was really several stories in one, as our hero recalled cases such as The Hollow Client, The Matchbox Decathlete, The Mayfly Man, The Poison Giant, The Bloody Guardsman and, most amusingly, The Elephant in the Room. Michael concludes his review thus: The Daily Telegraph - Sherlock: The Sign of Three, season 3, episode 2, reviewDue to unprecedented demand from around the world, everyone reading ' The Third' is cordially invited around to watch 'His Last Vow' promptly at 20:30 (GMT) on Sunday 12 January 2014. Sherlock Holmes encounters Charles Augustus Magnussen, the one man he truly hates, through a case of stolen letters. How will he tackle an enemy who specialises in blackmail and knows the personal weakness of every eminent person in the Western world?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 7, 2014 9:49:08 GMT -5
"Otter-faced"!?! Any other examples of this unusual characteristic?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 19, 2014 11:25:43 GMT -5
There are no other examples, Sydney, at least to the best of my knowledge. I sometimes watch too much television, but this is largely because other members of my family tend to switch it on in the evening! One television programme I have been enjoying recently is called ' Line of Duty' on BBC Two. BBC Two (television) - Line of Duty - Series 2 - Episode 6With the final episode of BBC2's cop drama – and the truth – hitting our screens tonight, ' The Guardian' runs through the prime suspects for the police ambush and the murder of Carly Kir. The Guardian - TV and Radio Blog - Line of Duty … so, who did it?It wasn't me, honest, guv'!
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Post by Deleted on Jun 4, 2014 12:03:00 GMT -5
I commend Coast Australia - Tasmania to everyone reading ' The Third' this evening! In the tranquil south-east of Tasmania, Neil Oliver probes Port Arthur's harsh penal history. Brendan Moar examines the dramatic grip of lighthouse life on a remote island. Emma Johnston dives into an underwater battleground to see how science and industry are saving the marine neighbourhood. Neil joins the southern hemisphere's largest wooden boat festival, and Tim Flannery investigates Hobart's long and illustrious role in Antarctic exploration. Finally, Xanthe Mallett delves into the violent history of whaling, and a legacy that helped build a colony.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2014 11:00:55 GMT -5
I commend The Mother Line to everyone reading ' The Third' this evening. When a Palestinian businessman makes Nessa an offer regarding the cabling initiative in the Middle East, Nessa discovers the full cost of her release from captivity eight years ago.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2014 8:44:49 GMT -5
The Middle East is currently in something of a mess. ' The Honourable Woman' follows Nessa Stein who, as a child witnessed the assassination of her father - a Zionist arms procurer. As an adult, inheriting her father’s company, she dramatically inverts its purpose from supplying arms to laying high-spec data cabling networks between Israel and the West Bank. Now in her thirties, her sudden appointment as a life peer, apparently due to her tireless promotion of projects for reconciliation between the Israelis and Palestinians, creates an international political maelstrom. Following the murder of a Palestinian businessman, after he had just been awarded the latest cabling contract, Nessa and her brother Ephra find themselves placed under the scrutiny of both Whitehall and the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). It is then that Nessa is forced to confront not only the true nature of her business empire but of her brother and, ultimately, of herself. Wikipedia - The Honourable WomanSet against the gripping international backdrop of paranoia and espionage, the drama follows one woman’s personal journey to right the wrongs conducted in her past. From the corridors of governmental power, to Whitehall and MI6, Washington and the CIA, to Israel and the Palestinian Territories - the visual backdrop is as stunning and refined as the story that drives it - a tightly plotted international political thriller and a superbly wrought character piece about hope, compromise, guilt and families. BBC Two (television) - The Honourable WomanLast night, the BBC broadcast episode 6 (of 8), 'The Mother Line'. When a Palestinian businessman makes Nessa an offer regarding the cabling initiative in the Middle East, Nessa discovers the full cost of her release from captivity eight years ago. Writing in The Guardian's blog, Gabriel Tate explains what happens! The Guardian - TV and Radio Blog - The Honourable Woman recap: episode six – The Mother LineWell, I don't see much chance of reconciliation in the Middle East, and there may be a sense in which the intimacy between the participants makes peace even less likely. As for any sense of honour, my honour was not yielded, but conquered merely.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 20, 2014 12:58:27 GMT -5
Due to unprecedented demand from around the world, everyone reading ' The Third' is cordially invited to join us for ' The Fall' tonight at 21:00 (GMT). If you cannot make it in person, here it is online: BBC Two - The Fall
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Post by Deleted on Dec 21, 2014 2:02:54 GMT -5
Agatha Christie did it.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2014 14:14:57 GMT -5
When?
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Post by Deleted on Apr 2, 2017 12:29:29 GMT -5
Due to unprecedented demand from around the world, no one from ' The Third' can possibly be invited to watch Line of Duty tonight at 21:00 (BST) on BBC One (television) chez kleines c. I am not sure whether or how you can watch the BBC television programme outside the United Kingdom (UK), but as ever, I commend ' Line of Duty' to everyone reading ' The Third'. Due to unprecedented demand from around the world, however, everyone reading ' The Third' is cordially invited to Line of Duty promptly at 18:15 (BST) on Saturday 8 April 2017 at the BFI & Radio Times Television Festival. BBC One (televison) - Line of Duty
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