more 4 tonight

[tophatter]

Tonight on more 4 they are repeating Alan Bleasdales 90's political thriller GBH. To my knowledge this has not been repeated before and it is a great watch with Michael Palin, Robert Lindsay and Lindsey Duncan staring.

Reallly looking forward to watching this again.

[vegyjones]

Is it a film or a series?

I thought it wqas a film and was sorely disappointed that it will continue next Saturday, by which time I'll have forgottenabout it

[tophatter]

It is a series veg. There is quite a few episodes. It has quite an intricate plot and gets beeter as it goes on.

[vegyjones]

Will have to put it on the calender me thinks! I did enjoy the latter half of tonights episode! :)

[tophatter]

I will remind you next week :)

The first episode is just scene-setting really but everything in it is relevant to the plot, especially the flashbacks. It is more than just a story about a strike, thats just introducing the characters. I think if you keep watching it you will enjoy it.

[MattR]

I've never seen that TH, do you know if they are repeating the first episode at all before next week?

[GlosRFC]

Will Derek Hatton be watching it? :D

[tophatter]

I remember when it was first shown and it was said by many people it was based on Derek Hatton. I know people moan about Blair and Co. but at least the like of Hatton are no longer in politics.

[tophatter]

I remember when it was first shown and it was said by many people it was based on Derek Hatton. I know people moan about Blair and Co. but at least the like of Hatton are no longer in politics.

[tophatter]

I've never seen that TH, do you know if they are repeating the first episode at all before next week?

I would think their is a fair chance Matt. I will have a look and tell you if they are repeating.

[bigcumba]

I remember when it was first shown and it was said by many people it was based on Derek Hatton. I know people moan about Blair and Co. but at least the like of Hatton are no longer in politics.

Hell, I remember all that stuff with Hatton and co in the 80's.... as a certain Jim Royle might have said... Socialists my !

GBH is superb, no less than you'd have expected from Alan Bleasdale - brilliant writer!

[frontrunner]

I managed to watch the series first time round and would recommend it to anyone. How about that nervous twitch that Robert Lindsay has where his right arm ends up behind his neck, I'm laughing just thinking about it Ooo :)


Frontrunner

[bigcumba]

Another of Bleasdale's they should show again was the rather controversial 'The Monocled Mutineer'. Great review of it here - plus the story of all the behind the scenes shenanigans the Tories got up to over the it... lest ye forget... :)

http://www.offthetelly.co.uk/drama/b...e/mutineer.htm

[bigcumba]

ANother very well written article about Percy Topliss

http://news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?...3&id=617892005

[tophatter]

yeah the monocled mutineer is brilliant. As was Boys from the blackstuff. The thing with Bleasedale is you get drama that means something and often very good humour too. Everyone I have ever watched that has been written from him has been crafted skilfuly and also casted so well too. If I remember right he also wrote Scully a comedy drama about a Liverpool mad teenager,

[tophatter]

I managed to watch the series first time round and would recommend it to anyone. How about that nervous twitch that Robert Lindsay has where his right arm ends up behind his neck, I'm laughing just thinking about it Ooo :)


Frontrunner

yeah that was brilliant especially as he is suffering badly during a stay at his hotel which also just happens to be hosting a DR. Who convention that night. Then there is also Michael Palins sleepwalking antics. I really love this series I cant believe its took them so long to repeat it.

[tophatter]

Veg, Dont forget GBH is on tonight.

[tophatter]

and there is a programme about Spike Milligan before it which should be worth a watch :)

[MattR]

yeah the monocled mutineer is brilliant. As was Boys from the blackstuff. The thing with Bleasedale is you get drama that means something and often very good humour too. Everyone I have ever watched that has been written from him has been crafted skilfuly and also casted so well too. If I remember right he also wrote Scully a comedy drama about a Liverpool mad teenager,

I remember Scully TH. I used to really like that. Boys from the Blackstuff was great too with the immortal Yosser Hughes!

[vegyjones]

I missed it tonight after a horrid trip to Harlow which I shall rant about later!

[tophatter]

If you have sky+ or a video its repeated later tonight at 2.55am

[sparkyminer]

Yosser Hughes!

Gis a job. I can do that!:D

[tophatter]

I have boys from the Blackstuff on DVD.

It also has the original play which was simply called the blackstuff and the series was a spin off from that. Yosser Hughes was the main man in the blackstuff and was not messed up then. It all goes wrong and they get ripped off by some gypsies. At the end if I remember right he does his first headbutt. The boys from the blackstuff is all about how the lads cope when they lose their jobs tarmacking and each episodes concentrates on the lads on an individual basis with the others popping into the story each week.

[vegyjones]

Watching tonight's episode.

Did I miss anything important from last week,
that will affect tonights or future episodes?

I gather they are getting together outside his scholl everyday now?

[tophatter]

The main thing you missed last week is his left wing revolutionary friends told him they wanted to stir up racial problems to lead to the conditions required for anarchy and he told them no way. They then mentioned Eileen Critchley (his schoolfriend) and he buckled.

Basically its three different stories. The teachers story, Michael Murray the boy, and Michael Murray the man and they all link together.

[tophatter]

He also met his new posh bird at the hotel - Barbara. As you may have gathered she is not what she seems.