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Anybody watch sense8 yet on Netflix??? I'm thinking of bingeing the first season.
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I shall be tuning in for The Replacement! Don't think I've watched something referred to as a "psychological thriller" before but I suspect the BBC will do a really good job.

Monday 6th March: Meet the Lords

 

BBC Two at 9:00pm

Genre: Documentary

 

 

Synopsis

 

The Government threatens to trim the Lords' powers if they rebel again and Lord Strathclyde publishes his review into the powers the upper house have to block legislation. Cameras follow Labour peer Alf Dubs as he attempts to push through an amendment to the Immigration Bill to allow unaccompanied refugee children into the country, while Admiral Alan West isn't happy about a public poll that has voted overwhelmingly to name a new polar research ship Boaty McBoatface and raises a question about it.

 

Monday 6th March: Mutiny

 

Channel 4 at 9:00pm

Genre: Challenge Show

Similar to: SAS: Who Dares Wins

 

 

Synopsis

 

Nine men recreate a voyage by William Bligh in 1789, when he and his loyal crewmen crossed 4,000 miles of the Pacific Ocean from Tonga to Timor after being cast adrift from HMS Bounty by mutinying seamen and left for dead. SAS: Who Dares Wins chief instructor Anthony Middleton is in charge of a crew of eight made up of sailors and complete novices, attempting the journey in a replica 23ft open wooden boat, with similar equipment and the same rations of food and water that Bligh's men had.

There's also Broadchurch too but here are two programmes that people may not be as aware of!

 

Meet the Lords is of course very topical at the moment with the Brexit bill currently being debated there and so increasing the number of constitutional questions that surround it once again. It was really interesting last week and should be the same this week!

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Thursday 23rd March: The Red Nose African Convoy

 

BBC One at 9:00pm

Genre: Documentary

 

 

Synopsis

 

Six celebrities set out on a 700km drive across East Africa to deliver crucial supplies that will help Comic Relief projects continue their life-saving health work. Working in pairs, David Baddiel, Hugh Dennis, Reggie Yates, Michaela Coel, Katy Brand and Russell Kane put their driving skills to the test as they brave the infamous Northern Corridor, considered to be one of the world's most dangerous roads to lead a convoy delivering vital supplies across East Africa. Along the way they visit a maternity unit where supplies are scarce, find out about projects to help those with HIV, deliver bicycles to health workers and distribute 3,000 life-saving mosquito nets.

Friday 24th March: Comic Relief/Red Nose Day 2017

 

BBC One at 7:00pm

Genre: Live Entertainment Charity Event

 

 

Synopsis

 

East London's O2 stages the centrepiece of Comic Relief as Lenny Henry, Jonathan Ross, Sally Phillips, Rob Beckett, Romesh Ranganathan, Warwick Davis and Miranda Hart front a night of fundraising fun and games. French and Saunders, Reeves and Mortimer, Matt Berry and Catherine Tate all perform, while Johnny Vegas and Joe Lycett take over the cooking and serving duties at a local pizza restaurant - what could possibly go wrong? James Corden presents an exclusive Car Pool Karaoke from LA with Take That, and the cast of Love Actually fast forward 13 years into `Red Nose Day Actually'. There are also exclusive treats from Mrs Brown, Alan Partridge, Peter Kay and David Walliams, live music by Ed Sheeran, Rag 'N' Bone Man and Emeli Sande, and reports from an array of celebrities on the work being carried out to aid disadvantaged people across the UK and Africa. To donate call 03457 910910.

 

The Red Nose African Convoy was actually a good watch! It was a really good concept in showing you how Comic Relief money is actually helping these different places and made a change to the usual x celebrity pushing themselves to the physical limit.

Tuesday 28th March: Inside No. 9: The 12 Days of Christine

 

BBC Two 10:00pm

Genre: Drama

Similar to: Tales of the Unexpected, The Twilight Zone

 

 

Synopsis

 

Christine Clarke brings a man back to her flat from a New Year's Eve party and her life immediately starts to unravel. Who is the terrifying stranger who keeps appearing in the apartment at night? Darkly comic tale by Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith, starring Sheridan Smith, Tom Riley and Michele Dotrice.

 

The episode originally aired two years ago but is getting a special repeat tonight. It has been highly praised by critics and viewers and is really worth a watch!

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Thursday 30th March: Galapagos

 

BBC One at 9pm

Genre: Nature

Starring: Liz Bonnin

Similar to: Planet Earth II

 

 

Synopsis

 

Liz Bonnin joins a scientific team aboard the research vessel the Alucia on an expedition across the Galapagos Islands. The journey begins on the Galapagos' west side at the youngest and most volcanically active islands in the archipelago, Isabela and Fernandina, which are home to a richly diverse wildlife scene. Here, Liz and the team journey into the clouds above Wolf, the tallest volcano in the Galapagos, where they join a group of biologists hunting for the elusive pink iguana, which teeters on the edge of extinction. But how and why did it come to live on the top of a volcano? Back on the research vessel, Liz boards Alucia's Triton submersible to descend a kilometre into the ocean abyss in search of a new species hiding in the darkness. Liz also travels to one of the most remote locations in the Galapagos, Alcedo Volcano, in search of the largest population of giant tortoises. Plagued by drought, scientists are keen to find out how this prehistoric species has fared.

Friday 31st March: Decline and Fall

 

BBC One at 9pm

Genre: Comedy

Starring: Jack Whitehall, David Suchet, Eva Longoria

 

 

Synopsis

 

Jack Whitehall, David Suchet, Eva Longoria, Tim Pigott-Smith and Douglas Hodge lead an all-star cast in James Wood's adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's comic novel. Oxford University divinity student Paul Pennyfeather is wrongly dismissed for indecent exposure, having been made the victim of a prank. He seeks employment at an obscure public school in Wales, where he encounters the glamorous mother of one of the pupils. For Paul it is love at first sight, but little does he know the surprises that lie ahead of him when he agrees to tutor her son over the summer holidays.

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Decline and Fall looks like the type of niche comedy that belongs on BBC Two, like that Nina comedy-drama with Helena Bonham Carter last year. But quite an interesting cast list :o
I saw Decline and Fall last night. It was OK, but I suspect - as was suggested by one reviewer - I would get more out of reading the book. I was surprised to see John Woodvine in it. I thought he died years ago :lol:
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Now that I'm not distracted by exams etc, a second attempt at making this thread happen :P

 

Saturday 2nd September: The Family Chase

 

ITV at 6pm

Genre: Game Show

Starring: Bradley Walsh, Paul Sinha

 

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Synopsis

 

Spin-off of the popular quiz show, hosted by Bradley Walsh. This edition sees the Bennett family from Hampshire joining forces to try and outsmart one of the country's finest quiz brains - the Chaser.

 

 

Saturday 2nd September: The X Factor

 

ITV at 8pm

Genre: Talent Show

Starring: Simon Cowell, Sharon Osborne, Louis Walsh, Nicole Scherzinger, Dermot O'Leary

 

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Synopsis

 

Dermot O'Leary hosts as the UK's biggest singing competition returns for an exciting fourteenth series. Simon Cowell once again heads up the judging panel, alongside seasoned judges and music industry veterans Sharon Osbourne, Louis Walsh and Nicole Scherzinger. As the first batch of hopeful groups and singers line up for their nerve-racking first auditions, Dermot will be on hand to offer support as always. What weird and wonderful performances await the judges this year?

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