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Quad5point1 13th Feb 2021		TV DeLorean: Back From The Future (2021)	Available on BBC iPlayer for 5 months from 13/02/21
Quad5point1 13th Feb 2021		TV DeLorean: Back From The Future (2021)	Rated 10/10 John Z DeLorean’s extraordinary and doomed attempt to build the sports car of the future in 1980s Northern Ireland is the stuff of legend. A buccaneering American entrepreneur, DeLorean had film star looks, a famous fashion model as a wife and an enormous ego that drove him to rival the giants of the US car industry. Millions of pounds of British tax-payers money later, an unprecedented social experiment where Catholics and Protestants worked side by side in relative harmony in West Belfast ends in a trail of corporate waste, greed, fraud and, incredibly, an FBI cocaine-trafficking sting. Using rare and unseen footage filmed by Oscar winning directors DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, and through colourful news archive documenting his life and career, this is the first in-depth psychological profile of DeLorean, a man who rose from the ghettos of Detroit to build his American dream in war-torn Belfast. A dream that quickly went up in smoke... 7 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Quad5point1 7th Feb 2021		TV Bletchley Park- Code-breaking's Forgotten Genius (2015)	Review Gordon Welchman was one of the original elite codebreakers crucial to the allies defeating the Nazis in World War II. He is the forgotten genius of Bletchley Park. Filmed extensively at Bletchley Park, the centre for codebreaking operations during World War II, this documentary features the abandoned buildings where thousands of people worked tirelessly trying to crack the codes; Hut 6, where Welchman pioneered his groundbreaking work; and the machines that Welchman helped design. Post-war, Welchman moved to the United States to be at the nerve centre of the computer revolution. He was employed by the Mitre Corporation, a US defence contractor, and engaged in top secret work. Recently released top secret documents reveal that the case of Gordon Welchman reached the desk of the British prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, which then led to questions being asked in the House of Commons after Welchman's death. Welchman's legacy continues to this day as Professor John Naughton and former CIA analyst Cynthia Storer reveal how Welchman's pioneering work in the field of traffic analysis led directly to the modern secret surveillance state, and particularly the use of metadata - as revealed by whistleblower Edward Snowden. 8 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Quad5point1 7th Feb 2021		TV Mandy (2020)	Diane Morgan makes some of the funniest things on television at the moment. Cunk on Britain was just brilliant and Mandy is just as funny. Highly recommended
Quad5point1 12th Jan 2021		TV Detectorists (2014 - Now)	Just found THIS and it looks like we might be on for another series :-))
Quad5point1 25th Dec 2020		TV Gerry Rafferty: Right Down The Line (2011)	Review Gerry Rafferty, who died in January 2011, was one of Scotland's best loved singer/songwriters, famous around the world for hits such as Baker Street and Stuck in the Middle With You. This ArtWorks Scotland film, narrated by David Tennant, tells the story of Rafferty's life through his often autobiographical songs and includes contributions from Gerry's daughter Martha and brother Jim, friends and colleagues including Billy Connolly, John Byrne and Joe Egan, admirers such as Tom Robinson and La Roux, and words and music from Rafferty himself. This documentary was first broadcast at 9pm, 29 Aug 2011. Well worth catching if you are in any way a fan of the man and his music. 7 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Quad5point1 22nd Dec 2020		TV Two Doors Down (2016 - Now)	All 4 Series + Extras on BBC iPlayer, Now.
Quad5point1 4th Dec 2020		TV All Creatures Great & Small [2020] (2020 - Now)	1 1 "You've Got to Dream" - 1 September 2020 Newly qualified veterinarian James Herriot travels from his home in Glasgow to the Yorkshire village of Darrowby for a job interview at Siegfried Farnon's practice. Siegfried takes James to his first job treating an abscess in a gelding's hoof. James meets Helen Alderson while treating an injured calf and she urges him to stand up to Siegfried, who will respect him. The locals get James drunk on homebrew and he mixes up a pair of cats while trying to feed them, resulting in Siegfried almost castrating the wrong one. James manages to prove himself after saving the lives of a cow and her calf, leading Siegfried to offer him a permanent job as his assistant. 1 2 "Another Farnon?" - 8 September 2020 James collects Siegfried's younger brother Tristan from the station and they accidentally crash Siegfried's car. Tristan announces that he has graduated from Edinburgh veterinary college and joins the practice. James takes him on his rounds, where he has trouble dealing with a cow suffering with milk fever. He fares better with Mrs Pumphrey and her Pekingese dog Tricki Woo, which leads her to invite him to a party, where he meets Helen's partner Hugh Hulton. Mrs Hall later works out that Tristan has not been honest about his graduation. 1 3 "Andante" - 15 September 2020 Siegfried's application for horse racecourse vet is jeopardised after Hugh, the owner of the surefire race winner and the pride of the village Andante, disputes James' rationale for putting it down. Tristan revels in his new job collecting debts from clients, until he ends up frittering it all away in the pub – and uses his insider knowledge to his advantage in betting on the second favourite to win it back. Mrs. Hall tries to help Helen encourage her younger sister to realise that there is more to life than farming. 1 4 "A Tricki Case" - 22 September 2020 Alongside developing his flourishing relationship with Helen, James is enlisted in helping Mrs. Pumphrey's dog Tricki Woo back to a healthy weight; Tristan, however, takes up the responsibility, determined to earn his keep so Siegfried will fund his forthcoming return to studies – not helped by the dog's sneaky indulging in the expensive foodstuffs given to tide him over while away from home. Mrs. Hall is troubled by the continuous lack of correspondence from her son, while the Farnons pass the buck onto each other in examining a rather ferocious canine. 1 5 "All's Fair" - 29 September 2020 On the day of the Darrowby Fair, James agrees to stand as attending vet, judging the livestock and pet competitions, unaware that it is a taxing and unrewarding assignment. Siegfried, Tristan, and Mrs. Hall all place wagers on when James will resign in exasperation. James experiences pressure from nearly every competitor, and from Helen, anxious for a favourable assessment of her prize bull, in hopes of securing a profitable sale. Siegfried meets an attractive and unattached friend of Mrs. Hall, Dorothy, and despite their mutual attraction, Siegfried still mourns for his recently deceased wife . 1 6 "A Cure for All Ills" - 6 October 2020 James feels guilt over a cow a farmer purchased based on his recommendation, which is now morbidly ill with an abscess, and which he feels powerless to cure. Tristan becomes a zealous advocate for a risky procedure, which Siegfried, as head of the practice, strictly forbids. Tristan manages an overwhelmed surgery as best he can, whilst Siegfried is taken with flu. At James' surprise birthday party, Maggie, the barmaid breaks off her tenuous relationship with Tristan, citing his lack of seriousness. Encouraged by Helen, James flees his birthday party to perform surgery on the morbidly ill cow, assisted by Tristan, which Siegfried reluctantly agrees to after initially attempting to stop it. Later, at the Drover's Arms, Siegfried promotes James to Senior Vet.
Quad5point1 24th Nov 2020		TV All Creatures Great & Small [2020] (2020 - Now)	Review Having watched the original series from start to finish and thoroughly enjoyed it, I approached this new remake with some trepidation, knowing that remakes aren't always successful but this is one that bucks that trend. I really needn't have worried though because the casting is superb and the filming is amazing. I was already a big fan of Samuel West who plays Siegfried in this series and he doesn't disappoint. Nicholas Ralph as James Herriot is pretty good as well. I was disappointed that it didn't come out on blu-ray but maybe sometime in the future when they test the market with a DVD release. If you haven't seen it yet then keep an eye open for it, it doesn't disappoint 4 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Quad5point1 6th Nov 2020		TV Shadows Of Fear (1970 - 1973)	Nod to Paul Vinyl, proper Title Screen from the DVD Box Set added
Quad5point1 28th Aug 2020		TV Nazi Sa Ghaeltacht (2020)	Mostly in the Irish language with English subtitles and a smattering of English conversations as well as German
Quad5point1 27th Aug 2020		TV Lost Home Movies Of Nazi Germany (2019)	Review Recently discovered home movie footage from 1936 offers a unique and powerful insight into what people in Germany were thinking and experiencing. In these pre-war days, Germany was on a high and the Hitler Youth seemed like fun and games, but Nazi control was soon to become an all-pervading force, militarising the nation. The rise of anti-Semitism is explicit and grotesque, shocking even though we now have the knowledge of what happens next. The film follows an infantry division during the invasion of France, fighting their way to Dunkirk, and reveals a new perspective on what the evacuation meant for the average German soldier. On the Eastern Front, a far darker and more visceral journey across the endless Russian steppe and the almost unimaginable horrors unleashed during Operation Barbarossa is captured by a soldier. As well as amateur movie footage, the film charts the progress of the war through the diaries of ordinary Germans, some dizzy with excitement at what Hitler had achieved, others horrified by the effect it was having on their friends and families. Christmas in Germany 1941 is an unsettling time. Food is scarce, the weather is freezing and news from the front line in Russia is causing Germans to realise the war is a very long way from over. The stage is set for the second half of the conflict. Through the home movies and diaries of ordinary Germans, this film charts Hitler’s dreams crumbling and the moral reckoning the German people must now face. It reveals the stories of people battling to save their families from deportation to the death camps, while others endure the horrors of ever more deadly bombing raids, all set against a backdrop of propaganda and false hope pouring forth from Nazi high command. In Russia we meet a German doctor who throws himself into the firing line at every opportunity, not to win glory but to save his wife and three young children from deportation to the death camps in the east, while in Dresden a Jewish diary writer struggles to deal with ever-mounting restrictions and deportations. We also meet some of those forced to live under German rule, including extraordinary footage of a group of Jews living in hiding just a mile from Anne Frank, and a family in Normandy enjoying a bucolic summer before they find themselves on the front line when the Allies take on the German troops on the Atlantic Wall. The film then moves to the endgame of the war, the choices faced as the net tightened and the crazy efforts to fight to the bitter end even as all hope is gone. 6 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?
Quad5point1 24th Aug 2020		TV Rise Of The Nazis (2019)	First broadcast 2/09/2019
Quad5point1 20th Jun 2020		TV Albert's Clock (2004)	Link to a short clip on the BBC website can be found HERE
Quad5point1 28th Apr 2020		TV The Adventure Game (1980 - 1986)	Nod to nboldock, sharper / brighter title screen from DVD added
Quad5point1 29th Nov 2019		TV I'm Alan Partridge (1997 - 2002)	Nod to shnozzle, i've added a full size, clearer image from the DVD
Quad5point1 14th Nov 2019		TV Transatlantic Sessions (1995 - Now)	Added Title Screen for Season 6
Quad5point1 12th Nov 2019		TV Vivian Maier: Who Took Nanny's Pictures? (2013)	Found a LINK to this documentary
Quad5point1 11th Nov 2019		TV Scotch And Wry (1978 - 1992)	[YouTube Video]
Quad5point1 3rd Oct 2019		TV Randall And Hopkirk (Deceased) (1969 - 1970)	Added Episode 1 Titlescreen from the Blu-Ray
Quad5point1 15th Apr 2019		TV Life On Mars (2006 - 2007)	Nod to cannyuk, much better Title Screen added
Quad5point1 10th Feb 2019		TV An Audience With Freddie Starr (1996)	It's amazing looking back through the "Audience With" series and you see all the people who are no longer with us
Quad5point1 10th Feb 2019		TV Casualty (1986 - Now)	Used to enjoy watching this until about 6 or 7 years ago when it switched from being a fairly decent drama to a soap. Unwatchable now
Quad5point1 10th Feb 2019		TV Look Around You (2002 - 2005)	Added images from the 2005 series
Quad5point1 10th Feb 2019		TV Casanova [1971] (1971)	Need title changed to Casanova [1971] to tie up with DVD. Correction submitted
Quad5point1 31st Dec 2018		TV Andrew Marr's The Making Of Modern Britain (2009)	Added individual episode title screens
Quad5point1 28th Dec 2018		TV Andrew Marr's History Of Modern Britain (2007)	Added individual episode title screens
Quad5point1 14th Dec 2018		TV Hitler's Henchmen (1996 - 1998)	Image 1816568 needs removed and image 1816582 put in it's place. Correction submitted
Quad5point1 15th Nov 2018		TV Jamestown (2017 - Now)	Nod to hiwatt1973, Added Title Screen from DVD
Quad5point1 26th Oct 2018		TV Finding Vivian Maier (2013)	Rated 10/10 An absolutely extrordinary documentary made by John Maloof who stumbled over some of Vivian Maier's photograph negatives at an auction room. He subsequently hunted down her storage locker and other box lots sold at the auction room and introduced the world to the many talents of a completely unknown gifted street photographer. WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE Vivian Dorothy Maier (February 1, 1926 – April 21, 2009) was an American street photographer. Maier worked for about forty years as a nanny, mostly in Chicago's North Shore, pursuing photography during her spare time. She took more than 150,000 photographs during her lifetime, primarily of the people and architecture of Chicago, New York City, and Los Angeles, although she also traveled and photographed worldwide. During her lifetime, Maier's photographs were unknown and unpublished; many of her negatives were never printed. A Chicago collector, John Maloof, acquired some of Maier's photos in 2007, while two other Chicago-based collectors, Ron Slattery and Randy Prow, also found some of Maier's prints and negatives in her boxes and suitcases around the same time. Maier's photographs were first published on the Internet in July 2008, by Slattery, but the work received little response. In October 2009, Maloof linked his blog to a selection of Maier's photographs on the image-sharing website Flickr, and the results went viral, with thousands of people expressing interest. Maier's work subsequently attracted critical acclaim, and since then, Maier's photographs have been exhibited around the world. ~ From Wikipedia I first heard about her through an Alan Yentob 'Imagine' documentary on BBC4 back in 2013. 4 people found this review helpful. ✔︎ Helpful Review?

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