"Bevan Price" wrote in message
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On 31/03/2021 12:56, tim... wrote:


"Bevan Price" wrote in message
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On 31/03/2021 11:49, Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote:
Basil Jet wrote:

filming a TV show called
#SecretsOfTheLondonUnderground during a lockdown

How is that an essential service?


It's work which he can't do from home. I don't think there's been a
point
at which non-essential *work* was forbidden (otherwise my friends who
run a
mail-order wool company would have had to close, for example). Or do
you
think all production of new TV programmes should have ceased for a
year?


Anna Noyd-Dryver


(OT) Well .... I would be happy to see all soaps cease for 50 years. It
might give TV a chance to devise some new, original dramas instead of
bombarding us with endless variations on the same tedious stories......

is your TV missing an OFF button?




No. It also has a channel change option. It is just that I wish there were
more options for original UK drama, instead of endless repetition of
things long past their sell-by dates.

So you really can't find anything of interest on one of the 57 channels
(with nothing on!). Either live or time shifted via your preferred method?

you're either very very very very very fussy, or not trying hard enough

tim... wrote:


"Bevan Price" wrote in message
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On 31/03/2021 12:56, tim... wrote:


"Bevan Price" wrote in message
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On 31/03/2021 11:49, Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote:
Basil Jet wrote:

filming a TV show called
#SecretsOfTheLondonUnderground during a lockdown

How is that an essential service?


It's work which he can't do from home. I don't think there's been a
point
at which non-essential *work* was forbidden (otherwise my friends who
run a
mail-order wool company would have had to close, for example). Or do
you
think all production of new TV programmes should have ceased for a
year?


Anna Noyd-Dryver


(OT) Well .... I would be happy to see all soaps cease for 50 years. It
might give TV a chance to devise some new, original dramas instead of
bombarding us with endless variations on the same tedious stories......

is your TV missing an OFF button?




No. It also has a channel change option. It is just that I wish there were
more options for original UK drama, instead of endless repetition of
things long past their sell-by dates.

So you really can't find anything of interest on one of the 57 channels
(with nothing on!).

A good proportion of those would have nothing to show if Adolf hadn’t
invaded Poland.

GH

"Marland" wrote in message
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tim... wrote:


"Bevan Price" wrote in message
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On 31/03/2021 12:56, tim... wrote:


"Bevan Price" wrote in message
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On 31/03/2021 11:49, Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote:
Basil Jet wrote:

filming a TV show called
#SecretsOfTheLondonUnderground during a lockdown

How is that an essential service?


It's work which he can't do from home. I don't think there's been a
point
at which non-essential *work* was forbidden (otherwise my friends who
run a
mail-order wool company would have had to close, for example). Or do
you
think all production of new TV programmes should have ceased for a
year?


Anna Noyd-Dryver


(OT) Well .... I would be happy to see all soaps cease for 50 years.
It
might give TV a chance to devise some new, original dramas instead of
bombarding us with endless variations on the same tedious
stories......

is your TV missing an OFF button?




No. It also has a channel change option. It is just that I wish there
were
more options for original UK drama, instead of endless repetition of
things long past their sell-by dates.

So you really can't find anything of interest on one of the 57 channels
(with nothing on!).

A good proportion of those would have nothing to show if Adolf hadn’t
invaded Poland.


I agree

I do wish they would make documentaries on other wars

;-)

I know zip all about the minutiae of the Boer War or the Crimea War for
example (all I know comes from a couple of Hollywood blockbuster movies -
and we all know how inaccurate they can sometimes be)

On 01/04/2021 12:34, tim... wrote:

I do wish they would make documentaries on other wars

I just can't stand the American style of documentary.

On 01/04/2021 12:34, tim... wrote:


"Marland" wrote in message
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tim... wrote:


"Bevan Price" wrote in message
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On 31/03/2021 12:56, tim... wrote:


"Bevan Price" wrote in message
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On 31/03/2021 11:49, Anna Noyd-Dryver wrote:
Basil Jet wrote:

filming a TV show called
#SecretsOfTheLondonUnderground during a lockdown

How is that an essential service?


It's work which he can't do from home. I don't think there's been a
point
at which non-essential *work* was forbidden (otherwise my friends
who
run a
mail-order wool company would have had to close, for example). Or do
you
think all production of new TV programmes should have ceased for a
year?


Anna Noyd-Dryver


(OT) Well .... I would be happy to see all soaps cease for 50
years. It
might give TV a chance to devise some new, original dramas instead of
bombarding us with endless variations on the same tedious
stories......

is your TV missing an OFF button?




No. It also has a channel change option. It is just that I wish
there were
more options for original UK drama, instead of endless repetition of
things long past their sell-by dates.

So you really can't find anything of interest on one of the 57 channels
(with nothing on!).

A good proportion of those would have nothing to show if Adolf hadn’t
invaded Poland.


I agree

I do wish they would make documentaries on other wars

;-)

I know zip all about the minutiae of the Boer War or the Crimea War for
example (all I know comes from a couple of Hollywood blockbuster movies
- and we all know how inaccurate they can sometimes be)






Not a lot of library footage from either of those.

--
Graeme Wall
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On 01/04/2021 18:51, Graeme Wall wrote:
On 01/04/2021 12:34, tim... wrote:

I know zip all about the minutiae of the Boer War or the Crimea War
for example (all I know comes from a couple of Hollywood blockbuster
movies - and we all know how inaccurate they can sometimes be)



Not a lot of library footage from either of those.

Going by pictures on social media of Russian trains heading southwest,
people might soon not need a library to find pictures of Crimea-related
wars...


--
Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK