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Post by dit on May 13, 2012 22:12:05 GMT
Mr Rochester - now there's a deep, enigmatic romantic hero! Jane Eyre is one of my favourite books, and Rochester one of the men I first fell in love with - him and Sherlock Holmes.
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Post by devil-may-care on May 13, 2012 22:37:33 GMT
Mr. Rochester and Sherlock Holmes were marvelous characters. Heathcliff... the original bad boy??  |
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Post by Vivienne on May 13, 2012 22:39:50 GMT
Heathcliff very much so the original bad boy.
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Post by FizzyLogician on May 14, 2012 1:19:41 GMT
Laurence Olivier was an excellent Heathcliff.
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Post by Vivienne on May 14, 2012 1:37:30 GMT
I'm watching the Next Food Network star, pretty good with the new format.
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Post by FizzyLogician on May 14, 2012 17:19:43 GMT
James is flying a plane with a truffle. Sigh.
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Post by slfriend79 on May 14, 2012 17:39:27 GMT
James is flying a plane with a truffle. Sigh. I'm watching that too!  |
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Post by FizzyLogician on May 14, 2012 19:00:38 GMT
Isn't BBCA wonderful on Mondays?
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Post by slfriend79 on May 14, 2012 19:39:40 GMT
Isn't BBCA wonderful on Mondays? Yes...Yes it is.  |
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Post by FizzyLogician on May 14, 2012 22:02:51 GMT
Bolivia is on now with the curly-haired James. :>)
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Post by Vivienne on May 14, 2012 22:05:42 GMT
You beat me to it as i was just going to post that info. One of my all time favs.
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Post by adrianmay on May 18, 2012 23:42:24 GMT
Pinky and the Brain
The Brain: Are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: Uh... yeah, Brain, but where will we get rubber pants our size?
The Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?
Pinky: Um... I think so, Brain, but what if the chicken won't wear the nylons?
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Post by dit on May 18, 2012 23:48:50 GMT
Later....with Jules Holland on BBC2.
Consistently good music, every week. I have the urge to order several albums every time. (Only finances stop me getting all of them).
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Post by FizzyLogician on May 19, 2012 0:13:44 GMT
BBCA is showing naked James in the Aston. :>)
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Post by devil-may-care on May 19, 2012 12:31:01 GMT
Pinky and the BrainThe Brain: Are you pondering what I'm pondering? Pinky: Uh... yeah, Brain, but where will we get rubber pants our size? The Brain: Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering? Pinky: Um... I think so, Brain, but what if the chicken won't wear the nylons? I love the Animaniacs!!! ;D ;D |
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Post by slfriend79 on May 19, 2012 13:42:31 GMT
Doctor Who: Ghost Light
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Post by cockney on May 20, 2012 21:31:08 GMT
Bridget's Jone's Diary. Never saw it when it first came out as I would have had to go sans OH. Not his type of movie. I was perfectly fine with sitting in a dark theatre with just me and Colin Firth, but never did find the time. I am enjoying it now.
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Post by amie8 on May 20, 2012 23:05:55 GMT
Bridget's Jone's Diary. Never saw it when it first came out as I would have had to go sans OH. Not his type of movie. I was perfectly fine with sitting in a dark theatre with just me and Colin Firth, but never did find the time. I am enjoying it now. I can remember precisely one thing about Bridget Jones' Diary - The bit at the end when she's running through the streets of London in her underwear - where is everyone? It's never that empty - ever. I was one of those idiots who thought the original newspaper articles were by a real journalist. I was quite disappointed when I found out they were fictional, as I quite enjoyed hating this idiot woman. Nowadays, though, we've got Liz Jones and Samantha Brick, so that's some compensation |
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Post by cockney on May 21, 2012 1:20:19 GMT
Granted, it was a bit of a fluff as far as the storyline goes, and I'm not a Zellwegger fan, but it has Colin Firth and his big, brown eyes.
I'm watching the solar eclipse right now. Cool stuff.
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Post by slfriend79 on May 21, 2012 2:17:44 GMT
Mythbuster. ;D
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Post by FizzyLogician on May 22, 2012 1:45:58 GMT
BBCA is showing the Saab epi. James is wearing the white jumper. Mmmmm.
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Post by Vivienne on May 22, 2012 21:40:13 GMT
I just watched the Country File with Jezza. Too bad there weren't more pictures to take.
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Post by Vivienne on May 30, 2012 0:00:48 GMT
Has anyone in the US seen Hemingway and Gellhorn with Clive Owen and Nicole Kidman? Quite sexy. I think I shall read a Hemingway novel perhaps The Sun Also Rises. I believe Hemingway was bipolar.
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Post by adrianmay on May 30, 2012 4:58:40 GMT
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Post by Vivienne on May 30, 2012 12:14:05 GMT
Being an English major and not reading Hemingway means I should be shot in front of my family. Somehow I never got to it. I've never seen Michael Palin's take on Hemingway which I shall rectify soon. Thanks
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Post by melly on Jun 1, 2012 8:33:41 GMT
BBCA is showing the Saab epi. James is wearing the white jumper. Mmmmm. I'm sorry this is probably a very stupid question but is there a difference between BBC 1,2 and BBCA ? |
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Post by dit on Jun 1, 2012 10:21:27 GMT
Sorry, Melly, occasionally I think we UK members forget that comments we make can bewilder those from foreign parts!
BBC1 and BBC2 are the two UK terrestrial channels which you have to pay a licence fee to watch. The main difference between them is that BBC1 carries more mainstream programming (soaps, drama, sitcoms, family entertainment, sport etc) and therefore has higher viewer figures.
BBC2 carries less mainstream, more 'highbrow' and cultural programmes. It also takes more risks, is more experimental and caters for specialist interests. Thus programmes can be very high quality, even award-winning, but are unlikely to gain the same size of audience as BBC1.
I don't know much about BBCA other than it's an American cable channel that shows BBC programmmes, so it's how people in the US access Top Gear and James' programmes. I'm sure that one of our many members from the US can be more enlightening!
Hope that's been of some help!
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Post by FizzyLogician on Jun 1, 2012 23:43:05 GMT
BBCA = BBC America and is shown on American cable. BCCA shows TG re-runs and currently Richard's Crash Course series. They have shown James & Oz in the Wine series in the past, but I don't think ManLab, Toy Stories, Big Ideas, or most of James' own shows have ever been broadcast here.
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Post by Vivienne on Jun 2, 2012 0:22:40 GMT
I'm watching the people carrier redo on BBC America right now in the middle of a storm. Mid Atlantic is getting pounded.
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Post by Vivienne on Jun 2, 2012 0:45:19 GMT
I just saw a commercial for an Audi on BBCA. This little girl claims her dad is strange, he gargles, drinks green stuff, is from Albuquerque, and drives an Audi. Albuquerque gets the weird stuff!
I forgot to mention I saw the last two episodes of Neil Oliver's Ancient Britain. His enthusiasm is contagious and he so obviously enjoys what he does. Easy on the eyes also.
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