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07 Jan 17
21:12
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Could be good ! 
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The reason why ive stayed in on a Sat night !
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I'm watching it as well, looks promising.
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Looks very Peaky Blinderish so far and that's a good thing
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1814....the year
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Rather than a new Bowie documentary on BBC2 ,don't think so.
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It'll have to be iplayer I'm afraid.
David ( obviously) takes priority !! |
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Rather than a new Bowie documentary on BBC2 ,don't think so.
this bowie documentary is a MUST for any fans.  i havent got his last album yet.. should have put it on my xmas list.  |
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'Hero' with feet of clay !
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Will be watching next week.....needed a bit of action....like a pursuit or fight
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Agreed, its a slow burner but livened up near the end, a pity its on a Sat night. Hardy is an amazing actor
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Can always watch on Iplayer
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Keep up
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??
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Iplayer option was mentioned earlier
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Ahhh...
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Just caught up with the first episode on iplayer
. Excellent stuff ! Brilliant atmospheric filming ,direction and acting , especially by Tom Hardy. This is what good periodic drama is all about. |
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period....surely !
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Correct
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I missed the usual BBC Dickensian drama they do at Christmas, but they did put on Great Expectations the Movie ……one of the newer versions ……so I had my fix of period drama.
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He's ok that Ton Hardy but in every film he does that vacant middle distance stare while he's mid sentence.
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He's the finking man's Ray Winstone.
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He certainly 'does menace' with a more subtle approach, than good old Winstone
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The women seem to love him
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7 min warning
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I'm recording Brando.
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What b0llox... American ships blockading the Irish Sea and the Prince Regent effing and blinding like a character in a 21st century BBC pot boiler. Give it a rest.
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Wrong :
The War of the American Independence was by no means confined to North American soil; naval operations, by both the Continental Navy and privateers, ranged across the Atlantic. In 1777, American captains such as Lambert Wickes, Gustavus Conyngham, and William Day had made raids into British waters capturing merchant ships, which they took into French ports- although France was officially neutral. Day had even been given a gun-salute by a French admiral at Brest. Encouraged by such successes, and even more by the American victory at the Battle of Saratoga that autumn, France signed two treaties with America in February 1778, but stopped short of declaring war on Britain. The risk of a French invasion forced the Royal Navy to concentrate its forces in the English Channel (La Manche), leaving North America vulnerable to attacks. Wickes and Day had shown that, despite the narrowness of St. George's Channel and the North Channel, it was possible for single ships or very small squadrons to get into the Irish Sea, and wreak havoc among the many vessels which traded between Great Britain and Ireland. |
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^ Wiki :
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Is this Tom Hardy a new actor?wheres he come from
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The king would swear like a trooper…… you must have be associating with many lowlife
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Beethoven 6th symphony the Background to killing.... Said on my subtitles
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Bite to the neck....... that's not cricket !
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B0llox... US ships blockading the Irish Sea in 1814???
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Are you dissing Wikipedia ?
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Wiki doesnt mention 1814 or anywhere near it. It suggests the possibility "may" have existed 40 years prior. "May".
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It is not supposed to be historically accurate…… it is a drama
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Taboo is a British television drama series first broadcast on BBC One in the United Kingdom on 7 January 2017 and in the United States on FX on 10 January 2017. It is created by Steven Knight, Tom Hardy and his father, Edward "Chips" Hardy, from a story written by Tom, with directorial duties shared by Kristoffer Nyholm (The Killing), and Anders Engström (Jordskott).[1]
The eight-part series is set in 1814 and centers on James Delaney (Tom Hardy) who returns to Britain, after twelve years in Africa, with fourteen stolen diamonds, seeking vengeance following the death of his father.[1] Before the broadcast of Taboo, Steven Knight said, "This man, James Delaney, is a deeply flawed and deeply troubled human being. His greatest struggle will be against the East India Company which, throughout the 19th century, was the equivalent of the CIA, the NSA [US National Security Agency] and the biggest, baddest multinational corporation on earth, all rolled into one self-righteous, religiously-motivated monolith." This description surprised some historians, who argued it would give an excessively negative view of the East India Company.[2] |
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First episode was brilliant , looks to be a top series but will watch on catch up , as I'm currently fascinated by 'The Killing Season'
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