What TV shows are you currently watching

Stumble Bum said:
Currently watching the new 9/11 / Al-Qaeda documentary series on Netflix. Always a fascinating and extraordinary series of events that unfolded. Still gives me the chills seeing the jumpers from the towers. :( I'm about half way through and it's a really well made documentary. Almost 20 years since it happened.
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What’s it called? Sounds interesting, but can’t find it.
 
BBC surviving 9/11 - they make exceedingly good documentaries - probably waiting for someone like Oliver Stone though

[YG]Bug-Eyed said:
Obviously it’s all a bit faked and over the top etc, but quite enjoying the setting for Vigil so far. 6 episodes though I think, so concerned it will go a bit far fetched with a twist a some point.
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They didn't seem to remember any covid precautions ?
so she was the actress in doctor foster & gentleman jack, surprising I hadn't seen her before then, don't remember her in Corry,
ironically this evenings Corry was miles better than Vigil - I'm watching Corry !
 
Just started season 2 of The X Files.

Absolutely loving it. I'm all for a series that has a storyline for the entire season but there is something refreshing about watching something that is episodic. If there is a bad episode, it only lasts 45 minutes.

It's a shame it wasn't made more recently. The stories still stack up really well but I bet it could've been special with todays CGI and technology.
 
jpaul said:
BBC surviving 9/11
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I didn't intend watching these, because... well, the world's messed up enough the moment; didn't need to give this kind of thing headspace. But I bumped into part of Surviving 9/11 and had to watch it from the start. Compelling documentaries, both of them. And a timely reminder that although so many terrible mistakes were made as a result of that day, it's impossible to underestimate the shockwaves that ran through the world as those towers fell. I don't think those shockwaves are over by a long, long shot.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000z95y/surviving-911
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000z8p5/911-inside-the-presidents-war-room

I was visiting my mother on that day, and was sat at Macclesfield bus station waiting for the bus over the hills to Buxton. I turned my little radio on and had my 'where were you when JFK died' moment as I heard about the first impact. The second came in as I listened. There was a little old lady sat next to me and I told her it was going to be a bad day for a lot of people. She said it was a shame, but she'd just bought the last of her Christmas presents and was happy she could relax and enjoy the run up to Christmas without any pressure.

The world goes on. For most, anyway.
 
Stumble Bum said:
Currently watching the new 9/11 / Al-Qaeda documentary series on Netflix. Always a fascinating and extraordinary series of events that unfolded. Still gives me the chills seeing the jumpers from the towers. :( I'm about half way through and it's a really well made documentary. Almost 20 years since it happened.
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Yeah, we watched the first two episodes last night, a good documentary that explains the events leading up to the attacks. Some of the footage I haven't seen before.
 
Andrew_McP said:
But I bumped into part of Surviving 9/11 and had to watch it from the start. Compelling documentaries, both of them.
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haven't seen the latter yet, but the personal stories, the fireman, son who ate in the restaurant, recovered burns victim, 20 years on family catch-up, were poignant,
with, the now, juxtaposition of Al-queda top man returning to AFG.
Agree it's the only 'you know where you were' event I've had - at the office watching it on a Netscape feed.

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On a different note - 2500th anniversary of the 300 - interesting that the humour of the film was all true to life where soldiers were 'educated' to maske witty replies.
 
Shamikebab said:
****, almost finished season 2 of Justified (which has been even better than the first) and now it says it's leaving Prime in 8 days :(
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Oh, I was about six episodes into season 1, but hadn’t watched for a few days so haven’t seen the notice. Balls.

“AndyCr15 said:
Apparently it’s on ‘All 4’…

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Is All 4 still terrible? Last I tried it nothing was HD, only SD.
 
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Andrew_McP said:
I didn't intend watching these, because... well, the world's messed up enough the moment; didn't need to give this kind of thing headspace. But I bumped into part of Surviving 9/11 and had to watch it from the start. Compelling documentaries, both of them. And a timely reminder that although so many terrible mistakes were made as a result of that day, it's impossible to underestimate the shockwaves that ran through the world as those towers fell. I don't think those shockwaves are over by a long, long shot.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000z95y/surviving-911
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000z8p5/911-inside-the-presidents-war-room

I was visiting my mother on that day, and was sat at Macclesfield bus station waiting for the bus over the hills to Buxton. I turned my little radio on and had my 'where were you when JFK died' moment as I heard about the first impact. The second came in as I listened. There was a little old lady sat next to me and I told her it was going to be a bad day for a lot of people. She said it was a shame, but she'd just bought the last of her Christmas presents and was happy she could relax and enjoy the run up to Christmas without any pressure.

The world goes on. For most, anyway.
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I wasn't going to watch these but I might give them a go seeing as a few of you have said that they are worth watching.
 
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