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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 18, 2009 20:12:43 GMT
Is currently being serialised again on tv this time on Yesterday (used to be UKTV History) Channel 12 on Freeview, 357 on Sky and I've no idea on Cable.
Fiction based on the Tory Chief Whip Francis Urquhart's rise to power following a post Thatcher Tory Prime Minister.
Well worth watching I saw it when it first aired on the BBC oh so many years ago. Ian Richardson is immense and I still wish he had been cast as the Doctor at some point.
They are working their way through all three stories as well.
Part three tonight of House of Cards.
Andy
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Post by legios on Mar 18, 2009 21:21:00 GMT
One of the few times I regret only having access to steam-TV. I remember thoroughly enjoying House of Cards when it first aired. Very good casts - it was the first time I had encountered Ian Richardson as an actor and I was very impressed with his performance.
Now I come to think of it, I seem to remember it having a DVD release a while back. Might be worth seeing if I can stick it in my rental queue.
Karl
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 18, 2009 22:07:04 GMT
Likewise it was the first time I had seen Ian Richardson and he was amazing in it.
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 18, 2009 22:20:39 GMT
A towering presence, and yes should have been the Doctor.
Colin Jeavons (of multiple DW appearances) is great as his number two.
And as for Susanah Harker.....
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 18, 2009 22:22:30 GMT
It's good stuff. For once I regret not having multichannel.
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 18, 2009 22:49:17 GMT
Oh yes Stamper is ace too, such a sinister little man.
Andy
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Post by Dave on Mar 19, 2009 17:49:32 GMT
Can't seem to get this channel but I remember watching it years ago. May also look into renting.
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 19, 2009 17:54:14 GMT
Ian Richardson is immense and I still wish he had been cast as the Doctor at some point. Andy He usually 'cameos' in Lance Parkin Who books. Parkin wrote a short bit of prose with Richardson as the Doctor as part of a DWM 'who would you like to play the Doctor?' article many moons ago. -Ralph |
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 19, 2009 18:20:42 GMT
Final part of House of Cards just finished. Fair cheered me up after a day of fighting a virus infected computer.
To Play The King starts tomorrow.
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 19, 2009 21:50:18 GMT
You know the ending of HoC the book is different to te TV series ? It isn't Mattie that takes the fall.....
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Post by legios on Mar 19, 2009 22:00:10 GMT
You know the ending of HoC the book is different to te TV series ? It isn't Mattie that takes the fall..... Indeed yes. I've always been meaning to read the book at some point. It is one of those things that I have never quite got around to tracking down though. Karl |
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Post by Philip Ayres on Mar 21, 2009 9:24:21 GMT
Caught the start of To Play The King this morning
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Mar 25, 2009 10:00:23 GMT
Final part of To Play The King tonight at 5pm. Stamper's meltdown as the second story goes on is well played by Colin Jeavons.
Andy
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jun 16, 2014 12:28:46 GMT
Blu Ray is £10 at Amazon.
Would be rude not to.
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Post by Philip Ayres on Jan 8, 2015 17:10:27 GMT
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 29, 2018 13:21:44 GMT
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 29, 2018 17:04:28 GMT
This and Quatermass bodes well. Maybe the BBC are realising they have their own boxset goldmine at last. Old shows that wouldn't be commercially viable for disc releases now, but would have an audience on iPlayer.
More of this kind of thing please!
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Jul 29, 2018 17:36:55 GMT
I'd like to see more of their documentaries get this treatment - you have a chunk of Louis Theroux's work available but so many other docs not available.
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 29, 2018 17:44:08 GMT
Absolutely. Give us anything BBC!
They have had themed archive sets available for a while, there's a good one on steam trains I've worked my way through, but perhaps the 'limited time only' nature may encourage the BBC to think they aren't just giving away stuff. Like how they have all of post-2005 Who on iPlayer at the moment, but only for the summer.
After the failure of the digital shop I'd love to see obscure old series come to light this way.
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 1, 2018 20:48:53 GMT
Indeed. That is what I had hoped the digital store would do.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Aug 16, 2018 18:20:41 GMT
I am doing my bit to bump the Iplayer numbers up. FU is evil! Evil!!!
-Ralph
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Sept 8, 2018 19:46:02 GMT
And amazing.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Nov 16, 2022 23:22:23 GMT
On BBCFour tonight so back on the Iplayer as well.
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Post by The Doctor on Nov 17, 2022 8:35:16 GMT
"Daddy!"
-Ralph
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Post by Philip Ayres on Feb 19, 2024 22:45:08 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 19, 2024 22:51:01 GMT
"He's not turning me into a fish!"
-Ralph
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