Saturday 25 June 2016

My TV - Must see TV - Week beginning 25/06/2016

Another week of my TV choices viewing ahead with offers of new shows/series, which have been thin on the ground recently. Here is my must watch list for the upcoming week.

Going back to last week for a minute the highlight for me was… Game of Thrones "Battle of the Bastards". It was an epic piece of TV and something I was dying to write about but with friends yet to watch the episode I held back. It was a TV masterpiece.

MOTD: Euro 2016 BBC1 5pm Saturday

Wales v Northern Ireland

Wales in the last 16! Is there anything else to watch? After topping their Group B, the reward is a game against a team who finish third in their Group. So it was Northern Ireland, on paper the under dogs but this is football so nothing should be taken for granted. Progression to the Quarterfinals and a game against Hungary and on to the Semi Final, who knows.

Up Pompeii Gold (Film) 9:15pm Sunday

Frankie Howard is (Lurcio) who based his whole theatrical career on dodgy double innuendos and this film is full of them. His habit of making asides directly to the audience via the camera is hilarious. In fact, most of the comedy lies in those two attributes. The visual side of the film, the physical comedy, is more or less one long chase scene funny in places.

There are some very funny scenes though. The orgy and its aftermath and the wrestling match stand out. The ending is very clever too. Playing Voluptua is the goddess that is Julie Ege and Madeline Smith is Erotica

Game of Thrones: Iffy internet stream 7am Monday

After the last episode ‘Battle of the Bastards’ this finale could be a bit of a damp squid, hopefully not. This episode is 20 minutes longer and is called ‘The Winds of Winter’. From the official trailer the episode will tie up a few storylines with things happening in Kings Landing looking interesting.

Then a year long wait for the new series and i just don't know what I will do with my Monday. I could re-watch the whole series again.

The Living and the Dead: BBC1 9pm Tuesday

It promises to be an eerie new six-period drama. Like a lot of BBC drama it debut on the iPlayer however I prefer to wait for it to hit the TV screen. What is it about a young couple inherit a farm in rural Somerset where their new life is threatened my disturbing supernatural events.

All 6 episodes are available BBC iPlayer if after watching the first one you feel the need for a viewing feast. I myself will be waiting has I enjoy the anticipating of each episode/

Ramsay’s Hotel Hell: C4 10pm Thursday

Arrives, meets the staff, and immediately finds something wrong with hygiene/security at reception or in his room. Has a meal and hates everything, finds some staff/family clashes, gets previous customers to feedback bad reviews, shouts, deals out psychology, simplifies the menu, does some simple renovation, re-invigorates chef's passion ... hey presto.

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