On TV...

[NewcastleFalcon]

Amazon prime free month is about to expire Dec 6th and already cancelled. Its been worth the £0 for the month.
Got my feast of the Autumn Internationals Rugby, Clarkson's Farm, and the entire Travels by Narrowboat, Premier League Football mid week this last week, and today A documentary about the Atom, and also a documentary about Colin McRae.

Regards Neil
He charged around in a Subaru Legacy, which made me think of Mick's current, I presume more sedate steed!
https://drivetribe.com/p/colin-mcraes-l ... g9audGoj5A

[mickthemaverick]

I had thought about bringing mine up to Colin's spec but I just don't like the 555 decals!!

[Hell Razor5543]

BBC Click this week has a lot to do with electric vehicles (as well as other technology stuff).

[NewcastleFalcon]

This from the archives is appropriate for me today. As my amazon prime free month expired I finished off with a series of 3 programmes done by this chap, Jim Al-Khalili, back in 2007 called "Atom", I thought I had come across him before

Quite amazing the discoveries made by pioneering scientists.

The current tv boffin whose series I've been following recently is Jim Al-Khalili not sure he's in any way eccentric but he's certainly enthusiastic.

[Gibbo2286]

The Richard Dimbleby Lecture last night, Dame Sarah Gilbert, Professor of Vaccinology at the Nuffield Department of Medicine at the University of Oxford,

[RichardW]

Posts about F1 moved to the Motorsport thread as per Mick's request viewtopic.php?t=70178 - please continue discussion there!!

[mickthemaverick]

Thanks Richard

[Hell Razor5543]

I believe that the Top Gear Christmas Special has one of the Guys driving a Citroen BX. I only caught a glimpse (as I was not fixated on the TX), but it could be worth checking out.

EDIT; Confirmed. Chris Harris unwraps his car to find it is a red BX H reg (and, by the trim, probably a 4x4 GTi). Chris looks VERY happy with it.

[myglaren]

Just been told that Clarkson has bought himself a CX25, on his new show.

[Hell Razor5543]

"Top Gear; Driving Home for Christmas" is on this evening at 20:30 to 21:30.

[NewcastleFalcon]

"Top Gear; Driving Home for Christmas" is on this evening at 20:30 to 21:30.

The red BX 4x4 used by Chris Harris was sold at Manor Park Auctions Runcorn July 6th 2021 for £4,213

https://auctions.manorparkclassics.com/ ... 8&pn=1&g=1

Regards Neil

[Gibbo2286]

I keep seeing a red BX cross my tv screen but I haven't been watching close enough to know why.

[NewcastleFalcon]

I wondered if you were watching the new all creatures great and small on channel 5. I binge watched episodes 2 to 5 the other day....thought its not going to be as good as the original but...I think its very very good I mean for me it cant go wrong, gentle nostalgic entertainment against a backdrop of the Yorkshire Dales lovely stuff . I think the cinematography is better than the original.
Regards Neil

and now I have discovered that Series 2 is all available on Catch Up on Channel 5 together with the Christmas Special.

again it was like a book you couldn't put down watched Series 2 Episodes 1-5 on the bounce and I have to say thoroughly enjoyed it right up my street, visually stunning and superb character acting by the cast.

All in all without taking away what went before, I reckon it not just matches the original TV series with Robert Hardy, Christopher Timothy, Peter Davidson et al, but the presentation is far better, and the characters spot on.

Regards Neil

[Dormouse]

I agree. While the original series was excellent for it's time, this series shows all the characters in a more realistic fashion - especially Tristan this time round.

[NewcastleFalcon]

There's plenty episodes to watch here. Amanda and Clive Owen and their 9 children at the remote Ravenseat Farm past Keld in the Yorkshire Dales.

https://www.channel5.com/show/our-yorkshire-farm/

Regards Neil