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To think the BBC has lost the plot ...

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curlywirely · 14/02/2018 21:41

Just watching the first episode of Hard Sun. Complete crap, and not the first crap drama we've seen on the BBC recently.

Yet we've seen some fantastic original drama on Netflix.

Sad, sad, sad. Please BBC, sort yourself out.

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curlywirely · 14/02/2018 22:11

Would love to see The Miniaturist, but guess what, no longer available on BBC iPlayer. WTF!!

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nursy1 · 14/02/2018 22:11

Modus has been really good - first series and now enjoying second

DumbledoresApprentice · 14/02/2018 22:15

The Minutuarist was really good.

TattyCat · 14/02/2018 22:20

for thickies

GF.

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curlywirely · 14/02/2018 22:21

The Miniaturist was really good

So how do I get to see it now it's no longer available on iPlayer? Have they sold it to some subscription service now, and if so which one? I didn't watch it at Christmas because I wanted to read the book first, but, now I'm ready to watch it, it's disappeared.

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chocolateworshipper · 14/02/2018 22:22

I enjoyed watching The Good Place on Netflix - definitely NOT intellectual!

However, I also enjoyed Stranger Things, so maybe I'm not entirely thick.

OhYouBadBadKitten · 14/02/2018 22:24

I really liked Hard Sun. It got much better after the first episode.
I don't think I'm entirely thick.

chocolateworshipper · 14/02/2018 22:26
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curlywirely · 14/02/2018 22:26

I don't think I'm entirely thick.
Nobody does, do they. Yet many people are quite clearly becoming complacent about the quality of BBC drama.

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EllenJanethickerknickers · 14/02/2018 22:27

OYBBK, no, sorry. You're a 'thickie' just like me! Wink

Geillis · 14/02/2018 22:27

I think that anyone who wants to watch The Miniaturist must be a bit thick. You know, cos I didn't like it much. Innit.

OhYouBadBadKitten · 14/02/2018 22:29

Grin thickies unite!

chocolateworshipper · 14/02/2018 22:30

What else should us thickies watch?

How to get away with murder has lost it, I fear. Started off so well.
Scorpion I enjoyed - waiting for another season.
White Collar I enjoyed (especially the eye candy)
Suits was great, but another one I don't think is as good now as it was.
The OA - weird but good.

NotAnotherEmma · 14/02/2018 22:31

I think they lost the plot long ago...Jimmy Savile...js...

JoyceDivision · 14/02/2018 22:34

Curlywirely... yet the BBC speak so highly of you...

OhYouBadBadKitten · 14/02/2018 22:34

I did like The OA.
Bit of an oldie now but Les Revenants was excellent.

PoppyFleur · 14/02/2018 22:35

DH and I enjoyed Hard Sun (2 degrees and a masters between us - does that qualify us not total thicko's OP?).

I think BBC dramas are on the whole pretty good (Line of Duty, Luther and Musketeers to name 3 excellent drama's). However their nature programs alone justify the license fee, they are outstanding.

DumbledoresApprentice · 14/02/2018 22:36

How long can it take to read the miniaturist? It’s not War and Peace. I read it in a day. But I probably didn’t engage with it on the same intellectual level as someone like the OP. Maybe it takes a lot longer when you’re really clever. 😂 Stuff on the iplayer stays for 30 days. It’s gone until they next decide to rerun it or sell it on I suppose.

Alloftheboys · 14/02/2018 22:36

OP why are you calling people thick because they like a different series to you?

Not using seatbelts in a car - thick

Liking something else to you????
Why can't we all get along.
Anyone want to hold hands and sing kumbayah?

AnnaMagnani · 14/02/2018 22:37

The Miniaturist was not really good.

It looked amazing and this was enough for about 30minutes for you not to notice that the plot was crap.

However eventually it was unavoidable that the plot really, really was tosh.

Lovely dolls house and miniatures though.

DumbledoresApprentice · 14/02/2018 22:37

Kumbayah my lord...

RoseWhiteTips · 14/02/2018 22:37

curlywirely

Dumbed-down sensationalist drama, for thickies.

Gosh. How very eloquent.

AmIthatbloodycold · 14/02/2018 22:39

I didn't watch it

Does that mean I'm clever?

chocolateworshipper · 14/02/2018 22:39

I'll hold hands, so long as you've all washed your hands first - there's a D&V virus going round you know.

RoseWhiteTips · 14/02/2018 22:40

JoyceDivision

Curlywirely... yet the BBC speak so highly of you...

Haha