Paul1Perth Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 9 hours ago, Blue Flu said: 25% is a considerable minority. To be fair we watch quite a few shows on ABC and SBS. They are mostly UK documentaries or drama, much better than American formulated rubbish. Their news is dire though. Seems to have got worse since Ita Buttrose has been in charge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Flu Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 12 minutes ago, Paul1Perth said: To be fair we watch quite a few shows on ABC and SBS. They are mostly UK documentaries or drama, much better than American formulated rubbish. Their news is dire though. Seems to have got worse since Ita Buttrose has been in charge. I don't see how. She has been in the difficult position of defending the ABC from government attack and right wing misinformation. No easy position to hold. Some good talent has departed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulya Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 39 minutes ago, Blue Flu said: I don't see how. She has been in the difficult position of defending the ABC from government attack and right wing misinformation. No easy position to hold. Some good talent has departed. Replaced by ex Murdoch hacks… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Flu Posted December 10, 2021 Share Posted December 10, 2021 12 hours ago, Bulya said: Replaced by ex Murdoch hacks… Now there's a name that should raise the ire of fair minded, real news lovers . For disinformation hard to beat. Only fault of the ABC in general is the loss of funding and outside pressure to influence policy, which has under mined it to an extent and lost talent. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulya Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 1 hour ago, Blue Flu said: Now there's a name that should raise the ire of fair minded, real news lovers . For disinformation hard to beat. Only fault of the ABC in general is the loss of funding and outside pressure to influence policy, which has under mined it to an extent and lost talent. One only has to watch Insiders to see what’s happened. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toots Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 (edited) ABC show 'Landline' is something I've watched over the last 30 years. Maybe because I'm far more of a country person than a city person, I find it more interesting than a lot of other shows. The program discusses rural issues ranging across agri-politics and economics, business and product innovation, animal and crop science, regional infrastructure, climate and weather trends, regional and rural services, music and lifestyle. Another program I enjoy is Backroads. Edited December 11, 2021 by Toots 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toots Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 If anyone is interested there is a 4 part series 'Us' starting on ABC tonight at 8:20. It's about a husband, wife and son on a three week Continental train trip with their teenage son. The wife is fed up of her married life and hopes the trip may change things for the better. According to the cast of the show, 'Us' has the backdrop of some of the most beautiful places in Europe. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Flu Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 25 minutes ago, Toots said: If anyone is interested there is a 4 part series 'Us' starting on ABC tonight at 8:20. It's about a husband, wife and son on a three week Continental train trip with their teenage son. The wife is fed up of her married life and hopes the trip may change things for the better. According to the cast of the show, 'Us' has the backdrop of some of the most beautiful places in Europe. Definitely om my watch list if not home will record. It does sound good and location should further enhance the viewing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramot Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 Seen it. It was average 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drumbeat Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 5 hours ago, ramot said: Seen it. It was average Yes me too, it was a bit odd. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul1Perth Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 Watching the Ali documentary at the moment. Very detailed and long but there was an awful lot I didn't know about him. Good it is though. Used to love boxing back then, when boxers used to shake hands and have respect for each other at the weigh in. Maybe Ali was the start of all the bad mouthing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Flu Posted December 14, 2021 Share Posted December 14, 2021 On 11/12/2021 at 13:33, Blue Flu said: Definitely om my watch list if not home will record. It does sound good and location should further enhance the viewing. A bit ordinary in places but will stick with it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeachBabe2022 Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 On 24/09/2021 at 10:04, Wanderer Returns said: If anyone has any recommendations of good things to watch on Aussie TV, then I'd be interested to know. Mmmm No, not really Been here since 1995, and never really found much I like to watch. Then again, only just got myself a new telly, after a ten year absence. Signed up to Netflix, although not found much on that either (currently re-watching the entire series of : Stranger Things. Locke & Key. Death in Paradise. How to Get Away with Murder) Also started on BritBox ; but struggling there too. The only Aussie shows (past and new) I like and tend to watch are things like : Round the Twist. Rake. Rockwiz. Spicks & Specks. Harrow. Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries. The Food Lovers' Guide to Australia. Watched a couple of Aussie made for telly series, which I quite liked. One was called The Dry. And the other Bloom. Otherwise, I am a bit stumped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulya Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 On 26/09/2021 at 15:55, Ken said: The show's I've been watching recently include Vigil (Foxtel), War of the Worlds (SBS), The Newsreader (ABC), Traces (ABC) and Question Everything (ABC). I'm a fan of both Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell and the Weekly with Charlie Pickering but they're not on at the moment. Gruen will be back soon though. Although I've listed it I'm not actually very impressed with the 2nd series of War of the the Worlds - can't make up my mind if the scriptwriters are idiots or they are trying to subtly demonstrate that what we are seeing is a parallel earth - one which is demonstrably more technically advanced because they've develop insulin that doesn't need refrigeration but demonstrably less technically advanced because they still use bottles and syringes to deliver insulin (something I haven't seen in the last quarter of a century). We love Gruen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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