Unless you're listening to a radio show live, as it's broadcast (do people still listen to steve lamacq?
Yip! Every day. Along with 2 million other people, every week
I'd happily pay the licence fee for BBC radio alone. I have my DAB radio on all day, every day. Either on 4, 5 live, or 6 music. Don't know what I'd do without them.
Have you ever actually listened to commercial radio? It is beyond awful! All of it! Stick some on for an hour or so - see if you can endure a whole hour - then return to BBC radio.
You'll never moan about the license fee ever again
The idea that something wouldn't just be on when you want to watch it already seems strange.
Yeah it is some what thankful many broadcasters have on demand.
ooh, this is interesting. Could you explain for the hard of clicking please? ta x
@v8ninety Unblock-US.com costs me ~£3.50 a month and opens up all Netflix regions. I use it on my TV through Playstation 3. You just change the DNS server settings in the PS3 and hey presto.
But the really handy trick is to look up which region has the movie you want by going to moreflicks.com.
Unblock-US also has a handy app (on Android) to quickly switch regions (though you do still have to re-start Netflix on the PS3 before it takes effect).
In truth I don't watch masses of stuff on it - unlike my kids - but if I suddenly fancy watching a particular movie there's a good chance I can find it and watch it this way.
What we do in the shadows is a very funny film on netflix
Team UMI ZOOMI!!! that is all......we watch now.... and a bit of Paw Patrol. 😀
Worth it for those.
I've never listened to it. Ever. I genuinely have no idea what's on it.
This is not something to be proud of. Give it a try - even if it's just a selection of podcasts/ on demand programmes. But the ebb and flow of live R4 in the background finds you listening to quirky stuff you would not necessarily have chosen but is broadening and often enlightening. I can't envisage life without the today programme in the morning - the depth of understanding and exposure to current affairs it provides is irreplaceable.
Convert +1000
I can't envisage life without the today programme in the morning - the depth of understanding and exposure to current affairs it provides is irreplaceable.
Yes, it's the only place to get anything substantial in the mornings. Plus they don't repeat the same 15 minutes over and over again like BBC Breakfast does.
some of the interviewing though is terribly adversarial and challenging
Rather than let folk explain complex and nuanced positions they just attack them on a small point and then berate the shit put of them
The politicians dont help but some of the interviews are so badly handled i do switch them off
Getting back to the original [i]netflix - any good[/i] question, I'm now 1 n' a bit episodes into the documentary "[i]making a murderer[/i]" after reading reviews in the press and from a few folk on my Twitter feed who've raved about it....so far it's a "holy ****, how can the police/justice system be so corrupt/incompetent".
Hmmm. Sadly I reckon it's the Paxman effect. He's seen as the style to aspire to, but it's all to easy to fail and just come across as rude and arsey. But I could be wrong.Rather than let folk explain complex and nuanced positions they just attack them on a small point and then berate the shit put of them
Onto my 3rd episode of [i]making a murderer[/i] and I feel like screaming, read the [url= https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=making+of+a+murderer&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-gb&client=safari ]reviews here[/url] then go watch it with utter disbelief, not only directed at the police dept/justice dept but also at the reporting by the American tv media.
We've had Netflix for about 6 months now...there are a few decent films on it, but it won't take long to get through them.
The bulk of the films can also be found on the bargain DVD shelves in poundland.
You'll find that deciding to watch something on Netflix will initially result in 30 mins of flicking through stuff ...no...no...no...no... until you go back to one you dismissed earlier and think, "that'll do".
The series are good though...
If you base what you watch on the ratings you'll never find a film to watch...some of the films with low ratings are still enjoyable.
I guarantee that if you put Radio 4 on then within an hour, no matter what is on, you'll have involuntarily nodded to yourself, and said 'oh... I didn't know that....'
One of the good things about Netflix (compared to amazon prime) is that there's no long contract to tie you in and they make it easy to stop and start your account month by month. I tend to open the activate the account for a 3-4 months over the winter which gives me plenty of time to watch anything that appeals then once the spring comes around I'll suspend the account until the following winter.
I guarantee that if you put Radio 4 on then within an hour, no matter what is on, you'll have involuntarily nodded to yourself, and said 'oh... I didn't know that....'
This is true.
