Directed by John Morton. With Hugh Bonneville, Monica Dolan, Jessica Hynes, Sarah Parish. Having dismissed the idea of losing gardening programmes as a way of saving money, the Renewal Team propose that getting rid of the BBC Big Swing Band might be an option - but it turns into a PR disaster. Meanwhile, Siobhan decides to create a launch trail for BBC ME that will go viral, with Will delegated to stand in the main reception of New Broadcasting House to try to persuade various ...
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📺 “W1A” Episode #3.2 | Netflix
Directed by John Morton. With Hugh Bonneville, Monica Dolan, Jessica Hynes, Sarah Parish. The senior civil servant with responsibility for Charter Renewal negotiations visits the BBC to see what a normal day at the corporation looks like, and the campaign to launch user-generated content platform "BBC Me" gathers pace.
📺 “The Americans” Amber Waves | Amazon Prime
Directed by Chris Long. With Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Brandon J. Dirden, Costa Ronin. After witnessing Elizabeth kill two men, Paige trades in church for training sessions with mom. First, self defense. Second could tear the family apart. The beginning of the end for Paige and Matthew looms.
📺 “The Americans” Persona Non Grata | Amazon Prime
Directed by Chris Long. With Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Dylan Baker, Brandon J. Dirden. In the season 4 finale, Elizabeth & Philip race against the FBI to retrieve a mysterious package. Paige finally begins considering whether or not she would like to enter the family business.
📺 “The Americans” A Roy Rogers in Franconia | Amazon Prime
Directed by Chris Long. With Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Dylan Baker, Brandon J. Dirden. As Paige deals with last episode's trauma, she sees her mother in a new light... and finds she has inherited some of her parents' skills. Plus, has Oleg reached his breaking point with Stan?
📺 “The Americans” Dinner for Seven | Amazon Prime
Directed by Nicole Kassell. With Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Dylan Baker, Brandon J. Dirden. Elizabeth completes the last steps of a very personal operation... but at what cost?
I suspected that the dinner might have been more dramatic or touch-and-go.
📺 You’ve got to go forwards to go back….(WIlly Wonka and the Chocolate Factory 1971) | YouTube
📺 “The Americans” Munchkins | Amazon Prime
Directed by Steph Green. With Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Dylan Baker, Brandon J. Dirden. When Paige's long-ago indiscretion threatens to resurface and destroy the family, Philip and Elizabeth find themselves scrambling - and Paige finds herself reevaluating who her parents really are.
Ian Fletcher, formerly the Head of the Olympic Deliverance Commission, has taken up the position of Head of Values at the BBC.
Starring: Hugh Bonneville, Monica Dolan, Jessica Hynes
Continuing on to finish off the second season. Some of the characters are beginning to feel weary to me, but they’re also such over-the-top caricatures that this would have been better to watch in smaller doses rather than two seasons at a time.
Ian Fletcher, formerly the Head of the Olympic Deliverance Commission, has taken up the position of Head of Values at the BBC.
Starring: Hugh Bonneville, Monica Dolan, Jessica Hynes
Quirky characters and biting satire. Sadly I’m probably missing a lot of the “in” jokes, though I did pick up what looked like Alan Yentob arm wrestling Salman Rushdie in a short cameo appearance. A lot of the comedy revolves around the premise of people who are paid professionally to be communicators are some of the absolute worst communicators on the planet.
📺 Tiny Shoulders, Rethinking Barbie (2018) | Hulu
Directed by Andrea Blaugrund Nevins. With Roxane Gay, Peggy Orenstein, Gloria Steinem. Barbie, the most popular doll ever created is a fashion icon and a target for feminists. This telling documentary features new footage, access to Barbie's biggest reinvention, and examines over 60 years of women through the lens of an 11.5 inch plastic doll.
The best part may have been the near-coda at the end that indicated what happened to the creator of Barbie.
📺 “Nature” Forest of the Lynx | PBS
Forests are far more complex than previously imagined. Travel deep into the remote forests of the Kalkalpen National Park in Austria - the largest area of wilderness in the Alps. Abandoned and unmanaged by man for close to a quarter of a century, the forest's dramatic cycle of growth and decay now rules the landscape. What appears at first to be devastation and destruction is in fact part of the ...
A reasonably well-told story, but the juxtaposition of images was often too forced to intimate activity that wasn’t really happening.
📺 “The Americans” The Day After | Amazon Prime
Directed by Daniel Sackheim. With Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Dylan Baker, Brandon J. Dirden. The Day After premieres, making the stakes - and terrible consequences - of the Cold War plain. Even with that in mind, will Elizabeth be able to complete the painful process of the "Patty" operation?
📺 “The Americans” The Magic of David Copperfield V: The Statue of Liberty Disappears | Amazon Prime
Directed by Matthew Rhys. With Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Dylan Baker, Brandon J. Dirden. The Jennings hit their breaking points as they try to handle their local agents such as Martha.
📺 “The Americans” Travel Agents | Amazon Prime
Directed by Daniel Attias. With Keri Russell, Matthew Rhys, Dylan Baker, Brandon J. Dirden. Martha must finally face the truth she has denied - and her life may never be the same. Plus, a chilling new development in William's work forces the Jennings to face the realities of what a biological war would mean.