shallowness

The Night Manager 2.1

I reread my posts about the show from when it aired in spring 2016 (I was very nitpicky!) in lieu of rewatching it, and then watched the show live. I’m probably not going to follow the schedule, but rather catch up with it in rotation with the other drama shows I’m watching. It was gripping enough, even though there’s a strong whiff of it not being based on a book, and so basically televised fanfiction.

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Watched on catch up. ( A Charleston, theatre jazz, jive with lifts, street commercial, Viennese waltz with lifts, cha cha. Two of those are not Latin or ballr-it's CHRISTMAS. )

( And the final results show of the year )

The couples’ picks for the final were revealed on ITT Monday. ( Read more... )

I learned last week that It Takes Two’s Tuesday episode is ‘always’ a pre-record (or is that under this presenting arrangement?) It was also announced that Chris/La Voix wouldn’t be dancing at Blackpool because of injury, and then in the build-up to the live show there was a not great news story.

Strictly Blackpool started later than advertised, presumably because of that injury.

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Not the results show: ( Read more... ) And then the news came out that Shirley had nearly choked twenty minutes before the live show started. Yikes!

Outrageous 1.5 - Oysters and Champagne

Covered 1935-36. ( Read more... )

On the future of Strictly, post TessnClaud, Richard Osman was interesting on this week’s The Rest is Entertainment (occasional viewer), pointing to the Dancing With the Stars revival and ability to attract under 35s to watch network TV live by harnessing social media as a model. They also broke down the presenting skills required to do TessnClaud’s jobs, suggested some names, and reminded that you should take what you read in anti-BBC biased newspapers with a pinch of salt.

Week 7 (watched live)

( cha cha, Charleston, paso doble, foxtrot, couples choice, Viennese waltz, salsa, tango and samba )

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Watched live:

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Results show (also watched on catch-up):

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Outrageous - 1.4 Hating and Loving

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Live show - watched on catch up.

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Results show – also watched on catch up.

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