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Saturday night TV just awful

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grannyrebel7 Sat 11-Jan-20 20:01:35

Started off watching The Greatest Dancer but had to stop. I couldn't bear that thing they do where you can hear what the audience and the panel are saying to each other during the performance. I then began watching The Masked Singer but Davina McCall was unbearable on it. So over the top! Saturday night viewing has just gone down the pan - it's so banal it's just dire. Thank God for Netflix!

phoenix Sat 11-Jan-20 20:06:10

I agree, but will be watching Casualty!blush

merlotgran Sat 11-Jan-20 20:09:44

We like The Masked Singer. It's bonkers! grin

Grandma70s Sat 11-Jan-20 20:11:09

I’m watching BBC 4 on ordinary life in Victorian Britain, and then I’ll try BBC 2 with Joanna Lumley and Jennifer Saunders.

Sealover Sat 11-Jan-20 20:15:32

I watch Casualty purely from habit, think Charlie's acting is poor considering he's the best paid actor on TV!

phoenix Sat 11-Jan-20 20:24:03

Surely not, Sealover! Pretty sure that other television actors are paid more!

kittylester Sat 11-Jan-20 20:28:45

There was football on - DJ watched that.

I watched Pointless which had Kush and Martin on!!

MiniMoon Sat 11-Jan-20 20:30:01

I've got The Bone Detectives on Channel 4. It is very interesting, if you like archeology, and mysterious bronze age burials.
I couldn't be bothered with the other stuff on offer.

GrannyGravy13 Sat 11-Jan-20 20:43:58

We also like The Masked Singer because it is bonkers and so over the top.

merlotgran Sat 11-Jan-20 20:49:46

I think Duck is Nancy Dell'olio. grin

phoenix Sat 11-Jan-20 20:59:36

Casualty was the first programme Mr P and I watched together when I invited him for supper.

(Lasagne, salad and garlic bread, possibly 21st April 2001)

Calendargirl Sat 11-Jan-20 21:00:05

Have watched an old Midsomer, now waiting for Wisting to start on BBC Four. Agree that Saturday tv often seems geared to encourage you to go out!

GrannyGravy13 Sat 11-Jan-20 21:18:31

merlotgran grin Mr.Gravy and I are disagreeing on "hedgehog" he is favouring Michael Ball, for some reason I think it maybe Alexander Armstrong!

MiniMoon Sat 11-Jan-20 21:20:51

I've put the tv off!

I'm now talking to you all via my tablet. I might watch some YouTube videos for a while before I go to bed.
I like Einstein and Petra the African Grey parrots, what good talkers they are. I particularly like Petra talking to Alexa and Google home. ??

ladymuck Sat 11-Jan-20 21:40:45

I'm glad I'm not the only one feeling frustrated and disappointed. I usually spend Saturday and Sunday afternoons watching the Drama channel. Not today though.

I fell asleep over a book. The light is too poor to sew and I didn't feel in the mood for serious reading.

NotTooOld Sat 11-Jan-20 21:59:36

I agree, Saturday night TV is abysmal. We watched Dad's Army, the one where the platoon have to look after the German submarine crew. It was good, same as it was the umpteen other times we have watched it. After that we watched the Coast prog about Cornwall but that appeared to be a series of repeats strung together in an incoherent way. DH is now surfing on his laptop and I'm on here.

tinaf1 Sat 11-Jan-20 22:11:47

Watching BBC 4 Wisting Skandi noir

Sara65 Sat 11-Jan-20 22:13:46

I haven’t put the television in tonight, had a look to see what was on, and quite frankly it was absolute rubbish.

Sent a long overdue email to a friend, read my book, dipped in and out of gransnet, now I think I’ll go to bed.

Vera tomorrow night, definitely something to look forward to.

Nortsat46 Sat 11-Jan-20 22:22:27

I agree Saturday evening television can be very poor quality. We always tape films during the week or watch one from Amazon Prime on Saturday nights with take-away, if we’re not going out.

This evening we watched an amusing Woody Allen film - ‘Small Time Crooks’, and had pizza, salad and a bottle of nice wine.

That probably sounds very pedestrian to lots of people, but we enjoyed the evening. ???

Sara65 Sat 11-Jan-20 22:25:29

Nortsat

Not at all, sounds lovely to me .

Charleygirl5 Sat 11-Jan-20 22:32:43

Saturday night TV nowadays is for 16-24 year olds. I watch Casualty out of habit and I did enjoy tonight's episode although nowadays I have to put on subtitles because I either cannot understand the accents or the mumbling irritates me.

Tomorrow evening is good but I will have to record because the Profumo Affair will be on as well as Dragons Den and Vera.

Pittcity Sat 11-Jan-20 22:35:18

History programmes on Channel 5.

Nortsat46 Sat 11-Jan-20 22:36:16

Sara65 ?

Auntieflo Sat 11-Jan-20 22:42:06

Agree that Saturday's programmes are awful. If we watch anything, before 9.00 pm, it will be a recording, or catch up.
We haven't watched Casualty for years.

DH watched a bit of NCIS then we watched Wisting.

annep1 Sat 11-Jan-20 22:42:40

Saturday evening choice is very poor at the minute. We watched a film on Netflix called The Breadwinner. A cartoon film set in Kabul 2001. It was released in 2017. Good little film.