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Post by Dame Bouncy Castle on Feb 6, 2019 15:23:46 GMT
Channel 4’s spy thriller Traitors will premiere on Sunday February 17th at 9pm.
Traitors tell the story of story of Feef, a bold 20-something woman who joins the Civil Service in 1945, just as the Labour party sweeps to victory, defeating Winston Churchill in an unexpected landslide. Her ambition to make something of her life goes unrecognized by her family, and is further complicated by her American lover.
Feef agrees to spy on her own government for the Americans, who have a hidden agenda in making sure England’s burgeoning Socialist ambitions don’t play into Soviet hands.
Struggling to work out what she stands for, and what she’s capable of, Feef must learn to think for herself and play by her own rules at a time when knowledge becomes power and nothing and no one is what they seem.
The drama series stars Emma Appleton (Clique), Keeley Hawes (Bodyguard), Michael Stuhlbarg (The Looming Tower), Luke Treadaway (Unbroken), Brandon P. Bell (Dear White People), Stephen Campbell Moore (The Last Post) and Matt Lauria (Parenthood).
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Post by profbooboo on Feb 6, 2019 21:37:25 GMT
I'll watch this as I like Stephen Campbell Moore and the Treadaway brothers are usually good. (Is it Harry in Mr Mercedes?)
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Post by marion on Feb 17, 2019 13:54:29 GMT
Anything with Keeley Hawes is worth trying I believe. I shall have to record this on +1 and watch later in the week.
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Post by linseed on Feb 17, 2019 15:09:28 GMT
Yes, I’m recording it on the +1 too - so much stuff on Sundays, so little the rest of the week!!
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Post by geometryman on Feb 17, 2019 23:09:00 GMT
I agree. However, this will have to be an exception for me, as spy dramas (especially cold war ones) aren't my thing.
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Post by steved on Feb 18, 2019 14:32:33 GMT
I watched the first episode but will probably not bother with the rest as the lighting is appalling - the colour is all washed out and practically all the action seems to take place in the dark. I guess that this is a techniqiue taught in modern Media Studies courses in an attempt to create "atmosphere". Well for me it fails and makes the programme unwatchable. I can confirm that there is nothing wrong with the brightness, contrast and colour settings of my TV set.
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Post by Dame Bouncy Castle on Feb 18, 2019 16:29:24 GMT
I watched the first episode but will probably not bother with the rest as the lighting is appalling - the colour is all washed out and practically all the action seems to take place in the dark. I guess that this is a techniqiue taught in modern Media Studies courses in an attempt to create "atmosphere". Well for me it fails and makes the programme unwatchable. I can confirm that there is nothing wrong with the brightness, contrast and colour settings of my TV set. Remember when the BBC kept telling us it was our TVs that were the problem, and not the bad lighting and mumbling?!  |
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steved
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Post by steved on Feb 18, 2019 16:44:42 GMT
Yup. And DOGS.
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Post by Dame Bouncy Castle on Feb 18, 2019 17:07:39 GMT
Oh yes. We all wanted DOGS. We told them so!
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Post by Miranda on Feb 18, 2019 17:08:39 GMT
Shush! You'll have TCR over here in a minute!
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Post by linseed on Feb 18, 2019 18:11:20 GMT
Remind me, what is DOGS? (Apart from the furry things that go woof)
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Post by marion on Feb 18, 2019 18:13:39 GMT
Well I've watched half an hour and don't know if I shall stick with it. The main problem I have is with this stupid creature Feef. Now if they had snowflakes in 1945 she surely would have been one. I shall persevere in case the espionage aspect redeems it but so far Feef and her American bloke are ghastly and we haven't had enough Keeley.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2019 18:45:25 GMT
Perhaps wrongly I chose to record Baptiste and watched this one as I was intrigued, however took a while to understand what was going on but think I now do! Surprised I didn't notice bad lighting,I usually do! Quite enjoyed it l
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Post by steved on Feb 18, 2019 20:41:57 GMT
Remind me, what is DOGS? (Apart from the furry things that go woof) Digital On-Screen Graphics (if I remember rightly). The channel logo in the top left corner of the screen. |
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Post by kabuki on Feb 19, 2019 20:39:25 GMT
Well I enjoyed it. Quite intriguing.
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Anymore to come?
