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BBC 4 'Storyville'
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- Lemon Slice
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BBC 4 'Storyville'
Does anyone here watch the 'Storyville' docs on BBC 4 ? Whatever the subject, they are always a fascinating and interesting watch. Recent standouts include 'Hillsong Church' (cult-like Christian megachurch), 'Carlos Ghosn' (ex-Renault/Nissan boss) and a very touching 'Petite Fille' (French child with gender dysmorphia). Tonight I caught up with 'Cartel Land', a jaw dropping account of Mexican drug gangs and the opposing Autodefensas vigilante group. It left me reeling, sorry for the ordinary citizens who have to live there and grateful that I don't...... The best series on TV by a mile.
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Redmires wrote:Does anyone here watch the 'Storyville' docs on BBC 4 ? Whatever the subject, they are always a fascinating and interesting watch. Recent standouts include 'Hillsong Church' (cult-like Christian megachurch), 'Carlos Ghosn' (ex-Renault/Nissan boss) and a very touching 'Petite Fille' (French child with gender dysmorphia). Tonight I caught up with 'Cartel Land', a jaw dropping account of Mexican drug gangs and the opposing Autodefensas vigilante group. It left me reeling, sorry for the ordinary citizens who have to live there and grateful that I don't...... The best series on TV by a mile.
I haven't yet but from your post it sounds like I will
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Re: BBC 4 'Storyville'
redsturgeon wrote:Can you watch iplayer in Oz SD
John
Normally Nord VPN works well for the BBC iPlayer
- but I've probably jinxed it by saying that
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Re: BBC 4 'Storyville'
I always wonder why the BBC doesn't just start a global subscription model for the iplayer, is there some technical or legal reason?
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Re: BBC 4 'Storyville'
Is it not part of your TV licence?
pay quite enough already with that Sky, Neflix, Prime, NowTV etc
pay quite enough already with that Sky, Neflix, Prime, NowTV etc
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Re: BBC 4 'Storyville'
redsturgeon wrote:I always wonder why the BBC doesn't just start a global subscription model for the iplayer, is there some technical or legal reason?
John
I think the licensing is complicated.
They've partnered with various outlets already for their own content; I think they also have about 50% share in BritBox.
Anyways, I've got the Hillsong episode of Storyville ready to go
- seems like a good place to start given our PM's involvement in the cult
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Re: BBC 4 'Storyville'
The reason Storyville is decent is that hardly any of the content is made by the BBC. They tend to buy it in - so you don't get the usual BBC propaganda in the middle of an otherwise decent documentary.
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Re: BBC 4 'Storyville'
Redmires wrote:Recent standouts include 'Hillsong Church' (cult-like Christian megachurch),
Well I watch this one and thoroughly enjoyed it
My one very minor criticism would be that it could have done with a little bit more of an obvious arc over the running time
- perhaps that's a result of them going with an explicit chapter based approach? (some content touched on earlier in a way that made later "reveals" a little bit less impactful)
- but that's a very minor point and it certainly held our attention
All in all, it was fascinating, creepy, and funny (certainly didn't expect to laugh so much) - with some stunning photography
Glad to see the BBC Studios still producing such excellent content
- and well worth jumping though a VPN to get my hands on it
Let's see what else takes my fancy
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Re: BBC 4 'Storyville'
Dragging this thread up to date, Storyville goes from strength to strength. Interesting one this week about North Korea featuring a family of 5 who fled to South Korea via China, Vietnam, Laos & Thailand. This included a 10 hour arduous jungle trek, all the more remarkable because of the two very young children and the 80 year old grandma involved. Quite a gripping episode.
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