The Gold, Sunday eve

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At 9, looks promising.....

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Halmyre said:

The dummy gold bars look to be way too light. A real one weighs about 28 pounds, you wouldn't be waving it around like a jumbo bar of Toblerone.

Or 13 kg for those of us under the age of 60
I noticed that too, the smelter (?) brought one home in a skimpy little plastic bag he was swinging around.

NorthEast said:

Speech is very muffled, missed a few words.

I find i'm doubting myself more and more these days as I know my hearing isn't what it was. We have to watch everything through the recorder so I can play it back to get what some people are saying. But i'm really not sure, it seems ridiculous that the Beeb are putting out such problematic TV, but is the same at the Cinema. The volume levels are all over the place so I have to sit there with the remote turning it up and down throughout certain programs.

The volume is low for the speech, they mumble, but then wound right up for the 'other parts'. Note the inverted commas as I can't call it music, to denote tension they play this horrible piercing noise really loud. It's like Tinnitus at 120Db, it almost hurts and has me turning it right down.
How in this day and age can they not realise they're doing it? This why I wonder if it's just an age related thing or something else, i've always had problems separating speech from background noise.

It had big boots to fill after what's her name mumbled her way through Happy Valley for the last few weeks, in comparison it's not as easy to watch, you have to seriously give it 100% to understand who the heck they're talking about some of the time. It's ok TV, but not great so far.

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Yes the facts were displayed at the start. They expected to find £1m, but got away with £27m.
It's still in circulation today, if you've got gold jewellery you're likely to have some in its content.

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Rider007 said:

Starting to get bored of this now, far too long. Could have been made into a movie, 2-1/2 hours top. Hoping that Bonnevilles friend Paddington turns up to dig up the gold and skit away to darkest Peru

There is a thread for ADHD, i'll see if I can find it if you like?

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Granadier said:

The article also mentions the mild mistake of having Palmer in The Gold use the word "tsunami" when people then said "tidal wave". This was one I noted when watching the series... I don't think I came across "tsunami" until the Boxing Day 2004 disaster.

Not sure this is correct. I could swear I heard it before 2004.

It was a well used word before 2004 and is incorrectly used now purely on its own. The Manics even had a hit with it in '99.


I can't say anymore than anyone else about the series really. I enjoyed it, but left feeling I still don't know the true story! I haven't watched the extra documentary yet though.

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popeyewhite said:

Regarding the series is it any good? I can't see beyond putting money/infamy in a convicted murderers pocket by watching it...unless it's a real classic of a series.

The idea is that you watch it and tell us what you think.

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popeyewhite said:

Evoluzione said:

The idea is that you watch it and tell us what you think.

Got that but can't watch a convicted murderer unless it's really really worth it. Just doesn't sit right. I mean if it's really good drama I'll cover my eyes lol but beyond that... .

Sorry I don't understand. Nobody can choose a film for you.
If you mean you'll have to cover your eyes everytime Noye is on the screen it'll be a difficult watch.
Do what anyone else would do and watch the first episode then decide.

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popeyewhite said:

Evoluzione said:

popeyewhite said:

Evoluzione said:

The idea is that you watch it and tell us what you think.

Got that but can't watch a convicted murderer unless it's really really worth it. Just doesn't sit right. I mean if it's really good drama I'll cover my eyes lol but beyond that... .

Sorry I don't understand. Nobody can choose a film for you.
If you mean you'll have to cover your eyes everytime Noye is on the screen it'll be a difficult watch.
Do what anyone else would do and watch the first episode then decide.

Sorry for being obtuse, I mean it's a wrestle with my conscience. Could you just say whether The Gold is any good or not please.

It's crap, don't watch it, you'll regret it.