What are you watching?

Hi Lucy

I love Springwatch, it was from Northern Ireland on Tuesday night I think, specifically from an ancient graveyard that I used to pass on the bus in the centre of Belfast. It's a locked ancient graveyard and everything is overgrown and the camera picked up a vixen and 2 young cubs playing.

There is an active badger sett 2 fields behind me and you can see the new entrances being occasionally dug. I can tell you that some stones that they excavate are nearly the size of an adult badger. One morning about 10am I was looking out the front window and a badger was running down the small country road in front of our house. Funny thing is, it was on the correct side of road for travel lol!

Tvman x

Fab - you are lucky living so rurally . A badger with road sense too ! 

We are right on the edge of surburbia and countryside and have foxes in the garden every year . They seem to get braver as the weeks go by . I like watching the cubs playing on the lawn with mummy and daddy keeping an eye on them. My hubby isn’t a fan of the fox poo in the grass though when he comes to mow ! 

That's great Chelle.

I do family history too but the furthest I managed to go back was the 18th century.

Most of my ancestors were Irish and that can be a nightmare trying to find them in Ireland.

Funnily enough I have never been to Ireland. I always meant to go especially to some of the places where my ancestors lived.

It is my Scottish line that I can trace furthest back. The Scottish records are very good until you hit a wall where there are people in the same place with the same name. One wrong turn and you go down the wrong path to the wrong family.

I was watching a programme about The Tower of London the other night.

It was about Catherine Howard. I knew all about her as I had read the Shardlake books.

I like programmes about History and Geography.

Helen 

I have just watched survivors on Netflix, it’s a 6 part drama series based in Australia. 15 years ago 3 young people lost their lives in 2 separate tragedies. Now 15 years later there is another death of a young girl, washed up on the beach where the 3 youngsters lost their lives 15 years ago. 

For me it showed how grief can control your life, change who you are or what your life was going to be. In this small town this tragedy affected everyone, but was it an accident? Could one persons actions change the outcome of everyone’s lives. 

Hi Helen, I just wanted to wish you well for tomorrow's scan, I hope you are doing ok, and will have everything crossed your results bring you the good news you deserve.

Eddie xx 

Did anyone watch all 6 episodes of “Code of Silence”? Do you think they will make another Series, after she has been on the course. Was that the comedian who played her father?

Hi Annette, yes it was a great series, and they have definitely left it where they could make another series. Rose Ayling-Ellis is a wonderful actress, and I noticed she also produced the series. John Bishop played her father x 

Department q is  worth a watch imho 

Hi Chelle, Yes I thought she acted well and I noticed she also produced it. I thought that was John Bishop who played her father but there was no mention of him in the credits!

Hi Minmax I have never heard of Dept Q.. is it on iPlayer, Netflix or where and I will keep my eye out for it, thanks.

Sorry Anndanv That would be to easy unfortunately I havnt a clue sorry