Time for another recommendations post? (135/365)

[white_hart]

It's Saturday evening and I've spent the afternoon working, so I'm in the mood for watching something fun and unchallenging. I think I'm going to go for Bill and Ted Face the Music, which sounds like it should fit the bill (my solo TV of choice has moved on from Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries to The Marvellous Mrs Maisel, apart from on Sewing Bee nights, which is similarly fun).

What are your favourite fun and unchallenging things right now?

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[taimatsu]

The Repair Shop - it’s the only TV I am making any time to watch at all (other than Tik Tak, Sarah & Duck and Hey Duggee with my toddler). I also love Sewing Bee and its ilk, but I think the Repair Shop has all the joy of skilled people doing their thing with even less of the competitive tension - which makes it much easier to watch half an episode and stop because it’s toddler bedtime or whatever. :)

[nineveh_uk]

Seconded. I can't cope with reality TV, but though The Repair Shop has its share of "can they make it work!!" and emotional stories, the technical side is fascinating and the craftwork excellent.

[taimatsu]

Ah, for me, yes there’s emotion and some ‘can they do it?!?’ but I’m pretty confident that if it’s on the show, it’s been a successful fix and the recipient is happy. :)

[white_hart]

Oh yes, The Repair Shop is lovely.

[antisoppist]

Sarah and Duck is excellent though. I kind of miss it. I also blame it for the youngest at age 10 firmly stating that at secondary school she wanted to learn the tuba. But that is not necessarily a bad thing. She is now 13 and in a brass band.

[joyeuce]

Sarah and Duck is very good. I miss it too. I have had no demands for a tuba yet, but now J has moved on to Dengineers we get frequent requests for impossible dens.

[danieldwilliam]

I miss Sarah and Duck. It was a favourite when my son was smaller.

[jinty]

I like a lot of things about the Repair Shop but they do get a bit UK jingoistic sometimes, especially with any military items that are brought in for repair.

[taimatsu]

That is true, I could totally do without that aspect. I would like to see more of objects from different cultural groups in the UK and different international origins. I'm thinking of the plaster mannequin lady from the Indian shop, and the little mosaic cross that I think was Romanian. More of that sort of thing!

[jinty]

Sounds like I have missed some of the more diverse ones! I don't think I've seen either of those. My daughter watched a whole bunch of episodes, series after series, while I only dipped into them occasionally if I was in the same room and fancied a sit down.

[nineveh_uk]

I've been having a lot of fun watching Mr Queen on Viki.com. I also saw today that latest fandom-favourite Chinese BL drama "Word of Honor" is apparently coming to Netflix soon, and I instantly thought "I should mention that to white_hart as she liked The Untamed. I have to admit that I watched 2 eps yesterday when feeling rubbish and thoroughly prepared to mock, but actually the set-up was very neatly and comprehensibly done, giving more confidence in the script than I'd expect, and they have cast leads who aren't junior idols, but grown-ups with experience, so I shall be continuing as my new light drama.

[white_hart]

I did see someone else mentioning that, and a lot of the people who loved The Untamed have been raving about it, so I suspect I will end up giving it a try. (Though I also suspect that, like The Untamed, it will have its moments of terrible angst...)

[aella_irene]

Robin of Sherwood from the 1980s. It is extremely unchallenging, but you do have to keep to a one or two episode a day limit in order to recover from the plots.

[white_hart]

I did love that first time round.

[antisoppist]

Mostly I am too tired to find Nirvana in Fire on my laptop and plug it in so it is whatever is on telly in old-fashioned pre-streaming style. I like The Repair Shop (though it often makes me cry) and Gardener's World and things where people make other people's gardens lovely and everyone cries, although I get all of these similar programmes confused but I don't think this matters. Sometimes they have Charlie Dimmock in and sometimes they don't.

I also enjoy Saving Lives at Sea where the lifeboat people come and rescue people who are clinging to rocks. It often has amazing scenery, if obviously a bit storm-lashed. This sometimes makes me cry as well.

With youngest child, I am watching Sewing Bee and Taskmaster and Schitt's Creek.

[aella_irene]

I think they are Garden Rescue (Charlie Dimmock) and Alan Titchmarsh (Love Your Garden), though Alan Titchmarsh often has people with terminal illnesses.

[antisoppist]

There was one where they did some sort of virtual reality thing where they could see the new gardens before they chose which one of two they wanted. It didn't have either Charlie Dimmock or Alan Tichmarsh but it doesn't seem to be on at the moment and I don't know what it was.

[white_hart]

I'm not much of a gardener, but I do like programmes where they do nice things for people.

[joyeuce]

There was a series about the Pennine Way on BBC4 last week which I'm quite enjoying. Just five half-hours so not a big time commitment, though also not much to binge!

[white_hart]

Oh, that sounds like something I will have to iPlayer!

[nanila]

All That Glitters is in the Sewing Bee family of shows, and features some fantastic jewellery. Hosted by Katherine Ryan. I'm enjoying it.

[white_hart]

I haven't tried that one but it is a good formula for TV! Though I tried a photography one on Sky Arts and it was too much semipro photographers with incredibly expensive kit and not ordinary people taking nice photos.

[jinty]

We watched School of Rock as a family the other day, that was very watchable. Also Flushed Away was more fun than I remembered: basically anything with Ardman Animations is fantastic, whether or not it includes Wallace & Gromit themselves.

[white_hart]

Ardman's stuff is wonderful.

[norfolkian]

I watched Spongebob Squarepants: Sponge on the Run the other day and thoroughly enjoyed it. I have also been binge-watching Masterchef Australia on Amazon Prime.

[danieldwilliam]

I'm currently enjoying Seaside Hotel on All 4. Danish comedy set in a summer hotel between the wars.

[white_hart]

I haven't come across that - I'll have to check it out!

[danieldwilliam]

It's a bit Upstairs Downstairs / Downton Abbey / farce.

[lokifan]

I watched Iron Fist on this basis. Oh, and Schitt's Creek <3

[lilysea]

I've been enjoying Resident Alien

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4J7QjGNTs4

[sfred]

We've recently started Schitt's Creek and I'm enjoying it.

[taimatsu]

It wasn't quite right for me, but you or some of your readers may be interested in BBC4 'Yorkshire Walks'. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000cd03/episodes/guide

[white_hart]

I think that was heavily recommended on a post a few months ago!