Team Sky Documentary - Sky Atlantic

squired
squired Posts: 1,153
edited August 2012 in Pro race
Not sure if many people are aware of this, but Sky is showing a documentary about Team Sky, starting on 30 August. Could be interesting.

http://skyatlantic.sky.com/bradley-wigg ... earch-sslc

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  • lemon63
    lemon63 Posts: 253
    Not so good if you're with Virgin Media :evil:
  • takethehighroad
    takethehighroad Posts: 6,811
    Looks good, on series link, it looks quite in depth to be fair.

    I really hope it's like a ProCyling feature but on camera
  • redvee
    redvee Posts: 11,922
    lemon63 wrote:
    Not so good if you're with Virgin Media :evil:

    Yeah, I've spent the afternoon trying to find Sky Atlantic on my Tivo and failed. :(
    I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.
  • fungus_the_muffin_man
    fungus_the_muffin_man Posts: 1,608
    Virgin is for knobjockeys. Sky Atlantic is the only reason I refuse to leave sky.
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Sky Atlantic has Boardwalk Empire. 'Nuff said.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    afx237vi wrote:
    Sky Atlantic has Boardwalk Empire. 'Nuff said.

    Really? I thought it was pretty bad.

    Mad men on the other hand....
    _
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    afx237vi wrote:
    Sky Atlantic has Boardwalk Empire. 'Nuff said.

    Really? I thought it was pretty bad.

    Mad men on the other hand....

    Gave up after the first season of Mad Men. Waaaaaaay too self-aware.

    OH MY GOD LOOK AT US DRINKING SCOTCH DURING OFFICE HOURS AND MAKING INAPPROPRIATE COMMENTS IN FRONT OF FEMALE EMPLOYEES!!! Every episode.
  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    To be fair sky Atlantic is probably the best channel on sky...
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  • dsoutar
    dsoutar Posts: 1,746
    Paul 8v wrote:
    To be fair sky Atlantic is probably the best channel on sky...

    Just looked at the program listings for Sky Atlantic. Jeez - is Sky really that bad ?
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    afx237vi wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    afx237vi wrote:
    Sky Atlantic has Boardwalk Empire. 'Nuff said.

    Really? I thought it was pretty bad.

    Mad men on the other hand....

    Gave up after the first season of Mad Men. Waaaaaaay too self-aware.

    OH MY GOD LOOK AT US DRINKING SCOTCH DURING OFFICE HOURS AND MAKING INAPPROPRIATE COMMENTS IN FRONT OF FEMALE EMPLOYEES!!! Every episode.

    Boardwalk Empire's no better in that respect.

    OH MY GOD LOOK AT US DOING REALLY CLICHED '20S STUFF!!!!! GANGSTERS AND CORRUPT POLITICIANS!!! LOOK HOW WE EVEN CROWBARED REAL LIFE CRIMINALS INTO OUR PLOT!!!! LOOK, WE'RE SO SERIOUS WE EVEN HAVE UNNECESSARY FEMALE NUDITY BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY ADULT AND SERIOUS!!!! ! Every episode

    and what you call self-aware I call a post-modern angle ;), which I don't think Boardwalk is.
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  • MrTapir
    MrTapir Posts: 1,206
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    afx237vi wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    afx237vi wrote:
    Sky Atlantic has Boardwalk Empire. 'Nuff said.

    Really? I thought it was pretty bad.

    Mad men on the other hand....

    Gave up after the first season of Mad Men. Waaaaaaay too self-aware.

    OH MY GOD LOOK AT US DRINKING SCOTCH DURING OFFICE HOURS AND MAKING INAPPROPRIATE COMMENTS IN FRONT OF FEMALE EMPLOYEES!!! Every episode.

    Boardwalk Empire's no better in that respect.

    OH MY GOD LOOK AT US DOING REALLY CLICHED '20S STUFF!!!!! GANGSTERS AND CORRUPT POLITICIANS!!! LOOK HOW WE EVEN CROWBARED REAL LIFE CRIMINALS INTO OUR PLOT!!!! LOOK, WE'RE SO SERIOUS WE EVEN HAVE UNNECESSARY FEMALE NUDITY BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY ADULT AND SERIOUS!!!! ! Every episode

    and what you call self-aware I call a post-modern angle ;), which I don't think Boardwalk is.

    Neither are fit to shine the shoes of Inspector Montalbano, which is on BBC Four, thus available to many more people.
  • Wrath Rob
    Wrath Rob Posts: 2,918
    @Squired, thanks for the tip off. One for series link.
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  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    afx237vi wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    afx237vi wrote:
    Sky Atlantic has Boardwalk Empire. 'Nuff said.

    Really? I thought it was pretty bad.

    Mad men on the other hand....

    Gave up after the first season of Mad Men. Waaaaaaay too self-aware.

    OH MY GOD LOOK AT US DRINKING SCOTCH DURING OFFICE HOURS AND MAKING INAPPROPRIATE COMMENTS IN FRONT OF FEMALE EMPLOYEES!!! Every episode.

    Boardwalk Empire's no better in that respect.

    OH MY GOD LOOK AT US DOING REALLY CLICHED '20S STUFF!!!!! GANGSTERS AND CORRUPT POLITICIANS!!! LOOK HOW WE EVEN CROWBARED REAL LIFE CRIMINALS INTO OUR PLOT!!!! LOOK, WE'RE SO SERIOUS WE EVEN HAVE UNNECESSARY FEMALE NUDITY BECAUSE WE'RE REALLY ADULT AND SERIOUS!!!! ! Every episode

    and what you call self-aware I call a post-modern angle ;), which I don't think Boardwalk is.

    Your argument falls down with the "unnecessary female nudity" bit. You've seen Paz de la Huerta, right? There's nothing unnecessary about that! :lol:
  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    Isn't Game of Thrones on Atlantic too if i remember rightly?
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  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    Paul 8v wrote:
    Isn't Game of Thrones on Atlantic too if i remember rightly?

    Ultimate example of unnecessary nudity.
    _
  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    Not so much in the second season, do like that Daenerys Targaryen though :-)
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  • Jez mon
    Jez mon Posts: 3,809
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Paul 8v wrote:
    Isn't Game of Thrones on Atlantic too if i remember rightly?

    Ultimate example of completely necessary nudity.

    FTFY!

    Sometimes I think the producers have a conversation along the following lines, not enough nudity these last few episodes, lets set this scene in a brothel.
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  • disgruntledgoat
    disgruntledgoat Posts: 8,957
    Seinfeld reruns on a monday night too!

    Atlantic and Rugby League are the 2 reasons I pay my Sky bill.
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  • alihisgreat
    alihisgreat Posts: 3,872
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Paul 8v wrote:
    Isn't Game of Thrones on Atlantic too if i remember rightly?

    Ultimate example of unnecessary nudity.


    Its HBO programs.

    They all have loads of nudity in.

    eg. Game of Thrones, Homeland etc. Boardwalk empire is HBO too.

    Hopefully the Sky documentary is HBO produced too :lol:
  • ridley2010
    ridley2010 Posts: 115
    Spartacus for unnecessary nudity. Not that i watch that filth.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    ridley2010 wrote:
    Spartacus for unnecessary nudity. Not that i watch that filth.

    Yes.

    Flicked over to it once and it was some gladiator style scene. Fair enough.

    Next scene are the warriors chatting about said fight in the middle of a 70-man bi-sexual orgy, bronzed and oiled chests of both sexes aplenty.

    It's standard HBO - "we have some boring but plot necessary chat to get through. Get the t!ts out". They do it in the sopranos too. "I know, rather than have them sitting drinking a coffee like when we have interesting plot chats, we'll do it in a strip bar because it's a little too long to have them just drink coffee and hold their interest"
    _
  • afx237vi
    afx237vi Posts: 12,630
    Spartacus is not HBO. I saw like half an episode of that and wasn't sure whether I was supposed to be titillated by the porn or the violence. Very weird.
  • rick_chasey
    rick_chasey Posts: 75,661
    More on topic, how are they going to find enough stuff to fill 5 episodes worth?
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  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    ALIHISGREAT wrote:
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    Paul 8v wrote:
    Isn't Game of Thrones on Atlantic too if i remember rightly?

    Ultimate example of unnecessary nudity.


    Its HBO programs.

    They all have loads of nudity in.

    eg. Game of Thrones, Homeland etc. Boardwalk empire is HBO too.

    Hopefully the Sky documentary is HBO produced too :lol:

    Not sure I'd want to see team sky in the nip!
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  • Paul 8v
    Paul 8v Posts: 5,458
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    More on topic, how are they going to find enough stuff to fill 5 episodes worth?

    They might do a documentry on a different rider possibly, Wiggins one week, Cav the next etc
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  • slim_boy_fat
    slim_boy_fat Posts: 1,810
    Rick Chasey wrote:
    More on topic, how are they going to find enough stuff to fill 5 episodes worth?
    I'm pretty sure the 5 part documentary is going to follow the GB cycling team in the the build up to the Olympics as well as Team Sky this season.

    Edit:
    British Cycling: The Road To Glory will offer an insight into the inner workings and stars of both the professional road outfit Team Sky and the national British Cycling team. It will lay bare the extraordinary physical, psychological and tactical dimensions of both professional cycling and the bid for continued Olympic success at London 2012. The series will also feature key coaches behind the bid, including Dave Brailsford, Performance Director of British Cycling and Team Principal for Team Sky.

    There is also a one off documentary following Wiggins this season.
    Also airing later this year will be one-off documentary Bradley Wiggins: Tour Of Duty, which will give a no-holds barred look at how one of Britain’s brightest sport stars balances his professional and personal life. Cameras will follow Wiggins across some of Europe’s toughest races as he trains for the Tour De France and succeeds in becoming the first British rider to win cycling’s most iconic professional race. The documentary will also look to capture the personality of Wiggins as he trains and competes for the Tour, following his journey and speaking to those closest to him. The film will be directed by John Dower (Thriller in Manila).

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