Breaking Away

[Tim Hall]

Tipped off in a thread from The Other Place, one of the fabbest films featuring bikes, Breaking Away, is on TV tonight from 10pm to midnight.

Talking Pictures. Freeview 81 (HD), Freesat 306, Sky 343, Virgin 445

If any one hasn't seen this film, do so. Cycling! Shaved legs! Italians! Americans!

"I want some American food, dammit! I want French Fries! "

 

[Sharky]

Is that the one with the dog sprint training?
Good film

 

[dodgy]

Oh god, it's bloody awful!

 

[Tim Hall]

Is that the one with the dog sprint training?
Good film

Don't recall a dog. Our hero drafts a lorry (in the wrong gear, if you're sharp eyed) at the beginning, and wants to be Italian.

Oh god, it's bloody awful!

Pshaw. And tosh.

 

[tonyg52]

I suspect that the Breaking Away is about an America that no longer exist.

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Partially inspired by one of the very early 7-Eleven riders apparantly

 

[jefmcg]

I suspect that the Breaking Away is about an America that no longer exist.

The past is another country

 

[Tim Hall]

The past is another country

They quote things differently there.

 

[Sharky]

Don't recall a dog.

Your right, was thinking of the other film "American Flyers"

 

[ColinJ]

I had never even noticed that that channel existed!

I missed the first half of the film but just checked and they are broadcasting it again on Saturday 23rd, 20:00-00:00.

 

[Fonze]

Got the thread all mixed up , must be my chocolate fixation ..

 

[mjr]

[QUOTE 4964893, member: 9609"]there is no channel 81 on my freeview. [/QUOTE]
Even though it's a standard channel, it's only available on HDTVs because it's in a HD multiplex.

 

[ColinJ]

Even though it's a standard channel, it's only available on HDTVs because it's in a HD multiplex.

There is 'standard' and there is 'standard Freeview'. Unfortunately, a significant minority of the UK population only get distinctly non-standard 'Freeview Lite' with a subset of the channels. (That's what we get in the Calder Valley so I chose Freesat instead.)

 

[mjr]

[QUOTE 4965062, member: 9609"]that's interesting, my neighbour is having freesat installed and he says it has many more channels (plus more on HD ?) , I guess we must be in a 'Freeview Lite' area.[/QUOTE]
About 350 channels, with 20ish in HD. Of course, there's a lot of shopping and religion and shakily produced news in there, but there would still be a lot of stuff not on Freeview Light. I think there are comparisons on http://UKfree.TV

 

[ColinJ]

Freesat can use a Sky dish, if you have one.

I bought a Humax PVR for under £200 and it has been excellent. The picture quality on the HD channels is the best that I have seen, and the device is good at upscaling other channels to HD.

The reason that I didn't spot the channel in question here is because I set the box up to show me 4 pages of favourite channels on its TV guide and this one didn't make the list. There is an empty space on one page now that Bike Channel has shut down so I will pick another one to add to the list. (The favourites list reduces the time spent on trawling through dross channels in the guide.)