idun Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Thalassa: Morlaix, Roscoff, Plymouth: Douce Manche was on TV5 Monde today and was a cracking program. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Was that the one that featured the old deep sea diver training centre and the couple of old boys who were still diving in their 80's?If so then I caught the end of the program a week or so ago and enjoyed it very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted March 1, 2015 Author Share Posted March 1, 2015 It was shown on french tv on the 13th apparently.Yes, the old divers were on, and I missed that, as unfortunately I missed the beginning and the end, but did see a good hour of it, it was on for almost two hours. I shall happily watch it all again though and hope I can catch it again on TV5 Monde. I was fascinated by the story of Brittany and Brittany ferries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Just looked up TV5 Monde, and find:"Next airing time:FRI 06/03 01:03115minEpisode 16/20Morlaix, Roscoff, Plymouth: the gentle Channel We sail across the Channel. North Brittany is a land of surprising light, while Roscoff and Morlaix are home to sailors and farmers who are forever casting their eyes to the horizon, to Plymouth in particular. The other side shows the same pride as their histories are closely linked. Summary: - The bay of wonder - A golden climate - Sea landscapes - Such a close neighbour - Ray: pirate of the depths Presented by: Georges Pernoud."As I have read this onhttps://asia.tv5monde.com/Resources/Shows/Thalassadoes the time given of 01.03 refer to French time, or Asia time, or what?I'd love to catch it.Angela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyh4 Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 TV5 Monde as distributed by Sky - channel 796 - will show this episode again on Tuesday at 11pm (UK time) so midnight Tuesday CET. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted March 1, 2015 Author Share Posted March 1, 2015 I've just found that time too.The poverty shown in 1950's Brittany shouldn't have shocked me, but it did. And yet, friends have told me how poorly they lived post war and for a number of years. No rationing apparently, but hard lives, never the less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Snif - I don't have Sky, so that's it then ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindal1000 Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Tv5 monde is also on freeview Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cendrillon Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 "I was fascinated by the story of Brittany and Brittany ferries."I think this is / was on Brittany Ferries own website and may still be there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 [quote user="Loiseau"]Snif - I don't have Sky, so that's it then ...[/quote]Pluzz? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Loiseau Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Linda, I can't seem to find any mention of it being on freeview here in the UK, but I will do a channel update later.I found this on a French tourist board site:"TV5MONDE is an international general-entertainment TV channel in French, and is available in the UK via Sky channel 799 and Virgin channel 825 ...."I also went to the TV5Monde website, where it looks as if I might be able to see certain programmes, but would have to pay. :-(Angela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Pluzz.fr is the main site for French "catch up" TV, looks like the emission was more than 7 days ago so no longer viewable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted March 2, 2015 Share Posted March 2, 2015 Aha, thanks Chancer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val_2 Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 Well it was very interesting to watch as it was literally round the corner from here. Knew several of the people too, especially the old chap fishing at low tide for the lobsters. Life still is pretty hard here currently for the farmers as they usually get very little in return for months of backbreaking work when the finished product goes to the depot.Neighbour was only saying the other week he pays €0,15 for each cauliflower plant at the end of the summer and usually only reaps around €0,20-25 when sold! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted March 9, 2015 Author Share Posted March 9, 2015 Thought about you Val2 when watching, as I thought it was your lovely part of ........ well, I'll not say the F word, but Bretagne.[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gluestick Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 [quote user="Val_2"]Neighbour was only saying the other week he pays €0,15 for each cauliflower plant at the end of the summer and usually only reaps around €0,20-25 when sold![/quote]Humph!Wish I could buy a decent choufleure for 25 centimes!Mrs Gluey and I stayed with friends in Andalusia Oct 2013, and he was telling me one of his Spanish local chums was breaking his back growing tomatoes and most were being junked...............Summat awful wrong with food distribution, today.[:@] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted March 9, 2015 Author Share Posted March 9, 2015 Isn't the 25cts the price the wholesale market would pay the farmer? And then dare I say, the entrepreneurs get involved......... not a french word apparently, selon GW Bush!Cauliflowers, well, that is one of the things that made me realise that I had moved to a very expensive France. First one I bought was about 10ff, which was about £1 back then, and in 1981, before the move, I had only been paying say 30p for a huge one, and I have never seen a huge one in France. Cauliflowers and those neopolitan ice creams that were in cardboard wrappers, they too were 10ff. OK beer, wine and mustard were cheap, but we couldn't live on those three........ sadly; nothing else was cheap when we made the move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gluestick Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 We've actually found, Idun, collies are far cheaper in our local Aldi than Carrefour: and fresher, too. As well as being quite a bit cheaper than UK.Not as cheap in the local Saturday marché, however much, much fresher: same with epinage and most other stuff.The nice lady and her son we buy from, have a small farm near St. Omer: and rise at the crack to pick fresh especially for the Marché. One has to be early, otherwise it's all gone!Hard life though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 I only buy veg that I like and when its affordable, my staples are leeks, cauliflower, courgettes and choux bruxelles when in season, white, green and red cabbage. If they are at 99cts per kg I buy them like the cauliflower last week, otherwise I set a limit of €1.69 per kg and wont pay above that.Pretty much the same goes for fruit although mango's and pineapples are an exception, they are priced per unité and go a very long way.All the other more expensive fruit and veg are but memories for me now.When I go to the Arab market its often no cheaper but a good choice and good quality can be found, cases of stuff knocked out at the end of the morning can be very cheap, sometimes I leave with nothing as the supermarkets have it all and cheaper.The only feculant that I eat now is patate douce and they cost a lot, up to €2.69 per kg.Back in the UK, its so hard to work out the price if stuff when its prepacked but by the number of fruit and not the weight, also any 2 for £5 etc muddies the waters, I take the prepacks and weigh them, nearly always I find the fruit en vrac is cheaper and better quality even than the so called value packs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val_2 Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 We get huge caulis here, in fact one will do four meals for my son and I.When I walk across the field behind the house I usually end up with two or three given by the farmers so have to carry a plastic bag usually and these same products are packed in the fields and then taken the local Dépôt des legumes in the next village for sale onwards to the supermarkets etc. Leeks at the moment are 2kg for €1,40 in Leclerc but if you go to the depots you can buy veggies and salads at very very low prices, so low it does not make sense to grow any yourself, same with tomatoes in the summer from the local greenhouses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idun Posted March 10, 2015 Author Share Posted March 10, 2015 We lived a long way from you Val2 and the caulis were what I would call small and some would only feed two of us. An expensive veggie really at the prices we had to pay.I thought that the small variety were what was grown in France, but maybe the big ones would generally go for freezing??? could be??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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