What Are You Watching..?

[pap]

Just finished 5. I love this sh*t. Are all yank series' this good these days?

 

I'm not into all of them myself, but they are of a good quality. My youngest loves Glee. Not my cup of tea but there is no denying it's a well put together show.

 

As a general rule of thumb, the likes of HBO and Showtime put out good quality shows, and they'll generally swear like troopers in 'em.

 

AMC are riding high with Breaking Bad and Walking Dead at the moment.

 

Right now, I'd say my regular series are Breaking Bad, True Blood, Walking Dead (gotta catch up though) and Sons of Anarchy. But don't watch Sons of Anarchy; it's ridiculous. I'm invested now, but there's no reason for others to be. I think Bearsy would like it though; it variously features biker chicks and porn stars.

 

I've seen most of the first season of Boardwalk Empire too. That's a good show - 1930s gangsters with Steve Buscemi as the lead. Hard to watch at times, though. Finally, if you haven't seen it already, you should take a look at The Wire. Takes a good few episodes to kick in, get used to the slang, etc - but it is a very good show replete with interesting characters.

[Jonnyboy]

I'm not into all of them myself, but they are of a good quality. My youngest loves Glee. Not my cup of tea but there is no denying it's a well put together show.

 

As a general rule of thumb, the likes of HBO and Showtime put out good quality shows, and they'll generally swear like troopers in 'em.

 

AMC are riding high with Breaking Bad and Walking Dead at the moment.

 

Right now, I'd say my regular series are Breaking Bad, True Blood, Walking Dead (gotta catch up though) and Sons of Anarchy. But don't watch Sons of Anarchy; it's ridiculous. I'm invested now, but there's no reason for others to be. I think Bearsy would like it though; it variously features biker chicks and porn stars.

 

I've seen most of the first season of Boardwalk Empire too. That's a good show - 1930s gangsters with Steve Buscemi as the lead. Hard to watch at times, though. Finally, if you haven't seen it already, you should take a look at The Wire. Takes a good few episodes to kick in, get used to the slang, etc - but it is a very good show replete with interesting characters.

 

I read your reply, and was thinking about how there is a lot out there and then just after saw this:

 

http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/arts-entertainment/keeping-up-with-tv-drama-now-main-cause-of-stress-2012091941554

 

The Institute for Studies found that 34% of Britons had considered substance abuse to escape worries about the hundreds of hours of unwatched drama building up on their Sky box.

 

Ive seen and enjoyed Walking Dead and Dexter.

 

Ive "acquired" The Wire but the first episode was hard work so Ill hae to come back to that one.

 

Think Ill try Breaking Bad as its on Netflix.

 

Sons of Anarchy sounds good! What you think cos I like a bit of Llamatron I don't appreciate biker porno chicks?!

[pap]

The first three or four episodes of The Wire are hard work on first viewing, particularly if you are not au fait with Baltimore street slang for slinging gear. At about that point, you'll have worked out what everything means and besides, the show goes in a lot of directions. Each season focuses on a different aspect of Baltimore, which sounds like a load of old crap but is handled really well. First season is all about dealing on the projects, second is about the dockers, etc. Key thing is the characters, really - most of which are compelling, or at least highly conflicted.

 

Ah, but Sons of Anarchy. It's a show about the head chapter of a biker gang. The writers like to big up its Shakespearian influences, but it features utterly ridiculous plot lines. People do things that make no sense. None. The casting director is presumably tone-deaf. The Sons have biker connections all over the world, including Northern Ireland. Americans played most of the Northern Irish, with suitably tragic results.

 

 

Give it a go if you must, but don't say I didn't warn you.

[saintbletch]

The Thick of it. - One of my favourite comedies featuring probably my favourite comic character ever - Malcolm Tucker. The acid-tongued Labour spin doctor has spent 2 years in opposition to the coalition and now has a leader who he needs to get rid of and a coalition to kill. When this series was delayed I thought they might not be making another one as all the main characters and stories revolved around a Labour government. But it turns out that the creator - Anando Iammucci had just been busy in the US with Veep. I was also wondering how they'd handle Tucker having little influence in opposition and also how they'd portray the coalition. They've done it very well with Tucker having been almost depressed over his lack of power. But now he's reborn and on a mission to get rid of one Labour leader and replace her with another. The portrayal of the bickering and in-fighting in the coalition is infantile and very funny - probably very true to life.

 

Industrial language warning. Not suitable for, well anywhere really.

[pap]

The Thick of it. - One of my favourite comedies featuring probably my favourite comic character ever - Malcolm Tucker. The acid-tongued Labour spin doctor has spent 2 years in opposition to the coalition and now has a leader who he needs to get rid of and a coalition to kill. When this series was delayed I thought they might not be making another one as all the main characters and stories revolved around a Labour government. But it turns out that the creator - Anando Iammucci had just been busy in the US with Veep. I was also wondering how they'd handle Tucker having little influence in opposition and also how they'd portray the coalition. They've done it very well with Tucker having been almost depressed over his lack of power. But now he's reborn and on a mission to get rid of one Labour leader and replace her with another. The portrayal of the bickering and in-fighting in the coalition is infantile and very funny - probably very true to life.

 

Industrial language warning. Not suitable for, well anywhere really.

 

Another huge thumbs up from me on this show. I've been a fan of Ianucci's work since the early 90s, and I'd easily say that this is the zenith of what he has accomplished to date. Eminently, almost compulsively re-watchable. I'm watching each episode twice at the moment. The thing is so fast-paced and dense that it's so easy to miss a true gem on a first viewing.

 

Genuinely hope that he keeps making this for generations. Keep electing politicians like we do, and the fella will never be short of material

[Frank's cousin]

The Thick of it. - One of my favourite comedies featuring probably my favourite comic character ever - Malcolm Tucker. The acid-tongued Labour spin doctor has spent 2 years in opposition to the coalition and now has a leader who he needs to get rid of and a coalition to kill. When this series was delayed I thought they might not be making another one as all the main characters and stories revolved around a Labour government. But it turns out that the creator - Anando Iammucci had just been busy in the US with Veep. I was also wondering how they'd handle Tucker having little influence in opposition and also how they'd portray the coalition. They've done it very well with Tucker having been almost depressed over his lack of power. But now he's reborn and on a mission to get rid of one Labour leader and replace her with another. The portrayal of the bickering and in-fighting in the coalition is infantile and very funny - probably very true to life.

 

Industrial language warning. Not suitable for, well anywhere really.

 

Brilliant stuff - a modern, slightly more 'aggressive' Yes Minister' - although that did have some brilliantly astute observations

[Bearsy]

Yeah dat's one of my favourites too! I reckon a lot of the political satire bits go over my head I really like the swearing!

 

"What the f*ck is this, Tinker Tailor Soldier C*nt" made me loool the other week!

 

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[saintbletch]

Brilliant stuff - a modern' date=' slightly more 'aggressive' [b']Yes Minister[/b]' - although that did have some brilliantly astute observations

 

Superb Frank's cousin. "Yes (Prime) Minister" was very clever and very subtle. Time for a repeat surely?

 

But as pap said, TTOI can be subtle too. I've also been watching it twice too, once live and then with my son who's just starting to take an interest in politics. In fact a whole generation of students will have been politicised (a good thing) following the tuition fees debacle. But that's for another thread.

 

So, did art imitate life or the other way round when Vince Cable announced the £1Bn People's Bank?

 

He obviously got the idea from TTOI's £2Bn Community Bank that the Lib Dems agreed to just to get the economist out of the building so they could deal with the suicide of Tickel.

[JPTCount]

yay, us tv is finally back!

 

office started last week, modern family this week, and 30 rock and always sunny start in the next two.

[pap]

Sons of Anarchy rolls on with perhaps its most important episode yet, in terms of the overall direction of the show. Major character death this week, and it was not very fun to watch.

 

Will inform the rest of the series. Sh!t just got real ( or at least, slightly less ridiculous than normal ).

[Jonnyboy]

Neither did I. Season 5 is interesting. I kinda sussed season 6 early on and it was ruined for me thereafter. Great ending though. Stick with it.

 

Just finished 6. Funnily enough I didnt sus want I think you mean you sussed so that was a good twist but but I did speculate as to the ending and got that right so we're evens.

 

Dexter 7 premiered last night so good timing all in all.

[LVSaint]

Several decent progs have recently started up again-

 

Boardwalk Empire......fine show

Homeland......should be a great season

Dexter....I'm starting to lose interest a bit

 

Walking Dead coming next month too

[saintbletch]

Another huge thumbs up from me on this show. I've been a fan of Ianucci's work since the early 90s, and I'd easily say that this is the zenith of what he has accomplished to date. Eminently, almost compulsively re-watchable. I'm watching each episode twice at the moment. The thing is so fast-paced and dense that it's so easy to miss a true gem on a first viewing.

 

Genuinely hope that he keeps making this for generations. Keep electing politicians like we do, and the fella will never be short of material

 

I think Saturday's episode was Malcolm Tucker's finest (half) hour. Brilliant and scarily believable manipulation of the opposition leadership and shadow cabinet. I loved the way we see the episode open with Tucker walking to work, he's on the phone and organising flowers to be sent to the ex-leader of the opposition commiserating with her that she had to go - only at that point in the day she was very much still in her job!

 

The way he managed to make 3 or 4 events collide such that he got Nicola Murray to resign, taking the newly promoted Shadow Chancellor with her whilst simultaneously proving himself to the new leader in-waiting, was quite brilliant.

 

The dialogue is absolutely wonderful - aside from some quite scintillating swearing, this subtle line appealed to me. [paraphrasing - from memory]

 

Tucker looking at his phone "These phones are wonderful aren't they. I've got an app here that can throw grenades into people's dreams" as he shows the newly appointed Shadow Chancellor an email trail that means he will have to resign immediately.

 

Also watching Luther. Hadn't seen series 1 before the BBC repeated it as I started watching in Series 2. It's one of the finest British crime dramas I've seen. Idris Elba is fantastic as John Luther and turns what otherwise might have been a bit of a hackneyed retelling of the emotionally damaged cop story, into something really powerful. The story lines are excellent and very dark, they've spent a few quid producing it and the supporting cast is excellent too. Each cast member has a fully drawn character with which you feel empathy and instinctively understand how they will react in different situations. Very well written and no surprise that Elba won a Golden Globe for his portrayal.

 

I think Elba was in The Wire too (which for my sins I haven't seen). What is it with British actors playing American roles on US TV? Is it a cost thing?

[ecuk268]

Liliyhammer's worth a watch.

 

It stars Steve Van Zandt, guitarist with Bruce Springsteen who made his acting name in the excellent Sopranos.

 

He plays a mobster who goes into Witness Protection and chooses to re-locate to Lillehammer (because he liked the look of it in the Winter Olympics). He soon starts up his old ways and gets into various dodgy schemes. Although fairly light in tone, there's enough going on to hold the interest.

[Bearsy]

I'm an impatient bear so I'm already watching Season 2 of Homelands using the magic of illegal internet streams.

Warning: Major Spoilerssss Follows!

 

Episode 1: No boobs

[SuperMikey]

Also watching Luther. Hadn't seen series 1 before the BBC repeated it as I started watching in Series 2. It's one of the finest British crime dramas I've seen. Idris Elba is fantastic as John Luther and turns what otherwise might have been a bit of a hackneyed retelling of the emotionally damaged cop story, into something really powerful. The story lines are excellent and very dark, they've spent a few quid producing it and the supporting cast is excellent too. Each cast member has a fully drawn character with which you feel empathy and instinctively understand how they will react in different situations. Very well written and no surprise that Elba won a Golden Globe for his portrayal.

 

I think Elba was in The Wire too (which for my sins I haven't seen). What is it with British actors playing American roles on US TV? Is it a cost thing?

 

 

Idris Elba is a fantastic actor, he was great in The Wire and was one of the few bright sparks in Prometheus. Loved Luther when it was on telly, may have to rewatch now!

[LVSaint]

Am halfway through watching Loofah again myself. Great Telly.

[Bearsy]

Here's the skinny bout Elementary:

 

Lucy Liu plays Doctor Joan Watson. She walks with her legs slightly apart like a post op transexual with muscle memory of a vestigial cock and balls. She used to be a surgeon but now her job is to hang round with drug addicts to stop them being drug addicts. This apparently is a real job.

 

Sherlock Holmes lives at number 42, unspecified street. He watches 6 televisions at once but 3 are showing the same channel so that ain't so impressive. The shows he watches are like soap operas and anime. He eats large pizzas. He gets all emotional, man. He's just like "Somethings off... I can feel it." Don't be feeling stuff, Sh!tlock, use your deductions! He loses his temper and then apologises FFS. He says sorry a lot.

 

The second episode is better than the first. They introduce a new policeman to be a stupid chief and roll his eyes at Sh!tlocks deductions only to be made to look an arseclown moments later when they turn out true. Helpfully, he's black. He's like "Woah man why is y'all listn'n to harry potter?"

 

In the BBC series Sherlock has a Memory Palace, which is like a mansion he's constructed in his mind to help organise his thoughts. We learn in Elementary that Sh!tlock has the same thing, except his is just an attic.

 

The rest of the show is basically CSI:New York.

[pap]

Walking Dead time, in the early part of season 2. Never real comfy watching this, spend a good deal of time cacking my pants or feeling grossed out. Excellent show.

[ecuk268]

Walking Dead time, in the early part of season 2. Never real comfy watching this, spend a good deal of time cacking my pants or feeling grossed out. Excellent show.

 

Series 3 starts a week tonight.

[pap]

Series 3 starts a week tonight.

 

I'm almost caught up. Before this series started, there was much talk of turmoil in the production. Frank Darabont quit as show runner and reports of the budget being massively cut. Needn't have worried. Much of the show is about the tense character relationships anyway, and the show did a superb job in establishing scale in the first season.

 

Don't feel like I'm getting anything second-rate, that's for sure.

[badgerx16]

Liliyhammer's worth a watch.

 

It stars Steve Van Zandt, guitarist with Bruce Springsteen who made his acting name in the excellent Sopranos.

 

He plays a mobster who goes into Witness Protection and chooses to re-locate to Lillehammer (because he liked the look of it in the Winter Olympics). He soon starts up his old ways and gets into various dodgy schemes. Although fairly light in tone, there's enough going on to hold the interest.

 

But would you have paid so much for a picture of a monkey getting a blow job ?

[SuperMikey]

I'm almost caught up. Before this series started, there was much talk of turmoil in the production. Frank Darabont quit as show runner and reports of the budget being massively cut. Needn't have worried. Much of the show is about the tense character relationships anyway, and the show did a superb job in establishing scale in the first season.

 

Don't feel like I'm getting anything second-rate, that's for sure.

 

 

Definitely doesn't seem like there was a budget cut from the first episode - zombie kills galore!

[pap]

Definitely doesn't seem like there was a budget cut from the first episode - zombie kills galore!

 

As crazy as this sounds, I don't want every episode to be like that. The books have a massively anti-consumerist in message. The idea is that it takes the world to be ruled by the dead before people actually learn how to live again. As long as Kirkland keeps that in the back of his mind (should do - they're his sentiments), we'll be ok.

[SuperMikey]

As crazy as this sounds, I don't want every episode to be like that. The books have a massively anti-consumerist in message. The idea is that it takes the world to be ruled by the dead before people actually learn how to live again. As long as Kirkland keeps that in the back of his mind (should do - they're his sentiments), we'll be ok.

 

 

I'm a big fan of the comics, and I have to say I am more interested in seeing how the story pans out from now as opposed to just wanting buckets of blood. I liked the domestic vibe that the Prison established in the comic, but I guess they did that last season with the farm.

 

(PS: It's Kirkman as in Robert Kirkman, not like Chris f*cking Kirkland!)

[pap]

You are of course, quite correct to pull me up on the Kirkland/Kirkman debacle.

 

Watched this week's episode with my eldest daughter. Good episode, with a small swing back toward the drama and tension. There is a bit in the hospital where a potential zombie ( bitten, but limb amputated immediately ) is being watched over by loved ones. It's touch and go in places, and at one point, quite a vulnerable character performs CPR. Fecking bricking it. More about the genuine peril to the characters, than anything else. No-one is safe.

 

But yep; corner turned for the group I think, especially Rick. Judging on this week's badassery, the man has his priorities set in stone.

[Bearsy]

Fresh Meat ain't bad. I'm watching it on the 4od.

 

"Is he even a taxi?"

"In the north everyone's a taxi, for a price."

 

Lols

[Tokyo-Saint]

I agree with bear! Big supprise there then. The new series of fresh meat is actually really good. They have gone past the boring bit where they have to introduce the characters and what they are like and have actually got on to some funny stuff. The spunk ice cube, American pie style bit at the end of ep 2 made me lol even though watching it alone (it is rare to laugh at something when not with others don't you think?).

 

Anyway, worth a watch.

[Bearsy]

I agree with tokyos!

 

I also want to nail the fat blonde one, and also the skinny one who was doing her tutor

[Tokyo-Saint]

Yeah, I always thought the blonde one was cute but I guess that is the point. So you can understand why Simon from the inbetweeners wants to bone her so badly. Even the vod character is becoming ok now. They have stopped pointing out how rock and roll she is and just got on with her being a bit strange, much more of a superhans character now.

[Bearsy]

I'm watching that Derren Brown apocalypto thing at the moment, did anyone see it? It's a pretty sweet show!

 

I've always thought Derren Brown is full of sh!t. He basically does the same tricks as Paul Daniels but whereas Paul Daniels is like "That's magic!" Derren Brown is like oh I studied your body language or whatever. That one show where he pretended to play Russian Roulette was the biggest load of bollock I've ever seen.

 

This show though, i ain't so sure. The idea is that he's trying to convince this dude that the world has ended and there is all zombies and stuff. The only way i can see this is fake is if the dude's in on it, but if so he's the fvvcking greatest actor I've ever seen!

[CHAPEL END CHARLIE]

A bit 'left field' perhaps but I'm currently watching a old black and white BBC documentary series called 'The Great War' on DVD, which, needless to say, is a history of the 1914-18 conflict that itself dates back to 1964. I've seen this series before (30 or 40 years ago) and it lodged in the memory ever since because this truly is a wonderful piece of Television history.

 

If you are familiar with ITV's outstanding 'The World at War' from a decade later then you will already know the format. A detailed historical narration illustrated with archive footage, still photos, and specially commissioned interviews with the old soldiers who were actually there - an advantage no contemporary programme could possibly emulate of course. Instead of the sublime voice talents of Laurence Olivier this series has the adequate, but marginally less memorable perhaps, Sir Michael Redgrave as its principle narrator, I should also add that the primitive camera technology available at the time does mean the old (silent of course) film footage sometimes struggles perhaps to match the technical quality of more sophisticated 1940's era film.

 

But these limitations hardly matter in truth because the story of the Great War is so monumental that you soon become immersed in the wonder and awful tragedy of it all. See Marshal Joffre alter history forever as he stops the German advance on the Marne. Witness the awesome sacrifice of the French Army at Verdun, and of ours on the Somme. Pity the poor German soldiers on the Messine Ridge as it explodes beneath their feet. Spare a thought even for the unforgettable sight of a disemboweled horse hanging from a high tree ... testament to the brute power of artillery when pitted against mere flesh and blood.

 

An epic war then with a suitably epic 26 part series to represent it. So if you like serious heavyweight TV history then I can hardly recommended this old series more highly.

Edited 27 October, 2012 by CHAPEL END CHARLIE

[miserableoldgit]

Just catching up with "Hatfields and McCoys". Great piece of TV.

[Tokyo-Saint]

A bit 'left field' perhaps but I'm currently watching a old black and white BBC documentary series called 'The Great War' on DVD, which, needless to say, is a history of the 1914-18 conflict that itself dates back to 1964. I've seen this series before (30 or 40 years ago) and it lodged in the memory ever since because this truly is a wonderful piece of Television history.

 

If you are familiar with ITV's outstanding 'The World at War' from a decade later then you will already know the format. A detailed historical narration illustrated with archive footage, still photos, and specially commissioned interviews with the old soldiers who were actually there - an advantage no contemporary programme could possibly emulate of course. Instead of the sublime voice talents of Laurence Olivier this series has the adequate, but marginally less memorable perhaps, Sir Michael Redgrave as its principle narrator, I should also add that the primitive camera technology available at the time does mean the old (silent of course) film footage sometimes struggles perhaps to match the technical quality of more sophisticated 1940's era film.

 

But these limitations hardly matter in truth because the story of the Great War is so monumental that you soon become immersed in the wonder and awful tragedy of it all. See Marshal Joffre alter history forever as he stops the German advance on the Marne. Witness the awesome sacrifice of the French Army at Verdun, and of ours on the Somme. Pity the poor German soldiers on the Messine Ridge as it explodes beneath their feet. Spare a thought even for the unforgettable sight of a disemboweled horse hanging from a high tree ... testament to the brute power of artillery when pitted against mere flesh and blood.

 

An epic war then with a suitably epic 26 part series to represent it. So if you like serious heavyweight TV history then I can hardly recommended this old series more highly.

 

Sounds interesting, will watch it tonight. Video below:

 

[pap]

Last night saw the return of Channel4's excellent Misfits. This year is make or break for the series as a whole, in my opinion. Fans knew they were losing two original cast members last season, but were shocked to learn that Kelly wouldn't be returning either.

 

This original cast member loss is compounded by the fact that the show shipped Nathan between seasons 2 and 3. One might suspect that Misfits is becoming the Sugababes of the TV world, but fear not; Channel4 have already made a success a show with a high cast turnover. Skins iteratively reinvents itself and remains fresher for it. Judging from last night episode, Misfits looks set to repeat the feat.

 

The episode has two new characters to introduce. Instead of gradually weaving them into the fabric of the series, Misfits puts them front and centre, relegating the stalwarts to the background. This is a pretty ballsy move, but it's almost necessary. The show has one original cast member, and he's the least interesting of those. Rudy is fantastic, but he is not a one man show.

 

So yep, a solid opener which was about as good as it could be considering cast factors, and it really comes down to this; deal with a bit of upheaval or have no more Misfits. Upheaval is fine, thanks.

[RonManager]

'When snails attack' on Discovery channel.

 

It's been on for five hours but they're definitely getting closer.

[dubai_phil]

While back in UK managed to catch an episode of Red Dwarf X (will comment on it's own thread on that)

 

Also saw the first episode of the final series of Fringe.....

 

Interesting. The reboot of the series was done well in the previous with an "out of order" episode.

 

This new series seems darker, grittier and with what happened to Walter, a damned site nastier/violent. They seem to have changed the lighting and convey an excellent sense of despair at having to live under an Alien Invasion.

 

I enjoyed it, FMDP felt "uneasy" with the new darker nastier version.

[pap]

'When snails attack' on Discovery channel.

 

It's been on for five hours but they're definitely getting closer.

 

Superb

[pap]

This week's Walking Dead was utterly amazing; don't want to spoil but damn, that was a powerful episode. Best yet. Seem to be thinking that a lot lately.

[SuperMikey]

This week's Walking Dead was utterly amazing; don't want to spoil but damn, that was a powerful episode. Best yet. Seem to be thinking that a lot lately.

 

 

Poor (insert character's name here) though. What a hero! He's basically just a human puddle now.

[pap]

Poor (insert character's name here) though. What a hero! He's basically just a human puddle now.

 

Very shocking all round; NO ONE IS SAFE! ( except maybe Rick ).

 

This is a show that has completely found its feet. I block-watched S2, so I didn't have any problem with the pacing or lack of movement; all happened over a day or two for me - really enjoyed it. This year is on another level though. They've managed to split the cast into two places different enough to be light and day and wow, just was not expecting that last night....

[SuperMikey]

Agreed, the pacing of this season has been very frenetic. Story arcs introduced from the comics into the show which could have lasted 3 or 4 episodes are being wrapped up in an hour. Will be interesting to see just how detailed they'll make The Governor's exploits in the show as opposed to in the comic, and whether the gang will be staying at the prison beyond the end of the season or not.

[CHAPEL END CHARLIE]

I saw 'DCI Banks' (ITV Wednesday) for the first time recently, and while I found Stephen Tompkinson's performance in the lead role to be about as riveting as watching paint dry - indeed the whole show seemed nothing more than a routine 'by the numbers' crime drama - I was intrigued to see our prime suspect being driven away in a Police car with a 'Surrey Crimestoppers' sticker clearly emblazoned on the its side ...

 

... this series is set in Yorkshire.

[swannymere]

Big Bang Theory (series 6) starts next Thursday on E4 at 8pm, Southland (series 4) starts again next week in The Closer slot on more 4 at 10pm and Falcon the new crime drama set in Spain on Sky Atlantic next Thursday at 10pm which might be interesting.

[Saint Garrett]

Anyone watched this Chicago Fire thats on Wednesdays on Sky Atlantic ? Have seen the first 2 and it's relatively interesting, not amazing though they're still introducing characters and personalities.

 

One thing which I have got into is 'Trollied' on Sky1. Easy watching and quite funny. Must be written by the same people who wrote Early Doors because it's exactly the same kind of humour!

[swannymere]

Anyone watched this Chicago Fire thats on Wednesdays on Sky Atlantic ? Have seen the first 2 and it's relatively interesting, not amazing though they're still introducing characters and personalities.

 

It's just been commissioned for a full series after an initial 6 episodes, and Sarah Shahi is due to join the cast

[pap]

I saw 'DCI Banks' (ITV Wednesday) for the first time recently, and while I found Stephen Tompkinson's performance in the lead role to be about as riveting as watching paint dry - indeed the whole show seemed nothing more than a routine 'by the numbers' crime drama - I was intrigued to see our prime suspect being driven away in a Police car with a 'Surrey Crimestoppers' sticker clearly emblazoned on the its side ...

 

... this series is set in Yorkshire.

 

You should watch Commando, Chapel End Charlie. You'd have a field day if goofs are your thing.

 

Besides, that sticker could be a legitimate means for the fine people of Yorkshire to stop crimes in Surrey

[pap]

Just finished watching the House of Cards trilogy. Never caught it first time around for whatever reason, but very glad to have caught it now. I have never read the books, but the TV show is excellent, once you're over the initial hump of Francis Urquhart talking to the camera. Well worth your time if you're into politics and haven't seen it yet.

[miserableoldgit]

Watching last nights "Festival of Rememberance" on iPlayer. Most moving thing that I have seen for a long time.

[Special K]

I have just finished watching the 2nd series of Romanzo Criminale (Sky Arts). Superb series, as was the first. Despite spunding like extra's from a german smut movie, I think i shall miss Dandi and Freddo.