Unbelievable. - Unbelievable, brilliant TV.
Criminal - clever, original. Very good.
Boys?
You fvcking idiots, itās not good at all.
Its epic
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Just spent a wonderful 90 minutes wallowing in nostalgia. The old grey whistle test 70s gold on BBC 4. From71 through to 79,a joy from start to finish. Fabulous performances from Bowie, Tom petty, talking heads, Johnny winter, and many more. Superb performance from Cher and Greg allman. Worth watching on catch up if you are of that vintage.
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Watched The Victim last night. It is on BBC iplayer.
A man gets attacked after it is posted on line that he is the killer of a child a decade or so ago. The killer had been given a new identity and it was not meant to be leaked. Is it him? Superb acting from Kelly McDonald and John Hannah plus rest of cast. Who did it? Who is the victim? Was he really the guy?
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Criminal has dropped on Netflix.
A hugely complex 4 country 12 episode story.
A very ādifferentā cop show, almost a stage play setting.
Very clever, very simple and very very good.
David Tenant in Ep 1. Hayley Atwell in Ep2 raise completely different emotions in identical settings.
You hang on every inflection of tone
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Big news.
And bloody good news too. Stranger Things signed up for multiple years & movie. Maybe expanding from Hawkins
Hey, letās make a show about a bunch of strangers on a desert Islandā¦
Been done mate - survivor.
No let them have no memoryā¦
Been done mate Lost.
Ah, but nobody has mixed them upā¦
Oh ffs.
But wait, what if we let people know whatās going on early in the show and dont have tribes?
Yeah that could work. Put some sci fi tech in it and call it I-Landā¦
Likewise, Iām a few episodes in and Iām really enjoying the twist on the typical superhero tale.
We all know a Homelander donāt we? Brilliant characterisation of what might happen if a morally bankrupt narcissist had been gifted super-powers.
Point of order here though, and I feel I should be @Bearsy for a moment RIP. Just because this is an anti-capeshit show, itās still a capeshit show so probably shouldnāt have been discussed in @Bearsyās (no capeshit pls) thread. RIP.
Also, Iām going to give a little love for Brassic - Skyās adult comedy series about a gang of northern thieving wrong-uns - led by the amazing Joe Gilgun (Preacherās Irish vampire).
Itās funny and brilliantly captures the lives and relationships of those that are just on the outside of the law. Oh, and Michelle Keegan is in it.
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Been meaning to mention this as well. Really enjoyed it. Worth a listen to Joeās Distraction Pieces episode for a bit more insight into it.
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The I-Land is a 7 part series. 1st 2 episodes are Survivor meets Lost, but then develop. The clues are there and by the end of the show it rounds itself up into a good story.
File into the āitās not shitā category. We liked the twists. But cant say any more without hitting spoilers
Finally watching Black Mirror.
Ep1 Smithereens.
Brilliant TV
Brilliant message
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Happy S2 Ep 1
Oh it is bad. So bad Iām 
Exploding Nuns is just the start.
Epic weed smoking scriptwriters
And Donnie Darko??
A shout out for Giri/Haji on BBC. Not the typical detective from another country comes to the UK, gets confused and makes friends drama. Benefits from 8 episodes rather than the BBCs usual 6 - lots of side stories, character development and sub plots. Funny, brutal and bloody in places. Loved it, particularly the rooftop scene in the last episode.
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Watching the first episode of His Dark Materials.
I love the books, but never felt that a movie trilogy was the right way to adapt them. The TV series from what Iāve seen is cast perfectly and will have the room to breathe and tell the right story.
I watched that recently. Very enjoyable.
I have not seen any of this yet, but I am going to put some time aside for it.
They are both prolific comedy geniuses. As @Fatso will attest, Bob does it on every episode of Athletico Mince. Paul Whitehouse has been involved in so much comedy Iāve loved, from Down The Line to his long-term collaboration with Harry Enfield, getting equal billing for the last couple of decades.
Lucky you. I wish i could watch it all again for the first time.
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it is the fish near the end that I enjoyed.
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The fall of the Berlin wall with John Simpson has been interesting. He said something that Iāve never really thought about which is that we witnessed the end of the last empire when the Soviet Union collapsed. Thatās actually quite something. Itās incredible how much the world has changed in the last 30-40 years.
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