On 09/07/2020 at 13:17, bluedave said:

I'm almost finished with the first series, I didn't know what to make of it as first but it has grown on me as you get to understand the characters better. It also doesn't take itself too seriously and is genuinely funny at times.

It's batsh*t crazy and I love it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l-yByZpaaM

 

Kingdom on Netflix

This series is excellent as well. Season 1 is ok but season 2 is brilliant.

Edited July 23, 20205 yr by suttoner

Started watching the American version of the Office on Netflix.  Never caught it during it's original run.  

1 hour ago, Valpo said:

Started watching the American version of the Office on Netflix.  Never caught it during it's original run.  

Watched it last month and loved it enjoy!

I’ve watched the entire series of The (American) Office 4 or 5 times and it never bores me, such fantastic writing and characters. Considering the size of the cast there is no weak link, completely unique. 

I’d recommend Killing Eve to anyone, Jodie Comer is on another level. 

Does anyone have any UK based police procedural shows or mystery shows.  I have watched plenty of American ones and I have watched UK based ones and I have come to the conclusion that the American ones are crap in comparison.

Sherlock with Cumberbatch > Sherlock with Robert Downey Jr.

DCI Banks > Any of the Law and Orders

And nothing can lay a finger on broadchurch.

The only one I have seen that I didn't like was Father Brown.  After about the 5th episode I just couldn't suspend my disbelief that a random priest solves about 1 percent of the UK's yearly homicides.  

Edited July 29, 20205 yr by Valpo

9 hours ago, Valpo said:

Does anyone have any UK based police procedural shows or mystery shows.  I have watched plenty of American ones and I have watched UK based ones and I have come to the conclusion that the American ones are crap in comparison.

Sherlock with Cumberbatch > Sherlock with Robert Downey Jr.

DCI Banks > Any of the Law and Orders

And nothing can lay a finger on broadchurch.

The only one I have seen that I didn't like was Father Brown.  After about the 5th episode I just couldn't suspend my disbelief that a random priest solves about 1 percent of the UK's yearly homicides.  

Doesn't get much better than Line of Duty.  BBC  IPlayer has all 5 series, it looks like both Netflix and Amazon Prime have it as well.

Edited July 30, 20205 yr by yorkleyblue

52 minutes ago, yorkleyblue said:

Doesn't get much better than Line of Duty.  BBC  IPlayer has all 5 series, it looks like both Netflix and Amazon Prime have it as well.

Thanks I am going to look that one up on Netflix sometime. 

11 hours ago, Valpo said:

Does anyone have any UK based police procedural shows or mystery shows.  I have watched plenty of American ones and I have watched UK based ones and I have come to the conclusion that the American ones are crap in comparison.

Sherlock with Cumberbatch > Sherlock with Robert Downey Jr.

DCI Banks > Any of the Law and Orders

And nothing can lay a finger on broadchurch.

The only one I have seen that I didn't like was Father Brown.  After about the 5th episode I just couldn't suspend my disbelief that a random priest solves about 1 percent of the UK's yearly homicides.  

 

2 hours ago, yorkleyblue said:

Doesn't get much better than Line of Duty.  BBC  IPlayer has all 5 series, it looks like both Netflix and Amazon Prime have it as well.

I've only seen a few episodes of Line of Duty but in the early nineties the BBC broadcast a similar programme called Between the Lines.

https://drama.uktv.co.uk/shows/between-the-lines/

 

I'd forgotten that @Boyne  Was very good, I think.

I've been trying to find a program called Turtle's Progress, about a small-time criminal in West London in 1979, seemed to be the inspiration for Minder.  I can find it on DVD but nowhere to stream it yet.

The ultimate UK police show has to be The Bill doesn’t it? It was a right of passage for actors for years!

Nobody offering up a bit of Morse or Lewis either?

Thin Blue Line with Rowan Atkinson which is obviously a comedy. 

Luther is a more recent one with Idris Elba. 

4 minutes ago, Munkworth said:

The ultimate UK police show has to be The Bill doesn’t it? It was a right of passage for actors for years!

Nobody offering up a bit of Morse or Lewis either?

Thin Blue Line with Rowan Atkinson which is obviously a comedy. 

Luther is a more recent one with Idris Elba. 

The first few series of The Bill, I'd agree with you, after that it got all mushy and unrealistic.

Early Morse again, yes, but later on, not so much.  And definitely not Lewis, cramming fanciful storylines onto unbelievable characters to keep the money coming in on the lesser ITV Freeview channels.

I know Luther got huge admiration, but it left me cold every time I watched it.

 

Bodyguard was good, as was Life On Mars.  The second series in the 80's, again. not so much.

The Rebus series with Ken Stott - excellent, Rebus with John Hannah, not bad.

Great couple of series recently on Channel 4 was No Offence.  Joanna Scanlon was 'king amazing.

Some years ago I used to like Cracker

From America Hill Street Blues still stands up incredibly well, and was the ground-breaker for a large number of subsequent great programs

33 minutes ago, yorkleyblue said:

I'd forgotten that @Boyne  Was very good, I think.

I've been trying to find a program called Turtle's Progress, about a small-time criminal in West London in 1979, seemed to be the inspiration for Minder.  I can find it on DVD but nowhere to stream it yet.

Two of my favourite actors, Neil Pearson and Siobhan Redmond were in Between the Lines. I don't remember Turtles' Progress but here's one from a bit further back: Budgie with Adam Faith and Iain Cuthbertson. A bit like Minder but not as funny if memory serves correctly.

1 minute ago, yorkleyblue said:

The first few series of The Bill, I'd agree with you, after that it got all mushy and unrealistic.

Early Morse again, yes, but later on, not so much.  And definitely not Lewis, cramming fanciful storylines onto unbelievable characters to keep the money coming in on the lesser ITV Freeview channels.

I know Luther got huge admiration, but it left me cold every time I watched it.

 

Bodyguard was good, as was Life On Mars.  The second series in the 80's, again. not so much.

The Rebus series with Ken Stott - excellent, Rebus with John Hannah, not bad.

Great couple of series recently on Channel 4 was No Offence.  Joanna Scanlon was 'king amazing.

Some years ago I used to like Cracker

From America Hill Street Blues still stands up incredibly well, and was the ground-breaker for a large number of subsequent great programs

I like Morse and to a lesser extent Lewis. I've watched a few episodes of Endeavour but can't get in to it. The Morse books by Colin Dexter are brilliant.

Life on Mars was very good. I watched the follow up Ashes to Ashes but didn't enjoy it as much as Life on Mars. Possibly because I preferred the music in Life on Mars.

I liked watching Dalziel and Pascoe (books by Reginald Hill), Inspector Wexford (books by Ruth Rendell) and the Adam Dalgleish stories (books b P.D. James. Although with the Dalgleish TV series I preferred Roy Marsden to Martin Shaw in the title role. Hill, Rendell and James are three of my favourite crime writers. All sadly missed.

3 hours ago, Boyne said:

Two of my favourite actors, Neil Pearson and Siobhan Redmond were in Between the Lines. I don't remember Turtles' Progress but here's one from a bit further back: Budgie with Adam Faith and Iain Cuthbertson. A bit like Minder but not as funny if memory serves correctly.

I like Morse and to a lesser extent Lewis. I've watched a few episodes of Endeavour but can't get in to it. The Morse books by Colin Dexter are brilliant.

Life on Mars was very good. I watched the follow up Ashes to Ashes but didn't enjoy it as much as Life on Mars. Possibly because I preferred the music in Life on Mars.

I liked watching Dalziel and Pascoe (books by Reginald Hill), Inspector Wexford (books by Ruth Rendell) and the Adam Dalgleish stories (books b P.D. James. Although with the Dalgleish TV series I preferred Roy Marsden to Martin Shaw in the title role. Hill, Rendell and James are three of my favourite crime writers. All sadly missed.

Budgie is showing Talking Pictures Tv  ch 81 freeview

The Prime Suspect series was excellent, have to agree with @yorkleyblue about Cracker. I have both boxsets are give them an airing every couple of years.

Messiah, Red Riding and State of Play, Edge of Darkness were also good. Line of Duty though is definitely a must see.

38 minutes ago, charierre said:

Budgie is showing Talking Pictures Tv  ch 81 freeview

The Prime Suspect series was excellent, have to agree with @yorkleyblue about Cracker. I have both boxsets are give them an airing every couple of years.

Messiah, Red Riding and State of Play, Edge of Darkness were also good. Line of Duty though is definitely a must see.

Thank you for letting me know about Budgie being on Talking Pictures. I'll take a look. I'd forgotten about Messiah, a fine series.

The other night I was flicking through the channels and came across an episode of The Gentle Touch with the late and lovely Jill Gascoine.

4 hours ago, yorkleyblue said:

The first few series of The Bill, I'd agree with you, after that it got all mushy and unrealistic.

Early Morse again, yes, but later on, not so much.  And definitely not Lewis, cramming fanciful storylines onto unbelievable characters to keep the money coming in on the lesser ITV Freeview channels.

I know Luther got huge admiration, but it left me cold every time I watched it.

 

Bodyguard was good, as was Life On Mars.  The second series in the 80's, again. not so much.

The Rebus series with Ken Stott - excellent, Rebus with John Hannah, not bad.

Great couple of series recently on Channel 4 was No Offence.  Joanna Scanlon was 'king amazing.

Some years ago I used to like Cracker

From America Hill Street Blues still stands up incredibly well, and was the ground-breaker for a large number of subsequent great programs

I've seen the Bodyguard on Netflix.  I enjoyed that one too.  Although I considered is more of a political thriller than a police show.  But I can see the cross-over.

I can probably get Luther, on one of the streaming services so  I might try that one too.

Any of these will probably take a while for me to watch though.  Save for like the Bodyguard, my wife generally doesn't like these kinds of programs so I generally only watch something like that when she works nightshift which is about 3 days a month or I'm sick enough to warrant me staying in a recliner for long periods of time.  Outside of that my wife and I try to watch stuff together.    

But it had occurred to me that I had watched Broadchurch, Sherlock and DCI Banks and I enjoyed all of those better than the offerings I've seen from the US.  

Broadchurch in particular was a great story and had an amazing cast.  

Discovered Prank Encounters on Netflix, fun show!

Anyone watched schitts creak, its a fantastic comedy on Netflix.

15 minutes ago, dkw said:

Anyone watched schitts creak, its a fantastic comedy on Netflix.

Great show! Gutted it had to end to be honest. 

6 hours ago, dkw said:

Anyone watched schitts creak, its a fantastic comedy on Netflix.

I watch it from time to time, I didn't finish it yet but it's great, Moira is really funny.

BBC News - Boris Johnson: Spitting Image puppet unveiled ahead of relaunch
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-53662230

Over and over again. Masterpiece.

I watched this when it was first broadcast and started watching it again this afternoon. Tough training. The son of one of the guys I go to the games with was in the Royal Marines and said that the programme had been toned down and it was a lot tougher than the series portrayed. He played rugby and too part in the annual match against the Parachute Regiment and said that it was a bloodbath. 

On 31/07/2020 at 10:58, dkw said:

Anyone watched schitts creak, its a fantastic comedy on Netflix.

Fiancée and I just finished it. It was BRILLIANT. So well written, funny and heartfelt. 

Moira was my favourite! Can’t believe she was Kevin’s mother from Home Alone 1+2, barely recognised her. Her lilting accent had me in hysterics most of the time, bebehhhh 

Edited August 10, 20205 yr by Blueblur

I'be been enjoying Godfather of Harlem lately, the true-ish story of Harlem gangster Bumpy Johnson. It has a great cast and does a good job representing civil-rights era New York, although I suspect they are taking massive liberties with the story.