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Just a mention for those who missed the Welsh drama 'Hidden', it's currently on i-player and highly recommended. Keeping with Welsh drama a new one has started on channel S4C (available on i-player) called '35 awr', so far it's, er, action packed to put it mildly.
French drama called 'Crimson Rivers' started on Friday on Channel 4 but be warned that it begins with scenes of large dead animals, gulp.
'Manhunt' with Martin Clunes on ITV was a good watch.
Different genre - music! Documentary on i-player called 'On drums ... Stewart Copeland' was a really good watch and he was excellent as a presenter.
What's been keeping you on the sofa then?
[url= https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6866266/?ref_=nv_sr_1 ]'Escape At Dennamora'[/url] best thing so far this year (Atlantic)
Biggest let-down was Luther, found it unwatchable.
New True Detective starts tomorrow.
No Sky here Dez. Didn't bother with Luther having boxset-binged with each series getting progressively more sillier. Shame cos I like him.
2nd vote for Escape At Dennamora. Other than that I’ve not seen anything Worth recommending, most stuff is average at best.
Jack Ryan thing on Amazon - decent albeit a bit hackneyed.
Lucifer and Outlander.
No one likes Silent Witness ?
Not watched too much tbh..
Pine gap on netflix,best bit of telly ive seen in ages.
No Sky here Dez
aRGH! That Stewart Copeland thing - missed that - next Friday is Tina Weymouth on bass.
Only comedy you've got is the Greg Davies thing, Cuckoo. It's almost funny that it's soooo bad, but not quite.
Really worth watching Dez, it's absolutely not about him jamming with superstars of the rock world although there's one or two featured. He needs to be involved with and present more music progs!
Comedy - pretty certain that he used to teach my kids, they still talk about him although not convinced they find him funny.
Oh yes the inimitable Michael Portillo boarded the train for a tour of Alaska (looked amazing as well as vast) and is now in Canada. Again, a much needed stylist was absent.
counterpart is currently messing with my head
another vote for escape at dennamora . Watched the first episode of murder mountain on netflix today , worth a watch i reckon .
Star trek Disco back next week.
Stuart Copeland was great and I'm looking forward to next Friday....
I was hoping for "Michael Macyntyre gets Waterboarded" but as some compensation his Big Show ends tonight...
The ABC murders with John Malkovitch was good as well.
The Paras. Men of War. Brilliant. Love watching the training.
On Drums! Awesome programme, I’ve been itching to watch it since the adverts before Xmas.. And very very good it is too.. but then he’s a great presenter, and to have the drummer from Prince on too! Just awesome.
Looking forward to seeing Lucy Worsley next week in the U.S.A 🥳
Beautiful.
Other than that, old re-runs of Poirot and plenty of films on Sky Movies.
Haven't, and don’t reckon I will, get into any Welsh/Scandigrimbodyinapeatbog... they’ve had thier day now IMO.
Unless Pook comes back.
New season of Wheeler Dealers (USA) is on, Ant and Brewer... Discovery... Ep1 just been on.
Anything else I should be looking forward to??
'Manhunt' is really the only one atm. Was a docu on mid week about the kegworth crash. Waiting on GOT , I hope the prequel they have planned doesn't ruin the franchise.
Vera is on atm ..I'm listening to it while lying with my head in my missus's lap as I'm nursing a 3 day old headache which just refuses to budge ..head & chest full of snot too..
The storyline seems to be Ok if you like that sort of light entertainment..
Just watched Luther. Maybe I'd just forgotten how bad it was..... maybe it's got worse, but my god, that was terrible.
Thank goodness for True Detective: looking forward to it
We're currently watching Les Mis on BBC - I am not normally one for period dramas but I am really enjoying it (although I do keep expecting them to burst into song). Dominic West is superb, as is Ron Cook (the hair and teeth dealer). It is surprisingly dark at times too (more closely following the book apparently - which I am determined to read some day).
On Drums.. was good, I didn't know about the first guy to invent a bass drum pedal so I learnt something which is cool. odd that they didn't talk about the importance of how a drummer interacts with the other musicians (particularly the bassist) as this is a pretty important component of 'feel' but there was already enough packed into the hour. The bass episode will be good too
Mrs Ed watched sh1te&witless and I half watched it; usual improbable stuff. There was a scene in a bar with them talking out loud about the case which was just laughable, and in that scene you could see a person listening in who is probably the actual killer.
Star trek Disco back next week.
Yup. And The Orville started back up last Thursday.
I thoroughly enjoyed The Marvelous Mrs Maisel on Amazon!
‘On drums … Stewart Copeland’ was excellent. Great to see a big thumbs up for Bonzo and Ringo!! Looking forward to Tina Weymouth.
Other than that nowt really.
Michael Portillo
Speaking of unwatchable.
You - Netflix
Mrs Maisel - Prime
This weekend evenings were brought to you by John Hughes films from the 80's, Pretty in Pink and 16 Candles.
Barry. Henry Winkler is epic.
Ooh Future Man season 2 is available to binge on.
The current political reality show from the makers of the Thick Of It has been hilarious, it's totally unbelievable, but still funny.
The American version is also worth a watch.
Keiser Report and Boom Bust on RT.
Star trek.
Top Gear on Dave.
Twinstitute.
Repeats of Rising Damp.
I thoroughly enjoyed The Marvelous Mrs Maisel on Amazon!
I was a bit mixed on this. For some reason I actually enjoyed it but at the same time I found most of the main characters unlikeable. I'm not sure that's what they were going for either.
Lost a bit of the notion for TV at the moment, trying to watch films again. Saying that Star Trek back on will be welcome and can't wait for GoT and the Watchmen series. Punisher S2 also. Hoping Mindhunter season 2 arrives as well.
The Patriot Season 2 on Amazon, wrong, slow, farce and worth it for the last line of Ep1
The Orville. That's it.
Silent Witness, Fake or Fortune, “On drums - Stewart Copeland” NCIS, Chris Tarrant’s railway thing, plus anything that catches my eye on the Sky planner. I’ll be watching the Lucy Worsley America thing as well, I think she’s just wonderful!
Someone made me watch the Crown.
Great start, True Detective. Sorry c_g!
Tried watching Black Lake on BBC4 but it is dire.
The River on C4 tomorrow night sounds half promising.
Just a little PSA. Might be useful for some. But this a great website for keeping track of shows. Also shows when stuff is starting back up again and you can tick stuff off as you watch it.
FYI The mobile website is a bit cack though..
https://www.pogdesign.co.uk/cat/
Almost finished The Little Drummer Girl - superb - another Le Carre adaptation, same team as Night Manager
The Orville, although it seem quite divisive in opinion, I like it
ABC Murders, not technically watching it yet, its in the queue
Game of Zombie Dragons winds up later on this year (yay!)
with my taste buds removed:
Midnight Texas - utter cheese, and daft with it
I might watch Luther, but I reckon it peaked at series 1.
Silent Witness - tried to give it a chance but by god it's painful now. Trying to be current (LBGT story, spiking with 'trendy' drugs etc) but it all feels really contrived.
Those fans of the Stewart Copeland drumming doc should watch 'the art of drumming' which is in sky Atlantic catch up still. Amazing. Bill ward: "krupa did some astonishing things with his tom Tom's"
The final programme in the series is a bit of a let down though as it just rehashes footage from the previous ones for an unnecessary top 10.
This season I'm mostly rewatching game of thrones with my 14 year old but fast forwarding all the sexy time scenes
Recently finished Ozarks and I rate it alongside breaking bad, mostly cos of Ruth langmore's bad assedness
On Drums was great.
I fancy The Passage which started on Fox UK last night (the books were great), but I don't have any subscription TV so won't be able to see it 🙁
Watched the first two episodes of Titans and I'm pleasantly surprised. Definitely more Daredevil than Arrow and has a bit of realism in it I wasn't expecting. As far as these things can go anyroads. Just a whiff of Watchmen to it as well.
Shooter on Netflix - based on the film, Mark Wahlberg is Exec. Producer. Three seasons, just into the second, good so far! First season was basically all the film, now diverging.
I fancy The Passage which started on Fox UK last night
Good to see Lee Mack trying some serious acting 🙂
Recently finished Ozarks and I rate it alongside breaking bad, mostly cos of Ruth langmore’s bad assedness
Julia Garner plays that role so well, best character in the series.
Thread Bumpity.
Just started watching Das Boot, on Ep4 / 8.
Good so far; slow builder, nothing resolving yet, just bits being thrown in the pot.
Amusing to note it is copping lots of flak for not being the 1981 Das Boot, but mainly the point of making a different series based on a different book, as I understand it, would be that it is different. Maybe it should have been title Das Other Boot.
I flicked through the first episode of it, didn’t watch any other episode..
Is it worthy of persistence?
Oh my goodness, what a week for telly. Last night saw the start of a new series of Endeavour which I absolutely love. Meanwhile Tuesday sees the return of a new series of Shetland which will no doubt be full of stunning scenery. On Wednesday is a new Danish/Swedish series on Channel 4 called Greyzone plus a new series of This Farming Life returns which is great news. Sunday is the penultimate episode of the Welsh-speaking drama, Awr, which has been a bit of black comedy in places and certainly different.
<Drum roll> BBC4 this Saturday sees the return of Icelandic series Trapped. Woohoo, can not wait.
No need to pay for Sky/Netflix (which I don't) when you have these gems available.
Maybe it should have been title Das Other Boot.
Das Re-Boot, shurely?
Quite enjoying it, although I'd prefer more submarine stuff and less hanging around in La Rochelle.
The only TV programs I regularly watch are
First Dates
Dinner date
Take me out
Take me out - The gossip
Naked attraction
Shooter on Netflix – based on the film, Mark Wahlberg is Exec. Producer.
Loved the film so I'm about to give this a go now I've cleared my backlog of stuff to watch. Well almost, started on Deadly Class, 3 Eps in.
@cinnamon_girl TBH nothing on your list works for me. I got through the original Millenium trilogy and Dark and that is my subtitle appetite slaked for a while.
The scandinoire genre isn't really my thing.
I wish it was as it does seem to be the Golden Age for the large audience who obviouslylike it.
Not sure about This Farming Life. I just have to sit in my local to hear the sordid details if it is a documentary.
Ha, yes for sure.
The cat and mouse La Rochelle stuff is providing a nice counterpart to the boat storyline, in which I assume some boats will take over playing cat and mouse.
Yes, worth sticking with it, probably without flicking through facebook at the same time, devil is in the details.
Although, ask me again when I've watched all 8 episodes.
new series of Shetland
Jolly Hockeysticks. I reckon it should be the last one though. It's had a great run up to now.
Shout out to the other person who’s still watching ‘The Walking Dead’ along with my Wife.
The 2nd half of series 982 or whatever is back tonight. They’re at the new baddie emerges part of the TWD cycle.
the TWD cycle.
But this time it's Whispering safe place turns not safe place! I've given up on it.
I smashed though Russian Doll on netflix last week.
Just finished watching season 3 of The Expanse on Prime. Wow, possibly my favourite sci-fi programme ever. Can’t recommend highly enough.
Sqeeeeeeeeeeeeel!
The Expanse S3! Finally. Thanks elsketcho.
I smashed out all 13 episodes in 2 days. Well worth the wait. Even though it has been a bloody year.
Shooter on Netflix – based on the film, Mark Wahlberg is Exec. Producer.
I watched the 3 seasons of this and I was pleasantly surprised, the first series is a bit of a rehash of the film to be honest, but it's good entertainment.
Just finished Haunting of Hill House on Netflix, I don't go in for horror TV but this was done well and you spend most of your time looking for ghosts in the background.
Started Dirty John last night, based on a true story covered in a podcast, Eric Bana plays the titular John who was quite the sociopath, but to be fair, you cannot help be amazed by Connie Brittons characters utter stupidity and gullibility that it had my wife shouting at her through the telly
Yeah the Expanse is brilliant, think I've got three episodes left.
I didn't know about Trapped - that's fantastic news! I LOVED the first season.
I'm currently watching New Amsterdam on Prime. It's easy going - kind of House meets Suits meets ER. Very watchable with a nice turn from Freema Agyeman (as in, she is GORGEOUS!).
c-g If you enjoyed The Missing then Tchéky Karyo is back as Julien Baptiste on Sunday...
The umbrella company on Netflix. Kind of liking it so far. The expanse is also very good.
wife said shes heard good things about 'dirty john'.
one episode in and i think its a bit crap but she says plenty of others have also said this but its worth sticking with as it gets a lot better.
anyone seen it? im finding it hard to like any of the characters.....
Finished Das Boot. Definitely worth sticking with. The resistance storyline ultimately felt a bit contrived in places, the Sub storyline was solid througout. Be interesting to see where it goes in S2.
Currently being amazed by the slow burner that is Escape at Dannemora. Turns out, Ben Stiller is actually really good at directing.
Umbrella academy is good and features a monkey butler so that should really be enough to recommend it.
Doom patrol is a similarly dysfunctional superhero team which after two episodes is decent but not as good as umbrella academy. There’s no monkey butler but there is a very chunky George of the jungle and a farting donkey.
Just finished the Last Kingdom.(Netflix)
Excellent
DESTINY IS ALL 🙂
I'm a bit late to the party but we've been enjoying Ozark on Netflix
Currently being amazed by the slow burner that is Escape at Dannemora
Superb that was. Appeared to have been a true story too... or they just made it look that way. (I could look it up I suppose 🙂 )
Alan Partridge back on normal telly tonight.
Ages since I watched that sort of series.
Rickey Gervais - After Life looks good too. (Netflix March 8th) Some good actors in it (Diane Morgan etc). Looks nicely shot too.
Umbrella academy is good and features a monkey butler
I'm sold .
Umbrella Academy best series on Netflix in a while.
Celebs going Dating 🙄
I weep for humanity if these people are portrayed as exceptional in any way.
(Apart from Nice but Dim Sam, he’s okay).
PSA - if the weather is making you miserable then you need LAUGHTER in your life, i-player to the rescue.
Twenty Twelve series 1 and 2
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b01f87nh/twenty-twelve?seriesId=b00yw1t9
W1A series 1, 2 and 3
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b05s9g2q/w1a?seriesId=b03yv1mv
Enjoy!
Bumpity bumpity bump.
Peak Noir was reached some time ago but thought some may be interested in this little gem of a series. It's Icelandic and set in the 1970's but unfortunately only runs to four episodes.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0008f6w
The Good Place season 4 is back on Netflix. Total take your brain out of gear enjoyment.
Also watched the three British episodes of 'Criminal' on Netflix last night.
Highly recommended.