Has anyone got any recommendations for TV series from a while back? Or even some to be rewatched?
I recently watched......
THE KILLING(2011)
This is the US version of this crime thriller drama, as its based on a Danish series called Forbrylsden or something similar
It was one of the best dramas I've seen for a while. Bit of a slow burner but we'll worth it in the end. Bit gory and uncomfortable viewing at times. And a bit dated(no smartphones! )
Ok..3 recent ones I've enjoyed...Strike (bumbling investigator, ex army amputee) with a lady assisstant..set in London.
Rogue Heroes..story/drama set in the Middle East depicting the start/formation of the S.A.S.
White lotus (series 2)..Set in a posh hotel in Scicily, the episodes are awash with mild naughtiness. (Series 3 is being filmed now..somewhere in Thailand). Also I've downloaded ALL 7 series of Elementary..Sherlock Holmes dramas set in New York with Lucy Lui as Dr Watson..
usual suspect wrote:Ok..3 recent ones I've enjoyed...Strike (bumbling investigator, ex army amputee) with a lady assisstant..set in London.
Rogue Heroes..story/drama set in the Middle East depicting the start/formation of the S.A.S.
White lotus (series 2)..Set in a posh hotel in Scicily, the episodes are awash with mild naughtiness. (Series 3 is being filmed now..somewhere in Thailand). Also I've downloaded ALL 7 series of Elementary..Sherlock Holmes dramas set in New York with Lucy Lui as Dr Watson..
Strike - not seen latest series, seen the rest, yes enjoyable
SAS Rogue Heroes - switched off after 30 mins... should I give it a second chance?
White Lotus - watched when released.... brilliant!
Elementary - not seen
Thanks
Ps Hidden Assets and Blue Lights - both were solid
Elementary - Jonny Lee Millar (Sick boy in Trainspotting) is Sherlock and Lucy Lui is Dr Watson, set in New York. I found it to be a very entertaining take on Sherlock Holmes.
Dannie Boy wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 4:28 am
I know this thread is about recommended programmes but let me warn you about one not to watch - the BBC have just aired the first episode of six called Wolf and I thought it was a load of codswallop - I’m sure most 11 year old school children could come up with a more convincing storyline. If anybody else watched it, I’d be interested on your views?
I have just started watching Wolf and I am hooked now.
1st episode was a bit slow, but it gets better.
2 more episodes tonight I think
Dannie Boy wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 4:28 am
I know this thread is about recommended programmes but let me warn you about one not to watch - the BBC have just aired the first episode of six called Wolf and I thought it was a load of codswallop - I’m sure most 11 year old school children could come up with a more convincing storyline. If anybody else watched it, I’d be interested on your views?
I have just started watching Wolf and I am hooked now.
1st episode was a bit slow, but it gets better.
2 more episodes tonight I think
This is definitely one that fits in two camps, a bit like Marmite - you’ll either like it a lot or detest it!!
Dannie Boy wrote: ↑Tue Aug 01, 2023 4:28 am
I know this thread is about recommended programmes but let me warn you about one not to watch - the BBC have just aired the first episode of six called Wolf and I thought it was a load of codswallop - I’m sure most 11 year old school children could come up with a more convincing storyline. If anybody else watched it, I’d be interested on your views?
I have just started watching Wolf and I am hooked now.
1st episode was a bit slow, but it gets better.
2 more episodes tonight I think
This is definitely one that fits in two camps, a bit like Marmite - you’ll either like it a lot or detest it!!
About to start The Winter King which has just started with season 1. It is based on the fantastic Arthurian "Warlord Chronicles" trilogy by Bernard Cornwell. https://eztv.re/search/the-winter-king
For Walking Dead fans, The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon has just started which seems to be based on The Last of Us
Foundation season 2 is also good viewing for sci-fi fans.
buksida wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2023 1:56 pm
About to start The Winter King which has just started with season 1. It is based on the fantastic Arthurian "Warlord Chronicles" trilogy by Bernard Cornwell. https://eztv.re/search/the-winter-king
Just thoroughly enjoyed the first couple of episodes, though I might wait 6 weeks and download the full series as I prefer to binge watch these days.
I recently watched the first 2 series of The Tower, an ITV police drama. Short series, with a total of 7 episodes, with one thread running throughout, which hasn't yet ended. Well worth a look IMO. I ended up downloading from eztv as I got fed up with ITVX, which works fine (Ofor me) with live programmes, but is a bloody nightmare with its box sets - keeps cutting out during the ads.
Not seen this mentioned on here yet, but apologies if I've missed it.
Loads to catch up on, but came across this one by accident really:-
"The Last of Us" - Yes, it's another "End of Civilization" outings, but thus far has been excellent IMHO. Set in (an alternate (?)) 2023, 20 years after an outbreak/attack on the human race by a seemingly "natural" organism. Stars Pedro "The Mandalorian" Pascal.
I'm up to S01 E04 - Season 2 has just started streaming, long may it continue!!
I've just downloaded this 8-part season (from eztv or Pirate Bay, can't remember which). Haven't watched any yet, but I'm sure it will be a good fix for Justified fans.
Having left the hollers of Kentucky 15 years ago, Raylan Givens now lives in Miami, a walking anachronism balancing his life as a U.S. Marshal and part-time father of a 15-year-old girl. His hair is grayer, his hat is dirtier, and the road in front of him is suddenly a lot shorter than the road behind. A chance encounter on a desolate Florida highway sends him to Detroit. There he crosses paths with Clement Mansell, aka The Oklahoma Wildman, a violent, sociopathic desperado who's already slipped through the fingers of Detroit's finest once and aims to do so again. Mansell's attorney, formidable Motor City native Carolyn Wilder, has every intention of representing her client, even as she finds herself caught between cop and criminal, with her own game afoot as well. These three characters set out on a collision course in classic Elmore Leonard fashion, to see who makes it out of the City Primeval alive.
I've had a little downloading blitz recently and have just watched the first episode of Mr Mercedes. There are 3 seasons, starting in 2018. It stars the splendidly grumpy Irishman Brendan Gleeson as an unhappily retired detective and based on ep 1 it's well worth a look.
Retired detective Bill Hodges is still haunted by the unsolved case of "Mr. Mercedes", who claimed 16 lives when he drove a stolen Mercedes through a line of job-seekers at a local job fair. Meanwhile, brilliant young psychopath Brady Hartsfield emerges to focus his attention on Hodges. What begins as an online cat-and-mouse game soon has deadly real-life consequences as an increasingly desperate Hartsfield becomes bent on leaving his mark on the world.
I've just downloaded this 8-part season (from eztv or Pirate Bay, can't remember which). Haven't watched any yet, but I'm sure it will be a good fix for Justified fans.
Having left the hollers of Kentucky 15 years ago, Raylan Givens now lives in Miami, a walking anachronism balancing his life as a U.S. Marshal and part-time father of a 15-year-old girl. His hair is grayer, his hat is dirtier, and the road in front of him is suddenly a lot shorter than the road behind. A chance encounter on a desolate Florida highway sends him to Detroit. There he crosses paths with Clement Mansell, aka The Oklahoma Wildman, a violent, sociopathic desperado who's already slipped through the fingers of Detroit's finest once and aims to do so again. Mansell's attorney, formidable Motor City native Carolyn Wilder, has every intention of representing her client, even as she finds herself caught between cop and criminal, with her own game afoot as well. These three characters set out on a collision course in classic Elmore Leonard fashion, to see who makes it out of the City Primeval alive.
It is good! Initially I read it was going to be a one off but now they are talking a series perhaps.
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