New Tv series (REMEMBER: No Spoilers)

MrOneLung

HastingsRed said:

Just finished watching Better (5 part series) well worth watching.

you surely cant have watched the final episode then

what a crock of shit finish to the series

stonemuse

Clem_Snide said:

Watched the first couple of episodes of Town Called Malice on Sky. Good start. Worth watching just for the Casual Clothes from the 80s.

I enjoyed it … typical Nick Love approach 

DA9

Agent Elvis is enjoyable, adult humour, a lot of references only dedicated Elvis fans will get, great cast 

Billyboy

stonemuse said:

Clem_Snide said:

Watched the first couple of episodes of Town Called Malice on Sky. Good start. Worth watching just for the Casual Clothes from the 80s.

I enjoyed it … typical Nick Love approach 

Binge watched, really enjoyed it, and loved the music

Raith_C_Chattonell

A Town called Malice.  

Can't work out if it is for real?  If so it is truly the worst thought out drama of all time.  It has the most unbelievable plot, acted out by the most wooden set of actors since Lady Penelope got Parker to give her a lift on the Thunderbirds set.

If it is meant as a parody I've missed the point and will need to get my SOH checked out.  

Covered End

Raith_C_Chattonell said:

A Town called Malice.  

Can't work out if it is for real?  If so it is truly the worst thought out drama of all time.  It has the most unbelievable plot, acted out by the most wooden set of actors since Lady Penelope got Parker to give her a lift on the Thunderbirds set.

If it is meant as a parody I've missed the point and will need to get my SOH checked out.  

Agree, I watched episode 1 & thought it was a pile of crap. 

Carter

Sadly it is the usual Sky offering of style over substance shit. As per they have selected a load of middle class posho actors to play what should be a family of rough as arseholes South Londoners and the accents are excruciating. 

There is only so many ways to remake sexy beast or the business into a series and this is absolutely not it. 

If you like shit acting, worse dialogue but will forgive all of that for nostalgic 80s clothing and songs then this is for you. 

This isn't the first time Sky have farted out something like this and it will probably get a second series. 

Callumcafc

Rufus is a dogs name said:

That 3rd episode of The Last of Us is one of the best hours of television I've watched in a long, long time (coming from someone who's never played the game).

Just catching up on the series - having never played the game either.

Watched ep 3 tonight and couldn’t agree more with this. What a masterful hour of TV - the best I’ve watched since probably Breaking Bad.

HastingsRed

MrOneLung said:

HastingsRed said:

Just finished watching Better (5 part series) well worth watching.

you surely cant have watched the final episode then

what a crock of shit finish to the series

Agree ending was a bit disappointing.

North Lower Neil

North Lower Neil said:

Not new, but I've finally got around to watching Ghosts (BBC one rather than the US one) - really enjoying it.

So, for those who watch it, who's your favourite ghost?

Pat or Robin for me.

Finished it now, a couple of the Christmas specials and the Mary episode were really touching.

Really good show.

Jints

ValleyGary said:

Clem_Snide said:

Last of Us finale was a non event. Pony imo. Whole series has blown hot and cold.

Yeah after that I'm not really sure what angle they were going for throughout the whole series. I enjoyed the back stories and the focus on the two main characters relationship development, but at the same time there was far too much unnecessary dialogue and filler episodes. could have been a 9/10 series but ended up a 7/10.

Spot on. 

Jints

Not seen "the Playlist" (Netflix) mentioned. Really good six part Swedish drama about the creation of Spotify shown from different viewpoints (the founder, financier, musician, programmer, record company CEO, lawyer). 

SantaClaus

I've just watched the 1st series of Mr Inbetween (Disney+). It's a dark comedy about an Aussie hitman. Very good so far.

Carter

SantaClaus said:

I've just watched the 1st series of Mr Inbetween (Disney+). It's a dark comedy about an Aussie hitman. Very good so far.

Its excellent and gets better, Ray sees the world wonderfully and I admire his morals 

meldrew66

Rise and Fall - made by the same producers as The Traitors. Looks interesting. Odd to see Jeff from 4 Rooms on there as a contestant. Am I the only one that recognised him as someone already known ‘off the telly’? 10pm on a school night is a bit late for me so will watch it daily on C4 catch-up.

johnnybev1987

Carter said:

Sadly it is the usual Sky offering of style over substance shit. As per they have selected a load of middle class posho actors to play what should be a family of rough as arseholes South Londoners and the accents are excruciating. 

There is only so many ways to remake sexy beast or the business into a series and this is absolutely not it. 

If you like shit acting, worse dialogue but will forgive all of that for nostalgic 80s clothing and songs then this is for you. 

This isn't the first time Sky have farted out something like this and it will probably get a second series. 

Wish i had seen the reviews on here, i've been watching it and a few episodes in it really is horrific. It drew me in as a remake / series of the business but the acting is horrific and the storyline and everything just shocking

thewolfboy

HastingsRed said:

Just finished watching Better (5 part series) well worth watching.

Agree. It's pretty good.

Addictedoldgit

Just finished watching  all 4 series of Babylon Berlin.
Great plots and top acting from the 2 main  characters 

Fanny Fanackapan

Addictedoldgit said:

Just finished watching  all 4 series of Babylon Berlin.
Great plots and top acting from the 2 main  characters 

SO pleased you liked it too ! 

Addictedoldgit

Fanny Fanackapan said:

Addictedoldgit said:

Just finished watching  all 4 series of Babylon Berlin.
Great plots and top acting from the 2 main  characters 

SO pleased you liked it too ! 

Yep, hope there are more to come.

charente addick

Addictedoldgit said:

Just finished watching  all 4 series of Babylon Berlin.
Great plots and top acting from the 2 main  characters 

So in love with Lotte.

Southendaddick

Town Called Malice is good for the music but some of the acting is dreadful, particularly the mum and dad of the family

Excessive use of the word cannister and do Millwalls finest really call Bermondsey Bermo 😂

carly burn

Just finished the latest series of The Bay.

Thought it was crap

PragueAddick

Jints said:

Not seen "the Playlist" (Netflix) mentioned. Really good six part Swedish drama about the creation of Spotify shown from different viewpoints (the founder, financier, musician, programmer, record company CEO, lawyer). 

Definitely agree. Reminds me I should get the book it was based on.

Sillybilly

Just discovered The Cockfields on BBC iPlayer, it having been previously shown on some relatively obscure channel.  Good cast including Sue Johnson and Joe Wilkinson (one of the co-writers).  You'll recognise him when you see him even if the name means very little.    Set on the Isle of Wight, there are some pretty glaring geographicall inaccuracies such as pointing at the sea from Compton and suggesting that its the Solent (It's the English Channel actually - the Solent is the bit that separates the Island from the mainland) and "just popping in to Ventnor" from Totland which is about as far apart as you can get on here!  Anyhoo. pedantry aside, I tried very hard to hate this cliche-riddled little family anxst number but it is growing on me and I've actually laughed out loud a couple of times.  It's in the "This Country" and "Detectorists" genre without being quite as good or original as either.  I've just about finished the three episode season 1 recorded in 2019 and am about to try the rather longer second series recorded in 2021 when Bobby Ball will miraculously turn into Gregor Fisher given the former's sad passing between series (always an awkward one for producers!).  Stick with it.  It's intentionally cringeworthy.

Wilma

Sillybilly said:

Just discovered The Cockfields on BBC iPlayer, it having been previously shown on some relatively obscure channel.  Good cast including Sue Johnson and Joe Wilkinson (one of the co-writers).  You'll recognise him when you see him even if the name means very little.    Set on the Isle of Wight, there are some pretty glaring geographicall inaccuracies such as pointing at the sea from Compton and suggesting that its the Solent (It's the English Channel actually - the Solent is the bit that separates the Island from the mainland) and "just popping in to Ventnor" from Totland which is about as far apart as you can get on here!  Anyhoo. pedantry aside, I tried very hard to hate this cliche-riddled little family anxst number but it is growing on me and I've actually laughed out loud a couple of times.  It's in the "This Country" and "Detectorists" genre without being quite as good or original as either.  I've just about finished the three episode season 1 recorded in 2019 and am about to try the rather longer second series recorded in 2021 when Bobby Ball will miraculously turn into Gregor Fisher given the former's sad passing between series (always an awkward one for producers!).  Stick with it.  It's intentionally cringeworthy.

I enjoyed this when it was shown on Gold. I think there are two series and a Xmas special. 

meldrew66

The Last of Us: just binge watched the first 4 episodes. It started off at a good pace but seems somewhat slow atm. Hoping for more action going forward. Not convinced by the actor playing Kathleen as she doesn’t seem well cast. 

Sillybilly

Wilma said:

Sillybilly said:

Just discovered The Cockfields on BBC iPlayer, it having been previously shown on some relatively obscure channel.  Good cast including Sue Johnson and Joe Wilkinson (one of the co-writers).  You'll recognise him when you see him even if the name means very little.    Set on the Isle of Wight, there are some pretty glaring geographicall inaccuracies such as pointing at the sea from Compton and suggesting that its the Solent (It's the English Channel actually - the Solent is the bit that separates the Island from the mainland) and "just popping in to Ventnor" from Totland which is about as far apart as you can get on here!  Anyhoo. pedantry aside, I tried very hard to hate this cliche-riddled little family anxst number but it is growing on me and I've actually laughed out loud a couple of times.  It's in the "This Country" and "Detectorists" genre without being quite as good or original as either.  I've just about finished the three episode season 1 recorded in 2019 and am about to try the rather longer second series recorded in 2021 when Bobby Ball will miraculously turn into Gregor Fisher given the former's sad passing between series (always an awkward one for producers!).  Stick with it.  It's intentionally cringeworthy.

I enjoyed this when it was shown on Gold. I think there are two series and a Xmas special. 

Rather disappointingly I am in fact not about to watch season 2 as it’s only season 1 that’s been released on iplayer. Very frustrating when they do this!

LargeAddick

Sillybilly said:

Wilma said:

Sillybilly said:

Just discovered The Cockfields on BBC iPlayer, it having been previously shown on some relatively obscure channel.  Good cast including Sue Johnson and Joe Wilkinson (one of the co-writers).  You'll recognise him when you see him even if the name means very little.    Set on the Isle of Wight, there are some pretty glaring geographicall inaccuracies such as pointing at the sea from Compton and suggesting that its the Solent (It's the English Channel actually - the Solent is the bit that separates the Island from the mainland) and "just popping in to Ventnor" from Totland which is about as far apart as you can get on here!  Anyhoo. pedantry aside, I tried very hard to hate this cliche-riddled little family anxst number but it is growing on me and I've actually laughed out loud a couple of times.  It's in the "This Country" and "Detectorists" genre without being quite as good or original as either.  I've just about finished the three episode season 1 recorded in 2019 and am about to try the rather longer second series recorded in 2021 when Bobby Ball will miraculously turn into Gregor Fisher given the former's sad passing between series (always an awkward one for producers!).  Stick with it.  It's intentionally cringeworthy.

I enjoyed this when it was shown on Gold. I think there are two series and a Xmas special. 

Rather disappointingly I am in fact not about to watch season 2 as it’s only season 1 that’s been released on iplayer. Very frustrating when they do this!

They will likely repeat it at some point on Gold so keep your eyes peeled.

eaststandmike

meldrew66 said:

The Last of Us: just binge watched the first 4 episodes. It started off at a good pace but seems somewhat slow atm. Hoping for more action going forward. Not convinced by the actor playing Kathleen as she doesn’t seem well cast. 

Don’t hold your breath, the action and excitement is very thin on the ground