Anybody else watch the new one on BBC tonight? Trust Me Half way through I was thinking this ain't very good but the last 5-10 minutes it picked up. Looking forward to next week now but feel glad it's only a 4 parter not 6/8
It was entertaining but (as above) you have to suspend disbelief, like, (amongst other things) how is she getting paid?
She took the identity of the female doctor friend who emigrated to New Zealand.
Yes, I realised - that's pretty much the entire point of the show!
My question is how would she be paid ? What bank account details could she provide ?
You could provide any bank details to an employer to pay your salary. The name isn't checked at the bank, the funds are simply credited to the sort code and account number.
If you wanted to send me a payment (I don't mind) and I gave you my s/c & a/c no, you could put my name down as Mickey Mouse and it wouldn't matter, unless there was a reason to check the payment. Such as a first payment for a large amount.
It's the same with cheques, payees aren't looked at unless the cheque is over a certain amount (ok who uses cheques).
( I worked in banks for 30 years).
Oh really? Always assumed the account name had to match the payee name.
Did anyone see Eden, Paradise Lost last week ?? Just shows that there are a load of people out there that you wouldn't want to spend an evening week, let alone a whole year !! Felt sorry for the Boatbuilder & his mate who were voted to leave, only for the remainers to want 1st dibs on their accommodation. The irony of it was lost on the girls & I would habe done the same by burning it all down.
Did anyone see Eden, Paradise Lost last week ?? Just shows that there are a load of people out there that you wouldn't want to spend an evening week, let alone a whole year !! Felt sorry for the Boatbuilder & his mate who were voted to leave, only for the remainers to want 1st dibs on their accommodation. The irony of it was lost on the girls & I would habe done the same by burning it all down.
Not new but I watched the first episode of Warehouse 13. X-Files-lite but good chemistry between the two leads and quite a bit of humour in the script.
This Sunday 27/8 the BBC start 'The Cuckoo's Calling' dramatization on the telly .. it's taken from a terrif book by Robert Galbraith (a k a J K Rowling), the first of a series of three with the same protagonists .. just hope the adaptation lives up to the book
Also try one called "Modus". Based on books by the Norwegian crime author Anne Holt the TV show is relocated from Oslo to Stockholm but is still very well done & is a good watch.
Just checking on next series of some good Scandi series
Looks like "Occupied", the Jo Nesbo scripted Norwegian drama will run there in the autumn
The Bridge series 4 is set to run in Scandi beginning of Jan. "No international release date" :-( and is the final series :-(
Now what about the French, especially Spiral ?
Have you tried the Swedish detective show "Beck" yet? It is really very good & gets better as it goes along. Available on Apple TV & iTunes.
Yes I do like "Beck" although I thought it was a huge shame that they killed off his big sidekick. I had thought the dynamic between them was supposed to be central to the series. I had watched it on BBC4, will check if I missed a later series.
I have to remind myself which one is Modus, definitely watched it, but don't recall taking to it as much as the others.
So "Spiral" series 6 is in the can, but no definite release date even in France, just "2017" so I reckon New year for BBC4
"The Bureau" is a superb French Le Carre style modern spy series, and series 3 of that ran in France from May. Very surprised the BBC never picked this up but I got Series 2 from iTunes.
"Spin" won't return. I still need to get through all of "Braquo" but I find it a bit grim. They have shot a second series of "Witnesses" which was OK, but exceptional mainly for the scenery of the northern coastal town where it is set. Kind of a French Ramsgate.
Has anyone tried either "Marseille" or "les Barons" ?
Looking forward to Electric Dreams on Ch4 next month then Amazon next year. 10 eps of Philip K Dick short stories. 5 made in London, 5 in Chicago.
Executive producers Michael Dinner (Rooney McP Productions); Isa Dick Hackett, Kalen Egan, Christopher Tricarico (Electric Shepherd Productions); David Kanter, Matt DeRoss (Anonymous Content); Ronald D Moore, Maril Davis (Tall Ship Productions); Bryan Cranston, James Degus (Moonshot Entertainment); Lila Rawlings, Marigo Kehoe (Left Bank Pictures); Don Kurt, Kate DiMento (Sony Pictures Television)
Directors Marc Munden; Tom Harper; David Farr; Francesca Gregorini; Michael Dinner; Jeffrey Reiner; Julian Jarrold; Dee Rees; Peter Horton; Alan Taylor
Writers Tony Grisoni; Jack Thorne; David Farr; Jessica Mecklenburg; Michael Dinner; Ronald D Moore; Matthew Graham; Dee Rees; Travis Beacham; Kalen Egan
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That solves that mystery !
I loved it when it first came on but the last couple of seasons have got more ridiculous.....and last night's carried in in the same vein.
It's got 2 weeks to redeem itself.
I'm looking forward to this being released on a normal channel.
Started to watch American Gods last night, it was so weird I had to turn it off after 40mins or so.
Looks like "Occupied", the Jo Nesbo scripted Norwegian drama will run there in the autumn
The Bridge series 4 is set to run in Scandi beginning of Jan. "No international release date" :-( and is the final series :-(
Now what about the French, especially Spiral ?
I have to remind myself which one is Modus, definitely watched it, but don't recall taking to it as much as the others.
"The Bureau" is a superb French Le Carre style modern spy series, and series 3 of that ran in France from May. Very surprised the BBC never picked this up but I got Series 2 from iTunes.
"Spin" won't return. I still need to get through all of "Braquo" but I find it a bit grim. They have shot a second series of "Witnesses" which was OK, but exceptional mainly for the scenery of the northern coastal town where it is set. Kind of a French Ramsgate.
Has anyone tried either "Marseille" or "les Barons" ?
10 eps of Philip K Dick short stories. 5 made in London, 5 in Chicago.
Executive producers Michael Dinner (Rooney McP Productions); Isa Dick Hackett, Kalen Egan, Christopher Tricarico (Electric Shepherd Productions); David Kanter, Matt DeRoss (Anonymous Content); Ronald D Moore,
Maril Davis (Tall Ship Productions); Bryan Cranston, James Degus (Moonshot Entertainment); Lila Rawlings, Marigo
Kehoe (Left Bank Pictures); Don Kurt, Kate DiMento (Sony Pictures Television)
Directors Marc Munden; Tom Harper; David Farr; Francesca Gregorini; Michael Dinner; Jeffrey Reiner; Julian Jarrold; Dee Rees; Peter Horton; Alan Taylor
Writers Tony Grisoni; Jack Thorne; David Farr; Jessica Mecklenburg; Michael Dinner; Ronald D Moore; Matthew Graham; Dee Rees; Travis Beacham; Kalen Egan
Really enjoying Strike so far.