Don’t usually look on this thread but I strongly recommend Babylon Berlin. German with English sub-titles. Superb sense of time and place, interesting plot strands, very stylish.
@moutuakilla Mr Robot season 3 has really improved on season 2, very tense, unpredictable and original. Shame it's only on Amazon, it deserves more acclaim.
Anyone else been watching Motherland? Graham Linehan one of the writers. First two episodes very good
Think it’s excellent and funny. Spot on about the chaos of having young children for some whilst others find it so easy.
The clique of school Mums, the stay at home Dads and Julia’s husband that never has to look after the kids I can all identify with through past experiences.
@moutuakilla Mr Robot season 3 has really improved on season 2, very tense, unpredictable and original. Shame it's only on Amazon, it deserves more acclaim.
I'll have to check it out. I did think it went a bit off the rails in the second season
I've had Big Little Lies on my sky planner for months now and never really fancied it. Started watching it last night and it's brilliant. Reese Witherspoon is so bitchy !
it was really good, can't wait for the second series.
Just came across this very useful website which covers TV crime dramas, including what's coming up and when (something the BBC are useless at, on the web)
Next Saturday sees the return of Witnesses, the French crime drama set up on the Northern coast where the weather is like Ramsgate on a bad day. And Audrey Fleurot is in it. First series was on C4, but BBC4 has nabbed this series
But the website then asks, where is the new series of Spiral, which debuted in France this month? Because it seems The Bridge new series starts early Jan, and they probably only want to run one at a time.
They don't have an update on "Trapped" the Icelandic drama, but Series 2 is in production, probably at least ayear away for us.
It also doesn't cover "Occupied" the excellent Norwegian drama about the country being effectively annexed by the Russians, but there is a second series of that just started in Norway. They bloody better bring it on to British TV too, and sod what the Russian Embassy thinks about it. Can't remember whether that was BBC or C4 first time round.
Good website, follows British as well as foreign crime drama.
And not a good time for the series link function on my digibox to be playing up...
Did anyone else you catch Witnesses over the weekend?
Only seen the first episode yet so no spoilers please but had a really strong start and a plot line that's a little 'different' shall we say. TBF I'd happily watch Audrey Fleurot reading out a telephone directory so i'm probably a little biased.
Just finished Suburra on Netflix. Absolutely fantastic series . Highly recommend
The series is very good , finished it about a month a go but nowhere near as good as Gomorrah in my opinion. Third series is out in Italy, desperately Waiting for it to be shown here now. One of the best things I've seen
Just finished Suburra on Netflix. Absolutely fantastic series . Highly recommend
The series is very good , finished it about a month a go but nowhere near as good as Gomorrah in my opinion. Third series is out in Italy, desperately Waiting for it to be shown here now. One of the best things I've seen
Yeah, I watched the first episode of Suburra immediately after finishing season 2 of Gomorrah and it suffered by the comparison so I didn't continue. Should maybe give it another try.
Just finished Suburra on Netflix. Absolutely fantastic series . Highly recommend
The series is very good , finished it about a month a go but nowhere near as good as Gomorrah in my opinion. Third series is out in Italy, desperately Waiting for it to be shown here now. One of the best things I've seen
Yeah, I watched the first episode of Suburra immediately after finishing season 2 of Gomorrah and it suffered by the comparison so I didn't continue. Should maybe give it another try.
Yes witnesses excellent start and strongly recommended to any subtitle lovers. Audrey gorgeous as ever.
Hmm, funny enough, I have only seen episode 1 so far, but I am not quite as sold yet as you and @Bournemouth Addick. I wasn't so sold on the first series compared with Spiral either, but the BBC obviously believe in it as they took the trouble to grab it off C4 (and thus spare us the 4x 4 ad breaks)
A Night Of.. Binged watched it this weekend. A look into the world of NYC police, their blinkered investigation, cheap but loveable lawyers, freedom and prison. Was good. Just 8 episodes an hour each.
Season 2 of Designated Survivor. It's like crack cocaine, you know it's no good for you but you can't stay away.
Agreed, it's like an exact cross between the west wing and 24, but nowhere near as good as either. They have stolen so many stories from the west wing that I've lost count...but, i never miss it and looking forward to the episode this week immensely.
Season 2 of Designated Survivor. It's like crack cocaine, you know it's no good for you but you can't stay away.
Agreed, it's like an exact cross between the west wing and 24, but nowhere near as good as either. They have stolen so many stories from the west wing that I've lost count...but, i never miss it and looking forward to the episode this week immensely.
Exactly as you both describe, season 2 is just super cheesy but I can't put it down. I should have quit after season 1
Been watching BBC 2 crime programme "The Chillenden Murders" about the killing of Lyn & Megan Russell in Kent 20 years ago. Michael Stone is in prison for their murder and the evidence against him is not just flimsy but shockingly non-existent. No DNA evidence, no formal ID & the car sighted in the area doesnt match the one he owned or had access to.
I was always uneasy with his conviction. Now I'm 99.9% sure he didn't do it, or at a minimum should not have been found guilty.
Watched this last night. Stone is clearly not a nice person, but there is no way he did it - the complete lack of evidence proves that.
And yet 2 juries bought into the alleged prison confession, apparently disregarding the lack of any evidence linking Stone to the crime scene. At face value it beggars belief. Also, the "missing" bootlace has rather sinister implications. Excellent programme.
his lawyers are saying they have compelling evidence that Levi Bellfield committed the attack, in prison for killing Milly Dowler, Marsha McDonnell and Amelie Delagrange and the attempted murder of Kate Sheedy. Hopefully Stone will get an appeal as the 'evidence' in my opinion was flimsy at best and non-existent at worst.
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Can't stand Diane Morgan so my judgement was clouded.
The clique of school Mums, the stay at home Dads and Julia’s husband that never has to look after the kids I can all identify with through past experiences.
Only seen the first episode yet so no spoilers please but had a really strong start and a plot line that's a little 'different' shall we say. TBF I'd happily watch Audrey Fleurot reading out a telephone directory so i'm probably a little biased.
Thought it was very good & looking forward to the next one.
Christ that was a hard watch.
Compelling but shockingly sad.