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Season three of Gamorrah is starting on January 31st - Sky Atlantic.
If you haven’t seen it yet you are in for a treat. First two seasons are available on catch up.6 -
Really enjoyed this show. Jeff Daniels like you say is very good.SantaClaus said:I've watched the first couple of episodes of Godless. Great show so far and Jeff Daniels is a genuinely scary baddie.
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Top man @BedsaddickBedsaddick said:Season three of Gamorrah is starting on January 31st - Sky Atlantic.
If you haven’t seen it bey you are in for a treat. First two seasons are available on catch up.2 -
12 days of Christine was an amazing show. As good as any episode of black mirror (context: I love black mirror) or league of Gentlemen (perfection)North Lower Neil said:
I'm slowly catching up on the old series as I missed them first time around. "A Quiet Night In" (the silent robbery episode) and "12 Days of Christine" (the Sheridan Smith one) were among the best half hours of TV I've ever seen.rina said:I've really been looking forward to Inside no. 9 restarting and have not been let down. that first episode was absolutely superb
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New series of Silent Witness starts on Monday night, staring the lovely Emilia Fox. Always worth a watch.0
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On a lighter note anyone else on CL who watches McMafia think Vadim looks a bit like Peter Varney!Chaz Hill said:
Lived and worked there 2004-2006. I was part of a EU Pre-Accession Twinning project. UK team helping Bulgarian counterparts preparing Structural Fund administrative structures. I was based in the Ministry of Finance. I was in Budapest doing a similar job for 2 years prior to this.PragueAddick said:
When were you based in Sofia? I'm very fond of the place, with a couple of great long standing friends from there, not to mention an old girlfriend who remains dangerously fit and continuously unfathomable.Chaz Hill said:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jan/03/mcmafia-tv-bbc-russian-organised-crime-ukPragueAddick said:In episode 2, the Czech guy whom Godman wants to do biz with is played by Karel Roden, one of the country's most respected actors. Good casting, although I would love to hear his personal thoughts on portraying Prague as basically captured by Russian gangsters. For sure there is a lot of truth in it, especially at retail level.
Generally some people might now start to understand why I am a bit lary of Putin's Russia.
Don’t know if you spotted this Prague. Good insight. Excellent series by the BBC.
Russians were all over Sofia when I was based there. Huge Embassy compound. Top of the range motors outside various clubs. Giving it large. Surprisingly never got hassled by the local police! Properties on the Black Sea coast were a big thing then. Also an ideal route for smuggling whatever into Western Europe.
The Russians have always felt more comfortable in Bulgaria than in the other ex Warsaw Pact countries, same Cyrillic alphabet, Orthodox church, lack of modern democratic tradition. The Czechs on the other hand, many of them seriously hate Russians. My wife for starters. It's primal. If she hears Russian being spoken her face darkens. I'm not letting her near McMafia, told her it's too violent, although she's proud that Karel Roden got a gig. They stay a bit lower profile here, but they are here big time for sure. Went to a new craft beer pub in our locality, simply decked out with Scandi pine furniture, student crowd, hard working Czech husband and wife team. We decided to leave, my Czech buddy Mad Vincent went for a piss, located downstairs. When he got there he found a big basement room with one large table, and sitting round it, a large group of Russians. It might not seem so strange, describing it here, but for Vincent it was a big WTF moment. We won't return. But again, the Communists still poll 15% here, you've got 40 plus Russian disinformation websites operating in plain sight, and quite a few politicians with shadowy links to Moscow.
Anyway, McMafia is all too authentic, certainly the Prague bit.
Loved both places and made many good friends. Sofia obviously a bit more gritty than Budapest but enjoyable all the same.4 -
Anyone watched Bloodline on Netflix? Thought it was very watchable and kept me glued.0
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Hard Sun. What a load of shite!0
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Spiral is definitely moving into top gear now0
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Thought the last episode of Black Mirror was great - like a tribute to Roald Dahl. Enjoyes all of them immensely - favourite would be the Star Trek pisstake and the Jodie Foster one. The one with the insurance investigator was almost too bleak to watch0
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I echo that. I thought the trailers look interesting but what a letdown.Weegie Addick said:Hard Sun. What a load of shite!
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Probably way behind, but enjoyed Feud immensely. Just got the final episode to watch.0
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Just finished watching Manhunt: Unabomber on Netflix.
Really good acting and told the story well.3 -
Agreed. Really good TVValleyGary said:Just finished watching Manhunt: Unabomber on Netflix.
Really good acting and told the story well.1 -
Have this down to watchValleyGary said:Just finished watching Manhunt: Unabomber on Netflix.
Really good acting and told the story well.0 -
McMafia excellent again last night. Rough old place that Prague
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New Vera on ITV. I know I'm sad, but I do love a 2 hour cop/detective programme, esp Morse & Lewis but never got into Endeavour.3
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But how wooden & monosyllabic is James Norton !Chaz Hill said:McMafia excellent again last night. Rough old place that Prague
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Now you mention it I tend to agree. Put it down to him playing the part of a RussianFanny Fanackapan said:
But how wooden & monosyllabic is James Norton !Chaz Hill said:McMafia excellent again last night. Rough old place that Prague
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Yes I told the wife today that Karel Roden (Benes) won't survive episode 4, and all he's had to say so far is "We are Czechs. We don't like the boss."Chaz Hill said:McMafia excellent again last night. Rough old place that Prague
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Can't wait for Gomorrah. Best thing I've ever seen. Been waiting a year for series 32
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On my own here but i think mc mafia is poor.0
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Making my way through Lucifer. Very easy watching, a very British devil. I'm really enjoying it, a bit like The Mentalist1
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Not on your own. I watched the first episode and 5 mins of the second and was too bored to continue and I virtually always see a series through to the end once started.seth plum said:On my own here but i think mc mafia is poor.
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Anyone know if the the first two seasons are available to watch anywhere?cafc4life said:Can't wait for Gomorrah. Best thing I've ever seen. Been waiting a year for series 3
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It's available on catch up on SKYRufus is a dogs name said:
Anyone know if the the first two seasons are available to watch anywhere?cafc4life said:Can't wait for Gomorrah. Best thing I've ever seen. Been waiting a year for series 3
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I'm enjoying it but I have to agree that James Norton is incredibly dull.seth plum said:On my own here but i think mc mafia is poor.
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Sky box sets I believe . Can get it on DVD too . Highly recommendRufus is a dogs name said:
Anyone know if the the first two seasons are available to watch anywhere?cafc4life said:Can't wait for Gomorrah. Best thing I've ever seen. Been waiting a year for series 3
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Anyone see Next of Kin on ITV. Looked ok, but I had some problems with the reality of it all...........
Spoiler alert
Firstly, I know a lot of GP's & none live in a terrace townhouse on an estate. A 4/5 bed detached in a tree lined road is more like it.
Secondly, I doubt the British Embassy would know about the doctors kidnap within a couple of hours - the next day would be the earliest. Also, how come they are holding a welcome home party at tea time when he is flying in from Pakistan, I'm no travel expert but I would have thought from door to door you are looking at 8-10 hours. He was still talking to his sister at 1.30pm - I know he was supposed to be at the airport - was he flying by Concorde or by a De Lorean ?
Finally, why did the police go to that address - he lived with his wife someone else. I know the Met are good, but to turn up at his sister house within a couple of hour's of his kidnap is getting a bit beyond belief.0 -
With you on that Seth. Poor is being polite.seth plum said:On my own here but i think mc mafia is poor.
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