Great TV Series

[Dr. Giggles]

Sean Bean is a walking spoiler!

Seen Been is a walking reason to avoid whatever he's in...

[Guppings]

Handmaids Tale back for its last series

[happyhoppy]

Is that still going! Think I did 3 seasons but couldn’t bear anymore recall murf calling it misery porn!

[murf]

Is that still going! Think I did 3 seasons but couldn’t bear anymore recall murf calling it misery porn!

Probably! Not sure I even made series 3! 1st series was great but....

[hancockjr]

Episode 2 series 2 of The Last of Us was the best thing I've seen in ages, and I only half watched series 1.

Also enjoying Mobland, and liked Landman a lot.

[bloggie]

New series of Love, Death and Robots.

[blahblah]

Sean Bean is a walking spoiler!

Seen Been is a walking reason to avoid whatever he's in...

If we agree.....

[forestfan]

Thought HBO/Sky Atlantic’s ‘Task’ was really good - another probably one-off series from the maker of ‘Mare of Easttown’, set in the same area though without any character or plot overlap with that.

[Dr. Giggles]

Mare of Easttown.

Genuinely great TV, that.

[Razorback]

Mare of Easttown.

Genuinely great TV, that.

Agreed, one of the best shows I've watched in recent years.

I'll also give a shout out to Shogun over on Disney+, completely different to the Richard Chamberlain version ...

[Stena Bib]

Riot Women, best i have seen for a while. 8.6 IMDB

[murf]

Riot Women, best i have seen for a while. 8.6 IMDB

Very good in places but a tad too anti-men and throwing too many social/women's issues in to tick every box asap.

[happyhoppy]

The Girlfriend is a good watch. Got Emma from the Bates Motel which is seriously underrated btw as an excellent series (watched it twice).

[Stena Bib]

Riot Women, best i have seen for a while. 8.6 IMDB

Very good in places but a tad too anti-men and throwing too many social/women's issues in to tick every box asap.

Agreed, but stoll a good watch.

[Stena Bib]

The Girlfriend is a good watch. Got Emma from the Bates Motel which is seriously underrated btw as an excellent series (watched it twice).

Yes, i liked the flashbacks where they gave you other persons version of events.

[Stena Bib]

If you like Slow Horses, then Dept.Q is well worh watching [IMDB 8.2]

[forestfan]

If you like Slow Horses, then Dept.Q is well worh watching [IMDB 8.2]

Yes, agree with that - it’s kind of like a detective equivalent of Slow Horses, conceptually! Only one series so far but more to come I think.

[Heimi Henderson]

We really enjoyed Dept Q as well. Loved Akram as a character.

I’m currently rewatching The Night Manager with the announcement of a second series arriving in January. Great cast (Hugh Laurie, Tom Hollander & Olivia Coleman all brilliant) and the best Le Carre adaptation since Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Smiley’s People in the late ‘70s, early ‘80s.

If you’ve never seen it, you really should give it a go.

[maxi123]

What about Peaky Blinders in 2013 BBC?

[forestfan]

Well, it’s 2025 now… but there’s a movie and a sequel series coming.

I don’t know how Steven Knight has time to write/produce what seems like every other British drama series that appears, and is now doing the next Bond film (whenever that materialises) as well…

[maxi123]

Well, it’s 2025 now… but there’s a movie and a sequel series coming.

I don’t know how Steven Knight has time to write/produce what seems like every other British drama series that appears, and is now doing the next Bond film (whenever that materialises) as well…

A Thousand Blows on Disney+ in 2025
House of Guiness on Netflix in 2025
Both by Steven Knight

[forestfan]

Well, it’s 2025 now… but there’s a movie and a sequel series coming.

I don’t know how Steven Knight has time to write/produce what seems like every other British drama series that appears, and is now doing the next Bond film (whenever that materialises) as well…

A Thousand Blows on Disney+ in 2025
House of Guiness on Netflix in 2025
Both by Steven Knight

Yeah, and there was This Town which I quite enjoyed but didn’t get a second series. SAS Rogue Heroes is him too, isn’t it?

[unc.si.]

The Girlfriend is a good watch. Got Emma from the Bates Motel which is seriously underrated btw as an excellent series (watched it twice).

Yes, enjoyed that one.
Watching the last frontier at the moment. It’s a bit silly in places (without giving too much away I think the Alaskan winter nights would have claimed a few more victims) but it’s enjoyable with some good set pieces

[happyhoppy]

We really enjoyed Dept Q as well. Loved Akram as a character.

I’m currently rewatching The Night Manager with the announcement of a second series arriving in January. Great cast (Hugh Laurie, Tom Hollander & Olivia Coleman all brilliant) and the best Le Carre adaptation since Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Smiley’s People in the late ‘70s, early ‘80s.

If you’ve never seen it, you really should give it a go.

Snap rewatching ahead of S2. Cracking series surprised it took so long for S2.

[hancockjr]

Dept Q was good but way longer than it needed to be, common for subscription TV.

Really enjoyed latest series of The Diplomat. First two were good too.

Also plan to watch TNM and will look at The Girlfriend after.

[forestfan]

Dept Q was good but way longer than it needed to be, common for subscription TV.

Really enjoyed latest series of The Diplomat. First two were good too.

Also plan to watch TNM and will look at The Girlfriend after.

Hadn’t realised The Diplomat S3 was out yet, as not long since I watched S2… one to add to my long watchlist, probably towards the top given the cliffhanger at the end of the previous series!

Had to look back at how long Dept. Q was and it was 9 episodes, which is maybe a bit longer than the recent trend but at one time shows tended to run well into double figure and even 20+ episode series. British quality dramas, especially BBC, tend to do 6 episode series these days but that’s 6 full hours, whereas streaming and advertising-funded services tend to run shorter in terms of actual episode length.

[hancockjr]

Am referring to length in relation to what is in it. I''ll happily watch 20 episodes if the complexity is there, but I felt Dept Q was a 6 parter (at most) "stretched" over 9, like a double album that should have been a single album (i.e. all of them, according to some people!).

[happyhoppy]

Am referring to length in relation to what is in it. I''ll happily watch 20 episodes if the complexity is there, but I felt Dept Q was a 6 parter (at most) "stretched" over 9, like a double album that should have been a single album (i.e. all of them, according to some people!).

I agree. We got bored towards the end but then I’m sort of done with detective series even though this had quirks.

Really enjoying the new English spoken Squid Game S2 The Challenge. Done first 3 episodes out of 9. Much more focus on the games.

[jacksosi]

Can't remember enough of Stranger Things in order to be ready for S5, so Mrs J and I have decided to start again from S1, which is fine as we often struggle to agree on what to watch and we both liked that...so that will keep us busy for a while!

Apart from that, Im watching Pluribus which is decent, but only comes out weekly
...https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22202452/? ... nd_title_5

...so Im also starting an older series, For All Mankind whichI saw recommended somewhere
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7772588/

[happyhoppy]

Also just started watching Pluribus ( done 1 1/2 episodes) and it’s got Vince Gilligan all over it! Nice to see Rhea Seehorn (ala BCS) in a lead role.

Will probably watch ST but no hurry tbh I sort of feel it could’ve finished by now. The kids now being adults will be interesting to see how that works probably less annoying