| Half decent tv 06:36 - Apr 29 with 697231 views | LadbrokeR |
I watched the last episode of line of duty and thought that was good. Undercover has finally grabbed by attention. I quite like some of the investigative programmes Stacey Dooley does. However I can't wait for the next series of people just do nothing. |  | | |  |
| Half decent tv on 09:31 - May 20 with 4627 views | TheChef |
| Half decent tv on 10:47 - May 19 by hubble |
Friends have been going on about Ripley (based on book/film The Talented Mr Ripley) so I watched the first episode.. thought it was absolute shite. Zero chemistry between the characters, Andrew Scott plays Ripley as kind of creepy with Aspergers (why the fck Dicky Greenlief would befriend him I don't know) and then they really jump the shark with Eliot Sumner (Sting's daughter, but identifies as non-binary) playing Freddie Miles, with a deeeep voice..
Can't watch any more of it. If you've seen the brilliant original film, this is a travesty. IMHO, of course. |
Cheers clearly one to avoid.
I'll just keep re-watching The Sopranos thanks. |  |
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| Half decent tv on 14:05 - May 20 with 4520 views | BrianMcCarthy |
| Half decent tv on 10:47 - May 19 by hubble |
Friends have been going on about Ripley (based on book/film The Talented Mr Ripley) so I watched the first episode.. thought it was absolute shite. Zero chemistry between the characters, Andrew Scott plays Ripley as kind of creepy with Aspergers (why the fck Dicky Greenlief would befriend him I don't know) and then they really jump the shark with Eliot Sumner (Sting's daughter, but identifies as non-binary) playing Freddie Miles, with a deeeep voice..
Can't watch any more of it. If you've seen the brilliant original film, this is a travesty. IMHO, of course. |
Agree with all of that.
Plus the decision to film it in black and white makes no sense to me. The Italian sunshine and scenery was the perfect backdrop to their indolent lifestyle of basked-in beauty. Filming it in b&w robs the series of that stage. |  |
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| Half decent tv on 08:41 - May 21 with 4365 views | Esox_Lucius |
Would I lie To You.
Unmissable. |  |
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| Half decent tv on 18:19 - Jun 4 with 4098 views | Ranger_Things |
3rd series of Mayor of Kingstown started on Paramount. |  | | |
| Half decent tv on 19:40 - Jun 4 with 4031 views | FDC |
Just started watching Shogun, really excellent so far. Game of Thrones in 1600s Japan vibes
Also part way through The Synpathizer, also very good. Vietnam war undercover shenanigans |  | | |
| Half decent tv on 23:06 - Jun 4 with 3949 views | ChrisNW6 |
Needed a dystopian sci-fi fix and currently ploughing through The 100. Earth has been nuked and space station survivors return. Not sure how they commissioned seven seasons but I'm all in đ brain dead nonsense and addictive. | | | |
| Half decent tv on 20:07 - Jun 5 with 3762 views | Ranger_Things |
Star Wars spin off âThe Acolyteâ started well I thought. | | | |
| Half decent tv on 06:24 - Jun 6 with 3673 views | Metallica_Hoop |
I started watching 'Another life' with Katee sackhoff ages ago and forgot I was watching it; I gave it another go after seeing there was a second series and I'm half way through season 2.
It's what I would call an enjoyable romp. Battlestar Galactica it is not and the effects are not as good as Galactica's even though the oldest are over 20 years old.
It also has a cameo from the President's Assistant in Galactica and Saul Tigh's Wife as an alien. [Post edited 6 Jun 6:24]
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| Half decent tv on 07:36 - Jun 6 with 3637 views | Wilkinswatercarrier |
Just finished 'Painkillers' with Matthew Broderick on Netflix. All about the Opioid crises in America, and the man/company that caused it.
The only word I can use is gobsmacked to describe my feeling when watching. Highly recommended, especially if you don't know much about how it came about, like me.
Don't watch, however, if you're liable to bouts of anger regarding greed, wealth accumulation etc. | | | |
| Half decent tv on 09:20 - Jun 6 with 3560 views | GaryT |
| Half decent tv on 07:36 - Jun 6 by Wilkinswatercarrier |
Just finished 'Painkillers' with Matthew Broderick on Netflix. All about the Opioid crises in America, and the man/company that caused it.
The only word I can use is gobsmacked to describe my feeling when watching. Highly recommended, especially if you don't know much about how it came about, like me.
Don't watch, however, if you're liable to bouts of anger regarding greed, wealth accumulation etc. |
This story has been told a couple of times already and by all account Dopesick is the one to watch but do so only if you want to go to bed angry.
https://www.esquire.com/uk/culture/a44761695/opioid-crisis-movies-tv-shows/ |  | | |
| Half decent tv on 23:08 - Jun 7 with 3352 views | MrSheen |
Just finished the second season of Tokyo Vice on iPlayer. Pretty far-fetched but still looks great and Tozawa-sama is a cracking villain. |  | | |
| Half decent tv on 21:40 - Jun 8 with 3171 views | MrSheen |
| Half decent tv on 16:30 - May 19 by Ned_Kennedys |
Thatâs the problem with long gaps between series : you have to pretty much watch the whole of the first series again to remember what it was about before starting the second series. |
So weâre going to drop you right back into a complicated time-slipping story (Outer Range) right where we left you four years ago. And weâre going to film the first twenty minutes in darkness. Bvgger that, lifeâs too short. | | | |
| Half decent tv on 23:16 - Jun 9 with 3029 views | daveB |
10 years late with this but started watching Inside Number 9 which I've quickly become obsessed with
Also just finished Bodies on netflix which was a bit nuts around time travel but only 8 episodes and worth a watch |  | | |
| Half decent tv on 03:24 - Jun 10 with 2983 views | FDC |
| Half decent tv on 23:16 - Jun 9 by daveB |
10 years late with this but started watching Inside Number 9 which I've quickly become obsessed with
Also just finished Bodies on netflix which was a bit nuts around time travel but only 8 episodes and worth a watch |
Big fan of this too. Variable quality but always interesting, and when it's good it is really good.
Some of my favourite episodes:
- 12 days of christine. One of my favourite half hours of tv ever. Ive watched it loads of times and still love it. Loads of clever clues to whats going on sprinkled throughout, very creepy, and a real emotional punch, pretty much perfect tv. Gives me chills, the final scenes have so much pathos. Sheridan Smith is superb and really sells it.
- the devil of Christmas. Another Christmas episode but couldn't be more different. So grimy, so bleak, so good
- riddle of the sphinx. Very clever writing. Apparently they set the guardian crossword that week to coincide with the show. [Post edited 10 Jun 3:33]
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| Half decent tv on 06:28 - Jun 10 with 2940 views | Lblock |
ITVâs Red Eye
I watched thinking a murder caper set on a plane wouldnât work but it really does.
Fair few scenes filmed around West London an all.
Not bad |  |
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| Half decent tv on 08:25 - Jun 10 with 2870 views | daveB |
| Half decent tv on 03:24 - Jun 10 by FDC |
Big fan of this too. Variable quality but always interesting, and when it's good it is really good.
Some of my favourite episodes:
- 12 days of christine. One of my favourite half hours of tv ever. Ive watched it loads of times and still love it. Loads of clever clues to whats going on sprinkled throughout, very creepy, and a real emotional punch, pretty much perfect tv. Gives me chills, the final scenes have so much pathos. Sheridan Smith is superb and really sells it.
- the devil of Christmas. Another Christmas episode but couldn't be more different. So grimy, so bleak, so good
- riddle of the sphinx. Very clever writing. Apparently they set the guardian crossword that week to coincide with the show. [Post edited 10 Jun 3:33]
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I watched that 12 days of Christine last night and then couldn't sleep for about 2 hours, brilliant episode | | | |
| Half decent tv on 14:51 - Jun 10 with 2745 views | E17hoop |
The new series Fallout, based on the game, is outstanding. |  |
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| Half decent tv on 21:41 - Jun 10 with 2622 views | MrSheen |
The documentary on Jlloyd Samuel on Netflix was really bizarre. For all the intrigue about his personal life, what was all the stuff about diamonds and were the mystery investors ever pursued? Jay Bothroyd came over very well though. | | | |
| Half decent tv on 13:38 - Jun 11 with 2488 views | SheffieldHoop |
| Half decent tv on 21:41 - Jun 10 by MrSheen |
The documentary on Jlloyd Samuel on Netflix was really bizarre. For all the intrigue about his personal life, what was all the stuff about diamonds and were the mystery investors ever pursued? Jay Bothroyd came over very well though. |
Yeah I saw this, very weird film, dunno about well, more of a case that the only person to come out of it not looking a complete cnt was Jay Bothroyd IMO. And in a way, I can feel sympathy for JLS, clearly being manipulated and screwed over by vampires. But he also made bad decisions. Sad.
The way Netflix can make these open-ended, provides no answers but here's the gossip type films is incredibly annoying and by the end, I did feel it was a waste of time. Would rather have watched an Air Crash Investigation type film into the crash and what caused the car to burst into flames, not that I think there was any foul play likely. We got an hour of gossip and rumour instead. Frustrating.
Mrs SH reckons the Iranian is a ladyboy. She found it far more entertaining than I did. |  |
| "Someone despises me. That's their problem." Marcus Aurelius |
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| Half decent tv on 16:41 - Jun 12 with 2287 views | R_from_afar |
| Half decent tv on 06:28 - Jun 10 by Lblock |
ITVâs Red Eye
I watched thinking a murder caper set on a plane wouldnât work but it really does.
Fair few scenes filmed around West London an all.
Not bad |
Thanks for the tip, that sounds right up my alley.
A shout out for the new series of Rebus, currently airing on the BBC. I think it has been excellent so far. |  |
| "Things had started becoming increasingly desperate at Loftus Road but QPR have been handed a massive lifeline and the place has absolutely erupted. it's carnage. It's bedlam. It's 1-1." |
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| Half decent tv on 17:13 - Jun 12 with 2257 views | HAYESBOY |
The Veil on Disney + is pretty good.
The Boys season 4 back on tomorrow. |  |
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| Half decent tv on 21:44 - Jul 16 with 1755 views | Ranger_Things |
3rd series of Vikings Valhalla on Netflix. | | | |
| Half decent tv on 21:51 - Jul 16 with 1730 views | Northernr |
| Half decent tv on 13:38 - Jun 11 by SheffieldHoop |
Yeah I saw this, very weird film, dunno about well, more of a case that the only person to come out of it not looking a complete cnt was Jay Bothroyd IMO. And in a way, I can feel sympathy for JLS, clearly being manipulated and screwed over by vampires. But he also made bad decisions. Sad.
The way Netflix can make these open-ended, provides no answers but here's the gossip type films is incredibly annoying and by the end, I did feel it was a waste of time. Would rather have watched an Air Crash Investigation type film into the crash and what caused the car to burst into flames, not that I think there was any foul play likely. We got an hour of gossip and rumour instead. Frustrating.
Mrs SH reckons the Iranian is a ladyboy. She found it far more entertaining than I did. |
There's a Netflix series they paid a celebrity run production company a fortune for called Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel.
It's held up in the industry as the absolute worst example of everything you've just said there. A deplorable, gossipy, poorly fact checked piece of crap, sensationalising the death of a young girl and turning it into basically an episode of Scooby Doo.
This isn't me recommending it clearly but from a media studies POV if you want the absolute embodiment of the trash they pump into the system at times... that's it. Comes up at the conferences I attend constantly as basically a total disasterclass. |  | | |
| Half decent tv on 22:31 - Jul 16 with 1658 views | HAYESBOY |
The Jetty on BBC was pretty good. | |
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| Half decent tv on 22:52 - Jul 16 with 1629 views | SydneyRs |
I'm a bit late to the party as the second season has just been released, but Colin from Accounts is a very funny Australian comedy (which tbf is a rare thing). Not sure if available in the UK but it's on a streaming service called Binge here. Those who sail the high seas would be able to get it I'm sure. | | | |
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