Ponky Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Watched first two episodes of Homeland on Sky1 So far....so good. I'm quite enjoying this too about 6 episodes in. You have to wonder how they can sustain the plot though - either he is or he isn't & if they drag that on too long it'll be hard to sustain the interest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Watched first two episodes of Homeland on Sky1 So far....so good. Stick with it, a lot of people have bailed on this series I know after 3 or 4 but it gets better and more tense as it goes along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irreverentad Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Can anyone recommend me a good US Cop TV show. I have seen 24, NCIS and CSI and enjoy that sort of genre. Anyone seen any of the Law & Orders? Or any other ideas? The following involve cops and are great so I think you should consider them: The Shield The Wire Cheers briggaman. I have seen the Wire and liked it. I have almost bought the Sheils so many times. Might take the plunge with that and Southland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amsterdam_Neil_D Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 If you watch an idiot abroad and say the exact things that Karl says in the show is that a bad thing ? (not me obviously, it's like someone I know has this mate who knows someone like well, you know what I mean) :oops: Note: For example, I have never packed a suitcase / bought socks etc.... (not me, my mate) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted March 2, 2012 Moderator Share Posted March 2, 2012 As hinted at earlier by someone else, the last episode of Spartacus was one of the best hours of telly I've seen in a long time. I don't think 'epic' is an overstatement. Arguably the best of all 3 series' so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houlston Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 I'm going to start watching the fourth season this weekend. And you wont be disappointed... it's the best series so far IMO. Southland seems to be quite an underated show to be fair, not much love it anywhere but it's soooo much better then other cop dramas such as Blue Bloods etc... It really is incredibly brilliant. It makes you realise how shit it must be to be a street cop. I think its much down to the advertising or rather lack of it. Then the cover of the dvd has Ben McKenzie on the front and I suppose a reaction for some would be 'isnt he the guy from the oc' and that could put people off. Then of course NBC cancelled it but the reason they did that was because they thought it was too dark for their channel and the slot it was given not because it was shit. But like you say it really is incredibly brilliant and whilst it isnt as in depth as The Wire or perhaps the narrative isnt as good, it is just as good TV viewing if not actually more entertaining. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CI Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Drive right through Bradford yesterday Didn't see a single white person for 20 odd mins until I was north of the city and up by keighley Nothing wrong with that, just an observation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Houlston Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Drive right through Bradford yesterday Didn't see a single white person for 20 odd mins until I was north of the city and up by keighley Nothing wrong with that, just an observation What TV show is that from? In Sickness and in Health? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted March 2, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted March 2, 2012 Drive right through Bradford yesterday Didn't see a single white person for 20 odd mins until I was north of the city and up by keighley Nothing wrong with that, just an observationHere's an (accurate IMO) observation from one of my Facebook friends (he's a bluenose, but I'll let him off): Re, Make Bradford British and all these affronted Bradfordian blog posts . . . I can understand some Bradfordians having an interest in the PR image of the city. I can imagine some others want to live in a bubble where everything's lovely and tolerant. But I agree with some of the posters already here. As an outsider moving here a few years ago (I grew up in Brum, then lived in 'that London') the whole thing rung true to me. I can remember getting here and losing count of the amount of times I heard racist talk, or was tested out by strangers I'd talk to to see if I would join them in racist banter. It felt like a duo-cultural city, with whole swathes of the population separated by mistrust and hatred from other sections of the population. When I lived in Brum there was plenty of racism from white people, but the place has become much more mixed because there were plenty of 'middle class' asians (many more sikhs and hindus there) who moved into the outer city areas and the places really got mixed up. Bradford has remained much more ghettoised, and these things have a lot to do with the soco-economic background of the particular immigrant communities (which as you prob know in Bfd is predominantly from one small area in Kashmir). The fact is, it seems to me, is that Bradford is noticably divided in terms of race/culture in a way that just isn't as noticable with other cities, because of the size of it's immigrant population and that it's predominantly Mirpur Kashmiri, almost to the exclusion of other immigrant groups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voinjama Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Sun sex and suspicious parents :oops: I think that may count as a guilty pleasure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
privateer Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 the original Tinker Tailor series is currently in Asda, double DVD £5 And for anyone who hasn't seen this masterpiece head on down there clutching your fiver an make it yours. If they have Smiley's People grab that too. They are both from the golden age of BBC drama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted March 4, 2012 VT Supporter Share Posted March 4, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonic_bouma Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 seems like i've waited forever for mad men season 5... i need a christina fix! any ideas when it is going to air in england? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponky Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Just watched the first episode of The Shield. Great stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnsonp Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 seems like i've waited forever for mad men season 5... i need a christina fix! any ideas when it is going to air in england? Think its the 27th of March on Sky Atlantic. I also cannot wait, love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AshVilla Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Anyone seen the next episode of the walking dead yet All i can say is Noooooooooooooooooooooo!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted March 6, 2012 Moderator Share Posted March 6, 2012 Even a post like that will stop me coming in here any more if it means hinting at stuff that hasn't aired yet Boo-urns I say, boo-urns! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Watched the first episode proper of BBC's Dirk Gently adaptation (the superb pilot episode aired back in December, if I remember rightly). Good stuff, looking forward to the remaining 2 episodes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtsimonw Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Even a post like that will stop me coming in here any more if it means hinting at stuff that hasn't aired yet Boo-urns I say, boo-urns! Yeah, thought that was a bit of an unnecessary spoiler. Good episode though. Only 2 more left this season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpaywasawesome Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 Anyone here who watches Justified? I've heard a lot of good things about it, my friend claims its on the level of Breaking Bad in terms of great television. Is it worth a shot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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