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F1 Drive to Survive - Netflix. Fly on the wall following the F1 season. Much more entertaining than actually watching F1.
Watched the final episode last night. It's a brilliant bit of tv, certainly one of the highlights of this year.
And I must admit, I did 'get something in my eye' during the final scene. A great, great show.
Plotwise there were no real surprises, but the writing and the performances made it stand out. I've never particularly thought of Sean Bean as an outstanding actor, more of a second-string action man whose characters always get killed off - but that weathered face of his conveyed so much here!
And there was neither a contrived happy ending nor an unnecessarily "shocking" downbeat one. It was played just right.
It was very, very good, so good we binge watched nearly all six episodes in one sitting, it's very engrossing and time flew by.
Freddie Fox does a very good job of portraying a very dislikable character and by the end of the series you really do dislike him. The other star of the show is Mark Addy who plays one of the police officers on the case.
I'm sure some of it is sexed up for the sake of dramatisation but it's very good all the same.
There is no 'H' in Aych, you know that don't you? ~ Wife
Turns out there is an H in Haych! ~ Sporky
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It was very very good. I hadn't even spotted it - it was mentioned by an acquaintance who is a prison guard and thought it was very realistic.
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Seinfeld on All4. Also Hill Street Blues.
Yesterday catch up has a the Rebus shows and - guiltiest of pleasures - Lovejoy.
iPlayer has loads
Broad City on Amazon.
Find a trial Starz sub somewhere and binge 'Black Sails'
All sorts of gems out there before you even have to think of subscriptions.
Just finished the third, and final season of Ash vs Evil Dead on Nutflix. A bit inconsistent, but finished off on a high. Just a shame they're not making any more as the ending set up a potential banger of a fourth season. Bruce Campbell has said that's the last time he'll play Ash so it looks as though it's dead as a Deadite.
Need to get my Lucy Lawless fix from somewhere else now.
For R4 listeners I have found Count Arthur Strong on Netflix. Same writers as Father Ted, IT Crowd etc.
First episode or so are a bit weak bit great from then on
Before that I watched Invincible, I was a bit hesitant because it's animated, but it's excellent.
Archer - animated spy series, very silly, very fun, mish mash of Bond, Bourne and every espionage film you can think of, plus dozens of other genres thrown in.
Brooklyn 99 - cop sitcom, gets progressively less about policing and more about the characters as it progresses, which is no bad thing.
SWAT: reboot of the original size, and movie reboot. Think CSI, NCIS etc - impossibly glamorous people in an impossibly glamorous police station, with no concern about sticking to actual police protocols, but it's great, with some great action sequences.
GLOW: 80s female wrestling, heartfelt and funny. Great writing, brilliant cast. Sadly canned before the final fourth season by fucking covid.
Superstore: sitcom based in a, uh, yeah. Lightweight but endearing and well put together.
Amazon Prime:
The Expanse: relatively hard Sci fi, solid cast and good writing, looks great too.
Six: Elite Navy SEALs doing their thing. If you like military shows that cover the hone front as well, you'll probably like this. Canned after 2 seasons which is a shame, it was good stuff and setting up well for a third season.
NOW TV:
The Rookie: reasonable cop show made really good because Nathan Fillion is in it.
Seal Team: another show about Seal Team Six, starting later the same year as Six. Again, if you like shows about soldiers at war and at home, you may well like it. Generally fairly realistic (people get hurt, they get in trouble for breaking rules, operations have consequences, gun handling is done properly and so on), and the cast is great.