Do we live in a golden age of television?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

For anyone who is a Taskmaster fan I'd highly recommend No More Jockeys on Youtube.

[-james-]

Johnny Vegas has got to be one of the best Taskmaster contestants ever.

[phonics]

His room 101 appearance was the peak of that show

[Kikó]

Nothing groundbreaking but Bosch is really watchable procedural stuff. Good eye candy if you like older women as well.

Maybe not eating their bogroll levels but not bad.

[phonics]

Nothing groundbreaking but Bosch is really watchable procedural stuff. Good eye candy if you like older women as well.

Maybe not eating their bogroll levels but not bad.

I jumped on that early but it does get repetitive. I'd rather watch a Blacklist type of show.

Fun fact: I watched 7 episodes before realising that Bosch isn't James Nesbitt.

[randomlegend]

Johnny Vegas is a treasure.


https://youtu.be/V3RlWbzU8Hw

This never fails to make me proper lol.

[Kikó]

I jumped on that early but it does get repetitive. I'd rather watch a Blacklist type of show.

Fun fact: I watched 7 episodes before realising that Bosch isn't James Nesbitt.

Ha did the same Google search as well.
"He's the one in cold feet" - oh no he's not.

There's a decent story thread in each series. One final one to release as well.

[Alex]

I like Bosch too. I agree with Kiko, it's just a good, old fashioned procedural. Sometimes that just hits the spot. I've always like Titus Welliver too. He's one of those blokes who is perennially the supporting guy in things, and he's always good at it. So it was nice to see him get his own thing. I am a couple of seasons behind though I think.

[Manc]

Mortimer & Whitehouse. :drool:

[Lewis]

Chris Rea looks a bit Wayne Lineker.

[Baz]

More like Harry Henderson.

[Raoul Duke]

New series of The Expanse just landed :drool:

[Don]

I might start blasting through The Repair Shop back-catalogue on iPlayer. Every time I come across it on TV it's captivating stuff.

[Mellberg]

Kiko to blame for this, but I was chuffed when Back to Earth (Red Dwarf) was announced. 11 years on and still not seen it. Turns out they've done 3 series and a special since. Worth watching or shit?

[Browning]

Back to Earth is the worst Red Dwarf they've ever done. The stuff after it was better, and probably worth a watch, but not close to the peak of the show.

[Mellberg]

Cheers. Good excuse to watch it through from the start so I'm in.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Browning's summed it up perfectly.

[phonics]

Kiko to blame for this, but I was chuffed when Back to Earth (Red Dwarf) was announced. 11 years on and still not seen it. Turns out they've done 3 series and a special since. Worth watching or shit?

The new stuff that was on BBC was okay not great but the Dave stuff was awful.

[Kikó]

Kiko to blame for this, but I was chuffed when Back to Earth (Red Dwarf) was announced. 11 years on and still not seen it. Turns out they've done 3 series and a special since. Worth watching or shit?

I've not seen much of the new stuff other than the odd episode. The wife thinks it's shit so it's hard to find the time to watch it.

[Spikey M]

Seeing as Jimmy owned up to his Pigs in Blankets aversion, I should own upto this. I never liked Red Dwarf.

[Jimmy Floyd]

The vibe wasn't really me but there was always a belting line or two per episode. The blue alert thing still makes me piss myself every time.

[Giggles]

I never really liked it either. Never really like the buzz where everything always goes wrong all of the time.

[Shindig]

I liked it but there was a bloke in college who obsessed over it. Didn't help that he had the Columbine wardrobe.

[Spikey M]

and he loved the Matrix and Slipknot too? I think we all knew atleast one of them.

[SvN]

I only watched it for the first time at uni, and enjoyed it, but haven't really watched any of the new stuff. I met the cast at one of those nerdfest events, but Craig Charles noshowed because he was on a bender.

[Shindig]

"Will there be another series of the Brittas Empire, Mr. Barrie?"

[Spikey M]

Brittas was better.

[Ian]

Just thinking about Colin's boil makes me unhappy.

[phonics]

Brittas was better.

That’s a far worse admission than the original.

[Disco]

The best bits of Red Dwarf were good but it's so inconsistent, there's probably two (maybe three at a stretch) good series in all. All the later stuff is total garbage.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOarH4Lvhw8

Charlotte Ritchie, Jamali Maddix, Lee Mack, Mike Wozniak and Sarah Kendall for season 11.

I have no idea who Charlotte and Sarah are.

[randomlegend]

Charlotte Ritchie I know as the one who was shagging the lecturer in Fresh Meat.

Jamali Maddix and Wozniak I recognise but don't think I've ever actually watched anything with them in.

Fuck knows who Sarah Kendall is.

Lee Mack will be good.

[Boydy]

Wozniak was in Man Down with Greg Davies.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Wozniak was Greg's angry accountant friend in Man Down. Jamali Maddix I only know from various panel shows (I know he's done Last Leg a couple of times).

[Baz]

Mike Wozniak should be good.

[Yevrah]

The latest Grand Tour is a bit crap.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Taskmaster Champion of Champions 2 has also been confirmed for 2021.

I really would love a losers special one day.

[Queenslander]

Mandalorian

:cry:

[mo]

If you don't know who Charlotte Ritchie is, go and watch Ghosts on iPlayer. It's bloody brilliant and there is a christmas special on the way.

[Giggles]

Mandalorian

:cry:

Is it dead?

[Queenslander]

Is it dead?

Gave him up.

[Spikey M]

Superheroes are shit.

StarWars is shit

I expect better of both of you

[Queenslander]

Superheroes yes indeed.

[Kikó]

Started on Jack Ryan this week - it's almost like a 24/Looming Tower/Homeland type plonk. Entertaining.

[Giggles]

Gave him up.

That was class.

[Giggles]

What’s new Grand Tour thing called? Is it still on Amazon? Can’t find it.

[Yevrah]

It should still be on there, under season 4 episode 2. "The/A Massive Hunt".

[Giggles]

Weirdly I find that and when I play it’s the boat one.

[Ian]

Mandalorian.
Shut it, Spikey.
Really good episode. Other than the filler-y ice spider episode it's been a much better paced season and that was a really great finale. I mean, the kid's ending up back with Din, Luke'll task him with getting him somewhere else at some point. He's not going from a child who can't speak to being his own capable trained-up Jedi by the time the sequel trilogy comes around.

One thing I'm glad they've done this season is basically made it so that if a Jedi turns up it means shit's getting real. When I saw they'd cast Ahsoka I was worried she'd be about all the time but yeah, both times a Jedi has turned up they've smashed shit up.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That was brilliant.

Pretty damn hyped for the spin off series they announced via a post-credits scene too.

[Spikey M]

There's lots of big names in the mud here. and Mahow.

[SincereTheRebel]

Is it possible, to have some type of speaker system that connects to the tv and then Bluetooths to external speakers that can be placed in separate rooms?

[Baz]

Today I learned the Taskmaster laughter track was taken from audience laughter in cinema screenings. Wish I could have gone to one for series 11.

[igor_balis]

I think i'm done with taskmaster. My main issue is the tasks are too complicated, and not open-ended enough to allow for madcap antics. Rhod Gilbert was probz my favourite ever.

[Raoul Duke]

Is it possible, to have some type of speaker system that connects to the tv and then Bluetooths to external speakers that can be placed in separate rooms?

Sonos do a play bar thing and a speaker range

[SincereTheRebel]

Sonos do a play bar thing and a speaker range

Thanks and those prices are stupid high. There has to ve cheaper alternatives but that is what im looking for

[Manc]

Really hope Fury wins SPOTY. It's an absolute farce the BBC haven't withdrawn him.

[Giggles]

What’s he done to be withdrawn?

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

What’s he done to be withdrawn?

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/dec/14/tyson-fury-sends-lawyers-letter-to-bbc-demanding-spoty-list-removal-sports-personality-of-the-year

He doesn't want awards, he's the people's champion...

[Baz]

That's great. I hope he wins too.

[Manc]

Jackie Stewart looking like he's going to drop any day.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

That's great. I hope he wins too.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00grqnh

Feel free to vote. No affiliate link either.

[Don]

Seeing that tax-doging BLM twat win this farce would be a tremendous shame.

[Lewis]

The big dosser.

[Lewis]

A jockey in third. The horse does all the work.

[Shindig]

They should interview the horse after every race. really.

[Manc]

Neigh.

[Shindig]

Get them in the studio for punditry as well.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Anything that provokes yet another round of wailing seethes about Lewis Hamilton is music to my ears. An absolute champion of a man.

[randomlegend]

Anything that provokes yet another round of wailing seethes about Lewis Hamilton is music to my ears. An absolute champion of a man.

He feeds his dog a vegan diet. Absolute wrongun.

[Disco]

As if any of the other mooks became the most decorated person in the history of their sport, not that beating a jockey (lol) or a footballer with one good season is much to crow about. Sending Daily Mail readers into a bUt I dOn'T uNdErStAnD tHe Tax SyStEm based seethe is right up there though.

[Don]

Don't fucking smear your fight for equality in my face because you lost the ethnic lottery yet on the other hand try to get out of paying the correct tax because you won the financial lottery. These double-standards need to be made clear.

[Giggles]

After all the hype about The Crown I watched the first two series and it was well worth it. Couldn’t be arsed with it after they changed the cast and I’ve no interest in all that Diana toss anyway. Matt Smith was class in it.

[Giggles]

Tommy Lascelles was the best thing in the whole series. I imagine he’s what Jimmy is like when he lets his hair down.

[Jimmy Floyd]

He is a don. A lot of Kido about him.

[Giggles]

That’s exactly what I thought too :D

[SvN]

Tommy Lascelles was brilliant.

Season 3 and 4 are great though. Only season 4 is about Diana.

[Dquincy]

Anyone seen 'This is Us' on Amazon Prime?

Rate it?

[Giggles]

Tommy Lascelles was brilliant.

Season 3 and 4 are great though. Only season 4 is about Diana.


I just found the complete cast change too much. I know they had to do it to continue the story but I just found myself wanting to watch it less.

[Spikey M]

Anyone seen 'This is Us' on Amazon Prime?

Rate it?

No, I have a Y Chromosome.

[SvN]

I finished Season 3 of Mrs Maisel a few days ago. Big thanks to this thread for recommending it, I can't remember the last time I enjoyed a show as much.

[Baz]

Anyone seen 'This is Us' on Amazon Prime?

Rate it?

I know it has some Elliott Smith songs in.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

My Mum likes it.

[Manc]

:D

[Don]

I might start blasting through The Repair Shop back-catalogue on iPlayer. Every time I come across it on TV it's captivating stuff.

The xmas special is on currently and I've just had ASMR overload with the painting clean-up.

Edit: and now I've got tears rolling down at the music-box. What scenes.

[Lofty]

I just found the complete cast change too much. I know they had to do it to continue the story but I just found myself wanting to watch it less.

The wife and I were the same but then went back to it ages later and it is worth watching, though I enjoy it as much for the historical takes on other stuff framing the storylines.

[Giggles]

The wife and I were the same but then went back to it ages later and it is worth watching, though I enjoy it as much for the historical takes on other stuff framing the storylines.

Worth sticking with. Once they become familiar it’s as good as before.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Just watched the first episode of the second part of Vikings series 6 which was released yesterday on Amazon.

It's been pretty shit since Ragnar died but Bjorn's death was proper boss and the best thing they've done in ages.

[Luca]

About halfway through Schitt’s Creek. I didn’t think I’d enjoy it but it’s so brilliant. David Rose is a seriously well-written character (mainly because it’s Dan Levy writing about his life).

[Jimmy Floyd]

I started it and didn't understand why I was supposed to like any of these people, do I need to give it time?

[Queenslander]

Queens Gambit was good stuff.

[Boydy]

I started it and didn't understand why I was supposed to like any of these people, do I need to give it time?
How long did you give it?

You probably shouldn't like them at first.

[Alex]

I started it and didn't understand why I was supposed to like any of these people, do I need to give it time?

It definitely requires a bit of time. I disliked them all at first, for at least the majority of the first season. They ended up becoming some of my favourite television characters of recent times.

[Kikó]

Definitely. It does improve then becomes less funny as it gets to the end. Wholesome stuff.

Watching the Money Heist at the moment. It's pretty good but also a tiny bit annoying. Can't put my finger on why.

[Jimmy Floyd]

How long did you give it?

You probably shouldn't like them at first.

4 episodes perhaps? At that point it's 'Here are a load of entitled knobheads in a small town, the residents of which have nothing to like about them either'. Only the father had any signs of redeeming features.

[Ian]

Watching the Money Heist at the moment. It's pretty good but also a tiny bit annoying. Can't put my finger on why.

I gave up on it after about 8 episodes. I also couldn't quite work out why it wasn't really doing it for me and settled on the characters mostly being wankers and there wasn't anybody I was really rooting for.

[SvN]

Anyone watch Succession? Mid-way through the second season at the moment and absolutely loving it. It's been on my "to-watch" list for ages, but it's much better than I expected it to be.

[Alex]

Anyone watch Succession? Mid-way through the second season at the moment and absolutely loving it. It's been on my "to-watch" list for ages, but it's much better than I expected it to be.

It's fantastic, isn't it? I would say it's the best thing currently on television. It get's increasingly better as it goes on too.

[Kikó]

I gave up on it after about 8 episodes. I also couldn't quite work out why it wasn't really doing it for me and settled on the characters mostly being wankers and there wasn't anybody I was really rooting for.

That's where I am - it's not a good sign when I'm hoping them just to get on with it and tell us how they fucked up/achieved it. But then I found out there are 5 seasons and fuck sake.

[Ian]

Yeah. I didn't dislike it but the fact that I was having to tell myself to watch another episode was the sign to just give up.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Just watched today's heat of WSM.

Terry fucked it. He shouldn't have tried to play it smart.

[AyDee]

I nearly gave up on Schitt's Creek after 5 episodes or so (as I disliked all the characters) but stuck with it and it ended up being one of my favourites comedies for last few years.

Not sure at what point you should give up but I'd imagine most people have the same initial negative impression.

[Luca]

4 episodes perhaps? At that point it's 'Here are a load of entitled knobheads in a small town, the residents of which have nothing to like about them either'. Only the father had any signs of redeeming features.

Yeah, it gets much better towards the end of season. The ‘redemption arc’ is their integration into the town.

[Giggles]

Was going to try bring myself to sit through another Discovery just because it’s so near the end but seen Cobra Kai was back :cool:

[Manc]

I gave Schitt's Creek one episode and looking at the comments I was bang on to do so. People persisting with average TV in this day and age is bonkers.

[Kikó]

It's not average.

[Giggles]

Series 4 of The Crown is starting to really bore me. I should have stuck with stopping at 3.

After longer now on the cast changes, the only two that really don’t fit are Margaret and Elizabeth senior. The latter is only a very minor part I know but she looks like she belongs in a spoof version of a royal family film or something.

[Giggles]

Wouldn’t mind a full series of those on TM. That was better than anything from the last series last night.

[Boydy]

I wouldn't go that far but it was good last night, yeah.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I hate Shirley (but she wasn't as annoying as she usually is) but the rest were great and I'd be up for that lineup in a full series.

[Boydy]

Shirley. :drool:

[Giggles]

Some hen for 60.

[Alex]

Series 4 of The Crown is starting to really bore me. I should have stuck with stopping at 3.

After longer now on the cast changes, the only two that really don’t fit are Margaret and Elizabeth senior. The latter is only a very minor part I know but she looks like she belongs in a spoof version of a royal family film or something.

You've managed to very accurately put into words my thoughts about their version of the Queen Mother there. :D

I don't mind Margaret though. I actually think season four was my favourite too.

[Baz]

That Charlie Brooker thing, Death to 2020, on Netflix can be avoided. Not funny.

[Boydy]

Yeah, I've seen nothing but bad reviews. He had a 2020 screenwipe thing on BBC as well which I turned off about halfway through.

[Giggles]

I normally wouldn't even consider a TV show so far along in its run, but anyone watch the Expanse and is it decent?

[Spikey M]

That Charlie Brooker thing, Death to 2020, on Netflix can be avoided. Not funny.

It had it's moments. Hugh Grant was on good form as was the guy out of Stranger Things. The rest was shit.

[Disco]

Only seen the first three series but they were really good.

[Raoul Duke]

I normally wouldn't even consider a TV show so far along in its run, but anyone watch the Expanse and is it decent?

I love the show. Really well-written and cohesive world. Some mega characters too. Amos :cool:

[Giggles]

I love the show. Really well-written and cohesive world. Some mega characters too. Amos :cool:

Gore levels?

[Raoul Duke]

Very little. It's not horror sci-fi really (I mean, there's a killer space virus thing but there always is).

[Manc]

Jermaine Jenas presenting The One Show. I don't even.

[Alex]

Season 8. And then it’s uphill from there. :cool:

Skinner is indeed an absolute lad. I proper love it. It does become a bit of a slog in parts though.

I only started rewatching it cos the new series was coming out and channel 5 was showing like ‘the 24 xfiles episodes you must watch’ so I watched the first two and then it suggested skipping a load, but I was enjoying it so just carried on through them all.

Episode 7 of season 9 is one of the best standalone episodes of any tv show ever, whether you’ve watched any others or even know who any of the characters are. I’ve rewatched it twice since I finished the whole lot.

This was indeed a really good episode. One of the best stand-alone ones they've done. It was a bit like a movie. It just looked really good.

It's weird, the general consensus seems to be that it got rubbish once Mulder and Scully stopped being the central characters but I think it has actually freshened things up quite a lot.

There have been some great standalone episodes in season eight and nine. It also benefits from looking that bit more modern at this point. The actors are clearly more bothered about it too, whereas Duchovny in particular was really phoning it in towards the end of the "Mulder and Scully" era. Doggett is brilliant, and I really like Reyes as well. I don't see the issue. I'm half way through season nine and Scully is still sort of hanging around in a supervisory role but it works. They talk about Mulder a lot but he's never in it.

The only downside is the whole mythology arc (aliens, government conspiracy etc) has gone to shit by this point. I couldn't even give you confident synopsis of what it was all about. They obviously had no idea what to do with that at all. :D

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Just finished Cobra Kai series 3 and thought it was excellent.

Much like the previous 2 series I thought it was a little slow to start but when it got going it was brilliant. Really pumped for the next series which is set up beautifully after that finale.

[Giggles]

It's a class show. Cheese at its finest.

[Reg]

New Would I Lie To You tomorrow night. :cool:

[Don]

Thank fuck some proper tv news in amongst these wannabe yank wankers.

[Giggles]

After I heard Discovery was the worst one yet by a long way I gave it a watch. Fucking hell it should be put out if it’s misery or just have the name changed to ‘Star Trek: The Whispering Tears of Michael Burnham’.

[Alex]

I've started watching something called "For All Mankind" recently. It's on Apple TV, which seems to have been totally overlooked in the never ending streaming wars and which I only have as I got a year free on the back of a purchase, otherwise I would never have thought to both with it.

It's actually quite good though. It's an alternate timeline thing in the vein of Man in the High Castle, but the premise is that the Soviets get to the Moon first, how the Americans react and the subsequent ongoing game of one-upmanship that means the Space Race never really ends. It's a bit daft in places but the subject in interesting enough, and it's sufficiently well made, that I'm pretty hooked on it at the moment.

[hfswjyr]

Season 2 comes out in February.

I thought it was a bit ridiculous to start with, but then I started rooting for the characters and genuinely enjoyed it more when they started diverging from historic events. Those final few episodes with all the action are class.

[Alex]

Aye, it's definitely getting progressing better as it goes along. I've got a couple of episodes left.

The last one I watched was where Ed's son dies while he's on the moon and they try to keep it from him. :(

I thought the second season was already out for some reason, until I noticed a little advert in the app yesterday saying February, si I'm a bit gutted about the wait. But at least it's only a month.

[Giggles]

Think I seen a brief bit of the start of it but I can't remember it now. Is it the one where they live on a space ship above the earth and they kill anyone who breaks a law?

[hfswjyr]

Nope.

[Giggles]

I can't find that one at all now whatever it was (maybe wasn't Netflix) but all I remember is a load of youths had just been sent on a ship to a desolate earth (in the future), didn't really see any more after that.

Think I did see the first half an episode of the moon one too but, like the Expanse attempt this week, it didn't grab me at all.

[Boydy]

That's The 100 you're thinking of.

[Giggles]

That's the one. It looked like it was going to get real disgusting real quick once they touched down.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

I might start blasting through The Repair Shop back-catalogue on iPlayer. Every time I come across it on TV it's captivating stuff.

I started this the other day. It really is brilliant.

Steve is a TOP lad.

[Spikey M]

The Mrs likes it. I don't mind it, although the tart that fucks about with leather shit is boring beyond belief.

[Lofty]

Has anyone watched The Serpent? Heard good things but haven't watched yet. Currently finishing The Circle USA on Netflix :D

Honestly I think the UK ones on 4 are peak reality TV and disappointed they didn't do one during Covid as it would have been fairly easy I think? Basically live action Werewolf/Mafia.

[Pleb]

WandaVision is off to a great start if you haven't already got on it.

[Ian]

I've started two things this week.

Schitt's Creek I agree with whoever it was who said in here recently that all the characters when you start are total arseholes, and they were right, and yet I found it compelling enough to stick with it. I'm about 8 episodes in, I think, and I'm enjoying it so far. 20 minutes a pop and pretty watchable stuff and I get a few good laughs per episode.

I've also started Umbrella Academy which I am also enjoying. Curious to see how the various threads are gonna come together. Odd that Robert Sheehan is basically playing his Misfits character with a twist, though.

Will also be giving WandaVision a bash. With Mandalorian finished it's nice to have a weekly show to look forward to again.

[Kikó]

The Money Heist is really stupid shit. Good concept which then fell into a complete farce love story.

[randomlegend]

Watched the first episode of Des last night, which was good.

[Offshore Toon]

Wesley Snipes just came up in conversation and I remembered Blade. I don't think I ever saw it as a kid, but having watched the trailer I've got a huge urge to give it a go tonight, if only for the acid techno.


https://youtu.be/kaU2A7KyOu4

Is it any good/fun or should I avoid?

[Ian]

I still like the first two of those, but then I quite like a comic film so depending how you get on with those I may not be the best judge for you.

I'd say it's for the most part just an action film that happens to be about vampires than being much like what Marvel do now.

[Dquincy]

Schitt's Creek I agree with whoever it was who said in here recently that all the characters when you start are total arseholes, and they were right, and yet I found it compelling enough to stick with it. I'm about 8 episodes in, I think, and I'm enjoying it so far. 20 minutes a pop and pretty watchable stuff and I get a few good laughs per episode.



Wouldn't waste your time. It's average at best. I gave up after season 2.

[Don]

First Blade is very watchable but as you say, the club scene, that could send me to tears rn. 2 and 3 aren't worth it.

[Disco]

The first Blade is decently watchable comic book anti-hero type stuff (before comic book films became 20 film wankathons), the second and third get progressively worse.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The third has a masterful performance from none other than Triple H though.

[Ian]

And a Wesley Snipes who frequently had body doubles for taxing scenes such as those that involved him being present in front of a camera rather than in his trailer smoking weed.

[phonics]

Jimmy Floyd get on Lupin. Good french practice and it's great.
Boydy if you dont mind subs and like heist/oceans 11 esque tv I'd reccomend jumping on to.

Avoid the dub like the plague.

[Pepe]

I watched Lupin with my wife. Apart from being complete shit, it just ends after five episodes without any conclusion to anything whatsoever. TV shows have become a total waste of time.

[Manc]

Taskmaster. I've watched Series 5 & 7. Is 4 my next best bet?

[-james-]

I really enjoyed 10. 8 & 9 were weak and everything before 5 was good, I think.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

The only weak season is 6.

Fuck Russell Howard, Asim Chaudhry & Tim Vine.

9 is not weak at all.

[Baz]

All of Taskmaster is worth watching. Sure there are better series but even the worst ones are okay.

Except series 6. I’d rather watch any of the other series twice, than watch series 6.

[-james-]

The first two episodes of The Investigation are pretty good. Finding it quite compelling viewing even though I know exactly what happens having read the Wikipedia page 20 times.

[randomlegend]

Is Gangs of London worth watching or is it just pointless gore?

Bit of a late response (I searched this thread for reviews before I started it the other day and thought I should get back to you).

I'm three episodes in and it's genuinely really good, but it is FUCKING grim in places so if you struggle with gore I'd give it a miss.

[Boydy]

It's a Sin is brilliant.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I want to watch that but sense I will really have to be in the right mood.

[Kikó]

Into the BBC stuff at the moment. Traces was a decent enough 6 parter based in Dundee around a forensic unit, could have actually benefited from a few more episodes.

Onto the Serpent. The first episode was the worst nightmare of all parents ever with people going missing all over Thailand in the 70s. Looks good.

[Baz]

Anyone watching The Stand?

[Ian]

I forgot it was being made but spotted it the other day. Any good so far?

[Alex]

It's one of those where I want to read the book first. But the 1000 plus page breeze block that is the book as has been sat starting at my on my "to-read" pile for about two years. :D

[Baz]

I forgot it was being made but spotted it the other day. Any good so far?No.

I’ve seen the other tv (film?) adaption and can’t remember it in great detail, but I remember it being boring as soon as they got to the new settlement. The new one has tried to avoid that by switching back and forth between before and after, but the fact that the characters are all ridiculous means it’s still absolute shite. It’s just dreadful. I’m five episodes into the nine episode series so will soldier on, but I’m not enjoying it at all.

[Alex]

Original X-Files (plus the weird, in-between second movie) finished and on the the new ones. The first two have been really good. I like the whole "X-Files but with much better effects" thing. And the Mulder and Scully chemistry is a good as it ever was. It's been a promising start. I know it doesn't last very long though and (I think?) has now come to a quite abrupt end, which is annoying

[Baz]

Scully’s voice disturbs me.

[mo]

Been watching Close Enough on Netflix. Quite trippy in places, irreverant, funny. Some good cameos too.

[Alex]

Scully’s voice disturbs me.

I have noticed this, to be fair. Weird.

The best thing so far is Skinner rocking up with a fucking ace beard and looking like he's just spent the last fifteen years in the gym. :cool:

I fucking love Skinner.

[Waffdon]

Into the BBC stuff at the moment. Traces was a decent enough 6 parter based in Dundee around a forensic unit, could have actually benefited from a few more episodes.

Onto the Serpent. The first episode was the worst nightmare of all parents ever with people going missing all over Thailand in the 70s. Looks good.

The acting was absolutely horrendous in Traces, I thought. I think I was put off by hardly any actually being filmed in Dundee though, which was a bit weird. ‘Tayside University’ :sick:

[Spikey M]

But completely understandable.

[Giggles]

It’s not often there’s anything that’s not a turd on Apple TV but For All Mankind is half decent. Bit long winded in places but good enough to keep pressing Next Episode.

[CJay]

First episode of The Serpent was grim. Grim but riveting. My wife is leaving me to watch it on my own from now on.

[CJay]

It’s not often there’s anything that’s not a turd on Apple TV but For All Mankind is half decent. Bit long winded in places but good enough to keep pressing Next Episode.

For All Mankind was excellent. Can’t wait for season 2.

Ted Lasso was very good too. It sounds like it’ll be terrible, but it’s quite funny and endearing.

Servant also looked good, and I enjoyed the first couple of episodes, but it was freaking me out (the plot is about a mother who has replaced her deceased baby with a doll as a coping mechanism) as I had a little baby in the house at the same time. :lol:

[Kikó]

The acting was absolutely horrendous in Traces, I thought. I think I was put off by hardly any actually being filmed in Dundee though, which was a bit weird. ‘Tayside University’ :sick:

Yeah I can see that - especially the lead, she was a bit wooden. Thought everyone else was alright though. "There's only one place you can bury a body in Dundee"!

The Serpent is brilliant though. Absolutely gripping television - 4 episodes left.

[Alex]

It’s not often there’s anything that’s not a turd on Apple TV but For All Mankind is half decent. Bit long winded in places but good enough to keep pressing Next Episode.

It's good, isn't it? Probably my favourite thing I've watched it a while. Have you finished it? I'm really looking forward to season two.


For All Mankind was excellent. Can’t wait for season 2.

Ted Lasso was very good too. It sounds like it’ll be terrible, but it’s quite funny and endearing.

Servant also looked good, and I enjoyed the first couple of episodes, but it was freaking me out (the plot is about a mother who has replaced her deceased baby with a doll as a coping mechanism) as I had a little baby in the house at the same time. :lol:

I've started watching Ted Lasso and I agree that whilst on paper it probably should be shit, it's just got a lot of charm and heart to it that I really like.

I've thought about that Servant thing as well but I am slightly put off for the same "creepy baby stuff" reasons that you listed. I mean, I don't have one of my own (I can only imagine that adds to the problem!) but stuff like that creeps me out a bit as it is.

[CJay]

Servant was messing with my head in a bad way. Maybe now my kid is a bit older and approaching toddler-hood it might be ok.

Another Apple TV+ show recommendation: Mythic Quest. It’s the best show of the lot actually. It’s got Rob McElhenney (Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Wrexham FC) playing the head of a games studio. It’s absolutely brilliant.

[Giggles]

It's good, isn't it? Probably my favourite thing I've watched it a while. Have you finished it? I'm really looking forward to season two.



I've started watching Ted Lasso and I agree that whilst on paper it probably should be shit, it's just got a lot of charm and heart to it that I really like.

I've thought about that Servant thing as well but I am slightly put off for the same "creepy baby stuff" reasons that you listed. I mean, I don't have one of my own (I can only imagine that adds to the problem!) but stuff like that creeps me out a bit as it is.

Halfway through the 4th episode I think (where they've seen the Russian wreckage on the surface).

[Baz]

Another Apple TV+ show recommendation: Mythic Quest. It’s the best show of the lot actually. It’s got Rob McElhenney (Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Wrexham FC) playing the head of a games studio. It’s absolutely brilliant.is it as satisfyingly nerdy as Silicon Valley? :youpi:

[CJay]

It’s about a WoW-type game, so it’s pretty nerdy. I’ve never seen Silicon Valley.

[Baz]

I’ll give it a watch when the world is back to normal and I actually have time to myself.

[Manc]

It's a Sin is brilliant.

Fantastic tele. Tissues at the ready.

[Jimmy Floyd]

I'm in the middle of watching ep 1 right now and I keep having to stop because, I dunno, I just do. It is already great though.

[Jimmy Floyd]

Got through ep1 in the end. If it's all like this (and presumably it will get more intense as it goes on), it might be too much to handle. The quality is so high.

[Giggles]

It's good, isn't it? Probably my favourite thing I've watched it a while. Have you finished it? I'm really looking forward to season two.


The soundtrack is quality too.

[Baz]

Fantastic tele. Tissues at the ready.

Is it the one about the onset of HIV, for lack of better phrasing? Saw Russell T Davies on Sunday Brunch talking about it and it sounded decent.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Gave Mrs Maisel a bit of break purely because it's going to be a while before series 4 drops, I was planning on holding out for longer but I couldn't and thus watched series 3 over the last few days.

It's not as good as series 2 but I do think it edges the first. Just.

I knew that ending was coming when Reggie told her to joke about Shy so that set (whilst great) was a tough watch knowing what was to come.

[randomlegend]

Gangs of London really is an absolute banger. I understand it's made by the same people who did The Raid, and some of the action is cartoonishly over the top as expected, but it's quality entertainment.

[Manc]

Is that a Sky effort?

[randomlegend]

Looks like it's Sky Atlantic yeah.

[Giggles]

Ted Lasso looks and sounds like it should be an abomination but I'm yet to see anyone with much bad to say about it.

[John Arne]

I liked it. As long as you don't take it too seriously, it's a nice little show, with only a few shit bits.

[Giggles]

It's next on the list anyway to fill the gap until series 2 of For All Mankind.

[Baz]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKeH1THBBEU

:alan:

[Don]

I thought it might just be cause I was mad horny cause even Samantha Morton looked dece on WILTY but Sarah Hadland is top tier premium milf.

https://c8.alamy.com/comp/H97R5M/sep-20-2016-sarah-hadland-attending-the-girl-on-the-train-world-premiere-H97R5M.jpg

[Giggles]

I liked it. As long as you don't take it too seriously, it's a nice little show, with only a few shit bits.

There’s not a massive pile to it, but it works far more than it should.

[Lewis]

I'm watching Rich Holiday, Poor Holiday, where a rich family and a poor family swap holidays. I never know why the rich families do these things, but the one tonight is the ugly bunch behind this stuff (https://watermanshair.com/pages/about-watermans). To say these people are self-made millionaires they seem like the thickest bastards imaginable, who surely can't have formulated these products, so is it some Herbalife branding-type thing?

[SincereTheRebel]

Im looking to downgrade my mom's tv, home phone and broadband package. She only watches BBC and ITV and the catchup apps. Am I right in thinking I can cut off Virgin TV and get a Freeview box that has a hard drive. It needs to be mom-proof with an easy interface. Any suggestions?

[Giggles]

There’s not a massive pile to it, but it works far more than it should.

Got way too sugary Disney in the last few episodes.

[Manc]

Im looking to downgrade my mom's tv, home phone and broadband package. She only watches BBC and ITV and the catchup apps. Am I right in thinking I can cut off Virgin TV and get a Freeview box that has a hard drive. It needs to be mom-proof with an easy interface. Any suggestions?

Smart TV.

[SincereTheRebel]

Smart TV.

What box though? What drvice? Ive used an amazon fire stick thst is many years old, but the interface is slow and not suitable for her

[Giggles]

What box though? What drvice? Ive used an amazon fire stick thst is many years old, but the interface is slow and not suitable for her

Smart TV means the 'box' part is incorporated into the television. I find TV user interface to be the simplest to use.

[Mike]

What box though? What drvice? Ive used an amazon fire stick thst is many years old, but the interface is slow and not suitable for her

Get the latest FireTV. The 4K one is lightning fast, the interface I'm sure she'd learn, it keeps your most used things at the start anyway, and then you can set which show first too.

[Spikey M]

How old is the TV? Haven't they all been 'smart' since about 2015? For recording we just have a USB stick plugged into our TV.

If that's not an option at all then there's a few good options here:

https://videoconverter.wondershare.com/tv-recording/fire-stick-recording.html

[SincereTheRebel]

Just looking for something simple that allows her to watch Freeview tv and record tv shows. Amazon firestick with additional recording features is easy enough for me but sounds like if it goes wrong. It will be a headache for my mom to figure out.

The TV itself is smart, but the interface is slow now. It's about 7 years old. An addi9tnal smart box which does it all in one interface, incorporated is what im looking for. I'll have to check youtube.

[Spikey M]

https://www.freesat.co.uk/get-freesat/set-top-boxes/recordable-4k-tv-box?gclsrc=ds&gclsrc=ds

Bit pricey, but something like this?

[SincereTheRebel]

Ye something like that. One device, one interface that does everything. If it loads custom apps, even better.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Decided to give The Great Escapists on Amazon a go and I couldn't even get past the first episode.

So scripted, unfunny, unrealistic, shit dialogue etc etc.

It's the worst parts of the Grand Tour/Top Gear mixed with a tiny bit of Mythbusters but missing what made that show great.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Started on What We Do in the Shadows last night (although I haven't watched the film yet) and I love it.

I'll probably finish off the series before watching the original film at this point though.

[Giggles]

Is this the first week that House of Games has broken their ‘Two women, one black’ lineup rule?

[Jimmy Floyd]

There are two women and an ethnic still, albeit the ethnic is lighter than some, and one of the women looks like a man. It's an unbreakable rule of television.

[Raoul Duke]

Been watching the US Office. Never watched it all, but it's obviously great. It's really starting to pick up now it's on its own two feet.

[Kikó]

Quicksand on Netflix - excellent.

[Foe]

Been watching the US Office. Never watched it all, but it's obviously great. It's really starting to pick up now it's on its own two feet.

What series are you on?

I’ve been rewatching it for about the 15th time and it still as good. You just know which episodes to skip, not because they’re bad, just because they are cringe.

[Raoul Duke]

What series are you on?

I’ve been rewatching it for about the 15th time and it still as good. You just know which episodes to skip, not because they’re bad, just because they are cringe.

3, I think. They've just united the two branches and Karen is still in the picture.

[hfswjyr]

Started on What We Do in the Shadows last night (although I haven't watched the film yet) and I love it.

I'll probably finish off the series before watching the original film at this point though.They've just started filming season 3. The film is a classic, but at this stage I'm happy to say the show is the better product now.

[Raoul Duke]

Gina Carano dropped (https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-56022084) from The Mandalorian because she's a racist spastic :lol:

[Don]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Et7HWZtXMAALuhV?format=jpg&name=medium

Fucking hell, me and Mahow will be teaming up on this one.

[Lewis]

Are fatuous Holocaust/Nazism comparisons anti-Semitic (as the BBC link says)? That's most of the online leftist toolkit down the drain if so.

[Spikey M]

1359600845868855298?s=19

[Boydy]

Are fatuous Holocaust/Nazism comparisons anti-Semitic (as the BBC link says)? That's most of the online leftist toolkit down the drain if so.

#somehowabouttheleft

[Spikey M]

I haven't seen her tweets other than that one, but if that's the extent of it then she clearly isn't a racist. Just lazy, a bit thick and apparently unaware of Godwins Law.

[Baz]

If you don’t really know what you’re on about, don’t spout off.

Fair enough, educate yourself, but ridiculous statements like what she said, especially when you’re a dummy, are just asking for trouble.

[Spikey M]

Unfortunately the "thick" and "prone to spouting off" zen diagram is nearly a perfect circle.

[Ian]

Unfortunate post in which to typo/be autocorrected to "zen" diagram.

[Spikey M]

Get off your peddle stool.

[Ian]

I saw your bad typing and wanted to nip it in the butt.

[Don]

You nip something in the bud not butt, you fucking idiot.

[Spikey M]

I saw your bad typing and wanted to nip it in the butt.

Your quiet wright.

[Yevrah]

Are fatuous Holocaust/Nazism comparisons anti-Semitic (as the BBC link says)? That's most of the online leftist toolkit down the drain if so.

No, it seems if you're using the holocaust as a basis of comparison from the perspective of the left that's absolutely fine, but from the right? Nope. Not on our watch.

I'd personally rather no one did it unless it was actually warranted, which I'd estimate it never is, but people would be upset if they couldn't accuse Farage of being a Nazi so we are where we are.

[Foe]

Series 3 is so good. Enjoy!

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

They've just started filming season 3. The film is a classic, but at this stage I'm happy to say the show is the better product now.

Finished the second series today and it was even better than the first.

I can find Matt Berry a little OTT at times but he's absolutely perfect in the role.

The episode where he fleas and becomes Jackie Daytona is incredible.

[hfswjyr]

He doesn't flea. He flees. Or rather... BAT!

[Giggles]

Anyone see out all of Designated Survivor? I watched two episodes and while it was good it seemed like it was going to be standard enough formulaic fare, anything worth sticking with?

[CJay]

Nope. It’s terrible. The plot just lurches from one disaster to another. And without wanting to spoil it, after a while the premise of the show fades away and then it’s just a really bad The West Wing.

[Pen]

Been watching the US Office. Never watched it all, but it's obviously great. It's really starting to pick up now it's on its own two feet.
I just rewatched the whole thing and it is really great. I’ve never seen the UK version though.

[Lofty]

If you don’t really know what you’re on about, don’t spout off.

Fair enough, educate yourself, but ridiculous statements like what she said, especially when you’re a dummy, are just asking for trouble.

She has been giving it the big one online for a while now, I think she made the mistake of thinking her attractiveness would protect her. Unfortunately her inability to act didn't help. Hopefully she is blackballed from Hollywood and starts an OnlyFans :drool:

[Giggles]

Nope. It’s terrible. The plot just lurches from one disaster to another. And without wanting to spoil it, after a while the premise of the show fades away and then it’s just a really bad The West Wing.

That’s sort of what I was fearing from it.

[Raoul Duke]

I just rewatched the whole thing and it is really great. I’ve never seen the UK version though.

You need to sort this out. It's fantastic

[Boydy]

Nope. It’s terrible. The plot just lurches from one disaster to another. And without wanting to spoil it, after a while the premise of the show fades away and then it’s just a really bad The West Wing.

I quite liked the disaster stuff. But you're right about it becoming a really bad West Wing.

[Sir Andy Mahowry]

Wandavision is incredible.

I saw a lot of negative reviews based on the first three episodes (I personally loved them because they were intriguing and there was a lot of mystery behind them) but episodes four, five and six have been amazing.

MCU TV series haven't been all that great (other than Cloak & Dagger and the Netflix ones bar Iron First & Defenders) but this is some quality stuff and if they finish off the series with another 3 big episodes it will easily be the best.

[Queenslander]

I agree I know nothing about the MCU but the missus suggested I give it a go and I binged 6 episodes.

Hooked!

[Baz]

tbf the trailer made it look intriguing and I didn't even realise it was Marvel garb at first.

[Mike]

I’m also loving Wandervision. I wasn’t huge on the first episodes, the bits right at the end where enough to keep me viewing though, and they weren’t long episodes. It’s really gotten good since though.

[Ian]

I thought two episodes was a long time to stick so hard to that set-up for Wandavision and I didn't really know how I felt about those, and you shouldn't have to say "give it x episodes" about stuff but it is very different from about mid-way through episode 3 and I'm enjoying it now.

[Baz]

At least it's not "skip season 1" like Parks & Rec.

[Manc]

I've picked up Parks & Rec in the last month. Tom eating that pepper is the funniest bit of TV I've seen in a long time.

[Browning]

I really loved the first 2 episodes of WandaVision. It wasn’t as interesting as it is now but it was still incredibly watchable and just fun. It’s better now though. Fantastic series.

[Bernanke]

I'm gonna hold off on WandaVision until just before the last episode and binge all of them a day ahead of it. :cool:

[Manc]

The Investigation is well worth a watch if you're fond of your Scandi noir.