Anything Good on TV ?

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  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,437MI6 Agent
    I have been watching "Gunsmoke" all evenings. I'm too young to have seen the original run, but I have fond and hazy memoirs of the series "How the world was won", also starting James Arness. I really enjoy Gunsmoke so far - good old-fashioned western.
  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 7,372MI6 Agent
    Sir Miles wrote:
    I had no idea TV programmes were shown in cinema's :))

    They've been doing this for a couple of years now...probably longer...the whole Sherlock series is being shown in the cinema and a few Doctor Who episodes have been shown this way as well...

    I've been out of town too long :))
    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 7,372MI6 Agent
    Great to see "Death in Paradise" back on BBC 1 -{

    Great to see this series back but I think Humphrey has missed a trick by not going for lovely Florence :D
    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,934Chief of Staff
    Taboo on bbc1, what the BBC does brilliantly. Big budget, period drama. Excellent cast, beautifully filmed.

    I watched this as well...throughly enjoyed the first episode -{
    YNWA 97
  • FrigilianaFrigiliana Posts: 165MI6 Agent
    Yes agree about Taboo got the making of a cracking series , apparently theres some connection to Peaky Blinders maybe the writer or producer not sure .
  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,934Chief of Staff
    Frigiliana wrote:
    Yes agree about Taboo got the making of a cracking series , apparently theres some connection to Peaky Blinders maybe the writer or producer not sure .

    Tom Hardy is in both...he gets a writing credit for this.
    YNWA 97
  • FrigilianaFrigiliana Posts: 165MI6 Agent
    Cheers for that Sir Miles , i see this chaps name crops up in both series as well Steven Knight.
  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,934Chief of Staff
    Frigiliana wrote:
    Cheers for that Sir Miles , i see this chaps name crops up in both series as well Steven Knight.

    Yes - he's written for both as well...good spot -{
    YNWA 97
  • IanTIanT Posts: 573MI6 Agent
    I've just this weekend rewatched: Fleming - The Man Who Would Be Bond.

    Slightly dramatised but still great to watch.

    And if has Lara Pulver in it...
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,437MI6 Agent
    edited February 2017
    The Coen brothers are making a miniseries for TV - and it's a western!
    The title is "The ballad of Buster Shruggs" and I can barely wait. :D
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    Just watched the box set of series one of
    "The man in the high castle", really good
    Programme.
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • Sir MilesSir Miles The Wrong Side Of The WardrobePosts: 27,934Chief of Staff
    Just watched the box set of series one of
    "The man in the high castle", really good
    Programme.

    Still haven't gotten around to watching this yet ;%
    YNWA 97
  • LexiLexi LondonPosts: 3,000MI6 Agent
    Anyone watching Spies on channel 4?

    It's really interesting look at what makes a spy and follows a group of wannabes trying to get through the selection process.
    She's worth whatever chaos she brings to the table and you know it. ~ Mark Anthony
  • IanTIanT Posts: 573MI6 Agent
    Yeah I've been watching it. It's interesting but running a bit slow at the moment.

    What was the one with Barry Davies and Eddie Stone? It came out after SAS: Are You Tough Enough and people trained in spy craft, got eliminated, and the last few had to conduct a mission in Iceland.

    That was fun.
  • Lady RoseLady Rose London,UKPosts: 2,667MI6 Agent
    Anyone seen 'Sneaky Pete' ??

    Have tried the first episode and not sure whether to persevere. :)
  • ChriscoopChriscoop Belize Posts: 10,458MI6 Agent
    currently watching Taboo with Tom Hardy on bbc1 saturday night , two episodes in and im pretty hooked .
    It was either that.....or the priesthood
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,437MI6 Agent
    edited January 2017
    Since my ego is large enough and my week-long self-inflicted ban on mentioning my country is over, I want to mention three Norwegian TV series I'm confident will be hits internationally. While the Swedes and Danes dominated the Nordic wave of TV some years ago (Broen, The Killing, Borgen etc.) even they admit Norway makes better TV now.

    The first one is "Nobel", a thriller about Norwegian special forces in Afghanistan and a political conspiracy at home. It stars Axel Hennie (Headhunters, Max Manus, The Martian, Hercules).

    Trailer with English subtitles:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAP1l45L1WY

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    "Valkyrie" (At least that what I think the English title will be) was bought by the BBC before it was even finished shooting.
    It revolves around an illegal hospital clinic in an abondoned underground station in Oslo.

    Trailer (sadly no English subs yet)
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_6IKRizXc8


    The last one is SKAM ("Shame")
    This series can best be compared with the HBO's "Girls", but the leads in SKAM are about 17 years old. This series has revolutionized how the internet and social media can be used by a drama series. Events in the series are put online as they "happen" in the series - if the girls go to a party at 21.45 on Friday, the events go online at that time. The party may also have is own Facebook page. This series is so popular internationally some fans have taken to translating the series themselves because they can't for it to be shown by their TV channels. The season one lead Josefine Frida Pettersen is only 20 years old, but will be a good Bond girl candidate in 5-10 years.

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  • Herr MichaelHerr Michael Posts: 360MI6 Agent
    I just bought a 50" TV with built in Roku.

    I pulled the plug on Dish satellite Friday and paid my last bill.

    Now, instead of $101 dollars a month for 17 out of 200 channels that I actually watch, I pick and choose what channels to watch and what shows for $0 a month. I can also sign up for Amazon or Netflix, but so far Roku is keeping me entertained for free.

    Everything on TV is good now.

    The last two days I watched AVTAK, FRWL, TSWLM, and a whole list of television shows I haven't watched in a long time.

    Cable and satellite companies had better open their eyes soon or one day they will wake up and find themselves out of business.
  • Herr MichaelHerr Michael Posts: 360MI6 Agent
    Lexi wrote:
    Anyone watching Spies on channel 4?

    It's really interesting look at what makes a spy and follows a group of wannabes trying to get through the selection process.

    What network carries that? I'd like to have a look.
  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 7,372MI6 Agent
    We have been catching up with the latest series of Father Brown on the BBC I-player. It's gentle entertainment set in the 1950's English countryside but it's very enjoyable.
    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • JoshuaJoshua Posts: 1,138MI6 Agent
    The television show the James Bond films a lot of times in England but they are always on at 9pm. I work the night shifts so miss them. I have not seen some James Bond films yet but sometimes they are shown in the day on Sunday so I hope to see them then.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    https://youtu.be/xN_An7VaMDk
    Top Gear is returning, and without Chris Evans, it could be watchable :p
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
  • JoshuaJoshua Posts: 1,138MI6 Agent
    I seen the persuaders with Roger Moore is on the free view english TV. I hear about this from other peoples so thought ajb members in england would like to now it is on the tv every day i think.
  • always shakenalways shaken LondonPosts: 6,287MI6 Agent
    We had UNITED ,on our TV last night ,it was a docu/drama about the Manchester utd Munich plane crash ,back in 1958 ,
    very sad ,all those poor young lads who died for nothing ,because the idiots at the FA wouldn't allow them extra time to get back home . I hope the boss of the FA at that time can rest in his grave peacefully (I hope not)
    By the way, did I tell you, I was "Mad"?
  • HardyboyHardyboy Posts: 5,912Chief of Staff
    Netflix--at least in the US, not sure about the UK--has a great new comedy, The Santa Clarita Diet. In it, Drew Barrymore is a real estate agent who discovers she's a zombie with a craving for human flesh, and her partner-husband played by Timothy Olyphant reluctantly agrees to help her get some needed food. The gross-out element is high, but so is the laugh quotient. Love it!
    Vox clamantis in deserto
  • CoolHandBondCoolHandBond Mactan IslandPosts: 7,372MI6 Agent
    My IT expert (because I am inept at everything technical) has provided me access to any Netflix region in the world which is brilliant. Maybe something to do with a VPN or multi VPN (again I'm not sure as all this goes straight over my head)?
    Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,437MI6 Agent
    Hardyboy wrote:
    Netflix--at least in the US, not sure about the UK--has a great new comedy, The Santa Clarita Diet. In it, Drew Barrymore is a real estate agent who discovers she's a zombie with a craving for human flesh, and her partner-husband played by Timothy Olyphant reluctantly agrees to help her get some needed food. The gross-out element is high, but so is the laugh quotient. Love it!

    Have you seen iZombie? It's a comedy about a young female medical examiner who becomes a zombie. She discovers that her job is a food source, but also that eating a person's brain gives her the memories and skills of that person. She uses thsi to solve crime. iZombie is really origional and funny :D
  • HardyboyHardyboy Posts: 5,912Chief of Staff
    Number24 wrote:
    Have you seen iZombie? It's a comedy about a young female medical examiner who becomes a zombie. She discovers that her job is a food source, but also that eating a person's brain gives her the memories and skills of that person. She uses thsi to solve crime. iZombie is really origional and funny :D

    Heard of it but never seen it. May have to give it a look, though with this, Santa Clarita Diet, and Walking Dead I could get zombied-out. . .
    Vox clamantis in deserto
  • Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,437MI6 Agent
    The people behind iZombie also made Veronica Mars, so it's really clever. I have seen the first few episodes and enjoyed it a lot.
  • ThunderpussyThunderpussy Behind you !Posts: 63,792MI6 Agent
    I've been given the loan of a box set of "the Saint" all the old B/W shows.
    they're remarkably good, some great stories and it's fun spotting all the
    actors who've also been in a Bond. ;)
    "I've been informed that there ARE a couple of QAnon supporters who are fairly regular posters in AJB."
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