What are we watching on TV?

It was on BBC 4 last Tuesday night, I’m sure they’ll repeat it.
The other alternative is perhaps the BBC player if you can access it.
 
Judge Judy is adjudicating on a stolen horse - bought jointly and taken by one party.
Always seems more interested in the horses, dogs and car crashes than random cases.

Ah, we'll miss her when she is gone :)
 
Homelands
I didn't watch it first time around so only catching up now . On season six at the moment . Great entertainment BUT there have been a few times when honestly I didn't have a clue what was going on . Now of course i couldn't admit that to those watching with me :confused:. I am only prepared to admit it on a public forum :D.
Perhaps its just me but does anyone else feel that some of the plot twists and turns in series like this would " scramble your head " and are probably meant to .
Wonder how many people would own up to watching something and admitting to being completely lost .
NOW I do understand that if you want chewing gum for the brain just stick with " Mrs Brown,s boys ":D
What is the most confusing show you have watched.
 
For some reason in these times I am going back to John le Carre. Certainly a covid free zone form of escapism.

I heard an excellent bbc radio adaptation with Simon Russell Beale and was in two kinds whether to stick with radio or tv...

Heard v good things about the bbc tv adaptations so went with:

A Perfect Spy and now Smileys People.
(available on dailymotion streaming)
 
Recently watched all of Prime Suspect - had not seen any of it before - wow.. for me its the pioneer of detective crime drama.. seriously in awe of Helen Mirren as an actress now
 
I missed it first time around, but I've been watching The Detectorists. A gentle BBC4 comedy with wonderful performances from Toby Jones and Mackenzie Crook. I found it a nice way to unwind with a 30 minute episode before bed.

They are metal detectorists not metal detectors - detectors are the tools detectorists use :)

The lovely theme song sets the tone very well.
 
Also on the TV front, am racking up a high body count between More4's Crimson Rivers (atmospheric, but plots are daft), BBC4's Beck (though Beck hardly features anymore) and Alibi's Annika (though the main detective's habit of addressing the camera directly is distracting).

I prefer it when the murder \ crime \ mystery is resolved at the end of the episode rather than those long drawn out mini series.
 
Wolf Hall the Darkness and the Light, fantastic performances from Mark Rylance as Thomas Cromwell and Damian Lewis as King Henry VII.

The Day of the Jackal TV remake with Eddie Redmayne started well but outstayed its welcome with 10 episodes and an unsatisfactory conclusion.

And with the fog rolling in last night...
A Ghost Story for Christmas: Woman of Stone & Hound of the Baskervilles with Jeremy Brett as Sherlock Holmes was apt viewing :)
 
Making my way through the Jackal at the moment, only 3 more to go but am enjoying it very much
Looking forward then to starting Dune Prophecy as I really have enjoyed the first two films
Enjoyed Silo and Dark Matter on Apple TV
And if you've got Apple "Shrinking" is a very good bittersweet comedy with a great performance from Harrison ford and the rest of the cast
 
Cervelo said:
Making my way through the Jackal at the moment, only 3 more to go but am enjoying it very much
Looking forward then to starting Dune Prophecy as I really have enjoyed the first two films
Enjoyed Silo and Dark Matter on Apple TV
And if you've got Apple "Shrinking" is a very good bittersweet comedy with a great performance from Harrison ford and the rest of the cast
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Spoiler free review - I liked Dune Prophecy a lot although there are some 'time jumps' and large cast of characters, so each role is played by a young and middle aged actress. Sometimes confusing and impacts the dramatic tension being built up. I'd have preferred if they just let each time period play out and then move the story forward.
 
Peanuts20 said:
just a lot more flesh on show
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Yeah for some reason now, maybe it's an age thing but I find the amount of nudity nowadays to be way to much
We watched 2 seasons of "Hightown", it's an okay show nothing special but the amount of sex scenes made it feel like a soft core porn show at times and there's absolute no need for it, it in no way enhances the story line and if I wanted porn, proper porn it's available online free of charge so why bother putting it into TV shows!!

Ooh dear, I think I've finally made the transition into a grumpy old man ;)
 
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