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    I watched the Fawlty Towers, follows Father Ted, thanks for the recommendation lads.

    Meanwhile, I downloaded three episodes of the new series True Detective.
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    Good call on Black Books, EG.

    Most have been mentioned, just going to throw Spaced in there into the comedy category.

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    Quote Originally Posted by McNasara View Post
    I watched the Fawlty Towers, follows Father Ted, thanks for the recommendation lads.

    Meanwhile, I downloaded three episodes of the new series True Detective.
    True Detective, even after just 3 episodes, deserves a mention in the best ever thread.
    No doubt it will become a best ever TV series, possibly even a landmark tv drama of sorts, vastly superior to what you'd probably get in a squashed 90 minutes cinema treatment of the same storyline.

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    Yeah have True Detective on my to watch list
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    Anybody watch and of the Scandinavian dramas of the last few years ? Borgen (Denmark) and in particular The Bridge (Sweden / Denmark) really impressed me, the second series of The Bridge just finished on BBC4 and I thought it really excellent, but I would advise seeking out the first series before watching.

    Honourable mention to The Killing series and also Spiral (France).

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    I enjoyed the character interactions in The Bridge and it showed great promise at the outset, but the unexplained diversions, plot leaps and red herrings to throw us off the scent began to irritate me by the end of the first season. It all became increasingly implausible. Does the second season tie up loose ends or does it embark on a completely new case?

    Have been very impressed with True Detective so far.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DannyInvincible View Post
    I enjoyed the character interactions in The Bridge and it showed great promise at the outset, but the unexplained diversions, plot leaps and red herrings to throw us off the scent began to irritate me by the end of the first season. It all became increasingly implausible. Does the second season tie up loose ends or does it embark on a completely new case?
    The character interactions are even better this time round IMO. The second season does not tie up loose ends, it picks at old sores brilliantly though while the main thread of the series is a totally new case. It doesn't give that closure, a definitive outcome or settling point, no.

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    Can't wait for Game of Thrones to start again in April, the original house of cards, yes minister/prime minister, the wire,
    I was getting into Luck when it was cancelled also The Boss but that's cancelled as well,
    enjoyed House for a while but it went on too long, Sherlock and Luther both very good, Breaking bad should have just been a trilogy movie enjoyed it though, Black adder, GBH and the Irish RM

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    Quote Originally Posted by Darklordsbane View Post
    Can't wait for Game of Thrones to start again in April, the original house of cards, yes minister/prime minister, the wire,
    I was getting into Luck when it was cancelled also The Boss but that's cancelled as well,
    enjoyed House for a while but it went on too long, Sherlock and Luther both very good, Breaking bad should have just been a trilogy movie enjoyed it though, Black adder, GBH and the Irish RM
    glad someone mentioned GBH, was thinking about lookin at it again, Palin is great in it, wonder was it loosely based on reality!!(on that Liverpool mp that was popular in the 80's, name escapes))

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    Derek Hatton?

    Some of my favourite ever shows already mentioned, not surprisingly - Sopranos, Band Of Brothers, Fawlty Towers, Curb, Seinfeld, any Partridge, Ted, Black Books, Office, Thick Of It, Simpsons, South Park.

    Bit surprised none of these have yet though:
    Boardwalk Empire
    Das Boot
    Rome
    the Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes series
    The Day Today
    Brasseye
    The IT Crowd
    The Larry Sanders Show
    Porridge,

    and given the mention of Michael Palin in the excellent GBH above,
    Monty Python's Flying Circus
    Boys From The Black Stuff
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    I always think of Das Boot as a film first - good call, Stann.

    Maybe it's just that everything seemed better as a kid, but F-Troop came into my head the other day. Anybody else remember it? Same era also produced The Virginian, which Mrs Grise procured as a box set a couple of years ago.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Eminence Grise View Post

    Maybe it's just that everything seemed better as a kid, but F-Troop came into my head the other day. Anybody else remember it? Same era also produced The Virginian, which Mrs Grise procured as a box set a couple of years ago.
    Used to really like F-Troop as a kid. Off to search YouTube now to see if there's any clips...And sure enough...

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    A few from the memory banks of a rural Ireland childhood with only two stations till it's latter stages.

    Nighthawks
    NYPD Blue
    Hill Street Blues


    Also didn't Graham Linehan write Black Books & IT Crowd ? Which are dangerously close to each other in concept with the two fellas, (one Irish) and a woman nearby the mainstay of both. Fair play to him on getting away with a serious bit of coasting there.

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    It was a Moran creation and Linehan only wrote the first season in conjunction with Moran.

    That's my recollection of reading that before.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CraftyToePoke View Post
    A few from the memory banks of a rural Ireland childhood with only two stations till it's latter stages.

    Nighthawks
    NYPD Blue
    Hill Street Blues


    Also didn't Graham Linehan write Black Books & IT Crowd ? Which are dangerously close to each other in concept with the two fellas, (one Irish) and a woman nearby the mainstay of both. Fair play to him on getting away with a serious bit of coasting there.
    NYPD Blue is a good shout. Sipowicz was such a richly written character.

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    Quote Originally Posted by stann View Post
    Derek Hatton?

    the Jeremy Brett Sherlock Holmes series

    Boys From The Black Stuff
    Yeah thats his name
    Brett is the best SH definitely
    Talking about BFTBT, what about Auf Wiederson Pet?

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    Quote Originally Posted by DannyInvincible View Post
    I enjoyed the character interactions in The Bridge and it showed great promise at the outset, but the unexplained diversions, plot leaps and red herrings to throw us off the scent began to irritate me by the end of the first season. It all became increasingly implausible. Does the second season tie up loose ends or does it embark on a completely new case?
    This is why I liked it though its very seldom that all lose ends get tied up in such cases and even in life in general. 2nd season is even better
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    Quote Originally Posted by McNasara View Post
    Meanwhile, I downloaded three episodes of the new series True Detective.
    Finished the first season, not bad.
    Until The Last Rebel!

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    Quote Originally Posted by CraftyToePoke View Post
    Anybody watch and of the Scandinavian dramas of the last few years ? Borgen (Denmark) and in particular The Bridge (Sweden / Denmark) really impressed me, the second series of The Bridge just finished on BBC4 and I thought it really excellent, but I would advise seeking out the first series before watching.

    Honourable mention to The Killing series and also Spiral (France).
    Spiral is untouchable and the Killing S1 is excellent.
    Honourable mentions for the Bridge and Borgen

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