TV Programmes You'd Recommend To A Friend

[A N Mouse]

Anyone seen "Justified" yet? Before I bother acquiring it...

Have only seen the first 3 or 4, but looks promising. Not become a standard procedural so far.

Think it said in credits was based on an Elmore Leonard book, would need to check to be sure.

[Macy]

Grand so, I'll give it a try. We've a whole season of CSI:NY to get through first! :)

Finished the Soprano's a couple of weeks ago, for the second time. Still brilliant tele, although I do feel it tailed off more at the end this time around. Since that finished I've been watching, and really enjoying, The Thick of It. I can really see why some people wouldn't like it (including the missus), but I think it's very good. Although it's not doing anything for my already coarse language!

[tetsujin1979]

community is starting soon on TV3, might have started already.
I've seen the whole series already (legally, your honour. Honest) and it's worth checking out. Starts off slow, but once the annoying English professor is removed from the cast around episode 4 it really kicks off.

Seen ads for Spartacus: Blood and Sand on 3e. Basically, it's Gladiator redone as a TV series, with the special effects team from 300. It's very, very violent. The slightest graze with a practice wooden sword draws fountains of blood. Also, lots and lots of nudity. Lots. Watch for the sheer "what the fcuk??" of it all.

[tetsujin1979]

Whatever idiot controls the schedule on TV3 put Friday Night Lights (the film, not the TV series) on tonight at 11:50. I'd highly recommend it, even if you don't like American Football, it's an excellent film.
More about the pressure of playing the game at a young age, with such high expectations from the community, does to the players involved than the game itself.

[Neish]

Just finished season 1 of breaking bad, very good. Bryan Cranston is class. thought he was great in Malcom in the Middle and just as good in this

Just finished season 2 of this, another excellent season. Looking forward to season 3

[The Apostle]

I'd recommend Lost if you haven't seen it, Supernatural which finished this year, Entourage which is in it's 6th Season, I own The Wire and I'm on the 2nd season. The first season was really good.

[Neish]

Recently finished season 1 of Eastbound & Down, about a retired baseball player Very funny in places 7.5/10
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0866442/

[Sullivinho]

I can frequently be found watching: Fringe, Dexter, The Office, (US Version, can't stand Ricky Gervais) Born Survivor: Bear Grylls & Mythbusters.

[Sullivinho]

I'd recommend Lost if you haven't seen it

Absolutely the best thing on TV for the first four/five seasons but I was fairly disappointed with how it all ended tbh. Very poor final season.

[culloty82]

Anyone see the new series of Sherlock Holmes? Martin Freeman was excellent as Watson, and while it took a while to get used to the actor playing Holmes, it was disappointed that they only made three episodes. The only disappointment was when Moriarty appeared on screen, he was too much like Graham Norton, rather than a master criminal.

[Macy]

Just to revisit this again, and I know it doesn't meet the original criteria, but just finishing season 1 of The Wire. Definitely right up there with The Sopranos, and I believe that season 1 isn't even the best one!

Also watching another past series - Our Friends In The North. Brilliant TV, and for those of us who watched it on tele first time around, 15 years on definitely makes it have more impact.

[Dodge]

Holy ****, was it realy 15 years ago? One of the last times the BBC got "epic" right.

Just a heads up that HBO have a new programme from some very talented people (exec produced by Scorsese) called "Boardwalk Empire" coming in September. Critics who've seen the opening episodes have said it mre than lives up to its hype

[Macy]

Holy ****, was it realy 15 years ago? One of the last times the BBC got "epic" right.
Just double checked wiki, early '96, so not quite. And yes, it did make me feel old too!

[Lionel Ritchie]

Seen ads for Spartacus: Blood and Sand on 3e. Basically, it's Gladiator redone as a TV series, with the special effects team from 300. It's very, very violent. The slightest graze with a practice wooden sword draws fountains of blood. Also, lots and lots of nudity. Lots. Watch for the sheer "what the fcuk??" of it all. Been watching a bit of it. Not to be taken too seriously but entertaining enough. Yes they seem to have splashed a lot of budget on slowmo fight scenes ...they still don't get the true horror of arterial spurt right ...but no one ever does. But heh ...Xena got her baps out last night so how bad. :-)


Forgot to say ...some of the backgrounds and CGI are woefully bad and the entire thing appears to have been made on a soundstage. There's never a puff of air.

[passinginterest]

Spartacus just gets better and better as the series progresses, the first couple of episodes are OK, too much CGI blood spatter and poor acting but once you get about midway through the series (probably the episode in the pits) it gets genuinely good. Only a couple of epsiodes left on Bravo.

[eamo1]

I first came across Spartacus a few weeks ago.I was in A&E late on a Thursday night waiting 5 hours(grrr) to be seen about my leg.It was on the tv in the waiting area on tv3 i think,a complete bloodbath and porno rolled into one.Kids were watching it too with shocked parents (think of the children!!) and teenagers were glued to it for the blood and porn.

[Lionel Ritchie]

I first came across Spartacus a few weeks ago.I was in A&E late on a Thursday night waiting 5 hours(grrr) to be seen about my leg.It was on the tv in the waiting area on tv3 i think,a complete bloodbath and porno rolled into one.Kids were watching it too with shocked parents (think of the children!!) and teenagers were glued to it for the blood and porn. I've actually noticed lately an amount of the dismal channels showing daytime re-runs of stuff that was really meant for post-watershed broadcast.

[osarusan]

No idea if it's been mentioned on here before, but BBC4 on Saturday nights has the Swedish detective series "Wallander", which is a good series.

[Neish]

Recently finished season 2 of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Good but not great. worth a watch but don't pay full price watch online or if you can get the box set for a decent price

[don ramo]

Recently finished season 2 of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles. Good but not great. worth a watch but don't pay full price watch online or if you can get the box set for a decent price

ya shouldnt have been canceled at all, fox had the choice of this or dollhouse, and fox being fox cancelled the better show,

as you said good but not great,

[shakermaker1982]

Has anybody been watching southland? It's a 'Shield lite' cop show but I'm starting to warm to it.

[SkStu]

what are peoples views on the Wire? Ive heard mostly good things about it in general.

just watched the 1st episode, 1st series last night and it werent half bad.

[A N Mouse]

what are peoples views on the Wire? Ive heard mostly good things about it in general.

just watched the 1st episode, 1st series last night and it werent half bad.

If you liked the first one then you're off to a good start.

It's a bit of a slow burner, and for most people seems to be a case of of bearing with it for the first x episodes. It's all about building the plot and characters, can spend half a season doing this before anything happens.

But it's a great show.

About to start the sopranos, which I've never seen, myself.

[John83]

What mouse said. The Wire is a regular contender at the top of "Best TV shows ever" lists.

[Neish]

what are peoples views on the Wire? Ive heard mostly good things about it in general.

just watched the 1st episode, 1st series last night and it werent half bad.

The Wire rules which you will soon find out

You've heard mostly good things whoever said bad things about it is gonna have to deal with Omar

[sean r]

actually i like cartoons so i cant recommend a show.

[Macy]

what are peoples views on the Wire? Ive heard mostly good things about it in general.

just watched the 1st episode, 1st series last night and it werent half bad.
It's feckin brilliant. Half way through season 3 now, as we're watching 2 or 3 a night most nights! I want to complete it before giving a final verdict, but certainly so far it's on the verge of knocking the Soprano's off the top of my list. So many brilliant characters, and does the thing that HBO seems to do better than most of no absolute good or bad guys - sometimes you like a character, sometimes you think they're absolute c**ts.

A N Mouse - The Soprano's is brilliant too. Not as slow a start as the wire, anyway.

[Dodge]

The Wire and The Sopranos are the two best TV shows of all time. No question at all IMO. Don’t be a fan boy and pick one to the detriment of the other. Just enjoy hour after hour of incredible storytelling, impeccable acting, nail biting drama and more comedy than in 99% of sitcoms.

The pair of them have redefined TV and surpassed cinema as the medium of innovative film makers.

Realise I sound like a blowhard but seriously, buy the DVDs and see if I’m wrong

[osarusan]

The pair of them have redefined TV and surpassed cinema as the medium of innovative film makers.

You obviously haven't seen Piranha 3D.

[Dodge]

You obviously haven't seen Piranha 3D.

Films are rubbish

[don ramo]

watched both series, and i will deffinately be rewatching both at some point in the future,

personally though i thought The West Wing was better than both shows, deffinatly must watch TV

[Neish]

watched both series, and i will deffinately be rewatching both at some point in the future,

personally though i thought The West Wing was better than both shows, deffinatly must watch TV

Took me a while to get into the west wing but grew to love it, although I think it was often very cliqued, a problem arises Toby or Josh crack a joke and they solve the problem

[pauliek]

Just finished the 1st season of The Wire, oh yes its class

[Macy]

The rate we're going, we won't be long finishing The Wire. Any recommendations for what I should acquire next? A few in work rave about Mad Men, but it seems a bit of a glorified Soap Opera from what I've seen? I revist to Oswald State Correctional Facility is on my list, but I doubt it'll be the missus' thing...

[don ramo]

breaking bad is also pretty good, working my way through it at the moment, and im always being told to watch dexter and mad men,

if you like comedy id recomend all of these,

the big bang theory,
californication,
that 70s show,
malcolm in the middle,
chuck,
house,
rules of engagement,
scrubs (only seasons 1-8)


if your lookin for more serious
the west wing
band of brothers,

[tetsujin1979]

The rate we're going, we won't be long finishing The Wire. Any recommendations for what I should acquire next? A few in work rave about Mad Men, but it seems a bit of a glorified Soap Opera from what I've seen? I revist to Oswald State Correctional Facility is on my list, but I doubt it'll be the missus' thing...
BBC2 are showing Mad Men from the very first episode on Sunday nights after MOTD2, perfect post football highlights TV

[John83]

The rate we're going, we won't be long finishing The Wire. Any recommendations for what I should acquire next? A few in work rave about Mad Men, but it seems a bit of a glorified Soap Opera from what I've seen? I revist to Oswald State Correctional Facility is on my list, but I doubt it'll be the missus' thing...
Try Arrested Development if you haven't already. It's that rarest of beasts: a smart, funny American comedy.

[Neish]

The rate we're going, we won't be long finishing The Wire. Any recommendations for what I should acquire next? A few in work rave about Mad Men, but it seems a bit of a glorified Soap Opera from what I've seen? I revist to Oswald State Correctional Facility is on my list, but I doubt it'll be the missus' thing...

For Drama
The West Wing
The Sheild
Sons of Anarchy
Dexter
Battlestar Galactica
Carnivàle(aquired taste and it was cut after 2nd season)
Terminator The Sarah Conor Chronicles(also cut after 2 seasons)
Breaking Bad
Hung
Weeds

Comedy
Arrested Devlopment
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Spaced

[shakermaker1982]

Try any of the following Macy

The shield
Sopranos
Deadwood
Breaking bad

[Dodge]

The rate we're going, we won't be long finishing The Wire. Any recommendations for what I should acquire next? A few in work rave about Mad Men, but it seems a bit of a glorified Soap Opera from what I've seen?
Mad Men is exceptionally good. Extremely clever use of history as a backdrop too. Dom Draper is the best antihero since Tony Soprano.

It’s the only thing I make a point of watching at the moment.

Have a love/hate thing with Breaking Bad. At times I got into it but I can’t stick with it.

(Oh and Arrested Development is my favourite sitcom of all time)

[SkStu]

just to add my approval on Dexter - got through all 4 (?) seasons a few months ago. Superb show.

And Arrested Development is my favourite sitcom of all time also. Just ahead of Peep Show and Spaced.

[Macy]

Good stuff, a few to try. Just for info, i've watched the soprano's and west wing (both twice at this stage!). We'll probably go Mad Men first I suspect, but then I didn't have the missus down for really enjoying The Wire.

Much as we're loving The Wire (into season 4 now), it really shows how crap the TV options are that not once has something that's actually on stopped us throwing on the DVD!

[Dodge]

In fairness the Wire (and others) are better off being watched in DVD form (so you can do a few at a time, no ads etc).

There are a few passable TV programmes that are fine for filling an hour or so (Chuck, Bones, Hustle) and add in the odd film, documentary and sport and we’re OK tv wise. Really top class stuff is only ever going to be once/twice a decade

[Macy]

There's a few programmes that we watch, but wouldn't bother getting on DVD/ Download in the normal course of events - House, NCIS, CSI, CSI:NY, Spooks to name a few. But nothing on at all in the 9-10 slot that we would bother with. But I guess you're right though, an unfair comparison given what we're currently comparing it too.

btw Finished Our Friends in the North at the weekend. Good series, and must see for people who don't understand why corruption matters, and why the Tories (and their fellow travellers on the right such as the PDs) are tossers.

[Den Perry]

There's a few programmes that we watch, but wouldn't bother getting on DVD/ Download in the normal course of events - House, NCIS, CSI, CSI:NY, Spooks to name a few. But nothing on at all in the 9-10 slot that we would bother with. But I guess you're right though, an unfair comparison given what we're currently comparing it too.

btw Finished Our Friends in the North at the weekend. Good series, and must see for people who don't understand why corruption matters, and why the Tories (and their fellow travellers on the right such as the PDs) are tossers.

Finished series one of the Wire recently. Its no Sopranos...yet. But I am enjoying it

For comedy box sets I'd recommend the following
Phoenix Nights
Peep Show
The Inbetweeners

[Lev Yashin]

http://www.channel4.com/explore/this-is-england-86/

This starts soon...and I cant wait!

Shane Meadows films have been quaility so i hope this lives up to its hype!!

[passinginterest]

http://www.channel4.com/explore/this-is-england-86/

This starts soon...and I cant wait!

Shane Meadows films have been quaility so i hope this lives up to its hype!!

Noticed the ads for this recently and it looks like a lot of the same cast as the film, it should be excellent if that's the case.

[bennocelt]

http://www.channel4.com/explore/this-is-england-86/

This starts soon...and I cant wait!

Shane Meadows films have been quaility so i hope this lives up to its hype!!

wow thats great, didnt know about this, thanks

[Neish]

Yeah should be good loved the film

[dan o d]

breaking bad , entourage , friday night lights , the us office , inbetweeners
cant decide whether to watch the sopranos or dexter next?