Watched London Irish last night, new series on channel4, funny in bits. Never heard the C word such much in such a short space of time since me on Saturday.
New series on netflix called "Orange is the new black" about a middle class woman who goes into a federal prison. Was quite good will give a few more episodes a look.
Watched the last episode of this last night. Thought it was excellent and improved all the way through.
New US series being piloted on Saturday night at 9pm on C4 called "Hostages".
Adverts states "If you like "Homeland" , then you might just love this".
Says it's about a top thoracic surgeon( Toni Collette) due to perform routine surgery on the US President when armed gunmen take her family hostage & give her a stark ultimatum...The shocking identity of the gunmen raises the stakes even higher.
Bit of a heads up really, but Series 1 of The Blacklist returned last night on Sky Living. Did not see this publicised in the papers/mags etc and only just caught t when flicking through the channels.
Excellent programme, good acting and last nights one was the best so far imo. If you did miss it you can see the repeat at 10pm tonight.
Thought the first episode of The Smoke was pretty good. Have enjoyed The Blacklist so far. Agree about the gap in episodes, but that seems to be happening with a few of the American series on Living/Atlantic. Will catch the new episode later in the weekend.
Anybody watching True Detective? I'm up to episode 4. It's been slow to get going, although I could tell it had potential so kept watching, but the shenanigans with the biker gang and the housing project were epic! Matthew McConaughey seems to be one of those actors whose filmography is not a fair portrayal of his acting talent. He should have done more of this sort of thing and less middle of the road rom-coms.
OITNB is brilliant. Never ever ever thought I'd like it but I've recommended it to my mates and they've all raved about it too.
First series of American Horror Story I thought was good. Can't get into Season 2 for some reason though, might have to give it time.
Think Blacklist is ok but I'm not usually really a huge fan of those shows where it feels like each new episode is it's own story which is just an episode long. Almost like the CSI/Numb3rs or something like that with a case per episode.
Loved loved loved The Killing. For me Season 1 of the killing was amazing. I think the critics said S2 was the best but I could not stop watching season 1. The last season (3) is on Netflix now. I went through in just a few days, wanted to see how they tied it all up.
Onto Season 3 of Scandal which I like. Have a soft spot for Kerry Washington which helps.
Also I've still really enjoyed the latest season of The Walking Dead, new one is due to come out soonish (2014) I think?
PS - I do have a life, just being a student and Netflix go together very well. That's all over now though.
Cheers will do a bit of research on a few of these. Have seen the Killing and the Blacklist which started off well but faded. Not so into the political ones, can't be arsed having to think too hard about what the hell's going on
Couple on tonight I'll be having a look at, as bolloxbolder says the Driver and Secrets and Lies on 5 (which usually means it'll be shit).
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Very different to the old 70's version I grew up with, but still very enjoyable.
:-)
Adverts states "If you like "Homeland" , then you might just love this".
Says it's about a top thoracic surgeon( Toni Collette) due to perform routine surgery on the US President when armed gunmen take her family hostage & give her a stark ultimatum...The shocking identity of the gunmen raises the stakes even higher.
Oooer ! Any ideas who that might be folks ?
Surely not Glenn Hoddle !
:-)
Was it any good?
The girl that plays Anne Boleyn is such a sort as well.
Excellent programme, good acting and last nights one was the best so far imo. If you did miss it you can see the repeat at 10pm tonight.
Luckily, the overarching story isn't a big factor and most episodes are pretty much standalone.
First series of American Horror Story I thought was good. Can't get into Season 2 for some reason though, might have to give it time.
Think Blacklist is ok but I'm not usually really a huge fan of those shows where it feels like each new episode is it's own story which is just an episode long. Almost like the CSI/Numb3rs or something like that with a case per episode.
Loved loved loved The Killing. For me Season 1 of the killing was amazing. I think the critics said S2 was the best but I could not stop watching season 1. The last season (3) is on Netflix now. I went through in just a few days, wanted to see how they tied it all up.
Onto Season 3 of Scandal which I like. Have a soft spot for Kerry Washington which helps.
Also I've still really enjoyed the latest season of The Walking Dead, new one is due to come out soonish (2014) I think?
PS - I do have a life, just being a student and Netflix go together very well. That's all over now though.
Couple on tonight I'll be having a look at, as bolloxbolder says the Driver and Secrets and Lies on 5 (which usually means it'll be shit).