***THE OFFICIAL TV SHOW THREAD***

[Omm]

Homeland is back on c4, love it, like the way they have kept it fresh by progressing the characters lives in different directions rather than repeating the same storyline season after season.

[4KSuited]

SS-GB made its debut last night on the Beeb.

It'd been getting a substantial amount of promotion throughout the organisation, so I flicked it on in high anticipation. I was not disappointed.

I thought the production design team did a great job in recreating London locations of the 1940's - although I did note an absence of bomb damage. The premise is that we lost the Battle of Britain in 1940 and the Germans achieved a relatively bloodless victory. Can't say I recall seeing Sam Riley's acting skills before, but he is an excellent lead in this detective drama that draws you in on so many different levels. I feel that they've moulded credible characterisations of all the English and German protaganists, including the simmering evil of the senior SS officer deployed to London.

So far, so very good.

[nirvana]

Recommend watching 13th, available on Netflix, real eye-opener.

Really good programme, agreed. Felt like a good time to remind myself of why movements like Black Lives Matter have a crucial role in trying to achieve real equality. Pretty damning listening to trumps rhetoric in terms of the discrimination continuum.

[TightEnd]

Recommend watching 13th, available on Netflix, real eye-opener.

Really good programme, agreed. Felt like a good time to remind myself of why movements like Black Lives Matter have a crucial role in trying to achieve real equality. Pretty damning listening to trumps rhetoric in terms of the discrimination continuum.

is it a drama? documentary?

[redsimon]

SS-GB made its debut last night on the Beeb.

It'd been getting a substantial amount of promotion throughout the organisation, so I flicked it on in high anticipation. I was not disappointed.

I thought the production design team did a great job in recreating London locations of the 1940's - although I did note an absence of bomb damage. The premise is that we lost the Battle of Britain in 1940 and the Germans achieved a relatively bloodless victory. Can't say I recall seeing Sam Riley's acting skills before, but he is an excellent lead in this detective drama that draws you in on so many different levels. I feel that they've moulded credible characterisations of all the English and German protaganists, including the simmering evil of the senior SS officer deployed to London.

So far, so very good.

Too much mumbling, or maybe I'm going deaf

[TightEnd]

i thought SS-GB was disappointing too

great premise,but a very dull script. and no i couldn't hear it either!

the Man in a high castle on Amazon takes the same basic conceit and does it much better (so far) in my opinion

[nirvana]

Recommend watching 13th, available on Netflix, real eye-opener.

Really good programme, agreed. Felt like a good time to remind myself of why movements like Black Lives Matter have a crucial role in trying to achieve real equality. Pretty damning listening to trumps rhetoric in terms of the discrimination continuum.

is it a drama? documentary?

Well made documentary. Obviously from a singular perspective but quite powerful all the same.

[MANTIS01]

The OJ Simpson documentary Made in America currently available on BBC iplayer is riveting. 3 super chunky parts offering intimate insight into the case and the man, must admit to being goggle eyed throughout, loved it. I mean only in America man. Think it won best documentary at the oscars last night.

[RED-DOG]

The OJ Simpson documentary Made in America currently available on BBC iplayer is riveting. 3 super chunky parts offering intimate insight into the case and the man, must admit to being goggle eyed throughout, loved it. I mean only in America man. Think it won best documentary at the oscars last night.

I watched the case in real time as it happened and was spellbound for weeks.

[Graham C]

Found something called Game of Silence on Amazon a few days ago. It's about a group of guys that reunite after 20 odd years having spent 9 months in a youth detention centre when they were young.   IMDB has a more in depth synopsis.   I'm about half way through and am enjoying it so far.  Worth considering if you need something to watch.

[4KSuited]

SS-GB made its debut last night on the Beeb.

It'd been getting a substantial amount of promotion throughout the organisation, so I flicked it on in high anticipation. I was not disappointed.

I thought the production design team did a great job in recreating London locations of the 1940's - although I did note an absence of bomb damage. The premise is that we lost the Battle of Britain in 1940 and the Germans achieved a relatively bloodless victory. Can't say I recall seeing Sam Riley's acting skills before, but he is an excellent lead in this detective drama that draws you in on so many different levels. I feel that they've moulded credible characterisations of all the English and German protaganists, including the simmering evil of the senior SS officer deployed to London.

So far, so very good.

Too much mumbling, or maybe I'm going deaf

Shame, that. I forgot to set the timer, so haven't seen the second part yet. And after what I thought was a promising start.

Meanwhile, I haven't missed an episode from the new Homeland series. Never ceases to impress.

[NigDawG]

Agree with love for The Night Of, really enjoyed that. First episode was gripping and depth of characters was strong. Found the court scenes and ending a little flat. Really wanted a few "Did you order the code red?" style court moments but meh it didn't detract from the overall quality I guess. Oh and agree Sneaky Pete was good fun.

Did they ever explain how the guy was cheating at poker? I was quite disappointed with it overall. Some great acting but the plot wasn't so good. Would have been better off watching The Sting for the 28th time

That fella was a tech billionaire so not sure why he was cheating at poker at all? or even playing poker. He was so slick at poker he could cheat the experts but still said I raise when he put in a bet. Yea loads of holes but still found it fun and the opening credits were funky.

i thought the whole idea was he wasn't cheating at all they just planted the idea he was cheating to bryan cranston so they could run the con on him

[MANTIS01]

That Idris Elba Fighter is a pretty cool 3 part docu, same as the Freddie Flintoff one just a bit more classy and less northern. Hats off to Luther for doing that...

[TightEnd]

i thought the new top gear series was much better last night

some dry humour,several chuckles from me and generally an improvement on Evans trying too hard

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[Longines]

Agreed on TopGear, made GrandTour look like the pants it is.