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    I have seen only a few episodes occasionally but I'm amazed of how good it is. I wish to watch it in a marathon some day. Perhaps I should buy the DVD.
  • ShardlakeShardlake Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
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    I would just buy the DVD of the 1st Season then indulge in it. Many people were shocked that a network could produce such a show but this levels some cable stations output.

    It's a little different here in the UK as this is broadcast on a satelite channel we don't get lots of individual stations and this is shown on Sky Living but I personally couldn't wait for this to be screened here and downloaded it as it's not here till early May and will continue to do so until they bring them closer to the U.S transmit.

    I don't understand why it couldn't be shown almost the same time as in the U.S, this kind of attitude pretty much encourages illiegal downloading, at least they get it right with likes of GOT and the Walking Dead. I would pay to see this like Netflix did with House of Cards but we don't even get that option, hence the questionable route I take.
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    Is it out on DVD at all in the UK?
  • ShardlakeShardlake Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
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    Yes on DVD and Blu ray, 2nd season will no doubt be around September.

    I've got the Blu ray and watched it again since it was broadcast here last year and it stands up really well the 2nd time round.
  • edited April 2014 Posts: 12,837
    Anyone know if Black Sails is any good? It's a new pirate series with Toby Stephens. I'd like to watch it but apparently it's exclusive to Amazon in the UK, so I was wondering if the DVD will be worth it when it comes out? I would just watch it on this website I use but my girlfriend wants to watch it with me and we'd both rather see it on the telly than crowd around a laptop.
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    For anyone who has been watching The Trip to Italy on BBC2, this week's episode features more impersonations of Rog plus mentions of Bros and Craig.
  • doubleoegodoubleoego #LightWork
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    Game of Thrones!!

    All I can say is, JUSTICE!!
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    COSMOS by Nell Degrasse Tyson, a series that should be shown at any school in the world because it contains so much that students should learb about in a brilliant way.
  • MurdockMurdock The minus world
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    Mission: Impossible. (Season 1)
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    I love old teamwork espionage shows. I'm glad M:I lasted on tv for 7 seasons. So far I'm halfway in season 1. So far there have been some nice nods to Bond. One episode reminded me a lot of Casino Royale. Even had a red DB5 appear. I now must carry on with the mission. :)
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    Fargo

    Intriguing, dark, twisted, funny, irreverent.

    It was everything I hoped it would be. Thornton and especially Freeman were outstanding. Can't wait for the next episode.
  • 0BradyM0Bondfanatic70BradyM0Bondfanatic7 Quantum Floral Arrangements: "We Have Petals Everywhere"
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    Fargo

    Intriguing, dark, twisted, funny, irreverent.

    It was everything I hoped it would be. Thornton and especially Freeman were outstanding. Can't wait for the next episode.

    I watched a little bit of it myself. I don't know the plot but the bits I saw were shocking. Plus I'll watch anything with Martin in it.
  • edited April 2014 Posts: 4,622
    SaintMark wrote:
    The Avengers season 2 episodes 1-4
    With Cathy Gale & John Steed
    Awesome viewing. How do these vintage classics look? I'm a huge Avengers fan, but I have not seen any of the pre-Emma Peel seasons 1-3.

    Mind you only 2 1/2 epiosodes of Season One (1961) even exist, so if you weren't around at the time, the bulk of the original episodes have been lost to posterity.
    But it wasn't until S2 (62-63), that the Avengers really cranked up with its Bond influenced spyfy format, featuring Steed as lead character and Blackman as action-girl partner.
    Those episodes that you are watching are really the first episodes of the classic 5 season Avengers run.
    Other characters from those initial S2 episodes, who were eventually weeded out, as Blackman's Cathy Gale achieved prominence, were John Rollason as Dr. Martin King and Julie Stevens as the forgotten Avenger girl Venus Smith.

    Currently I am ploughing through the four volume dvd collection of Avengers 65, which features the first 13 episodes of S4 which introduced Diana Rigg as Emma Peel.
    Then I will order Avengers 66 which completes S4. And then I will order Avengers 67 which is the complete S5 and the second of the two Emma Peel seasons, and the first season to be shot in colour.

    Final season S6 was 68-69 with Linda Thorson as Tara King replacing Rigg as Peel. Rigg of course was off to follow in her predecessor's (Blackman's) footsteps, as big screen Bond girl.

    S1, 1961: Ian Hendry as Dr. David Keel, MacNee as Steed
    S2, 62-63: MacNee, John Rollason as Dr. Martin King, Julie Stevens as Venus Smith and Honor Blackman as Cathy Gale
    S3, 63-64: MacNee and Blackman
    ..........19 month hiatus.........
    S4, 65-66: MacNee and Rigg
    S5, 1967: MacNee and Rigg (first colour season)
    S6, 68-69: MacNee and Linda Thorson

    Interestly Man From Uncle moved to colour with its second season 65-66, while Avengers during the same period stayed b&w.


    First 7 episodes, thus far in my MacNee/Rigg Avengers re-visit feature several Bond actors such as a young Robert Brown, Steven Berkhoff, many years before OP, plus pre-OHMSS Bernard Horsfall, Burt Kwouk post GF, and a young Geoffrey Palmer, more than 30 years prior to TND. More to come I imagine.
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    My season two has indeed Cathy Gale and the other actors mentioned. My box has an extra in the shape of an episode from season 1. I got the box as a present from my wife, she knows of my love for stuff like this.

    Big Finish has released a first audiobox of the Avengers based upon the scripts of season 1, having heard them I am sure as an Avengers fan you would really enjoy them too.
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    SaintMark wrote:
    My season two has indeed Cathy Gale and the other actors mentioned. My box has an extra in the shape of an episode from season 1. I got the box as a present from my wife, she knows of my love for stuff like this.

    Big Finish has released a first audiobox of the Avengers based upon the scripts of season 1, having heard them I am sure as an Avengers fan you would really enjoy them too.

    Still ploughing through Avengers 65. Julian Glover makes an appearance as a young Soviet Colonel villain.
    An audio box of Season One. That would be real interesting as S1 is lost to video. Audio treatments would be the next best thing.
    Mind you Avengers S1 from what I've read, was a different kind of duck. Ian Hendry as Dr. David Keel is the main character. Its not a spyfy show. That format took shape as S2 evolved with Steed and Gale. Steed I don't believe was even cast as an agent in S1.
    He was some kind of foil for Hendry's doctor adventures.
    Avengers as we know it, I think launched with S2 in 1962. There was foresight on the part of the producers to ride the coming spy wave, foreshadowed by Eon's ramping up production of the first of the hugely popular Fleming 007 novels.

    " I got the box as a present from my wife, she knows of my love for stuff like this."
    Great wife. Reminds of an old gf, who got me the first two John Gardner Bond novels, when I didn't even know such books existed. I should have proposed on the spot. Imagine all the other neat stuff I might have accumulated by now.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    It's just been 'Grey's Anatomy' with a lady friend lately and S4 of 'Game of Thrones' for me.
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    My guilty pleasure Lizard Lick Towing returned to UK tv last night! Watched it today and the pair still make laugh! Welcome back boys! :-bd
  • MajorDSmytheMajorDSmythe "I tolerate this century, but I don't enjoy it."Moderator
    edited May 2014 Posts: 13,978
    Agatha Christie's Poirot: Murder In Mesopotamia

    Poirot's skills must be rubbing of on me, as...
    ...I suspected that there was more to Father Lavigny than met the eye.
  • edited May 2014 Posts: 2,107
    The Newsroom, one that mentions Skyfall once and Jane Fonda had hots for Craig. Must have mentioned Daniel Craig at least six times in a minute.

    And why so many characters in the american televison are getting high all the time?
  • QsAssistantQsAssistant All those moments lost in time... like tears in rain
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    Just watched the season 2 finale of "Arrow". This is one of my favorite shows and the last two episodes were some of the best of the series. We also got a decent trailer for the spin-off series "The Flash" which will air in the fall!
  • ShardlakeShardlake Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
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    Happy Valley BBC1 2014

    We are 4 episodes into this and unless this drops the ball in it's conclusion this could quite possibly the best thing the BBC has done in years, scratch that, not just the BBC but British TV full stop. A thriller that can stand alongside the likes of Breaking Bad and True Detective, no I'm not joking it's that good.

    It's not like I've ever watched anything by it's writer Sally Wainwright or a fan of Sarah Lancashire but something peaked my interest so we sky + it and boy I'm glad we did. Brilliantly acted by all, Lancashire is utterly riveting and the supporting cast like Steve Pemberton are excellent, visceral and truly tense, I just hope it lives up to it's promise but I'll take this over the likes of the grossly overrated Wire wannabe The Shadow Line any day of the week.
  • MrcogginsMrcoggins Following in the footsteps of Quentin Quigley.
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    I wondered if any one else has been watching this it is the best drama that the BBC has been involved with in ages
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    Currently working my way back through The Wire. The other half's never seen it before. Onto the 4th season already. He asked, "How have I never seen this before now?" Seems most everyone asks themselves the same question.

    If you haven't watched it, watch it!!
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
    Posts: 40,960
    ...I tried to get through the first episode of it, @WillyGalore, and I didn't like it. It's probably something I need to give another go with, maybe solely focus on it and take away what I can. It just came across as confusing from the get go, but I'm sure once you get past it and learn who is who, it gets better.
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    Creasy47 wrote:
    ...I tried to get through the first episode of it, @WillyGalore, and I didn't like it. It's probably something I need to give another go with, maybe solely focus on it and take away what I can. It just came across as confusing from the get go, but I'm sure once you get past it and learn who is who, it gets better.

    It's a slow burner to begin with and is not a fast paced kind of show. But it does reward you with layer upon layer of character development and plot.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    Is it like GoT in that there are a ton of characters you need to know and memorize? Because I finally got almost everyone down on that show, and I don't think I want to go through that again so soon.
  • ShardlakeShardlake Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
    edited May 2014 Posts: 4,043
    You have to be patient with it, the first episode is a tough one but if you stick with it you will be rewarded.

    I started trying to watch it on FX years back and gave up, someone lent me Season 1 on DVD and I plunged in, within a week I was done and I'd ordered S2 on Amazon, it took me just over a month to have the whole series done.

    As Willy says you will get rewarded, I loved Breaking Bad when it was on but for me The Wire is in another class, BB is an easy watch in comparison and saying you've watched a few episodes and then dismissed the series is outright lazy and I'll refuse to take any valid opinion from anyone about the show who hasn't at least done a season, give it a few episodes in and you'll be hooked.

    GOT is great but the Wire is far more complex and dense. Plus the characters are so richly drawn and you'll grow to love some of them and despise others, it a hugely rich tapestry that has for my money not been bettered.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    I did the same thing with BB: watched a few episodes, didn't do it for me, swore it off. Tried again a few weeks later, and I watched the entire series in just a few weeks. Same with GoT: took me so long to get through it, but when I did, I watched it so much and got through three seasons in a matter of days. Perhaps I should do the same with 'The Wire,' though I'd prefer to watch it on TV somehow, not my laptop.
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    I watched the entire second season of 'Derek' last night. Wow, what a tearjerker. It's definitely more sentimental and emotional than it was funny, but it still had its moments. Then I started 'True Detective,' which is a slow-burner and a bit confusing, but the acting and cinematography is fantastic. Looking forward to getting more into the show.
  • Got a lot on the go at the moment with TV as I have a lot of stuff recorded on my Sky box. Got a lot of stressful stuff on so not been able to watch much TV really. I do have The Walking Dead S4, some episodes of The Following, Arrow, Orphan Black and more waiting to be watched......
  • Creasy47Creasy47 In Cuba with Natalya.Moderator
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    Speaking of 'The Following,' I need to get around to the second season at some point. The season one cliffhanger left me quite curious as to what happens next.

    Another show that's like that is 'Hannibal,' and as much as I wanted to like it, I can't get into it. My friend said that where I stopped, though, is where it gets really good, so maybe, just maybe, I'll give it another shot one day.
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