TV recommends
Jun 9th 2012, 3:03 am
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TV recommends
Recently I have enjoyed streams of The Hour, Spooks, The State Within and now, the first series of Homeland.
Any recommendations based on this?
Any recommendations based on this?
Jun 9th 2012, 3:10 am
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Re: TV recommends
Firefly 
Jun 9th 2012, 11:29 am
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Season 1 and 2 of The Killing.
Havent seen the original Danish version, but the US version has been very good IMO.
Havent seen the original Danish version, but the US version has been very good IMO.
Jun 9th 2012, 12:14 pm
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Game of Thrones.
Jun 9th 2012, 12:21 pm
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Scandal
Jun 9th 2012, 4:30 pm
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Dexter! The lovable serial killer 
Jun 9th 2012, 5:02 pm
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Re: TV recommends
Thanks for the suggestions.
I should have posted when sober. I'd have made a better job of the title.
Themes running through Spooks, The State Within and Homeland are MI5/MI6 and US equivalents, computer wizardry aided surveillance/decoding, Political shenanigans (Party and with a small p), undercover work often of a scary nature, the portrayal of real or close to real events (albeit with a bit of embellishing) conspiracy, cover ups, innocents caught up in things, ruthless baddies, etc etc
The Hour also contains many of these aspects just not the technical wizardry unavailable at that time.
That's the sort of stuff I'm looking for at the moment. These series all seem to have passed me by while I'm usually aware of other things.
The Killing, The Wire, Wallander are on my list so I'm not just interested in "spy" TV, Although Page Eight was brilliant.
I should have posted when sober. I'd have made a better job of the title.
Themes running through Spooks, The State Within and Homeland are MI5/MI6 and US equivalents, computer wizardry aided surveillance/decoding, Political shenanigans (Party and with a small p), undercover work often of a scary nature, the portrayal of real or close to real events (albeit with a bit of embellishing) conspiracy, cover ups, innocents caught up in things, ruthless baddies, etc etc
The Hour also contains many of these aspects just not the technical wizardry unavailable at that time.
That's the sort of stuff I'm looking for at the moment. These series all seem to have passed me by while I'm usually aware of other things.
The Killing, The Wire, Wallander are on my list so I'm not just interested in "spy" TV, Although Page Eight was brilliant.
Jun 9th 2012, 5:19 pm
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Re: TV recommends
Thanks for the suggestions.
I should have posted when sober. I'd have made a better job of the title.
Themes running through Spooks, The State Within and Homeland are MI5/MI6 and US equivalents, computer wizardry aided surveillance/decoding, Political shenanigans (Party and with a small p), undercover work often of a scary nature, the portrayal of real or close to real events (albeit with a bit of embellishing) conspiracy, cover ups, innocents caught up in things, ruthless baddies, etc etc
The Hour also contains many of these aspects just not the technical wizardry unavailable at that time.
That's the sort of stuff I'm looking for at the moment. These series all seem to
have passed me by while I'm usually aware of other things.
The Killing, The Wire, Wallander are on my list so I'm not just interested in "spy" TV, Although Page Eight was brilliant.
I should have posted when sober. I'd have made a better job of the title.
Themes running through Spooks, The State Within and Homeland are MI5/MI6 and US equivalents, computer wizardry aided surveillance/decoding, Political shenanigans (Party and with a small p), undercover work often of a scary nature, the portrayal of real or close to real events (albeit with a bit of embellishing) conspiracy, cover ups, innocents caught up in things, ruthless baddies, etc etc
The Hour also contains many of these aspects just not the technical wizardry unavailable at that time.
That's the sort of stuff I'm looking for at the moment. These series all seem to
have passed me by while I'm usually aware of other things.
The Killing, The Wire, Wallander are on my list so I'm not just interested in "spy" TV, Although Page Eight was brilliant.
Jun 9th 2012, 5:21 pm
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The BBC series called SILK. Series 2 is now in production and showing on the iPlayer.
Jun 9th 2012, 6:19 pm
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Wallander and Silk both great shows.
Jun 9th 2012, 6:42 pm
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Love Game of Thrones. Got fingers crossed for a new series of Boardwalk Empire but I have never seen anything to match The Wire.