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Nov 8th 2017, 8:11 pm

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Strike Back...It's back for another series as a bit of a reboot, with basically an entirely new set of characters. Same, cheesy, fighty stuff, but it's quite amusing all the same.

Nov 8th 2017, 8:21 pm

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The Last Post, just finished a 6 part series so I've been binge watching this. It's about a group of Brit MP's in Aden, just as things kick off. Really compelling stuff.

Robot Wars, also back and rather fun and cheesy if that's your sort of thing.

Has anyone seen Gunpowder? Sounds interesting, so I've got a few episodes lined up.

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Last Post...watched the first ep...it was so so IMO...but will watch the rest upon your recommendation.

Watched Gunpowder...it was quite good. Not Game of Thrones good...but worth watching. It’s a little graphic at the beginning but I didn’t think it was too bad.

I’ve now seen all the episodes of Last Post...it did improve. Still think it was like watching a daytime TV series.

Nov 11th 2017, 11:54 pm

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Living The Dream...wait for it....

A family buy a biz (RV Park) in Florida...Kissimmee, Orlando.

No doubt we will have even more Brits wanting to move to the Sunshine State after watching this.

Nov 12th 2017, 12:39 pm

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The Blue Planet. Absolutely stunning photography.

Nov 13th 2017, 3:32 pm

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The Blue Planet. Absolutely stunning photography.

Agreed, this shows how much better UK TV is for nature programs and how much value for money the license fee is.

I do wonder how much longer Dave will go on for.

Jan 9th 2018, 1:25 pm

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Bancroft....I know it got panned in the reviews, but we really enjoyed this 4 part cop drama.

Nice bit of a back story brewing and intrigue to keep it going for a second series if it were given the chance.

Feb 13th 2018, 6:17 pm

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McMafia

Very cheesy, but I rather enjoyed that. Russian family living in London, with old mob ties and past catching up with the family.

Feb 13th 2018, 8:22 pm

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McMafia

Very cheesy, but I rather enjoyed that. Russian family living in London, with old mob ties and past catching up with the family.

Looks to have been set up for a second series as well. Collateral on BBC has got off to a very promising start.

Feb 13th 2018, 10:41 pm

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McMafia

Very cheesy, but I rather enjoyed that. Russian family living in London, with old mob ties and past catching up with the family.

I enjoyed the series...hubby didn’t.

Feb 14th 2018, 4:03 am

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I do wonder how much longer Dave will go on for.

That was my first thought when watching it. Coming up to 92 in not too many weeks time. Life on Earth came out in my very young childhood, and he always impresses.

Feb 14th 2018, 12:48 pm

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Looks to have been set up for a second series as well. Collateral on BBC has got off to a very promising start.

Collateral, that's on the list to watch. Gave "Trauma", a go instead, the other sides medical drama.

I can see why it's getting panned a bit. It's about a person who's kid is stabbed and dies in the ER and the dad, who is having a rough time of it, blames the surgeon.

John Simm's, as the dad, is completely unlikable and a complete knob though. It's very hard to feel sorry for his character, who hasn't had a go at the police or trying to find the person who stabbed his job.

Mar 10th 2018, 2:29 pm

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Collateral, was a great little drama. All nicely comes together with a fair bit of intrigue. Much better than Trauma.

Mar 12th 2018, 9:45 pm

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"GameFace" with Roisin Conarty was my latest favourite UK Show

Apr 2nd 2018, 2:17 pm

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Requiem...spooky drama, set in Wales. Finally getting around to watching it and despite the reviews, I'm enjoying it. The missus, not so much. It is quite dark though.

Has anyone seen Action Team? Sounds amusing, but not gotten around to it yet. Sounds like a bit of a comedy, action drama type thing.

Apr 2nd 2018, 3:52 pm

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Marcella...series 2. 6 eps down 2 more to be show.

Although I find Anna Friel to be annoying...she always seems to play the same sort of neurotic, dishelved roles..I am enjoying this series. IMO it is much better than the first.