The best new and returning TV series thread

[Slick]

Gangs of London.

No awards for acting or scriptwriting, but good fun to watch especially the gun fights.

Couldn't get past the first couple of episodes, just way too slick and stylised for my liking. Much preferred Top Boy - wish they'd make a new series.

Just watched the first 3 episodes of Top Boy, loving it so far

[sockwithaticket]

The first couple of episodes of Cabinet of Curiosities are great. Exactly what I'd want from a Guillermo Del Toro horror show.

Sounds good.

I binged series 1 of The Bear recently and really enjoyed it.

As is the way of a lot of anthology stuff, there are a couple of dud episodes, but overall a good series. I think episodes 2 (Graveyard Rats) and 5 (Pickman's model) were my picks of the bunch.

[ASMO]

The Kominsky method, brilliantly funny, Michael Douglas tour de force

[Ymx]

Just starting ‘The Devils Hour’.

Anyone watched it yet?

[sockwithaticket]

Slow Horses is great. Gary Oldman's having a whale of a time being irascible as Jackson Lamb. Jack Lowden's really good. As an aside he looks very much like a younger, more handsome Simon pegg.

Gave White Lotus a shot. It's pretty good, but there's not really anyone to root for as almost all the main characters are awful one way or another. I've no idea why Jennifer Coolidge's character got to feature in both seasons, easily the worst part of both.

[Tichtheid]

Slow Horses is great. Gary Oldman's having a whale of a time being irascible as Jackson Lamb. Jack Lowden's really good. As an aside he looks very much like a younger, more handsome Simon pegg.

Gave White Lotus a shot. It's pretty good, but there's not really anyone to root for as almost all the main characters are awful one way or another. I've no idea why Jennifer Coolidge's character got to feature in both seasons, easily the worst part of both.

I've watched Slow Horses from S1 E1 up to where we are now almost on consecutive nights. It's right up my street, and Gary Oldman chews up the scenery every time he's on camera, in a good way.

I thought Lowden reminded me of someone, I think you got that right, there.

edit, also, Kristin Scott Thomas is good as she always is

[sockwithaticket]

Slow Horses is great. Gary Oldman's having a whale of a time being irascible as Jackson Lamb. Jack Lowden's really good. As an aside he looks very much like a younger, more handsome Simon pegg.

Gave White Lotus a shot. It's pretty good, but there's not really anyone to root for as almost all the main characters are awful one way or another. I've no idea why Jennifer Coolidge's character got to feature in both seasons, easily the worst part of both.

I've watched Slow Horses from S1 E1 up to where we are now almost on consecutive nights. It's right up my street, and Gary Oldman chews up the scenery every time he's on camera, in a good way.

I thought Lowden reminded me of someone, I think you got that right, there.

edit, also, Kristin Scott Thomas is good as she always is

Frostily authoritative as probably befits someone high up in an intelligence agency. Good to see her still getting plumb role outside of France.

I've just wrapped up S1, looking forward to starting in on 2 tomorrow.

[FalseBayFC]

Also enjoying Slow Horses season 2. Started SAS:Rogue Heroes last night and loved the first two episodes.

[Jock42]

Also enjoying Slow Horses season 2. Started SAS:Rogue Heroes last night and loved the first two episodes.

S2 has been confirmed with the plan to do 4. I've seen a few people complain about some of the portrayals of the men and the language used. I loved it.


Another fan of Slow Horses. I like the weekly drop too, saves us binging it .

[Tichtheid]

Also enjoying Slow Horses season 2. Started SAS:Rogue Heroes last night and loved the first two episodes.

S2 has been confirmed with the plan to do 4. I've seen a few people complain about some of the portrayals of the men and the language used. I loved it.


Another fan of Slow Horses. I like the weekly drop too, saves us binging it .

We watched the first episode of the SAS thing, but my wife thought it was far too Boy's Own, so I'll have to go ahead on my own with it.

Didn't one of the founders or early recruits play rugby for Ireland and the Lions?

[Jock42]

Also enjoying Slow Horses season 2. Started SAS:Rogue Heroes last night and loved the first two episodes.

S2 has been confirmed with the plan to do 4. I've seen a few people complain about some of the portrayals of the men and the language used. I loved it.


Another fan of Slow Horses. I like the weekly drop too, saves us binging it .

We watched the first episode of the SAS thing, but my wife thought it was far too Boy's Own, so I'll have to go ahead on my own with it.

Didn't one of the founders or early recruits play rugby for Ireland and the Lions?

Aye, Paddy Mayne. Tbf the early days was quite boys own stuff

[GogLais]

Also enjoying Slow Horses season 2. Started SAS:Rogue Heroes last night and loved the first two episodes.

S2 has been confirmed with the plan to do 4. I've seen a few people complain about some of the portrayals of the men and the language used. I loved it.


Another fan of Slow Horses. I like the weekly drop too, saves us binging it .

We watched the first episode of the SAS thing, but my wife thought it was far too Boy's Own, so I'll have to go ahead on my own with it.

Didn't one of the founders or early recruits play rugby for Ireland and the Lions?

Paddy Moyne/Moyle?

[GogLais]

Slow Horses is great. Gary Oldman's having a whale of a time being irascible as Jackson Lamb. Jack Lowden's really good. As an aside he looks very much like a younger, more handsome Simon pegg.

Gave White Lotus a shot. It's pretty good, but there's not really anyone to root for as almost all the main characters are awful one way or another. I've no idea why Jennifer Coolidge's character got to feature in both seasons, easily the worst part of both.

I've watched Slow Horses from S1 E1 up to where we are now almost on consecutive nights. It's right up my street, and Gary Oldman chews up the scenery every time he's on camera, in a good way.

I thought Lowden reminded me of someone, I think you got that right, there.

edit, also, Kristin Scott Thomas is good as she always is

I’ve read all the SloHo books, disappointed it’s not on proper telly. Does KST play Lamb’s sidekick Catherine?

[Tichtheid]

Slow Horses is great. Gary Oldman's having a whale of a time being irascible as Jackson Lamb. Jack Lowden's really good. As an aside he looks very much like a younger, more handsome Simon pegg.

Gave White Lotus a shot. It's pretty good, but there's not really anyone to root for as almost all the main characters are awful one way or another. I've no idea why Jennifer Coolidge's character got to feature in both seasons, easily the worst part of both.

I've watched Slow Horses from S1 E1 up to where we are now almost on consecutive nights. It's right up my street, and Gary Oldman chews up the scenery every time he's on camera, in a good way.

I thought Lowden reminded me of someone, I think you got that right, there.

edit, also, Kristin Scott Thomas is good as she always is

I’ve read all the SloHo books, disappointed it’s not on proper telly. Does KST play Lamb’s sidekick Catherine?

She plays Diana Taverner, head of MI5's main office.

[Tichtheid]

S2 has been confirmed with the plan to do 4. I've seen a few people complain about some of the portrayals of the men and the language used. I loved it.


Another fan of Slow Horses. I like the weekly drop too, saves us binging it .

We watched the first episode of the SAS thing, but my wife thought it was far too Boy's Own, so I'll have to go ahead on my own with it.

Didn't one of the founders or early recruits play rugby for Ireland and the Lions?

Aye, Paddy Mayne. Tbf the early days was quite boys own stuff

I only really knew because of this

[Jock42]

We watched the first episode of the SAS thing, but my wife thought it was far too Boy's Own, so I'll have to go ahead on my own with it.

Didn't one of the founders or early recruits play rugby for Ireland and the Lions?

Aye, Paddy Mayne. Tbf the early days was quite boys own stuff

I only really knew because of this

Brilliant.

[Tichtheid]

Brilliant.

Apparently the Mayne family got in touch with Paul Anderson to say how much they appreciated him writing the tune for Paddy

[Biffer]

Paddy Mayne's story is pretty mad.

[Gumboot]

This series is excellent imho...

[GogLais]

I've watched Slow Horses from S1 E1 up to where we are now almost on consecutive nights. It's right up my street, and Gary Oldman chews up the scenery every time he's on camera, in a good way.

I thought Lowden reminded me of someone, I think you got that right, there.

edit, also, Kristin Scott Thomas is good as she always is

I’ve read all the SloHo books, disappointed it’s not on proper telly. Does KST play Lamb’s sidekick Catherine?

She plays Diana Taverner, head of MI5's main office.

Ta, didn’t picture her as DT but what do I know about casting?

[weegie01]

Also enjoying Slow Horses season 2. Started SAS:Rogue Heroes last night and loved the first two episodes.

S2 has been confirmed with the plan to do 4. I've seen a few people complain about some of the portrayals of the men and the language used. I loved it.

Another fan of Slow Horses. I like the weekly drop too, saves us binging it .

We watched the first episode of the SAS thing, but my wife thought it was far too Boy's Own, so I'll have to go ahead on my own with it.

Didn't one of the founders or early recruits play rugby for Ireland and the Lions?

Paddy Mayne, who was a genuine psychopath. Amongst a group of men not shy about killing, Mayne was known to enjoy it rather too much. He was a dangerous man to be anywhere near as he had no regard for his own or any one else's safety and would pick a fight with a lamp post.

We have a family connection with the Stirlings, whilst David was the face of the SAS and a self publicist, it was actually his brother Bill and Jock Lewes who dealt with the nuts and bolts of setting them up and making making them an effective fighting force, and Mayne that led much of the actual successful fighting. Bill Stirling had previously set up and ran the training at the Commando Training Centre at Spean Bridge so had the knowledge needed.

After helping set up the SAS Bill was called back to the UK where he lead a Commando force raiding France, before going back to the Middle East where his Commando unit became part of the SAS. His brother was captured by now, and Bill was brought in to 'regularise' the SAS as a part of the army. He was given this task as it was believed his commando background and early involvement in the SAS meant he could mould the SAS into a unit that was more conventional and disciplined in some ways, whilst retaining the unconventional operational approach.

Bill was the hard nosed, practical man, David was the dreamer. I remember my late uncle who knew Bill well being very annoyed when the memorial went up on the basis that it was the wrong Stirling who was immortalised.

[FalseBayFC]

S2 has been confirmed with the plan to do 4. I've seen a few people complain about some of the portrayals of the men and the language used. I loved it.


Another fan of Slow Horses. I like the weekly drop too, saves us binging it .

We watched the first episode of the SAS thing, but my wife thought it was far too Boy's Own, so I'll have to go ahead on my own with it.

Didn't one of the founders or early recruits play rugby for Ireland and the Lions?

Aye, Paddy Mayne. Tbf the early days was quite boys own stuff

I grew up reading the Commando comics, this show feels a lot like those. Those A5 size ones. My Grandfathers and great uncles were all in North Africa during the war. Some of them told stories and others didn't. This series pays homage to those classic gung ho/tally ho movies like Great Escape, River Kwai and Dambusters. Great stuff!

[Jock42]

Paddy Mayne, who was a genuine psychopath. Amongst a group of men not shy about killing, Mayne was known to enjoy it rather too much. He was a dangerous man to be anywhere near as he had no regard for his own or any one else's safety and would pick a fight with a lamp post.

Has this not been debunked somewhat? I've read/heard in different places that he was actually quite a soft, gentle guy when sober much loved by his troops. Its when he got drunk and the black dog took over he became the psychopath.

[Brazil]

Doing more reading following Weegie's post turns this up:

https://evelynwaughsociety.org/2022/wau ... d-the-sas/

Which is interesting. The thing that doesn't sit well with the lionisation of Stirling (D) is just how he behaved in the 70s, unilaterally deciding to infiltrate the Trades Unions and trying to set up a shadow army to take over the government in case things got a bit too lefty.

Mayne was by all accounts a very conflicted soul who couldn't reconcile the conflicting "effeminate" and intellectual, and violent elements of his ego. Very effective commander though, with little time for "bull" or authoritarianism (just finished reading On the Psychology of Military Incompetence, if it's not already evident...)

[weegie01]

Paddy Mayne, who was a genuine psychopath. Amongst a group of men not shy about killing, Mayne was known to enjoy it rather too much. He was a dangerous man to be anywhere near as he had no regard for his own or any one else's safety and would pick a fight with a lamp post.

Has this not been debunked somewhat? I've read/heard in different places that he was actually quite a soft, gentle guy when sober much loved by his troops. Its when he got drunk and the black dog took over he became the psychopath.

Don't know, but I also think we tend to see people in too few dimensions. Mayne was clearly an extraordinary soldier, and was prone to violence. There may have been other character traits that are less known that were evident at different times.

[weegie01]

Doing more reading following Weegie's post turns this up:

https://evelynwaughsociety.org/2022/wau ... d-the-sas/

Which is interesting. The thing that doesn't sit well with the lionisation of Stirling (D) is just how he behaved in the 70s, unilaterally deciding to infiltrate the Trades Unions and trying to set up a shadow army to take over the government in case things got a bit too lefty.

Mayne was by all accounts a very conflicted soul who couldn't reconcile the conflicting "effeminate" and intellectual, and violent elements of his ego. Very effective commander though, with little time for "bull" or authoritarianism (just finished reading On the Psychology of Military Incompetence, if it's not already evident...)

Interesting, I did not know about the book. Anyone know if Gavin Mortimer is a credible historian? He seems to have written a lot in related topics.

[weegie01]

Just finished binging the latest series of Strike. Excellent as ever.

[Guy Smiley]

Got Apple TV to add to all the other stuff I don't watch but it's has a certain panache. Foundation looks amazing and thus far, ep2, is class

I got a 3 month trial of AppleTV as I'd read they had Foundation, but that was months before the due date so I let it lapse... if that's on now then I'm in. The books were a Trip.

[Gumboot]

Tried a few times, but I just can't get into Severance at all. Great premise, but... maybe if it was a 90-minute movie?

[Sandstorm]

Just finished binging the latest series of Strike. Excellent as ever.

+1

[Sandstorm]

Loving Tulsa King. Sly Stallone can act.

[Uncle fester]

1899 made by the same team who made Dark (Netflix).
About half way through. Good watch so far.

[sockwithaticket]

1899 made by the same team who made Dark (Netflix).
About half way through. Good watch so far.

I felt it really went off the rails. Didn't finish the finale. First half/two thirds is definitely good.

[tabascoboy]

I hear the real nerdy bird 'this happened on page 79' gave out but I think it's great. Tried to start a few things recently and they have all been a meh. Enjoyed The Peripheral though Foundation is a class apart. It is jaw dropping in scale which if you read the books would be expected. It also looks authentic which so many recent sci-fi and fantasy yokes have struggled with

Started watching The Peripheral, not sure what to make of it after first episode - get the feeling it will either be very good or very crap. At least there is Chloë Grace Moretz to look at

[Margin__Walker]

I hear the real nerdy bird 'this happened on page 79' gave out but I think it's great. Tried to start a few things recently and they have all been a meh. Enjoyed The Peripheral though Foundation is a class apart. It is jaw dropping in scale which if you read the books would be expected. It also looks authentic which so many recent sci-fi and fantasy yokes have struggled with

Started watching The Peripheral, not sure what to make of it after first episode - get the feeling it will either be very good or very crap. At least there is Chloë Grace Moretz to look at

I liked it. Definitely above average for these streaming sci fi productions.

And yeah, Chloe makes it easy on the eye.

[Calculon]

Watching the Netflix Jimmy Saville documentary. It's fucking horrific what he did. A monster who absolutely destroyed people's lives. Plus him being protected by the police, BBC and other parts of the British establishment.

[Biffer]

Tried a few times, but I just can't get into Severance at all. Great premise, but... maybe if it was a 90-minute movie?

Thought Severance was brilliant, real slow burn that ratchets it up in the last few episodes. Can't wait for season 2.

Also thought Foundation and The Peripheral were excellent.

I may have mentioned this up thread but Archive 81 on Netflix is tremendous. Slow burn again with a substantial number of what the fucking fuck just happened moments.

[Simian]

I may have mentioned this up thread but Archive 81 on Netflix is tremendous. Slow burn again with a substantial number of what the fucking fuck just happened moments.

I've tried a few times with this because it looks like exactly the sort of show I usually like. But for some reason I just couldn't get into it. I should probably give it one more shot.

[Guy Smiley]

I binged Foundation over the last few days.

Did. Not. Disappoint.

[Biffer]

I may have mentioned this up thread but Archive 81 on Netflix is tremendous. Slow burn again with a substantial number of what the fucking fuck just happened moments.

I've tried a few times with this because it looks like exactly the sort of show I usually like. But for some reason I just couldn't get into it. I should probably give it one more shot.

It’s a binge show. Don’t do it in an episode every couple of days