Red Mosquito

The UK really does crime drama so much better than the US.

Ello Sailor wrote:

tommy wrote:Taskmaster takes the cake. It's a work of pure comedic genius

Lmao what

tommy wrote:the apex of the panel show genre.

Oh

Huh

wat

nothing wrong with thinking taskmaster is the best of the best. no real wrong answers about what people like

QI is such a brilliant show. But i know it wouldn’t work here in the US. Which is weird to me

Panel shows are wack.

Peep Show and Black Books are peak. Don't @ me.

Ello Sailor wrote:Panel shows are wack.

Peep Show and Black Books are peak. Don't @ me.

Black Books and Green Wing

Watching another welsh language drama, Hidden

E.H. Ruddock wrote:Watching another welsh language drama, Hidden

Did your wife forbid you from watching it or something?

Ello Sailor wrote:Panel shows are wack.

Peep Show and Black Books are peak. Don't @ me.

Peep Show is maybe the peak of TV comedy.

Jorge wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:Watching another welsh language drama, Hidden

Did your wife forbid you from watching it or something?

Not British but will post in here (sorry dime)

Dublin Murders was good. Fucked yup but good. I’ve read a few books by the author that the show was based on, Tana French.

If i watch any more Irish shows I’ll rename the thread

E.H. Ruddock wrote:Not British but will post in here (sorry dime)

Dublin Murders was good. Fucked yup but good. I’ve read a few books by the author that the show was based on, Tana French.

If i watch any more Irish shows I’ll rename the thread

You should watch Love/Hate. Seriously dark Dublin drug/crime gang drama.
Dark as fuck but great tv.

Also, Kin. Haven’t seen that one but everyone is hoping there’ll be more of it to come.

Douglas is cancelled.

Watched it thinking it was a comedy. The first couple of episodes are genuinely great comedy at exactly the right moments. Then it takes a really dark turn. And another. And another.
Well worth a watch if you haven’t seen it. It’s very on the nose messaging but about everything. Haven’t seen the last couple of episodes yet but it is shaping up to be a doozy.
Give it a spin.



Synopsis
Douglas Bellowes is a widely respected middle news anchor with a sidekick, Madeline, and a newspaper editor wife, Sheila. However, when Douglas makes an ill-advised joke at a wedding, his career is put into jeopardy because of cancel culture.

dimejinky99 wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:Not British but will post in here (sorry dime)

Dublin Murders was good. Fucked yup but good. I’ve read a few books by the author that the show was based on, Tana French.

If i watch any more Irish shows I’ll rename the thread

You should watch Love/Hate. Seriously dark Dublin drug/crime gang drama.
Dark as fuck but great tv.

Also, Kin. Haven’t seen that one but everyone is hoping there’ll be more of it to come.

Kin was a great watch!

Rangi Guy wrote:

dimejinky99 wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:Not British but will post in here (sorry dime)

Dublin Murders was good. Fucked yup but good. I’ve read a few books by the author that the show was based on, Tana French.

If i watch any more Irish shows I’ll rename the thread

You should watch Love/Hate. Seriously dark Dublin drug/crime gang drama.
Dark as fuck but great tv.

Also, Kin. Haven’t seen that one but everyone is hoping there’ll be more of it to come.

Kin was a great watch!

Was it good?
I missed it at the time, for reasons. Everyone raves about it.
It’s all on the Rte player though. Ruddo check the Rte player site (our national broadcaster) for both love hate and kin. They’re on there. Free to watch.
I think they’ll play for you but if you have a vpn you won’t have a problem.

Chris_H_2 wrote:Black Mirror

Love this one to death.

Fawlty Towers, The Young Ones and Blackadder (S2-4) are iconic.

The Ricky Gervais suite: The Office / Extras / Derek / Life's Too Short / Afterlife

Chernobyl should get a mention, as should Peaky Blinders.

Has anybody watched "I, Jack Wright"? I thought it was excellent.

peep show n' come dine with me are my top 2

Peep Show is gold (hello my avatar Jeremy). The IT Crowd season 2 episode 1 "Work Outing" is one of the funniest individual sitcom episodes I've ever watched. Red Dwarf is fun as hell. The OG Young Ones was a game changer. "I've got a porsche". Lol.

Brits also do crime really well. Luther was brilliant, as is Slow Horses. Broadchurch too.

British TV is, in general, the best TV around. When it's good there's nothing better.