Goggle box

[RosieH]

And Dr House is really hot.

[Tarot]

All police dramas have the main police character in a miserable failing marriage or seperated and poor little neglected

children all dressed up and waiting for the errant parent to take them out, but they let them down again.

Nearly all police dramas, on t.v. and film have this miserable state of affairs in them,ruining any good plot.

The exception being Midsomer murders old Barnaby, the happiest policeman in the world of fiction.

[maxxi]

Enjoyed Shadow Line but find The Hour just too dull - am catching up with Spiral: The Butcher of La Valette recorded back in April. Very hand-help shaky camera thingy going on but it seems to work - maybe because they're all French and constantly shrugging and gasping (in a dynamic manner) in exasperation at the way things are going.

[Brendan]

There was that one called The Green Room that had the guy from Joey in it. That was good.

[mockney piers]

Episodes, yep that was good.

[citizenED]

Mongrels was good: but wasn't that so last year.

[RosieH]

Tarot Wrote:

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> All police dramas have the main police character

> in a miserable failing marriage or seperated and

> poor little neglected

> children all dressed up and waiting for the errant

> parent to take them out, but they let them down

> again.

> Nearly all police dramas, on t.v. and film have

> this miserable state of affairs in them,ruining

> any good plot.

> The exception being Midsomer murders old Barnaby,

> the happiest policeman in the world of fiction.

ALL police dramas do this. Nearly all police dramas do this. Midsomer Murders.

Ah bathos, how I do love thee.

[Otta]

Mongrels was fantastic, I got the DVD. Also enjoyed episodes.

[Brendan]

mockney piers Wrote:

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> Episodes, yep that was good.

I don't know how many episodes it had. It was in a hospital though. It also had the guy from Not the Friday Night Supper show.

[citizenED]

Has anyone seen "Sirens"?

[Salsaboy]

Heard a lot of 'em lately. Mainly in LL.

[maxxi]

seventy three

(as in No. 73 - kid's programme from 1980's - five points AND a thread relevant bonus of 2)

ETA: I dare you to besmirch the chapel of rest LM and AM, I just dare you.

*hears high pitched giggling and creaking of chapel door being opened*

[El Pibe]

I have just watched Peppa Pig pastiche Kung Fu. Wow!!

"to jump in the muddy puddle I must think like the puddle, I must become the puddle"

Cor, brill.

[the-e-dealer]

The Bridge is Good. And I bought series 1-3 of Fringe for ?30 now there's a TV series!

[Annette Curtain]

Grandma's House

Very good if you like this kind-o-thing

BBC2

Netts(tu)

[El Pibe]

did anyone catch "Our Girl" last night?

I have to say, underneath the veneer of watchability provided by Lacey Turner and Matthew McNulty was an unabashed recruitment advertorial for the Army's 'be all you can be' campaign, with some weird stereotypes thrown in for good measure.

Essex bloke, baby producing, council sponging, racist benefit cheat - tick

Muslim, bringing up issue of institutional islamophobia in government and the army (especially in light of further iraq abuses surfacing) somewhat undermined by making him a snarly, moustache twirling, doris hitting villain with a harem.

I know the beeb fawns rather in its royal coverage, but should it really be doing propaganda?

[*Bob*]

And I thought you were about to mention the obvious - 'Gogglebox'

A surefire winner for C4

[El Pibe]

I've not seen it, sounds like tv gold, get AllForNun and Louisa to review telly. Genius!!

[*Bob*]

Great idea for a show - and piss-cheap to make.

All dependent on the quality of the participants though - there are some duffers in this first selection of 'viewers'.

[El Pibe]

"One Mile Away" a documentary about how the bitter gang rivalry in Birmingham was brought to the peace table on thursday night on Channel 4, could make for interesting viewing

http://www.radiotimes.com/episode/v5qym/one-mile-away

[El Pibe]

Just stumbled upon Modern Family.

I feel like I've missed out, brilliant.

It's a little bit Arrested Development with a dose of Malcolm in the Middle, but none the worse for that.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Anyone else enjoying Oliver & Watson?

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Please tell me someone else is watching "The Returned"?

Seriously creepy, impossibly gorgeous women, can't work out plot at all.

[red devil]

Oui!...est-il s?r de sortir de derri?re le canap? encore?

Yes!...is it safe to come out from behind the sofa yet?

[El Pibe]

May have to do this on catch up/on demand.

I was slumped on the sofa yesterday and watched a strange little show called 'The Booth at the End'

Literally every scene is shot at a table in a diner where different people talk to a chap.

You make a supernatural deal with him, you ask for something you want and he sets you a task, if you complete it you get your desire granted.

It's unclear who he is or indeed who he may work for.

After 10 minutes i was thinking 'is this it?' but I was sucked in enough and watched all 5 half hour episodes.

It's almost old fashioned story telling, Jackanory or something, as the interwoven strands are recounted to the man in snatches.

Weird, but oddly compelling.

She said it better than me I did http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2011/apr/12/booth-at-end-lucy-mangan