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Peckhamgatecrasher Wrote:

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> Please tell me someone else is watching "The

> Returned"?

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> Seriously creepy, impossibly gorgeous women, can't

> work out plot at all.

really want to see this as its had such great reviews, also the sinister soundtrack/music by scottish band mogwai is rated highly. hoping I can watch it on catch-up too.

[uncleglen]

I watched the Returned- very strange- I got the impression that the producers did not know what to do next and came up with something just to keep it going- and now we have to wait until next year. No real plot to work out imho

[El Pibe]

Punk Britannia, three parter on BBC 4. Some excellent interview sound bites and a good overall history.

A bit annoyed that somehow Britain was some sort of hermetically sealed bubble bar fleeting mentions of New York Dolls and Kraftwerk.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Having a lazy afternoon watching the Young Montalbano, with the obligatory wine to make it authentically Italian.

Had to stop the show several times to look up recipes and found this amusing blog:

http://dianescookbooks.wordpress.com/2013/09/04/a-montalbano-menu-mostly-fish/

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Slightly disappointed we don't get to see exactly WHY Catarella is the way he is (what it was that so frightened him in the Legnaia [woodshed]) and am waiting on tenterhooks for the episode where all of Salvo's hair drops out.

[El Pibe]

Anyone watching London Irish?

Somewhere between Spaced, The Inbetweeners, a hugely disfuntional Friends and the inevitable Father Ted comparisons, I think it's better than it ought to be. Helped by great performances from Sinead Keenan (Being Human) and Peter Campion (almost unrecognisalbe from the nasty wife beating bad guy in Love & Hate).

I have to admit I'm quite enjoying it

[Dopamine1979]

Saw London Irish and I was also impressed.

Some risque and quite dark humour with also lighter hints of Graham Linehan-type surrealism.

Will be interesting to see how it develops.

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Seriously? Not as eye-achingly poor as the Jason Byrne thing admittedly but still full of goms.

[Dopamine1979]

Gom?

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Dopamine1979 Wrote:

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> Gom?

Goms - Irish for fools (and clich?d fools at that - and yes I realise that may be the point but I found it a bit ott)

[*Bob*]

Seemed to me it's just a bog-standard sitcom with paedo jokes and swearing thrown in.

[Dopamine1979]

I see your point.

I could see it potentially becoming annoying but it did make us laugh out loud at times.

[El Pibe]

I'm not sure I want much more from a sitcom than some take on the standard setup. I really just want it to make me laugh.

In fact a part from a couple of irish specific jokes, it could easily have been the inbetweeners follow up in their late 20s.

It did make me laugh though unlike most sitcoms.

[Otta]

Just done Damages season 5 (final season). Okay so it's not Breaking Bad / The Wire / The Sopranos, but I have enjoyed Damages right from the start. It's like a good "page turner" thriller that keeps you guessing. And Glen Close is great.

[steveo]

Channel 4 Toast of London. Oh you'll laugh all right

And I've just started Band of Brothers, which I avoided all those years ago. Can't speak for the rest of it but the first two episodes were seriously exciting

[El Pibe]

Band of Brothers was excellent.

Pacific wasn't quite as good. It enjoys the same excellent production values, and almost obsessive attention to historical accuracy, but it was difficult to differntiate between many of the characters.

And it seems churlish to complain, given that these people actually went through it for real, but there were too many battle scenes that were, from a dramatic perspective, too samey and kind of overwhelmingly horrific.

[El Pibe]

"Channel 4 Toast of London. Oh you'll laugh all right"

A new sitcom set in a gastro wine bar in suburban south east london?

[david_carnell]

Agree with EP on both counts.

I'm a big wuss anyway but various moment of BoB had me in utter pieces. Mainly the interviews with the veterans. And there is an episode towards the end of the series that deals with the Company discovering a concentration camp. Harrowing.

I couldn't get into Pacific either but may re-try at some point.

I'm rather liking the new Mitchell and Webb vehicle at the moment - The Ambassadors. Very tightly written and while cultural cliches abound in their central Asian setting (all men are hard drinking and look like villains etc) it's funny enough when poking fun at the Brits it gets away with it.

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Yup, I've enjoyed The Ambassadors too, so far. Low key smiles but plenty of them, I especially loved the 'Luvvie' in the first episode.

[david_carnell]

Ah, for me, Tom Hollander as a minor royal stole the second episode. A terrific comic actor.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

I'm enjoying "By Any Means". Sort of like Spooks but without any bells on. Just my level of enjoyment after a few glasses of wine.

I'm not enjoying the new series of I. Montalbano. What have they done to Livia?

[Dopamine1979]

We enjoyed 'The Ambassadors' too.

It actually had some relatively poignant moments suprisingly.

Mitchell and Webb are good actors.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Just caught up with "An Adventure in Space & Time". Superb drama (bear in mind I'm an emotional wuss), brilliant acting - far better than Dr Who 50th as a tribute.

[steveo]

I nearly laughed up a lung watching Toast of London last night. Last episode unfortunately

[El Pibe]

Shit a brick, just watched "No Fire Zone" about the Sri Lankan crushing of the tigers and the deliberate murder of tens of thousands innocent civilians.

Feel quite drained and utterly ashamed that our leaders just went over there with mild rebukes and smiles rather than arrest warrants for The Hague.

Cunts!!!!!!!!