When it first aired it was a slow burner cause it wasn't publicized but when the word got round the work places the rating s went up to about 20m which was massive then, it reflected the Thatcher years in the 80's when men had to go abroad to get work. A bit of a turn around today with the Polish builders invading England recently, I wonder if they have a program similar, called ta ra, love, or see ya later
Exactly the same for me. i was cajoled into watching but it was really rather good, reminded me of Girls and Love. Speaking of the latter, I dont know anyone else who has watched Love - anyone on here? If not it's brilliant, I'd highly recommend it.
I've watched the entire series about five times over the years. It has everything. Gore, incest, orgies, intrigue, comedy, brilliant acting from some of the world's greatest actors, excellent story lines -- everything a City supporter could want. I highly recommend it to any and all who haven't already seen it. Note: the first episode is a bit bland as it introduces the characters and sets the scene. After that, you'll watch multiple episodes at each sitting. Enjoy!
Derek Jacobi parodying himself as a Shakespearean actor in Frasier. Only good actor can do that sort of thing.
Incredible actor. "Last Tango in Halifax", all those years later, epitomised his ability to delight audiences.
Bit of nostalgia here Bengals - you may well remember many of these shows yourself ? When I first emigrated to Toronto in '72, naturally pining for the fjjords (well, the Humber estuary !), British telly was a large void in my evening routine. Fortunately, being so close to NY State, the Buffalo TV PBS station was readily available on local TV providers transmissions as it captured a large slice of Ontario viewers. Given that pubs didn't open here in "Toronto the Good" on Sunday evenings, it was a boon to discover that PBS (Boston) shared the long running "Masterpiece Theatre" Sunday night slot with its Buffalo sister station. Hosted by Alistair Cooke (he of "Letter from America" fame- a favorite radio show at my parents house back in Hessle in the '60s). Masterpiece Theatre picked up a huge number of the incredible British produced drama series (for over 45 years) pretty well immediately after they had been aired back home. (see attached links). Over the years, with the advent of "home video" technology, programs being repeated often, and the ability to convert old formats to new media formats, I have managed to preserve so many of those wonderful productions. "I Claudius" is without doubt my favourite series of the lot. Like you, I never tire watching it every 4 or 5 years or so. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/archive/programs.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masterpiece_(TV_series)
Thanks for the links; some great stuff on there! We particularly enjoyed all the Dickens dramas and, of course, Upstairs, Downstairs. PBS, as you say, is a godsend for every Brit in North America.
It wasn't publicised? Don't think that was the case for a follow up to one of their most popular series.
Good call Ben, Just watched first episode of Gomorra .... if the rest is as good I can see some binge watching being done this winter
In our house we liked Banshee. We stuck with American Gothic also starring Anthony Starr. Just watched the latest 3 episodes of blacklist. 4th on tonight and its ok nowt startling.
That just jogged my memory, we just got back from Torremolinos today, it turned out to be a great holiday but last night my Mrs. and the daughter-in-law tried to spoil it when they thought it'd be a good idea to do a bit of last minute shopping, well I ****ing hate trudging around clothes shops so I decided to stay outside and people watch, much more interesting. Anyway after a while the Mrs. exits this shop and has the usual moan at me about my anti-shopping habits, so I reply 'well I don't like ****ing clothes shopping, you know just like you don't like football' to which she instantly responds 'I've been to football with you, we went to see Milan' yes she actually said Milan ffs! To be fair I was quite impressed that she knew that there was a football team called Milan, but that was tempered by the fact that I've never seen Milan play live and was instantly thinking WTF, has she been to Milan on some covert shopping trip?! On questioning her a little deeper about this Milan game she said, yes, that time in London, you remember, do they call them Milan, it's definitely mil-something. 'Millwall', I said, 'you're talking about Millwall ffs, and that was at The Den, 30 odd years ago........****ing clothes shopping' I said as I stropped off to Mulligans. This took place yesterday evening on Calle San Miguel, a lovely street if you like shopping, or people watching.
Watching the second series of The Wire, brilliant, my daughter watched the first series of Falling skies, bought a DVD of the second series, said its brilliant, that's gonna be my next one. I cannot wait for series 7 of game of thrones, read somewhere its not out till 2018, I do ****ing hope not..
I am so far behind in the watching television series stakes that I think st elsewhere , hill street blues and Er are current series .......
We watched the first episode of Missing but need to catch up with the second. Heard it was a "what the **** was all that about?" episode.
we watched the 1st episode of HIM. probably won't be watching any more. found it too juvenile and there were some real clunkers in the writing.
