O/T TV Thread Version II

[Kilgore trout]

Stephen Graham or Shane Meadows? I've not watched it yet but I like Meadows stuff. Stephen Graham is usually the same character in everything though.

Was just about to post on it. Very dark and upsetting but a brilliant watch. Stephen Grahams character a lot more sympathetic than Compo. He is very good in it.

[Kilgore trout]

Stephen Graham or Shane Meadows? I've not watched it yet but I like Meadows stuff. Stephen Graham is usually the same character in everything though.

Ffs I meant Combo not the Last of the Summer Wine tramp! ☺

[mondo_notion]

Definitely. Best tv for a while.

Very fitting ending to the series, great show.

Can't believe they killed the dragon though

[57vintage]

Stephen Graham or Shane Meadows? I've not watched it yet but I like Meadows stuff. Stephen Graham is usually the same character in everything though.

Shane Meadows, my error. I got confused with a Brookside scriptwriter.

Stephen Graham was Billy Bremner in the film of David Peace's part-imagined Clough biog The Damned United, so he doesn't always play a deranged violent psychopath scarred by his background - oh, hang on....

He was the investigating copper in the docu-drama where that young Everton supporting kid was shot by some feral youths.

You're right about a tendency to cast him in specific roles though- he was brilliant in John McGovern's The Street.

[Aldo1983]

Shane Meadows, my error. I got confused with a Brookside scriptwriter.

Stephen Graham was Billy Bremner in the film of David Peace's part-imagined Clough biog The Damned United, so he doesn't always play a deranged violent psychopath scarred by his background - oh, hang on....

He was the investigating copper in the docu-drama where that young Everton supporting kid was shot by some feral youths.

You're right about a tendency to cast him in specific roles though- he was brilliant in John McGovern's The Street.

Along with This is England, that was his best part. He had minor non entity part in the film version of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.

He also played Baby Face Nelson in a ****e film and Dillinger.


Shane Meadows best film was his second, A Room for Romeo Brass where Paddy Considine in his first film plays the village idiot/psychopath.

[Skacel]

New season of Black Mirror out. First episode didn’t go how I thought it would

I skipped straight to the Miley Cyrus episode. It was pretty good.

[mondo_notion]

Big little lies is back for series 2. Watched the first 2 episodes and it is still a classy bit of tv. HBO do a lot of good stuff but their casting is always spot on, Laura Derns character is played brilliantly.

[mondo_notion]

Gommora 4 available. Watched this first few episodes and it seems ok. Starting to maybe think it's reached it's peak but I'll stick with it and see where they take it.

[Pacman1903]

Al Swearengen definitely Lovejoy 's finest hour!.

Hes f@cking great is Al. My favourite TV character ever

My favourite TV programme ever too

[Pacman1903]

Just finished Chernobyl. Good viewing. Interesting. The facts right at the end were really eye opening. The Soviet Union death toll still stands at 31

Good programme. I wouldn't say it was the best ever like some outlets are saying. But I would say watch it if you havent

[mondo_notion]

Just finished Chernobyl. Good viewing. Interesting. The facts right at the end were really eye opening. The Soviet Union death toll still stands at 31

Good programme. I wouldn't say it was the best ever like some outlets are saying. But I would say watch it if you havent

Personally I don't think tv gets much better.

See the Russians aren't too happy with all the publicity the show has been getting so they have commissioned their own version in which they are going to portray the disaster as being caused by a CIA spy in the facility.

Now I read somewhere that is has been well documented that the US did have a spy in the facility at the time but of course they deny having had anything to do with the explosion.

Also apparently the miners didn't decide to work in the buff in real life so I'm guessing this angle was wedged in to the show just so we get to see Trevor from Eastenders walking about with his todger out.

[Pacman1903]

Personally I don't think tv gets much better.




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Not doubting it wasn't really good. Its one of the best. But I didn't do the "ill just watch one more" thing where you blitz four or five in a row. That's the sign it wasn't the best. Deadwood I was up watching until one in the morning offshore when im up at half four. One more was turning into three

[Pacman1903]

Anybody watch Jocky Wilson Says a few weeks back

Just watched it today(was offshore when it was on)

Decent documentary that.

[Aldo1983]

Gommora 4 available. Watched this first few episodes and it seems ok. Starting to maybe think it's reached it's peak but I'll stick with it and see where they take it.

I'm keeping it till I've finished Killing Eve.

Love Gomorrah.

Love it.

[mondo_notion]

I'm keeping it till I've finished Killing Eve.

Love Gomorrah.

Love it.

It's gone a bit funny in season 3/4 if you ask me. Bosses getting whacked left, right and centre.

When I was head of an Italian crime family we lived by respect. Nobody whacked me 'cos I was a boss and that's the way it should be.