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I also thought Dexter went downhill quickly after the first 3 or 4 seasons (the first few seasons are some of my favourite TV) so I'm not sure I'll even bother watching the last one.

The Wire was absolutely brilliant in my opinion and fully deserves all the praise it gets, although it took me most of the first season to realise as it takes quite a long time to get going.

At the moment I'm really enjoying Peaky Blinders on BBC2, a drama about criminal gangs in Birmingham in the 1920s. It's supposedly based on fact (the gang was known as the "Peaky Blinders" on account of the razor blades they hid in the peaks of their flat caps) and most of the gangsters are disaffected young veterans from WW1. I think the people behind the show must be big fans of Boardwalk Empire because its influence really shows through, which is no bad thing.

 
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Spudulike said:
The Pilot of the US series 'Marvel's agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' was on Channel 4 yesterday evening. The idea is of an international force dealing with the threat posed by humans with special powers. I may not have been watching with 100% focus but the pilot seemed to lack focus itself. It tried to be dark and quirky/funny at the same time and missed both targets, imo though I did laugh once!The pilot looked expensive but the substance (yeah, I know we're talking Marvel) was absent.I may have to keep watching because Chloe Bennet is in it...:-)

Anybody else see it?
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I was disappointed aswell. I got so excited about this as I've always been into that sort of thing but they failed massively there. I will still keep watching it though.

 
Still like watching......Casey junior and red rock too.....fireman wally n the rest of the crew..................WELL ??

 
Shhhhhh.dont tell but have started  episodes of Peyton place..Used to sit on my mums lap n watch this.

 
RAWHIDE.........dont try to understand em

                         just whip roll n brand em...........(cruel)

 
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The Sweeny - I was a lad of 9 and I'd sit, very quietly, out of my Dad's line of sight, hoping he would forget that I was in the room. Dad always remembered (usually as Regan picked up an air stewardess, etc) and I'd be packed off upstairs...damn.
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That used to happen to me when the professionals was on, just as George Coles walked towards the screen it was bed time. GUTTED!!!

 
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That used to happen to me when the professionals was on, just as George Coles walked towards the screen it was bed time. GUTTED!!!
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Yeah - same here. I got away with it once and saw a whole Sweeny. Dad wasn't happy but it was cool and staying up that late felt like you were a right rebel!

 
Never thought I'd be hooked on One Tree Hill?!

Blame my girlfriend for making me watch the first episode.

 
Anyone been watching House Of Fools, Vic and Bobs new show? Love there comedy though its a bit marmite for some. 

 
dkw said:
Anyone been watching House Of Fools, Vic and Bobs new show? Love there comedy though its a bit marmite for some.
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<br />Yeah I'm quite enjoying it. It's very hit and miss and some of the supporting actors are a bit sh*t but there's always a few scenes in each episode that crack me up. I loved the bit in last night's episode where Bob crawled up the wall with the bathtub on his back like a giant insect, and then Vic pulls out the shotgun to get him down.
 
Ha ha yeah that was a better. I thought last night's was one of the less good ones so far. I love matt berrys character beef, kills me when he's on.

 
Spudulike said:
I'm more of a 'Wagon Train' bloke....

'Wagons hoah'

Ward Bond - legend.
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Gee Spud…how old are you!   You'll be talking about 'Andy Pandy' and 'Bill and Ben', Supercar, Fireball XL5, Thunderbirds, Twizzle, Torchy the Battery Boy etc next…….did I just give my age away? :face_palm:

 
dkw said:
Anyone been watching House Of Fools, Vic and Bobs new show? Love there comedy though its a bit marmite for some. 
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It's like a guilty pleasure, the one where Vic was sat in the hole in the wall cracked me up, what a laugh they must have earning money doing that eh?

 
Spudulike said:
Yeah - same here. I got away with it once and saw a whole Sweeny. Dad wasn't happy but it was cool and staying up that late felt like you were a right rebel!
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For a slightly younger generation, London's Burning served the same purpose. It was shown on a Sunday night around bedtime. It was a real victory if you got to stay up and watch it all!

 
dkw said:
Ha ha yeah that was a better. I thought last night's was one of the less good ones so far. I love matt berrys character beef, kills me when he's on.
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Matt Berry's character is great and he plays it perfectly. The Robert Mugabe's Personal Nerve Agent advert from a couple of weeks ago is one of the highlights of the series for me, "YOU... kill HIM".

 
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Inside No. 9 tonight at 10PM on BBC2. This is the 3rd episode in a new 6-part series of one-off stories by Reece Shearsmith and Steve Pemberton (most well-known for The League of Gentlemen). I'm really looking forward to this since I enjoyed the previous two episodes, the second in particular was probably the funniest half an hour of British comedy I've seen for ages. I'd highly recommend it for fans of the darker side of comedy, I think both the episodes so far are still available on iPlayer.

 
Im pleased that freeview have a channel called BONANZA......Old series like Bonanza, Lucile Ball, Beverly Hillbillys etc.....Very nostalgic for me

 
i`m over a decade late but i`m well into "the west wing"...half way through season 3

 
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