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  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 23 TJ Lazer


    bluefinger wrote: »
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    Title: Lilyhammer
    Cast: Stephen Van Zandt, lots of Norse a list actors.
    Kathleen Robertson Troy Garity
    Genre: Drama, Thriller, Comedy.
    Description: Lilyhammer is a Norwegian-American television series, starring Steven Van Zandt, about a New York gangster trying to start a new life in isolated Lillehammer in Norway. The first season premiered on Norwegian NRK1 on 25 January 2012 with a record audience of 998,000 viewers (one fifth of Norway's population). This struck me as a sort of sequel to the sopranos but would not be too similar. Fish out of water black comedy meets the godfather on a budget.
    Links: IMDB
    Watch this if you like: Sopranos.

    I watched the first two episodes of this last night on netflixs. It's effing hilarious. The 'Flamingo' bar ha ha ha


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,493 ✭✭✭DazMarz


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    Title: Penn & Teller: Bullshít!

    Cast: Penn Jillette, Teller (aka, Raymond Joseph Teller), various others

    Genre: Documentary, black comedy

    Description: Penn & Teller: Bull****! was hosted by professional magicians Penn & Teller. Its format consisted of debating political topics often from a naturalist-libertarian-capitalist point of view (the political philosophy espoused by both Penn and Teller) or aimed to debunk pseudoscientific ideas, paranormal beliefs, as well as popular fads and misconceptions. The show criticized proponents of what they perceived as nonsense and dishonesty, often citing ulterior political or financial motives. The stated aim of the show was to apply "critical thinking" to misconceptions and other "bullshít". As indicated by the show's title, the program adhered to Penn & Teller's characteristically blunt, aggressive presentation.

    At the beginning of the first episode of the first season Penn pointed out that the series would contain more obscenity and profanity than one would expect in a series dealing with scientific and critical inquiry, but explained that this was a legal tactic because, "if one calls people liars and quacks one can be sued...but 'assholes' is pretty safe. If we said it was all scams we could also be in trouble, but 'bullshít,' oddly, is safe. So forgive all the 'bullshít language', but we're trying to talk about the truth without spending the rest of our lives in court."

    Links:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penn_%26_Teller:_Bull****!

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0346369/

    Watch this if you like: Brainiac: Science Abuse, Mythbusters documentaries, factual programming, black comedy

    EDIT: please note that due to boards.ie's censorship of certain swear words, the link for Wikipedia does not work as it should. Apologies. Easy to search it out, though.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,378 ✭✭✭BuilderPlumber


    Love/Hate
    Breaking Bad
    Dallas
    Haughey


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,303 ✭✭✭Mike Ehrmantraut


    adox wrote: »
    Title: The Bridge (Bron/Broen)
    Cast: Sofia Helin Kim Bodnia Dag Malmberg
    Genre: Crime Mystery Thriller
    Description: When a body is found on the bridge between Denmark and Sweden, right on the border, Danish inspector Marin Rohde and Swedish Saga Norén have share jurisdiction and work together to find the killer.
    10 x 1 hour episodes in total.
    Links: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1733785/
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bridge_(Danish/Swedish_TV_series)
    Watch this if you like: Forbrydelsen

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    Excellent show, season two of Bron / The Bridge starts on bbc4 tomorrow night. Definitely worth watching if you like dark crime drama


  • Registered Users Posts: 7,935 ✭✭✭_Whimsical_


    Haughey


    Has this been on tv yet??


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  • Registered Users Posts: 23,641 ✭✭✭✭Elmo


    Has this been on tv yet??

    No only in production


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,493 ✭✭✭DazMarz


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    Title: The Golden Girls

    Cast: Betty White, Bea Arthur, Rue McClanahan, Estelle Getty

    Genre: situation comedy

    Description: The series revolves around four older, single women (three widows and one divorcée) sharing a house in Miami, Florida. The owner of the house is a widow, man-hungry Southern Belle, Blanche Devereaux (Rue McClanahan), who was joined by fellow widow, Norwegian-American and blissfully ditzy Rose Nylund (Betty White), and hard-edged New Yorker divorcée Dorothy Zbornak (Bea Arthur) after they both responded to a room-for-rent ad on the bulletin board of a local grocery store. In the pilot episode, the three were joined by Dorothy's sarcastic, brusque, yet good-hearted 80 year-old mother, Sophia Petrillo (Estelle Getty), after the retirement home where she lived burned down.

    While it was a comedy, the show dealt with many serious issues, such as coming out and same-sex marriage, elder care and homelessness, AIDS and discrimination against people with HIV, US immigration policy, death and assisted suicide, familial relations and much more.

    During its original run, The Golden Girls received 68 Emmy nominations, 11 Emmy awards, four Golden Globe Awards, and two Viewers for Quality Television awards. All the lead actresses won Emmy Awards for their performances on the show.

    Links:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Golden_Girls

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088526/

    Watch this if you like: Frasier, The Wonder Years, Friends, American sit-coms,


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,173 ✭✭✭hucklebuck


    Title: I'm Alan Partridge (2 X 6 Episode Series)

    Prequel: Knowing Me, Know You A-ha (his TV show)
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108828/?ref_=fn_al_tt_3

    Sequels:
    Mid Morning Matters (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1923623/?ref_=fn_al_tt_4)
    Alfa Papa - Film (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0469021/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1)

    Cast: Steve Coogan, Phil Cornwell, Simon Greenall

    Genre: Mockumentary, Comedy

    Description: Alan is a likeable DJ whose career as a TV Host on BBC hit the rocks after one of his guests was shot on live TV. Alan now works as a DJ on Radio Norwich while desperately trying to get himself back on the TV (he even meets the Fr Ted writers who are over from RTE and goes to Bonos house to impress his Ukranian girlfriend) while living in a travel tavern. He is ably assisted by his repressed PA Lynn, has great banter with his ex army Geordie friend Michael and has a rivalry with alcoholic Dave Clifton.

    I cannot recommend this enough, this is my favourite TV show. For your comparison the other comedies I would watch over and over are Fr Ted, Peep Show, Fresh Meat, The Office, Extras, Curb Your Enthusiasm and Eastbound and Down.

    A clip to whet your appetite, most of the series can be found on youtube:



    Links:

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0129690/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2

    Watch this if you like: The Office, Da Ali G Show, Extras


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,173 ✭✭✭hucklebuck


    Title: Soupy Norman(RTE, 1 Season 6 Episodes of about 10 minutes)

    Cast: Polish people

    Genre: Comedy

    Description: Soupy Norman is a popular Polish soap opera which has been dubbed into English about the story of a young Cork woman who has moved to Dublin. Soupy Norman is the town drunk and they redub the same footage of Soupy falling over in each episode. This was done by some of the Apres Match lads and typical of RTE they get a great show and it doesn't get another season :rolleyes:

    The series can be found on youtube, episode 1



    Links:
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    Watch this if you like: Time Trumpet, The Day Today, Alan Partridge, Brass Eye


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10,325 ✭✭✭✭Dozen Wicked Words


    Title: Y Gwyll/Hinterland

    Cast: Richard Harrington, Mali Harries

    Genre: Crime, Police procedural, Drama

    Description: Intense, troubled detective solves crime with backdrop of stunning and bleak Wales, filmed around Aberystwyth area. In both English and Welsh with subtitles.

    4 x 90 minute episodes in total.

    Links: http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/jul/30/hinterland-tv-noir-wales
    http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y_Gwyll
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2575968/

    Watch this if you like: Forbrydelsen, Bron, the Bridge, Wallander, Broadchurch though probably not as good as any of those listed it's still beautifully shot and decent drama. On BBC Wales, S4C or BBC Iplayer


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  • Registered Users Posts: 424 ✭✭LoganRice


    Title: The 4400
    Cast: Joel Gretsch, Jacqueline McKenzie, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali, Laura Allen, Patrick Flueger and more
    Genre: Drama/Science Fiction
    Description: 4400 people from the past who disappeared return to the present (2004) and try to live life again. Tells stories of struggles and has great unexpected developments throughout
    Links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_4400, NETFLIX
    Watch this if you like: X Files, Lost, Stargate SG1, etc.


  • Registered Users Posts: 84,108 ✭✭✭✭JP Liz V1


    Title: True Detective

    Cast: Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson

    Genre: Dark Crime Thriller

    Description: It is about a ritual killing in 1995 in Louisana being investigated by two detectives and a similar killing that happens in 2012 with the detectives being interviewed again and flashbacks between the time lines so show what progressed

    Links:


    http://www.hbo.com/true-detective


  • Registered Users Posts: 675 ✭✭✭legrand


    Re-post?

    Storyville documentary series on BBC 4

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mfx6

    iPlayer access? Use Chrome with Media Hint extension installed


  • Registered Users Posts: 11,028 ✭✭✭✭--LOS--


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    Cast: Mireille Enos, Joel Kinnaman, Billy Campbell, Michelle Forbes, Brent Sexton....

    Genre: crime/drama/mystery

    Description: In Seattle, Det. Sarah Linden is on what is supposed to be her last day on the job. She and her son Jack are supposed to leave that evening to join her fiancé in Sonoma. Her replacement, Det. Stephen Holder, is ready to take over but they answer a call from a patrol car who have found a bloodied sweater in a field. When the missing girl, Rosie Larsen, is found in the trunk of a car at the bottom of a lake it turns out the car is registered to the campaign committee for councilman Darren Richmond, who is running for mayor. Linden delays her departure for what she hopes will be only a few days. Based on the Danish television series Forbrydelsen.

    Links: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1637727/
    Watch this if you like: True Detective, The Bridge, The Wire


  • Registered Users Posts: 23,641 ✭✭✭✭Elmo


    Title: From Dusk Till Dawn
    Genre: Horror
    Description: First episode on Netflix. Seems to be a retelling of the original movie. From the first episode it looks good. Unlike the move it is already showing signs of Horror, the movie doesn't suggest horror until they arrive at "Titty Twister"
    Watch this if you like: Horror, Gore, Action


  • Registered Users Posts: 11,763 ✭✭✭✭Crann na Beatha


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  • Registered Users Posts: 483 ✭✭Duggie2012


    anyone that hasn't seen 'Parks and Recreation' yet needs to drop everything and start watching it. absolutely brilliant. do it.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 763 ✭✭✭John Cherry


    Title: Monk
    Cast: Tony Shalhoub,Bitty Schram,Jason-Gray Stanford,Ted Levine,Traylor Howard
    Genre: Comedy,Drama,Crime,Mystery
    Description: Adrian Monk is a brilliant San Francisco detective, whose obsessive compulsive disorder just happens to get in the way.
    Links:
    http://www.tv.com/m/shows/monk/
    http://m.imdb.com/title/tt0312172/

    Watch this if you like: Psych,Sherlock


  • Registered Users Posts: 23,641 ✭✭✭✭Elmo


    Phoenix wrote: »
    Would anyone recommend the following?show which has kevin bacon in it?

    The Following?


  • Registered Users Posts: 23,641 ✭✭✭✭Elmo


    Title: Elementary
    Cast: Jonny Lee Miller, Lucy Liu, Aidan Quinn and Jon Michael Hill
    Genre: Comedy,Drama,Crime,Mystery
    Description: Sherlock has moved to the US. His father has decided to provide him with a Sober Companion, Jane Watson (Lucy Liu). Sherlock is a private investigator and consultant for the NYPD. The series doesn't try to be as intelligent as the BBC's Sherlock, but it has a certain charm. Jonny Lee Miller plays the role of a recovering drug addict and the obsessively detailed Sherlock, in a pithy and amusing manner. Lucy Liu's Watson character plays a fairly straight role in the show, but she plays a caring friend to Sherlock. Aidan Quinn and Jon Michael Hill play NY Detectives.
    Links:http://www.rte.ie/player/ie/show/10267308/

    Watch this if you like: Psych,Sherlock, Monk


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  • Registered Users Posts: 21,444 ✭✭✭✭Skid X


    Title: Our Friends in The North (BBC2, 1996)

    Cast: Christopher Eccleston, Gina McKee, Daniel Craig, Mark Strong

    Genre: Contemporary Social/Political Drama

    Description: A nine part (*65 minutes) series depicting the varying fortunes of four friends - Nicky, Geordie, Mary and Tosker - from the optimistic times of 1964 to the uncertainties of 1995. Taking nine pivotal years (1964, 1966, 1967, 1970, 1974, 1979, 1984, 1987, 1995) the personal lives of the characters become intertwined with the political struggles of their home town of Newcastle, and the capital, London. We also see the machinations behind the scenes that affect their lives, often for the worse: slum housing projects, police corruption, the rise of Thatcherism, political sleaze, and specific events like the 1984 Miners' Strike.

    An ambitious and quality BBC Drama with a talented cast, this is one of the best British Drama Series of it's time. Long overdue a repeat, well worth a look. Voted no.25 in the Top 100 British Television Programmes of the 20th Century by the BFI

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    Links

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115305/

    http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2010/sep/18/our-friends-flannery-eccleston

    Watch this if you like: Dennis Potter or Alan Bleasdale's work, Quality British Television in general


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,339 ✭✭✭Artful_Badger


    WakeUp wrote: »
    Cool new show, Vikings , just been aired in the States is a History channel production is really well done. Its filmed in Ireland with Gabriel Byrne in a lead role. Perfect viewing till Game of Thrones returns :)

    Vikings follows the adventures of Ragnar Lothbrok the greatest hero of his age. The series tells the sagas of Ragnar's band of Viking brothers and his family, as he rises to become King of the Viking tribes. As well as being a fearless warrior, Ragnar embodies the Norse traditions of devotion to the gods, legend has it that he was a direct descendant of Odin, the god of war and warriors.
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2306299/

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    Trailer..




    Enjoy :)

    Just wanted to bump. The show is now approaching the end of season two and it has turned out to be a really great show. I'd encourage anyone interested in historical or medieval dramas to give this a go.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,205 ✭✭✭barneysplash


    Title: Chewin' the Fat

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    Cast: Ford Keirnan, Greg Hemphill, Karen Dunbar.

    Description: This is a Scottish comedy sketch show, similar to the Fast Show,
    but more intelligent and with a dash of the surreal.
    The show is peppered with witty banter and great one-liners.
    There are some very funny characters and situations. Here is a full eposide:



    Seasons: 4 seasons of 6 eposides at 28 minutes per episode.
    Network: BBC 1999 - 2002
    Links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chewin%27_the_Fat
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0224464/

    Watch this if you like: Absolutely, Rab C. Nesbitt, Harry Enfield, The Fast Show.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,205 ✭✭✭barneysplash


    Title: Still Game

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    Cast: Ford Keirnan, Greg Hemphill, Paul Riley, Jane McCarry, Mark Cox, Sanjeev Kohli.

    Description: Lifelong pals Jack and Victor are two pensioners with a zest for life.
    For them, there is no graceful journey into old age, rather a rollercoaster of
    tricks, messing and general tomfoolery. Set on the limited surroundings of a Glasgow council
    estate, they boys help each other and their pals to make the most of their golden years,
    often with hilarous results.

    This is a heart-warming comedy that has more than a few laugh out loud moments.
    This show was a spin-off of characters first seen in Chewin' the Fat. Here is a full episode:



    Seasons: 6 seasons of 6 eposides at 28 minutes per episode.
    Network: BBC 2002 - 2007
    Links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Still_Game
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0281491/
    Watch this if you like: Chewin' the Fat, Mrs. Brown's Boys, Peter Kay, Rab C. Nesbitt.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,172 ✭✭✭cosmic


    Title: Silicon Valley
    Cast: Thomas Middleditch, TJ Miller, Martin Starr, Christopher Evan Welch, Zach Woods, Matt Ross...
    Genre: Comedy (HBO)
    Description: New comedy from Mike Judge set in Silicon Valley and focused on a group of IT nerds (no offense!) and their new start up company. Christopher Evan Welch is amazing in it but sadly passed away in the middle of filming - I'm curious to know where they go with it now.
    Links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon_Valley_%28TV_series%29
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2575988/
    Watch this if you like: Anything Mike Judge has done. Good HBO comedies. IT Crowd.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,493 ✭✭✭DazMarz


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    Title: Criminal Justice (series 1)

    Cast: Ben Whishaw, Pete Postlethwaite, Ruth Negga, Con O'Neill, Bill Paterson, Vineeta Rishi, Lindsay Duncan

    Genre: Legal drama, Police procedural

    Description: Series 1 of Criminal Justice concerns a murder case.

    21 year old, doe-eyed, innocent-looking college student Ben Coulter (Whishaw) goes out for a night on the tiles, taking with him his father's black cab taxi. Along the way, he meets sultry temptress Melanie Lloyd (Negga), to whom he has an instant attraction. They return to Melanie's home, where they take ecstasy pills and have vigorous sex.

    Hours later, Ben wakes up to find Melanie dead from a stab wound to the chest and no memory of what happened. Attempting to flee the scene, Ben crashes the taxi and is arrested. Eventually, the police discover where he was fleeing from, find a knife in his pocket and another person's blood on his clothes. Detective Harry Box (Patterson) is sure he has his man. Ben and his sleazy, streetwise solicitor (O'Neill) aim to prove otherwise.

    The tension is astronomical as Ben is shunted into prison, the only person keeping him alive being a long-term, sympathetic inmate (Postlethwaite). As the case continues, more is discovered about Ben and how his solicitors and barristers try to get him off, without necessarily caring about the actual truth of what happened.

    Gripping and stunning. The acting from all is superb, but Whishaw, O'Neill and Patterson are most deserving of praise.

    Links (CAUTION! Spoilers abound!!!):

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal_Justice_(TV_series)

    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1188927/

    Watch this if you like: Cracker, Murder One, police drama, legal thrillers


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,090 ✭✭✭xalot


    Phoenix wrote: »
    Would anyone recommend the following?show which has kevin bacon in it?

    Avoid like the plague. Actually it's so bad it's quite funny.


  • Registered Users Posts: 4,118 ✭✭✭Potatoeman


    Title: Ray Donovan
    Cast: Liev Schreiber Jon Voight Paula Malcomson
    Genre: Crime, Drama
    Description: Follows the life of an LA fixer
    Links: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2249007/?ref_=nv_sr_1
    Watch this if you like: The Sopranos



  • Registered Users Posts: 1,800 ✭✭✭bluefinger


    Fargo.
    this is on channel 4 on sunday nights. It's a very good black comedy based on the Coen brothers movie of the same name. the fifth episode of ten will be this week. get in on this early.

    Stars billy bob thornton, colin hanks, oliver platt, martin freeman many others.

    A drifter named Lorne Malvo arrives in small-town Minnesota and influences the population with his malice and violence, including put-upon insurance salesman Lester Nygaard.

    watch if you like: Lilyhammer, Dexter (early series), true detective


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  • Registered Users Posts: 60,119 ✭✭✭✭Agent Coulson


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    Title: Deadbeat

    Cast: Tyler Labine & Cat Deeley

    Genre: Comedy

    Description: A slacker medium for hire, who attempts to solve various ghosts' unresolved problems

    Watch this if you like: Reaper, Tyler Labine

    Links:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadbeat_(TV_series)
    http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3147316/?ref_=tt_ov_inf


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