TV Show Recommendations *NO DISCUSSION*

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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Title: Accused



Cast: New cast every week so I deliberatly leaving this out
Genre: Drama
Description: Every episode someone is in court and then you are told the story why they are there through flashbacks.
You don't see much of the case at all or lawyers talking but at the end the judge and jury will give a verdict.
The point of the show is to show you how they got there
Seasons: 2 seasons
Network: BBC
Links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accused_(TV_series)
Watch this if you like: Serious drama, legal shows

Title: The Quatermass Experiment / Quatermass II / Quatermass and The Pit



Cast: Reginald Tate, Isabel Dean, Hugh Kelly, Paul Whitsun-Jones.

Description: There are some shows that change everything.
Quatermass is one of them. It's influence and legacy are still visible in many
"original" TV shows today.

Only the first 2 episodes of the Quatermass Experiment survived.
The seques Quatermass II and my favourite, Quatermass and The Pit are
complete series.

In the first installment, British rocket scientist, Professor Bernard Quatermass must
stop an alien attack after a space flight goes terribly wrong.

Later in Quatermass II, our hero must again lead the resistance against a worldwide
alien conspiracy.

Finally in Quatermass and The Pit, a mysterious object is uncovered in
at an archaeological dig in London. It's intent and purpose may answer
questions fundamental to our existence, if insanity does not first overcome all
who come in contact with it.

This series was broadcast at the height of the Cold War in the 1950s.
Communist advances into space meant that invasion by a technically
superior and malevolent force was increasingly probable.

Routine space travel seemed very possible. No-one fully understood the
effect space would have on humans, or if there was life on other planets
in our solar system. If there was would this life be peaceful? Or would
they seek to destroy us and seize our home planet?

But one of the most interesting facts about this series was that they were transmitted live.
It's an alien concept to many of us, but this show went out live on TV every
Saturday. No second takes, complex sets or fixing shots in the edit, just plain old-fashioned
storytelling and quality acting on a creaky stage. This and many other fine
television programmes were the work of Nigel Kneale, a very talented and inventive writer.

The pictured DVD box set, which I have, features a 48 page booklet
that comprehensively details the background of the show's production and reception.

Quatermass and The Pit was included in the British Film Institute's
top 100 TV shows of all time.

There have been sequels and remakes, (which are on my list of shows to watch)
but this remains an original and fantastic series.

Seasons: 1 incomplete first season of 2 episodes.
2 complete Series of 6 episodes per series at 30 to 35 minutes per episode.
Network: BBC 1953 - 1959
Links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Quatermass_Experiment
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigel_Kneale
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045436/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BFI_TV_100

Watch this if you like:
Most Science-Fiction, Doctor Who, Cold War paranoia thrillers,
History of TV and Film production.