TV Show Recommendations *NO DISCUSSION*

Title: Barracuda
Cast: Rachel Griffiths, in a supporting role.
Genre: Drama, sports
Description: A young talented Australian swimmer earns a scholarship to a private school to join their swimming programme, with the aim of representing Australia in the Sydney Olympics. Series is based on a novel by Christos Tsiolkas, the author of The Slap
Links: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barracuda_(TV_series)
Watch this if you like: The Slap, Friday Night Lights.

Title: Halt and Catch Fire
Cast: Lee Pace, Scoot McNairy, Mackenzie Davis
Genre: Drama,

Description: Set in the 1980s, this series dramatizes the personal computing boom through the eyes of a visionary, an engineer and a prodigy whose innovations directly confront the corporate behemoths of the time. Their personal and professional partnership will be challenged by greed and ego while charting the changing culture in Texas' Silicon Prairie.

Links: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2543312/?ref_=ttpl_pl_tt

Watch this if you like: Mad Men

Excellent viewing if you're into a bit of 1980's period drama. This is from the same network that did Mad Men and they look to be trying to re-create that formula again. Each series charts a different aspect of technology innovation from pc's to the internet.

Title: Between The Lines

Cast: Neil Pearson, Tom Georgeson, Siobhan Redmond, Tony Doyle

Genre: Police Anti-Corruption Unit Drama

Description: 1992-1994 BBC Drama ran for three series, very well regarded at the time, voted No.76 in the BFI All Time Best British TV Shows. The expression "Bent Coppers" appears frequently, long before Ted Hastings nicked it!

Watch This If You Like: Line of Duty

Links http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103362/
http://www.tv.com/shows/between-the-lines/

Tite: Nathan For You

Cast: Nathan Fielder

Genre: Docu-Reality Comedy, Parody

Network: Comedy Central

Description: The series centers on Nathan Fielder, portrayed by his real-life namesake, a business school graduate and consultant whose aim is to help struggling businesses. His marketing proposals are often outlandish and elaborate.

Watch If You Like: It doesn't do the series justice to compare it to other shows...

Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »

Cast: No one famous (it's German)

Hitler? Anyone else famous from Germany... and he's Austrian !

Title: Craith (Hidden)

Genre: Crime/Drama

Network: S4C (Welsh with English subs available)

Craith (Hidden in English) is an eight-part series created by Hinterland/Y Gwyll co-creator Ed Talfan and Hinterland/Y Gwyll writer Mark Andrew. Dark, broody and compelling drama.

One of the best series I've watched in a while. If you liked Hinterland, you'll like this.

Watched Trust during the weekend.

It is about the kidnapping of John Paul Getty III and the Getty family in general.



Starring Donald Sutherland and Brendan Fraser

IMDB


Also did the 8 seasons of Shameless US in just a couple of weeks.
Can recommend that one as well.

Thundercats Ho wrote: »

I read this as homeless timeless magicians, and thought, ooh that sounds great!

Homeless Timeless Magician pretty much sums up Doctor Who...

Title: The Other Two

Cast: Drew Tarver, Heléne Yorke, Ken Marino, Case Walker, Molly Shannon and Wanda Sykes

Genre: Commedy

Description: An aspiring actor and his sister Brooke, a former professional dancer, try to find their place in the world while wrestling with their feelings about their 13-year-old brother Chase's sudden rise to internet fame.

Links: TVMaze, IMDB, Boards

Watch this if you like:

Excellent comedy from Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider with a great cast written and executed well. Wanda Sykes and Ken Marino are adding star power to it but their roles are really fun. The characters are well defined and have a great arch through the season with some over the top comedy balancing out some dark element. Overall this worth the watch.

There is also a short aftershow in which the creators and the cast talk about the show.

Title: Happy

Cast: Christopher Meloni (Law & Order), Ritchie Coster, Lili Mirojnick, Medina Senghore, Patrick Fischler

Genre: 'Live-action/adult animated black comedy/action-drama'

Description: 'Disgraced police detective Nick Sax (Christopher Meloni) lives as a social outcast, filling his days with heavy drinking and substance abuse, moonlighting as a hitman to feed his various habits. After sustaining a massive heart attack, Nick comes into contact with a small, blue, winged unicorn named Happy (an animated character voiced by Patton Oswalt) that apparently only he can see. Happy explains he is the imaginary friend of a little girl named Hailey, who has been kidnapped by a deranged man dressed as Santa Claus ("Very Bad Santa").'

Links: IMDB, Wiki

Watch this if you like: Dark comedy, gory-ish scenes (more punishment than The Punisher, albeit some accidental), bat-sht crazy ideas, one of the best fight scenes where there's no movement (S02E07), a stunning performance by Meloni. 18+, regardless of the flying blue imaginary unicorn. Anyone I've recommend this to has been well impressed by it. Need to be willing to suspend disbelief, especially for season 2.

brian_t wrote: »

Sky Atlantic - Ep.6 repeated tonight at 11.40pm.

What about watchmen?

Just watched episode one of a series called Bás nó Saoirse/ Death or Liberty on TG4. It is subtitled as well, so if you don't have Irish you can enjoy it.

It history thing all about the British transport ships to Australia in the 18th century/19th Century.
Focuses' on the fate of Rebels against the Crown, who were sent there. Gives them a good back story and includes people from Wales. Ireland and America. Well done and informative.

grayzer75 wrote: »

Condor

Seasons 1& 2 currently on Sky Box Sets

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6510950/

Haven't watch the series but highly recommend 3 Days Of The Condor

Title: Teachers TV Series (2001–2004)

Cast: Ursula Holden Gill, Gillian Bevan, Lloyd McGuire - James Corden and Kara Tointon are in S1. Huge turnover of cast.

Genre: Comedy drama

Description: follows the exploits of school staff both inside and out of the classroom.

Watch this if you like: The Inbetweeners, Derry Girls, Friday Night Dinner, The Young Offenders

IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0280330/

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Halfway through Industry and enjoying it so far although it bit needlessly graphic in places. The rotten tomatoes critics consensus sums it up well I think "Though Industry's social critiques tend toward the superficial, sharp writing and an excellent ensemble make it easy to enjoy its soapy workplace drama anyway."

Capt'n Midnight wrote: »

Keep an eye on RTÉ 2. It should show up a little later on Channel 4. As long as they are still selling it to terrestrial channels.

Cheers.Just finished 86 this evening. 89 coming to All4 on 26th or 27th of this month. I’d highly recommend. Great stuff.