What TV Have You Seen?

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

I'm half way through the twenty episode BBC series Dickensian.

It's cracking Christmas fayre, ideal for this time of year. A beautifully written and performed mash up of several Dickens stories and characters, where Stephen Rea's Inspector Bucket from Bleak House investigates the murder of Jacob Marley (Peter Firth) one snowy Christmas Eve.

Absolutely loving it.

[Justin101]

I’ve not seen it but I like the sound of it. Might try and find some time to see it

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Justin101

I’ve not seen it but I like the sound of it. Might try and find some time to see it

Scrooge, Fagin, Miss Haversham, the soon to be Dedlocks, The Old Curiosity Shop, Bill Sykes, Nancy, Bob Cratchit are all in it. There's a boy hasn't been named but i'm sure he'll ask for more at some point.

BBC One - Dickensian - Cast and Characters

[trebor8273]

Originally Posted by Demdike@Cult Labs

I'm half way through the twenty episode BBC series Dickensian.

It's cracking Christmas fayre, ideal for this time of year. A beautifully written and performed mash up of several Dickens stories and characters, where Stephen Rea's Inspector Bucket from Bleak House investigates the murder of Jacob Marley (Peter Firth) one snowy Christmas Eve.

Absolutely loving it.

might give this a watch. do i need to have seen bleak house?

just finished season one of frontiers, while not brilliant it was enjoyable enough and only six episodes didn't out stay its welcome

[Demdike@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by trebor8273

might give this a watch. do i need to have seen bleak house?

just finished season one of frontiers, while not brilliant it was enjoyable enough and only six episodes didn't out stay its welcome

The more Dickens you've seen the better perhaps but i've only seen Bleak House, Scrooge and The Old Curiosity Shop and know of characters like Fagin from general knowledge.

Once you've watched a few episodes you won't bother what they are from as you'll be too busy enjoying it all. At least i am.

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by trebor8273

might give this a watch. do i need to have seen bleak house?

just finished season one of frontiers, while not brilliant it was enjoyable enough and only six episodes didn't out stay its welcome

I hadn't seen Bleak House when I watched Dickensian (I've seen it subsequently) and found it to be superb as a stand-alone series and something I want to revisit.

I recently finished Bates Motel, where the fifth series moves into the events depicted in Psycho, where it diverges from Alfred Hitchcock's version of the character and events.

Since then, I've been watching An Idiot Abroad for the second time (I'm averaging the second series and have just seen Karl Pilkington in Uganda with the aim of meeting a gorilla). It's funny and works for many reasons, one of which is because Pilkington is such a narrowminded Little Englander who hates everything about what he is doing that people who don't like travelling will identify with him and those who are insanely jealous wish they were there. However, even as someone who occasionally thinks the money has been wasted and they would have been better off sending someone who appreciates the culture, sites and overall experience, he makes some salient points regarding such things as the food!

I adored the third series of Detectorists, something I didn't want was very glad they made and found the seven part miniseries Children of the Stones (which I bought on DVD about a year ago from the Network sale) to be far more interesting and entertaining than I expected to the extent that I watched it in one sitting.

[trebor8273]

Watched the first two episodes of Godless on Netflix which has been great and recommend to anyone who likes westerns, Jeff Denials is excellent as the bad guy.


Just started Dirk Gentlys holistic detective agency.

[Cinematic Shocks]

Season 2 of Wolf Creek is tight. I think both seasons have been great, and the series is arguably better than the two films, which I really like. Due to the episodic format, it makes for more interesting storytelling and characters, and Mick Taylor has had the opportunity to be fleshed out, and is one of the most memorable and best modern horror villains. I love how it's shot as well, as it's very cinematic.

[Justin101]

I watched the first episode of Vinyl this morning, bought a used Bluray from Music Magpie earlier in the month on a blind buy. It's fantastic so far! Hopefully it keeps up the pace, I think that the first episode is the only one directed by Scorsese but I might be mistaken.

One of the highlights for me was when one of the characters started speaking and it dawned on me, holy shit that's Ray Romano I'd recognise that voice anywhere!

[Nosferatu@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by Justin101

I watched the first episode of Vinyl this morning, bought a used Bluray from Music Magpie earlier in the month on a blind buy. It's fantastic so far! Hopefully it keeps up the pace, I think that the first episode is the only one directed by Scorsese but I might be mistaken.

One of the highlights for me was when one of the characters started speaking and it dawned on me, holy shit that's Ray Romano I'd recognise that voice anywhere!

I saw Vinyl some time ago and thought it was excellent – the Blu-ray set of that series is something I keep meaning to buy but my 'to watch' list is always too big to stop me looking!