andicus

I forgot to mention, there was a Gavin & Stacey Christmas special.

It was quite good, and nice to see all the characters, again, after 10 years.

Bill Needle

For those who haven't seen Year Of The Rabbit it also will be coming soon to IFC.

mphtrilogy

line of duty s1-s4 now on amazon prime, just finished s3, it was fantastic!

dex14

Toast of Tinseltown on the way:
https://variety.com/2021/tv/global/m...od-1234904787/

Bill Needle

Mmmm...mooovie starrr...

Yes I can hear you Quentin Tarantino, with your made-up name, nasally voice and hobgoblin features.

cultshock

Finally!

cultshock

"Who?"

The Questyen

New 2021 shows Currently watching through the PBS app:
All Creatures Great and Small (reboot): charming and well acted series about a new veterinarian who has moved to Yorkshire. I've never seen the original 80's series but this one is great.
Miss Scarlet and the Duke: I hadn't heard anything about this one but saw the trailer and it looked interesting. It's about the first female private detective in Victorian London with Kate Phillips from Peaky Blinders playing the lead. Highly recommended.

Superman07

Anybody watch CB Strike? I skimmed the thread but didn’t see any references. It’s available on HBO Max and was a BBC / Cinemax collaboration. Apparently based on the JK Rowling pen name books. We didn’t realize this until we finished the first 3 episodes.

I looked it up, and appears they done a series for each of the four books published to date.

We really enjoyed it and will finish off the series. Can’t say I was familiar with anybody in it, so I can’t name drop to intrigue anybody.

jpcamb

I actually just watched CB Strike and was pleasantly surprised by it as well. We watched the available seasons fairly quickly over the span of a week or two and it was a nice distraction. The female lead has her own series where she plays a detective as well but that seems to be only available as an amazon rental for me.

Superman07

As a spinoff or she just happens to play a detective in another series?

jpcamb

happens to play a detective. Its called the Capture and she plays a DI...

dex14

I’ve wanted to check out MI-5 for a few years now and I’m finally digging in after getting Britbox’s latest deal. I’ve watched the first two season, but I’m not totally drawn in. Is every episode basically self contained? Do later seasons become more serialized?

Superman07

I own the first 5, but petered out. Honestly not sure how many seasons it went for. I assume it wrapped up. As I recall there were some character threads pulled through, but don’t think you get a full season story ala 24.

I think I quit because some of the character actions were too unrealistic. Plus there were some big events, but they went on as if nothing happened.

lwhy?

C.B. Strike has it's own thread on here, but not many people watch it. I love the series, but I also love the book series. It's one of the few book series that I actually preorder and pay full price for the books.

DWilson

I recall renting the first season of MI-5 and being blown away by the season-ending cliffhanger. I was a bit disappointed when the next season walked it back. I lost track of it somewhere along the way. I know there was a film continuation with Kit Harrington.

Superman07

I think I ran across that film, but didn’t realize it was related to the series.

DWilson

Peter Firth returns as his series character in the film.

Superman07

Not sure why, but I get a lot of recommendations/clips for 8 out of 10 Cats in my YT feed. Can somebody explain the premise and are episodes available anywhere? Most of the clips are really funny.

dex14

andicus

^Awesome! I was not aware that this was happening.

Bill Needle

I knew it was coming, but it's been so long it feels like I didn't. It's been 6 years(!) since the last season aired.

Starts January 4 in the UK (BBC2).

E Unit

Resurrecting to say that MI-5 is one of my favorite shows from the UK. It had its ups and downs, and really, with the cast being changed so often (except Peter Firth) kept a sense of realism in that being in something like this service yielded a relatively short career, or life. It went for 10 seasons and the last few definitely had some serial aspects to it.

Another show my wife and I got into is Ghosts. We found out through the US version, then decided to check out the BBC one since the US one is on its mid-season break. Thankfully, both are excellent series, and the US version really just keeps the premise, everything else is different. Both have their own vibes and have different pacing, which is nice. Very well done shows so far.

Boondock Saint

Loved MI-5. Loved the rotating cast/changing of the status quo. Although, never got around to the last two seasons. Or the movie. Should do that.

Feel like it's a show that could be revived. Wouldn't mind at all.

andicus

The timing is good, for me. I only watched Toast Of London a few months ago, somehow having missed it, originally.
UK Ghosts is really good. I'm about to watch the latest series.