Tv - Must Watch Shows

[Mike]

1 minute ago, Woodbutcher said:

What a ridiculous idea , show the original french drama whilst simultaneously airing a weak and insipid rehash.

I shall watch "Astrid et Raphaelle" on my usual source as I haven't entertained CH4 or CH5 for years.

CH5 did the same thing by making a rehash of the marvellous "All Creatures Great and Small" , that remake was a truly awful production.

We regularly drop in on the c4 app for the 'walter' world drama  tv box sets, quite a selection 100+ I think

free and easy watch

https://www.channel4.com/categories/world-drama

[Peter99]

I just binge watched Swedish thriller The Breakthrough, and enjoyed it very much.

I also watched the first episode of On Call on Prime last night. A cop thriller - looking good.

Peter

 

[Valleysoul]

On 10/01/2025 at 21:32, Woodbutcher said:

Another new series that I've just started and shows promise is "Patience" , a UK police drama centred on an autistic CRO worker using her abilities to help out on criminal cases , she's very much the same as the lead character in the great movie "Temple Grandin".

Binged it yesterday. One of those series were I was disappointed when it ended. Hope there’s more to come. 

[Valleysoul]

22 hours ago, Mike said:

We regularly drop in on the c4 app for the 'walter' world drama  tv box sets, quite a selection 100+ I think

free and easy watch

https://www.channel4.com/categories/world-drama

We’ve watched a lot of the ‘Walter presents’ stuff and I haven’t watched a bad one yet. 

[Peter99]

3 minutes ago, Valleysoul said:

Binged it yesterday. One of those series were I was disappointed when it ended. Hope there’s more to come. 

Astrid, the French version I believe, is far better. 

[Twoshoes]

1 hour ago, Peter99 said:

Astrid, the French version I believe, is far better. 

We watched the second episode of Patience last night and it didn't change my opinion that the french version is far better. That said i wouldn't want to discourage anyone from watching Patience, you'd have to have watched the french version to see the differences. The vulnerability of Patience/Astrid does not come across and invokes in my opinion less sympathy for the character in the channel 4 version.

  I didn't come back to the thread to comment further on the pros and cons of the two but it seems i have, the reason I posted again as an aside to the actual series on another thread we post about hearing Northern in unusual places, at the end of one episode in series 4 i think it was as the credits were rolling in the background Marion Black Who Knows was playing, the following week there was another more modern tune playing which from memory was I think by a French group , I searched but couldn't find a sound bite anywhere.

    

[Twoshoes]

Thought this may be of interest with previous mentions,have to say does not change my opinion on which of the two is the better, new series of Astrid starts this Friday

 

[Kevinkent]

On 02/01/2025 at 10:00, Woodbutcher said:

A genuine "must watch" has just premiered , if you are of an age to remember the events of December 1988 then this is to be seen , a warning regarding the traumatic content is well placed but it's a series that sets the bar extremely high and is a breath of fresh air amongst the usual tripe offered up on TV these days.

"Lockerbie : A Search for Truth"

I viewed the first 3 episodes and found the storyline fascinating and well portrayed. I'd heard of a victim's mother frequenting the Lockerbie site and laying in the depression in the ground which she believed was caused by her daughter hitting the ground, in order to feel closer to her. I was surprised that the attention to detail in the first half of the series even included that.  Then I watched part four and the conspiracy theory began in earnest. I can understand Jim Swire as a grief stricken father wanting to uncover the truth but c'mon. Abdel Basset al Megrahi was as guilty as sin. I didn't bother watching the final episode.

[Peter99]

3 hours ago, Twoshoes said:

Thought this may be of interest with previous mentions,have to say does not change my opinion on which of the two is the better, new series of Astrid starts this Friday

 

The French series is far better. I do like French tv/movies - there's just something different about it. And that isn't a queue for a smart arse to say it's the language. 

I'm currently watching one of "Walters" programmes on catch up 4 - The Sleepers, a Dutch thriller. Not as good as some of his others but worth a watch. I also binge watched On Call streaming on Prime. Very good with a 7.6 IMDB rating - very good too.

On Call (TV Series 2025– ) - IMDb

Peter

[Chris Turnbull]

11 hours ago, Peter99 said:

The French series is far better. I do like French tv/movies - there's just something different about it. And that isn't a queue for a smart arse to say it's the language. 

I'm currently watching one of "Walters" programmes on catch up 4 - The Sleepers, a Dutch thriller. Not as good as some of his others but worth a watch. I also binge watched On Call streaming on Prime. Very good with a 7.6 IMDB rating - very good too.

On Call (TV Series 2025– ) - IMDb

Peter

Sleepers on my shortlist - which of the other Walter’s would you recommend Peter?

We’ve just finished all three seasons of Industry on BBC iplayer, loved it

[Valleysoul]

3 hours ago, Chris Turnbull said:

Sleepers on my shortlist - which of the other Walter’s would you recommend Peter?

We’ve just finished all three seasons of Industry on BBC iplayer, loved it

Sleepers is also on my 'to watch' list. Just started to watch 'Black Tulip' another one of Walters, only a couple of episodes in but I can recommend it.

[Twoshoes]

2 hours ago, Chris Turnbull said:

which of the other Walter’s would you recommend

Hope you don't mind me putting forward a few, The Wall is very good and the follow up The Chateau Murders, I really enjoyed the first couple of series of The Crimson Rivers . the Deutschland series is also very good.