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ob said:
On episode 2. Born in 1962 and spent first 40 years of my life there (in Coleraine and Londonderry/Derry). It's a tough watch and makes for very sad viewing for me
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I bet it does.
This documentary (if that's what it is) should be seen as a very important piece of social history from the viewpoint of those that survived those times (can I say survived?) and a groundbreaking piece of journalism. Again not sure if it comes under that banner, but in my opinion should be award winning and inserted into any modern day social history type curriculum. My total respect for everybody who went on camera to be filmed. That can't have been easy and you can feel the tension and emotion is still raw as hell. On either side. Brilliant.

And here I am at work moaning about the congestion charge.
 
Gave up on "The Diplomat" on NOW TV after 2 and a bit episodes.

What I thought it would be: A good look at what the British Consul did to help British citizens in trouble in Spain with the added bonus of some nice Barcelona locations.

What is was: Felt like it was written by a sex-mad 14 year old who focused 75% of the running time on the affairs of the consular staff with lots of behind-the-hand tittering at unfunny "quips". And they wasted their Barcelona setting by spending most of the time indoors.
 
The Black Shed said:
I bet it does.
This documentary (if that's what it is) should be seen as a very important piece of social history from the viewpoint of those that survived those times (can I say survived?) and a groundbreaking piece of journalism. Again not sure if it comes under that banner, but in my opinion should be award winning and inserted into any modern day social history type curriculum. My total respect for everybody who went on camera to be filmed. That can't have been easy and you can feel the tension and emotion is still raw as hell. On either side. Brilliant.

And here I am at work moaning about the congestion charge.
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I know guy in episode 2 talking about his mum. He's written book about his life and again a real eye opener for some to what some families went through.
 
RobMCFC said:
Gave up on "The Diplomat" on NOW TV after 2 and a bit episodes.

What I thought it would be: A good look at what the British Consul did to help British citizens in trouble in Spain with the added bonus of some nice Barcelona locations.

What is was: Felt like it was written by a sex-mad 14 year old who focused 75% of the running time on the affairs of the consular staff with lots of behind-the-hand tittering at unfunny "quips". And they wasted their Barcelona setting by spending most of the time indoors.
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Hi friend (1st post). I was just about to ask a question on "The Diplomat" when I read this.
I'm confused as theres 2 shows US and UK with the same title. I keep seeing how well rated the show is on US review networks, but which one is the rated one as I think I might want to watch? Thanks in advance.
 
Blu35partan70 said:
Hi friend (1st post). I was just about to ask a question on "The Diplomat" when I read this.
I'm confused as theres 2 shows US and UK with the same title. I keep seeing how well rated the show is on US review networks, but which one is the rated one as I think I might want to watch? Thanks in advance.
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Hello, and welcome to Blue Moon.

The version that is generally receiving good reviews is on Netflix - this is the US version. I’ve not seen this.

The abomination I was referring to is a UK production on NOW TV/Sky.
 
hilts said:
Culkin has been a revelation to me. My favorite is Matthew Macfadyen though. Genius
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Macfadyens the english actor, right? hes accent has come on during this show. way better than series 1 when it jumped all over the place. still couldn't pinpoint where hes supposed to be from tho haha!
 
Got one episode of Picard series 3 to watch and genuinely up there with anything I’ve ever watched from Star Trek. So much nostalgia flooding back from TNG, it’s so good.
 
Tried watching FUBAR. Terrible, and stopped after less than 10 minutes. Just one joke after another of twitter-level inanity.
 
I just watched the most recent series of Succession, I really liked the first couple but this was poor and just went too stupid since the Dad's death. It didn't seem grounded anymore and focused way too much on the cranky humour. Well that's my opinion anyway, I'm dissaponited.
 
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