TV Series

[mancity dan]

The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart - 8/10 - watched this over a couple of evenings with the missus. Really good miniseries. Currently on Prime.

 

[Double R]

What do you think of it?

Very good, but a tough watch. Found these sort of things much easier to watch when I was younger. These days I prefer more lighthearted fayre.

 

[Nethermoor]

Very good, but a tough watch. Found these sort of things much easier to watch when I was younger. These days I prefer more lighthearted fayre.

Yeh i enjoyed it. It's not as tough as Schindlers list however.

 

[ZenHalfTimeCrock]

Been watching a couple of Aussie series, Black Snow was good and half way through Scrublands. Would welcome recommendations for anything else on similar lines

Try Underbelly if you haven't already seen it.

From an old Guardian review of Season 1:

'Underbelly is the ABC miniseries that chronicled the real-life story of the Melbourne drug wars of the 90s that claimed 30 lives, in which Carl Williams played a central role. Compared favourably by critics to The Sopranos, Underbelly is thrilling television; the carnival of grotesques that was Australian criminal royalty at the time is never less than compelling. Not merely a saga of coked-up trashy hoods, it's a modern-day parable on loyalty, betrayal and the corrupting influence of power.'

Seasons 2 & 3 are excellent too, as is Season 5 (which I'm half-way through at the moment).

Wasn't quite as impressed with Season 4 but that was still watchable.

Also, a big thank you to whoever it was that recommended Love/Hate on here a couple of months ago. Am still watching the final Season. The first two were good, but 3, 4 and now this last one have been exceptional.

There are some great characters, though my personal favourite has been Alan Price-lookalike 'Fran'.

 

[kaz7]

Try Underbelly if you haven't already seen it.

From an old Guardian review of Season 1:

'Underbelly is the ABC miniseries that chronicled the real-life story of the Melbourne drug wars of the 90s that claimed 30 lives, in which Carl Williams played a central role. Compared favourably by critics to The Sopranos, Underbelly is thrilling television; the carnival of grotesques that was Australian criminal royalty at the time is never less than compelling. Not merely a saga of coked-up trashy hoods, it's a modern-day parable on loyalty, betrayal and the corrupting influence of power.'

Seasons 2 & 3 are excellent too, as is Season 5 (which I'm half-way through at the moment).

Wasn't quite as impressed with Season 4 but that was still watchable.

Also, a big thank you to whoever it was that recommended Love/Hate on here a couple of months ago. Am still watching the final Season. The first two were good, but 3, 4 and now this last one have been exceptional.

There are some great characters, though my personal favourite has been Alan Price-lookalike 'Fran'.

Underbelly is great , watched two seasons and didnt realise it continued , is it on netflix or something ?

 

[Elbow beards]

Dopestick, brilliant.
Dark matter, very good so far.

 

[kaz7]

Doing a neighbours binge , like doing that on a sunday

BGT final tonite

Love island back tomorrow

Yeah i know !

 

[heslops barnet]

Doing a neighbours binge , like doing that on a sunday

BGT final tonite

Love island back tomorrow

Yeah i know !

Noooooooooooo

 

[Kinkladze 1]

Try Underbelly if you haven't already seen it.

From an old Guardian review of Season 1:

'Underbelly is the ABC miniseries that chronicled the real-life story of the Melbourne drug wars of the 90s that claimed 30 lives, in which Carl Williams played a central role. Compared favourably by critics to The Sopranos, Underbelly is thrilling television; the carnival of grotesques that was Australian criminal royalty at the time is never less than compelling. Not merely a saga of coked-up trashy hoods, it's a modern-day parable on loyalty, betrayal and the corrupting influence of power.'

Seasons 2 & 3 are excellent too, as is Season 5 (which I'm half-way through at the moment).

Wasn't quite as impressed with Season 4 but that was still watchable.

Also, a big thank you to whoever it was that recommended Love/Hate on here a couple of months ago. Am still watching the final Season. The first two were good, but 3, 4 and now this last one have been exceptional.

There are some great characters, though my personal favourite has been Alan Price-lookalike 'Fran'.

Do you need to watch love hate from the start or could you just watch the latest season for example?

 

[ZenHalfTimeCrock]

Do you need to watch love hate from the start or could you just watch the latest season for example?

I think you need to watch it from the start, as some of the plot lines carry over into Season 3.

Seasons 1 & 2 really aren’t bad (though I wasn’t all that impressed by the first couple of episodes) and it’s only my view that the series got exponentially better from S3 onwards.

It’s a bit like a typical City season: S1 & 2 = Before Christmas

S3 - 5 = After Christmas