The 'Recommend me a TV series' thread

[Mayor of Simpleton]

I have just finished Black Doves. I really enjoyed the absurdity of it.

 

[Druss]

Anyone watching American Primeval, how do you rate it?

Just finished watching it last night, I thought it was very good, very much in the same gritty and gripping vein of the excellent 'Yellowstone' prequel series 1883.

Hopefully there'll be a second series, it would certainly be interesting to explore some of the unresolved threads (although the ending was pretty satisfying).

 

[Sprocker]

American Primeval.

Started 9 January is anyone here watching, how do you rate it?

Yes, watched the full series. First episode I wasn't too sure about it, but persevered it really is a very good series. Based on true historical events and very hard hitting.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Thanks Druss and Sprocket, we have watched the first one and so far so good

 

[Twostage]

Patience, remake of the French Astrid murders in Paris on C4. TBH I preferred the French version as the new girl isn’t as far on the spectrum and the detective adapts very quick so there is less tension/build up to a working relationship . Makes it more accessible though I suppose. The stories are the same which is a shame. On the plus side it’s set in York where I used to live so I can play spot the location.

 

[Twostage]

Also 100 years of solitude on Netflix. Spanish/Mexican. Very difficult to categorise, started off as an adventure/ghost story but has settled into a story about settlers.

I’m trying to work out Netflix’s classification system as it is rated 18 for suicide (which there hasn’t been yet) even though there is sex and full frontal nudity every episode. Maybe sex makes it 16 and they just state what pushes it to the highest category?

 

[Stu]

The wife and I are still doing various things like Day of the Jackal.

We don't really watch much TV, so it takes us ages.

I have however, on my own just completed "The Gentlemen" (loosely based around the film).

It's hilarious in parts too. Great fun. Vinnie Jones character is just brilliant.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

We don't really watch much TV, so it takes us ages.

Same here, we don't have the same taste in films or series so its not often we find something like American Primeval that we both enjoy, the last thing we watched was Wednesday looking forward to season two.

As of January 2025, the production of the second season of the series has officially wrapped up. The series was filmed in Ireland. In 2023, the writer's union and the actor's union both experienced significant labor strikes in Hollywood.6 Jan 2025