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[chicinthecity777]

Have loved hearing all the program suggestions! Many years ago we cancelled our cable, and we don't have a TV, so unless we buy episodes on iTunes, we're always a bit out of the loop with current programming!

Currently we're watching:
The Doctor Blake Mysteries - set in Austrailia, via Netflix. Very well done!
Veep - also via Netflix. Just so funny!

Watching Veep, makes me want to start watching Arrested Development again, from start to finish! Tony Hale, the actor who plays Gary on Veep played Buster on Arrested Development.

And hoping for new episodes of the following, as we've already watched (via iTunes) all available episodes!
Broadchurch
Grantchester
Victoria
The Durrells in Corfu

Veep is hilarious! We are on the latest series of that too. Do you know it's based on a UK series called "the thick of it"? It is also hilarious in a different style.

 

[etoile de mer]

I have HBO on my iPad and recommend (if you like mystery):

The Jinx
Big, Little Lies
The Night Of

Newton, we've watched Big Little Lies, too. I've read all Liane Moriarty's books, so it was fun to see this one come to life. Funny though, for some reason when downloading, we ended up getting the last episode first. While watching it, I was saying to my husband (somewhat miffed), "Harumph, they really took liberties with this story! In the book, you never find out any of this until the end of the book!" Figured it out, though, and all was well once the downloading was sorted out!

The other two, I'm not familiar with, will investigate!

 

[Mindi B]

Doesn't surprise me, xiangxiang. So many famous "American" shows are versions of previous British programs!

 

[etoile de mer]

These are very very good series! But my favourite is The Jinx! Brilliant!
The night of is based on an original UK drama and I watched that when it came out in the UK a few years ago.

Another vote for The Jinx, will look it up!

 

[etoile de mer]

On the show Billions, the female Federal Prosecutor wear simply cut black suits. Her character comes from wealth, so it is understood that they are all expensive, but under the radar.
https://thetake.com/character/3035/3535/kate-sacker-fashion

This show is one of my guilty pleasures. I love all the NY footage and the over-the-top depiction of the USAtty and his office. But yes, GK, that is how most women dress. And, in my experience, there are a fair number of wealthy public service attorneys in NYC so they could afford to splash out if they chose to do so.

I love Billions! The 2nd series just finished airing in the UK. I recorded them and binge-watched all episodes. I work in the broader industry of the other side of the setup and I recognise a lot of the traits these characters display in the show in real life. But there are nicer and better people in the industry than those thanks goodness! Love the suits worn by that female prosecutor! She looks smashing in them!

Thanks so much, hadn't heard of this one, either!

 

[etoile de mer]

Broadchurch Series III coming to BBCA in late June, etoile!

So compelling, Mindi, don't you think? Some of the best acting I've seen. Can't wait for more episodes!

 

[lulilu]

etoile, I loved Big Little Lies. I loved the scenery, the music, the women and the actors who played them. Funny you should mention the book, as I also read it long ago. At first, I was offput by the series because the story was so Australian in my visions of it. But I got past that and ended up really enjoying the series.

 

[etoile de mer]

etoile, I wish we got a lot more shows from other countries.

I agree, lulilu, we're always looking for new ones. We just seem to enjoy them more!

Veep is hilarious! We are on the latest series of that too. Do you know it's based on a UK series called "the thick of it"? It is also hilarious in a different style.

Hi xiang, no I didn't know! Will look to see if available here. Have you seen Arrested Development? Same kind of wacky humor (although not about politics).

 

[Newton5817]

Have loved hearing all the program suggestions! Many years ago we cancelled our cable, and we don't have a TV, so unless we buy episodes on iTunes, we're always a bit out of the loop with current programming!

Currently we're watching:
The Doctor Blake Mysteries - set in Austrailia, via Netflix. Very well done!
Veep - also via Netflix. Just so funny!

Watching Veep, makes me want to start watching Arrested Development again, from start to finish! Tony Hale, the actor who plays Gary on Veep played Buster on Arrested Development.

And hoping for new episodes of the following, as we've already watched (via iTunes) all available episodes!
Broadchurch
Grantchester
Victoria
The Durrells in Corfu

Another Netflix series is "The Fall." There are 3 seasons, but the 1st is the best.

 

[etoile de mer]

etoile, I loved Big Little Lies. I loved the scenery, the music, the women and the actors who played them. Funny you should mention the book, as I also read it long ago. At first, I was offput by the series because the story was so Australian in my visions of it. But I got past that and ended up really enjoying the series.

I felt the same, lulilu, I wasn't sure why it needed to be American-ized! Maybe it was purely a production issue. There's talk of another season!

Another Netflix series is "The Fall." There are 3 seasons, but the 1st is the best.

Thank you, Newton, will look it up!

 

[Mindi B]

etoile, I do love David Tennant. Just want to hug him. And give him a sandwich.

 

[mistikat]

I have HBO on my iPad and recommend (if you like mystery):

The Jinx
Big, Little Lies
The Night Of

The new season of House of Cards is being released.

DH talked me into watching the Medici series one evening. I didn't think I would like it but it was so good, he went up to bed and I was still watching episodes. Lots of interesting art, artists and architecture, family rivalries historically based, and the interaction of the Medicis with the Pope and Florence in general. A lot about Brunelleschi and his dome of the Cathedral and how that got built.



That is interesting Genie, about the acting classes. I can see how that helps. Just the way she stands at the podium, as Mindi pointed out with her arms spread wide. She takes up a lot of space! Which seems at once confident and surprisingly warm and gracious.

Thanks - these are great suggestions! I like to do needlepoint while watching TV or listening to a podcast and I was really running out of things to watch - or so I thought!

 

[mistikat]

etoile, I do love David Tennant. Just want to hug him. And give him a sandwich.

If you aren't familiar with the British comedian Catherine Tate and her Lauren Cooper character, then this will be a treat - so freaking funny.

 

[mistikat]

Boy that was one strange show! I thought he died at the end so how can they be writing a Young Pope II? I loved Berlin Station on Epix. I started watching on a free weekend and then had to sign up just to get the last episodes. I subsequently canceled it as Epix is really awful with just a bunch of craptoid old movies.

If you get Amazon Prime Video on a Smart TV or tablet, I would say to watch Fortitude and Harry Bosch.

I don't think it's going to be a sequel per se; the new season is called The New Pope and no word that Jude Law has been cast.

 

[gracekelly]

Does anyone watch Graham Norton on BBC America? I don't usually like chat shows, but he is very funny and the format is a bit different.
I have HBO so I guess I should go back and watch The Jinx.

etoile, they are going to have a season 2 of The Durrells in Corfu.