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"Just finished The Killing liked it a lot but not really the last season as much. Breaking Bad, Homeland done Was going to do Luther or The Wire next - can you tell me which one is best of the two?"
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4 eps into Paradise, S2.  Takes a while to get going but a decent watch, if you've watched S1.  If you haven't, you wont have a scooby as to what is going on. 
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Vanished is good. Only 4 episodes and not strung out. 

Art Detectives is nice in a twee Lovejoy English way. 
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Eerie Decent" wrote: 27 Feb 2026, 12:38 Finished Small Prophets last night, nowhere near the level of Detectorists, but a decent enough watch. It's odd, not in the best way, but enough about it to keep you watching.
Yep, ditto that.
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Will give the new mini series Vanished with Kaley Couco in it a go on sunday. 
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Finished Small Prophets last night, nowhere near the level of Detectorists, but a decent enough watch. It's odd, not in the best way, but enough about it to keep you watching.
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Swiss. wrote: 25 Feb 2026, 13:48
Council Scum" wrote: 25 Feb 2026, 13:46
Swiss. wrote: 25 Feb 2026, 13:44
No stick with it. Lots of thing unravel ref the murder and old school connections. 

Btw on Wiki it says Moyer supports West Ham. That's my boy. 
I just saw it as a "Was it him or was it her set up" with the victims husband thrown in for good measure. 
I'd say you are maybe on the right track. I'm only up to ep 4 so nothing clear yet. 
Just finished the series of His &b Hers and a good ending. 
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Not so much a boxset, but BBC4 are running Boys From The Blackstuff next week
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Council Scum" wrote: 25 Feb 2026, 13:46
Swiss. wrote: 25 Feb 2026, 13:44
Council Scum" wrote: 25 Feb 2026, 13:32
I watched the first episode and could see exactly where it was going so left it. 
No stick with it. Lots of thing unravel ref the murder and old school connections. 

Btw on Wiki it says Moyer supports West Ham. That's my boy. 
I just saw it as a "Was it him or was it her set up" with the victims husband thrown in for good measure. 
I'd say you are maybe on the right track. I'm only up to ep 4 so nothing clear yet. 
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Swiss. wrote: 25 Feb 2026, 13:44
Council Scum" wrote: 25 Feb 2026, 13:32
Swiss. wrote: 25 Feb 2026, 13:27 AS I said The Night Agent still OK but I wouldn't say as good as seasons 1 and 2. Good to see Essex boy Stephen Moyer on TV again. I see he was in a series called The Art Detectives I might check out. 

What I do recommend is His & Hers a really good murder thriller set in the Georgia woodlands. 
I watched the first episode and could see exactly where it was going so left it. 
No stick with it. Lots of thing unravel ref the murder and old school connections. 

Btw on Wiki it says Moyer supports West Ham. That's my boy. 
I just saw it as a "Was it him or was it her set up" with the victims husband thrown in for good measure. 
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Council Scum" wrote: 25 Feb 2026, 13:32
Swiss. wrote: 25 Feb 2026, 13:27 AS I said The Night Agent still OK but I wouldn't say as good as seasons 1 and 2. Good to see Essex boy Stephen Moyer on TV again. I see he was in a series called The Art Detectives I might check out. 

What I do recommend is His & Hers a really good murder thriller set in the Georgia woodlands. 
I watched the first episode and could see exactly where it was going so left it. 
No stick with it. Lots of thing unravel ref the murder and old school connections. 

Btw on Wiki it says Moyer supports West Ham. That's my boy. 
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Swiss. wrote: 25 Feb 2026, 13:27 AS I said The Night Agent still OK but I wouldn't say as good as seasons 1 and 2. Good to see Essex boy Stephen Moyer on TV again. I see he was in a series called The Art Detectives I might check out. 

What I do recommend is His & Hers a really good murder thriller set in the Georgia woodlands. 
I watched the first episode and could see exactly where it was going so left it. 
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AS I said The Night Agent still OK but I wouldn't say as good as seasons 1 and 2. Good to see Essex boy Stephen Moyer on TV again. I see he was in a series called The Art Detectives I might check out. 

What I do recommend is His & Hers a really good murder thriller set in the Georgia woodlands. 
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Council Scum" wrote: 25 Feb 2026, 08:54 Finished The Beast in Me last night, enjoyed it and worth a watching for Matthew Rhys performance. 
Yes he's a very good actor. Claire Danes was a bit manic and OTT as usual like she was in Homeland again. Overall though good TV. 
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Finished The Beast in Me last night, enjoyed it and worth a watching for Matthew Rhys performance. 
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Dirty Business on C4, a drama doc about how our water companies are killing fish, wildlife, and children, with their dumping of sewage.  It's up there with the Post Office scandal.  Corporate greed is more important than lives.

I live right next to the river in question and I had no idea as to what was being put in it, but it perhaps explains why my dog has two heads.

Seriously though, give it a watch and then refuse to pay your water bill until they become responsibly compliant.
 
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Yeah I'm enjoying small prophets.
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MaryMillingtonsGhost wrote: 13 Feb 2026, 22:41 If you liked The Detectorists, you’ll enjoy Small Prophets. 
All episodes on BBC iPlayer.
Watched the first episode, enjoyed it.
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Swiss. wrote: 19 Feb 2026, 12:17 Hijack 2 is OK. I mean Idris Alba being Idris Alba i.e. angry black man again and again. 

Karima McAdams is very beautiful. 
Will have a look at that, first one was OK and am a fan of Alba.

Half way through Industry, still find it slow but enough good 'bits' in it to just about keep my interest. Yasmin is a bit of a sort.
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Hijack 2 is OK. I mean Idris Alba being Idris Alba i.e. angry black man again and again. 

Karima McAdams is very beautiful. 
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New season of The Night Agent on Netfilx. Will be delving into this tonight.

Recent episode of The Knight of The Seven Kingdoms was full on. 

I also started His & Hers a murder thriller set just outside Atlanta. 
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If you liked The Detectorists, you’ll enjoy Small Prophets. 
All episodes on BBC iPlayer.
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Mr Anon" wrote: 10 Feb 2026, 13:32
Swiss. wrote: 09 Feb 2026, 16:28 btw The Knight of The Seven Kingdoms is a total yawn fest. Rather watch paint dry. 
Thought they're actually quite funny, only watched a couple so far though. As long as you're not expecting it to be Game of Thrones in depth and action you'll probably enjoy it
I'm not expecting GoT but I still want to be entertained. 
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stubbo-admin wrote: 10 Feb 2026, 12:35
zico wrote: 05 Feb 2026, 13:51 Four episodes in to the new Night Manager series.  Thought the first episode was a cracker, totally grabbed me.  2,3 and 4 have been ok but not quite hitting the heights of the first.  Watching last two tonight.  Worth watching just for the lovely Camila Morrone.
I'm struggling a bit with the second season. Pacing feels all wrong. Reminds me of when they ran out of source material in Game of Thrones, and suddenly it was like the story was being told on Turbo with things that previously took a whole episode happening in a few minutes.

I'll finish watching it....but not a patch on Season 1 after two episodes of season 2.
Yea it's not even close to season 1 but that was a very high bar, but it is 100% worth sticking with.
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Swiss. wrote: 09 Feb 2026, 16:28 btw The Knight of The Seven Kingdoms is a total yawn fest. Rather watch paint dry. 
Thought they're actually quite funny, only watched a couple so far though. As long as you're not expecting it to be Game of Thrones in depth and action you'll probably enjoy it
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