Fobble. I hate you.

Shameless got better and better and now it's worse than a book I can't put down. It's 11:15, I have to be driving my daughter to school in 6 hours and I had to close the window to stop the next episode automatically playing and me "accidentally" watchig it. And accidentally drinking a beer to go with it. I'd happily pull an all nighter to see what happens..... but it's a Monday night, I'm a responsible parent, I should probably lay off on that 'til at least Weds, right? ;)

I know, right? This is why I keep going to bed too late, I have too many fantastic shows to watch right now...

A new sitcom starts tonight (in half an hour actually) on BBC3.

Cuckoo:

Misfits four is winding up.
I think.
I'm rubbish at knowing how many episodes a programme has, only that I am disappointed when ir ends if I like it. British "series" are typically 6 episodes. Misfits bucks that trend.

How to describe Misfits to those who have not seen?
Filthy. Dirty language, thoughts and actions. Extreme and random violence. Unpleasant characters. Dark humour. And emotional hooks if you can get beyond the former.

How to explain Misfits to those who have not seen?
Screwed up people get super-powers in a random fashion. Our story at least follows people that already know eachother, but have been discarded by society, trying to do the best they can. They are not heroes. They have baggage and a past. And fuck me can they swear.

Misfits is extremely funny, rude, explicit, violent and sometimes complicated.
Please watch it.

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i've only seen the first two or three series. But I love what I have seen. No spoilers. shhh.

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Don't scroll down if you don't want SPOILERS for Series 4
I'm going to make you scroll down so it's not too obvious.

You have been warned.
















Curtis! OMG! You were boring but you were stolid and the only remaining original.
And I thought you acted well.
RIP
And all this waffle was to protect you.

New series on BBC2: Dara O'Briain's Science Club

Fun and geeky. Here's ep 2

Haven't watched it yet, but will get around to soon: spoof detective drama, A Touch of Cloth, Charlie Brooker's recent project.

I've been watching the ads for it. Looks very good.

Anything that gets Julian Rhind-Tutt on our screens is worthy I say.
Even if he is distressingly un-ginger.

Also spotted Navin Chowdry who I know as Kurt from Teachers.

Have to say Misfits was a corker last night.
Some of the episodes pack more into an hour (minus adbreaks) than others manage in a whole series. Might actually push off and watch again fir the sheer joy of it.

Have you been watching The Hour?

I love Rhind-Tutt in that!

And Peter Capaldi is a wonderful addition to the cast.


Little behind the scenes promo for s2:

No!
I knew Burn Gorman was in it from the trailers, and Ramona Garai, but not old R-T.
May have to give it a go. Not my kinda thing normally, but I will make exceptions for my favourites (hence watching Arrow every week at present).

Downton Abbey
 

You can add me and Twil to the list now. She picked it Saturday, and with a dinner break, gorged ourselves on the whole first season. This is a new world when it comes to entertainment consumption, isn't it?

Thank goodness, she found season 2 streaming on hulu, but that bodes ill for our sleep budget this week.

This is good timing for you, because the next season is going to start in the US soon. It's been out in the UK for a couple months. I'm sure there must be copies on the web somewhere, but I'll wait for it on PBS.

Burn's in series 1. And he is brilliant. A really dark character.

R-T is in both series. He plays a seedy and ruthless government type. One of the men in grey suits. Plays the pillar in public but likes young men on the sly.

I highly recommend the series. It's not at all worthy (in the way some period dramas can be) and has quite a fun feel.

Stella cast. Not a bad performance in it. And pretty much bite size with only 6 eps a series.

OMG. J R-T as a closet homo.
I swoon, I swoon, I swoon.

I'd jump his bones in a second... except he really is just bones and sinew.
But arranged in a very pleasing way.

Did I ever tell you (no matter, I will now) that Mum & Dad saw Burn in the adaptation of Bleak House? He was Guppy. Mum couldn't help feeling sorry for the actor they got to play the part. Like Timothy Spall, he simply did not have the face to get any work.

God, he was fit when he was in Green Wing. I was just a little bit in love with him in that show ;P

Like the comment line BTW.
'Cepting I'm not fond of mango. Tastes like mud to me.
Sorry; love-fest.

Yes, it was as Mac I fell in love with R-T.
But I also fell in love with Tamsin Greig when she was in Black Books and she was the reason I watched Green Wing in the first place, so I'm an equal opportunities perv.

BTW - Natasha O'Keeffe (Misfits) is how I looked when I was in my early '20s.
Well, in my dreams.

Last ep of Misfits tonight.
No, really this time, they say it on the trailers.

I don't care what other people say about it losing its way - there have been some absolutely outstanding episodes, some corkers of lines and some genuine shocks.
I will miss it.

Watched the Comedy Awards the other night, and then the after-show - because I could.
Current King of Comedy Jake Whitehall was asked about shaving his legs for a part. Turns out he was playing Princess Diana in a show called Psychobitches. So far so good. Co-written and directed by JEREMY DYSON. Oh yeah.
It was on Sky Arts this summer so it's something to look out for.

Can someone of UK persuasion please explain to me how "That Mitchell and Webb Look," which is freaking hysterical, only got 4 seasons, but "Peepshow," which is shit by comparison, is still going strong?

'That Mitchell and Webb Look' hasn't been cancelled. Mitchell and Webb have had other projects on the go, and have said in interviews that they only really want to do it if they feel they have the material for it.

There will probably be another series at some point.

They don't write Peep Show, they just star in it. The writers and producers of Peep Show are writers and producers first and foremost.

I like Peep Show. It's a differnet thing altogether so to me they don;t compare at all. One is a sketch show and the other is a sit com.

Ah, I didn't realize that. I assumed the pair of them must be writing Peep Show together as well. Makes more sense, since the humor is so completely different. I'm very happy to hear there might be more "...Look" episodes someday.

New drama: Ripper Street

Watched the first episode, very promising start.

really? cause the commercials all look terrible to me.

The American version of House of Cards (starring Kevin Spacey) starts Feb 1st. I'm very excited.

granted, i skipped your youtube trailer until just now. THAT trailer looks okayish. the commercials they actually play on BBCA here make it look downright idiotic and almost slapstick to me.
still, it seems like an inferior quasi-historical Whitechapel (the show, i mean), at a glance, and seems like it probably executes it worse too. From what I can tell it's like, half Copper, half Whitechapel, and worse at both the historical and the criminal-drama aspects than each respectively. But, with your blessing, I may just have to give it a watch and see.

Well, I've only seen the first ep, but I was impressed. It's done almost in the style of a western. With lawless London standing for the wild west. There are some standout performances.

The bareknuckle fight at the start is awesome. Especially when it turns out one of the contestants is an undercover policeman. He's an actor I really rate.

Mostly they're English characters, but there's a maverick American doctor/surgeon they draft in for some work now and again. He adds a nice dash of flare.

Just going off the first ep, I think I prefer this to Whitechapel. There's nothing historically accurate about this and it's not actually focusing on the Ripper. They touch on his killings, but only at the edges. They provide a context but that's all.

Here's a clip from the upcoming second ep:

Errm... darlin'?
You seen the promo for the new series?
Do it be really maths or just silliness?

Because there's no bacon...?
(okay, okay, I can't do the maths anyway)

Downton Abbey Orgy part II midseason.

Watched about 20 minutes of an episode of Snuff Box.


What

the

fucking

fuck?


Someone at the BBC was seriously high when they greenlit that program.

I think Smack the Pony had a similar series of "...my boyfriend..." skits.

Those made me laugh.

Not strictly speaking 'Brit TV', but about Brit Tv...

PBS Masterpiece Q&A with the star and creators of Sherlock (no Gatiss or Freeman alas)

No Gatiss, no watchiss.
Okay, untrue. Thanks for the link.

Just been watching Freeman being Bilbo whilst doing the ironing.
Me ironing, not the Bagginses. He was messing about with trolls.

Found this whilst messing about online.
Very British. Very Ant & Dec. Very Robbie Williams.

Made me snigger.

OMG - just noticed Piers Morgan in the background!

I know I'm a few years late, but... I just recently got into Sherlock. I am in all kinds of love with that show. Up to series 2, episode 1. Kitsune and I have made watching it a date night, so I'm having to fight the urge to watch the rest of series 2 without him.

*grins* yeah. Just a little bit addictive :P

I would have resisted this new retelling. I don't like retellings. It's what happens when Hollywood films books or true stories.

But I was sucked into it by the stellar cast and I have to say it really worked for me.
I'm in all kinds of love with it too.
And please don't forget to worship at the altar of Mycroft, who is a co-creator, executive producer, writer & actor.

Also a modern day raconteur, and a perennial on my Dinner Party list.
The Lovely Mr Mark Gatiss.

Have you seen he's been cast in Game of Thrones? *big grin*

Oh, btw: Fuck you and fuck J and fuck everybody else who persuaded me to watch Les Revs. Goddamn you all to Hell.

Brilliant. Completely brilliant and compelling from start to finish. Well, I say 'finish', but that's probably the wrong word. Massive fucking cliffhanger is more accurate.

And now I have to wait until 2014 to see what happens!!

Hate you all. Just thought you should know that. I have expressed the same to J.

Love you to bits too darlin'

Glad you enjoyed it.
But of course it wasn't really a cliffhanger ending, it was a French ending. So no doubt the next series will not be same bat-time, same bat-place.

Gatiss in GoT?
Ah no. Do I have to watch it all now?
Everyone seems to think it's marvellous, but I just can't commit the time!
No, it's all getting a bit tricky!!

Finished The Hounds of Baskerville tonight. Scandal in Belgravia currently my favorite episode. I am desperate to watch the last episode but we'll probably leave it for the weekend. I do love Gatiss as Mycroft, and I especially love how petulant Sherlock can be when interacting with him.

Speaking of Gatiss, Moffat, and "do I have to watch it all?" -- will I be hopelessly lost if I try to start watching Doctor Who at the 2005 series 1, since I'm missing 50 years of backstory and British pop culture?

No. All required backstory will be provided in the episode.

Certain episodes (especially the return of Sara Jane Smith and K9) won't have as much impact as they otherwise would, but you won't be lost.

Yeah, it's a fresh start with the 2005 reboot.

When Doctor Who ended in the 80s (and also with the ill-fated 90s movie) the Doctor's people, the Timelords are still alive and powerful. When it launched again in 2005, they stripped all that away and gave us a Doctor who is alone. The last survivor of the Timewars. But all that backstory of the Time War is given through the new episodes. It was never covered in the show itself.

Started Doctor Who to tide me over until Sherlock series 3 airs. How are these characters so instantly likeable?!

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Hahahahahahaha. Excellent cartoon.

Ahh that first season was great. Eccleston was a really good Doctor. Absolutely the right choice for the reboot. And the chemistry between him and Rose was adorable.

How far in are you?

Ah, see, I had the completely opposite experience. I didn't like Eccleston and hated Rose. It wasn't until David Tennant that I finally came around to the series.

Oh I loved Tennant too.

Mind you, I love them all ;p

I'm only two episodes in. I'm not smitten, but it's enjoyable. I can't stand missing backstory, so I'm planning to watch the entire series in order. I really like the chemistry between Rose and the Doctor. (What do you call him - Nine? The Ninth Doctor?) But I admit I chuckle at how awesomely bad the special effects are. I caught the phrase "Allons-y, Alonso!" on a YouTube video so now I need to watch until I get to that episode. :)

I currently eat, sleep, and breathe Sherlock. A lot of Sherlock fans seem to love Doctor Who (as evidenced by all the "Wholock" stuff I keep stumbling across) so I thought I'd give it a chance.

Takes a few eps to really find its feet I think. That first series has some of the worst and best of the modern series (worst being farting monsters in Downing Street, best being the two parter: The Empty Child and The Doctor Dances - and maybe Dalek, when you get to see the Doctor's darker side).

Also the 9th Doc's 'death' and regeneration is one of the best of all eras imo.

Short clip from The Empty Child:

They're still giving it a bit crashy with the music at this stage, but it's fairly creepy stuff.

The kids are street kids, led by the older girl. They let themselves into empty houses when the air raid warnings go off, and eat the food there.

D: That is INSANELY creepy.

Ah; but, did you catch it in the Cellar!

:D

I've been watching about one episode of Doctor Who a day, and just finished S1Ep8, "Father's Day." I teared up, and probably would've ended up flat out crying if I hadn't been interrupted during the last act. I think I'm officially hooked now.

I also really enjoyed S1Ep6, "Dalek." For an overgrown murderous salt shaker, the Dalek was surprisingly sympathetic. I'm glad I finally know what a Dalek is, anyway.

Next up is "The Empty Child." Is that John Barrowman fella THE John Barrowman, of the UK panto get togethers?

Sherlock series 3 airs in the US on Sunday, Jan. 19th at 10 pm! YAAAAAAY

Second series of Ripper Street starts tonight! Yeah.

New three parter from Mitchell and Webb started last week. I wasn't able to watch it at the time and have yet to go catch it up, but it definitely looks worth checking out. Here's the promo:

ha! I just realised the two shows are linked by Matthew McFadden (the lead in Ripper Street and the one they're reporting back to in Ambassadors).

Oh! Forgot to talk about The Wrong Mans. Comedy crime thriller type thingy. First ep was ok...some outstanding moments and some not so outstanding...gets pretty good after that.

Here's a promo:

I needed a bBrit Fix a couple o fnights ago, so I looked at the ratings to see what all y'all were watching and found "The Paradise" Started at the beginning.....What a pile of drivel. does it get any better?