What TV series are you currently watching?

[Karl Henning]

Any fans here of "All Creatures Great and Small"?

PD

In my western  New York days, it was a staple on WXXI Rochester. I would watch when I could, and always enjoyed it.

[Irons]

Season 2 now on the iPlayer, absolutely reeking of menace and class. Two episodes in, superb hardly covers it.

Thanks for recommendation. Flying through first series with second to follow. Not for the feint-hearted.

[San Antone]

Watched Big Little Lies, then The Undoing; now Body of Proof.

[Pohjolas Daughter]

In my western  New York days, it was a staple on WXXI Rochester. I would watch when I could, and always enjoyed it.

Oh, nice!

I read the books (way back when) and remember watching at least some of the original series.  In 2020 they did a reboot of it which is wonderful.  It's been shown in both the UK and in the US (on PBS).  Season 4 has just ended here.  Not certain whether or not that's the last one or if there is one season left or perhaps more?

For those not familiar with it, here's some of the Wiki entry:

"All Creatures Great and Small is a television series, set in Northern England starting in 1937,[1] based upon a series of books about a Yorkshire veterinary surgeon written by Alf Wight under the pen name of James Herriot. The series was produced by Playground Entertainment for Channel 5 in the United Kingdom and PBS in the United States.[2]

The series is a new adaptation of Wight's books, following the previous BBC series of 90 episodes that ran from 1978 to 1990 and a number of other films and television series based on Herriot's novels.[3] It is filmed in the Yorkshire Dales, and received some funding from Screen Yorkshire.[4]

The first series, which consists of six episodes and a special Christmas episode, was filmed to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the publication of the first book in the James Herriot series.[5] The series premiered in the UK on Channel 5 on 1 September 2020 and in the US on PBS as part of Masterpiece on 10 January 2021.

Following a second series in late 2021, the show was renewed for two further series, each composed of six episodes and a Christmas special, in January 2022.[6] Filming on the third series began in March 2022. The first episode aired in the UK on 15 September 2022 and in the US on 8 January 2023.[7] The fourth series began airing on 5 October 2023 in the UK and on 7 January 2024 in the US.[8]
Premise

The show revolves around a trio of veterinary surgeons working in the Yorkshire Dales beginning in 1937. Siegfried Farnon (described as an "eccentric") hires James Herriot into his veterinary practice at Skeldale House. Besides Siegfried and James, there is Siegfried's younger brother, Tristan, and Mrs Hall, their housekeeper.[9] "

PD

[VonStupp]

Finished S3 of new Who!  I hated that Daleks two parter.  But the rest of the season is fire with that amazing episode Blink (one of the best of the series) starring a very young Carey Mulligan.  And of course the three parter with the Master!

I don't know how far you have made it into rebooted Who, I don't want to spoil anything you haven't seen (as I recall, I think you are revisiting these seasons), but I am undecided on how the Weeping Angels were continued into later seasons. The next episode they are featured in after Blink was not great and the general reinventing of creature rules cancel out the effectiveness of that original episode.
VS

[DavidW]

I don't know how far you have made it into rebooted Who, I don't want to spoil anything you haven't seen (as I recall, I think you are revisiting these seasons), but I am undecided on how the Weeping Angels were continued into later seasons. The next episode they are featured in after Blink was not great and the general reinventing of creature rules cancel out the effectiveness of that original episode.
VS

I vaguely remember the followup but not the details.  I'll let you know what I think when I get there in my rewatch.

[LKB]

Any fans here of "All Creatures Great and Small"?

PD

I enjoyed the original series back in the day, haven't seen the more recent version yet.

The books are wonderful, a sort of literary " comfort food ", and I find myself going back to some favorite bits every few months. Mr. Wight could surely tell a story. 

[George]

Enjoying another romp through this great series.

[Iota]

Thanks for recommendation. Flying through first series with second to follow. Not for the feint-hearted.

A sensational series. The second is even better imo. Flawless tv, I'm bereft now its over. Mercifully a third series in the offing for 2024. 

[Papy Oli]

Over the last few weeks :

Slow Horses (Seasons 2 & 3 - Apple TV) - Still thrilling spy stories, gripping and sarcastically funny. Gary Oldman is a hoot but a great supporting cast to boot.

Borgen(season 2 - Netflix) - Took me a while to go through this one, it felt much more sluggish than season 1.

Emily in Paris (seasons 1,2,3 - Netflix) - yes it is rubbish and targeted to the Instagram crowd (not this household then ) but a few funny moments here and there and "interesting" to watch this as a Frenchman  Philippine Leroy Beaulieu is hilarious as Emily's Boss, as well as her 2 main French colleagues. It served its purpose at a time when we needed some distraction without having to think too much.

Loudermilk (season 1, 2 & 3 - Netflix) - Bar one storyline that was way too stupid, this was an entertaining watch overall, following the leader and the members of an AA group. Sarcastic again but heart-warming in its own way. (side-note: I am not usually a prude in this matter but I found the high amount of swearing over-bearing on the story, too gratuitous at times).

One Day (one season only - Netflix): 2 students become close friends after meeting on their last Uni day. The series follows their lives intertwining, when meeting on every 15th July year on year. Bit slow to get off the ground and sometimes a tough watch but got us sucked in.

[George]

Loudermilk (season 1, 2 & 3 - Netflix) - Bar one storyline that was way too stupid, this was an entertaining watch overall, following the leader and the members of an AA group. Sarcastic again but heart-warming in its own way. (side-note: I am not usually a prude in this matter but I found the high amount of swearing over-bearing on the story, too gratuitous at times).

Great show!

[San Antone]

Just finished a fantastic mini-series, Ridley Road - a PBS concoction about a historical period that I have previously only associated with Carnaby Street and British Mod music.

[Florestan]

The Lions of Sicily in English, Leii din Sicilia in Romanian. An excellent 8-episode Italian miniseries narrating the story of the Florio family (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florio_family) from their coming to Sicily at the beginning of the 19th century until after the Italian unification. Sort of an Italian The Buddenbrooks. Very good.

[George]

Good, silly fun!

[steve ridgway]

Good, silly fun!

Toast should be hot, although it's not a matter of life or death  .

[Jo498]

I belatedly discovered the Poirot series that began ca. 1990 and took over more than 20 years. I think I tried years ago one early episode and it might have been in the German dubbing, disliked it and forgot about it. I have now watched around 10 episodes in the orginal sound and I am quite fond of it although some of the cases are not among the better ones (not that I have read all the stories and the dozens I read was often decades ago).
The casting, above all Suchet's Poirot, is almost perfect, so are the costumes and general ambience. Jeremy Brett's Holmes might be more gripping and passionate (due to more action and Brett's intensity) but this one is probably closer to the spirit of the stories although there are some modifications, e.g. almost everything takes place in ca. 1936, instead of ranging from WW 1 through the 60s, so they could get fashion, style, props etc. correct for one particular epoch (and sometimes also hint at pre-WW 2 international tensions). The also had to blow up some short stories and to condense some of the longer novels.
Suchet does a remarkable job portraying the excentricities without slipping into parody (at least most of the time, and when it's over the top, it's not the actor's fault).

[Daverz]

The mention of Poirot reminds me of Rowan Atkinson's turn as Maigret, which I quite enjoyed.

https://www.justwatch.com/us/tv-show/maigret-2016

[Cato]

Phyllis Thaxter never made a "big" movie or became a well-known star, but she had the ability to be electrifying, if given the right script.


This episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents was the right script!

[George]

SUITS

[Bachtoven]

Astrid, E.R. Grimm, Constellation, and Barry. (In various combinations.)