What TV series are you currently watching?

[VonStupp]

Matt Berry is a delight!

Have you seen him in Snuff Box?

Alas, I don't think I have seen Berry in anything else. The one you mention seems a small enough investment to give it a shot.
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[George]

Alas, I don't think I have seen Berry in anything else. The one you mention seems a small enough investment to give it a shot.
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It's excellent! And I loved him in IT Crowd and the Toast series.

[DavidW]

Alas, I don't think I have seen Berry in anything else. The one you mention seems a small enough investment to give it a shot.
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He was great as the boss in IT Crowd. He is playing pretty much the same character (just not a vampire)!

[hopefullytrusting]

A series of documentaries today: the World's Most Dangerous/Deadliest series - Currently the Congo River:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMKtvc3zLdY

[Klavierman]

Dexter: Original Sin on Paramount Plus. This is a prequel to Dexter, and it examines how he became a serial killer before becoming a forensic specialist for the Miami Police Department. It's better than I expected, but I still prefer the original. There's now a second sequel to the original called Dexter: Resurrection in the works. They certainly are getting a lot of mileage out of the material!

[Karl Henning]

The Fourth/Final season of The Fugitive is in color. It felt very peculiar at first. I soon adjusted to seeing the actors and sets in color. The opening and closing sequences were simply colorized, a little haphazardly. I get that it wouldn't have been prudent to go to the expense of re-shooting the train wreck &c. in color. Great series. A number of the episodes were directed by John Meredyth Lucas, whose name I've known from Star Trek. Quite strange to see Martin Balsam in color.

[SimonNZ]

Great attention to detail in depicting 1850s city squalor and life on a whaling ship, if you can take the unrelenting grimness and brutality of the story.

[Karl Henning]

In order to wrap the series up so that I can return it to the Library on Saturday, I have genuinely binge-watched The Fugitive (eight episodes last night.) Great stuff. Tonight, the final disc of the release has three episodes ("The Shattered Silence" and a two-parter, "The Judgement." Oh, and special features.

[Karl Henning]

About time, really: the 1981 BBC  Production of Brideshead Revisited with Jeremy Irons and Anthony Andrews.

[JBS]

About time, really: the 1981 BBC  Production of Brideshead Revisited with Jeremy Irons and Anthony Andrews.

Is this a first viewing of the series, or a revisit*?

*sorry not sorry the pun is too good not to use

[Karl Henning]

Is this a first viewing of the series, or a revisit*?

*sorry not sorry the pun is too good not to use

A first viewing, indeed!

[Roy Bland]

[drogulus]

A first viewing, indeed!

!!!!

     

[Karl Henning]

Is this a first viewing of the series, or a revisit*?

*sorry not sorry the pun is too good not to use

Over the years, I must have read the novel three or four times. Possibly I steered clear of the dramatization for that reason. I'm ready, now. 

[Madiel]

I know I am many years behind the original run, but The Marvelous Mrs Maisel became available on a free-to-air Australian station and... oh my goodness it's so funny.

I'm now halfway through Season 2, and nearly every episode has some sequence that has me cackling with laughter. Most of the characters are completely ridiculous and neurotic. And yet very fun to be around.

[VonStupp]

Doctor Who, (2024)
Ncuti Gatwa & Millie Gibson

I somehow missed the fact Disney had taken over Doctor Who for this newest Doctor. This only made it confusing as to how I could find the latest season. When the Russell T Davies reboot happened in 2005, they started over as Series 1. Disney doesn't follow that chronology, and lists this one separately as a Season 1, if not explicitly stated so. Wiki lists this as Series 14, so we will see how it continues.

The first few episodes were tonally strange, but eventually, it felt more like Doctor Who in the later episodes. I suppose having Davies and Steven Moffat return behind the scenes helped the transition.
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[DavidW]

The first few episodes were tonally strange, but eventually, it felt more like Doctor Who in the later episodes.

That was my take as well when I watched it last summer. I don't know about this narrative that RTD and Moffat came to save it. I believe RTD was in control of the entire reboot series from the beginning. This is also evident in the big reveals in the final episodes.

If you didn't watch the miniseries with David Tennant and Katherine Tate you'll need it to back it up and do that because it influences the entire story.

I don't want to spoil anything for you, but the show teased that one of the characters was very important, and the big reveal was that they were not. Highly unsatisfying. Nobody would think that RTD if you didn't constantly say it. But by avoiding the usual baddies and digging into more esoteric ones and also having new stories it felt fresh in a way that Doctor Who had not felt in many years, even if the season doesn't stand with the greats.

[VonStupp]

That was my take as well when I watched it last summer. I don't know about this narrative that RTD and Moffat came to save it. I believe RTD was in control of the entire reboot series from the beginning. This is also evident in the big reveals in the final episodes.

If you didn't watch the miniseries with David Tennant and Katherine Tate you'll need it to back it up and do that because it influences the entire story.

I don't want to spoil anything for you, but the show teased that one of the characters was very important, and the big reveal was that they were not. Highly unsatisfying. Nobody would think that RTD if you didn't constantly say it. But by avoiding the usual baddies and digging into more esoteric ones and also having new stories it felt fresh in a way that Doctor Who had not felt in many years, even if the season doesn't stand with the greats.

Aye, I caught the interregnum miniseries, but have not watched the most recent Christmas Special.

I actually enjoyed Chibnall's efforts, so where I mention Davies and Moffet, I only do so since most did not like his take with the 13th Doctor. Of course, Chibnall was no stranger to the rebooted Who-niverse.

I also appreciate not rehashing a new Dalek, Cybermen, or The Master focus in this latest run of DW.
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[DavidW]

I actually enjoyed Chibnall's efforts, so where I mention Davies and Moffet, I only do so since most did not like his take with the 13th Doctor. Of course, Chibnall was no stranger to the rebooted Who-niverse.

Oh yeah, I got you. The Chibnall era had a rough start, and I think fans gave up too early. The Flux was great, and loved the entire arc with the Master.

[Karl Henning]

About time, really: the 1981 BBC  Production of Brideshead Revisited with Jeremy Irons and Anthony Andrews.

Over the years I must have read Evelyn Waugh's novel three or four times. very much enjoying this to pieces. Unlike the wicked, unyielding satire of his earlier books. the sting in Brideshead Revisited is all the things which had only the slightest chance of going right, anyway, going off at the last.