New Year...... New TV series

Loughc · 01-01-2020 2:31pm #1

Now that Christmas season is coming to a close, new tv shows and previous seasons of shows are coming back to our screens.

Any recommendations of tv shows let us know.

Coming back this week are;

1st Jan

The great festive bake-off - Channel 4
Dracula - BBC One
Messiah - Netflix

2nd Jan

Big Fat Quiz of the decade - Channel 4

4th Jan

Dancing on ice - VM1/ITV
The Greatest Dancer - BBC One
Ninja Warrior UK - VM2
First & Last (New Quiz Show) - BBC One
The Voice UK - VM1/ITV

5th Jan

SAS: Who Dares Wins - Channel 4
Room to Improve - Dermot’s house - Rte One
Call The Midwife - BBC one

13th Jan

The outsider - Sky Atlantic

Anything to add let us know

Posy · 01-01-2020 5:52pm

Call the Midwife is back on Sunday.

Loughc · 01-01-2020 6:02pm

Posy wrote: »

Call the Midwife is back on Sunday.

Added to the list

Postgrad10 · 01-01-2020 6:18pm

Vera ITV season 10 starting on the 12th of January at 8 PM.

Best Home Cook with Mary Berry BBC1 Jan 2nd at 8PM

gidget · 01-01-2020 10:20pm

Call the Midwife is back on Sunday.

Yes, you can't beat a bit of Call the Midwife.

Loughc · 04-01-2020 3:09pm

New series of Operation Transformation starts on Wednesday night on Rte one.

DvB · 04-01-2020 9:48pm

The outsider, based on the Stephen king novel starts on sky Atlantic on jan 13th. Am looking forward to this as the book wasnt bad.

Loughc · 04-01-2020 10:08pm

DvB wrote: »

The outsider, based on the Stephen king novel starts on sky Atlantic on jan 13th. Am looking forward to this as the book wasnt bad.

Great shout. I read the book on holidays last year so really looking forward to this

Loughc · 04-01-2020 10:34pm

The Dancing on ice launch show tonight was very Christmassy. Which was a nice surprise.

DvB · 05-01-2020 10:08pm

New series of first dates Ireland back on thursday at 9.30 on rte2

TRS30 · 06-01-2020 8:53am

https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2019-12-19/best-tv-shows-2020/

Hopefully a few here people will like.

Loughc · 07-01-2020 5:04pm

New Series of Love Island starting back this Sunday VM1 9pm, I make no bones about it, I love it

TRS30 · 08-01-2020 8:57am

Loughc wrote: »

New Series of Love Island starting back this Sunday VM1 9pm, I make no bones about it, I love it

I though it would at least the summer before that was back on

Guess its NFL on the ipad for me then!

Loughc · 08-01-2020 8:58am

TRS30 wrote: »

I though it would at least the summer before that was back on

Guess its NFL on the ipad for me then!

It's on twice a year now. Similar to the way Big Brother went before the end, milk the cash cow as much as possible before it dries out.

DvB · 10-01-2020 1:53pm

Deadwater Fell, the new David Tennant Series starts tonight on Channel 4. Been looking forward to watching this.

Posy · 10-01-2020 2:19pm

Me too! He is usually pretty good.

Loughc · 11-02-2020 5:14pm

All episodes of The Heist: Million Pound Bank Job are on Sky on Demand.

Series one is there too it's a great watch and very binge-able.

Nine law-abiding people team up to pull off a raid. A life-changing stash of cash is theirs if they succeed. But against a crack team of detectives, have they got what it takes to be a master criminal?

DvB · 11-02-2020 8:54pm

You watching the outsider loughc?

Loughc · 11-02-2020 9:36pm

DvB wrote: »

You watching the outsider loughc?

I am indeed. It’s so good I read the book last summer and it’s exactly how I pictured it. I love seeing the book come to life.

TRS30 · 12-02-2020 8:34am

Started into Snowfall on BBC, couple of episodes in and is good so far.

Also have Righteous Gemstones to start as soon as get some free time.

CheerLouth · 12-02-2020 9:23am

If you haven't seen Cheer on Netflix, it's worth a watch.

Loughc · 12-02-2020 9:34am

Godfather of Harlem has started with rave reviews also.

DvB · 12-02-2020 11:35am

Loughc wrote: »

Godfather of Harlem has started with rave reviews also.

Wasn't mad on that one myself TBH. Too many gangster cliche's all rolled into one. I love a good gangster show, Boardwalk Empire being my personal favourite, but this just seemed a bit too 'by the numbers', alright at a push but wouldn't have my dying to see the next episode.

Started watching White House Farm last night, mostly because Stephen Graham is in it, hadn't copped it was a true story and am fascinated now to see how it develops.

gidget · 12-02-2020 11:38am

Godfather of Harlem has started with rave reviews also.

Disappointed that I only discovered this last night when it was the last two episodes of the series, but yeah I liked the two i saw anyway.

DvB · 19-02-2020 6:05pm

Anyone else think that 'The stranger' was pretty poor fare? My mrs thought it decent enough but I thought the acting and holes in the plot so bad I struggled to get anything from it.

White house farm was the opposite,really enjoyed it and would thoroughly recommend.

Loughc · 19-02-2020 6:47pm

Special forces hell week on rte started on Monday just gone. It’s amazing. Don’t know why it’s so funny.

DvB · 19-02-2020 9:15pm

Loughc wrote: »

Special forces hell week on rte started on Monday just gone. It’s amazing. Don’t know why it’s so funny.

My mrs hates it, but I like it. A friend is a retired ranger and his take on it is fantastic. Great to get some inside knowledge from someone who's been there and done that and more.

Posy · 20-02-2020 12:23am

DvB wrote: »

Anyone else think that 'The stranger' was pretty poor fare? My mrs thought it decent enough but I thought the acting and holes in the plot so bad I struggled to get anything from it.

White house farm was the opposite,really enjoyed it and would thoroughly recommend.

I thought 'The Stranger' was alright, but didn't enjoy it as much as 'Safe' which I thought was very good.
I stopped watching Whitehouse Farm after 2 episodes- just couldn't get into it.

I think Sunday will be the last Call the Midwife; that was a quick January/February after all!

New series of Gogglebox UK back on Friday.

DvB · 20-02-2020 10:14am

Posy wrote: »

I thought 'The Stranger' was alright, but didn't enjoy it as much as 'Safe' which I thought was very good.
I stopped watching Whitehouse Farm after 2 episodes- just couldn't get into it.

I think Sunday will be the last Call the Midwife; that was a quick January/February after all!

New series of Gogglebox UK back on Friday.

Love call the midwife, but yeah think its run is usually 8 episodes so this week should be the last. Love the fact it comes back straight after christmas & brings us through the dreary months. My Mrs will be glad to see the back of it until Christmas though, every single episode has her in tears

Love gogglebox, but much prefer the Irish one if I'm honest, there's something a bit more 'homely' about it that I like. The 4 girls in cabra are brilliant.

CheerLouth · 20-02-2020 10:50am

DvB wrote: »

Love gogglebox, but much prefer the Irish one if I'm honest, there's something a bit more 'homely' about it that I like. The 4 girls in cabra are brilliant.

Love Googlebox too - those lads up in Cooley are hilarious! And the two brothers in Cavan!

The UK one is also good, was particularly interesting in the run up to Brexit to see their opinions on it

gidget · 20-02-2020 1:36pm

I love Googlebox too, both versions. can never understand why the Irish one doesn't get a longer season, like the UK.

The Uk one, i've never liked Pete & Sophie, i know they have a big fan base, and have laughted at them jumping with fright, but just their arrogant attitude at times when watching people and the way they constantly ridicule a person calling them names.

Posy · 20-02-2020 2:08pm

I can't take to the Irish Goggleboxers at all.

I did watch the one last week where they looked back at old Irish TV and really enjoyed that though!

DvB · 20-02-2020 2:20pm

Posy wrote: »

I can't take to the Irish Goggleboxers at all.

I did watch the one last week where they looked back at old Irish TV and really enjoyed that though!

We got a real good laugh out of that one ourselves.

gidget · 20-02-2020 2:51pm

The Robbery of the Rosary Beads

:D

Loughc · 20-02-2020 2:53pm

Posy wrote: »

I can't take to the Irish Goggleboxers at all.

I did watch the one last week where they looked back at old Irish TV and really enjoyed that though!

I enjoy the Irish version, I find the UK ones try to hard to be famous seeing how well Scarlett has done from it.

Postgrad10 · 20-02-2020 7:00pm

The Stranger was ok. Better than a lot of the Netflix shows that have been on. I didn’t find the relationship between the husband and wife to be very genuine. Don’t know if it was the actors or what.

Whitehouse farm was good but very dragged out. There were no characters that stood out to me in it, the detective that kept going was the only one that really hooked me in.

Posy · 20-02-2020 11:26pm

I was interested at first, because it's obviously a very famous real-life case, but still couldn't stick with it!

freshpopcorn · 26-02-2020 12:06am

Posy wrote: »

I can't take to the Irish Goggleboxers at all.

I did watch the one last week where they looked back at old Irish TV and really enjoyed that though!

I watched the Irish one and loved it but could never get into the UK version. I'd prefer the Australian version.

miamee · 26-02-2020 2:57pm

We started to watch Gotham after Christmas/some time in January and honestly I think we might still be watching it next Christmas!! There are 22 episodes in each series and I think there are 5 series. That's a lot of tv watching. Enjoying it though, an easy watch.

Re The Stranger, I haven't watched it but I think it is based on a Harlen Coben book? There is another short series/mini series on Netflix based on one of his books called Safe which I thought was good. A few odd bits that were a bit 'eh what?' but overall, entertaining

Loughc · 26-02-2020 3:41pm

miamee wrote: »

We started to watch Gotham after Christmas/some time in January and honestly I think we might still be watching it next Christmas!! There are 22 episodes in each series and I think there are 5 series. That's a lot of tv watching. Enjoying it though, an easy watch.

Re The Stranger, I haven't watched it but I think it is based on a Harlen Coben book? There is another short series/mini series on Netflix based on one of his books called Safe which I thought was good. A few odd bits that were a bit 'eh what?' but overall, entertaining

Oh I watched Safe too, it's good.

I've heard decent things about The Stranger. I tried watching Gotham but found Season 1 a slog as it has so many episodes, I might finish it one day haha.

Loughc · 02-03-2020 10:18am

We might need to start offering boxsets ideas in case anyone ends up quarantined for the next 2 weeks soon!

Loughc · 02-03-2020 11:40am

Loughc wrote: »

We might need to start offering boxsets ideas in case anyone ends up quarantined for the next 2 weeks soon!

I just moved some posts to the Chat thread to keep this free for recommendations and tv chats

TRS30 · 02-03-2020 12:06pm

Finished 'Snowfall' last night (10 episodes), binge watched the last 4 as wanted to know what happened. Enjoyed it over all. Was on BBC so is probably on iplayer if people can access it.

Postgrad10 · 04-03-2020 8:25pm

TRS30 wrote: »

Finished 'Snowfall' last night (10 episodes), binge watched the last 4 as wanted to know what happened. Enjoyed it over all. Was on BBC so is probably on iplayer if people can access it.

How do you access it ? Pm if you like. Would be great for the mother.

TRS30 · 05-03-2020 9:20am

Postgrad10 wrote: »

How do you access it ? Pm if you like. Would be great for the mother.

I recorded it off BBC2, not sure if they are showing it again on TV however most likely it would be on BBC iplayer. You would need a VPN to watch BBC iplayer in Ireland.

Not to make any assumptions on what your mother likes to watch on TV however just to say its about drug dealing in south central LA in the 1980's.

Postgrad10 · 05-03-2020 6:54pm

TRS30 wrote: »

I recorded it off BBC2, not sure if they are showing it again on TV however most likely it would be on BBC iplayer. You would need a VPN to watch BBC iplayer in Ireland.

Not to make any assumptions on what your mother likes to watch on TV however just to say its about drug dealing in south central LA in the 1980's.

Thanks. She’d already seen it on bbc 2 anyway

TRS30 · 06-03-2020 8:26am

Postgrad10 wrote: »

Thanks. She’d already seen it on bbc 2 anyway

Great, what did she think of it?

Postgrad10 · 06-03-2020 11:01pm

She said it was ok but she’d seen better.

Loughc · 07-03-2020 11:29am

Celebrity bake off for stand up to cancer starts this Tuesday on channel 4

DvB · 08-03-2020 6:58pm

Loughc wrote: »

Celebrity bake off for stand up to cancer starts this Tuesday on channel 4

I'd have missed this only for your post, nice one!

DvB · 11-03-2020 3:59pm

DvB wrote: »

I'd have missed this only for your post, nice one!

& i missed it anyway!

Have to find it on catch up tonight if i can.

New Year...... New TV series

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