Modern Vespa

We're still waiting for another season or two of 'The Detectorists'. Quite possibly the best series we've ever had the pleasure of watching...IMO, of course.

Fittest on Earth, Final Showdown in Madtown

About the crossfit championship in Madison WI, where they choose the fittest athletes in the world that can't play professional sports.

Basically, it's everyone who was good in PE but lacked the skills to play a sport people will pay to see.
Judging from the crowds, Madison deserves a professional team in a sport people want to watch. The turnout to watch people doing pullups is incredible.

Madison strongly supports the UW Badgers teams, regardless of sport.

And the vast majority of the state strongly support the Packers, Brewers, & Bucks.

There isn't a NHL team in the state, but the Badgers Hockey teams, both men and women, are usually very good.

They do have minor-league baseball, but from what I hear from my dad, they haven't been very good lately.

SAS Rogue Heroes

Me too, plus Black Dove with the lovely Keira Knightly and an intriguing series called Bodies on Netflix

Just found a program on CW called "Ade in Britain." 20 episodes of Ade Edmondson traveling around Britain eating food. I'm going to love it.

The show "The Young Ones" has shaped my life in more ways than I care to mention.

Breaking Bad. A second time years later. It's still genius and even better.

I've just started "The Sticky" on Prime. Described in WSJ as "delicious dark comedy about the great maple syrup heist". The first 2 episodes fit this description well.

I know this post is three months old but I missed it the first time around.

Have you seen Hugh Laurie as Berty Wooster in BBC'S Geeves and Wooster?

Hilarious and how I was introduced to Laurie.

Supposedly they did a movie special after the initial seasons.

https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/detectorists-movie-special/umc.cmc.urqmk2lv7duqkk4thd60nqas

Yes Jeeves and Wooster with Stephen Fry, I vaguely remember it but I was around 21 years old at the time and watching TV wasn't high on my agenda.

having started watching Death in Paradise recently, my wife was quite sad when she saw RP get bumped off, but to make matters worse, the next night she found out that Harry is actually a CGI lizard (I think I had guessed this already.. trained lizard actors are few and far between)

We watched Saturday Night, the movie about how the first SNL show started off. Good flick and I learned something about Milton Berle I didn't need to know. The actor that played George Carlin was spot on.

Mrs Syd and I both enjoy DiP. We went so far as to buy a Roku stick and pay for BritBox. Saturday evening on the local PBS station has Doc Martin, Father Brown, and Death in Paradise. Poirot as well, but we are not fans.

My sister turned me on to Netflix's The Six Triple Eight. Good, historical film about a WW2 era Black Womens' Army Corps unit taxed with delivering mail to and from the troops. I had assumed that things were running fairly smoothly for the times, but they were anything but. It's hard to imagine being on the front lines waiting months to hear from families or sweethearts. Worth a watch!

Reading the TV listings for tonite, PBS has Secrets of the Dead, about speed in WWII.

*and I'm not talking about how fast tanks were*

Funny, only became aware of that in recent years. Have to catch that!

I watched that last night.

I had heard of this before but I had thought to that it was just the Germans doing it.

Little did I know.

The most interesting documentary I've seen in some time.

American Primeval on Netflix.

Gritty... possibly too gritty,. Savage... possibly too savage, dirty, bloody, sort of a slightly less frenzied Beyond Thunderdome set in the mid 1800's Utah/Wyoming area.

The bad guys are the Mormon militia, while the good guys are........well, it's not easy to find any truly good guys in this mini series, but it's not over yet, two to go.

American Primeval on Netflix.

Gritty... possibly too gritty,. Savage and brutal...possibly too savage and brutal, dirty, bloody, sort of a Beyond Thunderdome but without the joyful pleasantries of the Mad Max films. Set in the mid 1800's Utah/Wyoming area.

It's obvious from very early in that 'The baddest of an entire series chock-full-of bad guys' are the Mormon militia (so it's not a real spoiler) while the good guys are........well, it's not easy to find any truly good guys in this mini series, but it's not over yet, two to go.

I'm currently watching New Amsterdam (Netflix), Gangs of London (Netflix)
The Good Doctor (Amazon Prime) and Industry (BBC I Player)


So basically Violence, Sex and Hospitals

My father was in North Africa, but he never mentioned anything about amphetamines.*


*Actually, he never mentioned anything, except being in N Africa and Sicily.

the Diplomat on Netflix is very entertaining, lighthearted, gov't folks going about their jobs with a sense of humor. Enough twists and turns to keep it interesting. I enjoyed 2 seasons and hoping there will be a third season!

I believe there were only 3 seasons of 'Detectorists' - which, as you've mentioned is a brilliant, very funny series... The Christmas special is very well done, as well. Watch it closely!

I hope more will be done.

BTW, the entire series is available on Youtube... Try the 4K remastered episodes...

Tonite on PBS is Lucy Worsley Investigates. She is funny, and dresses in period garb on occasion.

I am watching "in the Land of Saints and Sinners" Liam Neeson. A fine movie.

I don't watch much TV (but like others have mentioned) my fav series is "Breaking Bad", "Better Call Saul" and "Ray Donovan".

My Wife got me watching a Canadian period series based in the 19th century about an orphan girl called "Anne with an E".
It was different from "stuff" I usually watch but was actually pretty good and worth watching......

I've just watched it and as a middle aged white man I'm not ashamed to say it was an emotional viewing. Highly recommended for those of us with at least a modicum of liberalism.

Sad to define it that way. but I get it. There are still those that see little use for women in the military, let alone Black ones. It's probably an illogical bias, but in my limited experience, Black women get sh*t done-one underestimates them at their own risk. We've wasted too much talent for too long.

Night Agent has a new season, the first 2 were really good

I'm always a bit behind, but my wife and I just started watching "The Last Detective". I know, I know, nobody liked Peter Davison as Dr. Who (except me), but I've liked him since ACGAS in the '80s.



Typical brit mystery detective series, lots of dry humor. I'm liking it.

Been a fan of hers for some time. interesting person in a way....physically, pretty plain, but damned smart and great story teller.

We watched the ESPN "30 for 30" episode Slaying the Badger on Sunday.

I was familiar with the basics of the events, and the documentary did a great job of filling in the details.

I found it funny when it got to the part about LeMond getting shot after the 1986 Tour de France, my wife said, "What??!?!!!"

She'd never heard about him getting shot.

Tony Night Agent has only had two seasons there is no third season.

Correct, I've finished watching season 2 of Night Agent and now on Season 3 of Reacher.

"Shetland" on BritBox - a police procedural-murder series which takes place on Shetland; Amazing. 9 seasons so far, with another to be released this fall.

Far North

A nice couple get asked to help some fine fellows scatter their loved ones ashes at sea. Except it's a drug pickup.

Hilarity ensues.

Stars Bobba Fett for all you star wars nerds.

It's actually a true story. Drugs are bad mmmmmkay?

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21072822/?ref_=nm_flmg_job_1_cdt_t_4

Blindside
Very good opening and still enjoying after almost 20 episodes

Stopped watching tv about 10 years ago so I'm trying to watch some but….

Started season 1 of Landman because my parents are from the Midland/Odessa area. But omg the characters are everything I hate about people in general not to mention the whole unethical oil industry.

The Gentlemen - more fun from Guy Ritchie. If you liked "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels", you'll love this!