top telly - 'life on mars'
 

cracking new drama from the bbc (who else, eh? ;) ) policeman gets knocked over, and wakes up in 1973 where he has to solve crimes (cue throw-backs to 70's cop shows), all the while knowing he's 'really' in a coma, with people trying to coax him out of it.

confusing, original stuff - 1 episode in and i'm hooked - 'worth the licence fee alone' :)


('friends and crocodiles' looks set to be an absolute doozer as well... don't say i didn't tell ya!)

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Yeah I thought it was brilliant, big fan of John Simm too.

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it's nice to have a quality drama that isn't just being a vehicle for 'insertsoapoperastaronabigwedgehere'(coughitvstyle ) it's not often i do 'appointment to view' telly; but i'm really going to try and keep up with this one. in theory, that should be a piece of piss... ...but i know from experience that it's easier said than done!

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cheers for the recommedation, cauight episode 2 which was good and funny in parts too :)

friends and crocs was good also, not up to his previous work imo but it looked fantastic, but then all of poliakoff's (sp?) stuff does

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I like Life on Mars too and i don't normally watch series as i usually end up missing the crucial bits but for this i will make an effort.
Thoroughly enjoyed Friends & Crocodiles too......particularly Damien Lewis's character.
The programme about Elizabeth David last nite was ok too. Hooray for British drama!.........er i think i may be watching too much non-sport TV:D

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I havent seen either episode as I wanted to watch that Balderdash & Piffle thing on BBC2 but while its reasonably interesting, this Life On Mars looks good from the trailers... so im grabbing the torrents now ;)

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balderdash and piffle-type-stuff can be found in many interweb places - 'life on mars' is well-worth the grab

(i'm thinking that he's living out sweeney-esque fantasies from his youth just to pass the time)

friends and crocs did look great, and was superbly-acted - but a bit of form-above-substance in the end...

one to avoid like the fucking plague itself is 'tittybangbang' - utter utter garbage... thank me now for sparing bits of your life if you've ever considered it. or watch it just to see how unrelentingly shite it is :D

on bbc4 - jonathan ross' asian invasion is pretty good, even if you're not a big fan of eastern movies...

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Shamesless on C4 is my fav tele show at the moment.

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frank gallagher is one of the funniest characters on tv at the moment, well reminds me of one the neighbours on a road i used to live on as a stoodent years back

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oooh. one of my lecturers was on that. it took me completely by surprise. Professor Steve Lindsay. he was showing people his daughter's nits, or something. made a bit of a tit of himself actually, which is a shame cos he was quite a good lecturer.