top telly - 'life on mars'

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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!)

[Ally]

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

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Originally Posted by Ally

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

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!

[Tiger]

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

[Rog]

Originally Posted by Tiger

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

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

[stimpee]

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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Originally Posted by stimpee

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

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

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

[Dirty0900]

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

[Tiger]

Originally Posted by Dirty0900

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

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

[ceramic'cow]

Originally Posted by stimpee

I havent seen either episode as I wanted to watch that Balderdash & Piffle thing on BBC2

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.