Telly thread

[Onyx2]

For Bear giver uppers, do watch one off episode 'Gary' which is standalonish. Lots of Bernthal. 

https://www.disneyplus.com/browse/entity-a28327ab-0812-4da4-ad69-63844e206092

[ReturnOfTheMack]

Over the last couple of days me and the wife watched Posession. A lot of plot holes, unless I missed some exposition due to the strong accents, and we both felt it missed the landing in terms of the reparations comments at the end, but otherwise fairly solid.

[Slapnut]

On 8/29/2026 at 1:24 PM, Onyx2 said:

For Bear giver uppers, do watch one off episode 'Gary' which is standalonish. Lots of Bernthal. 

https://www.disneyplus.com/browse/entity-a28327ab-0812-4da4-ad69-63844e206092

Spoiler for the end of Gary and the first episode of S5:

Spoiler

Richie's car crash going absolutely nowhere fucked me off a bit. There was seemingly no point in it whatsoever.

 

[DavidB6937]

Just popping by to declare my love for Silo and fuck it's going to be a long wait for the last season.

[Merzbow]

I just watched that last episode too, what a way to tease what may be the greatest feud on TV.

[Chris B]

Penda's Fen is on tonight - it's a 1970s piece of folk horror, mixed with an exploration of adolescence, sexuality and adolescence. It's properly uncomfortable, challenging and fascinating. It's as odd a piece of TV as you'll ever see. One of the Play for Today series and the kind of thing they genuinely don't make any more.

[DavidB6937]

Rewatched Ghosts before the movie and it's just full of wonderful moments. Love the whole cast.

Then iPlayer recommended Siblings which I somehow missed before. Charlotte Ritchie is actually even better in that. Might have to go and rewatch her Taskmaster series again too.

Also been watching Adults on Disney Plus. I've always had a massive weakness for friend group sitcoms (I miss you Happy Endings) and this one is great too, although they do become less relatable on a personal level the older I get and I'm sure some shit goes over my head. Really weird show which works for me.

[Dai]

Can also throughougly recommend the US version of Ghosts too thats on the iPlayer. A solid 7 to 8 out of 10 for every episode. Due to having way more episodes, it can delve much deeper into different scenarios too. As good as the UK one is, by the end of watching all the US ones you actually think of those characters first, and then refer to the UK ones from the US characters names.

Loads on my news feed about The Gentleman having really bad viewing figures, and the Netlifx model of having multiple years between seasons being a big negative. Think it mentioned Wednesday and some other shows which have had much lower season 2 viewers. I think there definitely is something in releasing every episide in one go, and then there being a massive gap between seasons being bad. I watched The Gentleman and enjoyed it from what I remember, but now I cant really remember what happened in it and now am not too arsed about watching the next season. Think that sort of sums up what the issue is when theres a two year gap between seasons, when its not a big show like Silo or Severence. 

[HarmonicGenerator]

2 hours ago, Dai said:

Can also throughougly recommend the US version of Ghosts too thats on the iPlayer. A solid 7 to 8 out of 10 for every episode. Due to having way more episodes, it can delve much deeper into different scenarios too. As good as the UK one is, by the end of watching all the US ones you actually think of those characters first, and then refer to the UK ones from the US characters names.

I’m still watching US Ghosts (they just added season 5) but it’s gone a bit long-running-US-sitcom for me, much broader comedy and not a patch on the U.K. one. It also seems so much more obvious when one living character is talking to the Ghosts that the other living people in the room must just be standing there in awkward silence for ages, before saying one sentence then standing awkwardly for ages again while the ghosts get their quips in.

Anyway - iPlayer have also added the first season (8 episodes) of Ghosts Australia, which is still early days but I much prefer to the American one. Tamala, who plays the Charlotte Ritchie equivalent, is as close to Ritchie level charm as you could hope for, and her being First Nations adds a different cultural level to things. And for Aussie standup/Aunty Donna fans, Michelle Brasier is one of the ghosts. By episode five I’d already completely warmed to all the characters and found myself getting emotional at the finale, which American Ghosts has never managed but the British one did on the regular. Aussie Ghosts is well worth a try. 

Edited September 12 by HarmonicGenerator

[Wideload90]

Ludwig series 2. I love it. David Mitchell playing the socially awkward puzzle setting consultant on the hunt for his lost brother. It reminds me of Life on Mars in that there's a local mystery to solve while also chipping away at a much bigger story. Well written, clever and good humoured.

[Nexus]

9 minutes ago, Wideload90 said:

Ludwig series 2. I love it. David Mitchell playing the socially awkward puzzle setting consultant on the hunt for his lost brother. It reminds me of Life on Mars in that there's a local mystery to solve while also chipping away at a much bigger story. Well written, clever and good humoured.

I like how sassy everyone is in it. 

 

It's quite a nice little series to watch. 

 

The Lycett Arms- the first episode last week was really chaotic, but I thought the second episode was an improvement.

[Jazzy G]

2 hours ago, Wideload90 said:

Ludwig series 2. I love it. David Mitchell playing the socially awkward puzzle setting consultant on the hunt for his lost brother. It reminds me of Life on Mars in that there's a local mystery to solve while also chipping away at a much bigger story. Well written, clever and good humoured.

It's such a good show. I was in hysterics when they were all looking at the boards and moving in time like they were dancing. 

[WyattSheepMask]

My wife kept calling it Luther by accident to the point that we started calling it White Luther, which wouldn’t surprise me if that was how it was actually pitched 

“So you know Luther? The show with the confident black detective taking down grizzly murderers in dingy grim Brixton? Well how a socially awkward white man pretends to be a detective solving less grizzly murders in rich uni town Oxford”

[Chris B]

70 Up was on last night - if you're not aware, it's a documentary project that's been running since the 60s. They started off with 14 seven-year-olds, and revisited them every seven years. It was quite class-focused, and earlier ones definitely had a point of view, to the point of detriment (including questions that ended up being outrageously harsh like 'do you feel like a failure' to someone in their 20s). But as it's gone on, it's continued to be interesting and, now they're in their 70s, sad in places.

The story that's had the most focus is Neil - a bright, sweet and funny kid, who has lived a life with depression and difficulty, going through periods of homelessness and constantly changing vocations and homes. I think that actually brought quite a lot of attention to mental health in some ways.

This one is being done in two parts - the first being (surprisingly brief) updates, and the second will be aired next week, which will be looking back more at the series as a whole.

It's a fascinating piece of TV.

[Merzbow]

Just a heads up that a new season of Slow Horses has started on Apple TV.