What’s good to stream? Any platform. Newer programmes.

[danny la rouge]

Oh yes, Severance, Silo and Foundation on Apple TV - all excellent especially Severance, but Mrs la rouge hates sci fi unfortunately.

Yeah, some of these might work for me, thanks, but I’m after something I can watch with Mrs LR. She’s much more into character and interpersonal drama. Neither of us are into action as a genre. Occasional action as part of the narrative is fine (though I do use it as an excuse to put the kettle on if it goes on too long), but action as a genre, no.

Westerns are going to be a hard sell for her too. And for me, frankly.

 

[danny la rouge]

Fisk. ( Netflix) it’s quite a gentle character driven commercial set in a Melbourne. It’s nothing like the Detectorists but feels a bit like it.

Sounds great! We both loved the Detectorists and Colin From Accounts. So a blend of them would be great.

The Wire if you haven’t seen it. All brilliant apart from the last series which is just good.

Wasn’t for me.

From back in the day The ‘New’ Battlestar Galactica’ 2009/10? Don’t laugh it’s brilliant.

Loved it.

 

[A380]

Also. A bit different. Superstore.

Starts as a good above average but normal American sitcom set in a (not) Walmart. Becomes a slightly surreal very good sitcom a bit like Green Wing and eventually develops quite a political edge ( American Unionisation of retail, minimum wage jobs and the way undocumented migrants are treated) whilst still remaining very funny. Short 22 ish minute episodes too.

 

[hitmouse]

No, it got ridiculous. From memory it should have stopped after season 4.

You made it past season 2? I keep meaning to go back and give it another try one day, but that's as far as I got.

With the disclaimer that I mostly watch sitcoms, I think Corporate is a really under-rated piece of gold - maybe not as perfect as Bojack Horseman or Crazy Ex-Girlfriend but very very good all the same. And it's got a sci-fi show in it that they take the piss out of, so maybe that's a happy medium amount of sci-fi?

The rich people tv show is alright, it's not as good as Peep Show though. The Boys? Russian Doll?

I've recently got into Steptoe & Son, that's pretty good, it might not technically count as "newer", though?

 

[rubbershoes]

Friday Night Dinner

 

[A380]

Sounds great! We both loved the Detectorists and Colin From Accounts. So a blend of them would be great.

Wasn’t for me.

Loved it.

Start Fisk right now then

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Oh yes, Severance, Silo and Foundation on Apple TV - all excellent especially Severance, but Mrs la rouge hates sci fi unfortunately.

We liked Severance and Silo. Still waiting to finish Foundation, I think it's excellent, but it lost my OHs interest sadly.

 

[lazythursday]

Definitely try The White Lotus if you've not seen it. Funny, great characters, all about the interpersonal relationships, plus a bit of class politics thrown in.

 

[Plumdaff]

Oh yes, Severance, Silo and Foundation on Apple TV - all excellent especially Severance, but Mrs la rouge hates sci fi unfortunately.

Is Severance Sci fi? I don't generally watch the Sci fi my partner loves but loved this. Mind you I also enjoyed BSG.

 

[lazythursday]

Is Severance Sci fi? I don't generally watch the Sci fi my partner loves but loved this. Mind you I also enjoyed BSG.

I hope it's sci fi as I don't fancy working there much.

 

[Silas Loom]

It’s speculative fiction. But on telly.

 

[nottsgirl]

Superstore?

 

[hitmouse]

Atlanta! Oh, not super new, but Boardwalk Empire's alright on the Sopranos-ish, set in the old days but not as silly as Peaky Blinders got, front? Definitely watch Atlanta though.

 

[Plumdaff]

I hope it's sci fi as I don't fancy working there much.

I don't fancy working for AC 12, does that make H a cylon?

 

[A380]

I hope it's sci fi as I don't fancy working there much.

Perhaps you do work there, but just don’t know…

 

[Monte]

Fisk. ( Netflix) it’s quite a gentle character driven commercial set in a Melbourne. It’s nothing like the Detectorists but feels a bit like it.

The Detectorists if you haven’t seen it. It’s nothing like you imagine it’s going to be. Gentle comedy.

The Wire if you haven’t seen it. All brilliant apart from the last series which is just good.

Westworld. The most recent series was the best so far. (Although it’s probably worth a quick spoiler review as it is quite confusing if you miss something…I missed it….)

From back in the day The ‘New’ Battlestar Galactica’ 2009/10? Don’t laugh it’s brilliant.

I did the food on the first series of The Detectorists.
Filmed in Suffolk despite being set in Essex.
Mostly shot in Framlingham and Bentwaters airbase.
They were a pain in the arse to be honest but it turned out to be good TV.
I even got some of my food on screen. The prop department requested a bright yellow cabbage curry. I got a nice bottle of port for doing that.

 

[A380]

I don't fancy working for AC 12, does that make H a cylon?

One of the Final (Police) Five.

 

[hitmouse]

Has anyone seen I'm a Virgo? I've just checked my list of "television programmes I've made a vague note to get around to watching at some point" and apparently there's a programme called From, I thought I must've put a comma in the wrong place there but apparently it's a real thing, maybe From is good. Or maybe not, I've not seen it.

I don't fancy working for AC 12, does that make H a cylon?

What, out of Steps?

 

[danny la rouge]

Definitely try The White Lotus if you've not seen it. Funny, great characters, all about the interpersonal relationships, plus a bit of class politics thrown in.

Yes, looking forward to the next season of that!

 

[danny la rouge]

Atlanta! Oh, not super new, but Boardwalk Empire's alright on the Sopranos-ish, set in the old days but not as silly as Peaky Blinders got, front? Definitely watch Atlanta though.

Yes, we liked Atlanta.

 

[A380]

…What, out of Steps?

Was going to a Reach for the Stars gag, but that was S Club 7

 

[lazythursday]

Yes, looking forward to the next season of that!

Have you seen Enlightened, by the same writer/director? Not well known, and a fair few years old so might have dated, but I remember being excellent. On Nov TV I think.

 

[Steel Icarus]

All of Loudermilk is on Netflix. Working my way through it. About an ex alcoholic, sarcastic music nerd, it might be made for you danny la rouge

 

[Spymaster]

Sounds great! We both loved the Detectorists and Colin From Accounts. So a blend of them would be great.

Fisk is good.

Rake, which is kind of similar but with with better characters, is one of the best shows to come out of Oz.

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

I loved Spiral. If it’s anything like that, I’m in.

Try Borgen, I think that's all on Netflix. Although Spiral's a French police/judicial procedural and Borgen's a Danish political drama (albeit with some crime and corruption thrown into the mix), they're both high quality dramas witj a strong female lead, good writing, good storylines.

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

Mr Robot

I struggled with that, Rami Malek mumbles a lot in it and I couldn't understand a lot of what he was saying. I liked the premise and wanted to like it, but ultimately gave up.

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

I would second The Americans and The Bear, and also suggest Lupin on Netflix and Masters of the Air on Apple. Oh, and Severance on Apple if you haven't seen it.

Lupin is French Sherlock Holmes but far more fun than that sounds, Masters is the final part of the Band of Brothers trilogy and IMHO even non war programme people will enjoy it and Severance is off kilter, funny, sad and brilliant.

I second Lupin. Omar Sy is really good.

On Apple+ I thought The Morning Show was very good. I thought Reese Witherspoon would act Jennifer Aniston under the table, but she held her own. I thought it was a really intelligent and interesting and thoughtful take on #MeToo in the context of office politics and power dynamics in the workplace, as well as how gender plays out while working in the media, women feeling under more pressure over their looks and ageing than men in equivalent roles.

 

[AnnO'Neemus]

Not to be rude, but I mean what’s good at the moment, not “give me a rundown of programmes going back to the 90s”.

I think Sweet Tooth's final (third) season is coming out soon. Although the premise is sort of fantasy, boy born part-deer, it's not too outlandish like in a space sci-fi aliens and intergalactic wars or elves and dragons fantasy way.

It's actually quite sweet and engaging. I'd say try an episode, see if it reels you in.

 

[Yossarian]

Only Murders in the Building was great, especially the first season

I don't usually go in for 'based on a true story' crime stuff but Black Bird on Apple+ was good, with Taron Egerton as a prison snitch trying to get information from a creepy serial killer

 

[magneze]

I struggled with that, Rami Malek mumbles a lot in it and I couldn't understand a lot of what he was saying. I liked the premise and wanted to like it, but ultimately gave up.

Subtitles to the rescue! We have them on all the time.