The TV Thread

[Red Willow]

anyone watched Dept Q ?

[Oxford]

 

[Oxford]

 

[Wolford6]

"Celebrity" reality television has reached its nadir with Celebrity Yorkshire Auction House. The normal show is great; however many / most of the Celebrities (all well known, to be fair) are so desperate to get their face on TV that they just offer up unwanted tat that fetches minimal bids.

Then they pretend to be delighted to take home less than £2000. 

Your everyday Dead Auntie Mary's home contents commonly fetch four or five times that.

[Futtocks]

3 hours ago, Wolford6 said:

"Celebrity" reality television has reached its nadir

That sounds like a challenge.

[Damien]

Mr Smug retires, RL fans everywhere must be devastated:

 

 

[gingerjon]

10 hours ago, Damien said:

Mr Smug retires, RL fans everywhere must be devastated:

 

 

I was in the very lovely Ship Inn, Mortlake, when he was having drinks with some colleagues when he was leaving the BBC.

Annoyingly, he came across as a really nice bloke. Hate it when that happens.

[Dave T]

On 30/05/2025 at 20:01, Red Willow said:

anyone watched Dept Q ?

Absolutely superb show. An odd one in that I found it quite jarring at first with very few likeable chara ters, but by the end they had all developed and grown on me. 

The story stayed on the right side of silly and was pretty satisfying right through to the end which is rare nowadays.

[Route66]

13 hours ago, Dave T said:

Absolutely superb show. An odd one in that I found it quite jarring at first with very few likeable chara ters, but by the end they had all developed and grown on me. 

The story stayed on the right side of silly and was pretty satisfying right through to the end which is rare nowadays.

Totally agree watching at the moment and enjoying, love Scottish drama always familiar faces the 2 brothers from guilt and the trainspotting girls

[Bedford Roughyed]

Poker Face on sSky.  I enjoy, strong Columbo vibe, bit daft in places but mostly carries it off.  

[Stirlin]

23 hours ago, Dave T said:

Absolutely superb show. An odd one in that I found it quite jarring at first with very few likeable chara ters, but by the end they had all developed and grown on me. 

The story stayed on the right side of silly and was pretty satisfying right through to the end which is rare nowadays.

What channel please Dave.

[Futtocks]

24 minutes ago, Stirlin said:

What channel please Dave.

Looks like it is currently Netflix.

Bookmark https://www.justwatch.com/uk to keep up to date on who's showing what.

Edited June 26 by Futtocks

[Josef K]

I watched on BBC IPlayer - Implosion : The Titanic Sub Disaster”. The fella in charge of the submarine had it held together with sellotape & blue tac, he didn’t seem overly concerned. I feel sorry for the relatives who lost loved ones. Blue Peter could’ve done a far better job of building one. 

[Dave T]

13 hours ago, Stirlin said:

What channel please Dave.

Yep, Netflix as Futtocks says, and can second the recommendation for Justwatch app!

DeptQ is very sweaty and with some violence, but we'll worth a watch if you like character led detective stuff. 9 or 10 parts too so a decent length.

[John Drake]

I'm a bit late to the party as it has been out for a while but I've just started watching series 7 of Black Mirror on Netflix. 

First two episodes have been very good.

[graveyard johnny]

22 hours ago, Stirlin said:

What channel please Dave.

NO - dont think its on the Dave channel

[Stirlin]

7 minutes ago, graveyard johnny said:

NO - dont think its on the Dave channel

OK Rodney.

[graveyard johnny]

watching the odd rerun of the detective series MONK - its harmless enough and doesnt need much thinking about 

[Liverpool Rover]

On 26/06/2025 at 15:23, Bedford Roughyed said:

Poker Face on sSky.  I enjoy, strong Columbo vibe, bit daft in places but mostly carries it off.  

It is something I have on my watchlist list although Natasha Lyonne seems to play the same character in everything she’s in.

[Bedford Roughyed]

14 minutes ago, Liverpool Rover said:

It is something I have on my watchlist list although Natasha Lyonne seems to play the same character in everything she’s in.

Oh she's definitely 110% Natasha Lyonne in this!  

[Jeff Stein]

Enjoying the second season of Poker Face even more than the first. Much funnier and still clever. 

Just started Dept Q and enjoying it so far. I seem to recall there was a Danish version first, which I think I watched 

[Futtocks]

Scrapheap Challenge (sort of) returns!

[The Hallucinating Goose]

11 minutes ago, Futtocks said:

Scrapheap Challenge (sort of) returns!

Is it gonna be as set up as it was before?

[The Hallucinating Goose]

I've been looking for something new to watch. I'm looking for something lighthearted. I've seen My Mad Fat Diary called a comedy-drama, is that worth a watch?

[Father Gascoigne]

18 hours ago, The Hallucinating Goose said:

I've been looking for something new to watch. I'm looking for something lighthearted. I've seen My Mad Fat Diary called a comedy-drama, is that worth a watch?

Has an 8.4 rating from 20K votes on IMDB. Lower vote-count understandable given it's a lesser-known British series, but those figures are very good, suggesting it's well worth seeing.