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Best TV shows or movies you can recommend (10 Viewers)

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Farmer Jim

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  • Nov 28, 2025
  • #4,866
Mcbean said:
And I forgot the drugged up Doctor and the Undertaker just great characters
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The casting of Neil Ashton, an an unknown actor as Davie McDonagh too !

I always thought there was room for a spin off with his character.
 
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Farmer Jim

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  • Nov 28, 2025
  • #4,867
Mcbean said:
Yes we were disappointed with the last one - always difficult to finish up something that had been so good - the swapping of characters didn’t do much for the continuity however over the years we really enjoyed it Farmer Jim being my favourite character followed by Tommo and his management of the nightclub - episodes like rescueing Gideon from the nude cult are still on the recorder - favourite clip - Farmer Jim’s response to the rave request
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The way they seamlessly blended the Asian and Traveller characters into nearly every episode, without resorting to stereotypes or not patronising their cultures and making their characters genuinely funny too, was really clever writing.
 
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Mcbean

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  • Nov 28, 2025
  • #4,868
Ash and Cardi also excellent - real comedy they really had good writers
 
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Sky_Blue_Daz

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  • Nov 28, 2025
  • #4,869
Anyone watched the John Candy Documentary yet ? Might give that a go this weekend
 
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chiefdave

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  • Nov 28, 2025
  • #4,870
Nightwatch with Charlie & Daisy-May Copper is an easy watch.

Essentially Gone Fishing but replace the fishing with folky spooky stuff.
 
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Otis

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  • Nov 28, 2025
  • #4,871
Sky_Blue_Daz said:
Anyone watched the John Candy Documentary yet ? Might give that a go this weekend
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Yes. I enjoyed it.
 
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Otis

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  • Nov 28, 2025
  • #4,872
Latest episode of Pluribus was excellent, I thought.
 
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Mcbean

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  • Nov 28, 2025
  • #4,873
Any one started Landman 2 ?
 

Nick

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  • Nov 28, 2025
  • #4,874
Mcbean said:
Any one started Landman 2 ?
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Yeah. It's the same as the first really.
 
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Farmer Jim

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  • Nov 28, 2025
  • #4,875
chiefdave said:
Nightwatch with Charlie & Daisy-May Copper is an easy watch.

Essentially Gone Fishing but replace the fishing with folky spooky stuff.
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She`s properly mad, I know it`s his sister, but I don`t know how he can spend more than five minutes with her.

Maybe that`s the whole point of her being on the show ?

They go to some great locations though, that one last week in the castle was a real bottle tester, as was the old pub in York.
 

Sky_Blue_Daz

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  • Nov 28, 2025
  • #4,876
Made a start on the Christmas films earlier not a classic by any means but I watched jingle all the way . Phil Hartman as the snidey neighbour is brilliant
 
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HuckerbyDublinWhelan

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  • Nov 29, 2025
  • #4,877
Anybody on the stranger things hype? Really enjoyed the first part of season 5 but the scale of it has really jumped up a notch from the “boy lost and running from a monster” story in season 1
 
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Farmer Jim

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  • Nov 29, 2025
  • #4,878
Another Western Noir - Killing Faith.

This one had a supernatural twist.

Dewanda Wise plays a freed slave, who has a white daughter ( explained later ), who can kill any living thing, just by touching it with her bare hands.

The townsfolk believe that she is a demon.

Guy Pearce plays the towns drug addicted doctor and they both need to get out of town, due to the townsfolk turning on them.

They decide to head to a town which is led by the mayor, a faith healer, played by Bill Pullman, so he can hopefully cure the girl and free Guy Pearce of his addiction.

The journey involves a long and dangerous journey across land that`s home to dangerous Native Americans and bandits.

The film follows them on their journey to the town held by Bill Pullman.

It`s very violent and dark, ( as you`d expect ), but beautifully shot, Dewanda Wise and Guy Pearce are fantastic in their roles, but the film falls flat, as it jumps all over the place, is very confusing in parts and feels like lots of little bits of other films welded together.

As mad as it sounds, I`d describe it as an " arty Westerrn " if such a thing exists !
 
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Sky_Blue_Daz

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  • Nov 29, 2025
  • #4,879
Friend at work recently recommended arrested development, 3 episodes in enjoying it so far
 
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ProfessorbyGrace

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  • Nov 29, 2025
  • #4,880
I finally saw Prey (from the Predator series) and was impressed. Can’t say too much without spoiling the plot, but it was a clever take on the Predator lore. 8/10

Rewatched Melancholia (2011) by Lars von Trier. Fantastic. 9/10
 
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Sbarcher

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  • Nov 30, 2025
  • #4,881
SISU 2 - mad and bonkers as ever, but enjoyed it!
 
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Sky_Blue_Daz

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  • Dec 1, 2025
  • #4,882
Don't know if anyone caught the first series but the second series of Mammoth starts tonight on BBC2 . First series was only 3 episodes but showed some real potential . Mike Bubbins plays Tony Mammoth a teacher who during a skiing trip in 1979 gets frozen and his body is discovered in 2024 . Sounds ridiculous but shows some real heart and a very good cast including Joesph Marcell and Sian Gibson
 
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chiefdave

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  • Dec 1, 2025
  • #4,883
Sky_Blue_Daz said:
Don't know if anyone caught the first series but the second series of Mammoth starts tonight on BBC2 . First series was only 3 episodes but showed some real potential . Mike Bubbins plays Tony Mammoth a teacher who during a skiing trip in 1979 gets frozen and his body is discovered in 2024 . Sounds ridiculous but shows some real heart and a very good cast including Joesph Marcell and Sian Gibson
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First series was decent. Bit weird that it was 3 episodes, and this series seems to be the same.

Seemed to be loads of 80s & 90s films about someone frozen being discovered so its not the most original idea but they do it well and it's very watchable.
 

Sky_Blue_Daz

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  • Dec 1, 2025
  • #4,884
chiefdave said:
First series was decent. Bit weird that it was 3 episodes, and this series seems to be the same.

Seemed to be loads of 80s & 90s films about someone frozen being discovered so its not the most original idea but they do it well and it's very watchable.
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I think this series is 8 episodes with a christmas special so they obviously rate it
 

Ccfcisparks

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  • Dec 1, 2025
  • #4,885
Went to watch Predator: Badlands saturday, and actually enjoyed it. The world they created with different creatures would make a fantastic open world game.
 

AOM

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  • Dec 1, 2025
  • #4,886
Ccfcisparks said:
Went to watch Predator: Badlands saturday, and actually enjoyed it. The world they created with different creatures would make a fantastic open world game.
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The old Alien vs Predator games were class years ago. Especially multiplayer.

There was an open world'ish Predator game on PS2 called Concrete Jungle as well, but it's probably very dated now!
 

AOM

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  • Dec 1, 2025
  • #4,887
Went to see The Running Man last night.
Not seen the original so I'd imagine I missed quite a few references, but enjoyed it overall.
Maybe could have been 20-30 minutes less towards the end, and the most interesting part was the beginning of the "show", but was entertaining
 
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Sky_Blue_Daz

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  • Dec 1, 2025
  • #4,888
Sky_Blue_Daz said:
Don't know if anyone caught the first series but the second series of Mammoth starts tonight on BBC2 . First series was only 3 episodes but showed some real potential . Mike Bubbins plays Tony Mammoth a teacher who during a skiing trip in 1979 gets frozen and his body is discovered in 2024 . Sounds ridiculous but shows some real heart and a very good cast including Joesph Marcell and Sian Gibson
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First 3 episodes are on the bbc iplayer
 
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The Great Eastern

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  • Dec 2, 2025
  • #4,889
Sky_Blue_Daz said:
First 3 episodes are on the bbc iplayer
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Going to give it a look tonight or tomorrow. Is it serious drama or light hearted ?
 

Sky_Blue_Daz

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  • Dec 2, 2025
  • #4,890
The Great Eastern said:
Going to give it a look tonight or tomorrow. Is it serious drama or light hearted ?
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Comedy
 

Sky_Blue_Daz

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  • Dec 2, 2025
  • #4,891
Just watched the father Ted Christmas special , brilliant
 
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Farmer Jim

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  • Dec 2, 2025
  • #4,892
Sky_Blue_Daz said:
Just watched the father Ted Christmas special , brilliant
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Timeless.
 
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Sky_Blue_Daz

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  • Dec 2, 2025
  • #4,893
The Great Eastern said:
Going to give it a look tonight or tomorrow. Is it serious drama or light hearted ?
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The series is on too
 

ajsccfc

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  • Dec 2, 2025
  • #4,894
Sky_Blue_Daz said:
Just watched the father Ted Christmas special , brilliant
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Nick

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  • Dec 3, 2025
  • #4,895
Absentia.

It's a bit weird, fair few British actors in it as well.
 

Terry_dactyl

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  • Dec 3, 2025
  • #4,896
Sky_Blue_Daz said:
Just watched the father Ted Christmas special , brilliant
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My fave comedy series…hence my pic on here.

On YouTube, I’ve recently found myself watching this American couple watching British/irish tv shows for the first time…I have no idea how/why I’ve started doing this.
Anyway, they absolutely love it and have been making their way through all of them. It’s been great to watch along with them!

I was chatting to an Irish bloke in work who grew up in rural(ish) Ireland and he was relating to it. He said “Father Ted is a fucking documentary as far as I’m concerned”.
 
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Farmer Jim

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  • Dec 3, 2025
  • #4,897
Terry_dactyl said:
My fave comedy series…hence my pic on here.

On YouTube, I’ve recently found myself watching this American couple watching British/irish tv shows for the first time…I have no idea how/why I’ve started doing this.
Anyway, they absolutely love it and have been making their way through all of them. It’s been great to watch along with them!

I was chatting to an Irish bloke in work who grew up in rural(ish) Ireland and he was relating to it. He said “Father Ted is a fucking documentary as far as I’m concerned”.
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My missus has a very good mate from around Donegal and having been over there a couple of times, I can categorically say that Father Ted is a documentary !

If anything Father Ted is possibly scaled down in some aspects.

Last time I was there, the pissed up local copper, who`d been drinking in the only hotel bar with us all and in full uniform, was giving everyone lifts home to their out of the way homes, in his marked police car, as all the taxis had finished for the night
 
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Sky_Blue_Daz

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  • Dec 3, 2025
  • #4,898
Terry_dactyl said:
My fave comedy series…hence my pic on here.

On YouTube, I’ve recently found myself watching this American couple watching British/irish tv shows for the first time…I have no idea how/why I’ve started doing this.
Anyway, they absolutely love it and have been making their way through all of them. It’s been great to watch along with them!

I was chatting to an Irish bloke in work who grew up in rural(ish) Ireland and he was relating to it. He said “Father Ted is a fucking documentary as far as I’m concerned”.
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Get them watching Rab c nesbitt
 
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Farmer Jim

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  • Dec 3, 2025
  • #4,899
Sky_Blue_Daz said:
Get them watching Rab c nesbitt
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Rab was as much as a social comment as it was a comedy.

Brilliant writing and casting, even Wee Burney, the little nonce.
 
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Sky_Blue_Daz

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  • Dec 3, 2025
  • #4,900
Farmer Jim said:
Rab was as much as a social comment as it was a comedy.

Brilliant writing and casting, even Wee Burney, the little nonce.
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The first few series were fantastic lost its way a bit , but that can be said about a lot of comedy’s Tony roper was class as jamsie and Elaine c Smith is gold in everything she does particularly two doors down
 
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