TV Series - Reviews and Recommendations......

daniel_b

About to go on the turbo, and will be starting this series that I never noticed on iplayer called DNA, first series shown here in 2020, 2nd series 2023 - had great reviews, and is Dutch, so potentially MvdP has watched it as well, possibly DvB, and then by association and proximity, potentially even the lovely and highly talented PFP 😍

"Danish detective Rolf Larsen has his life brutally upended when his daughter goes missing. Five years on, a new lead emerges, and the lines between personal and professional blur."

No ads as it's iplayer, and only 40-45 minutes each, so will get through a couple on my 90 minute threshold session coming up :-)

Series 1 is 8 episodes, series 2 is 6.

vincesummerskRoxcBTr

Enjoying Fallout, adaptation of a video game, daft, cartoon style violence and good fun to watch. Not to everybody's taste I suspect.

TheBigBean

I enjoyed Ludwig on BBC.

Not sure why I watched Industry.

wakemalcolm

Ludwig was fun but the premise and its nuances were more entertaining than the individual plot lines. The 2nd series will need to change shape to survive.

wakemalcolm

Really enjoyed the 2nd season of the Diplomat: well developed characters, vaguely believable plot lines with sharp wit and dialogue coupled together with a brilliant twist at the end. It just felt measured and grown up. Some of the locations were stunning too.

Wish we'd rewatched the final episode of season 1 as the timeline between the 2 seasons is seamless and I spent much of episode 1 trying to remember who's who.

vincesummerskRoxcBTr

Just watching the 1st series of Wolf Hall before we watch the new series, forgot how excellent it was!

daniel_b

Ludwig was excellent imho, felt like the two leads were not pushed outside of their comfort zones if that makes sense, pretty much playing their 'stock' personas if that makes, though that's not a criticism at all.

I've one more to watch in the series, so not sure how it ends, or if any conclusions are reached.

Good cast on the whole I thought.

daniel_b

https://forum.bikeradar.com/discussion/comment/21102291#Comment_21102291

This is excellent by the way, really good, lead actor is superb imho.

A ~75 year old Charlotte Rampling also plays a not too minor part in it as well.

I'm 4 episodes through the 2nd series, 2 to go, no idea if a 3rd is planned, I think potentially not.

Stevo_666

Day of the Jackal on Sky Atlantic is pretty good. Eddie Redmayne is the slightly left field choice for the Jackal, but it works well. A modern take on the original story rather than retelling the old one.