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September 3, 2018
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The Official TV Thread

Just thought I'd start a thread where we can all share what we've all been watching.

I'm just finishing the fifth and final series of The Gentle Touch starring the lovely Jill Gascoigne as DI Maggie Forbes. It's a programme from the 80s and is excellent.

Next up for me is the second series of Monkey, known as Monkey Magic in the States I think. If you haven't seen it then you HAVE to check it out. It's a Japanese programme from the 80s that tells the legend of Monkey, Piggsy, Sandy and Tripitaka who travel through Asia to pick up the Buddhist Sacred Scrolls. Some may be familiar of the legend from the video game Enslaved: Odyssey Of The West.

I love rewatching stuff from the 70s and 80s regularly, they don't make telly like that any more which is a real shame. All we seem to see these days is mostly reality TV bollocks with the odd gem hidden here and there. :(

So what are you guys and girls watching?

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    Inspiring
    February 26, 2019
    Totally agree, feels like Orville is turning into Grey's Anatomy. Starting to take itself a bit too seriously. 

    Discovery has gone a little flat for me. Loved the first series.
    The story line bringing back the transformed Klingon to the same ship he completely betrayed and killed somebody on. I mean come on. Then bringing back the doctor he killed because love transferred him into a different dimension. For gods sake. 

    I think the writers have been smoking a little too much pot.





    Honored Contributor
    February 26, 2019
    @snowdog - I preferred this bird. Rod always had a knack of totally embarrassing people leaving them speechless. You'll need to watch it all to appreciate the embarrassment Parky must have felt.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kek1vs6bM2k
    February 26, 2019
    Yup, I used to love Rod Hull and Emu when I was a kid, particularly the rubbish bins in a sketch on his show where Rod Hull was Doctor Who and the rubbish bins were like Daleks, it was hilarious lol
    February 26, 2019
    Honored Contributor
    February 26, 2019

    snowdog said:

    Bollocks, I can't get that fucking song out of my head now  :D :D :D


    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_HFm54lb04
    RuneSR2
    Honored Contributor
    February 26, 2019

    kojack said:

    I really enjoyed The Punisher. S1 was better than S2, but both were still good.



    You've got some really good taste!  B)

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    I'm married, I don't get out much, I have other reasons to enjoy The Punisher :blush:



    - and to some degree - she's 21  o:)


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    Participant
    February 26, 2019
    I have quite a few favorite series'

    Ones I repeatedly watch (sometimes to the chagrin of my better half)
     * Buffy The Vampire Slayer
     * Babylon 5 (but just the first 4 seasons)
     * The New Adventures of Old Christine (some episodes of this just make me LOL)
     
    Current favorites (watching):
    The Magicians
    A Discovery of Witches
    Bojack Horseman
    Game of Thrones
    The Umbrella Academy
    The OA
    Westworld
    Future Man
    American Gods
    Better Call Saul
    The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

    Other Favs:
    Doctor Who (David Tennant/Catherine Tate - I just want a mate... you want to mate?? you're not mating with ME Sunshine!)
    Sherlock
    The Good Place
    Elementary
    Breaking Bad
    Dexter
    Shaun the Sheep!

    Sh..oot.. i think i watch too much tv.


    Honored Contributor
    February 26, 2019

    Epona0000 said:

    I have quite a few favorite series'

    Ones I repeatedly watch (sometimes to the chagrin of my better half)
     * Buffy The Vampire Slayer
     * Babylon 5 (but just the first 4 seasons)
     * The New Adventures of Old Christine (some episodes of this just make me LOL)
     
    Current favorites (watching):
    The Magicians
    A Discovery of Witches
    Bojack Horseman
    Game of Thrones
    The Umbrella Academy
    The OA
    Westworld
    Future Man
    American Gods
    Better Call Saul
    The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

    Other Favs:
    Doctor Who (David Tennant/Catherine Tate - I just want a mate... you want to mate?? you're not mating with ME Sunshine!)
    Sherlock
    The Good Place
    Elementary
    Breaking Bad
    Dexter
    Shaun the Sheep!

    Sh..oot.. i think i watch too much tv.




    Why not Babylon 5 season 5?  It’s quite great. 
    Participant
    February 27, 2019

    Digikid1 said:


    Epona0000 said:

    I have quite a few favorite series'

    Ones I repeatedly watch (sometimes to the chagrin of my better half)
     * Buffy The Vampire Slayer
     * Babylon 5 (but just the first 4 seasons)
     * The New Adventures of Old Christine (some episodes of this just make me LOL)
     
    Current favorites (watching):
    The Magicians
    A Discovery of Witches
    Bojack Horseman
    Game of Thrones
    The Umbrella Academy
    The OA
    Westworld
    Future Man
    American Gods
    Better Call Saul
    The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina

    Other Favs:
    Doctor Who (David Tennant/Catherine Tate - I just want a mate... you want to mate?? you're not mating with ME Sunshine!)
    Sherlock
    The Good Place
    Elementary
    Breaking Bad
    Dexter
    Shaun the Sheep!

    Sh..oot.. i think i watch too much tv.




    Why not Babylon 5 season 5?  It’s quite great. 


    We felt it just petered out after the 4th season (to us).. the buildup and then subsequent wrapup of the shadow war, it didn't seem to have as much interest.. still, the remaining storylines had good episodes intermittently.


    February 27, 2019
    I LOVED Babylon 5, I rewatch it every few years. Farscape and Lexx too.