TV Show recommendations

Started by Archie Mitchell, June 23, 2009, 11:32:19 PM

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Main Street

Norway's state tv station has opened much of its music archives since years.
On it is a treasure trove of high quality video recordings of live concerts, from the international summer festivals  eg Kalvoya Festival, tv studio concerts and random music events around Norway.
I came across a (previously unseen by me) 38min long live concert of The Dubliners from the summer of 1980 in a place called Harstad, which is about as remote as Craggy Island. The concert is relaxed and is simply a visual and audio feast..
https://tv.nrk.no/serie/festspillene-i-nord-norge/FTRO20002080/01-11-1980

Others which caught my eye and you'll see how to search the archives for whatever tickles your fancy.

1993  Dick Gaughan - Shipwrecked
https://tv.nrk.no/serie/roots-93/FHLD30000993/08-10-1993#t=5m57s

1968 Bert Jansch - A woman like You
https://tv.nrk.no/serie/visefestival-i-kroa/FBUA07005768/07-06-1968#t=7m55s

Kalvøya is an Island on Oslo Fjord, use to have a big music festival every summer

1985 Kalvøyafestivalen -  Leonard Cohen
https://tv.nrk.no/serie/kalvoeyafestivalen/FUHA10007285/06-07-1985#t=19m20s

1978 Kalvøyafestivalen - Joan Baez
https://tv.nrk.no/serie/kalvoeyafestivalen/FUHA03002278/07-11-1978

1993 The Chieftains   The Mountain Top, etc
https://tv.nrk.no/serie/roots-93/FHLD10000993/24-09-1993#t=5m3s

Paul Brady -  Crazy Dreams  etc.
https://tv.nrk.no/serie/roots-92/FHLD30000192/01-06-1992#

Boycey

Quote from: stiffler on April 13, 2017, 09:18:16 PM
13 reasons why on Netflix , good show.

My other half has just started me on this, any other opinions?

DuffleKing

Quote from: Boycey on April 17, 2017, 09:25:58 PM
Quote from: stiffler on April 13, 2017, 09:18:16 PM
13 reasons why on Netflix , good show.

My other half has just started me on this, any other opinions?

4 episodes in and I've lost the will to live. Padded out, American idealistic crap so far

Hound

Quote from: Main Street on April 12, 2017, 01:08:09 PM
He's back - 
Better Call Saul S.3 just started the other day.
I'm a very late comer to Breaking Bad. Not long into Season 3. Do I watch them all to very end first, or does Better Call Saul start before the final series of BB ends? 

Hardy

Quote from: Hound on April 18, 2017, 03:04:23 PM
Quote from: Main Street on April 12, 2017, 01:08:09 PM
He's back - 
Better Call Saul S.3 just started the other day.
I'm a very late comer to Breaking Bad. Not long into Season 3. Do I watch them all to very end first, or does Better Call Saul start before the final series of BB ends? 

BCS is Saul's life (as Jimmy McGill, his real name) before BB starts. It's not necessary to watch BB to understand and fully appreciate BCS in its own right and the storylines don't interlink at all, so far. Inevitably, familiarity with Saul in BB enriches the BCS experience but it's not in any way necessary to see all of BB before watching BCS. Mike from BB is also a leading character in BCS and we're told Gus Fring makes his appearance this series.

ONeill

#4205
...and we've had Tuco Salamanca and the mad twins/cousins.
I wanna have my kicks before the whole shithouse goes up in flames.

leenie

Like others I'm always behind when it comes to shows...
Finished boardwalk empire .. brilliant show and fantastic ending - never expected that.. well impressed.

Now I need a new one ?
I'm trying to decide on a really meaningful message..

Owen Brannigan

Bosch Season 3 available on Amazon Prime

The Stallion

Quote from: leenie on April 22, 2017, 11:34:59 AM
Like others I'm always behind when it comes to shows...
Finished boardwalk empire .. brilliant show and fantastic ending - never expected that.. well impressed.

Now I need a new one ?


A few suggestions, happy to narrow it down if you're after a certain genre:

Drama:
The Wire
Breaking Bad
Mad Men
True Detective (Season 1)
Fargo
Black Mirror
In Treatment

Comedy:
The Trip
Curb your Enthusiasm
Flight of the Conchords
Veep
Silicon Valley

One to watch with the wife /girlfriend that turns out to be better than you expected:
The Good Wife
Orange is the new Black
Big Little Lies

Subtitled Drama:
The Bridge
The Killing
Spiral

Owen Brannigan

Happy Valley (Seasons 1& 2)

nrico2006

Gus was in the latest episode of Saul. Also the possibility of the show going beyond BB as there are clips of Saul in the future keeping a low profile.
'To the extreme I rock a mic like a vandal, light up a stage and wax a chump like a candle.'

leenie

Quote from: The Stallion on April 22, 2017, 11:51:52 AM
Quote from: leenie on April 22, 2017, 11:34:59 AM
Like others I'm always behind when it comes to shows...
Finished boardwalk empire .. brilliant show and fantastic ending - never expected that.. well impressed.

Now I need a new one ?


A few suggestions, happy to narrow it down if you're after a certain genre:

Drama:
The Wire
Breaking Bad
Mad Men
True Detective (Season 1)
Fargo
Black Mirror
In Treatment

Comedy:
The Trip
Curb your Enthusiasm
Flight of the Conchords
Veep
Silicon Valley

One to watch with the wife /girlfriend that turns out to be better than you expected:
The Good Wife
Orange is the new Black
Big Little Lies

Subtitled Drama
The Bridge
The Killing
Spiral
Not a bb fan but loved mad men - black mirror
I'd say the next one Is between either the wire / fargo ..

As a female ;D - I like well written / well acted shows - v fussy on my comedy's - but will give one of them a go
I'm trying to decide on a really meaningful message..

JimStynes

Watched Good Behaviour on a flight home from America. 9 episodes I think. Decent show about a girl out of prison trying to win back her son but also gets mixed up along with a hitman.

macdanger2

Just finished the first season of Ray Donovan, very good series

The Stallion

Quote from: leenie on April 23, 2017, 10:33:40 AM
Quote from: The Stallion on April 22, 2017, 11:51:52 AM
Quote from: leenie on April 22, 2017, 11:34:59 AM
Like others I'm always behind when it comes to shows...
Finished boardwalk empire .. brilliant show and fantastic ending - never expected that.. well impressed.

Now I need a new one ?


A few suggestions, happy to narrow it down if you're after a certain genre:

Drama:
The Wire
Breaking Bad
Mad Men
True Detective (Season 1)
Fargo
Black Mirror
In Treatment

Comedy:
The Trip
Curb your Enthusiasm
Flight of the Conchords
Veep
Silicon Valley

One to watch with the wife /girlfriend that turns out to be better than you expected:
The Good Wife
Orange is the new Black
Big Little Lies

Subtitled Drama
The Bridge
The Killing
Spiral
Not a bb fan but loved mad men - black mirror
I'd say the next one Is between either the wire / fargo ..

As a female ;D - I like well written / well acted shows - v fussy on my comedy's - but will give one of them a go


If you decide to watch the Wire be sure to persevere theough the first couple of episodes which aren't great to be honest. After that it gets a lot better. Well written and some brilliant characters.