The Americans

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VEA

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4,785 posts

200 months

Thursday 31st January 2013
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"The Americans" is a period drama about the complex marriage of two KGB spies posing as Americans in suburban Washington D.C. shortly after Ronald Reagan is elected President. The arranged marriage of Philip and Elizabeth Jennings, who have two children -- 13-year-old Paige and 10-year-old Henry, who know nothing about their parents' true identity -- grows more passionate and genuine by the day, but is constantly tested by the escalation of the Cold War and the intimate, dangerous and darkly funny relationships they must maintain with a network of spies and informants under their control. Complicating their relationship further is Philip's growing sense of affinity for America's values and way of life. Tensions also heighten upon the arrival of a new neighbor, Stan Beeman, an FBI agent. Stan and his partner, Agent Chris Amador, are members of a new division of Counterintelligence tasked with fighting against foreign agents on U.S. soil, including KGB Directorate S illegals, Russian spies posing as Americans

Trailer can be found here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2149175/

Think I might give this one a go.

MacW

1,349 posts

175 months

Thursday 31st January 2013
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Looks like it may have potential, thanks for the heads up.

Muntu

7,631 posts

198 months

Thursday 31st January 2013
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Looks good, thanks thumbup

Muntu

7,631 posts

198 months

Thursday 31st January 2013
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Just watched the pilot, looks like it could be good!

K12beano

20,854 posts

274 months

Saturday 15th March 2014
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Heads up!

Isn't it the New Series starting tonight in the UK?



Really looking forward to it.

TwigtheWonderkid

43,248 posts

149 months

Sunday 16th March 2014
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New series got off to a cracking start. Love this programme. Lots of nudity, sex, and extreme violence. Plus it's within the framework of a good plot, which isn't something I insist on, but is always a bonus.

VEA

Original Poster:

4,785 posts

200 months

Monday 17th March 2014
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Interesting,

I stopped bothering with this 3-4 eps into the 1st series. Might have to look it up and get the rest of them down.

colonel c

7,888 posts

238 months

Sunday 4th May 2014
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I can't believe ITV managed to bag such a good show.

jurbie

2,339 posts

200 months

Saturday 21st February 2015
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In case anyone is like me and starting to get withdrawal symptoms, season 3 has now started in the US however ITV have decided to drop it.

Beati Dogu

8,862 posts

138 months

Saturday 21st February 2015
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I would expect nothing less from ITV.

colonel c

7,888 posts

238 months

Saturday 21st February 2015
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What a bunch of s.

Any news on another channel picking it up.

captain jack

191 posts

227 months

Sunday 22nd February 2015
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Bloody annoying, I'd been annoying this :-(

TwigtheWonderkid

43,248 posts

149 months

Sunday 22nd February 2015
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jurbie said:
In case anyone is like me and starting to get withdrawal symptoms, season 3 has now started in the US however ITV have decided to drop it.
Oh ffs. fking ITV.

griffin dai

3,194 posts

148 months

Sunday 22nd February 2015
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captain jack said:
Bloody annoying, I'd been annoying this :-(
http://tvonline.cc/tv/The-Americans.htm

Life's good again wink

gareth_r

5,712 posts

236 months

Wednesday 12th August 2015
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Series 3 starts next week, but it's been banished to ITV Encore (Sky 123/Now TV).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ3HEheWF18

Starts Wednesday 19th August at 22:00.

Edited by gareth_r on Wednesday 12th August 02:34

Elroy Blue

8,686 posts

191 months

Wednesday 12th August 2015
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Great series. Had the first two on box set so will be looking forward to this

colonel c

7,888 posts

238 months

Wednesday 12th August 2015
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gareth_r said:
Series 3 starts next week, but it's been banished to ITV Encore (Sky 123/Now TV).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ3HEheWF18

Starts Wednesday 19th August at 22:00.

Edited by gareth_r on Wednesday 12th August 02:34
Cheers.
I'm sure they know what they are doing. Not likely to expand ITV's general audience though.

SpeedBash

2,318 posts

186 months

Wednesday 12th August 2015
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gareth_r said:
Series 3 starts next week, but it's been banished to ITV Encore (Sky 123/Now TV).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQ3HEheWF18

Starts Wednesday 19th August at 22:00.

Edited by gareth_r on Wednesday 12th August 02:34
Top man - thanks for sharing this info.

The last I had heard, ITV had dropped the series.


BlackLabel

13,251 posts

122 months

Sunday 8th May 2016
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If you like The Americans you might enjoy reading this recent piece:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/may/07/disco...

Edited by BlackLabel on Monday 16th May 17:55

gareth_r

5,712 posts

236 months

Monday 16th May 2016
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New series starts Thursday 19th May on ITV Encore (Sky/Now TV) at 21.00.

Edited by gareth_r on Monday 16th May 16:47