Broadchurch

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devnull

3,753 posts

157 months

Thursday 26th February 2015
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Seems to be the forumula with TV Dramas / American Dramas:

Series 1: Epic Storyline, everyone loves it, you're gripped. Some unanswered questions teased.
Series 2: Questions get answered, few boring sub plots, but you're riding the eurphoria of Series 1.
Series 3: "Oh fk, what do we write now??!?"

vxr8mate

1,655 posts

189 months

Thursday 26th February 2015
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Agreed by and large, but there are exceptions: Line of Duty for one.

Melman Giraffe

6,759 posts

218 months

Thursday 26th February 2015
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vxr8mate said:
OK...it wasn't as good as the first season, but there's plenty worse on TV at the moment.
Season!!

Are you American?


Series

MiniMan64

16,926 posts

190 months

Thursday 26th February 2015
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devnull said:
Seems to be the forumula with TV Dramas / American Dramas:

Series 1: Epic Storyline, everyone loves it, you're gripped. Some unanswered questions teased.
Series 2: Questions get answered, few boring sub plots, but you're riding the eurphoria of Series 1.
Series 3: "Oh fk, what do we write now??!?"
I'm sure I remember reading somewhere it was written as a 3 series run from the outset.

coopedup

3,741 posts

139 months

Friday 27th February 2015
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I thought it was a 3 parter too but series 2 was a pile of st compared to the first one.
Still, as other have said, I am sure there will be plenty of folks getting excited over the next one when it comes around.......not me!

redtwin

7,518 posts

182 months

Saturday 4th April 2015
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Does anyone know why this isn't available on ITV player?. I avoided reading through the thread for fear of spoilers as I haven't watched any of the series.

croyde

22,898 posts

230 months

Saturday 4th April 2015
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I think it's on Demand on ITV Encore but you need Sky for that.

Smollet

10,568 posts

190 months

Saturday 4th April 2015
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The American version of it Gracepoint also starring David Tennant started on ITV encore this week. I gave up after twenty minutes.

croyde

22,898 posts

230 months

Saturday 4th April 2015
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The trailer for Grace point seemed frame for frame exactly the same as Broadchurch.

The mum had the same clothes on and looked the same

Although apparently it has a different ending.

redtwin

7,518 posts

182 months

Saturday 4th April 2015
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croyde said:
I think it's on Demand on ITV Encore but you need Sky for that.
Thanks, I presume they don't put stuff on the free player if it can be sold to someone else.

croyde

22,898 posts

230 months

Sunday 5th April 2015
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It's on Netflix if you have that.

redtwin

7,518 posts

182 months

Sunday 5th April 2015
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Cheers, don't have Netflix either, but I can watch it by other means.

Smollet

10,568 posts

190 months

Sunday 5th April 2015
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coopedup said:
I thought it was a 3 parter too but series 2 was a pile of st compared to the first one.
Still, as other have said, I am sure there will be plenty of folks getting excited over the next one when it comes around.......not me!
Same here. The second series didn't do the first one justice imo. For too contrived and over acted.

SGirl

7,918 posts

261 months

Sunday 5th April 2015
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croyde said:
The trailer for Grace point seemed frame for frame exactly the same as Broadchurch.

The mum had the same clothes on and looked the same

Although apparently it has a different ending.
Much of Gracepoint is the same, but the ending is indeed different and there are a couple of different subplots which make it a bit more interesting to watch. It's not bad at all, but weird having characters who are similar but different. Most amusingly, Vince in Broadchurch is Susan Wright's dog, but in Gracepoint he's Nige's character. biggrin

The scenery isn't quite as nice either. But it's still worth a watch, I think.

2fast748

1,094 posts

195 months

Thursday 16th February 2017
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coopedup said:
I thought it was a 3 parter too but series 2 was a pile of st compared to the first one.
Still, as other have said, I am sure there will be plenty of folks getting excited over the next one when it comes around.......not me!
Anyone getting excited yet? Except coopedup obviously.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2017/02/16/chris-chi...

Damn sure me and the Mrs won't be watching it. We got suckered in to series 2 because 1 was pretty good.

K12beano

20,854 posts

275 months

Thursday 16th February 2017
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The scenery will be wonderful. The story had better be an improvement over S2 - agreed!

Laurel Green

30,779 posts

232 months

Monday 27th February 2017
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Nice to see the groundsman from that Lottery Winners programme has spent his money wisely and purchased a farm shop.

Brave Fart

5,724 posts

111 months

Tuesday 28th February 2017
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Laurel Green said:
Nice to see the groundsman from that Lottery Winners programme has spent his money wisely and purchased a farm shop.
And employed Lenny Henry! I enjoyed episode 1, very well acted by Julie Hesmondhalgh I thought. Also great banter between Miller and Hardy. Looking forward to next episode.

ajprice

27,477 posts

196 months

Tuesday 28th February 2017
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So is it back on form? I thought series 1 was great, gave up on series 2.

RicksAlfas

13,396 posts

244 months

Tuesday 28th February 2017
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I was reluctant to watch it after Series 2, but it was a good opening episode.