The Americans

[VEA]

"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]

Looks like it may have potential, thanks for the heads up.

[Muntu]

Looks good, thanks

[Muntu]

Just watched the pilot, looks like it could be good!

[K12beano]

Heads up!

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



Really looking forward to it.

[TwigtheWonderkid]

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]

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]

I can't believe ITV managed to bag such a good show.

[jurbie]

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]

I would expect nothing less from ITV.

[colonel c]

What a bunch of s.

Any news on another channel picking it up.

[captain jack]

Bloody annoying, I'd been annoying this :-(

[TwigtheWonderkid]

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]

captain jack said:

Bloody annoying, I'd been annoying this :-(

http://tvonline.cc/tv/The-Americans.htm

Life's good again

[gareth_r]

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]

Great series. Had the first two on box set so will be looking forward to this

[colonel c]

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]

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]

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]

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