Peaky Blinders BBC

[Adam.]

Excellent start to the series, and clever to take it to the US / Canada.

Going to listen to Unknown Pleasures before bedtime as a result

[biggbn]

Ivo Shandor said:

PBCD said:

Breaking Bad, perhaps?

Might be true.
I've seen BB once, and was riveted. After chatting with a friend post viewing I realised it was more layered than I thought. I actually watched it years after everyone else and knew practically nothing of it, it was on...Spike USA or some crappy channel at 150ish one year, every night from S1S1 to the finale, best way to view it. Wire, Sopranos, Deadwood, they all have a lot more going on than one sees on first viewing. I'll need to watch BB again, to get the deeper experience. All of these programmes are layered and have depth to them, but Wire is a different style to Sopranos and BB, it's executed more like a documentary, I can see how some just can't get into it.

Deadwood, Sopranos and The Wire are all in my top ten.

Sopranos and House have been my favourite shows. Not a bad episode. Have not seen the wire.

[and31]

Just watched first episode of the new series-
Very good so far!
I have to say the last series was rubbish-nothing happened at all. The final series is going to be a cracker I hope.

[Mastiff]

Sopranos and The Wire - both excellent.

Gomorrah - absolutely outstanding!

Breaking Bad, I just didn't get into at all and God knows I tried. I really wanted to be gripped.

Different subject matter but I liked Newsroom as well.

[and31]

Mastiff said:

Sopranos and The Wire - both excellent.

Gomorrah - absolutely outstanding!

Breaking Bad, I just didn't get into at all and God knows I tried. I really wanted to be gripped.

Different subject matter but I liked Newsroom as well.

Babylon Berlin-
Give that a try,despite subtitles,one of the best things I’ve ever seen on telly
10/10

[hyphen]

Smollet said:

The Sopranos. Is better, just.

BB has the better ending

[Tyre Smoke]

How is it the Irish can remember everything that happened 200 years ago, but can't remember last night?

Alfie Solomons, pure gold!

[Smollet]

There’s a 2 part series on the history of the Peaky Blinders that started last night on BBC2. Worth a watch.

[ukbabz]

I like slow TV as long as it's building to something, which is why better call saul & breaking bad were fantastic.

However, peaky blinders seems to spend a huge amount of running time making pretty shots and then rushes the plot development. I was hoping it'd have improved after the last season but so far not great. Hopefully there'll be a decent pay off (wife is insisting we watch it otherwise I'd not bother)

[Steamer]

...I really hope this is building up to something... The script delivery in tonight's episode was tedious.

[Don Veloci]

Steamer said:

...I really hope this is building up to something... The script delivery in tonight's episode was tedious.

Aye! While I don't like to be dismissive of that little story line in general I was really hoping from the feel of Ep.1 that this last series would be a full on Shelby vs Michael/Mosley/Nelson/IRA chess game.

But it feels like they've burned an episode and a half giving giving Tommy another weighty demon.

What next? Spending the remaining time chasing mysterious gypsies then tying up the main story line in 45 minutes?

Ada was very good though

[Freakuk]

So far this series has been a slow burn, but after Tommy's tragic news last night and Arthur starting to wake up I think it's about to kick up a gear.

[Bluedot]

I've given up with it, just felt like hard work watching it.
Shame, as the first couple of series were excellent.

[Smollet]

Bluedot said:

I've given up with it, just felt like hard work watching it.
Shame, as the first couple of series were excellent.

Agreed. Also I liked the modern music but now it’s overpowering and grates a bit.

[Ben Jk]

Well I fell asleep during last weeks episode (make of that what you will) and haven't watched yesterdays yet.

[p4cks]

Bluedot said:

I've given up with it, just felt like hard work watching it.
Shame, as the first couple of series were excellent.

My thoughts exactly

[Fastchas]

I always rate a programme on whether I pick up my phone or not - my best score on solitaire was 84 last night.

This is crap. One hour spent and all that happened was some people riling each other up in a drawing room, Tommy walkng some bleak hilltop and Arthur overacting his Birmingham accent for the 5 minutes he spoke.

Its too much 'Hollywood' now - all 'slow-walking out of explosions' shots...

It is better in it's early episodes, more raw.

[Pitre]

Still enjoying it mostly. But I have to say the music is nowhere near as good as it was in the first couple of series...

[somouk]

I'm only watching so as I know how it all ended with this being the last series.

There is a film coming I think so they may be going all holywood to practice for that.

[Legmaster]

Fastchas said:

I always rate a programme on whether I pick up my phone or not - my best score on solitaire was 84 last night.

This is crap. One hour spent and all that happened was some people riling each other up in a drawing room, Tommy walkng some bleak hilltop and Arthur overacting his Birmingham accent for the 5 minutes he spoke.

Its too much 'Hollywood' now - all 'slow-walking out of explosions' shots...

It is better in it's early episodes, more raw.

This is exactly how I feel. Watched last night's episode before work today, fitted in a few games of sudoku in the boring bits (most of it) whilst wishing it would hurry up and finish so I could go to work...