Thx Richard
Ragnarok
Netflix.
Series 2 recently dropped and I have to say that I have thoroughly enjoyed both series. As you would expect it is full of riffs on Norse mythology. In this world the giants still exist whilst the Gods appear to have disappeared. As a family return to their home town the eldest son is approached by an old woman, and so events start to unfold.
Lucifer
Now Netflix.
I am glad to say that over all I think the show runners have avoided fumbling the ball, although the show may verge a bit too close to formulaic and Lucifer is perhaps too watered down. It certainly bares no relationship to the source Gaiman written comics, for better or worse.
The series was due to end with the season, in the event another season has been ordered which may account for the slightly strange feel of the ending. Itâs a wrap, oh, no it isnât.
Castlevania
Netflix
There are aspects to this I do enjoy and others I could well lose, but enough of interest had me back for this final season.
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Highly recommend Justified on Prime. A modern day western with great baddies. Particularly Margot Martindale in season 2
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French police/ judiciary crime drama. Joint production with BBC 4. In French so need to concentrate on subtitles if you donât speak French.
8 series. 84 episodes so a significant investment.
Absolutely brilliant. Am on series 6 and still engaging and exciting rather than past itâs sell by date.
Completely agree. One of the very best in my view.
Just finished watching Hinterland on Netflix. Been out a while just never got round to it. Fantastic procedural cop show with a bit of scandi noir set in Wales. Great characters, photography and plot. And for once an over arcing story that resolves well. It has however put me off going to that part of Wales, comes across more like the location in deliverance and it has a high murder rate but undeniably beautiful at times.and when the weather allows.
New season of Bosch
Never dissapoints
Best Show on amazon prime
The wife and I like Bosch currently halfway through the last season.
Also The Shield, Chicago PD and The Americans are up there too.
Love Bosch âŚlove the character BarrelâŚknew a guy just like thatâŚso good.
The Expanse is also quite goodâŚ
Over the weekend The Termagant and I watched all 10 episodes of the superb French thriller Lupin on Netflix â quite the most brilliant series I have seen since Mad Men. Clever, exciting, full of unexpected twists, once it gets going itâs inbelievably compellng. Omar Sy is just sublime in the lead role. If you donât speak French, itâs available with subtitles (I think thereâs a dubbed version too, if you donât like subbiesâŚ
Clarksonâs Farm
If you can get past the Superannuated Top Gear style, this is actually a very informative and eye opening series about the considerable challenges of modern day farming in the UK. Farmers are saying that this series may have done much more to communicate their challenges than umpteen years of Countryfile has ever done. And itâs fun too if you appreciate Clarksonâs sharp, but âLadâ humour.
I very enjoyed Clarksonâs Farm. Entertaining and funny but I also leant a lot and now have even higher respect for the challenges faced by farmers.
Norsemen, on Netflix. For me, a very funny counter to shows like Vikings. Apparently each scene was filmed twice: once in Norwegian and once in English.
I too have watched Clarksonâs farm and thoroughly enjoyed it as I did James May in Japan.
For me, the weather means am I going to get wet or burnt at work or can I wash the car?
Notwithstanding his mistakes, ineptitude and inexperience, Jeremyâs series clearly showed that not only do farmers have to work hard, they have to know a lot, and effectively "live or die " within the vagaries of the weather.
I hope there is a second series.
True re the vagaries of the weather and the challenges but people like Clarkson tend to fall in to the âGentleman farmerâ bracket, whereby they have alternative wealth and the farm can be just a hobby (tenanted?), with break-even being the goal/even a loss is tolerable in the wider scheme of tax management and living in a substantial âtiedâ house. Of course, some donât run things this way and try to maintain a strong & sustainable business.
At least Jezza calls things as he sees them and itâs not all fluffy sheep and rare breed management, which tends to be the staple of Countryfile.
Jeremy said that he was extremely fortunate in having alternative income streams.
Whilst he can afford to be a âgentleman farmerâ, I think that whist he is physically able to do what needs doing, his heart is really into the farm and he will continue to invest his time and money in it.
To give him his due some of his ideas ( natural areas, owl and kestrel boxes, encouraging growth in the woodland etc) seem really sound.
As age takes its toll, I am sure Kaleb and some new recruits can take a functioning, environmentally conscious farm forwards.
Maybe I missed it in the thread but for me the absolute peak is The Wire, donât think anything has come close to how well made and thorough the characters are developed , including their flaws.
Amazing how many of the actors all pop up in many of the series listed here.
After that I moved to the Sopranos, which is excellent but it isnât the match of The Wire in my opinion.
More lighthearted fare would include Brooklyn 99 and if a fan of the Inbetweeners then Itâs Always Sunny in Philadelphia, which can be truly base but always has plenty of cringe laughter, it made the creator enough money to buy a stake in Wrexham FC.
We have watched the first two episodes so far - my father in law is a farmer (originally dairy and now has a few sheep in retirement) while my younger daughter wants to be a farmer (she has 40-odd ewes I think - but is going to sell some for while she is away at university studying agriculture hopefully from this September).
All three of us enjoyed it - my daughter particularly enjoyed his sheep adventure and provided a regular commentary on his mistakes.
JC does seem to be a reasonable sport about it (or at least the image he is carefully portraying gives that impression) and I have read some of his interesting comments on the farming exploits in the Sunday Times over the last year or so
Possibly no second series