Paphos Life

smudger wrote: ↑Thu Dec 28, 2017 10:30 pm Jules, it's Dick Strawbridge, he's done tons of stuff on tv including Masterchef, and a programme with his son where they meander in and out of the UK coast on their boat and stop off exploring local franchises and artisans work and then entertaining them on the boat. Comes on every few weeks or so around tea time, worth watching.
I've also seen programmes about his house renovation, but no real idea when they might be on.

Never heard of him before but thanks for the info.... will keep an eye open for the future We don't usually watch TV until around 19:30hrs (UK time) so have most likely missed anything on earlier than that.

PhotoLady wrote: ↑Fri Dec 29, 2017 7:33 pm LOL, I'm with HIC and Hudswell on this - neither me or my other half are enamoured with US TV programmes and having just looked at the list that Dom produced, we haven't watched a single one of those programmes

If you haven't watched any of them how can you possibly claim that UK tv is better, I'm sure Hudswell and HIC are in the same position.

Uncle D wrote: ↑Thu Dec 28, 2017 11:26 am Watched the Oasis program till 2:30am last night, very interesting. I Can understand the sibling rivalry better now.

Can I ask which channel this was on, I'd love to try and find it on catch up.

Paulo wrote: ↑Fri Dec 29, 2017 9:10 pm If you haven't watched any of them how can you possibly claim that UK tv is better, I'm sure Hudswell and HIC are in the same position.

Because we've seen others that weren't listed and gave up after a couple of episodes. Seen clips of some of those listed and nope, they're not for us..... Too many US programmes are too busy trying to emulate UK programmes and fail - miserably.

Sherlock and Elementary being just one example....

Paulo wrote: ↑Fri Dec 29, 2017 9:12 pm

Uncle D wrote: ↑Thu Dec 28, 2017 11:26 am Watched the Oasis program till 2:30am last night, very interesting. I Can understand the sibling rivalry better now.

Can I ask which channel this was on, I'd love to try and find it on catch up.

The Oasis program was on BBC 2 on Wednesday the 27th at 10pm uk time .

Re tv programs , I can find stuff I like in both USA and uk made . We are all different and like different things .

An American series I can recommend is Traveler , from 2007 and only 8 episodes . It can be found on YouTube . We watched all 8 over 2 evenings , this week .

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0805668/?ref_=rvi_tt

Mrblobby wrote: ↑Sat Dec 30, 2017 12:11 pm [...] An American series I can recommend is Traveler , from 2007 and only 8 episodes . It can be found on YouTube . We watched all 8 over 2 evenings , this week .

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0805668/?ref_=rvi_tt

Thank you. Sounds good. And the IMDB rating is outstanding. Will give it a try soon!

A.

Coincidence, re earlier comments, Dick Strawbridge and his son are on BBC tv as we speak doing a round the coast cooking, foraging, meet and greet........ I know it's too late for most now, but would guess it will be on for a few Saturdays at same time, 11.30 UK

Oops sorry, s/b ITV

We will have to agree to disagree.

Bear in mind though, that we don't actually tend to watch TV channels. We tend to go via box sets. These don't have adverts, so that isn't an issue. And yes, we do only watch the cream, our particular flavour of it anyway. That's the beauty of being able to watch via a series link. However, there is a lot more cream in America's pot.

I abhor all soaps and reality shows.

I think the only British thing we still stick with is Dr Who, Have I Got News For You, and some of the documentaries. Nobody does it like David Attenborough. Everything else is just too tedious. We used to like that one with the Pathologists, but it has ended now. Oh, Black Mirror was good, but that was a darker copy of Outer Limits and The Twilight Zone anyway, and it is now run by Netflix I believe.

We liked Modern Life is Goodish, but that's stopped now too.

PhotoLady wrote: ↑Fri Dec 29, 2017 9:33 pm

Paulo wrote: ↑Fri Dec 29, 2017 9:10 pm If you haven't watched any of them how can you possibly claim that UK tv is better, I'm sure Hudswell and HIC are in the same position.

Because we've seen others that weren't listed and gave up after a couple of episodes. Seen clips of some of those listed and nope, they're not for us..... Too many US programmes are too busy trying to emulate UK programmes and fail - miserably.

Sherlock and Elementary being just one example....

Elementary is much better than Sherlock. Sherlock was good for the first couple of series but now it is just running around like a headless chicken.

And what about House?

Surely, which programmes anyone watches depends on their individual tastes. Most of our watching is news and documentaries, but to the total exclusion of soaps, series and other fiction, but that is personal. Wifey did like Master Chef, when it was running, but that was the only proggy of that genre that we watched.

I agree re Attenborough (last night we watched the one on the ants in the Jura which we found fascinating because we lived in the foothills of the Jura for 30-odd years and had often watched them in real life! That's what I mean by personal choice!)

Mcmafia great series. Best out of BBC for years.

Oh that reminds me. We do like Peaky Blinders too.

We watched Attenborough and the ants last night and enjoyed it . We also lived in France for a few years . Although not in the Jura , but Limousin and there used to be one of those ant mounds near us , it got bigger each year .

For fans of Dick Strawbridge he is on ch4 tonight The Biggest little railway in the world . No doubt building up more funds for the chateaux .

And another program on restoring a chateaux was Our Dream Hotel on ch5 , the family was also running out of money .

I'm another one who loves the best of both and throw in a few French and Scandinavian thrillers for good measure. I only generally watch drama (never been a soap watcher). I did love Breaking Bad and loved Ray Donovan. I particulary enjoy the BBC drama series and am eagerly awaiting the return of Taboo!

Jeanne

The wife will be chuffed.

My choices are :

Not to watch any soaps or reality programs.

On UK TV I enjoy(ed):

Anything with David Attenborough
Anything with Tom Hardy
Anything with James Norton
Anything with Sarah Lancashire including Happy Valley and Last Tango in Halifax
The Night Manager
The War & Peace TV series I thought outstanding
Any period dramas

On US I think there are some intelligent series with great actors, I watch(ed) :

The Blacklist
Criminal Minds
Designated Survivor (with Keifer Sutherland)
Madam Secretary
Law & Order SVU
How to get away with murder
Grey's Anatomy
Scandal
Breaking Bad
Better Call Saul

The worst American copy of a British made series, in my opinion, was Mad Dogs (watch it if you haven't seen it), the humour from the series simply did not translate, it was dreadful.

In my opinion one of the best to come out of UK TV was, Line of Duty...Brilliant but I think the last series was one to many and didnt match up to the previous ones.

It seems clear that a. Some people enjoy watching tv and b. Some people don't.

A. Some enjoy UK and b. Some enjoy US

A. Some enjoy drama b. Some enjoy documentaries.

I think overall that, as a group, you are all pretty average viewers in your tastes.

Domonic, that Pathologists one is Silent Witness and it is back on now.