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I'm curious, does UK television have as many detective/police procedural shows as the US? Every year there's like one or two new one's and I just don't get it.
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Jun 10, 2015 20:48
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Applewhite posted:Piss Me Knickers piss me knickers really went downhill from season 14 onwards, just endless guest stars pissing their knickers, the schtick got pretty old fast heh   check out my extensive review in TVIV
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Jun 10, 2015 20:51
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SweetKarma posted:I'm curious, does UK television have as many detective/police procedural shows as the US? Every year there's like one or two new one's and I just don't get it. Yes but they tend to be much higher quality because their are no mandatory seasons. If the story is over, or needs to settle than that's fine. They don't have to produce 22 episodes every year. American television would be a lot better if they practiced the less is more philosophy.
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Jun 10, 2015 20:51
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The Last Gentleman posted:Yes but they tend to be much higher quality because their are no mandatory seasons. If the story is over, or needs to settle than that's fine. They don't have to produce 22 episodes every year. American television would be a lot better if they practiced the less is more philosophy. I remember hearing that that was one of the pluses to UK telivision. The writers actually have an ending to the show instead of just stringing it along for as long as possible and then coming up with some bullshit ending.
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Jun 10, 2015 20:56
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SweetKarma posted:I'm curious, does UK television have as many detective/police procedural shows as the US? Every year there's like one or two new one's and I just don't get it. There is Law & Order: UK but I've never seen it.
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Jun 10, 2015 20:58
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Life on Mars followed by it's sequel, Ashes to Ashes.
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Jun 10, 2015 21:01
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SweetKarma posted:I'm curious, does UK television have as many detective/police procedural shows as the US? Every year there's like one or two new one's and I just don't get it. Yeah they're always very regional and feature either a fish out of water like a man from london will go to 'the north' who does things differently and struggles to adapt to the culture shock or an aging no-nonsense alcoholic who gets results damnit.
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Jun 10, 2015 21:01
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I sometimes hear Brits say negative things about northerners. Is the north pretty much like the south here in the US. Do you keep your rednecks there?
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Jun 10, 2015 21:05
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SweetKarma posted:I sometimes hear Brits say negative things about northerners. Is the north pretty much like the south here in the US. Do you keep your rednecks there? I'm a southerner living in the north. Us southerners are thought to be effeminate shandy-drinking pooftas who vote conservative and we think of northerners as uncivilised monkeys who eat black pudding, live in coal mines and race whippits. It's a massive cultural divide. The closest people to rednecks I guess would be the Welsh or maybe scousers.
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Jun 10, 2015 21:09
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SweetKarma posted:I sometimes hear Brits say negative things about northerners. Is the north pretty much like the south here in the US. Do you keep your rednecks there? The north-south divide in the UK is based on the North previously being industrial region with strong working class politics that got hosed hard during the 19702-1980s with deindustrialisation (part of conservative government policy designed to crush the power of the unions and disenfranchise the working class) which condemned tens of millions of people to economic misery. The South (and particularly the area surrounding London, and London itself) is seen to get preferential treatment from government because that's where most of the wealthier people of the country live.
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Jun 10, 2015 21:10
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Shirley Crabtree posted:Cracker. So it is... Thanks! Highly recommended, BTW, along with another vote for Garth Marenghi's Darkplace and it's less twisted cousin, The IT Crowd. I also love Keeping Up Appearances, but your mileage may vary. Don't forget The Goonies (if you can find it), or Luther.
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Jun 10, 2015 21:11
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Oberleutnant posted:The north-south divide in the UK is based on the North previously being industrial region with strong working class politics that got hosed hard during the 19702-1980s with deindustrialisation (part of conservative government policy designed to crush the power of the unions and disenfranchise the working class) which condemned tens of millions of people to economic misery. The South (and particularly the area surrounding London, and London itself) is seen to get preferential treatment from government because that's where most of the wealthier people of the country live. So are southerners generally considered "posh". Is that what posh means? Like, if I wore designer clothes and hung out with rich folks would I be considered posh?
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Jun 10, 2015 21:15
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I'm surprised nobody mentioned Celebrity Juice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPNrq3O7Xxc
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Jun 10, 2015 21:16
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8 out of 10 cats does countdown is the best thing on tv atm
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Jun 10, 2015 21:17
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SweetKarma posted:So are southerners generally considered "posh". Is that what posh means? Like, if I wore designer clothes and hung out with rich folks would I be considered posh? No, you'd be rich. Poshness is a specific intangible element of class that's probably intrinsically linked with going to certain schools and growing up in a specific environment.
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Jun 10, 2015 21:20
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black mirror been mentioned yet? or limmy show? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKelPiDXEwc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHbZD68SGoE
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Jun 10, 2015 21:21
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Oberleutnant posted:No, you'd be rich. Poshness is a specific intangible element of class that's probably intrinsically linked with going to certain schools and growing up in a specific environment. So they're kind of like what Americans would call "preppies"
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Jun 10, 2015 21:24
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KoRMaK posted:black mirror been mentioned yet? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkuWrmxN7hg
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Jun 10, 2015 21:27
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inbetweeners
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Jun 10, 2015 21:38
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Kleen_TheRowdyDog posted:inbetweeners Is that about working in the British animation industry?
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Jun 10, 2015 21:45
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the colert report
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Jun 10, 2015 21:47
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If you can stand 1980s production values and laugh tracks, Blackadder is a great series. Rowan Atkinson plays a series of the shittiest nobility imaginable in various periods of British history.
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Jun 10, 2015 21:51
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PirateMathew posted:I'm surprised nobody mentioned Celebrity Juice That's because its poo poo.
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Jun 10, 2015 21:52
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I believe it's very unpopular with anyone under the age of 80, but I sincerely love Top Gear. ...Free Jeremy. And, it's been mentioned, The Prisoner.
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Jun 10, 2015 21:53
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Twitch posted:If you can stand 1980s production values and laugh tracks, Blackadder is a great series. Rowan Atkinson plays a series of the shittiest nobility imaginable in various periods of British history. You had me at Rowan Atkinson.
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Jun 10, 2015 21:54
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I've watched Top Gear, it's okay, but I'm not really into cars.
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Jun 10, 2015 21:56
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Jeremy Kyle, only if you want to see some of our top blokes and stunning birds  
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Jun 10, 2015 22:03
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Applewhite posted:Is that about working in the British animation industry? No, it's a pretty funny show about high school kids who get into trouble. 
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Jun 10, 2015 22:08
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKD5pKzzXvU
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Jun 10, 2015 22:13
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SweetKarma posted:I'm curious, does UK television have as many detective/police procedural shows as the US? Every year there's like one or two new one's and I just don't get it. Wire in the Blood is really intelligent and well written psychological crime drama, couldn't recommend it enough: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0337792/?ref_=nv_sr_1 Kleen_TheRowdyDog posted:inbetweeners This is excellent, recommended.
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Jun 10, 2015 22:19
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If you like Peep Show try That Mitchell and Webb Look
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Jun 10, 2015 22:26
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have you checked out top gear? i really love top gear
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Jun 10, 2015 22:44
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First series of Peep Show had the two best episodes of Peep Show: On the Pull (this is literally the only episode Mark even approaches being a normal person, plus the whole Tony/Toni/Jez awkward sex scene) and Dream Job Limmy is also good: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8I2-A459SY
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Jun 10, 2015 23:14
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Peepshow Black Books two of the best comedies ever produced in these fair lands
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Jun 10, 2015 23:20
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Funky See Funky Do posted:Coronation Street or East Enders. i actually liked eastenders from 85-90ish then it lost its way, the torrents are out there Ronnie Barker is the best Open All Hours and Porridge are both great.
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Jun 10, 2015 23:47
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Blackpool is incredible.
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Nicomo posted:Peepshow BLACK BOOKS!
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Jun 11, 2015 04:33
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There's a show from a couple years back called 'None of Them' that made some solid The Newsroom-esque statements about the state of the British TV industry as a whole. I'd recommend checking it out - I'm sure I've seen it on either Netflix or Amazon streaming.
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Has anyone mentioned Charlie Brooker's Screenwipe and the newer Weekly Wipe?
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