FTA-TV Uk cop shows - shadow line, top boy and more

[Frank Bunn]

Is there lack of funding or lack of idea's a or something .
There does not seem to be many new UK crime shows about the last 12-24 months.

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[rocker_oz33]

I'm interested in the Dublin murders plus a few others.

 

[charcoalchicken]

Scrolling through netflix today I just noticed there's a new top boy series on there, will be watching pretty shortly

 

[rocker_oz33]

Scrolling through netflix today I just noticed there's a new top boy series on there, will be watching pretty shortly

Season 3.?

 

[rocker_oz33]

Top boy season 3 but it says season one netflix bit confused .

First ep of season 3 is called bulk up.
Current seson has 10 eps insteed of the normal 4..

 

[demondavey]

Any seen the wire in the blood? nothing like the wire.

It’s actually really hard to locate it. I tried to get the DVD series from 1-3 but no luck. 4-6 is available at JB though.

 

[demondavey]

I can recommend 'Spooks' as a good UK crime/drama type show. It follows m15 whose job it is to protect the UK domestically from terrorism. Has about 9 seasons I think from memory? Anyway, well worth a look if you haven't heard of it before - great show.

Spooks was great.

 

[demondavey]

Started watching Whitechapel. Tis ok.

Did you like it? There were a couple of really good episodes, but a couple of misses. The first one was great. I won’t go into the other one as I’ll give spoilers but quite enjoyed it.

 

[demondavey]

I can't really share the enthusiam for Line of Duty. Acting is fine, but the story-line and script is cookie-cutter stuff. It's just about good enough to keep me watching, but not all that, IMO.

Pseudy as this may sound, it's really not in the same league as the Scandi crime shows we've seen on UK TV lately, which have really set the standard.

I thought the shadow line was great. Scandinavian dramas have set the standard though.

 

[charcoalchicken]

Top boy season 3 but it says season one netflix bit confused .

First ep of season 3 is called bulk up.
Current seson has 10 eps insteed of the normal 4..

Season 3.?

Watching the new series of top boy now, they have kept a lot of the same characters everyone's just older, 10 eps in this new season compared to 4, it's still very good

 

[rocker_oz33]

Watching the new series of top boy now, they have kept a lot of the same characters everyone's just older, 10 eps in this new season compared to 4, it's still very good

I call the new season S3.
It pretty much is IMO.

 

[charcoalchicken]

I call the new season S3.
It pretty much is IMO.

When dushane was in jamaica for the first ep. I had the subtitles on, funny how jamaica is idealised as this lovely sunny place with nice beaches and everyone is just chilled out because there stoned, when it really isn't like that at all, probably good for a 2 week visit, wouldn't want to overstay your welcome

 

[charcoalchicken]

Just finished off season 3 of top boy, it is brilliant, god bless drake and everyone else involved in bringing this gem back, amongst the best television i've watched imo

 

[DaveyBoy123]

I just finished watching Season 4 of 'Line of Duty'. Wow, just wow... What a show.

I'm tempted to go straight into season 5, but I like to let seasons sink in to give that faux vibe of waiting almost a year for the next season.

I can't recommend this series enough to those who have not yet watched it.

 

[Drummond]

Finally getting stuck into Wallander. Love it. Just finished episode 5, so keen for the rest. Could be considered slow and bleak, but man it’s good.

 

[The Dice Man]

Top Boy is incredibly brilliant. I'd never heard of it and watched the new season a few weeks back, then went back to the originals. Didnt affect the outcome. Bravo to all involved in that series. Seriously good TV!

 

[Drummond]

Huge, huge fan of The Missing do I finally started Baptiste. Jumbled plot, stupid revelations, irrelevant characters. So, so disappointing after a strong first few eps. Good on the writers for trying to take it in another direction but it felt very flat. Promised a lot but never went anywhere and honestly felt like they didn’t know where they were going with it.

Started Shetland season 4, good start!

 

[moto748]

Yeah, agree Baptiste was nowhere near as good as The Missing, even though he is likeable and interesting character. There's a pretty interesting thing on here at the moment called Giri/Hagi. It's set half in Japan and half in London, and in sub-titled Japanese and English. Yakusas are involved, but it's not a yakusa flick by any means. Last Shetland series was the best so far, i think it's a show that has shown steady improvement.

 

[TheGreatBambino]

I watched season one of ‘The Missing’ over the past couple weeks. Really enjoyed it. Thought the finale was a little bit of a let down but series was excellent overall.

 

[Frank Bunn]

I just smashed through A Confession. Martin Freeman plays a Detective Superintendent who bends the rules to catch the murderer of a young woman, then has to face the consequences. The storyline is engaging, the acting is very good and like many of the UK shows they get it done in 6 solid episodes rather than drag it out to 10. Fans of Line of Duty might enjoy it.

 

[Drummond]

Finished Hinterland. Phenomenal show. Tom Matthias one of my fav characters ever.

 

[Frank Bunn]

Dublin Murders. A murder mystery show with a bit of a supernatural theme. It starts off well - the characters are complex and the storyline interesting. But then it goes down the toilet as

Spoiler

there's a sizable unnecessary subplot involving some rich students. We don't find out who girl claiming to be Lexxie was, and why she claimed that identity. We don't find out what job the guy was giving to Lexxie for £200,000. We never find out what happened to the missing children. We don't find out why the bloke was writing He Rises everywhere. We don't find out why they are building a motorway to the middle of nowhere.

s**t writing basically.

 

[Gasometer]

Just watched a UK doco ‘24 hours in Police Custody’ that follows two knifings in Luton
It should be on SBS On Demand
Powerful stuff

 

[rumply]

Going to have a look at ITV's The Confession tonight, 6 part series based on a true story, Martin Freeman playing the detective I assume.

 

[Drummond]

I’ve been watching Deadwind, a Finnish crime drama. Loving it so far, hopefully it maintains momentum.

Anyone seen ‘Trapped’, another Finnish crime drama? Trailer looks good and has solid reviews.