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Anyone else checked out this show on Netflix?  Kind of like a technology driven new version of "Twilight Zone".  It's British and extremely well done.  Those Brits are on another level of quality of TV than the Americans, I have to say.  Check it out if you haven't.  I haven't watched a show that has made me go WOW in a long time.

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Anyone else checked out this show on Netflix?  Kind of like a technology driven new version of "Twilight Zone".  It's British and extremely well done.  Those Brits are on another level of quality of TV than the Americans, I have to say.  Check it out if you haven't.  I haven't watched a show that has made me go WOW in a long time.

 

I've been wanting to check it out, but don't like the fact it isn't serial and has new actors every episode. I like long story arcs. The UK definitely does good TV, but so do we: Fargo, The Americans, Breaking Bad, Homeland, Ray Donovan, Dexter, Battlestar Galactica, just to name a few.

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I've been wanting to check it out, but don't like the fact it isn't serial and has new actors every episode. I like long story arcs. The UK definitely does good TV, but so do we: Fargo, The Americans, Breaking Bad, Homeland, Ray Donovan, Dexter, Battlestar Galactica, just to name a few.

 

I agree the US has some great TV, but one thing I've always liked about British shows is they don't drag on for a bunch of extra seasons after the show isn't good anymore.  Dexter is a prime example.  The first 2 seasons are amazing, and the 4th with Trinity is great.  But near the end it really got off the rails and there's a lot of shows like that where that's happened.  Most British shows are only 2-3 seasons and then it's over, and I like that.

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Yep, been watching it since it came out years back. Favorite episode is "be right back" and "15 million merits"

 

My favorite was "The Entire History of You".  Really hit close to home because I've been saying that humans will have that capability very soon.  Who would really want to remember everything that has ever happened to them?  Too many painful memories...

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I agree the US has some great TV, but one thing I've always liked about British shows is they don't drag on for a bunch of extra seasons after the show isn't good anymore.  Dexter is a prime example.  The first 2 seasons are amazing, and the 4th with Trinity is great.  But near the end it really got off the rails and there's a lot of shows like that where that's happened.  Most British shows are only 2-3 seasons and then it's over, and I like that.

 

True, some shows drag on. But I'd love to see a few more Sherlock seasons. I bet it's over with the next one though. Luther got cancelled WAY too fast. Utopia got axed as well. Plebs needs to stick around. I could've used another Inbetweeners season.

 

I know we have BBC America here, but I'd love to one day see all the BBC channels, ITV, and Channel 4 be available here on cable. Yes, I can watch them via Hola but it's not the same.

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True, some shows drag on. But I'd love to see a few more Sherlock seasons. I bet it's over with the next one though. Luther got cancelled WAY too fast. Utopia got axed as well. Plebs needs to stick around. I could've used another Inbetweeners season.

 

I know we have BBC America here, but I'd love to one day see all the BBC channels, ITV, and Channel 4 be available here on cable. Yes, I can watch them via Hola but it's not the same.

 

Yea dude WTF happened with Luther?  That show was awesome.  Definitely deserved a third season.  

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I agree the US has some great TV, but one thing I've always liked about British shows is they don't drag on for a bunch of extra seasons after the show isn't good anymore.  Dexter is a prime example.  The first 2 seasons are amazing, and the 4th with Trinity is great.  But near the end it really got off the rails and there's a lot of shows like that where that's happened.  Most British shows are only 2-3 seasons and then it's over, and I like that.

 

 

I think a big problem with American TV is that they don't think out the ending before the show even starts. So then they have to come up with some BS that makes sense. Like Heroes, 1 good season and I think the writer was caught off guard with the popularity, then scrambled to come up with S2....downhill after that and fast. 

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I think the idea that you need 20-24 episodes for network programming is what kills shows these days. There is so much filler that is just thrown together. The shorter seasons from cable networks (Breaking Bad, Justified, etc) allow the writers to get the point quickly.

 

IIRC, Lost only had 3 seasons of material from an early Abram's interview, but ABC wanted 5. Then it goes 6.

 

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Yea dude WTF happened with Luther?  That show was awesome.  Definitely deserved a third season.  

 

Luther is getting another season, was announced a couple weeks back.

 

BBC has some great tv and I really enjoy it.  I think the actors are better.   They are just trained better mostly.

 

Doctor Who obviously, Orphan Black, Peaky Blinders, The Fall, Broadchurch (don't waste time with American version that just got cancelled, Gracepoint), Sherlock, etc.  I'm not a Downton Abbey watcher but my wife is and I'll catch it sometimes and it seems to have good acting too for what it is.  

 

Also, there's a French show called "The Returned" on netflix that is amazing, just use subtitles obviously.  Really freaky show.

 

I feel the camera work is different overseas and is less watered down.

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Luther is getting another season, was announced a couple weeks back.

 

BBC has some great tv and I really enjoy it.  I think the actors are better.   They are just trained better mostly.

 

Doctor Who obviously, Orphan Black, Peaky Blinders, The Fall, Broadchurch (don't waste time with American version that just got cancelled, Gracepoint), Sherlock, etc.  I'm not a Downton Abbey watcher but my wife is and I'll catch it sometimes and it seems to have good acting too for what it is.  

 

Also, there's a French show called "The Returned" on netflix that is amazing, just use subtitles obviously.  Really freaky show.

 

I feel the camera work is different overseas and is less watered down.

 

another season in the UK? I know a couple weeks back it was announced Fox wanted to do an American remake of Luther.

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Luther is getting another season, was announced a couple weeks back.

 

BBC has some great tv and I really enjoy it.  I think the actors are better.   They are just trained better mostly.

 

Doctor Who obviously, Orphan Black, Peaky Blinders, The Fall, Broadchurch (don't waste time with American version that just got cancelled, Gracepoint), Sherlock, etc.  I'm not a Downton Abbey watcher but my wife is and I'll catch it sometimes and it seems to have good acting too for what it is.  

 

Also, there's a French show called "The Returned" on netflix that is amazing, just use subtitles obviously.  Really freaky show.

 

I feel the camera work is different overseas and is less watered down.

 

It's just a two-part mini series to set up the movie, not a whole season. Then again, the Luther seasons were only 4-6 episodes anyway, lol.

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