Cambridge Spies is a historical drama about the "Cambridge Five" Soviet spy ring that operated inside Cambridge from 1934 to 1951. Starring Tom Hollander, Toby Stephens, Samuel West and Rupert Penry-Jones.
Cambridge Spies
Also on the disc is the Irish drama Legend which I placed on a disc with Mrs Brown's Boys some time ago. Since then Mrs Brown has moved on to her own discs.
Legend is a drama about 3 families. Someone contributed this to IMDB:
Notwithstanding
the epidemic of sitcoms today that try to balance the drama of crime
and family, Legend emerges as an incredibly fresh yet genuinely touching
experience. I knew nothing about the show and almost as much about
Irish television (Radio Telefís Éireann), yet this program stands
shoulder to shoulder with the giant enterprises of American cable. The
writing, the acting, the cinematography and the music are brilliantly
combined, creating an artistic and relevant atmosphere easily equal to
some of my favorites like Showtime's Brotherhood or Weeds or HBO's The
Sopranos. Yet the show lacks all of the dramatic pretension that has
become a prerequisite for American primetime. "Legend" even surpasses
other television shows with its gritty yet beautiful realism. The
premise of a middle-class young father losing his loving wife, falling
into financial difficulties with some less than reputable characters and
having to care for his children, could so easily fizzle into a myriad
of clichés. However, within this deflated modern Irish suburbia, every
character is developed into beautiful contextual nexus of what it means
to be young and struggling with life and death today. I was really blown
away with the series and I hope the generic title of the show will not
bury this gem in obscurity.
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
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