Wednesday, August 31, 2016

Motive - Disc 4

Canadian crime procedural drama Motive has returned for a 4th season.

Suspects - Disc 2

Channel 5 crime drama Suspects returned for a fifth series.

Fair City 2016 - Disc 5


Friday, August 26, 2016

Close To Home update CORRECTION


1989-1990 British sitcom Close To Home now complete with the 6 previously missing episodes recovered. 

Sunday, August 21, 2016

Versailles - Series 1

Versailles is a big-budget French historical-biographical (Louis the 14th) drama produced on behalf of French, British and Canadian interests. There were two versions filmed. One with French dialogue and the other with English. The French version first aired in France late last year. It may have aired in Quebec at the same time. I think this aired in Canada earlier this year and aired in the UK this summer. It's schedule to air in the USA in the northern hemisphere autumn. A second series is already in production. The French episodes have very long titles. Not sure if the English do or not and not sure about any broadcast dates. Looks like it either has or will be aired Down Under too. On SBS in Oz and Soho Sky in NZ. Just to clarify again - this disc has English dialogue. There are no subtitles. 

Saturday, August 20, 2016

Justice





Justice is an early 1970's legal drama series starring Margaret Lockwood. The best information about the show I could find are the customer reviews on Amz.
Produced with a small supporting cast, each episode would feature guest stars, many of which were very familiar faces on 70's - 80's television and a few you still see today. 

Sunday, August 14, 2016

Westside

New Zealand's Westside returned for a second series. The Outrageous Fortune prequel will be returning for an eight-episode third series at some point. 

Saturday, August 13, 2016

Outcast

Outcast is a Hollywood series, but starring popular British actor Philip Glenister.
Outcast


It makes me laugh....I believe this is supposed to take place in West Virginia, so Glenister uses some sort of southern American accent. All the other actors sound like they're from southern California. That's the difference between professionally-trained actors and typically-lame Hollywood actors. Reminds me of Ray Donovan. The guy that plays Ray and Jon Voight, who plays his father, are supposed to be from South Boston. Voight manages to use the accent on certain words but British actor Eddie Marsan, who plays Ray's brother, does a much better job.    

Monday, August 8, 2016

Brief Encounters + HAPPYish

Brief Encounters is a new ITV drama-comedy with a lot of familiar faces old and new. Penelope Wilton, Angela Griffin, Sophie Rundle, Sharon Rooney, Peter Wight, Karl Davies, Pippa Haywood, Felicty Montagu.....

HAPPYish is a Hollywood drama-comedy, but starring Steve Coogan.

Emmerdale 2016 - Disc 6


Coronation Street 2016 - Disc 5


Are You Still Being Served?


Looks like a great cast selection, but I don't recall a Mr. Conway. Niky Wardley and Sherrie Hewson as Miss Brahms and Mrs. Slocombe sounds promising and I can see John Challis doing Capt. Peacock but not so sure about Jason Watkins being Mr. Humphries. Most of the roles I recall him doing were somewhat flat characters almost the complete opposite of the panache Mr. Humphries had. We'll see..... 

Tuesday, August 2, 2016

The Musketeers - Disc 3

The Musketeers returned for a third, and final, series. This actually ran in Canada 7 weeks ahead of the UK broadcasts, but I wasn't satisfied with those recordings and opted to wait for the conclusion of the BBC broadcasts. 

Love Child - Disc 2