I thought this was a brilliant series. Anyone thinking it is just about drug dealing is sadly mistaken. I watched all 4 series, just before the last one was released.
This lot are madder than the crew on Top Boy. They lurch from one disaster to the next, and suffer greatly from sticking large amounts of the profit up their noses.
Not exactly a surprise that episode 1 of series 2 starts with the climax at the end of series 1. Similarly, if you don't watch series 1, series 2 is going to leave you a bit cold.
Story in this new episode was a bit thin-but it is still the best thing on right now.
I was contemplating the 3 month Disney+ trial, although I am not sure there is anything much on there that I would like to watch. Many of the movies are years old. Cant find a series that appeals.
45 Best Disney Plus Movies For Adults in UK [2023 updated] Right Now
The week in TV: Laura Kuenssberg: State of Chaos; My Mum, Your Dad; Wilderness; Welcome to Wrexham – review
Who could forget the political turbulence after Brexit? Even through my hot, salty remainer tears, I couldn’t help noticing that Westminster going into complete meltdown made for riveting television. Now Laura Kuenssberg has produced a three-part BBC Two docuseries covering this tumultuous era: State of Chaos.
As BBC political editor for seven years, Kuenssberg has attracted criticism for being “too close” to the Tories, but is there a sulphurous (and illogical) whiff of sexism about that? As with her weekend politics show, Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg, isn’t it her job to form connections with those in power?
It’s evident from the start that Kuenssberg has pumped her contacts list hard. While she doesn’t appear to have landed interviews with any of the “five prime ministers in six years”, the screen churns with Westminster bigwigs (including Philip Hammond, Sajid Javid, Amber Rudd and William Hague), Brexiters (yup, Nigel Farage) and what Kuenssberg calls Westminster’s “real cast list”: aides – civil servants and advisers who don’t usually talk on camera and may feel a strange urge to tell the truth.
Some interviewees have a ties loosened/off-duty look, like they’re a few tumblers of plonk in at the office party and ready to vent. Others come across like buck-passing arsonists protesting that the matches provided weren’t damp enough to stop them from starting the fires. Others relive their glory days: Jacob Rees-Mogg, the UK’s premier Victorian performance artist, carps about “anti-democratic” ploys; Steve Baker smirks about plotting to bring down Theresa May. Nadine Dorries trashes May, like a sly cat delivering a dead mouse as an offering to Boris Johnson.
The second and third episodes cover the pandemic and Johnson’s downfall, so start steeling yourself for footage of “bad boy” chief aide Dominic Cummings scuttling around like Gollum styled by Millets. Watching the opener, I kept thinking, why did we let this shower of solipsists and gas lighters anywhere near power? And frankly, State of Chaos’s core message (that no one knew what to do about Brexit) is hardly a revelation.
But what gripping television – even with rather too much indulgent footage of Kuenssberg lurking, hovering, snuffling out stories (we get it, Laura: you were there). While obviously Tory-dominated, the newsy pace brings to mind the 2021 docuseries Blair and Brown: The New Labour Revolution. The result is a window into a dark, critical time, featuring key players, many of whom, for their own good, should probably now stop talking.
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You can view it on I-Player Tony.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/tv/top-boy-series-5-review-a-fittingly-brilliant-and-****-goodbye/ar-AA1gmuOS?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=9a1c74abe28b455ca233f4ffaa2e2c5f&ei=64
I thought this was a brilliant series.
Anyone thinking it is just about drug dealing is sadly mistaken.
I watched all 4 series, just before the last one was released.
It is really interesting to look back.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/tv/steve-coogan-in-stern-defence-of-controversial-bbc-jimmy-savile-drama-will-vindicate-itself/ar-AA1gzBvJ?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=9a1c74abe28b455ca233f4ffaa2e2c5f&ei=76
Netflix Spy Ops rated 'most riveting documentary ever' by viewers
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/news/netflix-spy-ops-rated-most-riveting-documentary-ever-by-viewers/ar-AA1gz8D7?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=9a1c74abe28b455ca233f4ffaa2e2c5f&ei=56
Spy Ops | Official Trailer | Netflix
THE CAT TRAPPERS?
All 5 series are on ITVX.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/tv/jed-mercurio-s-new-itv-crime-drama-gets-first-look-trailer/ar-AA1gFmwd?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=978eb8eb8b7142e5aa03333602f93285&ei=65
Payback | Trailer
All 5 series are on ITVX.
This lot are madder than the crew on Top Boy.
They lurch from one disaster to the next, and suffer greatly from sticking large amounts of the profit up their noses.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2023/vigil-series-two-first-look
VIGIL Series 2 Confirmed for 2023: Story Moves from the Submarine to the Land, Suranne Jones Reveals
Vigil Season 2 release date, announcement Plot and What We Know So Far
Many of the movies are years old.
Cant find a series that appeals.
45 Best Disney Plus Movies For Adults in UK [2023 updated] Right Now
https://www.crazystreamers.com/uk/disney-plus/movies/adults/
19 Best Crime, Action and Thriller Shows on Disney+: 2023 Edition
https://mysterytribune.com/19-best-crime-action-and-thriller-shows-on-disney-2023-edition/
The week in TV: Laura Kuenssberg: State of Chaos; My Mum, Your Dad; Wilderness; Welcome to Wrexham – review
Who could forget the political turbulence after Brexit? Even through my hot, salty remainer tears, I couldn’t help noticing that Westminster going into complete meltdown made for riveting television. Now Laura Kuenssberg has produced a three-part BBC Two docuseries covering this tumultuous era: State of Chaos.
As BBC political editor for seven years, Kuenssberg has attracted criticism for being “too close” to the Tories, but is there a sulphurous (and illogical) whiff of sexism about that? As with her weekend politics show, Sunday With Laura Kuenssberg, isn’t it her job to form connections with those in power?
It’s evident from the start that Kuenssberg has pumped her contacts list hard. While she doesn’t appear to have landed interviews with any of the “five prime ministers in six years”, the screen churns with Westminster bigwigs (including Philip Hammond, Sajid Javid, Amber Rudd and William Hague), Brexiters (yup, Nigel Farage) and what Kuenssberg calls Westminster’s “real cast list”: aides – civil servants and advisers who don’t usually talk on camera and may feel a strange urge to tell the truth.
Some interviewees have a ties loosened/off-duty look, like they’re a few tumblers of plonk in at the office party and ready to vent. Others come across like buck-passing arsonists protesting that the matches provided weren’t damp enough to stop them from starting the fires. Others relive their glory days: Jacob Rees-Mogg, the UK’s premier Victorian performance artist, carps about “anti-democratic” ploys; Steve Baker smirks about plotting to bring down Theresa May. Nadine Dorries trashes May, like a sly cat delivering a dead mouse as an offering to Boris Johnson.
The second and third episodes cover the pandemic and Johnson’s downfall, so start steeling yourself for footage of “bad boy” chief aide Dominic Cummings scuttling around like Gollum styled by Millets. Watching the opener, I kept thinking, why did we let this shower of solipsists and gas lighters anywhere near power? And frankly, State of Chaos’s core message (that no one knew what to do about Brexit) is hardly a revelation.
But what gripping television – even with rather too much indulgent footage of Kuenssberg lurking, hovering, snuffling out stories (we get it, Laura: you were there). While obviously Tory-dominated, the newsy pace brings to mind the 2021 docuseries Blair and Brown: The New Labour Revolution. The result is a window into a dark, critical time, featuring key players, many of whom, for their own good, should probably now stop talking.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/tv/the-week-in-tv-laura-kuenssberg-state-of-chaos-my-mum-your-dad-wilderness-welcome-to-wrexham-review/ar-AA1gPXxm?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=6e385ee698e3481491cf53903847ff36&ei=10
https://uk.yahoo.com/news/bbc-itv-channel-4-channel-230100087.html
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/tv/martin-compston-gives-most-promising-update-yet-line-of-duty-season-7-is-happening/ar-AA1gHBzm?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=3be6de1c70654f769fccfd0a188f475d&ei=79
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/tv/martin-clunes-to-return-to-itv-in-brand-new-drama-out-there/ar-AA1gIky0?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=489485b83151462990c1e2f04c0853ab&ei=23