British series, mini-series and dramas .....

Couldn't even guess how many times I watch The Young Ones - recently watched the documentary How The Young Ones Changed Comedy.

Anarchic humour at it's best..... and then there was Bottom.
 
something to look out for if you're into WW2: https://variety.com/2018/tv/global/helen-hunt-joins-bbc-world-war-ii-drama-world-on-fire-1202975159/

Oscar-winner Helen Hunt has joined “World on Fire,” the upcoming World War II drama for the BBC. She takes a lead role alongside Lesley Manville (“Phantom Thread”) in the drama from Peter Bowker (“The A Word”). ITV-backed production company Mammoth Screen is producing.
The seven-part series tells the story of the first year of the war as seen through the eyes ordinary people from from Britain, Poland, France, Germany and the U.S.
Jonah Hauer-King (“Howard’s End”) and Julia Brown (“The Last Kingdom”) will also star in the series, which has a varied international cast. New names added alongside Hunt include Zofia Wichłacz (“Warsaw 44”), Brian J. Smith (“Sense8”), Tomasz Kot (“Cold War”), and Eugenie Derouand (“Genius”).
Filming starts this week in Prague. The Shoot will also take in Manchester, London, Paris and Berlin.
Damien Timmer, Mammoth Screen managing director, said the series “pieces together World War II with Pete’s characteristic irreverence and humanity.” He added: “From the siege of Warsaw, to Dunkirk, the fall of Paris and the battle of Britain, here is an epic story told on a human scale, with a truly international cast.”
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daveza said:
Bloody hell, where has she been ? I thought she must have retired or something.
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I remember crying when Tom Hanks finally arrives home to find her married to some other dude. It killed me. I'm sure you know the movie.
 
daveza said:
Strange how some disappear for years then all of a sudden there they are again - Sissy Spacek, Sally Field...
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Work for actors like these are limited, but they have a few directors or producers that always call on them when they have new projects.

I think SK is a big Spacek fan AFAIK...
 
Sweevo said:
Have been watching paranoid. Pretty good detective series. Worth a watch if you can overlook “hands across the waters” and other quirks.
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It has received a lot of mixed reviews. I am a huge fan of British "cop" series and there are a lot of exceptional ones indeed.
Will grab the first episode of this and give it a try at least. Thanks for the info and heads up.
 
From the producers of The Night Manager and directed by Park Chan-Wook, Alexander Skarsgård, Michael Shannon and Florence Pugh star in brand new John Le Carré drama adaptation, The Little Drummer Girl. Starts 28th October on BBC One.

 
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