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  • Amazon Prime (viewing) recommendations
  • benp1
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    I have Prime and a Sky subscription. I don’t have Netflix

    Rarely watch Prime as I have limited time and already have Sky, wondering if I should use it a bit more, does anyone have any recommendations of stuff to watch?

    Things that have caught my eye so far are:
    Jack Ryan
    Vikings
    Taken
    The Grand Tour
    I Superbiker
    Grand Prix Driver

    Plus a few other random things like The Frozen Road, Divided, Eat Race Win, The Coach

    Drac
    Full Member

    American Gods.

    FunkyDunc
    Free Member

    Mrs FD really liked Bosch. I couldn’t get in to it.

    Amazon’s video menu system is truly horrible and I’m sure I’m missing loads of good stuff because of it

    mrhoppy
    Full Member

    Vikings is good, black sails seemed promising from watching the 1st one. Been watching Mrs Maisel with Mrs hoppy and it’s surprisingly good too. If you’re on a fire stick then there’s loads of documentaries on RBTV too.

    kerley
    Free Member

    All 7 seasons of Parks and Recreation are on there.

    butcher
    Full Member

    My Robot. Second season is a struggle, but it picks up again.
    I think the earlier walking dead seasons are on there?
    Peaky Blinders. Took me a couple of seasons to fully take to it, for no reason I can explain, but it’s good.

    zilog6128
    Full Member

    Amazon’s video menu system is truly horrible

    +1

    Black Sails is awesome, Jack Ryan is great too but only 6 eps so far.

    If you’ve never seen it they have most (all?) episodes of Seinfeld, funniest sitcom of all time IMO.

    Been watching Outlander with the mrs, quite enjoying it so far.

    Jakester
    Free Member

    Amazon’s video menu system is truly horrible and I’m sure I’m missing loads of good stuff because of it

    +2

    ballsofcottonwool
    Free Member

    Enjoyed all of these

    Sneaky Pete
    Brain Dead
    Mr Robot
    Vikings
    The Patriot
    Jack Ryan

    Tried these but didn’t get past episode 3 for any of them

    American Gods
    Black Sails
    Lucifer

    honeybadgerx
    Full Member

    Preacher
    The man in the high castle

    nicko74
    Full Member

    I didn’t really get on with the Man in the High Castle, which was a shame.
    More pressingly, the HBO TV series of old:
    The Sopranos and The Wire (one or other is the best TV series ever made, probably)
    Oz.

    Also the TV series with Billy Bob Thornton, Bosch and various other series.
    For films it’s really patchy compared to Netflix, with some that are well worth watching in amongst an absolute sea of dross.

    BillOddie
    Full Member

    Parks and Rec, Viking, Outlander, The Gymkhana Files and New Amsterdam.

    The UI on the Amazon App on my LG telly is properly shit though.

    Ewan
    Free Member

    Series 1-5 of The Americans is on there – really good

    timmys
    Full Member

    Series on Amazon really seem to go off the boil.

    – Man in High Castle – enjoyed Series 1 & 2 but episode 1 of series three put be right off with the increasing dependency on parallel universe bollocks

    – American Gods – Series 1 good, series 2 reviews I’ve read are awful

    – Mr Robot – Enjoyed series one but really not motivated to embark on series 2

    other than that,

    Jack Ryan was good
    The Grand Tour is enjoyable. I can’t even raise the energy to be annoyed at Clarkson any more. Hammond is many times worse.

    Also agree that the interface is awful. If you have 4K/HDR TV be sure to actually select that version. It’s absolutely beyond me why there isn’t just one version listed like every other service that just plays at the max quality your set up will allow.

    pocpoc
    Free Member

    The UI on the Amazon App on my LG telly is properly shit though.

    It’s not just on your TV – it’s rubbish on every device I’ve used. The mixing of Prime and non-Prime stuff does my head in when I see something I want to watch then they want me to pay for it. I guess that’s the tactic to lure you in though.

    Things I’ve watched and enjoyed so far are:
    Parks and Rec
    Life in Pieces
    Jack Ryan
    Bosch
    The Grand Tour

    jonm81
    Full Member

    Things we found good:

    Bosch (4 Series)
    Goliath (2 Series)
    Jack Ryan
    The Patriot (2 Series)
    Lucifer (Loads of episodes)

    Like others, I am sure we are missing out on loads because of the pants interface.

    scud
    Free Member

    I really liked Vikings and Black Sails (although a bit daft)

    There was a good series, which was a western called Hell on Wheels, which i found good too

    belfastflyer
    Free Member

    Sienfeld and the mentalist are on there. Mrs tells me Supernatural is on it as well

    thisisnotaspoon
    Free Member

    American Gods
    The Americans

    I really struggle to binge on box sets, I’m not usually home from work and finished eating etc till 8 which only really leaves an hour for TV and some time to faff for tomorrow before bed!

    oldnpastit
    Full Member

    The Expanse, Season 3.

    cheddarchallenged
    Free Member

    My recent favourites:

    Lethal Weapon (TV Series) – brilliant light entertainment
    Bosch – really good crime drama
    Beat – German techno drama series – subtitled but brilliant story line
    4 Blocks – german crime series – brutal but well written
    American Gods – too strange to describe
    Homecoming – drama starring Julia Roberts

    kelron
    Free Member

    Preacher – comic book adaptation about a preacher with a criminal past trying to find God, literally. Probably my favourite recent show.

    Patriot – black comedy/spy drama. Clever, funny, incredibly depressing.

    The Expanse – sci-fi series following a detective, the survivors of a destroyed spaceship, and a politician. Reminds me of Babylon 5 and Firefly at times, just finished season 1 and will be watching the rest.

    willard
    Full Member

    The Expanse. Currently on Prime and worth a watch. I have just finished season 1.

    Preacher is still on Prime to and half decent, as is The Patriot. If you want silly, try The Tick.

    YoKaiser
    Free Member

    Don’t think anyone has mentioned it yet but The Looming Tower was very good. Also enjoyed Goliath and American Gods.

    Nobeerinthefridge
    Free Member

    Running for good, quite incredible lady. Will make you feel rather feeble, and a lazy bastard! 😂

    beej
    Full Member

    The Expanse. Love this, favourite series for years.
    Halt and Catch Fire
    Mr Robot (Series 1)
    Vikings
    Buffy, Angel, obviously.

    Got a bit bored with Preacher, American Gods, but they generally get good reviews.

    Jakester
    Free Member

    Recently finished The Mentalist, having watched the first few series years ago (I think it was on Channel 5?)

    One of the recommendations that came up was ‘Burn Notice’, which I recall I really enjoyed when it was on telly ages ago too – a CIA operative disavowed in Miami, sort of a cross between MacGuyver and James Bond. Or so.

    Couldn’t get on with Bosch, Parks and Rec, Man in High Castle.

    shindiggy
    Free Member

    Expanse season 1 & 2 were great, mixed feelings about season 3 so far.

    timba
    Free Member

    Coming to mind most recently:
    “Startup” series
    “Vikings” series
    Some films too; just watched “12 Strong”, which is a bit too Hollywood but based on a true story
    “Jaguar: Going Electric” documentary

    mattbee
    Full Member

    Hell on Wheels is pretty good.

    sv
    Full Member

    Just started watching ‘Homecoming’ quite good so far…

    chakaping
    Free Member

    Wife’s subscribed to it but I’ve hardly used it yet, is there any way to see only stuff that’s included in the subscription?

    It’s a bit confusing at first glance.

    fatoldgit
    Full Member

    + 1 for American Gods
    Season 2 just started last week so it’s a good time to catch up on season 1,
    I’ve also found some reasonable films hidden away ,,,, but a lot of very average ones ☹️

    Nobeerinthefridge
    Free Member

    It’s a bit confusing at first glance.

    Aye, the interface is utter shite.

    cookeaa
    Full Member

    The looming tower was really good IMO…

    Just watched the documentary ‘bicycle’ which is unsurprisingly about cycling in the UK, a little old (2014) but quite a nice look at history, where we are and where we might be going…

    GrahamS
    Full Member

    The Tick
    “The Tick” with Peter Serafinowicz – silly and brilliant.

    Jakester
    Free Member

    Oh, and we found the full run of Catastrophe on there – we’d not watched it before, so worth a look if you haven’t.

    isitafox
    Free Member

    Shooter worth a look, also recommend Ray Donovan and Into The Badlands great series!
    Few okish things like Under The Dome and some old guilty pleasures like Lost, X Files and of course Mr Bean!

    northernsoul
    Full Member

    I enjoyed The Night Manager, The Hour, and The Grand Tour.

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