Streaming recommendations (including Netflix)

One to watch with slightly older younger kids maybe, but my 6 year old and I are loving Hilda at the moment. There are some mildly terrifying moments in there though so if you’ve got a nervous child might be worth pre watching some episodes. In particular the one about the nightmare creatures…

It’s way, way better than the usual kids fare.

Criminal:UK – a 3 episode, self-contained interrogation anthology.

Great stuff actually – taking its cue from the Line of Duty scenes of interrogation, the stories are essentially one location; intense interviews with cop and suspect.

Works well, black mirror-ish in set/tone, strong cast (Katherine Kelly – Becky McDonald! and Neil Tennant, very good)

Worth an hour of late evening TV.

I know it’s been mentioned but watched series 1 & 2 of Happy this week. It’s so **** up its brilliant. While series 2 wasn’t imo as good as 1 it still had its moments like the fight in the retirement home.

Rone, seen a trailer last night, looks really good.

A confession and the capture, both on cooncil telly atm are both very good, particularly the capture, reminiscent of spooks.

I miss spooks.

You know I’ve never seen spooks! Is it worth the time?

OA was great. Binge watched both series. long wait for 3 now.

Gonna be a long ol wait that!

I loved it rone, started off a bit cheaply made tbh, but grew over time.

I’m a fan of British cop/spy stuff, not so much into US stuff, dunno why.

Will give it a whirl Nobeer…

I know it’s been mentioned but watched series 1 & 2 of Happy this week. It’s so **** up its brilliant.

I loved the first series. Really need to catch up with the second.

It was a PSA on here earlier, but S2 of Disenchantement dropped this week. If you’re not familiar with it, it’s Matt Groening (Simpsons, Futurama) doing a fantasy series. It’s great.

Watched Disenchantment. It’s odd, I’m not sure who it’s meant for. Too adult for kids but not adult enough to seem edgy to adults. It’s almost like characters from Simpsons/Futurama got jobs voicing an animation, and then Noel Fielding sounds like himself. I think they wanted to do something different but didn’t really know what to do with it.

Spoilers:

“Bite my shiny metal axe.”

Cheers for the heads up Cougar, love Futurama.

Can confirm Criminal UK is indeed very good Rone. 👌🏻

Unbelievable on Netflix is good. First episode is a bit slow but from E02 on it really picks up. Well worth a watch.

Aye, I’m torn on that, having a teen daughter makes me struggle to watch that Mr D.

Yeah, I can understand. I think the description is a bit misleading tbh. It’s not all about the case in the first episode. After E01, it starts to switch up to police procedural. There’d be spoilers if I went on any more – but the 2 female leads, who don’t enter in E01 are excellent. So yeah, E01 might be uncomfortable, and let’s face it, what series about rape investigations isn’t going to be, but give it a shot.

Ah, cool, thought it was all about that one case.

yeah binged through Top Boy over the last few nights, great stuff.

Great little twist at the end I thought, didn’t see that coming

HBO rather than Netflix, but Succession is my vote for the best thing on tv right now. Wickedly funny.

Can confirm Criminal UK is indeed very good Rone. 👌🏻

There are apparently a few more versions of it from different countries…

Unbelievable is the best thing I’ve seen this year on Netflix.

No Ozark or Better Call Saul though. Yet. I think Ozark is next year.

Inside Bills Brain.

A very well put together 3 part documentary about the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation and the incredible work they are doing, filled in with plenty of backstory about his rise to fortune, and how they met etc.

Well worth a watch.

HBO rather than Netflix, but Succession is my vote for the best thing on tv right now.

On Sky Atlantic too – I tried it, but found it impossible to watch something where I hated every single character and so gave up after about ep 3.

I tried it, but found it impossible to watch something where I hated every single character and so gave up after about ep 3.

I only made it through two episodes. Not my cup of tea but was nice to see Cameron from Ferris Bueller has done so well for himself.

Prohibition documentary on Netflix was good.

I do enjoy a bit of social history. What else should I check out?

Succession is the best thing on telly atm

Currently getting spooked out by Marianne on Netflix. Just the right balance of foreign overdubbed weirdness and genuine creepy witch/occult stuff.

found it impossible to watch something where I hated every single character

Come on, cousin Greg is ace, especially when he got sent off to buy drugs for Kendall.

How can anyone not like Succession?

The Dark Crystal is fantastic.

Rone – Neil Tennant in Criminal UK? THAT would be interesting. Wonder what crime he’s committed? Bet that it’s a sin.

The Dark Crystal is fantastic.

Got about two minutes into it and all the bombastic exposition just had me laughing.

Perhaps I should have been more patient, but it seemed like Game of Thrones with puppets.

The Dark Crystal is fantastic.

When did it get even good as it really didn’t seem up to much at all?

Come on, cousin Greg is ace

Worst, most unrealistic character in the whole thing from what I saw. Irritated the shit out of me.

Hey, I’m not saying other people shouldn’t watch it, each to their own an all dat, but I found annoying and unfunny.

Rone – Neil Tennant in Criminal UK? THAT would be interesting. Wonder what crime he’s committed? Bet that it’s a sin.

Very good.

What a wally. I mean David.

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Apologies if it’s been posted before.

Appreciate I’m late to the party as ever, but my kids introduced me to the good place. Really the first season. Most of the way through 2 and it’s still really well written and acted. Ted Danson is a joy.

My daughter is deeply upset she has to watch S4 WEEK BY WEEK when it comes out tomorrow. ids today eh 😉

ids today eh

Freudian slip?

Currently working my way through “Death in Paradise” !!

Do big movies have a shelf life on Netflix? I keep trying to watch Bladerunner and not finding time.

Not Netflix but Amazon Prime but I’ve just noticed that they have the ‘Baywatch Remastered” – i.e. the original series.

Just watching Madchen Amick being a bit of a psycho with a crush on the lifeguard that saved her.

No Yasmine Bleeth yet though 🙁

Just background viewing whilst I do the ironing but, whereas it was clearly popcorn tv back then, it doesn’t look so bad now in the time of reality tv…