What’s good on Apple TV?

We’ve been chopping and changing our streaming subscriptions recently. We’ve got Amazon Prime and Now TV but cancelled Disney Plus in favour of Apple TV.  So far we’ve watched Masters of the Air and Slow Horses, both of which we enjoyed. Mrs Bloke is watching the Dick Turpin thingy which I tried but couldn’t get on with, any other recommendations?

Severance is utterly amazing.

Bad Sisters –  written and starrring Sharon Horgan, with a brilliant cast is absolutely fantastic!

Ted Lasso is an absolute must, whether you’re into football or not. Its very funny and just a truly lovely uplifting piece of telly

hmm Dick Turpin ‘thing’ is very odd. I didn’t get on with it.

We (me and Mrs JAG) enjoyed “Silo” which is described as “Set in a dystopian future where a community exists in a giant underground silo comprising 144 levels”

Thanks all. Ted Lasso was already on my radar. Convincing Mrs Bloke might be a challenge, neither of us is into football but we both watched Welcome to Wrexham. More of a documentary than a drama, but it sets the precedent to watch something footy related I suppose.  Silo sounds interesting too.

Just watched Black bird which I thought was pretty good. It’s a screen play by Dennis Lehane (shutter island, gone baby gone etc) and based on a true story.

Slow Horses is brilliant and you’ll have a few series to get through.

I think Ted Lasso is better if you aren’t into football, as my wife loved it (she doesn’t really much like football), I thought it was cheesy crap (I very much like football).

@blokeuptheroad – Its not really about football at all. If anything it mocks the whole thing. It just happens to be set in a football club but its all about the characters, who are all wonderfully written and acted. I don’t know anyone who’s watched who didn’t love it

@binners, I’m liking that trailer for Bad Sisters and I can easily see Mrs Bloke getting on board with that 👍

Bad Sisters was brilliant. Ted Lasso keeps being recommended but I found it a big yawn. Of the current series, we are enjoying Constellation.

I don’t know anyone who’s watched who didn’t love it

Hello.

We got a free subscription after ordering a fridge from Currys for my MiL.

I accidentally watched 40 hours for For All Mankind.

Wasn’t there some thing with Idris Elba, Ben Miles and a plane?

Slow horses is outstanding.

Silo hasn’t had a mention yet and it’s some really great dystopian society sci-fi. Foundation is amazingly grand space opera. Shrinking is hilarious and poignant. Ted Lasso is therapy delivered as uplifting television. For All Mankind starts well as alternative past sci-fi and somehow stays engaging and current. Severance is engaging and disturbing. I haven’t watched Lessons in Chemistry. The Morning Show is apparently very good too but perhaps also not my thing.

All that and I forgot Slow Horses…

Slow Horses

As I said in the OP, I have watched and enjoyed that

Silo hasn’t had a mention yet

It has!

Lessons in Chemistry – yes, recommended.

Isn’t that new Band of Brothers type thing about the airforce on AppleTV?

Also is Bad Sisters a remake of a Scandi series? Can’t remember the title, but it was very good!*

Actually titles aren’t my strong point today.
Oh Black Bird, I watched that, that was very good – Taron Edgerton was excellent. (And I know the title 😀 )

[*edit]It’s a redo of “The Out-Laws” actually a Belgian series, not Scandi. Great stuff that was.

Most of the above (Severance and Slow Horses is why i renewed) plus i enjoyed For All Mankind, an odd sometimes fact sometimes counterfactual series with a few twists.

+1 severance

Isn’t that new Band of Brothers type thing about the airforce on AppleTV?

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2640044/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_1_prd

All good recommendations.

I would add Pachinko to the list

“Wasn’t there some thing with Idris Elba, Ben Miles and a plane?”

Hijack.

After binning off Netflix and Prime, Apple TV is one we kept around, we thought it was more quality over quantity. Agree with all the recommendations above and enjoyed The Afterparty too, the Big Door Prize keeps you watching just because you want to know what the hell is going on.

The police drama with Peter capaldi was decent. Can’t remember what it’s called though….

the beastie boys theatre show thing is a must watch

“Wasn’t there some thing with Idris Elba, Ben Miles and a plane?”

Hijack.

Oh god, that was awful!  We gave up on it in the second episode when it got laughably preposterous

For me it would be:

For All Mankind (there are some slow episodes in the first couple of seasons though)

Foundation (it seems it’s a bit marmite but I really enjoyed it)

Severance

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (bit weird in places and a lot of plot holes but still decent)

Invasion (as above although I also have to skip through most sections with the annoying kids in it in season 2)

I never really got into Ted Lasso or Slow Horses but generally they’re often recommended

Bad sisters + lots

The police drama with Peter capaldi was decent. Can’t remember what it’s called though…

Criminal Record ?

Another for Silo & Slow Horses and I’ll also add Invasion ,thought hijack was ok as well but it is over the top

The Morning Show. Billy Crudup is excellent.

The Reluctant Traveller with Eugene Levy.

The Long Way Round is on there and it’s my favourite telly series ever! Long way Down is not as good, and Long Way Up is very much a nostalgia cash in that didn’t work for me. But nothing has every fired up my longing for adventure than the Long Way Round.

As advised above, Bad sisters is excellent, really enjoyed that.

I’m gonna go against the grain and say that after the first series I started to really dislike Ted Lasso. Probably says more about me than anything else, but it was overwhelming in its “positivity, everyone is huggy best friends, and everything is idealised and everything works out amazingly for everyone” tone. The first series was good though.

Foundation

For All Mankind

Monarch – Legacy of Monsters

Invasion

Masters of the Air

Thy’re presently filming series 2 of Bad Sisters and it should be out later this year 🙂

Severance
Ted lasso

Slow Horses

Bad Sisters

Silo

Black Bird

Masters of the Air

Shrinking

Thanks all, enough viewing to keep me going for a couple of months! I showed the Bad Sisters trailer to Mrs Bloke. She likes the look of it so that’s first on the list tonight. It’s always a compromise when we watch stuff together. I really like the look of Silo, but it’s not her thing. I’ll watch that in another room when she’s watching Dick Turpin 🙂👍

Oops, duplicate post.

Thy’re presently filming series 2 of Bad Sisters and it should be out later this year 🙂

The ending of Bad Sisters was perfect. Why do they have to mess it up?

We have had a great hit rate with Apple tv

Slow horses, as good as it gets for tv

Ted Lasso loved by me and loads at work

Lessons in Chemistry

For All Mankind

Silo

Morning Show

Constellation is good. creepy scifi.

All the big hitters are covered, but one not mentioned is Trying. Some people might find it a bit syrupy, but I really enjoyed it and it has an ace cast. It’s very “North London” which added to it for me, having lived there in the past, but might be a turn off for others.