DVR/TIVO Alert
BBC America will be running all six episodes of the excellent mini-series State of Play back to back starting Sunday morning at 10:00 EST. These episodes are otherwise unavailable in the U.S. If you haven’t seen it, but enjoy suspenseful political thrillers and top-notch acting talent (Bill Nighy and James McAvoy have to be the best-played father/son duo I’ve watched in recent years), it’s guaranteed to please. Plus, they’ve all got great accents!
October 28, 2005 in Television |
Thanks for the tip, Allison. I TiVoed the whole shebang, and am halfway through the first episode. It’s promising…
Comment by Justin H — October 30, 2005 @ 11:54 pm
Our DVR somehow didn’t catch about half of the first episode, which is frustrating (we’ve seen it before, but I really really wanted my own complete copy). Glad to know someone’s enjoying it, though.
Comment by Allison — October 31, 2005 @ 9:06 am
Thank you so much for this post. I never would have known about it/recorded it if not for this heads-up. I finished watching it Thurs night and it was fantastic, so great. I’m a big Anglophile, am bummed that most of BBCAmerica programming is lame home decorating and antiques shows. Hopefully they will start showing more and more miniseries and movies like these. Thanks again!
Comment by wendy — November 6, 2005 @ 2:44 pm
Wendy, hooray! I’m happy you liked it. I really like the BBCAmerica channel too, especially the mini-series. I think a big problem with a lot of otherwise-good American shows is that there’s no end in sight. Lost would be awesome as a mini-series, but I’m afraid it’s already getting ridiculous as an indefinitely-running series.
Comment by Allison — November 7, 2005 @ 4:25 pm
I’m totally with you on Lost. I keep wondering how long they can possibly drag this thing out. If it wasn’t for my old lady I would’ve stopped watching long ago. It definitely would be better as a miniseries.
I can’t remember seeing a miniseries on network TV that I liked very much. I’m guessing there are some good ones on subscription cable channels. Most of the TV talent seems to congregate there, or at least that’s what the critics lead you to believe.
One of the best films I’ve seen recently was Ingmar Bergman’s Scenes from a Marriage, which was made by Bergman as a miniseries for Swedish TV. While watching it I kept wondering why Altman or Scorcese don’t do something like that. Actually, I can think of a lot of reasons why they might not want to produce something for network TV. But it sure would be cool to have some powerhouse talent making miniseries for TV.
Now that I think of it, it seems like Altman has done some TV work. Tanner something-or-other maybe.
Comment by Tom — November 8, 2005 @ 12:29 am