NFR TV: Any fans of BBC's Sherlock? HBO did a mini-series called Parade's End

[marilynfl]

and it's free on Amazon Prime.

We watched it on DVD from the library. Five part series set in 1910 thru WWI.

Benedict Cumberbatch plays a brilliant aristocrat who marries a socialite, but falls in love with a suffragette. Being a noble person, he sticks with the wife through...lots of stuff.

5 hours. Good dialog by Tom Stoppard. I swear he wrote this after "Sherlock" because Cumberbatch actually sounds like he's still in Sherlock Holmes mode.

 

[angak1]

we just started amazon prime---haven't found the free stuff yet, so thanks! watching Nurse Jackie.

what a hot mess she is now in season 3. love all the characters, especially Zoe and Akalaitus. the "Rat" episode made me laugh uncontrollably.

 

[heather_in_sf]

Oh great, I have added it!

 

[Marg CDN]

And along that line, I want to say that I have never seen a series as engrossing and intense as

Homeland.

I'm waiting for the library to get season 3 but not very patiently.

Best I've ever seen.

 

[barbara-in-va]

Thanks Marilyn, this will be perfect to watch as I am quilting (vs baking cookies!)

 

[marilynfl]

Good to know! I've never seen that series. Or the Sopranos. Or Friends. Or Seinfeld...

oh, the list goes on and on.

 

[barb_b]

I really need to figure out the amazon prime freebies... Mar, NEVER sopranos? Don't you have

Jersey roots?

 

[marilynfl]

Nope...not a single episode. I worked in central NJ for 2 years for LM. LOVED IT

I don't really like watching violence. However, Game of Thrones has roped me in....nowTHAT'S a violent show! But the character development is so good!

 

[sylvia]

Thanks for the recommendation Marilyn. Just finished Episode 1 and I'm hooked.

 

[Marg CDN]

If anyone has other highly-recommended series, they'll help amuse me in my exciting life.

 

[sylvia]

Marg, have you seen "Call The Midwife". It's a wonderful series.

 

[lisainla]

Love Sherlock - thanks for the tip!

Just checked, they have it on DVD through Netflix as well.

 

[cheezz]

Midwife is great! Also Doc Martin, Bramwell, Little Dorrit,

Lark Rise to Candleford, Jeeves & Wooster (Hugh Laurie & Stephen Fry),

 

[curious1]

Love Doc Martin and Call the Midwife. I'd add Last Tango in Halifax to the list.

 

[sylvia]

"Mr. Selfridge" was also a good series.

 

[cheezz]

and then, of course, the cooking ones: Great British Bake-Off, Great Irish Bake-Off, etc.

 

[erininny]

Doc Martin is one of my faves! We binge-watched every season, a couple of summers ago. Hilarious.

 

[steve2-in-la]

"Foley's War". Quite simply, "brill."

 

[curious1]

Oh yes, also "The Paradise". Love PBS.