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Broadchurch-WOW!

KathyPet — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 01:22:50 GMT

Just finished watching the first season of the BBC series Broadchurch on Netflix. Also on Amazon Video. Second season starts tomorrow tonight on BBC America. Absolutely one of the finest, well written, well acted series I have seen in a long long time. Puts our American TV shows to shame. It is a little hard to take as it is follows the murder investigation of a 11 year old boy in a small English town. David Tennent stars and I cannot recommend highly enough. It is a 8 part series. watch the first episode and you will be hooked.

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JustJazzmom — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 01:25:20 GMT

Unfortunately the American version on Fox TV (Gracepoint) was cancelled after just one season.

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NoelSeven — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 01:30:06 GMT

IMO, the British version was better than the FOX version. There was so much more to it than merely a murder story.

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MomOf4 — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 01:31:07 GMT

Kathy, is the First Season of Broadchurch, completed in the 8 episodes or is continuous to further Seasons?

We are watching Doc Martin (another British show on Netflix) and absolutely love it.

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NoelSeven — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 01:33:49 GMT

On 3/3/2015 MomOf4 said:
Kathy, is the First Season of Broadchurch, completed in the 8 episodes or is continuous to further Seasons?

We are watching Doc Martin (another British show on Netflix) and absolutely love it.

DH and I are addicted to British mysteries and PBS carries so many of them. Have you seen the Miss Fisher mysteries, and are you watching the Grantchester new series, Mom?

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MomOf4 — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 01:41:23 GMT

On 3/3/2015 NoelSeven said:
On 3/3/2015 MomOf4 said:
Kathy, is the First Season of Broadchurch, completed in the 8 episodes or is continuous to further Seasons?

We are watching Doc Martin (another British show on Netflix) and absolutely love it.

DH and I are addicted to British mysteries and PBS carries so many of them. Have you seen the Miss Fisher mysteries, and are you watching the Grantchester new series, Mom?

Hi You!!!

We are also hooked on British mysteries!! Just love them. I haven't seen the ones you mentioned but we have watched Midsomer Murders, Murdoch Mysteries and now Doc Martin (my favorite so far).

I think the Brits do shows much more interesting than some of the stuff that's made here. I adore the majestic scenery in these shows. Just so beautiful and the characters are richly developed.

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adelle38 — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 01:49:36 GMT

On 3/3/2015 MomOf4 said:
On 3/3/2015 NoelSeven said:
On 3/3/2015 MomOf4 said:
Kathy, is the First Season of Broadchurch, completed in the 8 episodes or is continuous to further Seasons?

We are watching Doc Martin (another British show on Netflix) and absolutely love it.

DH and I are addicted to British mysteries and PBS carries so many of them. Have you seen the Miss Fisher mysteries, and are you watching the Grantchester new series, Mom?

Hi You!!!

We are also hooked on British mysteries!! Just love them. I haven't seen the ones you mentioned but we have watched Midsomer Murders, Murdoch Mysteries and now Doc Martin (my favorite so far).

I think the Brits do shows much more interesting than some of the stuff that's made here. I adore the majestic scenery in these shows. Just so beautiful and the characters are richly developed.

The Brits do a lot of really bad shows but we don't see them here. They have their own versions stupid reality shows, lame comedies and talk shows . BTW, Murdoch Mysteries is Canadian. I've never been a fan of Midsomer Murders but I love Foyle's War, Inspector Morse and George Gently.

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NoelSeven — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 01:51:47 GMT

On 3/3/2015 MomOf4 said:
On 3/3/2015 NoelSeven said:
On 3/3/2015 MomOf4 said:
Kathy, is the First Season of Broadchurch, completed in the 8 episodes or is continuous to further Seasons?

We are watching Doc Martin (another British show on Netflix) and absolutely love it.

DH and I are addicted to British mysteries and PBS carries so many of them. Have you seen the Miss Fisher mysteries, and are you watching the Grantchester new series, Mom?

Hi You!!!

We are also hooked on British mysteries!! Just love them. I haven't seen the ones you mentioned but we have watched Midsomer Murders, Murdoch Mysteries and now Doc Martin (my favorite so far).

I think the Brits do shows much more interesting than some of the stuff that's made here. I adore the majestic scenery in these shows. Just so beautiful and the characters are richly developed.

I love Midsomer Murders! I don't think I've come across the Murdoch Mysteries.

Miss Fisher is British but residing in Australia, sometime in the 30s, I believe. She's very independent, dresses INCREDIBLY, dotes on her aging aunt and has taken in a young girl as a ward. Her maid turns out to be surprisingly adept at helping solve the murders even though they are both considered a bit wild for behaving on the same level as men. Cute, love the settings and period pieces, not violent, and Ms. Fisher has almost weekly love encounters Our PBS is replaying them late at night now.

I also love Foyle's War, the detective has come out of retirement after WW2.

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NoelSeven — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 01:53:20 GMT

On 3/3/2015 adelle38 said:
On 3/3/2015 MomOf4 said:
On 3/3/2015 NoelSeven said:
On 3/3/2015 MomOf4 said:
Kathy, is the First Season of Broadchurch, completed in the 8 episodes or is continuous to further Seasons?

We are watching Doc Martin (another British show on Netflix) and absolutely love it.

DH and I are addicted to British mysteries and PBS carries so many of them. Have you seen the Miss Fisher mysteries, and are you watching the Grantchester new series, Mom?

Hi You!!!

We are also hooked on British mysteries!! Just love them. I haven't seen the ones you mentioned but we have watched Midsomer Murders, Murdoch Mysteries and now Doc Martin (my favorite so far).

I think the Brits do shows much more interesting than some of the stuff that's made here. I adore the majestic scenery in these shows. Just so beautiful and the characters are richly developed.

The Brits do a lot of really bad shows but we don't see them here. They have their own versions stupid reality shows, lame comedies and talk shows . BTW, Murdoch Mysteries is Canadian. I've never been a fan of Midsomer Murders but I love Foyle's War, Inspector Morse and George Gently.

I really like George Gently! Very different than most of what I've seen. I so enjoy the morality twists.

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MomOf4 — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 02:14:00 GMT

I had completely forgotten about George Gently. We did watch that and thoroughly enjoyed it.

If you want to watch a great American series (on Netflix) watch Damages with Glenn Close. That was outstanding.

Noel, I will make it a point of checking out the shows you mentioned.

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2cockers1cat — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 03:25:21 GMT

Thumbs up for Miss Fisher, from Australian Broadcasting, Just finished the second season on Netflix since our PBS run is on hiatus during the current pledge drive. The third season is in production now.

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dawg lover — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 04:41:27 GMT

I enjoyed Miss Fisher (such beautiful clothes!) and loved Grantchester (what a hunky vicar!) too. There will be a second season of Grantchester as well. Broadchurch 1 was fantastic and I can't wait to watch Broadchurch 2 tomorrow night.

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Clover29 — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 05:37:58 GMT

DH thinks I'm mad, but the vicar in Grantchester reminds me of Jenny Lee, the midwife (in Call The Midwife). Like they could be brother and sister (but they're not, I know they're not).

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Lila Belle — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 05:42:21 GMT

On 3/3/2015 Clover29 said:
DH thinks I'm mad, but the vicar in Grantchester reminds me of Jenny Lee, the midwife (in Call The Midwife). Like they could be brother and sister (but they're not, I know they're not).

I see it.

I'm in love with his dog, Dickens. His owner ain't bad either.

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Fona — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 11:28:21 GMT

KathyPet: I found Broadchurch by accident on Netflix and you are quite right - after the first episode I was hooked. It was terrific. I understand they are now making Series 2 and apparently it will be shown here later in the year.

MomOf4: The first series of Broadchurch consists of eight episodes, all continuous, about the murder of a little boy. At the end of the eighth episode the killer is unmasked. I understand that Series 2 is about the killer's trial.

As a matter of interest, another great series on Netflix is The Fall. It is a superb police drama set in Ireland, starring Gillian Anderson, and is well worth watching.

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KathyPet — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 15:24:30 GMT

Love Midsomer Murders. They always have such inventive ways of doing away with characters. Nothing so mundane as just shooting them. They will drown them in a vat of cider or fill a catapult with stones, tie the victim up and stone them to death. Done so wonderfully tongue in cheek. Love Inspector Lewis and his oh so interesting assistant Inspector Hathaway. Also watch Grantchester (he's so cute!), Foyle's War, Father Brown Mysteries and Miss Fisher. She is so pretty and the clothes she wears on that show are as beautiful as anything on Downton Abbey. The only one I simply cannot get into is Doc Martin. I have watched a couple of episodes but he is so abrasive I just cannot get interested. The second season of Broadchurch starts tonight on BBC America. It will follow the trial of the individual charged with the murder in Season 1. Each episode runs for 45 minutes and there were 8 episodes in Season 1. I got so,addicted I watched all 8 episodes over a two day period.

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magicmoodz — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 15:53:29 GMT

I cannot believe how much better BBC/Australian tv is. I didn't realize that there would be another season of Broadchurch--one of my husband's favorites.

Wentworth was another favorite. We just finished watching Rake--so much better than its American counterpart. Possibly my favorite was The Fall with Gillian Anderson and Jamie Dornan from the infamous 50 Shades.

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adelle38 — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 17:24:39 GMT

For fans of British shows, you might try ACORNTV. It's $5 a month or $50 a year. You can stream it with Roku. It has tons of old and current UK shows.

https://acorn.tv/featured

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Lynneuk — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 17:37:08 GMT

If you like Broadchurch then check out Happy Valley on Netflix, it is excellent. They are making another series now too. Another good one set in Wales is Hinterland.

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NoelSeven — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 22:28:13 GMT

On 3/4/2015 adelle38 said:
For fans of British shows, you might try ACORNTV. It's $5 a month or $50 a year. You can stream it with Roku. It has tons of old and current UK shows.

https://acorn.tv/featured

adelle-

Thank you so much, I'd never heard of acorn before.

How does it work? Do you have to watch in on your computer?