What is going on with TV

I don't know what is up with modern TV but in the past 12 months I have noticed a worrying trend with TV shows; many seem to be afflicted with bad audio that makes it seem as if the cast members are mumbling, to the extent that it's hard to tell what they are saying,...

‘Allo ‘Allo – A French Farce made in Britain

'Allo 'Allo Series 1 In WW2 France, Rene Artois runs a small café where Resistance fighters, Gestapo men, German Army officers and escaped Allied POWs interact daily, ignorant of one another's true identity or presence, exasperating Rene. This is one of my favourite sitcoms, certainly one of my favourite British sitcoms. There's a lot of...

Filthy Rich

Filthy Rich Three illegitimate children discover they each have a claim to the fortune of one of NZ's wealthiest men, John Truebridge. With so much money on the line, John's legitimate family will do anything to stop these new, unexpected heirs! I stumbled across this series quite by accident, and this is one fall I'm...

Game of Thrones

Game of Thrones A Song Of Fire And Ice Book One George R R Martin ‘When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die. There is no middle ground’Summers span decades. Winter can last a lifetime. And the struggle for the Iron Throne has begun. From the fertile south, where heat breeds...

Firefly

Firefly TV Series Malcolm Reynolds fought against the Alliance and now he and his crew, made up of soldiers, mercenaries, and criminals work on the edges of space, trying to stay one step ahead of hunger and the law as they take whatever jobs they can find to make money. What can I say about...

A fun adventure

Tonight I watched the first episode of Sky's new series, Hooten and the Lady, and I've got to say I'm glad I did because it was great. Lady Alexandra travels to the Amazon on behalf of the British museum in search of the camp of Victorian explorer Percy Fawcett, along the way she encounters an...