New series starts tonight BBC1 @ 9.
Great show...
Great show...
Spooks
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) and Imran (@Annihilate Now!) are here to discuss three 1-1 draws.
The first got us knocked out of the FA Cup, the next puts us in a good position in our Round of 16 Europa League game, and the latest was an actual decent performance against Arsenal at Old Trafford.
All hopes for the season now rest on the Europa League - does Amorim have the squad to win it?
looking forward to it. Best British drama series out at the moment.
Excellent series - done well to keep the quality so high going into its 6th season.
Not a bad first episode....
was excellent tonight...damn me for not having BBC3
I get the impression I might like this under different circumstances, but I just find it difficult to swallow some of the plot devices, sensationalism and cod moralising. I know that it's technically a work of fiction but a little bit more of real world flavour wouldn't go amiss.
you should watch the first season, twas excellent
feck sake missed it.
I think Spooks is brilliant. OK it is sensationalist, but it is a television program. Who wants to watch an hour of number crunching and endless sifting through data and meetings which is probably what the majority of spook work really is.
What I like about it is, compared to something like 24, it doesnt paint the world as all black and white moral choices - good versus evil / US vs terrorists etc, which is a ridiculous simplification and quite patronising. I think it portrays the fact Western governments are just as dangerous as "evil" states well, as well as showing the human face of the extremists.
Nice start, looks as though it could get even better next week. (I did watch number 2 on beeb3).
Also notice the cameo from Martin from Game On.. Will he have time to make Matt his tea, before he coughs up blood?
Also notice the cameo from Martin from Game On.. Will he have time to make Matt his tea, before he coughs up blood?
I watched this show as well and have been since it first started off...
The cnuts left it as a 'to be continued' and I totally forgot about it being on bbc3 afterwards...
I's actually quite interesting, not bad for a BBC show, another decent one was The Hustle.
The cnuts left it as a 'to be continued' and I totally forgot about it being on bbc3 afterwards...
I's actually quite interesting, not bad for a BBC show, another decent one was The Hustle.
Episode 3 was another good one...and next weeks looks like it's of the same standard.
Well worth a watch.
Well worth a watch.
Oh no, I missed it. I totally forgot and the fact that United were playing.
fecking excellent so far….have even had to move onto the next episode that they show on BBC3 the same night
I put a thread on here a while back because I was given the box set in some corporate party gift box thingy, and I wondered if it was worth watching. Almost everyone told me not to bother.
Should I?
No harm in giving it a go Bilbo....IMO it is one of the better series we have on UK TV.
I just started watching Spooks and it is awesome.
Jeez the first series that seems so long ago... It had a few different characters in it didn't it? Think the main guy was called Tom back then. I liked the older characters a little more but quite a few characters have come and gone since the start haven't they... I think the only one left is Harry.
When it came out it was by far one of the better BBC programs and it still is really.
When it came out it was by far one of the better BBC programs and it still is really.
OMG - another cracking episode....shows we can actually make good TV.
i stopped watching after the series when Adams wife was shot
Thanks goodness there isn't a torrent available for the new episode otherwise I would have to be disgusted all over again.
I only watched the first episode and not the second on BBC3 (remember no spoilers lads!)
Its a good show and it shows its the idea and story behind it as the characters are changing all the time. I do think it used to be a bit better though.
Its a good show and it shows its the idea and story behind it as the characters are changing all the time. I do think it used to be a bit better though.
My disgust is diminishing because I can't see a torrent for either episode yet.
Phew! Thank goodness for that.
Phew! Thank goodness for that.
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16th October 2007
Spooks is basically feel good television.
A bit like Rambo is feel good movies for Americans. Never mind the history that USA lost in Vietnam......in Rambo movies they get to win this time. Without bleeding heart liberals, Jane Fonda, media, hippies and Democrats.
A whole alternative comforting narrative is served up.
Spooks effectively does the same thing. When I switched on TV, multi ethnic, diverse,poster boys and girls for MI5 were wearing poppies and trying to prevent a big disaster on Remembrance Sunday. I did not actually see the end but I am guessing that the multi ethnic diverse poster boys and girls for MI5 succeeded and Middle England all drank up their Ovaltine and went to bed happy.
Chances are that statistically one or two folks on the Message Board are "spooks". I cant believe the TV show is accurate. Certainly if you see the "spooks" coming out of that big building in London and lining up for their moccha lattes or cappucchinos and croissants and paninis in local coffee bars....they dont seem nearly as exciting as they are on TV.
A bit like Rambo is feel good movies for Americans. Never mind the history that USA lost in Vietnam......in Rambo movies they get to win this time. Without bleeding heart liberals, Jane Fonda, media, hippies and Democrats.
A whole alternative comforting narrative is served up.
Spooks effectively does the same thing. When I switched on TV, multi ethnic, diverse,poster boys and girls for MI5 were wearing poppies and trying to prevent a big disaster on Remembrance Sunday. I did not actually see the end but I am guessing that the multi ethnic diverse poster boys and girls for MI5 succeeded and Middle England all drank up their Ovaltine and went to bed happy.
Chances are that statistically one or two folks on the Message Board are "spooks". I cant believe the TV show is accurate. Certainly if you see the "spooks" coming out of that big building in London and lining up for their moccha lattes or cappucchinos and croissants and paninis in local coffee bars....they dont seem nearly as exciting as they are on TV.
Bugger.
Why is it that people can't see an existing thread on the front page and yet manage to drag up threads from ages ago?
I'm going to ban someone to make me feel better
Is there anything at all that you do approve of?
It's almost as if people want to be entertained? Who would have thought?
Very little.....Dont get me started on Jonothan Ross and Russel Brand.
Its almost as if people need a comfort zone.
Or perhaps they don't want to watch hour long episodes of people sitting at their desk, gossiping, going to lunch, going to the toilet and writing memos etc.
I suspect the majority of people realise that it is fiction. You must hate novels as well.
I suspect the majority of people realise that it is fiction. You must hate novels as well.
The introduction of Richard Armitage as "the new Tom/Adam" is poor imo. Many paper bags have survived his attempts to act his way out of them.
All your posts are the feckin' same, you're a miserable old bastard.
Episode 2 is on tonight at 9, with episode 3 on BBC3 later.
PS. iPlayer is great.
PS. iPlayer is great.
Bugger.
Why is it that people can't see an existing thread on the front page and yet manage to drag up threads from ages ago?
I'm going to ban someone to make me feel better
You sound like Russel Brand and Jonoathon Ross......but obviously lacking the same wit and charm
You sound like Russel Brand and Jonoathon Ross......but obviously lacking the same wit and charm
I make up for it with my good humour and ability to spell.
I love this show but why the hell do they kill off/write off soo many of the main characters? As soon as the viewer builds a bond with a character; they are gone!
I love this show but why the hell do they kill off/write off soo many of the main characters? As soon as the viewer builds a bond with a character; they are gone!
That is a certain part of it's allure though, no-one is sacred and anyone could be the next to go. It does make things a touch more exciting when characters are in dangerous situations and may not come out alive. That doesn't happen often in TV shows, and detracts from the tension.