{TV} Seen at last! Decades after the TV series/programme was first released, I finally got around to watching this programme!
Have finally seen this TV series/programme! . . . decades (or, at least, several-to-many ,-) years) after it was first broadcast on TV.
These are mainly classic/well-known programmes that I had always wanted to see. A few are less well known, but are dramas/factual programmes I had meant to view for a long time . . . or, having now watched them, wish I had known about the programme's existence earlier: it was that good!
Some of the series etc. are TV output of which I had previously caught a few snippets or fragments - if I was passing by the TV during broadcasts of the programme - but never had I seen the series or programme in its entirety.
Till now! :-)
These are mainly classic/well-known programmes that I had always wanted to see. A few are less well known, but are dramas/factual programmes I had meant to view for a long time . . . or, having now watched them, wish I had known about the programme's existence earlier: it was that good!
Some of the series etc. are TV output of which I had previously caught a few snippets or fragments - if I was passing by the TV during broadcasts of the programme - but never had I seen the series or programme in its entirety.
Till now! :-)
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- CreatorJed MercurioStarsTamzin MallesonMax BeesleyKeith AllenDark medical drama series following a junior doctor as he unearths the negligent practice of a senior obstetrician.Excellent & groundbreaking drama.
First watched in c. 2020: c. 16 years after the TV drama was originally released. - StarsLeonard RossiterPauline YatesJohn BarronThis story concerns a middle-aged middle manager, Reginald "Reggie" Perrin, who is driven to bizarre behaviour by the pointlessness of his job at Sunshine Desserts.Finally watched in 2019: 43 years after it was first broadcast
- CreatorsBrian CookeJohnnie MortimerStarsRichard O'SullivanPaula WilcoxSally ThomsettSitcom exploring the trials and tribulations created by one man and two women flat-sharing in the 70s.Finally watched in 2020: 47 years after it was first broadcast
- CreatorPeter HammondStarsDavid McCallumJoanna LumleyDavid CollingsThe secrets Sapphire, Steel and their colleagues find include people trapped in photos, ghosts lost in time and a retro dinner party.Finally watched in 2020: 41 years after it was first broadcast
- CreatorsRobert ButlerMichael GleasonStarsStephanie ZimbalistPierce BrosnanDoris RobertsThe cases of a female private detective partnered with a former thief who assumes the role of a fictitious detective in the business.Finally watched in 2018: 36 years after it was first broadcast.
(Although sadly :-( I haven't yet had access to - so haven't yet watched - ALL the series in the programme.) - CreatorLucy GannonStarsBen NealonRobson GreenJerome FlynnDrama following the life of the officers and men of the King's Own Fusiliers regiment, during their home lives, training exercises and battles.Finally watched in 2019: 28 years after it was first broadcast
- StarsSam NeillMichael BryantNorman RodwayA dramatization of the missions and adventures of the greatest spy in British history.Finally watched in 2020: 37 years after it was first broadcast
- CreatorFrank LupoStarsFred DryerStepfanie KramerCharles HallahanRick Hunter is a renegade cop who bends the rules and takes justice into his own hands. Partnered with the equally stunning and rebellious Sgt. McCall, he sets out to crack down on L.A.'s slimiest criminals.Finally watched from 2020-21: 36 years after it was first broadcast
- CreatorsJohn BaskinFrank CardeaGeorge SchenckStarsJack WardenJohn RubinsteinPenny PeyserRough-and-tumble private Investigator Harry Fox, Sr. solves crimes with the reluctant help of his son, respected San Francisco lawyer Harrison Fox, Jr.Finally watched in 2020: 36 years after it was first broadcast
- CreatorPaul MendelsonStarsAnton RodgersFrances WhitePaul VenablesAlec Callendar, a Pinner solicitor, meets and falls in love with Zoe Angel, a woman half his age: their relationship, as well as the ups and downs of Alec's office mates: his secretaries, Hilary and Miss Flood, and Alec's son, Jamie.Finally watched in 2021: 32 years after it was first broadcast
- StarsKarl HowmanMike WallingJackie LyeJacko is a house painter who "appreciates" women. He sees the best in each one of them and they in turn, like him. Will he find true love? Will he settle down as he gets older?Finally watched in approx. 2018: approx. 32 years after it was first broadcast
- StarsPenelope KeithHarry DitsonElizabeth CounsellCaroline and Donald Fairchild, a married couple, are forced to conceal their relationship after she joins his company, which prohibits spouses from working together. They play-act as strangers to retain their careers.Finally watched in approx. 2018: approx. 32 years after it was first broadcast
- CreatorPeter TilburyStarsHywel BennettBelinda SinclairJosephine TewsonJames Shelley, an educated, sardonic, permanently unemployed "professional freelance layabout," has many battles with authority, the tax-man, his landlady, and his girlfriend Fran.Finally watched in approx. 2018: approx. 39 years after it was first broadcast
- CreatorPeter TilburyStarsHywel BennettAndrew CastellCaroline LangrisheAfter nearly five years away teaching in the Middle East, Shelley flies back into the UK. He's shocked to find a new world of high rent, yuppies, and wine bars--but Shelley is still Shelley--ready wit, work-shy behaviour, and all.Finally watched in approx. 2018: approx. 30 years after it was first broadcast
- StarsPenelope KeithMark KingstonGarfield MorganJean Price is the idealistic, newly-elected Labour Party Member of Parliament for a deprived inner-city constituency. She must try to balance her work with her family life, learn the ways of the House and try to keep her principles.Finally watched in 2021: 31 years after it was first broadcast
- DirectorMichael WhyteStarsAmanda BurtonMatthew MarshNicholas JonesCommander Clare Blake has risen to the top of her profession in the male-dominated Metropolitan Police Service and is now the head of the serious crimes unit. Some years previously she arrested James Lampton for murder. He was subsequently sentenced to life in prison but is now out on parole and is a successful author with a best-selling book. Blake's colleagues however, especially DCI Mike Hedges, believe Lampton is responsible for another murder and are out to prove his guilt. Things become complicated when Blake and Lampton become intimate and the question arises whether he is being honest with her or is simply a master manipulator.Finally watched in 2021:
First I watched this 1-off programme. It was the start of this TV series - aka a collection of TV films/dramas - that was first broadcast on TV in 2003.
Subsequently I watched the next 4 series, that had been broadcast up till till 2008.
Finally watched - all 7 films/dramas (or all 5 series) - in 2021: 18 years after the series was first broadcast - CreatorsFran DrescherPeter Marc JacobsonStarsFran DrescherJohn Michael HigginsTichina ArnoldIn their 18 years of marriage, a middle-aged couple tries to move on with their lives after the husband confesses he's gay.Finally watched from 2020-21: 9 years after it was first broadcast
- CreatorsJohn EdwardsClaudia KarvanJacquelin PerskeStarsClaudia KarvanAsher KeddieBrendan CowellA story about a group of thirty-somethings dealing with the ups and downs of life.A gem, unknown to me till I came across it on an online player. From Australia's TV output. What a find!
First watched in 2021: 17 years after the TV drama was originally released.
(Although sadly :-( I haven't yet had access to - so haven't yet watched - ALL the series in the programme.) - CreatorsClaudia KarvanJacquelin PerskeStarsClaudia KarvanMatt KingRodger CorserA dentist Suzy meets the ghost of an 80s English rock star Henry Mallet.A gem, unknown to me till I came across it on an online player. From Australia's TV output. What a find!
One of the most compelling love stories ever made for television. But also touching, funny, original, & stylish . . . Just brilliant.
First watched in 2021: 11 years after the TV drama was originally released. - DirectorJeffrey WalkerStarsGuy PearceMarta DusseldorpAaron PedersenA former criminal lawyer is getting his life back together and now spends his days as a part-time investigator, debt collector, apprentice cabinet maker, punter and finding those who don't want to be found - dead or alive. When an ex-client wants his help, he lets it pass away. But then this guy turns up dead which forces him back into the ominous past he thought he left for good.Finally watched in 2021: 9 years after it was first broadcast.
First I watched this, the first of three 1-off dramas (or TV movies). This first TV film was the start of the franchise that was first broadcast on TV in 2012.
Overall the franchise has formed a collection of three TV films/dramas, followed by three (six-episode) TV miniseries. The franchise lasted from 2012 up to 2021.
Subsequent to watching this first TV film, I watched the next two TV films/dramas, then the three TV miniseries. - DirectorJeffrey WalkerStarsGuy PearceMarta DusseldorpAaron PedersenJack Irish has no shortage of friends, but family members are few and far between. His wife was murdered by an ex-client and his father is a fading photo on the pubs football wall of fame. So when Des Connors, the last link to his dad, calls to ask for help in the matter of a missing son, Jack is more than happy to lend a hand. But sometimes prodigal sons go missing for a reason... As Jack begins to dig, he discovers that Gary Connors was a man with something to hide, and his friends are people with yet darker and even more deadly secrets.Finally watched in 2021: 9 years after it was first broadcast.
This was the second of three 1-off dramas (or TV movies). This second TV film was a continuation of the franchise that was first broadcast on TV in 2012.
Overall the franchise has formed a collection of three TV films/dramas, followed by three (six-episode) TV miniseries. The franchise lasted from 2012 up to 2021.
Subsequent to watching this second TV film, I watched the last of the TV films/dramas, then the three TV miniseries. - DirectorJeffrey WalkerStarsGuy PearceMarta DusseldorpAaron PedersenWhen a high profile judge commissions Jack Irish to locate a mysterious red book, Jack is thrown into a world of sexy club owners, drug dealers and unhinged killers.Finally watched in 2021: 7 years after it was first broadcast.
This was the third of three 1-off dramas (or TV movies). This third TV film was a continuation of the franchise that was first broadcast on TV in 2012.
Overall the franchise has formed a collection of three TV films/dramas, followed by three (six-episode) TV miniseries. The franchise lasted from 2012 up to 2021.
Subsequent to watching this last of the TV films/dramas, I then watched the three TV miniseries. - CreatorsPerry ChafeAllan HawcoMalcolm MacRuryStarsAllan HawcoKrystin PellerinMark O'BrienJake Doyle and his father Malachy run a private investigations agency in St. John's, Newfoundland. Their cases involve them in all sorts of dealings - not all of them on the right side of the law.A gem, unknown to me till I came across it on an online player. From Canada's TV output. What a find!
First watched in 2021: 11 years after the TV drama was originally released. - CreatorsAndrew AnastasiosMatt CameronAndrew KnightStarsGuy PearceAaron PedersenRoy BillingJack is engaged to find a missing person, only to be later framed for his murder. Jack is quickly caught up in a complex web of powerful vested interests that stretches from his home town of Fitzroy to a remote village in the Philippines.Finally watched in 2021: 5 years after it was first broadcast, but 9 years after the 'Jack Irish' character was first brought to television.
S1 was far better than the 3 earlier TV films, which were great entertainment in themselves. The series improved upon the 1-off dramas mainly because the 6 episodes gave the storyteller more time to tell the tale than the limited framework of a 1½h TV drama. S1 was punchy, with a gripping story, & well-paced. Great viewing.
Sadly S2 became over-detailed & rambling: too many sub- & sub-sub-plots. Plus the old trope of a troubled female youth for the lead male character to 'adopt'. I was bored & irritated - let alone disappointed - by the end of episode 2. So I had to reduce the series to an IMDb star-rating of 8, after giving it a 9 after S1. Shame . . .
Roll on S3: hopefully this will return the series to the classy finish of S1. - StarsWilliam GauntPatricia GarwoodMichael Sharvell-MartinWhen Arthur and Beryl Crabtree are set to begin a quiet life at last, their four grown-up children return home one by one. With a son-in-law and neighbours always popping in as well, the quiet life never gets started.Finally watched in c. 2017: 34 years after it was first broadcast.
(Although sadly :-( I haven't yet had access to - so haven't yet watched - all episodes of the last series [Series 5] in the programme.)
