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"Just finished The Killing liked it a lot but not really the last season as much. Breaking Bad, Homeland done Was going to do Luther or The Wire next - can you tell me which one is best of the two?"

"'We own this City' By the same writers who did the Wire. Based on real events, if its only 50% accurate then the Baltimore cops were out of control. Only 6 episodes but a very good watch."

"""The Wire are fantastic, both plots and actors top notch"" Isn't Idris Elba in The Wire?"

New series of BOSCH LEGACY out a few days ago! Well worth catching all series if you haven’t already

"I’ve seen episodes here and there over the years but only recently started watching peep show from the start, on season 6 and it’s absolutely top class 10/10"

Public Enemy on Netflix Loosely based around the Marc Dutroux child abduction and murder case in Belgium Exceptional

"The Americans and The Wire are fantastic, both plots and actors top notch, IMHO far better than anything on now"

*Lawmen.

Lawrence Bass Reeves watched the first episode and its excellent. Written by the same bloke who wrote Yellowstone.

Side of Ham 3:11 Tue Oct 31 Agree sometimes its difficult seeing actors key to other series that you recognise and takes time to adjust. Actors in Spiral and Braquo feature in the Dark Hearts so its a testament to the skills of the programme to dispel your disbelief!

"Manuel, Snowfall is superb, you'll rip through it in no time."

"Ex - Sorry mate, but I'm not jealous of you, I would be if you were roaring up Jennifer Anniston, but not because you are watching The Wire :-) I watched it back when and loved it, wouldn't watch it again though, but I've never watched any series twice. I fancy either The Americans or Snowfall, but it's a lot of tv and find it a bit daunting to start on one."

"Ex - Sorry mate, but I'm not jealous of you, I would be if you were roaring up Jennifer Anniston, but not because you are watching The Wire :-) I watched it back when and loved it, wouldn't watch it again though, but I've never watched any series twice. I fancy either The Americans or Snowfall, but it's a lot of tv and find it a bit daunting to start on one."

"Miike - he was one of them, the scene I referring to was with Clarence Royce, played by Glynn Turman. Gillan’s character was excellent too. I’d say they were all perfect for the roles they played - just exceptional writing, directing and acting."

"lowlife, I only watched it once but was the mayor played by aidan gillan? that was another great character"

"Miike - so many highlights across all seasons. I did slightly prefer the series in the docks, but the others are exceptional too. Laughted out loud at Herc’s reaction to catching the Mayor in a compromising situation."

I’m enjoying downton abbey currently

"Ex, the thing about The Wire (and it may be just me) is it gets better as each series progresses. My favourite is series 4, but the quality never drops right to the end. Bubs & Omar are my favourite characters"

I watched the whole series of the Sopranos two or three times and used to feel sort of jealous of people who were watching it for the first time. Feel like I’m in the opposite position with the Wire.

defjam 10:30 Tue Oct 31

WHU(Exeter) 6:49 The Wire is the best thing EVER made for tv.

"Exeter. The Wire is superb, like you, I was a latecomer, only saw it a couple of years ago, enjoyed it immensely."

I’m watching my discus pair getting all frisky as the square up to spawn. Maybe they’ll be arsed to make a proper go of it this time?

"I'm watching (re-watching) Prime Suspect (Britbox) In the first few series nobody has a mobile phone, so people are going about their day quite contentedly unaware of disasters befalling them till hours later. Coppers asking members of the public if they can use their (landline) phone to call the nick. SOCOs leaning over the corpses of murder victims and chatting with their hair and mouths uncovered. The computers and computer displays in the incident room are hilariously antediluvian. And everybody smokes inside public buildings. It was only 30 years ago, but feels like ancient history"

Can't believe it's taken this many years to get round to watching it but The Wire. The character and acting of Bubbles is brilliant. Only on series 1 !!

I’ve been watching that Torino….and agree with your comments….finding it difficult seeing Gilou (Spiral) as a Colonel though….. :-)