General TV amnesty thread

[Dave D]

2 hours ago, 3 Stacks said:

Love Island is by far the best show of its kind on TV. Doesn't mean it's great in relation to other kinds of shows, but for what it is, there is nothing more entertaining. 

Its only as good as its contestants- as with all reality shows. 

[Tony Moanero]

1 hour ago, Babb'sBurstNad said:

Murder She Wrote

 

I particularly like the ones set in Ireland, where the accents are more Jamaican, and there's a cardboard backdrop to ye olde pub.

Have you seen the Magnum, P.I. and Murder She Wrote crossover?

[Captain Turdseye]

21 minutes ago, Jairzinho said:

Negged.

You are a fucking disgrace. 

[Trumo]

Homes Under The Hammer. I don't know if it qualifies as amnesty or not.

[manwiththestick]

I used to really like that Your face or mine with Jimmy Carr, think it started on MTV many years ago.

 

Used to gets some cracking reactions from women when their boyfriends were rating other girls. 

[easytoslip]

34 minutes ago, Dave D said:

Its only as good as its contestants- as with all reality shows. 

Shows about narcissistic exhibitionists with no talent are truly grim, they don't get an iota of my attention as does anything that has reality,  celebrity in the title. Throw X Factor, The Voice etc into that mix as well. 

I suppose they serve a purpose for some though. 

 

[3 Stacks]

1 hour ago, Dave D said:

Its only as good as its contestants- as with all reality shows. 

I find the stereotypical UK lad/lass character hilarious, so they're all great to me. Also, the format is better than most reality shows. Feels more conversation-based, less scripted, more candid. It's just different and better than what you get on American TV. 

[RedKnight]

2 hours ago, Babb'sBurstNad said:

Murder She Wrote

 

I particularly like the ones set in Ireland, where the accents are more Jamaican, and there's a cardboard backdrop to ye olde pub.

 

And clearly filmed in California, Sons of Anarchy did the same and Magnum P.I. did it with Hawaii. 

[johnsusername]

1 hour ago, Trumo said:

Homes Under The Hammer. I don't know if it qualifies as amnesty or not.

Nah, it's good telly.

[johnsusername]

The Bill

neighbours.

Home and away. 

Peppa pig

Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom. 

[Babb'sBurstNad]

2 hours ago, Tony Moanero said:

Have you seen the Magnum, P.I. and Murder She Wrote crossover?

Yep. Magnum quite rightly deferred to the greater detective. 

 

I do like me a whodunnit.

[Tony Moanero]

8 minutes ago, Babb'sBurstNad said:

Yep. Magnum quite rightly deferred to the greater detective. 

 

I do like me a whodunnit.

Whodunnits are ace. Your top 5 favourite TV detectives?

[VladimirIlyich]

This thread is Eye AIDS.

[sir roger]

2 hours ago, Trumo said:

Homes Under The Hammer. I don't know if it qualifies as amnesty or not.

The best bit of HUTH is the totally random and totally bonkers music that they play. Watched one the other day playing My Boy Lollipop while the camera panned around a shithole in Bootle that went for £32k at auction.

[The Golden Eel]

I like a whodunit myself but much better in smaller doses as they can get a bit samey. 

[cloggypop]

8 minutes ago, sir roger said:

The best bit of HUTH is the totally random and totally bonkers music that they play. Watched one the other day playing My Boy Lollipop while the camera panned around a shithole in Bootle that went for £32k at auction.

I'd love to have that job. They might get a bit more Half Man Half Biscuit than normal but I reckon it'd work. 

[Babb'sBurstNad]

1 minute ago, Tony Moanero said:

Whodunnits are ace. Your top 5 favourite TV detectives?

Ooh, good one Tony.

 

I'd go Columbo top, because he's created for TV, and is genuinely different to the archetypal detective. I'd gladly watch a repeat of Columbo - maybe not the later, studio based years - over any new show on.

 

Then some literary stalwarts, Sherlock Holmes, the Jeremy Brett version mind, Cumberbatch can do one; Miss Marple, but only the Joan Hickson one (the Margaret Rutherford films are great, though); Poirot, and it's a toss up for last place between Jim Rockford and Inspector Maigret.

[sir roger]

3 minutes ago, cloggypop said:

I'd love to have that job. They might get a bit more Half Man Half Biscuit than normal but I reckon it'd work. 

Save ' Trumpton Riots ' for a Toxteth repo.

[Duff Man]

I was really into Ice Road Truckers for a while, despite the fact that nothing ever happened.

[Tony Moanero]

1 hour ago, Babb'sBurstNad said:

Ooh, good one Tony.

 

I'd go Columbo top, because he's created for TV, and is genuinely different to the archetypal detective. I'd gladly watch a repeat of Columbo - maybe not the later, studio based years - over any new show on.

 

Then some literary stalwarts, Sherlock Holmes, the Jeremy Brett version mind, Cumberbatch can do one; Miss Marple, but only the Joan Hickson one (the Margaret Rutherford films are great, though); Poirot, and it's a toss up for last place between Jim Rockford and Inspector Maigret.

 

Joan Hickson is definitely my favourite Miss Marple. It was a toss up between her and Poirot. Ask me tomorrow and I’ll probably have it the other way around. 

 

1. Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett)

2. Inspector Morse

3. Hercules Poirot 

4. Jack Frost

5. George Bulman

[Jose Jones]

19 minutes ago, Tony Moanero said:

 

Joan Hickson is definitely my favourite Miss Marple. It was a toss up between her and Poirot. Ask me tomorrow and I’ll probably have it the other way around. 

 

1. Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett)

2. Inspector Morse

3. Hercules Poirot 

4. Jack Frost

5. George Bulman

BBC weekday afternoon lazing off while at University detective rankings:

 

1. Columbo

2. Banacek

3. Bergerac

4. Quincy

5. Petrocelli

[lifetime fan]

Naked attraction. 

[Tony Moanero]

7 minutes ago, Jose Jones said:

BBC weekday afternoon lazing off while at University detective rankings:

 

1. Columbo

2. Banacek

3. Bergerac

4. Quincy

5. Petrocelli

Bergerac was boss.

[Carvalho Diablo]

Long Lost Family and Who Do You Think You Are - love both of those.

[sir roger]

33 minutes ago, Tony Moanero said:

 

 

1. Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett)

2. Inspector Morse

3. Hercules Poirot 

4. Jack Frost

5. George Bulman

Strangely enough I couldn't get into Morse at all , yet I love Endeavour.