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What Are You Watching (Episode XII)

The most frequently asked question at dinner parties / drinks / work – “What are you watching?”.  (The most frequently asked question in homes by families is “What’s for dinner tonight?”.)

Here’s what I’m watching.

  • Reruns of Dexter series on Netflix from 2013 to prepare for the December 14 well-reviewed, new series 8 of the Dexter prequel showing how the young Dexter Morgan transitioned into an avenging serial killer.
  • Black Doves – my second favourite show of 2024 – Netflix.  Just behind Sky’s Day of the Jackal.  Ben Whishaw is amazing.  Keira Knightly and Sarah Lancashire (a personal favourite) are not bad either.
  • The Agency – much of which is shot in a Lovemark of mine – Raffles OWO in London.  The English adaptation of the brilliant French series The Bureau (ref KR Connect: March 22 2021, January 25 2019 and August 31 2017).  Jodie Turner-Smith (ex Bad Monkey) is stunningly beautiful and Michael Fassbender is gripping on screen.
  • Rogue Heroes – the drama (not the documentary) series about the founding of the SAS during Rommel’s North African campaign – based on Ben Macintyre’s book of the same name.  Intense, thrilling, very British.  Series 1 and 2 on Amazon Prime.  Real, good fun.
  • Sherwood Series Two.  Less fun – but just as British, on Britbox.  Based on real life events in post Brexit Nottingham.  Gritty and punchy.
  • Landman Series 1 wrapped up on Sunday on Paramount+.  Billy Bob Thornton (Goliath and Fargo) is a favourite of mine.  Deep in the heart of Texas and everything that that entails.

And three honourable mentions:

  • Ad Vitam (For Life).  A French thriller – nothing new – but typical of the current, gritty French cops / drugs / violence genre that I kinda like (Netflix).
  • Subteran.  A Netflix series – part of their commitment to taking local shows international.  My first experience of Made in Romania.  Worth an ‘escapist’ look.
  • Red Queen on Amazon Prime.  A show from the Basque Country – gritty and gripping like their cuisine, about a woman running a secret police project.  Her x-factor – an IQ of 242 – the highest in the world.

Enjoy!

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