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travelsafar Mon 24-Mar-25 19:53:50

New Sunday night series. I'm binge watching. It's complicated but very good. Some old faces, Sean Bean and Julie Graham and some new faces too. If you like gangster type programmes you probably enjoy this.

Cumbrianmale56 Fri 11-Apr-25 18:29:23

Julie Graham is Scottish, but puts on a really good Liverpool accent. On the whole, this is a great drama and the violence is never over done.

Ilovedogs22 Fri 11-Apr-25 19:00:10

Yes ferry23, It's strange how we can be drawn to certain individuals and yet repelled by others, both in reality & on the TV.
I just found her a bit arrogant & it's not the first time I've felt this vibe eminating from her, regardless of the role she's playing.
So apart from "She" & her
over-acting, it's a brilliant series.
Pity though, that Mr Bean's part was so very brief, he has such power & charisma yet he scares the beejesusout of me too.! 🥴

ferry23 Fri 11-Apr-25 19:17:15

Look you lot, can you stop calling him "Mr. Bean" because every time I read that I see Rowan Atkinson talking about cocaine supply lines, line dancing to House of Bamboo and brutally stabbed to death on his sun lounger. grin

Ilovedogs22 Fri 11-Apr-25 19:27:47

Sorry ferry23,
I didn't make the connection
Now I shall see what you see!
Arghhh!!!! 🥴

Calendargirl Fri 11-Apr-25 20:48:09

The actress playing Michael’s wife is the sister in ‘Belgravia’,

Couldn’t be a more different part, spinster living at home with mother, and fancying the local vicar.

Cumbrianmale56 Fri 18-Apr-25 21:12:40

I've binge watched it tonight and they really are a bunch of nasty, hateful villains who deserve everything that happen to them. However, the actresses who play their long suffering WAGs are the real stars.

Calendargirl Sat 19-Apr-25 06:59:57

The long suffering WAGs are happy enough to turn a blind eye to how they are able to live in lovely houses, drive expensive cars and enjoy fabulous holidays though.

Allsorts Sat 19-Apr-25 07:22:29

I tried the first one but didn't like one of them. Tge wives as bad. Everything now is so violent and I feel sure it is desensitising people.

Iam64 Sat 19-Apr-25 08:21:49

I watched half an hour of episode one. I enjoy drug dealing Liverpool gangs on tv usually but found this too dark and the accents extreme
Reading this thread is encouraging me to try again