TV shows/dramas/series worth a look.

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If you don't mind subtitles Bbbciplayer has three seasons of "State of Happiness" a Norwegian drama set from the time that oil was discovered in the North Sea and the effect that had on a town. What I like best about it is that it is character driven and there are no real goodies and baddies, just interesting people and events.
The costumes are good as well, flares in the first series, now poodle perms and shoulder pads in the third.

Good reminder, I recall the first series from the Saturday BBC4 " films.series from abroad" (or sometimes called Scandi noir) slot. I've started having subtitles on recently when possible after an ear crisis but kept going, you get used to them quickly.

I like Liane Moriarty books and The Last Anniversary is now a drama series but on iPlayer, not on a main BBC channel. Why, I wonder?

First I need to read the book.

If you don't mind subtitles Bbbciplayer has three seasons of "State of Happiness" a Norwegian drama set from the time that oil was discovered in the North Sea and the effect that had on a town. What I like best about it is that it is character driven and there are no real goodies and baddies, just interesting people and events.
The costumes are good as well, flares in the first series, now poodle perms and shoulder pads in the third.

The Great House Revival. BBC catchup but also being repeated on daytime tv. Old houses in Ireland being restored to their former glory, from tiny cottages to sprawling mansions. All in a state of total disrepair and virtually beyond help. There are at least 4 seasons for me to watch, one of which covers the problems faced during the pandemic. What I like about it is that each programme follows the restoration fully and there is an element of A House Through Time in it, especially as some of the houses have been inherited and people restore them but have so many childhood memories of them and try to do it as sensitively as possible. What comes across is the love the presenter has for these old buildings and how emotional he gets about the fact that they have been saved. Most of the people are doing it on a limited budget and have to do a lot of the work themselves. I honestly don’t know how people have the patience to do the work or how they can live in such conditions for so long as many of the people actually live on site during the restoration.

I started watching The Best Sister on Prime last night, I think it might be quite good, but have only seen one episode so far. I love The Cockfields on BBC IPlayer, so funny, set on The Isle of Wight, Sue Johnson is in it, she's always good, although her character is very irritating. Other than that, I am following the tragic PanAm/Lockerbie disaster, shocking and heartbreaking.

Looked up "secrets we keep" and it looks promising but does it have very disturbing content?

I like a good film and always out on the lookout for something like "The Runaway Jury". it's an older one set in the US where the gun lobby is challenged in court. But it's through the eyes of a young couple determined to break Jury -rigging because of personal experience of guns that keeps the dramatic tension right to the end as the baddy jury riggers hit back. The "goodies" win against all odds against massive funding of the gun lobby...etc.....

Also "Hidden Figures" set in the US with a colour bar, and brilliant female mathematicians change it all....