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New Scandi noir drama starting tonight...

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Tegan2 Sun 13-Aug-17 12:20:00

Ch4 9:00. Valkgrien [sp]. Saw it advertised on facebook; no idea if it's any good but, having finished watching Top of the Lake I need something to fill the gap, and this does look promising. Plus the fact that, being on Ch 4 if my catchup tv stops working again I can always watch it on +1.

NanKate Wed 16-Aug-17 08:21:24

Just watched episode 1 and thoroughly enjoyed it.

The subtitles are good because they are short which gives me time to take in the visuals.

maddy629 Wed 16-Aug-17 07:52:42

grammargran I don't watch Scandi Noir don't like all the sub titles but I'm with Virgin and did not realise that they don't do All 4.

yggdrasil Tue 15-Aug-17 09:39:37

So I watched I know who you are last night. and yes, it has stopped on the middle! There will be a series 2 later.
Maddening

notnecessarilywiser Tue 15-Aug-17 07:53:21

MrsJamJam - yes, it'll be on the Firestick; that's how I watch it. Just select the channel 4 icon and do a search.

seacliff Tue 15-Aug-17 05:59:55

I read here that the original was 16 programmes, cut down by BBC. Apparently you can find the whole thing , see link. I gave up on it.

Re Valkyrie, I can't find the other episodes when I search. We have sky variety. Really stupid annoying idea to just show the first episode now.

www.theartsdesk.com/tv/i-know-who-you-are-series-finale-bbc-four-review-gripping-no-one-root

Eloethan Mon 14-Aug-17 21:04:51

I started to watch it but didn't enjoy it at all and gave up. Nothing about it held my attention and I won't continue watching.

MrsJamJam Mon 14-Aug-17 19:38:43

Just spent a wet afternoon watching the last two episodes of I Know who You are and horrified to be left with such a cliffhangar. Do I assume the BBC can't afford to buy the rest?! Valkyrien - I don't know how to download all 4. Does anyone know if I can do it on the Amazon fire stick? We live with minimal broadband here so guess any download would take days rather than hours even if I knew how to do it. Infuriating. Am shortly off to a Greek beach to practice relaxation and remember not to care about silly tv programmes!

brunswick Mon 14-Aug-17 17:19:24

I iknow who you are was absolutely brilliant. As you say grammargran, I couldnt believe how they left us hanging, I shouted out, "no you cant let it end like that" until I heard voiceover say "another series is coming. I was gripped from the beginning to the end.

123kitty Mon 14-Aug-17 16:56:37

Oh Yggdrasil I agree, the Spanish series, I know who you are, is brilliant- great acting from all the cast (especially the leading man- what a dish- can't take my eyes off him).

grammargran Mon 14-Aug-17 15:16:28

But hooray, Montalbano back next week - the mature version .....

grammargran Mon 14-Aug-17 15:14:56

Can't wait for the next series of I Know Who You Are. How truly callous and brutal to leave us stranded like that! I know what you mean Revis about the Walter Presents series. It's exasperating to have just one episode- we're on Virgin as well.

rosesarered Mon 14-Aug-17 15:04:16

Right, thanks for info, I will now delete this one recorded episode, what a waste of our time!

Lilyflower Mon 14-Aug-17 14:59:42

I had NO idea that there were further episodes of 'I Know Who You Are' but it does make sense. The DH and I watched 9 & 10 last night and we couldn't believe the story ended like that (don't want to use spoilers) as it seemed to be an episode cliff hanger not closure after a series.

Now I know it is because it WAS an episode cliff hanger.!

Doh!

Nelliemaggs Mon 14-Aug-17 14:52:17

My daughter tells me that the remaining 6 episodes will be shown but there is no date as yet. As Funnygran says we might find it difficult to remember all the clues until then. A bit disappointing.

Funnygran Mon 14-Aug-17 14:34:42

Have really enjoyed "I know who you are" but a real anticlimax to find the story isn't resolved and there will be another series. By which time I will have forgotten what happened in the first one!

grandMattie Mon 14-Aug-17 13:41:43

That's what nellie seems to say - I'm only repeating it, incredulously!!!

Revis Mon 14-Aug-17 13:28:01

I love most of Walter Presents series but find it really frustrating when they put the 1st episode on C4 and then all the rest on All4 which Virgin doesn't cover. Why do they do that?

Tegan2 Mon 14-Aug-17 12:43:00

I don't think I'm going to enjoy it but am intrigued as to where it's going. Having suggested it in the first place I feel obliged to work out if it's worth sticking with in a 'I'm going out and could be some time' sort of way...'

maryeliza54 Mon 14-Aug-17 12:21:03

Do you mean that the last 6 episodes are already made and were meant to be shown with the 10 we saw grand?

grandMattie Mon 14-Aug-17 12:16:22

The crits for "Valkirien" were very mixed, mostly bad - "hilarious" in all the wrong ways. Let me know if you enjoy it - although I'm having trouble getting anything from More4 at the moment/

I have enjoyed "I know who you are" enormously. I hadn't realised that they had withheld the last 6 episodes - how mean - they had given to understand that there was another series!

Nelliemaggs Mon 14-Aug-17 10:43:08

I got bored with Valkyrien I'm afraid. Maybe I was too tired.

As for "I know who you are" which I enjoyed very much, partly because I love the Spanish language, but also because I found quite intriguing, I was disbelieving that it stopped at episode 10 with no immediate plan to show the remaining 6 episodes. How can they do that to us!

yggdrasil Mon 14-Aug-17 10:23:25

I've got the last two episodes of I Know who You Are to watch tonight first

Tegan2 Mon 14-Aug-17 09:42:47

I know; that confused me because they were talking about what was on next week at 9. My catchup tv doesn't always work so I may not be able to watch it anyway. The good thing is they said Leveson [sp] Wood is back on tv next week [sigh] and I love his travel/adventure programmes. The other problem with box sets is that I end up having to watch them all which is what happened with Top of the Lake; China Girl. And I've got three episodes of Game of Thrones to watch tomorrow night [it's a hard life].

yggdrasil Mon 14-Aug-17 09:03:57

I've recorded it, not watched yet. It seems odd to me that this seems to be the only episode being actually broadcast, for all the rest you have to go to All4

silverlining48 Mon 14-Aug-17 08:22:49

not long ago i wouldnt have watched a foreign film with subtitles but now i do, and for the most part have enjoyed the scandi, german, french etc offerings which bbc4 have put on on a saturday night.