What current series do you watch?

One Chinese drama, called as ''The Interpreter/ 亲爱的翻译官'' It's good!
 
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Unearthed on the Science Channel =D
Excellent documentaries on the greatest ancient architecture. Last night they deconstructed the cathedral of Cologne. Amazing. My takeaway -- the foundations "as above, so below" absolutely incredible. I do sorely wish they still built structures like this. the masons were incredible here. Just look at those spires... only 4cm difference in height!! could we even do that today if we tried?
http://www.sciencechannel.com/tv-shows/unearthed/
 
Mr.Robot
 
Humans, The Walking Dead. Channel 4 news.

To me intelligent, unusual TV = very good.
Dumbed down junk tv = a living death.

I still listen to radio. Is that allowed? I do that at home, not even in a car. Radio 6 a lot, and Radio 4 sometimes.
 
The Americans (FX Network)
Set in the early 1980s during the Cold War, The Americans is the story of Elizabeth (Keri Russell) and Philip Jennings (Matthew Rhys), two Soviet KGB officers posing as an American married couple (sleeper agents) living in the northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., with their children and their neighbor, Stan Beeman (Noah Emmerich), an FBI agent working in counterintelligence.

The Man in the High Castle (Amazon)
The series is loosely based on the 1962 novel of the same name by American science fiction author Philip K. Dick. The story is an alternative history of the world in which the Axis powers won World War II. The United States has been partitioned into three parts: The Japanese puppet state Japanese Pacific States, which comprises the former United States west of the Rocky Mountains; a Nazi puppet state that comprises the eastern half of the former United States; and the Neutral Zone that acts as a buffer between the two.

I have started Stranger Things (Netflix)

Yes @James radio and podcasts do count! CBC Radio 1 and CNN for me. Podcasts are mostly political Slate Cultural and Political Gabfest, BBC Start the Week, KCRW Left, Right and Centre.
 
brightmoon said:
The Americans (FX Network)
Set in the early 1980s during the Cold War, The Americans is the story of Elizabeth (Keri Russell) and Philip Jennings (Matthew Rhys), two Soviet KGB officers posing as an American married couple (sleeper agents) living in the northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., with their children and their neighbor, Stan Beeman (Noah Emmerich), an FBI agent working in counterintelligence.

The Man in the High Castle (Amazon)
The series is loosely based on the 1962 novel of the same name by American science fiction author Philip K. Dick. The story is an alternative history of the world in which the Axis powers won World War II. The United States has been partitioned into three parts: The Japanese puppet state Japanese Pacific States, which comprises the former United States west of the Rocky Mountains; a Nazi puppet state that comprises the eastern half of the former United States; and the Neutral Zone that acts as a buffer between the two.

I have started Stranger Things (Netflix)

Yes @James radio and podcasts do count! CBC Radio 1 and CNN for me. Podcasts are mostly political Slate Cultural and Political Gabfest, BBC Start the Week, KCRW Left, Right and Centre.
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@brightmoon liked the first series of The Americans, not caught up with the rest. absolultely loved The man in the high castle, and really liked Stranger Things

I was joking about Canadians, I regard you guys as 'almost' British... just that you have made friends with the French. Unthinkable lol...
 
Luke Cage
Generation Kill (just finished)
Poldark
 
James said:
I was joking about Canadians, I regard you guys as 'almost' British... just that you have made friends with the French. Unthinkable lol...
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For such a long period in our history we considered ourselves British, Canada was founded on the rejection of the United States and the embrace of all things British. When I was growing up at school assemblies we sang God the Queen, we shopped at Marks & Spencer, and we cheered when the Royal family came to visit. In my parents day, there wasn't even an official Canadian flag. French and English were truly "two solitudes"

Then things changed here. We developed more of our identity so to speak. Living with bilingualism became a part of that. We live with Francophones, they are a part of us so to speak along with other aspects of our own culture. Maybe we have become more American now (we have Wal Mart instead of M & S which is no improvement), I think however, we still still retain many aspects of British culture, the food, the humour, and the politeness. I hope we never lose those aspects.
 
brightmoon said:
For such a long period in our history we considered ourselves British, Canada was founded on the rejection of the United States and the embrace of all things British. When I was growing up at school assemblies we sang God the Queen, we shopped at Marks & Spencer, and we cheered when the Royal family came to visit. In my parents day, there wasn't even an official Canadian flag. French and English were truly "two solitudes"

Then things changed here. We developed more of our identity so to speak. Living with bilingualism became a part of that. We live with Francophones, they are a part of us so to speak along with other aspects of our own culture. Maybe we have become more American now (we have Wal Mart instead of M & S which is no improvement), I think however, we still still retain many aspects of British culture, the food, the humour, and the politeness. I hope we never lose those aspects.
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My brother in law met a Canadian lady in Vegas at a friends wedding (she was a model at a different function) and they lived together for about 2 years I think. She was lovely, very polite, spoke pretty decent French (I dabble enough to testify to that, je parle en peu francais) and was great company. I think it's very clear you have established your own culture and identity, separate and unique to British history. Justin Trudeau is a great role model for your country in my view. i wish we had something similar. I am only joking about the French. They haven't invaded us since 1066 and we have nearly forgiven them.

Nearly.
 
ruji said:
The Shannara Chronicles

Another TV show targeted for teens, but it's okay, and there's no other show of this genre with this production value in existence, so I'll take what I can.
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I watched the whole first series. And although it was a little cheesy, it wasn't bad, I was swayed by the themes, and all that what-not. I enjoyed it, that is until... but I wont say. I'll wait til you've seen it.
 
Black Mirror. It reinforces and shatters faith in humanity.
 
ruji said:
Dark Matter
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I just started watching the first episode of this a moment ago and was wondering if anyone here had given it a try. I'm hoping it'll be decent.
 
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