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Deep Water----- BBC4
Commencing Saturday 12 November at 9pm, a four part Australian series.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b083bjm7 |
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Only shown in Australia a month or so ago and based on a true story
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Water_(TV_series) http://www.news.com.au/entertainment...3aecafca88a923 |
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BBC4 have done shown some good overseas dramas so taped this. Anyone watch it? Was it any good?
Got to admit, I'm slightly put off by it being from Australia. I can't remember any dramas I've watched from Australia apart from their godawful soaps. |
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I lasted half an hour. Looked cheap as chips and kept reminding me visually of their terrible never-ending soaps, something which The Code mercifully managed to avoid. Shame because I like the lead actor, Noah Taylor who was very good as Johnny Royalle in Powers.
It's only a four-parter so gone after Saturday. |
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Well maybe I'm easily pleased, but I really enjoyed it and I'm looking forward to seeing the conclusion.
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BBC4 have done shown some good overseas dramas so taped this. Anyone watch it? Was it any good?
Got to admit, I'm slightly put off by it being from Australia. I can't remember any dramas I've watched from Australia apart from their godawful soaps. |
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I recommend the Aussie drama Cloudstreet (based on the book by Tim Winton) which was shown on Sky Atlantic about four or five years ago. The first episode was a bit slow but once you've been introduced to the characters you get hooked and I was glad I kept with it, it's brilliant. The ending had me bawling and fictional tv dramas don't usually make me cry very often!
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I watched it not as good as we have been used to on sat nights on BBC 4 but better than what the other channels were offering or watching repeats, I will stick with it only because I want to know who did it.
Worth a look. |
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I didn't realise it was based on actual events ! Must admit, that might have made me take it more seriously. It seemed preposterous to me that the police could be that incompetent, but I guess sometimes truth is stranger than fiction.
Otherwise, I thought it was just some average old nonsense that passed the time, reasonably entertaining but instantly forgettable. |
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Quite enjoyed it, and it's only four hours long. It seems that when Australian police are corrupt, they are really corrupt, so fact can easily match fiction.
I may be slightly biased towards it as my daughter lives near the other end of the coastal path where the bodies are turning up. |
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Thanks for the comments. I'll give it a look
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Ahhhh, I'm watching it now. It's got the brilliant actress who plays Bea Smith from Wentworth in it. I like Aussie drama.
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I stuck with it to the end, although it was a bit of a struggle following who the different characters were. Maybe I wasn't paying enough attention.
Considering it was only 4 episodes and the real-life story was shocking - 80 gay men murdered and the police did nothing - it plodded along. Worth watching for the incredibly cute Yael Stone (I'd never seen her before)
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Worth watching for the incredibly cute Yael Stone (I'd never seen her before)
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The guy playing the male detective was Charlie Bucket's father in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Locke in Game of Thrones
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I stuck with it to the end, although it was a bit of a struggle following who the different characters were. Maybe I wasn't paying enough attention.
Considering it was only 4 episodes and the real-life story was shocking - 80 gay men murdered and the police did nothing - it plodded along. Worth watching for the incredibly cute Yael Stone (I'd never seen her before) ![]() http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38106593 I thought the very obvious link of the female detectives brothers "accidental" death years before was dramatic license but maybe with so many deaths it was a true if unfortunately coincidental part of the original case. |
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Just watched this and thought it was brilliant tho so sad.
Was surprised to see Borat playing the cop Nick
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