Sorry Jim, just can't do English TV as a general rule. I either 1) don't get it (Dr. Who), don't find it funny (<most> of Monty Python, 108% of Benny Hill) and can just not get into the period pieces like Downton Abbey. In fact, I was starting a fire in the stove one night while my wife was watching that show and 'got some on me'- it was awful. Never was a fan of Hitchcock either; not the series nor most of his movies.
To be fair, I am a big fan of Ridley Scott though.
Interesting how our interests and views can be so different, huh?
Brian
Being Poirot last Thursday on PBS. Haven't quite finished it but it made me laugh and cry that the series has run it's course. Only 25 years...a short run. I loved the art deco architecture and themes in the early part of the series. David Suchet is an incredible actor and really brought Poirot to the point of being a living person. It was also the first British detective series we started watching which drew us in to Inspector Lewis, Midsomer Murders, Endeavour, and Inspector Morse. And then on to Doc Martin and others. If you haven't watched any of those British shows, the cinematography is quite remarkable. Puts our stuff to shame.