Wednesday 13 January 2010

Great telly


Yesterday, I read with great interest Top 50 TV Dramas Of All Time and then watched the final two episodes of Breaking Bad season 2 which had been on my Virgin planner since the end of last year. I found The Guardian's list fascinating if flawed. The Wire at number 14? Oh pur-lezz. Plus there was no mention of Breaking Bad which is, quite simply, brilliant. I was going to put down my thoughts about the Vince Gilligan-created drama which stars Bryan Cranston as a high school chemistry teacher in Albuquerque who's diagnosed with inoperable lung cancer and in order to provide for his family teams up with a former student to make crystal meth, then I read Andrew Collins' appreciation which says all I wanted to say, and probably says it better, too. Season 1 is available on region 2 DVD — I watched it on FX back in 2008 when it first aired here — and both are available on region 1 DVD. Season 3 starts in the US later this year. Considering how badly this show has been treated by British TV — Five USA showed it daily at midnight(!) — who knows if we'll even get it in the UK.

4 comments:

Stram said...

No mention of ROME either which, I'm sorry to say it but that's what I believe, is one of the most amazing show ever.And quite revolutionnary at the time.

Mark Salisbury said...

Never seen/saw Rome. I take it it's worth checking out?

Anonymous said...

No mention of Lost or Dexter either

Mark Salisbury said...

That's true. Lost should definitely be on that the list. Dexter I'm not so sure. Don't get me wrong, I love it and all, but I don't know... Then again, seeing some of the stuff that did make it.