Bodyguard BBC1 Sunday

[vinteuil]

Killing Eve (just Ep. 1 so far) a hoot - I liked the way she wrote the name of the victim's bedspread [throw] designer on her hand so as not to forget it, and bought one for herself when she got home.

... just had a chance to watch the first episode of Killing Eve - sheer delight, we loved every moment of it.

Have to say that the MI5 office scenes here were far more life-like than the equivalent scenes in Bodyguard ...



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[Flay]

Have to say that the MI5 office scenes here were far more life-like than the equivalent scenes in Bodyguard ...



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You worked for MI5, Vinny?

[teamsaint]

The fascination with dramas about people killing other people pretty much escapes me, I'm afraid.

IMDB quote:

Eve's life as a spy is not adding up to what she had hoped it would be when she started. She is a bored, very smart, MI5 security officer who is very desk-bound. Villanelle is a very talented killer, mercurial in mood, who clings to the luxuries of her job. Eve and Villanelle go head to head in a fierce game of cat and mouse, each woman equally obsessed with the other as Eve is tasked with hunting down the psychopathic assassin. Sarah Barnett, BBCA president, says, " `Killing Eve' stands out in a sea of scripted stories as refreshingly entertaining and great fun."

And there just seems to be so much of it.

[LMcD]

Apparently Netflix, who own the international rights to 'Bodyguard', are eyeing up the possibility of acquiring the second series. This would presumably be released all in one go for binge-watchers, which, for me and I suspect others, would take away a major part of the experience, namely the weekly wait for the latest developments.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

You worked for MI5, Vinny?

Why use the past tense?

[Richard Tarleton]

You worked for MI5, Vinny?

I'd assumed MI6, what with the foreign travel, the cultural stuff just the cover story

[eighthobstruction]

....Liking the look of Killing Eve very much....[Conchis baiting]....good sound track....watching Black Earth Rising in the main because Michaela Coel is so so photogenic. The plot is a bit so so....

[Conchis]

Apparently Netflix, who own the international rights to 'Bodyguard', are eyeing up the possibility of acquiring the second series. This would presumably be released all in one go for binge-watchers, which, for me and I suspect others, would take away a major part of the experience, namely the weekly wait for the latest developments.

I seriously doubt the programme-makers would allow that to happen.

Netflix do not have rights to the 4th and most recent series of Line Of Duty. I had to access another site to catch up with that.

[Nick Armstrong]

Just caught up with the latest. Yes a slight feel of marking time, nudging the story towards the longer finale... but still gripping.

Not sure how Budd knew the copy of the 'kompromat' (if that's what it was) was behind the photo in Julia's flat

I also didn't get the idea that Julia's aide had been taking her out on a date in episode 3 and that Budd perceived him as having been humiliated?....

The photo link was flagged up in the 'Previously...' intro: Julia had mentioned to Budd that the photo of the 3 politicians was a memento of them 'building the Death Star' (whatever that referred to)... and subsequently, when she was driven to Chequers, had said Budd that if she didn't make it out again, he should 'go back to the Death Star'... The penny dropped when Budd visited the flat with his police colleague in their white forensic suits, and saw the photo again.

And I definitely thought that the aide was 'making a play' for Julia when he took her to dinner (under Budd's surveillance) but was rebuffed with her "this feels weird"...

[Conchis]

Just caught up with the latest. Yes a slight feel of marking time, nudging the story towards the longer finale... but still gripping.



The photo link was flagged up in the 'Previously...' intro: Julia had mentioned to Budd that the photo of the 3 politicians was a memento of them 'building the Death Star' (whatever that referred to)... and subsequently, when she was driven to Chequers, had said Budd that if she didn't make it out again, he should 'go back to the Death Star'... The penny dropped when Budd visited the flat with his police colleague in their white forensic suits, and saw the photo again.

And I definitely thought that the aide was 'making a play' for Julia when he took her to dinner (under Budd's surveillance) but was rebuffed with her "this feels weird"...

Interesting: I'd forgotten all about the Death Star quote until it was reprised at the beginning of the episode.

I thought that the 'date' was an attempt by the aide to entangle Julia in some back-room skulduggery, as the aide himself didn't seem to be Julia's 'type' at all and he would need only the most rudimentary 'antenna' to understand he was on to a bit of a loser, there. Even if he was ostensibly trying to get her to come back to his place for coffee, I'm sure there would have been a deeper motive.

[LMcD]

]I seriously doubt the programme-makers would allow that to happen.
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Netflix do not have rights to the 4th and most recent series of Line Of Duty. I had to access another site to catch up with that.

Let's hope you're right! I understand that the production company was recently sold to ITV Studios, who sold the international rights to series 1 of 'Bodyguard' to Netflix.

[Conchis]

Let's hope you're right! I understand that the production company was recently sold to ITV Studios, who sold the international rights to series 1 of 'Bodyguard' to Netflix.

Which is perfectly fine by me.

Once something has done its run on terrestrial television, the viewer can decide whether they want to watch it in sequence, or to binge-watch. The secret is out there, so it's up to them.

[Stanfordian]

....Liking the look of Killing Eve very much....[Conchis baiting]....good sound track....watching Black Earth Rising in the main because Michaela Coel is so so photogenic. The plot is a bit so so....

I saw half of 'Killing Eve' before turning it off. There was no dramatic tension - I didn't enjoy the acting at all. Sandra Oh as Eve Polastri was annoying me within seconds. Overall I was reminded me of the type of 'Cagney & Lacey' characterisation from the 1980s. Was it part-comedy? - I'm puzzled!

[LMcD]

Which is perfectly fine by me.

Once something has done its run on terrestrial television, the viewer can decide whether they want to watch it in sequence, or to binge-watch. The secret is out there, so it's up to them.

It's not perfectly fine by me if any second series is sold to Netflix and doesn't have a run on terrestrial TV. If memory serves, 'Mad Men' started off on BBC4 and was then snapped up by Sky. The same thing could happen with 'Bodyguard'.

[eighthobstruction]

....yes it's a sort of fantasy black comedy....not to be taken at all seriously....don't quite know how they will create tension as it is obvious [seemingly] that Villanelle [Villain] will carry on killing in [well lets say] ingenuis/florid ways/flamboyant ways....Its unconnection to the real world is relaxing for me - a bit of a romp....'I'll give it another episode though of course the whole thing is available on iplayer....