General Chat

All I can say is the graphics with all of my computers are great; my son is a "computer snob" and plays with things; picture quality is great. Now if you're one of those people that spends time worrying whether you can actually see the nose hair of actors or not I don't know but "I know I can see more than clearly anything on any of the screens. Can't wait to see the Bodyguard sounds good. :-)

"The downside of most budget laptops is that you get a crummy picture as few of them support HD, "

Good job mine isn't then :-)...and when I want to, it's easy to plug it into one of the more than big enough TVs that I have.

Personally I watch TV shows etc on my regular old laptop with a free app or whatever my kid put on which stops all ads no fast forward no payment, and no ads on any page I'm looking at for news etc.

only an hour? just wait till it gets on freeview...10minutes, then 10 minutes of adds stretches out to a "Full length feature! about 2 1/2 hours...

I think i was watching a different show - nothing really exciting happened in the first one (the train scene was good until the squad got there - spent too long telling him to get out the toilet) - Not a patch on Line of Duty and it could have all been condensed in one hour episode, would have been a lot more exciting. Best bits were the White Van and the ambush scenes - they were good.

I like Gina McKee and Keeley Hawes which is why I was watching it - I really dont like the David Budd chap - wouldn't do anything for me and he has too strong an accent. His mind seems to wonder a lot.

Dont mind a bit of bedroom but that was way out of character and far too much filling in time and too early in their relationship for my way of thinking..

Will see what part 3 offers - I need a bit more excitement to keep me glued. Getting way too cynical in my old age. I love my fiction and dont care if its way off the real thing. Give me S.W.A.T, 911 or NCIS any day, lots of car chases, gun fire and explosions at times and you get some good eyecandy.

Line of Duty is being repeated from Season 1 this week if anyone is interested. I believe its on Sony Crime channel. I only picked it up from series 3 - so really looking forward to seeing it from the beginning.

I must be honest, I turned the subtitles on. I could not catch all the dialogue.

Must clean out my ear trumpet. :-D :-D

I'm really enjoying this but just wish the David character would speak more slowly. I always have trouble with Scottish accents but it's even worse when they speak quickly.
At some points, especially in the first episode, I had to keep running it back and putting on the subtitles so I could follow what was being said.

Still well worth watching though. I think all the best drama starts at this time of year.

Kath. x

Its fiction, Rollo. It doesn't have to be entirely accurate.

Why didn't the car have bullet proof glass?!! How did mate know their movements? as surely the bodyguard would have been bound by the official secrets act preventing from discussing his job with anyone particularly his mate who clearly had an axe to grind?! Blood everywhere, but not much over him?!! Where was her bodyguard when the police finally arrived, we knew, but they didn't, surely they might have wondered?!! Hopping into bed? Predictable and, yawn! yawn! For me this started well but hopefully won't get too ridiculous!!

I am looking forward to watching this now :-D :-D

Just a tad, DET ;-) :-D

I agree with you about the pub scene...thought exactly the same :-0

It went a bit further than kissing! :-D

We read a lot about Islamic Radicalisation - the pub scene with his mate had very similar overtones.

Well I started watching it and then came a phone call I had to take!!! Saw a few bits and bobs but missed the 2nd half. Still was good and tension was great too.


Did I miss them kissing? Turned to look at tv and was sure they were!!

next episode, I will not answer the blooming phone as don't want to miss anymore.

Florence in the hebrides :-)

PS I thought his pal was something to do with it!

Well, the 2nd episode certainly didn't disappoint :-0

Four episodes to go what is going to happen next :-0

Woweeee. That was a roller coaster of a ride.

That was a turn up David's pal being the marksman. Did not see that coming.

Still not sure what the motives of the Home Secretary are.

But that episode had it all, action and sauce!

They are repeating Spooks on London Live. She was good in that too.

I am really looking forward to tonights' episode.

LOL didnt watch the Durrels.. but ashes to ashes was good...

OH and I were transfixed! Brilliant! Can't wait for tonight!!

I thoroughly enjoyed it...what a tense first 20 mins :-0

Looking forward to this evening's episode...hope it continues as it started...gripping stuff :-D

I agree about David.....take away his professional exterior...what is he really thinking ....what is he capable of doing :-0

Florence, you beat me to it! I was going to put up a thread this morning, too tired last night.

It is written by Jed Mecurio, who wrote Line Of Duty. There was a thread for that last year, when quite a few of us got involved in trying to work out who was Balaclava Man.

Keeley Hawes and Gina McKee are both in Bodyguard, also were in Line Of Duty.

It certainly started with a bang, and kept on going.

I think David is bubbling under the surface, so will he be able to hold it together?

Keeley Hawes' character in this is nothing like that nice Mrs Durrall, is she?