#tvstuffs

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Tagged by @derry-rain !

Rules: List 8 shows for your followers to get to know you better

Blackadder (s02-04)

The Terror (s01)

Spartacus

ANZAC Girls

In the Flesh

The Umbrella Academy

Black Sails

Doctor Who (reboot s01-04)

Tagging @limesultana @abadbadbrujah @kholkate and absolutely anyone following me who wants to do it

Bonus reasons under cut

Blackadder - the humour I grew up on, and just genius. Skip s01 (I've never seen more than a few seconds of it). s04 is my favourite. I can probably quote over 50% of it. The ending is so so good. Seriously. If you don't know it, have a watch.

The Terror - self-contained 10 episodes of character-drivendeliciousness. It's a beautifully crafted show (we'll leave the monster VFX aside) and the care that went into it shows. You can rewatch it and always find something new/notice things/make connections.

Spartacus - fun, gorey, characters and pairings I love, and I really like the way they speak in it. The Romans are fucked up, Spartacus and the slaves are here to fuck things up. Obviously we know how it ends... but do we really know how it ends??

ANZAC Girls - if there's a show about WWI military medical stuff, I'll probably enjoy it to some degree, but I loved this one as it was based on real-life events and experiences, and I would recommend anyone with the time to give it a go.

In the Flesh - a will-tear-you-apart show from the BBC, who cancelled it at the end of the second season. Cancelled shows you love build character! But seriously, it's amazing. Rehabilitated zombies as a metaphor for so so many kinds of 'otherness'. Brilliant.

The Umbrella Academy - it's my current comfort show. Seven messed up adopted siblings and apocalypse(s). It does seem lighthearted, but there's a lot more going on beneath the surface.

Black Sails - while I've yet to re-watch it fully, I think everyone should watch it at least once. It also has a proper ending.

Doctor Who - Eccleston is my Doctor, and Tennant was just as brilliant. s01-04 was the Russell T Davies era and that shows in the writing. Some outstanding episodes, some silly ones, but this to me is Classic TV (TM). I think it was a Christmas Special at the end of s04 that brought Tennant and Davies' era to a close, and oh boy. Get ready for that one.

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I just finished watching Sense8 and ooooh damn

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I’m glad Malcolm didn’t die.

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Zander shaking a cross to make sure it’s working is one of the best things ever.

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My mum asked if I wanted to go down and watch Strictly, and I was like 'eh, sure'. First episode of the new series. Never seen the first before

AND HOLY FUCK HOLD THE FUCKING BOAT AINSLEY HARRIOTT IS ON IT AND SO IS THE GIGGLING GODDESS OF PERFECTION JAMELIA

Jamelia <3333

Oh, and the new female professional dancer is really pretty :3

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If I'm in an accident I want to hear sirens, not windchimes

Sean Lock on homeopathy

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Psychologists are just people who weren't smart enough to be psychics.

Gina Linetti

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No, no, no, please don't get up; I'm not viagra.

Malcolm Tucker