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Post by TallPaul on May 10, 2018 13:06:18 GMT
The fourth, and final  , season of The Bridge starts Friday 11 May at 9pm on BBC2.Although programmes have previously transferred from BBC4 to BBC2, Only Connect for example, this is the first time I can recall a fully subtitled foreign drama receiving it's UK premiere on either BBC1 or 2. (No doubt someone's going to correct me now!) Just shows, I suppose, how accepting we have now become of Saga and her leather slacks! |
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Post by Someone in a tree on May 10, 2018 13:33:26 GMT
I’m so excited about this. The Bridge is one of my favourite bits of telly
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Post by bellboard27 on May 10, 2018 14:26:14 GMT
On a visit to Malmo we once went to the museum as it had a special exhibition on The Bridge (we had already seen several locations from the show). It was called “A Non-Existent Malmo" as it was pointing out that Malmo is not like The Bridge in real life. The exhibition consisted of Saga's costume and Saga's car. However, the car had been taken away for filming the next series. So we were left with one exhibit. We felt it would have been better titled “A Non-Existent Exhibition"!
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2018 17:39:31 GMT
I bloody LOVE The Bridge! I like a lot of Scandi crime and Euro drama in general. Engrenages is my absolute favourite but The Bridge is really close. I recently watched series 1 and 2 on iplayer and loved them even more second time round. I had planned to watch series 3 as well before this one started, but I haven't managed it.
I'm a bit miffed about the move to Friday and the move to one episode per week. I'm too tired on Fridays! I like a Saturday night leisurely meal, glass of wine, two episodes of my Scandi drama so that you can really get into it.
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Post by shady23 on May 10, 2018 17:49:30 GMT
Absolutely love this and really looking forward to the new series which I would ideally love to binge watch all weekend.
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Post by bimse on May 10, 2018 18:12:46 GMT
Absolutely love this and really looking forward to the new series which I would ideally love to binge watch all weekend. I agree, I’m so looking forward to this series, but I’ve got used to binge watching box sets . It’ll take some getting used to , actually waiting a whole week for the next episode . |
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Post by RedRose on May 11, 2018 12:42:19 GMT
I bloody LOVE The Bridge! I like a lot of Scandi crime and Euro drama in general. Engrenages is my absolute favourite but The Bridge is really close. I recently watched series 1 and 2 on iplayer and loved them even more second time round. I had planned to watch series 3 as well before this one started, but I haven't managed it. I'm a bit miffed about the move to Friday and the move to one episode per week. I'm too tired on Fridays! I like a Saturday night leisurely meal, glass of wine, two episodes of my Scandi drama so that you can really get into it. I recommend you catch up with season 3 before. |
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Post by Deleted on May 11, 2018 18:24:43 GMT
Well that would be nice, but I can't fit it in before 9pm! I do remember it roughly, it's far fresher in my mind than the other two series.
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Post by BoOverall on May 11, 2018 19:00:05 GMT
Oh The Bridge has always been a treat and I cannot wait to get absorbed into this series too
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Post by Tibidabo on May 11, 2018 20:03:39 GMT
OK, so you've all gorn on about it so much that I was galvanised into watching episode 1 from series 1.
I really wasn't expecting something so........well........ grey. Grey scenery. Grey buildings. Grey costumes. Grey facial expressions. Grey acting. An hour of sheer misery. I like a bit of jokey banter in between my murders thank you very much.
I think I need a great big dollop of Ionian Sea and The Durrells to cheer myself up!
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Post by TallPaul on May 12, 2018 12:50:27 GMT
Its called Scandi Noir for a reason, Tibs! I'm sure there will be a new series of Midsomer Murders along soon. Neil Dudgeon is from Yorkshire, don't you know.  |
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Post by Tibidabo on May 12, 2018 16:50:49 GMT
Its called Scandi Noir for a reason, Tibs! I'm sure there will be a new series of Midsomer Murders along soon. Neil Dudgeon is from Yorkshire, don't you know. Well in that case, shouldn't it be called Scandi Gris? I once tried to watch an episode of Midsomer Murders as someone I knew was in it. I deserve an oscar for my performance extolling their virtues afterwards. Is there anyone in the entire universe who has ever got to the end of an episode not comatose? ETA: No one's actually said whether they enjoyed the start of series 3 last night...? |
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2018 17:27:55 GMT
I quietly liked it last night. But I think it really suffered from not having two episodes. The double bill gives you a chance to get sucked into the story - the first one always has a lot of scene setting, character introduction and so on, and is a bit slower. And then such a good cliffhanger - it needed another episode straight away.
I felt it lacked some of the Saga humour, and I didn't enjoy seeing Saga so unhappy. Cross Saga is endearing, sad purposeless Saga is heartbreaking. That's another reason we need two episodes.
I'd forgotten about sodding Linn too. She's still a cow I see.
New cop is a nasty sh*t, I hope he gets his comeuppance. He's worse than poor Rasmus.
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Post by TallPaul on May 25, 2018 21:14:47 GMT
Well, it's all developing very nicely. I'm not clown-phobic, but that very last shot was enough to terrify anyone.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2018 18:52:01 GMT
I'm enjoying it, but I do think it suffers by not being a double bill. Just as you get sucked in, it's over. Two hours is so much better.
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Post by TallPaul on May 27, 2018 12:24:19 GMT
At least with the single episode format we are spared the second recap at the start of hour two. I don't need a recap of what happened just minutes earlier, thanks.
Did you watch that Spanish thriller on BBC4? Those episodes really were too long to show consecutively. I still don't know how it all ended, cos by that stage I'd lost the will!!
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2018 13:51:38 GMT
At least with the single episode format we are spared the second recap at the start of hour two. I don't need a recap of what happened just minutes earlier, thanks. Did you watch that Spanish thriller on BBC4? Those episodes really were too long to show consecutively. I still don't know how it all ended, cos by that stage I'd lost the will!!
That recap was my quick-wee top-up-drink catch my breath slot!
Yes, that thing about the amnesia man and the missing niece and the bossy wife? I liked it at the start but I think the plot got ridiculously silly so I gave up when it got to the "end of series" that wasn't an end but just a gap before they showed the rest. I read a synopsis of the rest of the plot and it got so ridiculously stupid that I'm glad I didn't bother.
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Post by TallPaul on May 27, 2018 14:24:06 GMT
Instead of going wild camping, you should get a holiday job on a listing magazine!!
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2018 22:15:07 GMT
I loved the scene in this week's episode with Saga and her therapist. "Hmm ... we've got plenty to work with!"
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, season of The Bridge starts Friday 11 May at 9pm on BBC2.
