The Detectorists

Same writer as from Small Prophets

Small Prophets

Wonderful little series (gentle comedy?) about a man growing homunculi in jars that will tell the future. Six episodes, wonderful stuff.

The Guest

bbc series, ok, bit silly in the end

The Capture

Good, Black Mirror alike, series of a near future Britain where deep fakes, the Correction programme, are used by the government to "create evidence"

Cynan Jones - "Stilicide"

Strange, near-poem like story. Chapters of different people, slowly interweaving, of a world without enough clean water. The Water Train, the iceberg being towed to London. Amazing how the chapters wrap into each other.

Originally broadcast by the bbc, one chapter at a time?

Reminds me of Paul Auster's "In the country of last things", Denis Johnson's "Train Dreams" and Daisy Jones' "February" (?? I can't find this!), as in short, strange books that leave you bewildered and confused.

Focus, John.

The hospital behind him.

The scene below an object now. A coin through a jeweller's loupe.

Watch the bridge, he coached himself. Focus on the bridge.

The protest now was filtering. The crowd seeming to pour.

Something microscopic in the fact the smallest tap could send a hundred-and-seventy-grain bullet three-quarters of a mile.

Move your finger just a millimetre and you could end a life; but you cannot save one. Her. Not with the strength of your whole body.

Branner felt himself sliding again, away from the wider world. Into the big hole in his ground, the time ahead without her.

The Tourist

Series about a man waking up from a car crash in Australia and not remembering his past.

Tunnel 29

 10 episode series about "Tunnel 29," a tunnel dug under the Berlin Wall, rescueing 29 people.

Interesting enough, but I've been spoiled by "Shit town" and the such. Not as intense, somehow. 

Years and Years

six part series by Russel T Davies about the future, from 2024 to 2034, roughly. Pretty dystopian, how Britian gets a terrible prime minister, Vivian Cook, an amazing role from Emma Thompson, creates concentration camps, Trump gets chosen again, the world is on fire.

Of course, it all ends in the usual Russel T. Davies style - gotta make 'm feel good! - as he always shies away from daring to take the final steps (Charlie Brooker from Black Mirror could teach him a thing or two) to make it truly impactful. But oh well. Nice nonetheless. Lots of Mancurian accents.