TV/Movies Megathread

[Syt]

The Crown isn't a miniseries. It's a series.

But UK TV series/seasons are shorter than US ones, anyways, right?

[Richard Hakluyt]

Louis is a good German name 

Nice pic of Ludwig Battenberg btw 

[celedhring]

Another quirk of UK programming is the "TV movie series" (I made the name up), which is having a series where the episodes are feature-length instead of 50-60 minutes. Sherlock comes to mind.

[Syt]

Another quirk of UK programming is the "TV movie series" (I made the name up), which is having a series where the episodes are feature-length instead of 50-60 minutes. Sherlock comes to mind.

But then it's 3x 90 instead of 6x45, so runtime remains within normal parameters for UK formats?

[Sheilbh]

Another quirk of UK programming is the "TV movie series" (I made the name up), which is having a series where the episodes are feature-length instead of 50-60 minutes. Sherlock comes to mind.

Or longer - I swear the early Prime Suspects (each series = 2 episodes) were 1.5 hours long.

Again, those shows are normally on in the winter break over a bank holiday - so 9pm on Saturday, Sunday, Monday.

But UK TV series/seasons are shorter than US ones, anyways, right?

Yeah - except for soap operas (or soap opera style procedurals like Casualty, The Bill etc).

The longest proper shows are probably something like Dr Who which is about 10-12 episodes a run.

[Sheilbh]

But then it's 3x 90 instead of 6x45, so runtime remains within normal parameters for UK formats?

45 minutes = commercial TV with adverts. 50-60 minutes = BBC so no adverts.

Normally.

[celedhring]

Another quirk of UK programming is the "TV movie series" (I made the name up), which is having a series where the episodes are feature-length instead of 50-60 minutes. Sherlock comes to mind.

But then it's 3x 90 instead of 6x45, so runtime remains within normal parameters for UK formats?

Yeah, but the narrative within each episode is much more expansive. I love them.

Again, I also like stuff like Mandalorian season 1 cramming so much stuff (and doing it well) in 35 minute episodes.

[garbon]

/quote]

Well they vary a lot in length. I'm never quite sure how long I'll be sitting down for when I got to watch an episode.

[Sheilbh]

Again, I also like stuff like Mandalorian season 1 cramming so much stuff (and doing it well) in 35 minute episodes.

Yeah here 30 minute episodes are the preserve of sitcoms and soaps. But I really think there's a missed opportunity to do something interesting with that.

The best is there was a recent adaptation of Bleak House which was done in 30 minute episodes (15 of them!) which was really, really good. And I think the producers actually said they wanted that format because it's long and complicated, but it was originally serialised in quite small bitesize pieces with natural narrative breaks. I hoped it would lead to a few more shows like that or a bit more experimentation but it didn't

[celedhring]

Again, I also like stuff like Mandalorian season 1 cramming so much stuff (and doing it well) in 35 minute episodes.

Well they vary a lot in length. I'm never quite sure how long I'll be sitting down for when I got to watch an episode.

They are doing more long episodes in season 2 (I guess they have a bit more budget) but I just did the math and season 1 averages to 37.5 minutes per episode, including credits.

[celedhring]

Again, I also like stuff like Mandalorian season 1 cramming so much stuff (and doing it well) in 35 minute episodes.

Yeah here 30 minute episodes are the preserve of sitcoms and soaps. But I really think there's a missed opportunity to do something interesting with that.

The best is there was a recent adaptation of Bleak House which was done in 30 minute episodes (15 of them!) which was really, really good. And I think the producers actually said they wanted that format because it's long and complicated, but it was originally serialised in quite small bitesize pieces with natural narrative breaks. I hoped it would lead to a few more shows like that or a bit more experimentation but it didn't

Netflix is asking for more 30-minute shows, and i.e. the next show from the Money Heist dudes is a thriller in that format. I think we'll see more of them in the coming years.

[Admiral Yi]

This was different from my understanding.

What is your understanding?

[The Brain]

This was different from my understanding.

What is your understanding?

My understanding was that a miniseries was a one short season affair.

[Grey Fox]

The Queen's gambit is a weird limited series in the parlance of Netflix. They seems to have changed what they meant.

Before QG, a limited series on Netflix meant a regular series that was cancelled after either a couple of episodes or one full run. Around here, it's the international series bought from european services.

[mongers]

'Greyhound' - Tom Hanks in an episode of the Battle of the Atlantic, worth a viewing.