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Post by profbooboo on Aug 22, 2018 2:01:58 GMT
Hooray. Berlin Station is finally coming to the UK. And even better it'll be free-to-air on More4 later this year.
It has a great cast with Richard Armitage, Rhys Ifans, Richard Jenkins, Michelle Forbes and Leland Orser.
Trailer below.
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Post by linseed on Aug 22, 2018 8:04:04 GMT
Richard Armitage? Mmmmm yes!
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Post by marion on Aug 22, 2018 8:14:45 GMT
I've not heard of this but sounds promising. I'm in!
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Post by geometryman on Aug 22, 2018 9:44:12 GMT
I'm out I'm afraid. In the minority I'm sure, but I've never rated Richard Armitage that much. Also I'm not really into spy dramas (with the exception of Deutschland 83, and - if and when we get it - Deutschland 86).
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Post by carrie on Aug 22, 2018 14:28:32 GMT
Finally I've been waiting for a British channel to pick this up.
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Post by profbooboo on Aug 22, 2018 14:48:23 GMT
Give it a chance as the cast and story are great. Leland Orser, for me at least, steals the show...along with Jenkins.
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Post by goodhelenstar on Aug 22, 2018 18:23:23 GMT
He was superb in North and South (as I'm sure you're tired of hearing!), but that's a long time ago now. I'm not sure Robin Hood did him any favours in terms of being taken seriously as an actor, and since then he's done a lot of stuff on channels I don't have access to. I will certainly give this a go.
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Post by undertheparapet on Aug 23, 2018 16:45:49 GMT
He looks like Geraint Thomas in that pic.
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Post by deansay on Aug 23, 2018 21:49:19 GMT
He was superb in North and South (as I'm sure you're tired of hearing!), but that's a long time ago now. I'm not sure Robin Hood did him any favours in terms of being taken seriously as an actor, and since then he's done a lot of stuff on channels I don't have access to. I will certainly give this a go. To me I think RA will never better N&S.
But will certainly watch Berlin Sation
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Post by goodhelenstar on Aug 24, 2018 21:40:45 GMT
Just watched the trailer above. Does RA have a portrait in the attic, I wonder? He doesn't seem to have aged at all in the last 14 years! And he does have a rather peculiar accent in this – is he aiming for American and not quite getting there, or what?
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Post by Dame Bouncy Castle on Oct 8, 2018 18:32:56 GMT
Berlin Station will receive its UK premiere on More4 on Thursday October 25th at 9pm.
Berlin Station is set in the CIA’s office in Berlin, Germany and follows the activities of CIA operatives on a global stage amid investigations of moles, terrorists, corrupt politicians and more. The drama series stars Richard Armitage, Richard Jenkins, Michelle Forbes, Rhys Ifans, Leland Orser, Ashley Judd, Keke Palmer and Ismael Cruz Córdova.
The show’s first season takes a look at the activity of a CIA office on a global stage in the midst of an investigation into a now-infamous whistleblower. It follows Daniel Miller, played by Richard Armitage (The Hobbit, Hannibal), a new arrival to Berlin’s CIA station who is on a clandestine mission to uncover the source of the Thomas Shaw leaks. A third season is in the works.
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Post by goodhelenstar on Oct 25, 2018 19:00:19 GMT
Giving this a little bump as I'd forgotten about it so imagine others have.
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Post by goodhelenstar on Oct 26, 2018 8:05:29 GMT
Well, that was underwhelming. NY Times review (https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/15/arts/television/review-berlin-station-the-hunt-for-a-cia-whistle-blower.html) describes it as 'pop le Carré' which is quite generous, I'd say. Still, a lot of exposition which is normal for a first episode so it might even out and become more comprehensible. Rhys Ifans' American accent was more convincing than Richard Armitage's, I thought, and I did wonder, again, why bring in UK actors to play US characters, particularly in this show where the German characters are played by Germans, so they got that bit right. Cheaper, I suppose.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 26, 2018 10:08:44 GMT
It seems that there are two series, with a third in the pipeline, and the second series has much higher ratings on IMDB than the first. I hope there is finality to series 1, without loose ends to be sorted out in the second series, which would make it into more of a soap opera. www.imdb.com/title/tt5191110/episodes?season=1 |
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Post by vicky on Oct 26, 2018 10:20:08 GMT
I nearly gave up at the first advert break but I think I'm glad I didn't as it gradually got a bit easier to understand. I hope, as it goes on, I will be able to distinguish between some of the male members of the Berlin Station as that was my main problem last night. I will certainly give it another go next week.
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Anymore to come?
