The Wire

[beef]

So on Monday What i considered to be the best tv show ever made came to an end and i was wondering if anyone else on this board watched it?

[Esiotrot]

I have never heard of it

What is it about? Are they repeating it on BBC3/4?

Kx

[beef]

I have never heard of it

What is it about? Are they repeating it on BBC3/4?

Kx

Its never been on bbc, it was shown in the uk on FX

 

more info:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wire_%28TV_series%29

[Lilywhite]

I haven't seen any of these but after Beef letting me know how great it was, I have 'acquired' season 1 and will be watching it shortly.

[beef]

I haven't seen any of these but after Beef letting me know how great it was, I have 'acquired' season 1 and will be watching it shortly.

naughty!

 

let me know what you think, the wire is to me the most underrated show ever, ive never met ANYONE who has actually seen it. It is the one tv show i reccommend to everyone. Amazon currently have series 1 on sale so i made the most of that

[beef]

I haven't seen any of these but after Beef letting me know how great it was, I have 'acquired' season 1 and will be watching it shortly.

Any update on the wire se1 Lily?

[~Andrea~]

I had the DVD set for Christmas. I watched a few episodes and thought it was OK. I'm not in any rush to watch the rest of it though.

[Lilywhite]

Any update on the wire se1 Lily?

 

Not yet Beefy..... soon, very soon.

[beef]

I had the DVD set for Christmas. I watched a few episodes and thought it was OK. I'm not in any rush to watch the rest of it though.

yes series 1 starts slow but to be fair there are story arks that go from series 1 to series 5 so theres a lot of ground building done early on.

i managed to convert a friend at college to the wire and he has got to series 3 already in about a week

[~Andrea~]

yes series 1 starts slow but to be fair there are story arks that go from series 1 to series 5 so theres a lot of ground building done early on.

i managed to convert a friend at college to the wire and he has got to series 3 already in about a week

 

Ah I see, maybe I will start watching it again then. I feel a bit guilty seeing as it was a present.

[beef]

Ah I see, maybe I will start watching it again then. I feel a bit guilty seeing as it was a present.

Whover got you that has taste! the wire is incredibly unknown in the UK.

[~Andrea~]

It was my brother. I'll pass on the compliment

[Lilywhite]

I watched the first episode of this last night. I have to admit I feel like I've walked in on something half way through, although I'm sure if I persist it will improve.

 

Very gritty so far.

[beef]

It does tend to take people a few episodes to feel like they have half a clue whats going on, i think its because the wire starts in an established world, your not introduced to every character as they start their arc, my friend just finished series 5 yesterday and he is glad i badgered him to start it, he is just gutter there are no more for him to see

[Lilywhite]

Just saw this on the BBC

 

The Wire

 

This actually means I can see past the first season

[Stephanie2008]

I really want to see this so I'm glad that they're bringing it to the BBC.

[Ruth]

I love this show. I'm kinda sad that it's ended, but on the other hand, at least it ended while it was still brilliant.

 

I got my dad into Homicide: Life on the Street recently by lending him my DVDs (I know Beef likes this show, and I would highly recommend this show to any fans of the Wire - made by the same people), and he is going to borrow my Wire DVDs next.