Bob Piper has been a Labour Councillor for the Abbey
Ward in Sandwell, West Midlands, for 10 years. He is a lifelong supporter of Aston Villa Football Club and a follower of Yorkshire County Cricket Club.
The views expressed here are mine in a personal capacity, not those of the Labour Party, Sandwell MBC, Aston Villa or Yorkshire County Cricket Club. Get it! Mine... just mine!
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The answer to the question is: Yes. As Irvine Welsh says...
It makes just about all of the writing on British TV look absolutely shit. It maddens me that BBC or ITV put out crap after crap after crap and they don't pick up something like this. We don't know what to do with quality. We wouldn't recognise it if it bit us in the arse.
Channel 4 were bad enough with The Sopranos. Despite its huge fanbase and the sales of the DVD box sets, they shunted it around the tv schedules until it ended up starting close to midnight on a weekday. But at least it made it on to mainsteam TV. Not everyone has satellite or cable, and not all of those that do can receive the FX channel.
But those who can, will be tuned in tomorrow night at 10pm.
July 20, 2008 9:49 PM | permalink
Bob, I'm up to episode 8, first series. Just bought series two and three - I plan to take them to Cameroon with me.
And yes, it might just be the best TV show ever.