Wednesday 26 November 2014

I blame Gogglebox......

I'm pretty set in my ways when it comes to what I watch on TV....The soaps, XFactor, The Apprentice, Geordie Shore and documentaries which include medical shows like 24 hours in A&E and Miracle babies.....

I watch Gogglebox every Friday on CH4.....
Every week they seem to be showing clips of TV shows I wouldn't normally watch....Crime drama's and shows about animals....I seem to be seeing clips of these shows and getting hooked on them....

My girls and I have been watching David Attenborough's Life Story....It all started with the clip on Gogglebox of the baby Barnacle gosling making a giant leap from it's clifftop nest falling over 400ft in order to reach the ground below.... Amazing! I was cheering them on....


I also saw a clip of the BBC drama The Missing....I don't usually like crime drama's.....It took me a couple of weeks to get around to watching it and I watched 4 episodes in one afternoon.....

I watched it for the first time last night in real time along with everyone else! It was nice to know what people were talking about on Twitter and Facebook.....


 The Missing" follows Tony played by James Nesbitt as a man devastated by the abduction of his young son Oliver during a family holiday in France.....He becomes obsessed, unable to accept that his child may be dead and spends years searching for him......Tony's exhaustive search fractures his marriage to Emily, played by Frances O' Connor and threatens to destroy his life......Tcheky Karyo plays Julien, the French police detective who launched the initial search for the child. Even though he is retired in present day he too cannot shake the small belief that the child may still be alive....It is told simultaneously over multiple time frames and set in France and London....

I'm hooked.....I have my suspects but I am probably completely wrong.....

I was talking to someone about The Missing and they said I should watch Broadchurch which is similar.....I keep seeing adverts on TV for the new series of it so thought why not....I remember when it was on TV that people were talking about it so much on Twitter....



 Aided by local Detective Sergeant Ellie Miller, the newly arrived, out-of-town Detective Inspector Alec Hardy investigates the mysterious death of an 11-year-old boy on a beach at the foot of a cliff at the seaside community of Broadchurch. The investigation takes in the boy's parents and the residents of the town who come under the media spotlight - threatening to reveal secrets and betrayals. The seaside town of Broadchurch becomes the centre of a major police investigation and a national media frenzy.

As I'm typing this I've just started watching the 3rd episode.....Surely the father cannot be the killer? The shopkeeper, her off birds of a feather....I don't know....lol No I don't want to know! Nobody tell me..... I know nothing about it only what I've seen so far....I understand now why people raved about it.....I remember people being shocked when the killer was revealed but don't remember who it was....

*Please don't spoil it for me!!*

I did think it was all on catch up on Sky but no......There was only 2 episodes.....It's been shown on ITV Encore and I have to wait to watch it every week....Grr!

So I'm blaming/thanking Gogglebox for getting me interested in TV shows I wouldn't normally watch.....lol It has kept me busy and makes a change from watching Jeremy Kyle and This Morning....hehehe

14 comments :

  1. Great post - I could have written it! It seems every week we find something new to watch after gogglebox hooks us in!

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  2. Good post. Love Broadchurch. ....won't ruin it for you though. Gogglebox is funny but has a lot to answer too lol

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  3. There's new Broadchurch coming!!! Ahhhh I can't wait, the first season is amazing. I watch the people's couch which is the American version of Googlebox and end up with a list of new shows too! x

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  4. I couldn't watch that bird falling - I was traumatised!! I bloody love Gogglebox. So so so funny x

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    1. I was screaming at the TV when watching it....lol

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  5. Gogglebox is amazing isn't it? I have also got into the habit of searching Netflix for box sets to watch while I'm ironing! x

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    1. It is! I need to get on the Netflix bandwagon.....There is always so much I want to watch :) x

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  6. I heard Broadchurch was good but haven't found the time to watch it yet. Netflix is great for series, I'm a regular user. You should check out House of Cards, it's awesome!

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    1. It is brilliant! What I've seen anyway! hehehe
      Thank you! x

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  7. I'm addicted to Gogglebox. Steph and Dom are hilarious and I love Silent Jay

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    1. hahaha! Silent Jay! I want to see him stand up and say something! lol

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