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Season 2 was not good but they seemed to have plummed new depths with this. I can't help but compare it with Game Of Thrones which dragged the fantasy genre out of it's clunky world of usually dull characters and sub standard dialogue. Since Peter Jackson's ground breaking original film that mesmerised the world, they have literrally squeezed the life out of the LOTR franchise. The follow up films were severely underlwelming considering the budget, I never bothered with the Hobbit trilogy and now the TV series must surely be the last nail in its coffin, the season finale featuring at least one scene that either should have been cut or re-shot. It reminded me of 7 year olds doing a school play. An absolute shocking waste of money. 2/10

I love the characters in this although the plots are a bit wild (like the island!). The six episode thing is very BBC and they do it with a lot of things. Ashley Jenson has confirmed that Season 10 will happen with no sign of its  popularity slowing down. Would rate this one 8/10 but nothing is ever below that.

A teacher is suddenly plagued by strange sounds that no one else can hear. The low rating on IMDB of 5.4 may be down to the ending not being tied up in a nice neat bow. I liked it despite that, it's well acted and very well written going into areas I wasn't expecting. 8/10

A fictionalized account of the Franklin expedition in search of the Northwest passage.

The ships Terror and Erebus get stuck in the ice and are forced to stay put for two years with 100 or so men.

Their tinned food was sealed with lead and they all get lead poisoning. Many go sick and insane from it. 

A mutant killer polar bear is one of the many problems they face. ends in cannabalism and murder.

Horribly well done 10 episodes.

The idea is that after a speight of attacks on women by men, the UK government decides to instigate a curfew on men being out after 7pm. They are tagged like prisoners and if they violate curfew are commiting a crime. Sounds outlandish but it's a clever idea unfortunately let down by not so good writing, based on a book apparently. Probably needed more than 6 episodes but it seems Paramount had this down for a one series thing. Generally they have not been successful with this sort of stuff, their UK productions falling well short of their quality US shows such as Yellowstone, Landman and Tulsa King. 6/10