To ask you to recommend some tv to watch or books to read.

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I'm recovering from serious illness, I may have months until I’m back to work. We have sky, Netflix, Disney plus and Amazon prime. I need recommendations as I’ve watched far too much daytime tv! I’m quite keen on true crime and detective shows. Don’t mind dramas. So what have you watched lately that you would recommend? What books have you not been able to put down?

Happy Valley
Killing Eve
One Day
Desperate Housewives
Molly's Game
The Queen's Gambit
Griselda
Don't Worry Darling
Bridgerton

If you haven[t seen Detectorists, get the box set.
Lovely, gentle comedy series.

Donna Leon books set in Venice,
Louise Penny set in Quebec. Excellent writers alongside Anne Cleeves

Broadchurch is brilliant if you've not seen it before

Have you watched Taskmaster? All 15/16 series available on catch up.

Yes this!! It's the best thing ever made, I swear.

Succession close second maybe 😊

Lady Killers podcast on BBC sounds. There is a whole series of historical true crime.

Dark on Netflix, it's excellent

Hunted
Celebrity Hunted
Hunted Australia
Channel 4
And I think the German one is on You Tube

The Crown
Downton Abbey
Poirot
Miss Marple
Inspector Morse

All easy enough watch when you are recovering and not feeling 100%

Watched mindhunter this morning. Brilliant. Thank you everyone for all the recommendations. 😊

Im pleased there are two series of mindhunter it is so good. Still one series one.

Oo I've just thought: Tony Hillerman. Thrillers set among Native American tribes in the west.

Very bingeable.

The Americans (Disney+ I think) - it’s great.

Many of my favourites mentioned already, but can I recommend Kin, 2 series on iplayer, about rival drug gangsters in Dublin. The violence is a bit rich at times but if you can bear that it's gripping.
(American Dirt is about a family fleeing the cartels in Mexico and trying to reach the USA, and is brilliant).
Get well soon.
Ps Sky vip has a 6 month apple tv trial for Slow Horses

Mr and Mrs Smith on Amazon Prime- kooky love story with cameo stars - much better than the film

One Day on Netflix- epic friends to lovers romance based on the book (tearjerker) … also much better than the earlier film!

I'm re-watching Sherlock on IPlayer and it's absolutely fantastic.

Book: An eye for an eye

It's not for the faint hearted as pretty graphic in places but it's taking the idea of child killers (the likes of James Bulger' killers) who have served their time in juvenile, then released as a young adult, given new identities and in theory, a new chance at living a good life. Somebody starts leaking the new identities to the victim's families and of course, leads to anger, revenge etc. It's fiction, btw! Such a good book though and very gripping.

Hope the recovery goes well.

Thanks everyone. 😊

I blame Marvel for not having anymore Sherlock. I loved it.

Fargo series 5, Amazon prime - just about to watch the last episode - absolutely cracking. Can't speak to the other seasons but this one is so good.

Currently binging One Day on netflix which is lovely.

Have you watched Ghosts on BBC, proper comfort telly, so beautiful and funny.

I can see people have recommended Harlan Coben TV shows - I'm not really a fan of those but the books are great fun, easy reads and quite addictive.

Glad you are enjoying it. There is a book too but I can't remember the author's name.

So do I! 😁. It's such a fabulous series