Retired gent needs programmes to watch

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Recommend me films a man in his 60s likes to watch, can be films or TV but must be easy to follow.

He likes a copper drama, things a bit gritty ta

Mindhunters is good, about 1970s FBI inventing how they do profiles of serial killers.

The Sinner

Vera

If he has Prime, the Bosch series might appeal as it's a US detective show. And the Lincoln Lawyer, also based on Michael Connelly's books.

Would he like The Wire? Or I know a "retired gent" in his sixties who bloody loved Breaking Bad.

How easy is easy to follow, are we talking dementia, or someone who likes to mess about on Facebook at the same time or pop off to get cups of coffee without pausing, or just someone wanting an easy watch to fill the time?

I second Mindhunters. Really excellent. But what streaming services does he have and what has he watched before? The first three series of line of duty are easy to follow I think.

NCIS is good

24 and the blacklist are quite gritty and plenty of seasons to watch.
Brooklyn 99 is a cop show but lighthearted

The rookie?

Nathan Fillian plays a man who is caught up in a bank robbery and as a result decides to become a cop and the oldest Rookie ever.

It has a light side and a dark side, and is in it's third series and has expanded to show the lives of other cops and their friends and family.

The call - Halle Berry takes a call from a kidnapped girl and they work together to find a serial killer.

The guilty, again a police call centre and a call from a kidnapped woman but a totally different film.

Shepherds and butchers - set in apartheid SA is about a teenager who doesn't want to go to war so opts to do his 'national service' in a prison.

The hide, a middle aged man is trying to find the last bird for his 'twitcher list' so he will have seen all British birds - sounds really dull but there is a storm and another man turns up for shelter.

Money Heist? It's Spanish and had me hooked, I watched the first 2 - 3 episodes dubbed and then switched to the Spanish with subtitles.

The Lincoln Lawyer on Netflix

My DF likes watching old police series again, he currently watching New Tricks.

@Discovereads I am that gentleman's age group and loved Mindhunter because of the music. Very much of the late70s/80s and everything was familiar. Loved it.

The Detectorists, if he likes gentle comedy. It's brilliant.

Edge of Darkness (1980s thriller)
The Outlaws (recent comedy drama)
District 9 (2000s sci-fi)

Lincoln lawyer. Borgen - new series out

Law and order Uk
Law and Order US series
New Tricks
Unsolved Mysteries
Brooklyn 911
24 hours in police custody (or something like that)

Hustle

If he has Amazon Prime then they are currently showing The Sweeney (although you do have to sit through an advert first).

The Sweeney was just about the definitive gritty cop drama in the late 70s.

If he hasn't seen these, I recommend:
Breaking Bad
Better Call Saul (you have to watch Breaking Bad in its entirety first, before you watch this)
Ozark
Queen's Gambit
(Netflix)

For something lighthearted and easygoing (despite a murder in every episode!), how about:
Death in Paradise? (BBC i-player).

For interesting but easy-to-watch documentaries, try:
A House Through Time (BBC i-player)
My Octopus Teacher (Netflix)
any of the David Attenborough ones (BBC i-player)
or any of Lucy Worsley's history programmes (BBC i-player).

For the sheer fascination of seeing into other people's houses and seeing how much stuff some people have and the transformation that's possible if you declutter, I also recommend:
Sort Your Life Out (BBC i-player)
Nick Knowles' Big House Clear Out (My5)