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Prime Burp....
One of the best TV shows I've seen in a long while finished it's current run last night, a program that has occasionally been discussed between myself and ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
aristophains within the comments section of this LJ....
Primeval is the show in question, and has been part of ITV1's family schedule over the last few Saturdays. This has been one show that has got better with each programme. Unlike it's BBC contemporaries in Doctor Who and Robin Hood, it hasn't suffered from second series syndrome by bigging up it's main characters, and by keeping everything down to earth whilst ensuring that the action has remained consistent, has in my opinion made it very worthwhile watching. The actors were all on top form and very easy-going to understand, more notably Ben Miller's senior official, who has a slick wit and very dry humour. One one occasion he delivered the memorable line: "So to summarise, we're looking for a deadly skin-shedding aquatic predator with a neat line in Charlotte Church impressions." Miller also has to be the most active actor outside the show, having starred in a few ITV1 programmes recently as well his own BBC series with Alexander Armstrong last year.
But to conclude, the whole of Primeval was excellent viewing, be it the creatures (usual prehistoric terrors or the even more sinister future monsters brought in by the villains - the anomalies that form a core part of the program were a key instrument for time travel) or the action sequences that generally followed. The final scenes of last night's show really ensured that the series finished on a high, and not just because they were set in a cemetery! What's even better, a third series is underway for next year, something definitely worth looking out for and ensuring that Primeval is not one of the ITV shows heading for extinction.
Also worth mentioning is Harry Hill's TV Burp (which has preceded Primeval). A programme that has formed a staple TV viewing diet for a few people who regularly read this LJ. I myself enjoy the programme, and Harry Hill's alternative perspectives are very good, although I wish he'd try to do something a bit different from all those soaps/dramas/reality documentaries. However if there's one thing that's compulsive viewing here, it's the fight scenes that precede the ad break, last night with the rat against the mine clearing machine being especially noteworthy.
Primeval may have finished for now, but there's still a few more weeks of TV Burp, although there's not much else I watch on TV at the moment. Maybe the introduction of the spring TV schedules could introduce an exciting and intuitive program that can offer something delightfully different....
