Tag: foreign tv series
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Review: Kiri
Kiri is a four-part drama out of the UK’s channel 4, now streaming on Hulu following National Treasure. There were no starring roles in this tightly-drawn cast, but the standout player for me was Sarah Lancashire as Miriam Grayson, a social worker.
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Review: Acceptable Risk
Acceptable Risk is an Irish mini-series about a woman whose husband is murdered while he’s on a business trip to Montreal.
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Review: Striking Out season 2
Season 2 of the Irish drama Striking Out was more exciting and tense than season 1 and had some new regular cast members that made me happy! This series, filmed with great love in Dublin, can be seen on Acorn TV.
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Review: Striking Out season 1
Striking Out is an Irish drama, available on Acorn TV in the US. It’s about a young solicitor played by Amy Huberman with a cast of engaging characters. Season 1 had four episodes.
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Review: Hard Sun
Hulu has been advertising the heck out of Hard Sun, a 6 part series from the BBC and Hulu. I decided to give it a try. It was a mix of good and bad.
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Review: La Niña
La Niña is a series from Colombia, based on true stories about children abducted from their families and forced to fight as soldiers. The main character is the girl Belky. Some of the names have been changed in the telling of her story, but the story is basically accurate.
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Review: The Heart Guy (Doctor, Doctor), Season 1
The Heart Guy is an Australian series called Doctor, Doctor by its Aussie creators. When it reached Acorn TV, where I watched it, it became The Heart Guy. This is a review of season 1 only. The series has four completed seasons with a fifth on the way.
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Review: Rain Shadow
Rain Shadow is an Australian series from 2007 that is now available on AcornTV. It’s about a couple of female vets in a drought-parched sheep farming district of Australia.
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Review: Rita, Season 4
Season 4 of Rita, the Danish series created by Christian Torpe, is finally available on Netflix US. It was deeply emotional, heartwarming, and a brilliant resolution to the story of Rita that we have been privileged to see so far.
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Review: Dark, season 1
Dark is a German mystery series with a bit of supernatural, time-travel, not who or what but when magic thrown into the excitement. It’s the first German series Netflix has produced.