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Has anyone recently seen a film or series that was out years ago and they’ve just seen - and it’s great??

I just watched Erin Brockovich and really enjoyed it !!

Any others ??
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I'm just watching the box set of "Pure Mule" (2005) and really enjoying it. I had no idea that there was so much sex in the midlands - and drug taking. It passed me by when I had the misfortune to live there for a few years.
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Del.Monte wrote: Sat Mar 18, 2023 9:26 pm I'm just watching the box set of "Pure Mule" (2005) and really enjoying it. I had no idea that there was so much sex in the midlands - and drug taking. It passed me by when I had the misfortune to live there for a few years.
I live there now and clearly others are getting it instead of me !!
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Charlene mckeena and that e30 what more did a fella want. Pure mule was a good series.
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Jack The Stripper wrote: Sun Mar 19, 2023 10:43 am Charlene mckeena and that e30 what more did a fella want. Pure mule was a good series.
As somebody said elsewhere, "Charlene McKenna, the best thing to come out of Monaghan since laundered diesel". :mrgreen:
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Family was very good. Although I think that might have been a co-production with BBC
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Happy Days wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 8:25 am Family was very good. Although I think that might have been a co-production with BBC
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Was that the one with Charlow ?
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Bishop_Brennan wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 9:13 am My God !
Was that the one with Charlow ?
Yep. Sean McGinly played him and this so very well. He seems to have a knack for playing scumbags :)
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Happy Days wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 9:15 am Yep. Sean McGinly played him and this so very well. He seems to have a knack for playing scumbags :)
I hope he takes it as a compliment but he has that skanger look and the plays arseholes to absolute perfection!!!!
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Another one with Sean McGinly and this time a bit more obscure, was DDU: District Detective Unit. Think it was late 90's early 00'S. Don't think it lasted more then one series but my recollection of it was that it was pretty good
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Happy Days wrote: Mon Mar 20, 2023 11:09 am Another one with Sean McGinly and this time a bit more obscure, was DDU: District Detective Unit. Think it was late 90's early 00'S. Don't think it lasted more then one series but my recollection of it was that it was pretty good
“DDU: District Detective Unit” (1999) (240 mins) 4 episodes. RTE TV Crime Series.

Sean Mc Ginley, Andrea Irvine, Dermot Martin, Owen Roe, Bosco Hogan.

Directors: Alan Grint. A.J Quinn.

Scriptwriter: Michael Russell.

Production company: Parallel Films.

In an affluent provincial town just outside Dublin, the good people are about to get a reality check. The crime and violence, normally only associated with the inner city, is infiltrating into their proud and deeply religious community.

First came the prostitutes – inevitably followed by the drugs and the protection rackets. Now the once quiet streets are awash with crime and it’s down to the DDU to sort it out.

A fast-paced, gritty and realistic police drama, District Detective Unit deals with the internal dynamics of a tight knit team of detectives trying to come to terms with each other, a crime wave and the problems of policing a town where everyone knows your name.

Not available due to copyright issues.
https://irelandsmovies.wordpress.com/d/

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Sean McGinley was also in Making The Cut from the same era.
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I remember a yoke I used to watch in the late nineties called Central Park West. It was about a publishing house and all the scandal. I had a little portable television in my room. Father Ted, Central Park West and a triangle cheese sandwich. Ahhh happy times :)
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One of my favourites shows ever has to be OZ. Im sure most of ye remember it.
I downloaded it rewatched it a few times over the years. Must rewatch it again soon.





I used to always find it hilarious how Adebisis hat never fell off.

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I use to love watching Northern Exposure. The theme tune was brilliant

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Diamonds of Frost wrote: Wed Mar 29, 2023 11:23 pm I remember a yoke I used to watch in the late nineties called Central Park West. It was about a publishing house and all the scandal. I had a little portable television in my room. Father Ted, Central Park West and a triangle cheese sandwich. Ahhh happy times :)
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