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Locrian

(4,522 posts)
13. agree
Tue Mar 31, 2020, 07:01 AM
Mar 2020

we love the (sometimes sorta trashy) Spanish Netflix series. It must be a pretty small scene for actors over there because it's kinda fun to see your favorite actors again and again in different shows. Sooooo much better than US TV etc.


Las Chicas del Cable (Cable Girls)
Set in 1920's Spain, four young women begin working as phone operators at one of the world's first modern telecommunications companies.

Gran Hotel (Grand Hotel)
This popular period drama from Spain is now available on Netflix, and featuring a major mystery that involves both the owners and the servants at a 1900's aristocratic hotel.

Club de Cuervos (Club of Crows)
If you're in the mood for a dramedy that brings as many laughs as it does feels, Club de Cuervos will do the trick. Chava and Isabel are two siblings who inherit their father's soccer team after he unexpectedly dies, and their battle toward who gets to be the boss is full of the kind of drama that will keep novela-lovers on the edge of their seat every episode.

Velvet
The main storyline of the show is the love story of Alberto Márquez (played by Miguel Ángel Silvestre), heir of Galerías Velvet, one of the most prestigious fashion houses in the Spain of the late 1950s, and Ana Rivera (Paula Echevarría), who works as a seamstress there.

El Internado - (no longer on NetFlix)
The Boarding School), also known as El Internado Laguna Negra (The Black Lagoon Boarding School) is a Spanish television drama-thriller focusing on the students of a fictional boarding school in a forest far from the city, on the outskirts of which macabre events occur.

Morocco: Love in Times of War
In 1921, nurse trainees from Madrid's upper class open a hospital in Melilla for Rif War soldiers, finding friendship and romance while saving lives.

45 rpm (Spanish: 45 revoluciones)
is a 2019 Spanish drama television series created by Ramón Campos and Gema R. Neira and starring Carlos Cuevas, Guiomar Puerta and Iván Marcos. The plot revolves around the establishment of a music label in the 1960s

The Time in Between
for a glamorous Spanish-language period drama that unfolds like an escapist novel. Adapted from María Dueñas’s best-selling novel, “El Tiempo Entre Costuras,” “The Time in Between” spans nearly a decade in the life of Sira Quiroga, a humble seamstress (played with wide-eyed vivacity by Adriana Ugarte) whose beauty and courage get her into and out of danger with equal frequency.

El ministerio del tiempo (English title: The Ministry of Time)
is a Spanish fantasy television series created by Javier and Pablo Olivares and produced by Onza Partners and Cliffhanger for Televisión Española. It premiered on 24 February 2015 on TVE's main channel La 1.[1] The series follows the exploits of a patrol of the fictional Ministry of Time, which deals with incidents caused by time travel.


And if you likes Stranger Things - the German language "DARK" is actually *(IMHO) better:

Dark is a German science fiction thriller web television series co-created by Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese.[5][6][7] Set in the town of Winden, Germany, Dark concerns the aftermath of a child's disappearance which exposes the secrets of, and hidden connections among, four estranged families as they slowly unravel a sinister time travel conspiracy which spans three generations. Throughout the series, Dark explores the existential implications of time and its effects upon human nature.


British:

Foyle's War
As WWII rages, DCS Foyle fights his own war on the home-front; investigating crime on the south coast of England. Later series, see the retired detective working as an MI5 agent in the aftermath of the war.


Australian Series:

The Doctor Blake Mysteries (also The Blake Mysteries)
is an Australian television series that premiered on ABC TV on 1 February 2013 at 8:30 pm.[1] The series stars Craig McLachlan in the lead role of Doctor Lucien Blake, who returns home to Ballarat, northwest of Melbourne, in the late 1950s to take over his late father's general medical practice and role as police surgeon after an absence of 30 years. Five series aired as of 2017, with a telemovie to close the program at the completion of the fifth season.

Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
is an Australian drama television series. It was first broadcast on ABC on 24 February 2012. It is based on author Kerry Greenwood's historical mystery novels, and it was created by Deb Cox and Fiona Eagger. The series revolves around the personal and professional life of Phryne Fisher (Essie Davis), a glamorous private detective in 1920s Melbourne.

What kind of stuff do you like? What have you already watched? mr_lebowski Mar 2020 #1
I have Hulu, Amazon Prime, and Netflix. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2020 #2
The Americans on Amazon Prime ALBliberal Mar 2020 #3
Yes, it was my all time favorite. Funtatlaguy Mar 2020 #5
One of the best series ever. dewsgirl Mar 2020 #9
Netflix: RandySF Mar 2020 #4
Thanks. There are some there I haven't seen. Funtatlaguy Mar 2020 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author Freelancer Mar 2020 #7
The Americans and Black Mirror. dewsgirl Mar 2020 #8
For any Star Trek fans, CBS All Access has extended their free trial period to one month. Make7 Mar 2020 #10
I love British tv series, so that's been my focus the past several months... hlthe2b Mar 2020 #11
I love British detectives BettyR85 Jun 2020 #23
My favorite shows are foreign language series. madaboutharry Mar 2020 #12
agree Locrian Mar 2020 #13
I haven't watched any of the Spanish programs. madaboutharry Mar 2020 #14
they're worth checking out Locrian Mar 2020 #15
Appreciate the synopsis. Funtatlaguy Mar 2020 #17
no problem - enjoy Locrian Mar 2020 #20
Here are four of the very best series all on Amazon Prime... Purrfessor Mar 2020 #16
I loved Spiral. madaboutharry Mar 2020 #18
Detectorists Lulu KC Mar 2020 #19
Derry Girls bif Mar 2020 #21
The Expanse. One of the GOATs. mdelaguna Apr 2020 #22
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