I’m leaving for Paris today ….on NETFLIX, STAN,BINGE,SBS on demand whatever….

[MARTINE]

Bonjour.. I can’t find a thread about this but it came to mind when replying to OzAlly who is in quarantine. A ‘positive’ of this pandemic is license to stream.
So….. I‘m going to list my favourite things to watch .. with a travel flavor.. variations on this theme can include having been to some of the places used in the shows and recognising certain buildings etc that were used. Occasionally a glimpse at an actor or two or you may have even met them …
So…..
For the love of Paris ….it has to be
- Call My Agent (comedy over 4 seasons of an agency that manages actors the latter of whom are real actors playing themselves) on Netflix
- The Agency (real life French family who live together and have high end agency). sooo many beautiful houses NF
- Emily in Paris (froth, bubble and views) NF
Great French crime/thrillers
- Spiral (all 8 seasons)SBS
- The Bureau (based on real life equivalent of ASIO in France)SBS

Over in Amsterdam
- Red Light (crime) SBS set in you guessed it.. but my favourite is that it shows NKerk the church in central Amsterdam where I’ve seen many World Press Photo exhibitions. its the annual photojournalist awards for photography which has been going more than 50 years. Some of the most iconic photos have won (google it)
- Series 1 of Baptiste (crime) BBC Note -current s2 is set in Budapest and great to watch

Copenhagen
- The Bridge (of course). SBS and one of the best crime dramas ever. have done the train trip that connects Sweden to Denmark and the half way point where body found . PS google Oresund bridge which is incredible feat of engineering as bridge disappears into water
- Borgen (brilliant insight how politics works and great sights including Parliament House)


….. okay you get the picture (no pun intended) .. add some more and let’s keep it light (ie no one will be criticised for their choices).

I have already mentioned on another site but travelling in Cornwall many years ago went to Port ‘Isaac/Wenni’ where Doc Martin filmed. It is gorgeous and looks exactly like the show. I was too tired to walk up to the hill with great views so rested in a lovely cafe….but of course hubby did … stumbled onto the set … met Marin Clunes and had the photo proof to rub salt into wound.

enjoy streaming AFF family.

 

[jakeseven7]

War of the Worlds on SBS on demand has incredible footage of Europe, France, London.

 

[Brissy1]

Belgium:
-In Bruges (locked down)

 

[Batterytraveller]

Couple of other French ones (Call my agent is absolutely brilliant)

Derby Girl (on SBS) - more the paris suburbs but very funny.
Lupin - (Netflix) pulpy heist drama, lots of fun
I have to say after two episodes of of Emily in Paris I wanted her tarred and festered and run out of Paris on a rail.
Le Jour de Fete (SBS) - absolute classic about a village fete in the deepest french countryside.

for Tokyo

Followers (Netflix) - really great use of colour to bring out the best in Tokyo
Tokyo Girls Guide (Amazon) - uses a series of moves through Tokyo neighbourhoods to background the life changes of a woman who comes from Akita to make it in the big city

for the rest of Japan - at least 50% of the output of NHK world is about presenting the bets of Japan, not drama but well worth it.

 

[Seat0B]

- Red Light (crime) SBS set in you guessed it.. but my favourite is that it shows NKerk the church in central Amsterdam where I’ve seen many World Press Photo exhibitions. its the annual photojournalist awards for photography which has been going more than 50 years. Some of the most iconic photos have won (google it)

I too have had the pleasure of seeing the World Press Photography Exhibition in Amsterdam. I went with Seat Son when he was working in Den Haag. An amazing venue, and the photographs are spectacular. Some are very moving. I recall one that just stuck in my mind. It was a factory worker somewhere in Asia making Christmas decorations - those plastic ones with the red flocking (like felt) coatings. There was all this red powder everywhere except around his eyes where his glasses had been. No other safety equipment anywhere to be seen. I kept thinking “what about his lungs”. This single photo changed how and what I buy as Christmas ornaments. As you know from your other thread on souvenirs @MARTINE, I like to collect ornaments. I now have a higher standard for what I buy.
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[Princess Fiona]

Loving L’Agence cheers for the recommendation.
Also Mahalo to The White Lotus (HBO/FOXTEL)
Sumptuous settings, amazing cast.

 

[MARTINE]

I too have had the pleasure of seeing the World Press Photography Exhibition in Amsterdam. I went with Seat Son when he was working in Den Haag. An amazing venue, and the photographs are spectacular. Some are very moving. I recall one that just stuck in my mind. It was a factory worker somewhere in Asia making Christmas decorations - those plastic ones with the red flocking (like felt) coatings. There was all this red powder everywhere except around his eyes where his glasses had been. No other safety equipment anywhere to be seen. I kept thinking “what about his lungs”. This single photo changed how and what I buy as Christmas ornaments. As you know from your other thread on souvenirs @MARTINE, I like to collect ornaments. I now have a higher standard for what I buy.
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Thanks for that… World Press Photo is an incredible experience isn’t it? … your story shows the power of photography to change

… an entry I will always remember is in short films called ‘I have something to tell you’.…a Jewish woman survives the horrors of WW2 on a train bound for the gas chambers. Her father is too ill/frail to join her as she jumps off the moving train…..She always carried the guilt of leaving her father behind believing he died horrifically… Years later walking down a street in TelAviv a woman walks up to her (she is a survivor from the train); she promised the father (if she lived) to find the daughter and tell her he died before getting the the dreadful destination. The father was happy his daughter would be free. She talks about the lifting of the burden in her heart about the guilt she felt about her father.

it is incredibly moving ….I rememember crying watching it …

 

[MARTINE]

Loving L’Agence cheers for the recommendation.
Also Mahalo to The White Lotus (HBO/FOXTEL)
Sumptuous settings, amazing cast.

Isnt it?
And such universal experiences….who knew real estate agents are the same the world over? (Big sorry to any on AFF BUT THIS IS TONGUE IN CHEEK)
CLIENT…’ my budget is 8 million euros and I want traditional features ’
.. cut to camera
AGENT … ‘I have stunning 12 million euro place she will love‘ as he takes her to the concrete box on the Seine that looks like an office block

 

[MARTINE]

Isnt it?
And such universal experiences….who knew real estate agents are the same the world over? (Big sorry to any on AFF BUT THIS IS TONGUE IN CHEEK)
CLIENT…’ my budget is 8 million euros and I want traditional features ’
.. cut to camera
AGENT … ‘I have stunning 12 million euro place she will love‘ as he takes her to the concrete box on the Seine that looks like an office block

I plan to start White Lotus today - thanks looks good

 

[Seat0B]

Netherlands and Belgium - Undercover (Netflix) - crime thriller
UK - Belgravia (iView) - amazing architecture of the Belgravia area, plus a story with women as the main characters set in the Victorian era.
Japan - Midnight Diner (Netflix) - quirky
UK/France (in both French and English, with subtitles) (SBS on demand) - great crime thriller with cooperation between French and British police- 3 seasons-suspenseful ending
France - Emily in Paris (Netflix) - it's so bad its good. Lots of beautiful French scenery.

And, World Press Photography Exhibition can be seen in Australia at the NSW State Library each May (COVID permitting).

 

[Batterytraveller]

Midnight diner is such a great show.

 

[MARTINE]

And for those of us old enough to realise now that we are ‘grown-ups’ …watching the drama The Serpent (the incredible story of mass murderer Charles Sobrahj) will understand why our parents had so many sleepless nights….! Remember the days of poste restante… incredible

 

[MARTINE]

Loving L’Agence cheers for the recommendation.
Also Mahalo to The White Lotus (HBO/FOXTEL)
Sumptuous settings, amazing cast.

I started White lotus today….. really love it!
tx

 

[MARTINE]

Loving L’Agence cheers for the recommendation.
Also Mahalo to The White Lotus (HBO/FOXTEL)
Sumptuous settings, amazing cast.

Finished White Lotus - what an amazing show on so many levels - comic, deep, gorgeous to look at, wonderful to see an Australian in lead role (with none of that Paul Hogan shtick - he’s just the hotel manager), classism, colonialism… OMG how did they pull it all off ?
my favourite character had to be the gorgeous spa worker (wanted to set up go fund me page to help her myself)..
realky worth watching
… today in wet cold lockdown Melb I plan to start the Belgian recommendation for UNDERCOVER from @Seat0B.
Hope to see some Antwerp scenes - looooove that place

 

[Cossie]

Fallet on netflix, Swedish/English comedy based on Scandic noir and UK crime series. Half hour episodes, easy to watch and funny.

 

[Seat0B]

Tonight I started Call my Agent @MARTINE and it’s fantastic!
Sounds like White Lotus is too but I don’t have Foxtel so not for me.

 

[MARTINE]

Tonight I started Call my Agent @MARTINE and it’s fantastic!
Sounds like White Lotus is too but I don’t have Foxtel so not for me.

Isn’t it - one of my deep lockdown joys.. also they are making a new series.. maybe in time for Vic lockdown 15.0

 

[jakeseven7]

Tonight I started Call my Agent @MARTINE and it’s fantastic!
Sounds like White Lotus is too but I don’t have Foxtel so not for me.

Foxtel is a waste of money just get a 2 week free trial on Binge and watch it.

 

[Seat0B]

Isn’t it - one of my deep lockdown joys.. also they are making a new series.. maybe in time for Vic lockdown 15.0

Don’t know whether to hit agree, like, sad, wow or what ever, so a post instead.

 

[Seat0B]

UK/France (in both French and English, with subtitles) (SBS on demand) - great crime thriller with cooperation between French and British police- 3 seasons-suspenseful ending

Realised that I did not say The Tunnel is the show I was mentioning here