We’re going trailer crazy today. First we bring you a trailer of the new series of Desperate Housewives, now here’s a sneak peak of the fifth series of Grey’s Anatomy. It begins in the US at the end of September and is due to be shown here on Living later in the autumn…
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While we’re still waiting for Channel 4 to get round to showing the rest of the fourth series of Desperate Housewives – it’s due back at the beginning of September once Big Brother’s finished, we hear – American fans have series five to look forward to. Here’s a new trailer to whet your appetite…
“Do more with less” is the disheartening, belt-tightening advice from the editor of The Baltimore Sun to his senior staff in More With Less, the fabulous first episode of the fifth and final series of The Wire on FX last night.
But it wasn’t just old-school journalists such as city editor Gus Haynes (Clark Johnson) who has worries about the effect of budget cuts on their work. The police are feeling the squeeze, too, as Mayor Tommy Carcetti (Aidan Gillen) prioritises cash for schools over tackling crime.
He says Baltimore is “knee-deep in blood”, but can’t find the money to do anything about it. Police in the ranks fight among themselves over unpaid overtime, senior officers try to help the Mayor save cash by “temporarily suspending” murder investigations, and the drug surveillance team is disbanded.
More With Less was an episode full of empty promises – “When the money starts to flow, I will get you all back” (Daniels to his surveillance team), “Hold the line and we’ll get to a better place” (the Mayor to senior police officers) – and true to the spirit of The Wire, didn’t pull its punches. I can’t wait for next week.
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OK, look, it’s not as if we haven’t been banging on about this for days now. The fifth and final series of The Wire, aka the greatest TV drama ever made, starts tonight on FX at 10pm. It’s brilliant. You should watch it. End of.
Don’t believe us? Below you will find the first five minutes from tonight’s episode to give you a taste of what to look forward to…
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As you may already have gathered from our previous posts, we’re more than a little bit excited about the fact that the new series of The Wire is starting tonight on FX at 10pm. To help you get in the mood, click on the pictures below for a quick catch-up on the show’s key characters in the fifth series…
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Didn’t heed our advice yesterday and watch Lauren Laverne’s interview with The Wire creator David Simon on last night’s Culture Show? Well, here’s little clip to give you a taste of what you missed.
The original programme is still available to view on the BBC’s iPlayer and will be repeated on BBC2 on Thursday at 11.20pm, while you can find extra unscreened content on the Culture Show website.
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The title pretty much says it all: David Simon, the creator The Wire, is interviewed on the excellent The Culture Show tonight (BBC2, 10pm). The programme is repeated on Thursday (BBC2, 11.20pm) and will also be available to view on the BBC’s iPlayer for seven days from tomorrow morning.
