Thread:MimsieUK/@comment-26544836-20160809000933/@comment-27443319-20160810044522

Thanks for the recommendation of the series Rita. I will try to track that one down. I think that I might have misled you about my linguistic abilities. I can only follow the small talk without subtitles, but since vital information that I do not understand often follows I am glued to them anyway.

You might like a series called Hinterland that I believe is coming to Netflix. It is filmed near where I live and is bilingual (Welsh and English). It has been described as the Welsh version of Scandi Noir. I find it distracting because I recognise a lot of the filming locations and know that the road that they are travelling on will not lead them to where they want to go. I find it difficult to separate fact from fiction in familiar surroundings, but I don't think it would be a problem for others.

You are correct that the BBC often do a weekly Scandinavian series, but some of the other broadcasters have started to realise that they are popular and are also putting out subtitled series. It was interesting to watch the Israeli series that Homeland was premised on.

I have only recently watched Doc Martin as I had foolishly dismissed it. However I binge watched it about a week ago and now am waiting for the next and sadly final series.

I have not visited Portmeirion for a long time, but it is a very surreal fantasy village close to Porthmadog, clinging to a hillside on an estuary.

I think that it will be good for me when these Olympics are over as I keep being tempted to watch the events live rather than catch up the following morning. Madness. 💕🐢