I'm delighted to see other people defending Til The Band Comes In. Yes, it's not as good as Scott 4, but there again, not much is. It's a really interesting song cycle up until the rubbish cover versions slipped in at the end. And Thanks For Chicago Mr James is one of my favourite songs of his early period.

I'm delighted to see other people defending Til The Band Comes In. Yes, it's not as good as Scott 4, but there again, not much is. It's a really interesting song cycle up until the rubbish cover versions slipped in at the end. And Thanks For Chicago Mr James is one of my favourite songs of his early period.

He's said some terrible, unrepeatable things about you. Fortunately he said them in such a mellifluous way I wasn't offended.

He's said some terrible, unrepeatable things about you. Fortunately he said them in such a mellifluous way I wasn't offended.

I'd totally forgotten I'd seen this at the cinema. Not one for the memory bank.

I'd totally forgotten I'd seen this at the cinema. Not one for the memory bank.

Where I used to live a middle-aged black lady used to walk around in a wedding dress with her face painted white. It wasn't pretty.

Where I used to live a middle-aged black lady used to walk around in a wedding dress with her face painted white. It wasn't pretty.

Luke Treadaway is a fine actor and deserves much better than this polite period claptrap. And Elizabeth McGovern? Like it wasn't Downton Fucking Abbey enough already?

Luke Treadaway is a fine actor and deserves much better than this polite period claptrap. And Elizabeth McGovern? Like it wasn't Downton Fucking Abbey enough already?

I'm sure Vincent D'Onofrio could do with a nice, long sit down after all that gesticulating and ACTING he's been doing lately.

I'm sure Vincent D'Onofrio could do with a nice, long sit down after all that gesticulating and ACTING he's been doing lately.

You've reminded me to re-watch Crying Freeman and Brotherhood Of The Wolf. Sunday afternoon sorted, thanks.

You've reminded me to re-watch Crying Freeman and Brotherhood Of The Wolf. Sunday afternoon sorted, thanks.

You stay classy, @avclub-c9c9b532445b35b870e1fdea3cbd0be1:disqus .

You stay classy, @avclub-c9c9b532445b35b870e1fdea3cbd0be1:disqus .

Surely Stoppard is the dramatist? As in "one who writes plays and understands the meaning of the word dramatist"?

Surely Stoppard is the dramatist? As in "one who writes plays and understands the meaning of the word dramatist"?

Obviously Das Boot, already mentioned, is the best. But if you can find them I'd recommend Ship Of No Return, The Officer Factory, As Far As My Feet Will Carry Me, A Woman In Berlin, The White Rose and the Istvan Szabo films about Germany. They're not all TV series, admittedly, but they do show the conflict from the…

Obviously Das Boot, already mentioned, is the best. But if you can find them I'd recommend Ship Of No Return, The Officer Factory, As Far As My Feet Will Carry Me, A Woman In Berlin, The White Rose and the Istvan Szabo films about Germany. They're not all TV series, admittedly, but they do show the conflict from the…