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Suggested by Bart Scantlin

 

Glengarry Glen Ross

Not a sympathetic character in the room, but you really want to know what happens next. Very clever:

 

Network

If you think writing is a moral job then watch this. It might just change your ideas. Ban the poets from the Republic, anyone?

 

 

Thanks Bart. Anyone got any other favourites? 

 

The Wire

If you've never seen this particular masterpiece watch Charlie Booker's review first to put the show in context:

 

 

Then take in these famous scenes. All high-concept, even stagey, set pieces. But they work:

 

Omar testifies against Bird. Series 2. 

 

Chess

 

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The Photocopier Routine

 

 

And finally, some things just stay true. Same police dept, a decade earlier - a different show, same gag:

 

Time of the Gypsies

Rites of passage. Astonishing.

 

Assorted

An homage to the Eddy Izzard take on Star Wars

 

You must remember this, surely?

 

 The downfall of many a creative project

 

To think Hartlepool inspired this man to say 'I've seen things.'

 

The real Eddy Izzard on some transatlantic differences in the approach to filmmaking - (caution for sensitive ears)

 

He could have been a contender, you still can

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