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quaser Reading The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

26 Sep 2012, 07:45 PM | Post: #1

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Lilyhammer on BBC 4

Anyone here watching Lilyhammer on BBC 4?

The 'hero' is Frank "The Fixer" Tagliano, played by Steven van Zandt (who was previoulsy known as Silvio Dante, consiglieri to Tony Soprano, and also member of Bruce Springsteen's East Street band).

Frank has been relocated to Lillehammer in Norway under an FBI witness protection programme (he went there, he claims, because he remembers the Winter Olympics of 1994 held there, and liked it).

What follows is a classic show, where fish out of water former gangster turned entrepreneur has to integrate into Norwegian life or risk his cover being blown. Of course, being a former gangster means that our hero can't help doing dodgy deals, beating up miscreants, and generally making a nuisance of himself to the local constabulary.

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26 Sep 2012, 08:15 PM | Post: #2

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RE: Lilyhammer on BBC 4

hadn't seen this. Going to look on iplayer.

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26 Sep 2012, 08:30 PM | Post: #3

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Damn, they've only got ep 3

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27 Sep 2012, 07:05 AM | Post: #4

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RE: Lilyhammer on BBC 4

Watching it - very funny! Thumbs Up

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27 Sep 2012, 06:39 PM | Post: #5

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RE: Lilyhammer on BBC 4

I've watched this from the first episode - different and funny. I like the different style of this show

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27 Sep 2012, 06:54 PM | Post: #6

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RE: Lilyhammer on BBC 4

So do I NJM. I think that Steven Van Zandt is still playing his Sopranos character. Silvio Dante. Though clearly multi-talented (as well as being in the Easy Street, he has a band of his own, his own radio show (where he is known as 'Little Stevie', as well as having appeared in a host of films). Having such a lugubrious face (and being bald), certainly hasn't held him back. He was even able to have his real-life wife play his character's wife in the Sopranos. Certainly a person of influence....

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(27 Sep 2012 06:54 PM)quaser Wrote: So do I NJM. I think that Steven Van Zandt is still playing his Sopranos character. Silvio Dante. Though clearly multi-talented (as well as being in the Easy Street, he has a band of his own, his own radio show (where he is known as 'Little Stevie', as well as having appeared in a host of films). Having such a lugubrious face (and being bald), certainly hasn't held him back. He was even able to have his real-life wife play his character's wife in the Sopranos. Certainly a person of influence....

Perhaps he's "connected". Cool

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