Romanzo Criminale

It started, when we lived in France, as a way of killing an hour after taking the dogs for a walk. Historically, Jan made a cup of tea, I stuffed something sweet into my face and we put the shutters down and lit a fire to keep out the freezing night air.
We then watched an episode of something interesting like The Wire or The Sopranos. Nothing too intellectually challenging but an excellent way to kill that dead hour before whatever the evening had in store. Funny how these things start.
Anyway, we've continued that tradition here in Ripon. Now we are more likely to record stuff and will then watch episodes of the latest thriller on subsequent days rather than wait for a week between episodes. That has two advantages. The first that you can fast forward through the adverts and the second that you don't have to try so hard to remember what the hell is going on.
We have just finished series two of Romanzo Criminale and very good it was too. Recommended. If you buy the DVDs make sure you get English subtitles.