[mass55th]

Could the doctor series you have been watching be The Dr. Blake Mysteries? It’s on Netflix, and is a good series based in Australia. I watch a lot of British programming. I download a lot of it from UK torrent sites. Eventually some of them come to Netflix. To combat the accent problems, I started watching everything with the subtitles. I record all my regular TV programs, and watch all of them with closed captions. It really helps, and if you don’t understand something they say, you can rewind and check the subtitle out. I guess it’s a sign of old age to have to use subtitles and closed captioning, but it makes viewing a lot easier, especially with the DVD movies today. If you turn up the volume to hear what the characters are saying, you have to turn it back down when the loud music or special effects kick in.

[Humal]

Yes, it is The Dr. Blake Mysteries. That is a good idea to turn on the subtitles. I will try it this week. All three shows (Dr. Blake Mysteries, Father Brown, and Coroner) have good plots, no cussing or sex, and the violence is done off-screen. There is another one I like too, but it may not be for everyone, “Call the Midwife”. It takes place in London in the early 1960’s. There are story lines that reflect events of the late 50’s - early 60’s (Thalidomide babies for instance). Too bad more American made shows don't follow the guidelines the British use.