# British TV series "Ultraviolet": worth watching? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 28, 2014, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-tv-series-ultraviolet-worth-watching/694206 "2014-07-28T04:22:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-tv-series-ultraviolet-worth-watching/694206/1 "2014-07-28T04:22:08Z")
I kind of like the idea of taking a break from True Blood/Vampire Diaries magical vampires and seeing a show with more of a scientific explanation. Descriptions of the show remind me of the movie Near Dark, which I loved, which never even mentions the word “Vampire”. So, what are people’s opinions of the show? ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-tv-series-ultraviolet-worth-watching/694206/2 "2014-07-28T06:33:20Z")
It was great, yes. Short, but great. ---
**Author:** ![Battle\_Pope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4bbf92/32.png) [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-tv-series-ultraviolet-worth-watching/694206/3 "2014-07-28T08:58:40Z")
Very good. It’s very much in the line of a British police/crime drama like _Prime Suspect_ or _Cracker_ with vampires as the criminals. ---
**Author:** ![sandra\_nz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eada6e/32.png) [@sandra\_nz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sandra_nz)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-tv-series-ultraviolet-worth-watching/694206/4 "2014-07-28T09:02:12Z")
Yes, it was a fantastic show. Not sure how dated it will feel now, but I remember really enjoying it at the time. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-tv-series-ultraviolet-worth-watching/694206/5 "2014-07-28T12:14:12Z")
Also, has Idris Elba in the first thing I really noticed him in, and I hear he’s all the rage now, so there’s that. ---
**Author:** ![Stormcrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/0ea827/32.png) [@Stormcrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stormcrow)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-tv-series-ultraviolet-worth-watching/694206/6 "2014-07-28T14:19:29Z")
Add me to the “Oh, hell yes” crowd. It was great. ---
**Author:** ![Hallucinex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba9def/32.png) [@Hallucinex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hallucinex)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-tv-series-ultraviolet-worth-watching/694206/7 "2014-07-28T14:27:46Z")
Definitely worth watching, and at a British 6-ep season, you’re not investing too much time regardless. I also remember it having a really good music score, I can still hum the music that was playing through a sequence somewhere in the final episode. ---
**Author:** ![blindboyard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blindboyard/32/2833_2.png) [@blindboyard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blindboyard)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-tv-series-ultraviolet-worth-watching/694206/8 "2014-07-28T16:06:49Z")
I rewatched it a couple of years or so ago. I was disappointed, it wasn’t as good as I remembered, and the last episode was bad. Extremely dated too, but some interesting ideas. A modern remake might be very good. ---
**Author:** ![Ibn\_Warraq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e19b73/32.png) [@Ibn\_Warraq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ibn_Warraq)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2014, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-tv-series-ultraviolet-worth-watching/694206/9 "2014-07-28T17:02:31Z")
Thanks for all the suggestions, and yes Idris Elba is definitely now “all the rage”. I also see that it stars Stephen Moyer(Bill Compton of True Blood).