I won't overdo this series, but I do think this could be good for helping other Lifers find something to watch...
You're on a private jet. It crashes on a desert island. A tree impaled the pilot and all communications equipment. But, fortunately for you, it's got solar panels which means the Blu Ray player can be used indefinitely.
Still, it's only a small private jet, so you only managed to fit five Blu Ray box sets of your favourite TV shows in the cupboard.
What are those boxsets, and why?
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Curb Your Enthusiasm
Father Ted
The Simpsons
Blackadder
The Office
Blackadder
Band of Brothers
Game of Thrones
Sharpe
The Last Kingdom
The Sopranos
SOA
The Wire
Only Fools and Horses
The Wire
The Sopranos
Oz
South Park
the ups and downs of a window cleaner/handyman
Breaking Bad
The Office
Band of Brothers
Boardwalk Empire
2. The Simpsons - there's so much of it, and vast, vast amounts of it are pure unadulterated genius.
3. Friends - comfort; humour; fun. And one critic summed it up masterfully: the show is called Friends when really, it's about family. And given I spent my formative televisual years amongst the six of them, its familiarity wouldn't wear off.
4. The Sopranos - because I've never watched it (!!!!!!) and people keep banging on about it, and it has near-universal acclaim. I reckon it's the sort of thing that would appeal to me, too.
5. The Thick of It - I need something British with lots of swearing, to help balance out the Simpsons and Friends. It's so sharp that I've still probably missed half the jokes. Defo one for a rewatch.
Honourable mentions:
6. Top Gear, mainly because there's so fucking much of it and there's lots of different people involved. The America episode is brilliant - where they're chased away is iconic.
7. The Wire, because I've heard it's brilliant (never watched it though)
8. Curb Your Enthusiasm - Larry David is near genius, and the cringe/humour balance is fantastic. Excellent situational comedy.
9. Mitchell and Webb/Harry and Paul/Fast Show - my favourite three comedy shows. Plenty of material, but I'd guess it would end up getting a bit repetitive.
10. Mock the Week/Have I Got News For You/8 Out Of 10 Cats - panel shows; lots of humour; lots of volume so even it's about shit from 1997 when I was 3 years old, I probably wouldn't get too bored.
11. Countdown. Volume volume volume and I love playing Countdown...
More obscure - Hustle - easy to watch, one of those shows I go back over and watch all over again every few years.
Breaking Bad
Peep Show
Tom & Jerry
Laurel & Hardy
Would have picked Green Wing, Smoking Room, Fawlty Towers and Phoenix Nights for quality but there's not enough content to fill the log hours.
From the Earth to the Moon
The X-Files
Thunderbirds
Game of Thrones
Band of Brothers
Only fools and horses
Laurel and Hardy
Game of Thrones cos I've only ever seen a few episodes and want to watch the lot
Sopranos - never watched
Game of Thrones - see what the fuss is
This Life - the series of the 90's for me.
The complete works of Alan Partridge
Ray Mears Extreme Survival - obvious reasons.
The Sopranos
The Wire
Breaking Bad
Only Fools & Horses
The Wire
West Wing
Curb Your Enthusiasm
The Office ( British version )
House of Cards
Phoenix Nights
The Bridge
Borgen
Band of Brothers
The Thick of It
Blackadder ( not season 1 )
28c in February
Deadwood
Billions
Breaking Bad
The Simpsons
Only fools and horses
Friends
Minder
OZ
Hoping others on the plane who have fallen to their deaths have also brought with them:
The Likely Lads (including whatever happened)
The Sweeney
Star Trek (any of them apart from Enterprise)
The Sopranos
Fresh Prince
Alan Partridge
The Trip
The Wire
Treme (first 2 seasons)
True Detectives
X - Files
Father Ted
Blackadder
The Young Ones
Peep Show
Fawlty Towers
and maybe a couple of others I haven't seen. plus some porn.
Seinfeld- so funny once you get to know the characters
The wire- Gritty
Sherlock Holmes casebook ( Basil Rathbone)- so atmospheric
Lost- thought every episode was a belter ..even though not a lot of it made any sense!
Homeland- Not watched latest season yet but loved the first couple of series.
The Bridge
Breaking Bad
Black Sails
Scrubs
I could watch Alan Partridge all day so that's a must
Game of Thrones to see what the fuss is about
The Simpsons because it's brilliant and there's a million episodes
Charlton Athletic - The Roland Years