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What’s been your favourite TV series?

AFKABartramAFKABartram
in Not Sports Related
So that the New TV Series thread doesn’t go off track.

@hawksmoor posted up his top 3 US series being 1. Breaking Bad 2 The Wire 3 Sopranos 

Interested in any tv list or categorisation you see fit for you list. could be your favourite show, a top 3 or 5, Uk / US, documentary, comedy, drama, box sets, has to have a set number of series etc whatever you want you just explain what your list is. 
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  • ForeverAddicktedForeverAddickted
    Sharpe series has always been my favourite

    Watch back now and the story line at times really deviates from the books (equally my favourite book series) which is a shame and part of me would love to see it remade - The acting of both Sean Bean and the late Pete Postlethwaite help drag it along.

    More recently: Band of Brothers is up there
    Out at the moment (although going into its last series): Brooklyn Nine Nine
  • CAFCTrevCAFCTrev
    Star Trek Deep space nine, with The Simpsons (90s to early 00s era) being a close second. 
  • Leeds_AddickLeeds_Addick
    1. Breaking Bad
    2. Succession
    3. The Wire

    Fargo, Narcos and Fauda all get honourable mentions
  • RedArmySE7RedArmySE7
    The Wire
    The Sopranos
    Game of Thrones
    Breaking Bad
    Oz

  • RedPandaRedPanda
    The Wire
    Twin Peaks
  • Rufus is a dogs nameRufus is a dogs name
    edited March 2021
    1. The Sopranos
    2. Band of Brothers 
    3. Breaking Bad

    Honourable mentions: The Wire, Mad Men, Boardwalk Empire, Ozark, Chernobyl, Narcos.
  • AFKABartramAFKABartram
    24 seems to have fallen off a lot of peoples radars but to me was pretty revolutionary and a big influencer in the switch from films to TV.

    My Top 10 non-comedy, multi-series box sets 

    1. Sopranos 
    2 24 
    3 Game of Thrones
    4. Narcos
    5. Line of Duty
    6. Peaky Blinders
    7. Boardwalk Empire
    8. Ozark 
    9. Narcos Mexico
    10. Power

    Found it really hard ordering below Sopranos. Honourable mentions for Scandal, The Crown, This is England, Killing Eve, Desperate Housewives and Sex and the City 
  • Hal1xHal1x
    The Prisoner
    A very peculiar practise.

  • North Lower NeilNorth Lower Neil
    edited March 2021
    The Sopranos, closely followed by The West Wing.

    Band of Brothers is up there too, amazing show.
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  • hoof_it_up_to_bentyhoof_it_up_to_benty
    edited March 2021
    This is England
    The Virtues
    Boys from the Blackstuff
    Last Chance U(sports documentary series)

    A lot of British stuff doesn't get enough credit.
  • North Lower NeilNorth Lower Neil
    DaveMehmet said:
    Chernobyl takes some beating 
    Fantastic TV.

    Saw Paul Ritter in the supermarket once, got excited at the time as it was Martin from Friday Night Dinner (was tempted to ask him if he was bloody boiling...), but he's so good as Dyatlov.
  • ForeverAddicktedForeverAddickted
    edited March 2021
    ValleyGary said:
    Band of Brothers is a masterpiece.
    Shame the follow up series: "The Pacific" didnt quite reach the same heights
  • DoctorCharltonDoctorCharlton
    edited March 2021

    Nothing will beat Breaking Bad for me. So many cliffhangers.

    A lot of TV series can have a bad/disappointing ending but this one was perfect in my opinion. 

  • cafcfancafcfan
    I bet I'd think it was rubbish if I ever saw it again but an 8-part series from 1969 called Big Breadwinner Hog.  It was a big departure from regular TV at the time with explicit violence.  The lead gangster was played rather convincingly by Peter Egan, who has had a wide variety of differing roles over the years.
    Also, both starring Edward Woodward,
    Callan and The Equalizer
  • Johnnysummers5Johnnysummers5
    1 Boys From The Blackstuff  2 Sopranos  3 Minder
  • bobmunrobobmunro
    edited March 2021
    Very difficult - not least it tests my failing memory! In no particular order:

    - Ashes to Ashes
    - Band of Brothers
    - Minder (with Waterman)
    - The Sweeney
    - Morse
    - Budgie
    - The Prisoner
    - The Professionals
    - Line of Duty (all)
    - Boardwalk Empire
    - The Boys from the Blackstuff
    - When the Boat Comes In



  • LonelyNorthernAddickLonelyNorthernAddick
    Another vote for Band of Brothers. Still need to watch Sopranos and The Wire!

    To throw something in that's a bit left-field - Spartacus was bloody brilliant IMO even if it did have gratuitious violence and nudity.
  • JintsJints
    For anything with two seasons or more:

    1=Sopranos
    1=The Wire
    3 Breaking Bad
    4 Succession
    5 Better Call Saul
    6 Mad Men
    7 Gomorrah
    8 Peaky Blinders
    9 Halt & Catch Fire
    10 Last Kingdom

    One season wonders (no order)

    Unorthodox
    Queen's Gambit
    Chernobyl
    Firefly
    Freaks & Geeks




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  • hawksmoorhawksmoor
    As for non-US series, Gomorrah would be No1 without doubt. 
  • AllHailTheHenAllHailTheHen
    Top 3 would be:

    The Wire
    Chernobyl
    Breaking Bad

    After that there are plenty of great shows that I could list but stand outs are the below. Once I get my arse around to watching The Sopranos that will no doubt end up on the list

    Band of Brothers
    Game of Thrones (up until the last couple of seasons)
    Better Call Saul
    Fargo
    Line of Duty
    OFAH
    Mindhunter 
  • SuedeAdidasSuedeAdidas
    hawksmoor said:
    As for non-US series, Gomorrah would be No1 without doubt. 
    Did you ever see Romanzo Criminale @hawksmoor ?
  • SimonsenSimonsen
    edited March 2021
    Sopranos
    Spiral
    The Wire
    Secret Army
    Gomorrah
    Minder (old style....not with that Ray character)
  • SuedeAdidasSuedeAdidas
    edited March 2021
    Sopranos
    Gomorrah
    Chernobyl
    The Bridge (Scandi)
    The Killing (Scandi)
    Boardwalk Empire
    Line of Duty
    Romanzo Criminale
    The Curse of Oak Island (I just wish they would find some shit!)
    This is England
    Narcos
    Any BBC Attenborough Series
    Arthur C Clarke's Mysterious World


  • hawksmoorhawksmoor
    SuedeAdidas said:
    hawksmoor said:
    As for non-US series, Gomorrah would be No1 without doubt. 
    Did you ever see Romanzo Criminale @hawksmoor ?
    Is this the one set in the Seventies? Flares and Fiats?
  • se9addickse9addick
    Wish I could be more edgy and unique but it’s:

    1. Sporanos 
    2. Wire
    3. Breaking Bad 

    I love Gomorra, Wandavision* and Succession but that could just be recency bias.  


    *not sure if this counts for this thread as it’s a one of series rather than a multiple-series type thing. 
  • SuedeAdidasSuedeAdidas
    hawksmoor said:
    SuedeAdidas said:
    hawksmoor said:
    As for non-US series, Gomorrah would be No1 without doubt. 
    Did you ever see Romanzo Criminale @hawksmoor ?
    Is this the one set in the Seventies? Flares and Fiats?
    Yeah....70's and 80's.....was also a spin off from a film.

    I really liked it.
  • JessieJessie
    Nice to see Boardwalk Empire gets a few mentions. I was just thinking about it while reading the latest dicussion regarding great series on the new TV series thread.

    My all-time favourites are:
    Narcos
    Boardwalk Empire
    Line of Duty
    Band of Brothers
    Friday Night Lights
    Six Feet Under
    The Killing

    Maybe we could do another thread for limited series. :D There have been a few very good ones in recent years.
    Chernobyl
    Unbelievable
    The Looming Tower
    John Adams
    The Loudest Voice
  • bolloxbolderbolloxbolder
    Spiral 
    The Bridge 
    OFAH
    Breaking Bad
    Line of Duty
    Sopranos 
    Luther
    Narcos
    The Bureau 
    The Office 


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