What’s been your favourite TV series?

Lordflashheart

Blott on the Landscape - very funny

Ross

Person of Interest
Power

PragueAddick

Good to see some of the older BBC series such as Edge of Darkness and Blackstuff mentioned, to which I'll add Bleasdale's GBH, featuring a Robert Lindsey masterclass, and Michael Palin equally brilliant in a straight role. They had neither the budgets nor the tech that the modern series can call on, nor did they rely much on action/violence, but I remember them all leaving me breathless and a bit shaken. 

Jints

PragueAddick said:

Good to see some of the older BBC series such as Edge of Darkness and Blackstuff mentioned, to which I'll add Bleasdale's GBH, featuring a Robert Lindsey masterclass, and Michael Palin equally brilliant in a straight role. They had neither the budgets nor the tech that the modern series can call on, nor did they rely much on action/violence, but I remember them all leaving me breathless and a bit shaken. 

Yeah, it was absolutely brilliant. The scene with Lindsay's goons banging on the school windows has stayed with me, years later. 

Another great BBC series from a few years later was Our Friends in the North

Lincsaddick

Includes:(Going back in time)

Old Grey Whistle Test
The Sweeney 
Top of the Pops
Porridge
Dixon of Dock Green
Fawlty Towers
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Softly Softly
Z Cars
Star Trek (original)

Lordflashheart

PragueAddick said:

Good to see some of the older BBC series such as Edge of Darkness and Blackstuff mentioned, to which I'll add Bleasdale's GBH, featuring a Robert Lindsey masterclass, and Michael Palin equally brilliant in a straight role. They had neither the budgets nor the tech that the modern series can call on, nor did they rely much on action/violence, but I remember them all leaving me breathless and a bit shaken. 

Edge of Darkness is excellent - I have the series on DVD and have watched it probably 7 or 8 times - a very young Tim McInnerny is in it, and the lead - Bob Peck - died way too young

Also - the BBC series of Tinker Taylor and Smileys People are excellent - have watched them so many times, never tire of them

KBslittlesis

Twin Peaks
Northern Exposure 


Blackadder 😗

CatAddick

Some mentioned before

Very Peculiar Practice
This Life

plus

Our Friends in the North
Survivors (original 1970's BBC version)

hoof_it_up_to_benty

PragueAddick said:

Good to see some of the older BBC series such as Edge of Darkness and Blackstuff mentioned, to which I'll add Bleasdale's GBH, featuring a Robert Lindsey masterclass, and Michael Palin equally brilliant in a straight role. They had neither the budgets nor the tech that the modern series can call on, nor did they rely much on action/violence, but I remember them all leaving me breathless and a bit shaken. 

Boys from the Blackstuff was just an amazing series and made a great impression on me at the time. It's a brilliant mix of tragedy and comedy and in Yosser Hughes has one of the great characters of British TV. I loved the episode that featured Graeme Souness.

muppetman

Greenhithe said:

Boys from the black stuff. A work of pure genius which was so relevant and of its time. Shake hands.

the singing detective
the monocled mutineer
anything Stephen Poliakoff, especially friends and crocodiles and perfect strangers
GBH
Underbelly Aussie crime drama
The Killing
Ozark
Breaking Bad
Sopranos
The Wire (number 1 in my book ). It’s all in the game y’all’
The Sinner. Bill pullmans the don in this 
True Detective
Legion (utter madness)
the end of the fucking world 1st series
Utopia


you will note from all of this that ITV have never made anything worth a wank EVER. 

Broadchurch?

Lazy_eye_metaphor

1 Twin Peaks

2 Breaking Bad

3 The Singing Detective
4 Better Call Saul

5 Karaoke/Cold Lazarus

6 The Man in the High Castle
7 24
8 Law and Order

9 The Wire

10 The Walking Dead

muppetman

There have been some great shows mentioned already so, I will just add ones I think are worth watching.

In no particular order.(This is not a show, just a statement of intent). 

Broadchurch
Vikings
The Last Kingdom
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Fortitude
The Night Of
Dexter
Supernatural
Stranger Things
13 Reasons Why (unedited)
Night and Day (4 OD Walter Presents)
London`s Burning
Orange is the New Black
Weeds
Deutschland 83


There are probably loads more that I have enjoyed over the years.

I will be kicking myself on the way home remembering shows not added to the list.

Chunes

The Sopranos
West Wing
Mad Men
The Wire

alan dugdale

Soprano’s
Frasier
The Sweeney
Minder
Ozarks
The Bridge
Ray Donovan
Bordertown
Still Game
Better Call Saul
Breaking Bad

EricBanterna

Peaky blinders 
Got
Breaking bad
Missing
Tunnel
This is England 
Taboo 
Chenoble 
Sons of anarchy 
Fortitude 
Futurama 
Sopranos 
Broadwalk empire 

Stig

Peep Show, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Breaking Bad

AddickUpNorth

Criminal Minds

seth plum

Glad to see Better Call Saul get so many positive mentions. I suppose it is necessary to watch Breaking Bad first, but good though Breaking Bad is, I think Better Call Saul is better

hawksmoor

PragueAddick said:

Good to see some of the older BBC series such as Edge of Darkness and Blackstuff mentioned, to which I'll add Bleasdale's GBH, featuring a Robert Lindsey masterclass, and Michael Palin equally brilliant in a straight role. They had neither the budgets nor the tech that the modern series can call on, nor did they rely much on action/violence, but I remember them all leaving me breathless and a bit shaken. 

As a bit of a bit of trivia, Michael Palin was originally cast in the Robert Lindsay role because Lindsay was contracted to do a film. But when the film fell through, Bleasdale offered that role to Lindsay (his first choice), and gave Palin the role as the teacher. I remember reading Palin saying something like he'd never been so relieved.

Sillybilly

In Random Order although BB is deservedly at the top. 

Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul. 
Hustle
Downton Abbey
The Split
Peaky Blinders (minus the last series which was chuff)
Morse/Endeavour
Cracker
Sea of Souls 
Vicar of Dibley
Blackadder
Faulty Towers
I'm Alan Partridge. 

The West Wing. 

Judge John Deed

hoof_it_up_to_benty

Sillybilly said:

In Random Order although BB is deservedly at the top. 

Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul. 
Hustle
Downton Abbey
The Split
Peaky Blinders (minus the last series which was chuff)
Morse/Endeavour
Cracker
Sea of Souls 
Vicar of Dibley
Blackadder
Faulty Towers
I'm Alan Partridge. 

The West Wing. 

Judge John Deed

Pesky Blinders has gone on too long and the storylines for me have got a bit ridiculous. I thought it was excellent in the early series.

muppetman

Sillybilly said:

In Random Order although BB is deservedly at the top. 

Breaking Bad/Better Call Saul. 
Hustle
Downton Abbey
The Split
Peaky Blinders (minus the last series which was chuff)
Morse/Endeavour
Cracker
Sea of Souls 
Vicar of Dibley
Blackadder
Faulty Towers
I'm Alan Partridge. 

The West Wing. 

Judge John Deed

I forgot about Cracker, I thought it was a brilliant series.

Blackheathen

Memories.  Memories.  Has anyone mentioned Dads Army.  Stupid boy.

I enjoyed all those old comedies like The Two Ronnies and Some Mothers Do Have ‘em.  And Are You being Served.

A series enjoyed at the time, not so much now was The Black and White Minstrel Show.  Just imagine if they tried to show repeats of that one now.

AddicksAddict

Greenhithe said:

Boys from the black stuff. A work of pure genius which was so relevant and of its time. Shake hands.

the singing detective
the monocled mutineer
anything Stephen Poliakoff, especially friends and crocodiles and perfect strangers
GBH
Underbelly Aussie crime drama
The Killing
Ozark
Breaking Bad
Sopranos
The Wire (number 1 in my book ). It’s all in the game y’all’
The Sinner. Bill pullmans the don in this 
True Detective
Legion (utter madness)
the end of the fucking world 1st series
Utopia


you will note from all of this that ITV have never made anything worth a wank EVER. 

I'd forgotten about Legion, which is actually quite hard to do.  As you say, utter madness.  Still got the last episode to watch.

AddicksAddict

Ross said:

Person of Interest
Power

I thought you meant Powers there, which is a very flawed show based on an excellent comic.

Person of Interest is a show I've never managed to finish but have loved what I've seen so far.

AddicksAddict

CatAddick said:

Some mentioned before

Very Peculiar Practice
This Life

plus

Our Friends in the North
Survivors (original 1970's BBC version)

Survivors, like the TV Day of the Triffids, faded badly toward the end.

Wheresmeticket

UK:
Broadchurch

Sweeney

Shetland

US:
House

Breaking Bad

Lost

Ross

AddicksAddict said:

Ross said:

Person of Interest
Power

I thought you meant Powers there, which is a very flawed show based on an excellent comic.

Person of Interest is a show I've never managed to finish but have loved what I've seen so far.

Stick with it. It’s brilliant.

ThreadKiller

30 Rock

Curb your Enthusiasm
Veep
Arrested Development

Off_it

Band of Brothers for me - and I'm pleased to see it mentioned so many times on here.

I think the beauty of it was that there were just 10 episodes that took you from the start of the journey to the end. No false cliff-hangers, no hanging things out to leave you guessing if there would be another series, no ridiculous plotlines, just a great story brilliantly acted and directed.