watched game of thrones,the wire,breaking bad,inland empire
is there owt else worthy?
as above are very good but the cream i think.
Sons of Anarchy, Hell on Wheels, Sopranos, Life.
sons of anarchy
edit: I need to type faster
The Mentalist is addictive to watch, start at the beginning (obviously) so it all makes sense.
Also, if you like factual stuff, Whale Wars is a belter!
Boardwalk Empire, The Americans, Southland, Orphan Black, Homicide: Life On The Street, etc
Dexter? I really rated the first few series.
If you want something lighter, I can't recommend Arrested Development and Curb Your Enthusiasm enough. Both hilarious and really clever.
2 for son of anarchy so far
seen boardwalk.
factual is good,
Oh yeah, Weeds is pretty good. Very similar to Breaking Bad, though it predates it, just a bit lighter.
californication Ducovny at his best
Sons of Anarchy 🙂
The Shield 🙂
The Wire 🙂
Justified 🙂
Archer 🙂
Just wading through The Americans and enjoying it in a 'when will it ever end' sort of way 🙂
list in which order they should be get an idea which to go for next then
1-10
Love/hate - the Irish version of the wire and has one actor from the wire in it.
Justified - Good for walton goggins fans after the shield
Sons of Anarchy is ok but a bit cheesy, Hells angels with relationship problems on rather sad bikes with ridiculously accented PIRA characters. I was reading a while ago that the lead, Jax, is a geordie and started off in Byker Grove
Sons of Anarchy is ok but a bit cheesy,
hmmmm no cheese
loved the wire
Mad Men.
if you dont mind subtitles . check out Braquo 1 and 2
Deadwood and romanzo criminale both great and completely un cheesy.
True blood is pretty cheesy sometimes but still really good fun.
Tried doing the rating thing, gave up...
Luther
Oz
This Life
Sons of Anarchy
24
Justified
six feet under
Cracker
Edge of Darkness
House of Cards
Really enjoying 'The Americans' too.
'House of Cards' if you've got access to Netflix, Kevin Spacey is great in it (I found myself liking his character even though he is a despicable shit)
Weeds
24
Homeland
Firefly
House of Cards
Thick of it.
Spartacus, but not for the prudish or squeamish!
Ooooh, the original UK house of cards is always a series I wanted to watch, but never got round to. Now I don't know whether to go with the UK or US version???
"Orange is the new black" on Netflix. Just finished watching all 13 episodes and it's brilliant! Can't wait for the next series now. 😀
Firefly. Won't take long, but the memories will linger [Mal's butt and Mal's wife for two].
Watch Early Doors, it'll crack you up.
Luther
Luther is awesome.
Suits
Thick of It
Louie (though it can get a bit depressing later on in the series)
Banshee so long as you accept its completely ridiculous
Community
I've also been loving Video Game High School, should be all free to watch on youtube.
+1 for Banshee !
Generation Kill
Treme
(both from the same director as The Wire)
variety here
that dont know where to start 😯
Anyone mention Hannibal? just finished first season on Sky Living,second season next year it was an awesome first season.
Start with Luther, its so watchable - I almost got through the whole season1 in one sitting.
The Shield or Spiral
ahh luther seen that and yeah its good
Not enough votes for Justified. Fantastic underplayed characters and some truly wonderful dark humour that makes anything else look like it is trying too hard.
I'll second Hannibal as best new series of the year. The Americans was good too.
Justified and Mad Men are the best running shows out there just now (after Breaking Bad). Spartacus is definitely worth a look too, if you get through the first 3 or 4 episodes before they realised they could make an interesting show.
I'd generally agree with all the other recommendations too, apart from SOA, which is well made but not a patch on most of the other shows mentioned here.
Luther is great but when your used to a losing yourself for a month in a box set if the wire British dramas are frustratingly short, almost claustrophobic.
Not that it's in the same vein as much of the above but an exception to the rule is Ideal. They quietly put out 57 episodes, over 100 characters, superb cameos such as Mark E Smith as god.
House is great. Early seasons the best.
If you fancy some that are a bit more light hearted
30 Rock
Psych (the Mentalist copied this, but this is better and funnier).
A town called Eureka
'Tinker, Taylor, Soldier, Spy'.... Then 'Smileys People' straight after, British drama at its best.
the returned
deadwood - a great box set
sons of anarchy
the bridge and other nordic noir stuff
Rockford Files
British drama that seems forgotten about G.B.H.
+1 for the Spiral. Absolutely gob smacking. Never break the law in France!
I was into the Sopranos, got box set 1 on DVD and watched it in a weekend, repeat with series 2 the following week, at the time series 3 was on TV so was a few episodes behind. Also storylines that would sometimes go way back, then someone is killed off in relation to that.
Otherwise Downton Abbey?
Edge of Darkness, [url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_of_Darkness ]bitches[/url]
Mad Men and The Terminator Sarah Connor Chronicles
AS ever I will recommend Oz. It's a little patchy and went right off the rails at a couple of points especially in later series, but when it's good, it's incredibly good.
And STW favourite Band of Brothers.
And, it's a bit of an investment of time but the West Wing. it's almost never bad, and even the slower or less interesting episodes are always setting up the ridiculously good highlights. Love it.
Another +1 for Justified. I love a show where the 'good' characters are far from perfect, and the 'bad' guys are easy to sympathise with, even root for...
And a fantastic little theme tune to boot. Can't even bring myself to fast forward through it, even after all those episodes. Only The Wire had a comparably catchy hook...
The Killing
The Following
Hell on wheels
Magnum P.I. 😀
the original house of cards
the thick of it
Montalbano
I cladius
Life on Mars (not ashes to ashes)
Person of Interest ([url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Person_of_Interest_%28TV_series%29 ]Info[/url])
Another cracking JJ Abrams Production......
I quite enjoyed Banshee...it was a bit silly but enjoyable.
Also
Dexter
Ray (just started and has been pretty good so far)
Sons of Anarchy (again)
Newsroom
Falling Skies (took a while to get into but it has bought out the inner geek in me)
Spartacus is ace...silly, gory and lots if nudity. Thoroughly good fun though.
Braqo is really good too. I really got into this.
The series about the Aussie mob was great but I can't remember the name if it now. It was on FX a year or two ago.
Sky Atlantic seem to have quite a lot of good shows these days as does Fox.
Another vote for Californication. Brilliant addictive stuff.
Snappy script, funny, fast paced and you will REALLY want to be Hank Moody.
Six Feet Under by a million miles if you haven't watched it already.
Top of the Lake
...its on BBC at the moment, so you can catch it on Iplayer. There is only six episodes, so its not a series as such, but its well worth a watch IMO.
only one mention of the sopranos 😕
Just finished watching Hanninbal on Sky, was pretty good, if not a bit dark and pretty disturbing in parts. Mads Mikkelsen is an awesome Dr lecter IMO, I never really found Antony Hopkins scary, but Mads nails it.
Out on September 2nd
deadwood
Battle Star Galactica
sopranos
Oz
firefly + serenity
shield
dexter
sons of anarchy
falling skies
carnivale
the killing
The Inbetweeners
Misfits
Gavin and Stacey
The Killing (US version is good too)
We couldn't get on with Mad Men at all - seems you love it or hate it.
True Blood ?
Early Doors 1 & 2