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i know these things are utterly stupid but i kind of agree with the guardian but
no deadwood!, no star trek!, dexter!, rome!
but good to see oz, west wing, battlestar galactica, sopranos, wire, twin peaks, etc
1. The Sopranos
2. Brideshead Revisited
3. Our Friends in the North
4. Mad Men
5. A Very Peculiar Practice
6. Talking Heads
7. The Singing Detective
8. Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
9. State of Play
10. Boys From the Blackstuff
11. The West Wing
12. Twin Peaks
13. Queer as Folk
14. The Wire
15. Six Feet Under
16. How Do You Want Me?
17. Smiley's People
18. House of Cards
19. Prime Suspect
20. Bodies
21. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
22. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
23. Cracker
24. Pennies From Heaven
25. Battlestar Galactica
26. Coronation Street
27. The Jewel in the Crown
28. The Monocled Mutineer
29. Clocking Off
30. Inspector Morse
31. This Life
32. Band of Brothers
33. Hill Street Blues
34. The Prisoner
35. St Elsewhere
36. The L Word
37. The Shield
38. Brookside
39. 24
40. The Twilight Zone
41. Pride and Prejudice
42. Red Riding
43. Oz
44. The Street
45. The X-Files
46. Bleak House
47. The Sweeney
48. EastEnders
49. Shameless
50. Grange Hill
http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/jan/12/guardian-50-television-dramas
Queer as folk or The West Wing better than The Wire? That makes the whole thing a sham.
Also. no Homicide Life on the Street? For shame!
what the hell is eastenders doing there?
And where is A team, knight rider?
Queer as folk or The West Wing better than The Wire? That makes the whole thing a sham.
The Guardian innit.
black books
jeremy bretts' sherlock holmes
red dwarf
they've missed loads!
What about M.A.S.H.?
jeebus 🙄
Wheres Murder She Wrote and Magnum PI!
Seriously though.... Queer as Folk?! That pitiful 'actor' almost made The Wire un-watchable.
Yes Minister
Blackadder
The Simpsons?
Shite list.
As Dad's Army is not on the list then that list should be stricken from the records.
Edge of Darkness.
south park!
Seriously though.... Queer as Folk?! That pitiful 'actor' almost made The Wire un-watchable.
Sorry? Please explain.
To be fair to The Guardian, the OP has not put the proper title for the list which is:
"The Guardian's top 50 television [b]dramas[/b] of all time"
Hence no cartoons/comedy etc
Just started watching The Wire - tell me it warms up please. Not particularly enthused just yet.
Sorry? Please explain.
[url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aidan_Gillen ]Aidan Gillen[/url] who plays [url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy Carcetti]Tommy Carcetti[/url] in The Wire played a character in [url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queer_as_Folk_(UK) ]Queer As Folk.[/url]
wtf @ corrie, eastenders, ...
Of those 50 the only ones I've actually seen at some point are Grange Hill, Eastenders, and This Life (colleague's sister = Milly, so it would have been rude not to watch it).
WASTE OF TIME. 50 best dramas, none of which I would bother with to be honest. Can't stand most stuff on TV, especially drama.
A Very Peculiar Practice - I did like that but not sure it should be at no.5.
the guardian is a bit broke and trying to sell the 50 most stockpiled xmas box sets via affiliated marketing links.
so few of those are actually worth watching imo.
IanMmmm:WASTE OF TIME. 50 best dramas, none of which I would bother with to be honest. Can't stand most stuff on TV, especially drama.
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Am I right in thinking the only current ones on the list are Corrie and Eastenders?
In that case, there are no good dramas on TV now 🙁
Nurse Jackie is looking promising though.
Aidan Gillen who plays Tommy Carcetti in The Wire played a character in Queer As Folk.
Ah right, never knew that.
He's alright in The Wire. McNulty was the annoying one (writers' fault, not actor's).
In that case, there are no good dramas on TV now
Mad Men is about to start its third series in UK.
Would be my number one at the moment.
The Wire
Sopranos
Just started watching The Wire - tell me it warms up please. Not particularly enthused just yet.
Around episode 5 or 6 it kind of clicks and you see what everyone's been going on about. I'm currently at the beginning of Season 5 and don't want it all to end 🙁
[i]Hence no cartoons/comedy etc [/i]
A Very Peculiar Practice was a comedy.
NO Star Trek? It's had like 4 shows and a gazilion seasons?
No Stargate? again 15 seasons worth!
West Wing should be higher as should Band of Brothers.
I take it all back, I didn't read the list carefully enough to see Band of Brothers in there. Are any of the others based on true stories, I don't know.
So The CSI: Whatever Series' and Baywatch, probably the two biggest selling/most exported TV series in history don't make it.
I know it doesn't make them 'the best' but surely that kind of fan base is worthy of a place in the top 50.
Twin peaks..
What about the darling buds of may.?
A bit of a do anyone.?
I know these lists are mainly intended to fill space, get people talking and to infuriate us, but... Brookside better than The Sweeney?
Also, I hope that's the old Battlestar Galactica because the new one's a right load of s**t.
the Office (UK version)
the inbetweeners (might be pushing it there).
I must admit that I feel that Band of Brothers deserved to be placed higher than 32.
I have not seen a single episode of any of those programmes. (I haven't actually even heard of half of them...) How embarrassing..
A Very Peculiar Practice was a comedy.
Comedy-drama according to Wikipedia.
Only Fools & Horses not in the top 50. ARE YOU HAVING A LAUGH! 😯
Have they missed Edge of Darkness?
Only Fools & Horses not in the top 50. ARE YOU HAVING A LAUGH
Is it a drama?
🙄
Drac,
As Dad's Army is not on the list then that list should be stricken from the records.
+1
+1 for Edge of Darkness
Did I miss ER on that list ....
I see they are making a film of Edge of Darkness.
"Nurse Jackie is looking promising though"
dezb I agree, really liking that at the moment.
Firefly should be on there too imho