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+5 Band of Brothers
+10 The West Wing

the inbetweeners

proper laugh out loud comedy genius.

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Another one for Supernatural.

the wire, best tv ever
west wing is very good and sopranoes is good first few series

just started the shield first series looks promising, but man the wire is awsome, president obama favourite tv character of all time is from the wire,

BSG
Heroes (Series 1)
Scrubs

red rum trilogy

NYPD Blue if you can get it.

Just looked on Amazon they've released a few more series of NYPD blue, thats what I'll be getting once I've finished The Wire.

[i]The Wire[/i], no contest.

I must get round to finding Series 2 of [i]Twin Peaks[/i] on DVD (still not released in this country, iirc).

Oh, I forgot- Oz. I remember when I started hearing how good the Wire was, people said "It's amazing, best TV show in ages- it's [i]almost as good as Oz[/i]" Lost it a bit in the later series as it started to just get outlandish and a bit silly, but the first 2 are as good as it gets.

Battlestar Gallactica

The best sci-fi / fantasy [u]ever[/u]

I must get round to finding Series 2 of Twin Peaks on DVD (still not released in this country, iirc).

It's on the gold box set. It says region4 on the box, but plays in region2 also.

[url= http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/11082800/Twin-Peaks-Series-1-2/Product.html?ptsl=1&ob=Price&fb=0 ]here[/url]

Got the full set of Sopranos for sale if anyone's interested, still haven't got round to putting it on ebay...

Oh yeah, make that +1,000,000 for the Sopranos, loved it! Sustained us through a very long time of avoiding the horror that is French TV...

NCIS - got handed the first series to watch when our daughter was born...so we dutifully watched it...and got hooked...

Ivor the Engine; Mr Benn and Bagpuss - all very watchable...

A-Team boxset; James Bond boxset and The Pink Panther boxset (the Peter Sellers originals).

I'm of the opinion that Americans can't do either comedy or drama. As such, I'll be mostly recommending [url= http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001EY5VNC/ref=s9_sima_gw_s4_p74_t1?pf_rd_m=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=01TD8KJ83PG9J9Q5A532&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=467128533&pf_rd_i=468294 ]this[/url].
Fourteen quid? Quality.

andyP - they cant do comedy that good, but only mp can

4 or so years ago, six feet under, sopranos, west wing, in fact all hbo were fantastic quality dramas

unfortunatley, american tv is so marketing led that all the shows are now sh1t, shallow and only have beautiful stereotypical characters stacked full of product placement, marketing links, as for all the adverts over the top.
of the curreny crop of american stuff, dexter, parks and recreations and the middlemen stand out.

other boxsets

planet earth
lost land of the jaguar/volcano
blue planet
modern toss

got the wire and greenwing ready to go once the trails turn to mud (hopefully feb )

Don't think it's a box set, yet, but 'The Thick Of It' series 1+2, & 'In The Loop' (to a lesser extent) are brilliant.

red rum trilogy

I'm with AndyP on this. I've tried watching some of the series suggested here in the past and have just found it such terrible gash I've given up quickly. The west wing and the wire in particular were pants. Yanks seem a bit better at sci fi and I thought the first series of heroes was good. Firefly too.

The only exception I'd say is Sopranos so, how much do you want stevomcd?

Hi All

Thanks for the recommendations above, I have just finished season 5 of The Wire and can safely say that it was the best TV I have seen, I can't believe it passed my by first time around.

Now....Deadwood or The Shield, decisions decisions

flight of the conchords ..

and/or Outnumbered series Two ..

naked gun trilogy.....lol

House and/or Mash

Now....Deadwood or The Shield, decisions decisions

Deadwood is brilliant...need to watch that again myself

edit...only £26.98 for all 3 seasons at amazon [url= http://www.amazon.co.uk/Deadwood-Complete-HBO-Seasons-Disc/dp/B000V7ZML4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1263036617&sr=8-1 ]boxed set at amazon[/url]

+1 the wire. one of the best things i have seen on tv ever.

The Shield? An awesome series from start to finish.

Harpers Island - Best I have seen, you won;t regret it

another +1 for The Wire and also Band of Brothers.

This site needs some sort of poll system we can all vote on, as seen on other forums.

Im surprised Mad Men hasn't been mentioned yet. It's such an under-rated series. I think it suffers from being difficult to pick up if you've not watched from the start and not really having an overarching 'point'. It has a record number of emmy nominations though.

the wire is good, I prefer dead wood and carnivale but there are only two series of each I think. Deadwood is my favourite

I'm currently enjoying

Pushing Daisies- slick dialogue is a bit strange at times, touching dead folk.
Benidorm - its funny cos its true.

I have enjoyed

Red Dwarf, just the shows
them motorbike things with Ewan McGregor and Charlie whats his face..

green wing +1

samuri - Member

I'm with AndyP on this. I've tried watching some of the series suggested here in the past and have just found it such terrible gash I've given up quickly. The west wing and the wire in particular were pants. Yanks seem a bit better at sci fi and I thought the first series of heroes was good. Firefly too.

Mods can someone please ban Samuri for describing The Wire as gash 😛

It may have taken a little while to get into but it's so far from gash that I feel a banning is suitable 🙂

Yes, The Wire is really good. Worth getting the all series boxset I'd say.

Speaking of all series boxsets got Battlestar Galactica the other week it was ace!

Also +1 for

Firefly
Generation Kill
The Shield

Has anybody mentioned Dollhouse yet (did I fall asleep?).

Also kinda liked the remake of Bionic Woman... 😳

(EDIT: Lets not forget Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy & Smileys People!)

Band of Brothers
Oz- best prison drama ever made
the West Wing if you like your drama a bit smartarsed. It's fantastic IMO but I understand why some don't like it
The Thick Of It
Firefly... You don't need to like scifi to like Firefly
Possibly the new Battlestar Galactica but it's a bit, eh... messy.
Six Feet Under if you fancy something so slow burning it might appear to have gone out completely.

Bit of a 80's flashback.....

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I got it for Christmas and am loving it, I feel 12 years old again.
X-Bomber, the brilliant Dia-X, and cool music. Am I sad........probably 🙂

Yep - loved Six Feet Under.