[Closed] The best television, like, ever.

he first ever series of big brother as it was genuine people not wanna be divs.

WTAF? 😯

How come nobody has mentioned spoons yet?

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Its a crime that Utopia was cancelled

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And I agree.
The Archers is, indeed, excellent.

Personally, I don't think it has been so good since Phil Archer and Walter Gabriel deceased and it has developed an unfortunate habit of killimg off much loved characters whenever it has a major anniversary or wants a ratings boost. Mark Hebden, Nigel Pargetter, Grace Archer herself....

The pictures ain't great either.

Its a crime that Utopia was cancelled

^^^well someone pointed out the crazy viewing figures for Miranda so why bother with anything edgy when people just seem go like banal crap.

Well not seen Archer yet but The wire and BB are excellent IMO Band of Brothers was then best TV ive ever seen.

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^^^well someone pointed out the crazy viewing figures for Miranda so why bother with anything edgy when people just seem go like banal crap.

I'll see your "Miranda" and raise you a "Mrs Brown's Boys". 🙄

No mention of The Shield yet? What was the police drama with Sarah Lancashire, aired last year?

Happy last tango in the valley?

Sounds like it's worth a look.

Currently very happy that Brooklyn Nine Nine is back.

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I mention it once in a while but 'Justified' isn't too shoddy....

Generation kill..epic
DS9 fantastic

Game of thrones ,took 7 episodes to kick in,now just can't wait till April and not for the Dad bits 😉

What about Oz? That was ahead of its time.
Agree with Twin Peaks ,The Killing,Band of Brothers and The Bridge ,thathas been the best thing I've seen in the past couple of years.
Oh and Dexter.
I'm currently watching Breaking BAd and the jury is still out tbh. I don't like any of the characters so far.

Markrh.

That's the badger.

Series that have gripped me most:

Edge of Darkness
GBH
Band of Brothers
First series of Heroes
First couple of series of 24
First couple of series of Battlestar Galactica

Didn't like Utopia. My evening entertainment clearly has its limits, and the school massacre went straight past them.

Just couldn't get into DS9. Even Enterprise was more engaging for me. Heresy, I know.

Not seen wire or BB.

If we're dragging up old stuff, Tutti fruitti was pretty good, but that may be rose tinted hindsight, plus the fact it's never been repeated (apart from just after the first transmission) and not on DVD.

Quick edit, the DVD is on the BBC website, not sure when that appeared!

They never seem to repeat any of the good stuff. I'd happily sit down and watch the stuff I've listed and other classic series - Our Friends in the North for example.

Can't understand why the BBC would endlessly re-run utter shite when they have an archive like that.

Just finished watching the first series of Transparent and thought it was brilliant. It and House of Cards wold be my favourites from this year.

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It has not aged well 🙁

The Good Wife.

The Bridge is the best thing I've seen recently.
The Wire was great.
I love Game of Thrones too.
And why did Deadwood just stop!

It has not aged well

That's what I guessed!

Could watch QI all day long but doubt that's for everyone but the only programme that I really used to wait for and would never, ever miss as a kid (do my homework early, tidy my room, ANYTHING!) was Tomorrow's World. The the future laid out for me. Nothing has given me the same excitement since...

Can we not have seperate threads for non-animated veiwing, quite enjoying "Rick and Morty" but no matter what the original poster on here said, it ain no (early) Futurama.

As for general comedy, "Better off Ted" was awesome. I don't see the need to list the classics like Blackadder, et all, just adding something most ppl wouldn't have seen

PS: Off to find a copy of archer series 1

Just couldn't get into DS9. Even Enterprise was more engaging for me. Heresy, I know.

The problem with DS9 is, it's arguably the best series out of the franchise, but the first two seasons were broadly pish. It got much, much better.

And why did Deadwood just stop!

As Wu would say, massive mistake by HBO, rumours keep resurfacing that a movie could be made to finish properly, sadly I think the cast have all moved on too far

Shameless

+1 for
Generation Kill
Better off Ted
The Bridge
And also big(HUGE)vote for
Borgen
Just started 'Salamander' and it's very promising so far...........
(With Mammon and Legacy still to watch)
Must catch 'The Killing' at some point.

The wire for me is still the best TV ever made

This ..then the rest.

I can see the point with breaking bad, the actual plot doesn't hold together at all, it's ridiculous. But that's OK because it's just a place for the performances to live.

I loved Oz. Some of the episodes went a bit too absurd but when it was good, it was ridiculously good.

You should look up Ray Donovan. Yes, it's on Amazon Prime, and yes, only the first season is up there as yet, but it's funny, brutal and annoying in equal measure.

New series of The League on Netflix now. Got to be way up there in my 'best television' list.

In the Night Garden.

Cos it means the madness is about to stop.

I can understand why people found it vaguely entertaining, but there is no way it could be put on the same shelf as The Sopranos, Mad Men, or even Archer

Anyway, nothing comes close to Band of Brothers IMHO. Not sure anything ever will. Great cast, fantastic acting, great directing, powerful, interesting subject matter, believeable (obv!) and most of all; [i]important[/i].

Just started watching the box set of Band of Brothers again, in terms of just scale of production for TV this was epic.

Mad men????

I think it's brilliant, your opinion may differ.

As for Band of Brothers, I recently rewatched it. It's actually a bit cheesey.

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy and Smiley's People were fantastic, Alec Guinness was magnificent.

Brideshead Revisited takes some equaling as well.

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy and Smiley's People were fantastic,

Smiley's People on BBC4 Wednesday night. Still class tv.

Anyone else remember Northern Exposure?

Started watching Archer because of this thread, CAN NOT STOP WATCHING IT 😀

Bobs Burgers is excellent
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I watched something the other day with an archer and it had a guy called lantern in it who was some superfast superhero and a bloke chucking knives who had bombs all over the city and then Razalgul from Batman came into it....

Is this what you lot are raving about?

Edit: it may have been flash not lantern

I really tried hard with The West Wing but the perma-smugness of every main character just got to me.

Pacific and The Walking Dead are my current poison.

I watched a bit of Archer when it came out. Didn't really get into it. I didn't realise it was from the guys behind Sealab. I'll have to give it another shot.

As for Breaking Bad I thought it was excellent, and as TV goes, right up there. It was far from perfect on some levels but I could look past them because it was entertaining. My main gripe with BB was that it obviously suffered from a lot of filler episodes. Probably even a filler season. They could have wrapped it up in three seasons and it would have been better for it.

Of shows currently in production I have to say Game of Thrones is excellent, it's not what I expected at all and is brilliantly produced on every level. I think it'll outstay it's welcome soon though if it doesn't start heading towards a conclusion.

I'd have to say True Detective stands head and shoulders above anything else I've seen that was produced for tv. Cinematography, lighting, production design, script, performances, direction.....everything was nigh on perfect and better than so many critically acclaimed films within simialr genres. Apart from that one issue which I won't even int at for fear of spoilers, it was nigh on perfect.

Has anyone mentioned Joss Whedon yet?