[Closed] Top Ten TV Shows of All Time

1. The World at War
2. Fawlty Towers
3. Monty Python
4. Edge of Darkness
5. M*A*S*H
6. Yes Minister/Prime Minister
7. Dad's Army

Need to think of another three, hmm.

in no order as I cant choose

Deadwood s1
true detective s1
Braquo s1
fargo s1
band of brothers s1
breaking bad 1
breaking bad 2
breaking bad 3
breaking bad 4
breaking bad 5

1 The wire 1-4
2 The Sopranos
3 West wing
4 Yes minister & prime minister
5 Blackadder 2-4
6 Psych
7 Monk
8 Eureka
9 due south
10 red dwarf 2-6

1: The Wire
2: Father Ted
3: Spiral
4: The Killing - Original
5: Black Sails
6: Planet Earth
7: Life of Mammals
8: Band of Brothers
9: The Pacific
10: Simpson's as per OP

1 Nathan Barley
2 Monkey Dust
3 Brass Eye
4 Luther
5 Game of Thrones
6 West World
7 Fools and Horses
8 Lost (S1)
9 Red dwarf ('88-'97)
10 Yes Minister

based on amount of time spent watching, in no order. I used to watch a lot of TV when I was younger.

Star Trek TNG.
Red Dwarf series 2-6.
The News
Quantum Leap (oh boy)
Game of Thrones.
Blackadder 2-4
Police Interceptors
Airwolf (lol)
The A-Team

1 The wire [s]1-4[/s]
2 The Sopranos
3 [b]Game of Thrones[/b]
4 West wing
5 [b]Mad Men[/b]
6 Yes minister & prime minister
7 Blackadder 2-4
8 [b]Father Ted[/b]
[s]7 Monk
8 Eureka[/s]
9 due south
10 red dwarf 2-6

So close...

Porridge
Only fools and horses
Simpsons

1. the west wing
2. breaking bad
3. the young ones
4. blackadder series 2&3
5. GOT
6. The thick of it
7. Blakes 7
8. 24, seasons 1-3
9. The X files
10. Airwolf

The Wire - All of it
Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister
Narcos
Planet Earth
Frozen Planet
Life on Earth
The Blue Planet
True Detective - Series One
Spaced
House of cards

Not sure on the other 9 yet, but I'll join the OP in listing the heinously under-remembered Northern Exposure as one of mine.

I'm proud to say the only 'shows' I've watched in my adult life are Northern Exposure and Father Ted. I did watch Blackadder when I was a kid, and Red Dwarf.

TV is a waste of time generally. Chewing gum for the eyes.

The leftovers
The Wire
Phoenix nights
Dads Army
Game of Thrones
House of cards
Carnivale s1
Deadwood
Planet Earth
Gomorrah

In no order (too difficult)

Breaking Bad
The Wire
Game of Thrones
Sopranos
House of Cards
Deadwood
Fargo
Better Call Saul
Band of Brothers
Always Sunny in Philadelphia

TV is a waste of time generally.

So is reading books, looking at paintings and listening to music. Oh and masterbating.

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1 Nathan Barley
2 Monkey Dust
3 Brass Eye
4 Luther
5 Game of Thrones
6 West World
7 Fools and Horses
8 Lost (S1)
9 Red dwarf ('88-'97)
10 Yes Minister

Keep it Mencap!!

TV is a waste of time generally. Chewing gum for the eyes.

Of course it is.

I mean what could TV shows like World at War, Band of Brothers, Planet Earth and Blue Planet offer anyone? 🙄

Twin Peaks
Phoenix Nights
Father Ted
Babylon 5
Firefly
Stranger Things
Band of Brothers
House of Cards
Game of Thrones
Blackadder 2/3/4
X Files

Blackadder (goes 4th primarily)
Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy
Mash
Allo allo
Sherlock holmes (jeremy Bretton primarily but current sherlock was good)
Banshee
Elementary
A-team
The Professionals
Dad's army

In no real order as I just ran them off my head.

What no mention of Twin Peaks? What the hell is wrong with you people?

In no particular order, apart from TP being at the top...

Twin Peaks
Deadwood
Brooklyn Nine Nine
Yes Minister/PM
Seinfeld
The Sweeney
The Simpsons
Veep (it's better than the Thick of It)
Mad Men
The Sopranos

I forget to add ER.

No mention of Dallas? Sure it was never hip and trendy but I'm struggling to recall another tv moment that got the public attention like "Who shot JR"

Oh and Morecambe and Wise Xmas Specials.

I'm proud to say the only 'shows' I've watched in my adult life are Northern Exposure and Father Ted. I did watch Blackadder when I was a kid, and Red Dwarf.

TV is a waste of time generally. Chewing gum for the eyes.

Wow! Can I be your friend? You come across as such a cool and edgy guy 🙄

I'll tell you what definitely is a waste of time. Posting a comment in a thread on something you have no interest in, just to tell us your views on said thing.

The wire
Sopranos
Game of thrones
Breaking Bad
Black Sails
Battlestar Galactica (the new one) the first 2 series
Hannibal
Daredevil
Death note
Stranger things

Edit: firefly (how could I forget!!)

Also rans:
Jessica jones
Luke Cage
Quarry
True detective
The expanse
The night of
Vikings
The leftovers
Outlander (this might even go to list one)
Westworld
Tokyo ghoul

I'm subbing out The Sopranos from my list for The Muppet Show.

No-one mentioning Scrubs? Outstanding TV show. Comedy and poignancy in each episode, although sometimes a lot more of one than the other...

"Where do you think we are right now?"
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Can't believe no one has mentioned Banacek, this thread is dead to me.

Twin Peaks
Black Books
Futurama
Blackadder
Wolf Hall
Samurai Jack
Breaking Bad
Archer
Game of Thrones
Brass Eye

Of those I would say that Breaking Bad is the finest. Probably due to consistency, the other multi-season shows have some flaws. I can highly recommend watching Twin Peaks in a weekend though, it smashes you up 🙂

How the hell did Father Ted not get in there!

Dunno about order..

Generation Kill
The Fast Show
Blackadder 2
NYPD Blue
Snub TV
Not the Nine O'Clock News
Captain Scarlet
Sopranos
Young Ones
Ren& Stimpy

The problem with Scrubs was the last few series were so appalling they tainted the earlier ones.

1) The Wire
2) The Sopranos
3) Game of Thrones
4) House or Cards
5) The Walking Dead.. not series 2
6) Line of Duty
7) Band of Brothers
8) Narcos
9) Roam
10) Chappell's Show

I can't believe that no one has mentioned that no one has mentioned Six Feet Under yet.

Yeah, 6 Feet Under, Sweeney, Maximum Bob and a few others just dropped off my list.

1. Brass Eye (possibly the finest piece of television ever made.)
2. The Wire
3. Stranger Things
4. Peep Show
5. Wolf Hall
6. The World at War
7. The Pacific
8. Indian Hill Railways
9. Life on Earth
10. Tomorrow's World

Oz
Sopranos
The Thick of It
Breaking Bad
Mantracker with Terry Grant
Always Sunny in Philly
Limmy
Skins UK one
Gamesmaster
World series of Poker

1. The World at War
2. West Wing
3. Ren & Stimpy
4. Porridge
5. M*A*S*H
6. Yes Minister/Prime Minister
7. Band of Brothers
8. Sopranos
9. Spaced
10. Firefly

Porridge.
Civilisation.
Life On Earth.
A Very Peculiar Practice.
Edge of Darkness.
Blackadder.
Dr Who.
Columbo.
Smiley's People.
Sherlock Holmes (Brett)

Catweazle
Runaround
Ministry of Mayhem
Fast Show
Firefly
Dexter
Buffy
Time Team
Red Dwarf
Black Adder - 2 on
Northern Exposure

Bloody hell! I forgot about Look Around You, Flight of the Concords, Angry Boys and Garth Merengies Dark Place. Should've done a separate comedy Top 10

No MOTD or Spaced or Early Doors or Mr Benn

No Shameless?? The first two series were brilliant!

The Wire
Sopranos
Father Ted
15 Storeys
The Clone Wars
Deadwood
Spiral
Spaced
The Line of Duty
Northern Exposure

Shed of the Year to see STWers on telly!

Surprised nobody has mentioned The Green Wing , very funny and clever . Breaking Bad , The World at War as have been mentioned and 7 others .

Sorry I can't count and I'm sure there will be more I haven't thought of. Lost deserves a mention, they ruined it with the ending but the first few seasons were totally captivating.

GoT
Dexter
Six Feet Under
Spartacus (guilty as charged)
Fast show
Nathan barley
Brass eye
Legion
Hannibal (first series)
Twin Peaks
Band of brothers
Oz
Parks and rec
True Detective (first series)
Breaking bad
Westworld
Silicon Valley

The Onedin Line
Black Beauty
The Mallen Streak
When the Boat Comes In
Mr Ben
Magpie
Stars in their Eyes
Rent a Ghost
Grange Hill
Branded
Vandervalk

The Wire
Farty Towels
Boys from the Blackstuff
Breaking Bad
St Elsewhere
The Sweeney
Father Ted
Borgen
Still Game
Can't think of any more

Lots of the above. Plus The Sandbaggers.

No Brideshead

I've only skimmed this thread

Haven't seen

Broadchurch (series 1)

Also
Fawlty Towers
Only Fools & H
World at War
Detectorists
Life on Earth
Band of Brothers
Blackadder (2 and 3 especially)
Rhod Gilbert's Work Experience
Horizon (questionable whether it's a series, TBF)

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Band of Brothers
Sopranos
The Wire
Detectorists

Yada yada yada

And.... This Life!

The Wire
Deadwood
Suits
Game of Thrones
Banshee
Homeland
Gomorah
The Night of
Billions
The Affair

Game of thrones
Family guy
Only fools
Scrubs < there I said it ,I loved it >
Generation kill
The fast show
Deep space 9
24 (mainly the first 4 seasons )
Blackadder
Men behaving badly

Edge of Darkness
Band of Brothers
Life on Mars
I, Claudius
First 2 series of 24
First 3 series of Walking Dead
First series of Fargo
State of Play
The Day Today/I'm Alan Partridge (I know, cheating!)
[s]The Thick of It[/s] Father Ted

So many more...Our Friends in the North, The Singing Detective, GBH, first few series of Line of Duty...

EDIT: Father Ted instead of Thick of It...

Easy this,.

Planet Earth
Planet Earth 2
Blue Planet
Life
Life on Earth
The Life of Planets
The Life of Birds
The Life of Mammals
The Living Planet
Life in Cold Blood

"Thunderbirds" should be in there too. Have you all forgotten yer youth? Good to see, at least, the talent of Anderson making one list. ("Captain Scarlet" is up there.)

[i]The Singing Detective[/i] - most Dennis Potter stuff was brilliant; like nothing else that had been on TV.
I also love stuff where catchphrases, or quotes stay with you - I still say "It were Mark Binney, miss!"

Where do these come from:
1. "Where we goin now?" in Brummy accent, or was it North East?
2. "Play with me Daddy" in erm, Manc, was it?
3. "At your age? At my age? Young man!"
4. "Who pushed air though poo?!"

Or being more serious:
Planet Earth
Life, Frozen Planet or Blue Planet, don't make me decide which
Black Adder
Blue Peter
Flight of the Concords
The Last Leg (but only the first 2 series)
Red Dwarf to series 6
Scrubs
Friends
Ski Sunday

No mention of Soap! or Frazer. Quite fond of Cheers too.

Tour of Duty
Father Ted.
Hell on Wheels
Band of Brothers
The Wire
Sopranos
The Shield
Breaking bad
MASH
The 2-3 series of 24

Cheers, good call, this still makes me laugh...

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1. "Where we goin now?" in Brummy accent, or was it North East?

Aaaargh!
North East, can picture the fella.

"L.I.V.E.R.P.double O .L Liverpool FC"... man, that was brilliant too!

Blue Peter
Top of the Pops (before MTV or any such like was invented)
Northern Exposure
X Files
Heros
Friends
All of Star Trek
Spaced
Alan Partidge

North East, can picture the fella.

The Machine Gunners.

The book is way better than the TV series.

[i]The Machine Gunners.[/i]

Yep, I read it when I was a kid. Great book. Series was good too.

Grand designs

I have the winner.....

Chocky

Forgot about Harry Hill's TV Burp.

Probably the most paused-because-we-are-laughing-so-much show ever.

Chorlton and the Wheelies

The Wire
<umm ... thinks ...>
NYPD Blue
<thinks a bit more ...>
Breaking Bad
The Killing - obviously
The Bridge - while we're on a Scandi thing
Brookside - for a bit, anyway
The Simpsons
<err ... >

Game Of Thrones
Rick And Morty
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Firefly
Black Sails
The Expanse
Breaking Bad
Band of Brothers
Spaced
X-Files

Frasier, yes!

GBH

Was brilliant, I haven't watched it since it was actually broadcast, however I have found it on itunes for 5.99, so it is now downloading 🙂

It will be interesting to see if it has stood the test of time, I think it probably will, but the scripting and slickness of some big budget series over the past 10-15 years has really upped the game and expectations.

For me, hands down winner is the Man in the High Castle.

As for sitcoms - Yes Minister obvs. Head and shoulders above.

OK as no-one's playing 😆

[s]1. "Where we goin now?" in Brummy accent, or was it North East?[/s]
2. "Play with me Daddy" in erm, Manc, was it? Alan Bleasedale's [b]GBH[/b] (with Robert Lindsay)
3. "At your age? At my age? Young man!" Harry Enfield's randy old ladies
4. "Who pushed air though poo?!" McKenzie Crook's gym teacher in[b] Barking[/b]

then there was Cracker.
(and the Shield!)

In no order,
The Wire
True Detective (S1)
Life on Mars
The Bridge
MASH
Generation Kill
Borgen
Westworld
Father Ted
Fast Show
Northern Exposure
Due South
eh, how many can we list..............?

Haven't read all the way through but no one had mentioned these by the end of page 1.
The Lakes
This Life....remember these classic British series' in the 90s?

Monkey.