The Best TV series of all time

[Willo of Whiteley]

Go!

[AlexLaw76]

Sopranos, Band of Brothers, The Wire, Peaky Blinders, Only Fools and Horses, Fawlty Towers, The Office

Honourable mentions to Star Trek TNG, Quantum Leap, Extras, Game of Thrones, Broadwalk Empire

not going to be a classic, but I like The Tulsa King right now 

Oh, never seen breaking bad.

i wanted to include Line of Duty to the list of greats but the ridiculous last series just destroyed the show… probably why they are coming back, probably to fix it.

Edited 12 hours ago by AlexLaw76

[tdmickey3]

Only Fools and Horses, Line of Duty, Game Of Thrones, Yellowstone, Landman

[Farmer Saint]

Difficult, but from a. Comedy POV if have to go with the US Office.

First series of True Detective was very good, Better Call Saul was excellent, really enjoyed Narcos.

Blue Lights is a very good TV programme at the moment as well, worth a watch.

Edited 9 hours ago by Farmer Saint

[badgerx16]

Father Ted, Thunderbirds, Star Trek ( original ), Sopranos, GoT.

Edited 9 hours ago by badgerx16

[egg]

Only Fools, Auf wiedersehen pet, minder, sopranos. In more modern times, breaking bad, Yellowstone, slow horses. 

[Lighthouse]

Chernobyl. Basically perfect.

[Winnersaint]

59 minutes ago, Lighthouse said:

Chernobyl. Basically perfect.

Hard to disagree with that. Add Peaky Blinders, GoT, the Yellowstone origins series and Dark Horses of recent times, there is almost too much choice these days. In the past Edge of Darkness, Only Fools and Horses and Dad’s Army stand out for me but again there were so many greats back then it’s purely subjective.

[The Kraken]

West Wing is an absolute classic, probably the first TV series that I binged on (via DVD). Still holds the test of time.

Slow horses is very good, mostly because Gary Oldman is supreme.  I’m enjoying Landman at the moment even if it is a parody of itself.

I thought The Last Dance was brilliantly put together, the story of Michael Jordan at the Bulls. Only 10 episodes but very well made.

 Fawlty Towers for still being genuinely hilarious.

Mindhunter was brilliant, I wished they had done more than 2 seasons.

[badgerx16]

Mrs B insists that I add The Sweeney to the list.

[iansums]

Peaky Blinders, GoT and LoD all magnificent but scarred by poor final seasons IMO. Interesting to hear about more recent shows like Yellowstone and Landman as I haven't seen those yet. Best thing currently for me is Slow Horses, just finished Down Cemetry Road which is by the same writer and was very good. 

[iansums]

17 minutes ago, The Kraken said:

West Wing is an absolute classic, probably the first TV series that I binged on (via DVD). Still holds the test of time.

Slow horses is very good, mostly because Gary Oldman is supreme.  I’m enjoying Landman at the moment even if it is a parody of itself.

I thought The Last Dance was brilliantly put together, the story of Michael Jordan at the Bulls. Only 10 episodes but very well made.

 Fawlty Towers for still being genuinely hilarious.

Mindhunter was brilliant, I wished they had done more than 2 seasons.

Saw the stage version in London last year, that was very good even though I knew every line.

[revolution saint]

Slow Horses is excellent and I'm looking forward to watching Down Cemetery Road.  Slightly different but Dopesick stands out over the last few years.

Bit of an oldie now but back in the day "Edge of Darkness" was a big favourite of mine.

[Farmer Saint]

40 minutes ago, iansums said:

Peaky Blinders, GoT and LoD all magnificent but scarred by poor final seasons IMO. Interesting to hear about more recent shows like Yellowstone and Landman as I haven't seen those yet. Best thing currently for me is Slow Horses, just finished Down Cemetry Road which is by the same writer and was very good. 

Couldn't stand Yellowstone - couldn't finish it in the end, generally boring characters doing boring things. Haven't done Landman yet.

[Weston Super Saint]

House

[iansums]

The Shadow Line and The English, both by Hugo Blick.

[LGTL]

Only Fools and Horses.

[Lord Duckhunter]

NYPD Blue

Sgt Bilko

Minder

Touch of Frost

Curb your enthusiasm 

Phoenix Nights

Antiques Roadshow

The Untouchables 

Yellowstone

Guilty pleasure would be Heartbeat. 

 

[Sevvy]

Battlestar Galactica 2004

Edited 4 hours ago by Sevvy
Missed the year

[egg]

30 minutes ago, Lord Duckhunter said:

NYPD Blue

Sgt Bilko

Minder

Touch of Frost

Curb your enthusiasm 

Phoenix Nights

Antiques Roadshow

The Untouchables 

Yellowstone

Guilty pleasure would be Heartbeat. 

 

I forgot Phoenix Nights. Superb. 

[sadoldgit]

Haven’t seen Yellowstone but we enjoyed 1883 and 1923.

I’m not going to be very original and say The Sopranos and Games of Thrones. Came late to The Line Of Duty but that is up there. Oh yes, agree with Slow Horses too.

Comedy wise it has to be Only Fools and Horses along with Monty Python and Fawlty Towers with a special mention for Michael Palin’s Ripping Yarns.

[Turkish]

This is England

Peaky Blinders

Fawlty Towers

Only Fools and Horses

The Affair

Generally any series where Harlen Cobern has written the book is a belter too

I never really got GOT, i know loads of people who love it but i watched once to see what the fuss was about and it just seemed ridiculous to me. Any adult that watches a program where kids are dressed up as Kings and a dragon can fly across the screen at any moment is questionable.

Surprised to see so many votes for OFAH and Fawlty Towers given they both been recently branded racist and therefore liking them supports the far right. I expect Katy Hopkins likes them too.

Edited 3 hours ago by Turkish

[whelk]

The Thick of It. And Veep 

Many have already mentioned others and probably so many I have missed - Sopranos, the Wire definitely up there

[trousers]

George and Mildred

Grange Hill / Tucker's Luck

The Chase

It Ain't Half Hot Mum

Runaround 

Terry and June

Grandstand

It's a Knockout 

Eurovision Song Contest

Ask the Family 

Only Fools and Horses

Monty Python

The Goodies

Fawlty Towers

Til Death Us Do Depart

The Incredible Hulk

The Littlest Hobo

Robinson Crusoe

Banana Splits

Robin's Nest

Quantum Leap

The Multicoloured Swap Shop

Little Britain

Gone Fishing with Mortimer and Whitehouse

Would I Lie To You?

Porridge

The 11 o'clock Show

Eurotrash

TFI Friday

The Adventure Game

Micro Live

After Life

I'm Alan Partridge 

Mr Benn

Pipkins

Rentaghost

The Benny Hill Show

Big Train

Blackadder

Blake's 7

The Young Ones / Bottom

Man Down

Traitors

Last One Laughing 

The Brittas Empire

Lingo

Clarkson's Farm

Modern Life is Goodish

Ever Decreasing Circles

Goodnight Sweetheart 

The Great Egg Race

Treasure Hunt

Long Way Round

Around the World in 80 Days (Michael Palin)

Men Behaving Badly

The Six Million Dollar Man

Naked Jungle

Noel's House Party

Outnumbered 

Sapphire and Steel

Big Deal

Shooting Stars