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 yesterday at 05:16 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 yesterday at 08:41 by Farmer Saint

[badgerx16]

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

Edited yesterday at 08:43 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 22 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. Tomkinson’s Schooldays was particularly brilliant.

Edited 15 hours ago by sadoldgit

[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 21 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 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[aintforever]

Best comedies: Fawlty Towers, Only Fools and Horses and Inbetweeners always makes me laugh.

Breaking Bad is probably the series I’ve most enjoyed, Chernobyl close behind.

Edited 14 hours ago by aintforever

[hypochondriac]

Most said already but:

Fawlty towers 

Brass Eye

Kmkywap 

The office UK 

Father Ted

Sopranos 

Breaking Bad 

Chernobyl 

The night of 

The wire 

Deadwood 

The shield

Also love King of the Hill

First few seasons of game of thrones was excellent 

 

 

[badgerx16]

Couldn't stand The Office, David Brent was tooooooo much like my boss.

[Turkish]

5 hours ago, trousers said:

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 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Have you just listed all the programs you’ve ever watched?

[AlexLaw76]

7 hours ago, egg said:

I forgot Phoenix Nights. Superb. 

Cannot believe I missed that. Pure genius on screen

[whelk]

5 hours ago, trousers said:

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 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I scanned the list twice but couldn’t see Mrs Brown’s Boys

[Colinjb]

Breaking Bad.

It's flawless.

Edited 14 hours ago by Colinjb

[Holmes_and_Watson]

49 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Have you just listed all the programs you’ve ever watched?

Classic trousers I thought. Not being able to decide on a favourite from everything he's seen. 🙂

[Turkish]

1 hour ago, AlexLaw76 said:

Cannot believe I missed that. Pure genius on screen

Yes im surprised a far right supporter like yourself would forget this

 

Edited 13 hours ago by Turkish

[sadoldgit]

Blackadder is an interesting omission from many lists. The first series, written by Roman Atkinson and Richard Curtis, wasn’t great. Ben Elton and Richard Curtis wrote the Elizabethan themed  second series, which was brilliant. They also wrote third series, which was okay, and the fourth series set in WW1, which was again brilliant, especially the last episode which is probably one of the greatest pieces of television ever. For those who hate the BBC, that alone was worth the license fee for a decade.

I’m guessing that it is not up there with the greats for many because of the unevenness of the four series?

 

 

[TheAlehouseBrawlers]

Just about covered above but would also chuck in Snowfall (start of LA crack scene), Money Heist (Spanish) and Vikings, all became compulsive viewing in our household for a while.

Back in the day (early 80s) I used to like getting back from the pub midweek with my Chinese takeaway and switching on Hill Street Blues. Never seen it since so don’t know if it stands the test of time “…and remember, let’s be careful out there”

[AlexLaw76]

7 hours ago, Turkish said:

Yes im surprised a far right supporter like yourself would forget this

 

 

[CB Fry]

Inside Number 9

Curb Your Enthusiasm 

Our Friends In The North

Seinfeld 

Hancock's Half Hour

Alexei Sayle's Stuff

The IT Crowd

It's a panel show but it is the best one - Would I Lie To You

Hey Duggee

Three recent shows that prove that British/BBC Comedy is still exceptional

Motherland/Amandaland

Here We Go

[Turkish]

13 hours ago, hypochondriac said:

Most said already but:

Fawlty towers 

Brass Eye

Kmkywap 

The office UK 

Father Ted

Sopranos 

Breaking Bad 

Chernobyl 

The night of 

The wire 

Deadwood 

The shield

Also love King of the Hill

First few seasons of game of thrones was excellent 

 

 

Brass eye was brilliant, imagine if they put this out now

 

[badgerx16]

8 hours ago, sadoldgit said:

Blackadder is an interesting omission from many lists. The first series, written by Roman Atkinson and Richard Curtis, wasn’t great. Ben Elton and Richard Curtis wrote the Elizabethan themed  second series, which was brilliant. They also wrote third series, which was okay, and the fourth series set in WW1, which was again brilliant, especially the last episode which is probably one of the greatest pieces of television ever. For those who hate the BBC, that alone was worth the license fee for a decade.

I’m guessing that it is not up there with the greats for many because of the unevenness of the four series?

For Mrs B and myself, we preferred the first series, however, the final scene of the last series is hauntingly brilliant.

[hypochondriac]

23 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Brass eye was brilliant, imagine if they put this out now

 

The best thing about brass eye was how fearless it was. You watch it now and you almost can't believe how he just didn't give a fuck about the content as long as it was funny. Also why Four Lions was such a good film too. South Park has done that to a lesser extent as well but nothing in recent years.

[egg]

26 minutes ago, Turkish said:

Brass eye was brilliant, imagine if they put this out now

 

Brass Eye passed me by, not sure how. Savage but brilliant clip. Never getting away with that now. 

[whelk]

30 minutes ago, badgerx16 said:

For Mrs B and myself, we preferred the first series, however, the final scene of the last series is hauntingly brilliant.

In order of greatness series 3, 2 and 4 and quite a bit behind in last place, Series 1.

Can’t believe SOG doesn’t rate 3

 

Edited 3 hours ago by whelk

[whelk]

3 hours ago, TheAlehouseBrawlers said:

Just about covered above but would also chuck in Snowfall (start of LA crack scene), Money Heist (Spanish) and Vikings, all became compulsive viewing in our household for a while.

Back in the day (early 80s) I used to like getting back from the pub midweek with my Chinese takeaway and switching on Hill Street Blues. Never seen it since so don’t know if it stands the test of time “…and remember, let’s be careful out there”

Yes Hill Street Blues, NYPD Blue and Homicide:Life on the Streets all great and assume would all still stand up now

[sadoldgit]

52 minutes ago, whelk said:

In order of greatness series 3, 2 and 4 and quite a bit behind in last place, Series 1.

Can’t believe SOG doesn’t rate 3

 

I don’t think that the Regency period Blackadder writing progressed from the Elizabethan era. The WW1 era however had a more depth with the subject matter giving the writers more to get their teeth into. It was ok, but the bar was very high after series 2.

[whelk]

4 minutes ago, sadoldgit said:

I don’t think that the Regency period Blackadder writing progressed from the Elizabethan era. The WW1 era however had a more depth with the subject matter giving the writers more to get their teeth into. It was ok, but the bar was very high after series 2.

Peaked at 3 and think series 4 was quite repetitive using gags 

[Turkish]

1 hour ago, egg said:

Brass Eye passed me by, not sure how. Savage but brilliant clip. Never getting away with that now. 

 

1 hour ago, hypochondriac said:

The best thing about brass eye was how fearless it was. You watch it now and you almost can't believe how he just didn't give a fuck about the content as long as it was funny. Also why Four Lions was such a good film too. South Park has done that to a lesser extent as well but nothing in recent years.

The one about peadophiles was brilliant, the Nonse Sense campaign with Phil Collins wearing a t-shirt and saying “and I’m talking Nonse - Sense” had me crying at laughter. A whole lot of people were outraged by it even then and said they’d gone too far. It would never even make it onto tv these days. 

[hypochondriac]

10 minutes ago, Turkish said:

 

The one about peadophiles was brilliant, the Nonse Sense campaign with Phil Collins wearing a t-shirt and saying “and I’m talking Nonse - Sense” had me crying at laughter. A whole lot of people were outraged by it even then and said they’d gone too far. It would never even make it onto tv these days. 

Paedophile dressed as a school. The paedophile being blasted into space with a child "the one thing we didn't want to happen" good aids not bad aids, duping that twat Lineker, pedophiles having more in common with crabs than humans.

"The orgy of sly-winking usury was only brought to an end by a stairwell nonce bashing - which left North braindead and quadraspazzed on a life glug." 

Genius.

[benjii]

17 hours ago, hypochondriac said:

Most said already but:

Fawlty towers 

Brass Eye

Kmkywap 

The office UK 

Father Ted

Sopranos 

Breaking Bad 

Chernobyl 

The night of 

The wire 

Deadwood 

The shield

Also love King of the Hill

First few seasons of game of thrones was excellent 

 

 

KMKYWAP ahead of I'm AP?!

[benjii]

Ones no one has mentioned (I think):

- Mr Bean

- I'm Alan Partridge 

- Homeland

- True Detective (only the first series, the others are shite)

- Ozark

[benjii]

Oh, Making a Murderer was fascinating, although obviously there was some controversy afterwards.