The Best TV series of all time

[hypochondriac]

1 hour ago, benjii said:

KMKYWAP ahead of I'm AP?!

Personal preference. I'm ap is great but I laugh out loud more at Kmkywap. Particularly the Xmas episode. The radio episodes are also great.

[benjii]

17 hours ago, hypochondriac said:

Personal preference. I'm ap is great but I laugh out loud more at Kmkywap. Particularly the Xmas episode. The radio episodes are also great.

Have you listened to Oasthouse? Very good.

Also, if you've never seen them, I recommend tracking down Mid Morning Matters. Some of the very best Partridge. 

[Lighthouse]

35 minutes ago, benjii said:

Have you listened to Oasthouse? Very good.

Also, if you've never seen them, I recommend tracking down Mid Morning Matters. Some of the very best Partridge. 

The episode with Nigel Lindsay as the former special forces operative in Cheddar Gorge had me in stitches.

[LVSaint]

GoT

Andor

Deadwood 

Blackadder 2 3 4 1

Fawlty Towers

Extras

Line of Duty

Curb

Chernobyl

Homeland

the young ones

 

currently....Slow Horses is smashing and into first episode of Edge of Darkness

[TheAlehouseBrawlers]

Being a nipper in the 60s/70s some of my best TV would have been stuff like Budgie, Kojak and Starsky and Hutch. And I remember the Black and White MInstrel Show regularly being on in our house, that would go down well today..........

[sadoldgit]

1 hour ago, TheAlehouseBrawlers said:

Being a nipper in the 60s/70s some of my best TV would have been stuff like Budgie, Kojak and Starsky and Hutch. And I remember the Black and White MInstrel Show regularly being on in our house, that would go down well today..........

Back in the early 90’s I lived with someone whose Dad was one of the principal singers in the Minstrels. When the main show ended he used to tour with another of the main singers using the brand to sell tickets. By then blackface was less acceptable but he said that the audiences used to be disappointed that they didn’t use blackface in the shows. He, personally, couldn’t see the problem with it and saw it as paying homage to the great black singers. Different times. Lenny Henry had his first big break on the show too, although he disassociates himself from it now. She said that the cast used to treat him like family and were upset by his later comments.

Al Jolson was hugely successful in the States and used blackface in his performances. It wasn’t seen as racist at the time and Jolson said that he did it to bring black music to a wider audience. He was against segregated audiences and fought for equal rights for black performers on Broadway. As I said, different times.

Edited December 14 by sadoldgit

[hypochondriac]

5 hours ago, benjii said:

Have you listened to Oasthouse? Very good.

Also, if you've never seen them, I recommend tracking down Mid Morning Matters. Some of the very best Partridge. 

I have indeed. I prefer the stuff written by Armando but it's still very funny. I saw he was doing another TV series about mental health. Is that out yet?

[east-stand-nic]

No one mentioned the Sweeney or professionals? 

 

[Lord Duckhunter]

I can’t believe one of the usual suspects hasn’t mentioned love they neighbour 

 

 

[AlexLaw76]

I’m Alan Partridge

[badgerx16]

2 hours ago, east-stand-nic said:

No one mentioned the Sweeney or professionals? 

 

Yep

On 12/12/2025 at 11:57, badgerx16 said:

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

 

[badgerx16]

14 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

I’m Alan Partridge

No you're not.

[Lord Duckhunter]

26 minutes ago, AlexLaw76 said:

I’m Alan Partridge

Coogan’s milking it to death now, he’s becoming as embarrassing as the character. Needs to let it go….

[AlexLaw76]

4 minutes ago, Lord Duckhunter said:

Coogan’s milking it to death now, he’s becoming as embarrassing as the character. Needs to let it go….

Yeah, now not funny at all. 

[benjii]

The News has had some great episodes.

Iranian Embassy

Iraq War

9/11

George Michael

 

[Sevvy]

Has anyone mentioned Thunderbirds,

[badgerx16]

1 hour ago, Sevvy said:

Has anyone mentioned Thunderbirds,

yes

[Hamilton Saint]

The Prisoner ... of course!

[Sarnia Cherie]

On 12/12/2025 at 09:28, egg said:

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

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet! I loved that. It had everything, humour, pathos, hope and despair. Bernard Hill was brilliant as Yosser Hughes. "Gis a job. I could do that". 

[AlexLaw76]

Balls of Steel was pretty funny.

 

[TheAlehouseBrawlers]

2 hours ago, Sarnia Cherie said:

Auf Wiedersehen, Pet! I loved that. It had everything, humour, pathos, hope and despair. Bernard Hill was brilliant as Yosser Hughes. "Gis a job. I could do that". 

Boys From The Blackstuff was another excellent bit of TV.

[Willo of Whiteley]

Blackadder Goes Forth

Porridge

Only Fools and Horses

[Challenger]

The World At War 

Warnings from the past, unheeded today.

 

[sadoldgit]

On 15/12/2025 at 03:25, Hamilton Saint said:

The Prisoner ... of course!

I still can’t get my head around that last episode.

Can’t believe that I left Succession off of my list.

[whelk]

On 14/12/2025 at 16:10, AlexLaw76 said:

Yeah, now not funny at all. 

Wasn't going to bother but just watched first couple of episodes and pretty funny. Agree it seems a laboured character now but still worth a watch

[whelk]

On 17/12/2025 at 11:10, sadoldgit said:

I still can’t get my head around that last episode.

Can’t believe that I left Succession off of my list.

Succession is one of the most overrated series of all time. Ok but fuck me the gushing is over the top. Jesse Armstrong excellent writer - couldn’t see anyone mentioned Peep Show

[harvey]

One Summer

Johnny Jarvis

The Sweeney

The Office uk

Phoenix Nights

Extras

[AlexLaw76]

Nighty Night for some alternative comedy.

also, 2 Doors Down made me laugh 

[Turkish]

In sickness and in health - come on people loved it 

[badgerx16]

The SFX don't look much these days, but in it's time Babylon 5 was for me a must watch.

[skintsaint]

Some great stuff on here, on top of these going to say X-Files, really enjoyed it back when it first come out, as usual with yank stuff they made too many but remember the first 4 or 5 seasons were good. Plus Scully was good eye candy.

[AlexLaw76]

3 minutes ago, skintsaint said:

Some great stuff on here, on top of these going to say X-Files, really enjoyed it back when it first come out, as usual with yank stuff they made too many but remember the first 4 or 5 seasons were good. Plus Scully was good eye candy.

Remember watching it when it first came out on BBC2. Brilliant 

[badgerx16]

Rather niche, Ken Burns'documentary series on the American Civil War and the Vietnam War.

[Lord Duckhunter]

Seeing news that the actress who played Joan has just died, I can’t believe I left Early Doors of my list. Probably suffered from being Royal familyish (another great series I missed off). It was a brilliant show, but unlike the Royal Family it finished at the right time, and didn’t over stay its welcome. 
 

 

[Turkish]

I know some on here will be leaping up and down in rage but this never fails to make me laugh South Park in its prime takes some beating