Cheese Posted January 3 Author Share Posted January 3 23 minutes ago, oneteaminglasgow said: Genuinely, would someone be able to explain to me why anyone enjoys only fools and horses? I’ve seen it a few teams and find it to be, at best, the standard of Mrs Browns Boys. People can like what they like and that obviously, but I just don’t get it. I think there's quite a bit of nostalgia from older generations for what they consider to be the golden age of British sitcoms and TV. There was also only 4 channels back then, so there was often literally nothing else on. 24 million for an episode of a sitcom is crazy numbers we'll never see again probably. The character of Del Boy is the lovable rogue with all the catchphrases and an iconic vehicle. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheese Posted January 3 Author Share Posted January 3 26 Gomorrah (2014-2021) "l'Immortale" The highest foreign language entry in the list is this dark and authentic depection of the goings on and power struggles in the Naples underworld. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miguel Sanchez Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 33 minutes ago, tongue_tied_danny said: I predict that it'll be in joint 18th place, along with Topless Darts and Jo Guest in Jamaica. Ah shit, I forgot Eurotrash. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheese Posted January 3 Author Share Posted January 3 25 The X Files (1993-2018) "the truth is out there" One of the sexiest couples in TV history, believer Mulder and sceptical Scully investigate all manner of paranormal and strange goings on. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 3 minutes ago, Chris Partlow said: 25 The X Files (1993-2018) "the truth is out there" One of the sexiest couples in TV history, believer Mulder and sceptical Scully investigate all manner of paranormal and strange goings on. Above Star Trek? -1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheese Posted January 3 Author Share Posted January 3 24 Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969-1974) "This parrot is no more ! It has ceased to be ! It's expired and gone to meet its maker ! " Absurdist and surreal skits and comedy from the team of Graham Chapman, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam and John Cleese. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
19QOS19 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 1 hour ago, oneteaminglasgow said: Genuinely, would someone be able to explain to me why anyone enjoys only fools and horses? I’ve seen it a few teams and find it to be, at best, the standard of Mrs Browns Boys. People can like what they like and that obviously, but I just don’t get it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheese Posted January 3 Author Share Posted January 3 23 Deadwood (2004-2006) "I'd best go, lest Mr. Amalgamation and Capital here takes one through the fucking head" A story of the death of the old west. And hookers. Big Lovejoy (the antique dealer, not Helen) steals the shows as Al Swearengen one of the many real life figures that appear. It's kinda like Red Dead Redemption 2: The TV series. I love this shit and it was number 4 in my list. @GHF-23 put it much more eloquently than me, so I'll just quote his post. On 14/12/2023 at 10:08, GHF-23 said: It's about how humans build society around symbols*, how society and community civilise people, and how capital and effective monopolies seek to destroy that. It's about how the West and America as a whole as we know it were made by a mixture of cunning idiots, conmen and two different kinds of brutal people - ones whose morality has been scraped away through years of brutality; and others who sometimes get so mad about things that they beat someone up and cry like a frustrated child. The characters are amazing as themselves but also almost all function as archetypes which the show examines a lot. I can't speak highly enough of it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydun Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 54 minutes ago, Miguel Sanchez said: Ah shit, I forgot Eurotrash. If we all remembered, we all know what would really be number 1. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Cheese Posted January 3 Author Share Posted January 3 22 Auf Wiedersehen Pet (1983-2004) "Wy Aye man" Written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, who have 2 entries in this list already with Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads ? and Porridge, score another one with the worldwide travelling adventures of a group of dodgy Geordie builders. Partly responsible for Jimmy Nail's rise to fame and subsequent 'singing' career. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 1 minute ago, Chris Partlow said: 22 Auf Wiedersehen Pet (1983-2004) "Wy Aye man" Written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, who have 2 entries in this list already with Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads ? and Porridge, score another one with the worldwide travelling adventures of a group of dodgy Geordie builders. Partly responsible for Jimmy Nail's rise to fame and subsequent 'singing' career. No way. You fuckers are just trolling me now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheese Posted January 3 Author Share Posted January 3 21 The Thick of It (2005-2012) "You're so back-bench, you've actually fucking fallen off. You're out by the fucking bins where I put you" Falling from 8th place in 2012 is The Thick of It, as the iconic and incredibly sweary spin doctor Malcolm Tucker does his best to mitigate the clownshoes around him in Westminster. A shame our real life political class see this as some sort of instruction manual rather than the satire it is. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheese Posted January 3 Author Share Posted January 3 That'll do for tonight. Tomorrow it's the turn of the big guns, the main players, the P&B top 20 TV Shows of All Time. 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydun Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 24 minutes ago, Chris Partlow said: That'll do for tonight. Tomorrow it's the turn of the big guns, the main players, the P&B top 20 TV Shows of All Time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 22 minutes ago, johnnydun said: If Peep Show is a main player, I'm declaring a mistrial. Spoiler I have never seen it...but David Mitchell? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydun Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 13 minutes ago, scottsdad said: If Peep Show is a main player, I'm declaring a mistrial. Hide contents I have never seen it...but David Mitchell? Honestly mate, some of the best TV I have ever seen. Give it a whirl. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Peep Show is fantastic. Get it watched. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 (edited) 1 hour ago, Bully Wee Villa said: Peep Show is fantastic. Get it watched. If you aren't into cringe humour then you won't get it tbqh. There will be several comedies on this list that come into that category - that kind of humour can be very marmite. There's a good article that explains why some people love cringe comedy and others hare it. https://bigthink.com/high-culture/cringe-comedy/ I'm personally in the hate camp. Edited January 4 by DeeTillEhDeh 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derry Alli Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Gomorrah at 26 is wild. Apoplectic here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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