doulikefish Posted December 11, 2023 Share Posted December 11, 2023 In no particular order 1 band of brothers 2 West wing 3 line of duty 4 vikings 5 Blackadder 6 game of thrones 7 father Ted 8 silent witness 9 planet earth 10 the sopranos 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathematics Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 1. West Wing 2. The Wire 3. Six Feet Under 4. Oz 5. Father Ted 6. South Park 7. Archer 8. Peep Show 9. Frasier 10. Deadwood 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo army Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 Never seen any of The Wire or The Sopranos. There. I feel better now. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee-Bey Posted December 12, 2023 Author Share Posted December 12, 2023 12 minutes ago, velo army said: Never seen any of The Wire or The Sopranos. There. I feel better now. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHF-23 Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 Other than kicking myself at a handful of things that I hadn't taken into account when I made my own list, my biggest takeaway from other's contributions is how few people must have seen Deadwood because to have seen it and not have it comfortably in your top 3 just doesn't compute for me. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottsdad Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 1 hour ago, velo army said: Never seen any of The Wire or The Sopranos. There. I feel better now. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thane of Cawdor Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 Not in any ranking order: Deadwood The Wire The Sopranos Guilt (1st series) Tutti Frutti Various manifestations of Partridge Line of Duty The Office (UK) The Thick of It Extras I should add that Malcolm in the Middle was better written than Breaking Bad, and Cranston's acting was also superior in that programme. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coprolite Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 21 hours ago, doulikefish said: In no particular order 1 band of brothers 2 West wing 3 line of duty 4 vikings 5 Blackadder 6 game of thrones 7 father Ted 8 silent witness 9 planet earth 10 the sopranos 4 minutes ago, Thane of Cawdor said: Not in any ranking order: Deadwood The Wire The Sopranos Guilt (1st series) Tutti Frutti Various manifestations of Partridge Line of Duty The Office (UK) The Thick of It Extras I should add that Malcolm in the Middle was better written than Breaking Bad, and Cranston's acting was also superior in that programme. You might say “in no particular order” and “not in any ranking order”, respectively but they are, in fact in a particular order and have been ranked in that order by virtue of the thread rules. I’m unreasonably incensed by this and considering a self referral to the Pep thread. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee-Bey Posted December 12, 2023 Author Share Posted December 12, 2023 38 minutes ago, coprolite said: You might say “in no particular order” and “not in any ranking order”, respectively but they are, in fact in a particular order and have been ranked in that order by virtue of the thread rules. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMoore Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 (edited) 6 hours ago, velo army said: Never seen any of The Wire or The Sopranos. There. I feel better now. Get them watched. I've not finished Sopranos but probably would have put it in if it remains enjoyable til the end. 5 hours ago, GHF-23 said: Other than kicking myself at a handful of things that I hadn't taken into account when I made my own list, my biggest takeaway from other's contributions is how few people must have seen Deadwood because to have seen it and not have it comfortably in your top 3 just doesn't compute for me. I've never even heard of it tbf, I'll look it out but a lot of the choices are understandably generic (as mine is). Saddened to see nobody rating Mr Robot. One of the few shows that has a brilliant beginning, middle and end. Edited December 12, 2023 by RuMoore 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Internet Citizen Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 1. The Wire 2. Deadwood 3. Twin Peaks 4. Peep Show 5. Lost 6. The Office (UK) 7. Spiral 8. The Simpsons 9. Friday Night Lights 10. Normal People 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrewDon Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 Thanks primarily to this thread, just a fashionable fifteen or so years behind everybody else, I have now started Breaking Bad this week. Fairly promising first three episodes. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted December 13, 2023 Share Posted December 13, 2023 (edited) 1 Heimat 2 M*A*S*H 3 Line of Duty 4 Game of Thrones 5 Life on Earth 6 The Handmaid's Tale 7 Spooks 8 Life on Mars 9 Fawlty Towers 10 A Very British Coup Edited December 13, 2023 by DeeTillEhDeh 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
velo army Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 6 hours ago, DeeTillEhDeh said: 1 Heimat 2 M*A*S*H 3 Line of Duty 4 Game of Thrones 5 Life on Earth 6 The Handmaid's Tale 7 Spooks 8 Life on Mars 9 Fawlty Towers 10 A Very British Coup Never heard of Heimat, but after a quick google it sounds brilliant. Thanks for the heads up. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheScarf Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 14 hours ago, DrewDon said: Thanks primarily to this thread, just a fashionable fifteen or so years behind everybody else, I have now started Breaking Bad this week. Fairly promising first three episodes. Get BCS and El Camino watched after, brother. Unbelievable television. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GHF-23 Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 On 12/12/2023 at 20:34, RuMoore said: I've never even heard of it tbf, I'll look it out but a lot of the choices are understandably generic (as mine is). Saddened to see nobody rating Mr Robot. One of the few shows that has a brilliant beginning, middle and end. It's wonderful, it's amazingly written and has great performances throughout. If you expect a lot of gunfighting and so on you'll be disappointed but there is a decent amount of big fat hard men fighting in the street. 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. I always meant to watch Mr Robot when it was out but didn't have Prime at the time, and it's kind of disappeared from public consciousness/cultural memory a bit which is quite rare for a show as highly regarded at the time. might give it a go at some point next year. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bairnardo Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 On 12/12/2023 at 14:49, GHF-23 said: Other than kicking myself at a handful of things that I hadn't taken into account when I made my own list, my biggest takeaway from other's contributions is how few people must have seen Deadwood because to have seen it and not have it comfortably in your top 3 just doesn't compute for me. Its another one that I forgot about tbh as I watched it so long ago, but I can say with a degree of certainty its never threatened by top 3. That said, the characters (Swearengen being my favourite) and the lingo used are absolutely magnificent. The way Al delivers his patter is pure art. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RH33 Posted December 15, 2023 Share Posted December 15, 2023 (edited) ER Gomorrah Derry Girls It's a Sin House Homeland (earlier series) West Wing Nurse Jackie Sopranos Succession Big Little Lies Edited as I totally forgot to put Gomorrah in. I watched The Wire but it didn't really stand out. Gave up after about 10 min of breaking bad and GoT isn't my thing. Edited December 15, 2023 by RH33 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted December 15, 2023 Share Posted December 15, 2023 I fancy the sound of "Heimat", is it on any British channels? I found it on YouTube but without English subtitles. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverton End Posted December 15, 2023 Share Posted December 15, 2023 The Sopranos The Shield I'm Alan Partridge Top of The Pops The Office (UK) The Fast Show Inspector Montalbano Spiral Starsky & Hutch Kojak 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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