General / Off-Topic Favourite TV shows ? Top 5 .
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I've re written this list four or five times prior to posting it's not easy picking 10 never mind just 5.
1. The wire
2. Game of Thrones
3. Only fools and horses
4. Criminal Minds
5. Time team
And as an indulgence
6. Lucifer (on Amazon its very well written for an American comedy)
7. Modern family (again very funny for an American comedy)
8. Sons of Anarchy
9. Black adder (any of them top to bottom)
10. Wicked Tuna
1. The wire
2. Game of Thrones
3. Only fools and horses
4. Criminal Minds
5. Time team
And as an indulgence
6. Lucifer (on Amazon its very well written for an American comedy)
7. Modern family (again very funny for an American comedy)
8. Sons of Anarchy
9. Black adder (any of them top to bottom)
10. Wicked Tuna
That was a quality documentary, epic yet haunting theme music comes to mind.
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Love modern family, i'm up to date with game of thrones but i don't rate it as highly as some of my mates, they would never let me hear the end of it if they saw it was not in my top 5 lol.
Season 2 was what swayed me to include it on my top 5. It's everything amazing about season 1 x10.
Formative TV I remember (not chronological, but ranked in importance to me):
1. Quatermass and the Pit (1958-59) 6 episodes - Scared me silly, I hid behind the couch to watch it (I was 8).
[video=youtube;4lmyyzUSn5Y]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lmyyzUSn5Y[/video]
2. Dr Who - William Hartnell - the rest of the old boys were a joke.
3. It's a Square World - Michael Bentine
4. Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In - entailed a weekly visit to the pub which had a colour telly.
5. The Man From Uncle
Runners up:
Monty Python's Flying Circusssssss
Space 1999 - really just season 1 or else UFO.
[arrrr]
1. Quatermass and the Pit (1958-59) 6 episodes - Scared me silly, I hid behind the couch to watch it (I was 8).
[video=youtube;4lmyyzUSn5Y]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lmyyzUSn5Y[/video]
2. Dr Who - William Hartnell - the rest of the old boys were a joke.
3. It's a Square World - Michael Bentine
4. Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In - entailed a weekly visit to the pub which had a colour telly.
5. The Man From Uncle
Runners up:
Monty Python's Flying Circusssssss
Space 1999 - really just season 1 or else UFO.
[arrrr]
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They must all be shows that I'll rewatch, so some great programmes haven't made the list, like The Expanse and Game of Thrones, shows I thoroughly enjoy but don't actually rewatch.
1) Babylon 5
2) Quantum Leap
3) Frasier
4) Yes Minister, Yes Prime Minister (technically they're two, but...)
5) Red Dwarf
1) Babylon 5
2) Quantum Leap
3) Frasier
4) Yes Minister, Yes Prime Minister (technically they're two, but...)
5) Red Dwarf
I'm surprised nobody has mentioned "Doomwatch" - I thought of adding it to my list but it didn't quite cut the mustard.
Yaffle
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Odd, I was thinking about it earlier today as well. Some were great, but 'tomorrow the rat' had that terrible, comically awful, scene in the kitchen with stuffed rats.
Not necessarily my 'top 5', because I'd have to think about it some more before I was sure I'd not forgotten anything, but 5 to start with...
Dr Who (For sheer longevity, if nothing else...)
MASH
The Simpsons
Father Ted
Peaky Blinders (A bit of a hidden gem, I suspect)
As for Doomwatch, which MalcYorks and Yaffle discuss above, I watched a few episodes again a year or two back, and I have to say they haven't aged well. TV drama has improved a lot over the years, even if TV quality as a whole has declined. The Doomwatch team can't really be blamed for dodgy special effects, given the limitations they were working under, but some of the acting was decidedly wooden.
Dr Who (For sheer longevity, if nothing else...)
MASH
The Simpsons
Father Ted
Peaky Blinders (A bit of a hidden gem, I suspect)
As for Doomwatch, which MalcYorks and Yaffle discuss above, I watched a few episodes again a year or two back, and I have to say they haven't aged well. TV drama has improved a lot over the years, even if TV quality as a whole has declined. The Doomwatch team can't really be blamed for dodgy special effects, given the limitations they were working under, but some of the acting was decidedly wooden.
I'd like to add another show to my "maybe top 5" category, and it's....Lost. Controversial i know, but it was original, and no one can deny it's quality in the first few seasons.
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Quite right and the reason I didn't actually include it. It was, however, extremely popular and I think brought a lot of very relevant issues into "general discussion". So I considered whether is was influential enough to include. I remember people frequently talking about it the next day. The "giant rat" episode was a bit "naff" as has been said but I remember at the time that there was indeed great concern over seemingly larger rats being encountered, a theme that resurfaces every so often, as at present.
1: Babylon 5
No particular order:-
Star Trek TNG
Star Trek Voyager
Stargate
NCIS: Los Angeles
No particular order:-
Star Trek TNG
Star Trek Voyager
Stargate
NCIS: Los Angeles
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I can't believe I've missed Peep Show...Also, nobody even mentioned it? 
Absolute masterpiece.
BTW, you can find all of it for free on youtube. I guess they didn't bother to copyright strike it, or just said "screw it, let people enjoy".
Absolute masterpiece.BTW, you can find all of it for free on youtube. I guess they didn't bother to copyright strike it, or just said "screw it, let people enjoy".
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