Yous lost me at “are you being served?” Fucking tatty third rate shite when new.
What a shame that there were only twelve episodes of The Young Ones. It was absolutely brilliant.
And you are unanimous in that!
As Time Goes By. I caught this on PBS when I was living in Minneapolis in the mid-90s and it became a nightly favorite very quickly. This was before Dame Judi became well-known over here and I’ve always felt a bit proprietary about her because I felt like I “discovered” her before her fame in America took off.
Doctor Who (then and now)
The Bill
Broadchurch
Our Friends in the North
Cracker
Downton Abbey
Life on Mars
Sherlock
Just brought this thread back to say that Season 3 of Broadchurch starts this Wednesday on BBC America. It continues to get good reviews. Sadly, the prequel to Prime Suspect has been panned pretty hard.
Also, the third series of Grantchester and the seventh series of Great British Bake-Off (the last one with the original hosts and judges) have been airing on PBS for the past couple of weeks.
Cracker
House of Cards
The Sandbaggers
Upstairs, Downstairs
Prime Suspect
*Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy * (mini-series with Alec Guinness)
*Game, Set, and Match * (another mini-series with Ian Holm. Len Deighton evidently hated it)
MI5
Foyle’s War
Morse
The Prisoner
Nobody has yet mentioned Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979) - the six part BBC series of John le Carré’s novel.
Starring Alec Guinness.
In my opinion it’s the best and most realistic spy story ever filmed.
YouTube:
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - Episode 1 (full episode)
The 2 minute, very slow, opening sequence is simply brilliant!
I’ve enjoyed many of the shows people have already listed. I think one thing that stands out is the British panel show. I don’t know of many US equivalents. I’m thinking of things like Would I Lie To You or QI, which are billed as games with points but really are excuses for talented groups of comedians or entertainers to engage in funny conversation. The best of these have a core set of presenters, often chosen to have a great chemistry, and a rotation of guest comedians as the “contestants”.
Keeping Up Appearances
Scott and Bailey
Smack the Pony
Duchess of Duke Street
Family at War
Doctor Finlay’s Casebook
Danger Man
All Creatures Great and Small
Tony Hancock
Eric Sykes
Bless This House
Rumpole of the Bailey
Black Mirror
No love for the old The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin?
New stuff since I last posted:
The Fall (season 3 was weak though)
Lovesick (originally called Scrotal Recall)
Detectorists
Fleabag