# British TV series with the most eye candy? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 2, 2015, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-tv-series-with-the-most-eye-candy/724090 "2015-07-02T23:45:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Stealth\_Bragg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4bbf92/32.png) [@Stealth\_Bragg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stealth_Bragg)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-tv-series-with-the-most-eye-candy/724090/21 "2015-07-06T12:52:03Z")
“Hollyoaks” a kind of soap-lite (set in Chester) had a load of awesome totty when it was first on (about 1995 - 2000). Well worth a look at the time hubba hubba 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-tv-series-with-the-most-eye-candy/724090/22 "2015-07-06T16:45:57Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > If you include the cars, definitely. True. …And if there Had to be a remake? Kate Beckinsale as Mrs. Peel…ftw. ---
**Author:** ![LurkerInNJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ed655f/32.png) [@LurkerInNJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkerInNJ)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-tv-series-with-the-most-eye-candy/724090/23 "2015-07-08T19:13:33Z")
Poldark. I stopped in my tracks when I saw Aidan Turner in the fields, shirtless. I’m used to seeing exceptional so I’m not easily impressed … but he is breathtaking. I hope this series goes on forever. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-tv-series-with-the-most-eye-candy/724090/24 "2015-07-08T19:15:38Z")
> [@LurkerInNJ](#): > > Poldark. Ross and Demelza’s kids will have scarily sharp cheekbones. ---
**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-tv-series-with-the-most-eye-candy/724090/25 "2015-07-08T19:24:58Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > _ **UFO** _ :)! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-tv-series-with-the-most-eye-candy/724090/26 "2015-07-08T19:32:15Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I watched Ep 1 of Season 3 yesterday, too, and > I DID NOT LIKE WHAT HAPPENED!!! > > I loved the first two seasons, and I was completely blindsided. Dang. FWIU, he simply didn’t want to continue in the series any longer. They weren’t even sure he’d be back for the second season. You gotta wonder about the high rate of CDI turnover on that island, though… :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-tv-series-with-the-most-eye-candy/724090/27 "2015-07-08T19:33:33Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > _ **UFO** _: > > IIRC, there was also an accidental bare bum shot in one episode. :o Benedict Cumberbatch’s mum, Wanda Ventham, played the really rather attractive [Colonel Virginia Lake](http://www.ka1bqp.org/uploads/4/2/0/4/4204911/4940543.jpg) in that. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-tv-series-with-the-most-eye-candy/724090/28 "2015-07-08T19:41:22Z")
Please, no spoilers, as I am furiously adding these to my queue. Please give me shows with goodlooking men, I could really not care less about the women. But a sharp dressed goodlooking English man will light my fire every time. Poldark unfortunately is not available on DVD or instant on Netflix yet. I have added Avengers, Silent Witness, Jewel in the Crown, and Death in Paradise. More? ---
**Author:** ![Staggerlee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/staggerlee/32/3134_2.png) [@Staggerlee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Staggerlee)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-tv-series-with-the-most-eye-candy/724090/29 "2015-07-08T19:53:28Z")
> [@Stealth\_Bragg](#): > > “Hollyoaks” a kind of soap-lite (set in Chester) had a load of awesome totty when it was first on (about 1995 - 2000). Well worth a look at the time hubba hubba 😛 My cousin Zoe played the character ‘Zoe’ in that a few years ago, and now writes for it. It is unfortunately a terrible programme, from the glimpses I’ve endured. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-tv-series-with-the-most-eye-candy/724090/30 "2015-07-08T20:00:01Z")
> [@Stealth\_Bragg](#): > > “Hollyoaks” a kind of soap-lite (set in Chester) had a load of awesome totty when it was first on (about 1995 - 2000). Well worth a look at the time hubba hubba 😛 What is totty? I had to google this to discover it was not for me (refers to a girl). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-tv-series-with-the-most-eye-candy/724090/31 "2015-07-08T20:37:06Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > What is totty? I had to google this to discover it was not for me. “Please, Wallace, call me ‘Totty’”: [Lady Campanula Tottington | Wallace and Gromit Wiki | Fandom](http://wallaceandgromit.wikia.com/wiki/Lady_Tottington)🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-tv-series-with-the-most-eye-candy/724090/32 "2015-07-08T20:39:39Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > “Please, Wallace, call me ‘Totty’”: > > [Lady Campanula Tottington | Wallace and Gromit Wiki | Fandom](http://wallaceandgromit.wikia.com/wiki/Lady_Tottington)🙂 OH MY GOD. Was there a double meaning in that movie? When she said “call me totty” was she saying call me “hotty”? I love that movie but I never caught that. British people are so cute! ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Lowry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Sam\_Lowry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Lowry)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-tv-series-with-the-most-eye-candy/724090/33 "2015-07-08T20:51:04Z")
The Robin Hood series from a few years ago is not terribly good, but does have some very fine looking men. It was on Netflix recently, I’m not sure if it still is. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-tv-series-with-the-most-eye-candy/724090/34 "2015-07-08T21:16:58Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Poldark unfortunately is not available on DVD or instant on Netflix yet. I have added Avengers, Silent Witness, Jewel in the Crown, and Death in Paradise. More? _ **The Saint** _? _ **The Persuaders** _? _**Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased)**_? _ **Danger: UXB** _? _ **Foyle’s War** _? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![kbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4491bb/32.png) [@kbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kbear)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-tv-series-with-the-most-eye-candy/724090/35 "2015-07-08T21:21:15Z")
If you don’t mind your favourite characters killed off every other season, Spooks had a fair bit of eye candy with Matthew Macfadyn, David Oyelowo, Rupert Penry Jones and Richard Armitage. ---
**Author:** ![kbear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4491bb/32.png) [@kbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kbear)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-tv-series-with-the-most-eye-candy/724090/36 "2015-07-08T21:28:01Z")
Sorry wrong eye candy. Wasn’t paying attention to the OP. The girls in Spooks were pretty hot too! ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-tv-series-with-the-most-eye-candy/724090/37 "2015-07-08T21:31:40Z")
> [@kbear](#): > > Sorry wrong eye candy. Wasn’t paying attention to the OP. The girls in Spooks were pretty hot too! Ah, but Anaamika, at least, isn’t interested in totty! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![bmoak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@bmoak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmoak)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-tv-series-with-the-most-eye-candy/724090/38 "2015-07-08T22:06:57Z")
Well, Death in Paradise is British-French co-production, so that up the ratio of good-looking people right there. ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-tv-series-with-the-most-eye-candy/724090/39 "2015-07-08T22:34:27Z")
_Torchwood_, Eve. Er, Gwen. _Torchwood_, Eve. Er, Gwen. Sorry, sorry - I know the OP said “series with the _most_ eye candy.” I’ll get hold of myself shortly and come up with something els _Torchwood_, Eve. ETA: Er, Gwen. ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-tv-series-with-the-most-eye-candy/724090/40 "2015-07-09T02:19:33Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > The Avengers. > In My Life I have **Never** wanted to drive an Old Bentley. > > _cough_ …Diana Rigg? _cough_ > _cough_ … cat suit…? _cough_ > > Right. Where are the keys, then…? +1 Diana Rigg was brought in specifically to appeal to male viewers, or what marketing jargon at the time called “M” appeal. 😉 (I probably learned that here.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-tv-series-with-the-most-eye-candy/724090.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/british-tv-series-with-the-most-eye-candy/724090.md?page=3)