Favorite Mini series

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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I have no idea what sparked this random thought in my head, but what the hell:

What is your all time favorite mini series and why? It can be a cable show or regular TV.

Mine is from A& E: Pride and Prejudice, with (be still my heart) Colin Firth. My neighbor turned me on to this (she had the 5 video tape compliation and loaned it to me which got me hooked.) I can now saftely say that I’m well viewed on Jane Austen’s stuff. (Why read the book when you can get the whole story in 90 minutes :slight_smile: )

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Thw Winds of War and War and Remembrance. I got into them when I was working the late shift at the hospital. On the way home, I stopped at King Soopers to return the last installment and get the next one (they were 99 cents). Took a whole month. I read the books too, and like to compare what I rea vs. what was produced.

“That was a hell of a thing.”

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“Rich Man, Poor Man”. Nick Nolte was SO great in that!

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Here’s another vote for “Rich Man Poor Man” – what a great bunch of talent.

I don’t think the guy who killed Nolte ever worked again, did he?

Second favorite would be Centennial – okay, okay, I know Richard Chamberlain was in it, and Robert Conrad trying to do a French accent, but it also had Stephen McHattie – the 70’s precursor to Lance Henriksen. I’d sit through that one again in a heartbeat just to watch him.

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Centennial was great too, AuntiePam.

However, we must clarify: the guy in Rich Man Poor Man killed Nick Nolte’s character, NOT Nick Nolte! And I remember he said he got hundreds of death threats for his effort! He was a villain, all right!

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In no particular order:

QB VII
Centennial
Captains and the Kings

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When I was a wee lad, I thought the most powerful thing I’d ever seen on TV was “Roots.”

I couldn’t wait for the next installment, and I was sad when it ended.

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Have to go with you with Pride and Prejudice -mmmmmmmmmmmm. Can’t stop reading the book either. (of course Colin Firth’s presence in the mini series does add a little something)

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Any of Michael Palin’s amazing travels around the world, such as Pole to Pole.

“I’m just too much for human existence – I should be animated.”
–Wayne Knight

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“I, Claudius”! Hands down, the best mini series ever.

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Surprised no one’s mentioned Sopranos yet – or does that count? It’s still on, and maybe should be considered a regular series rather than a mini-series.

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My favorites: Shogun, Holocaust (very powerful drama) on A&E Jane Eyre with Timothy Dalton (they had the good sense to have Jane be rather plain looking as she is discribed in the book) and Tenko also from A&E .

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Had to be 15 years ago, “Against the Wind”, a classic Brit-bashing Awstrine series about early Sydney.

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Gotta be “The Thorn Birds.” Richard Chamberlin in that one…yummy!

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Roots was incredible.

Put me down as a Rich Man, Poor Man fan too. I had the biggest crush on Peter Strauss.

“Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be.”