# Favorite Miniseries **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 25, 2026, 8:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-miniseries/1031915 "2026-07-25T08:55:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2026, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-miniseries/1031915/121 "2026-08-04T03:29:59Z")
In another thread I was reminded of another one that I loved. _The Offer_ a ten episode miniseries about the making of _The Godfather._ Yes enough happened to be able to make a 10 episode miniseries. Great cast who did great work especially Matthew Goode. ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2026, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-miniseries/1031915/122 "2026-08-04T04:21:55Z")
Speaking of _The Godfather_-----Francis Ford Coppola reworked the first two movies into a 4 part miniseries (one three-hour episode and three two-hour episodes) that aired on NBC in November of 1977. _The Godfather Saga_ [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The\_Godfather\_Saga](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Godfather_Saga) ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2026, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-miniseries/1031915/123 "2026-08-04T21:06:11Z")
I can’t believe I didn’t immediately think of **The Fall of the House of Usher** I could just watch it on repeat, I find it so good. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2026, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-miniseries/1031915/124 "2026-08-04T22:17:26Z")
Same writer/director has a new miniseries of Carrie, the Stephen King book. He seems to think he has something to offer the previous two filmed adaptations didn’t. I am very interested. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2026, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-miniseries/1031915/125 "2026-08-04T23:04:49Z")
Three versions, the second version was made for TV. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2026, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-miniseries/1031915/126 "2026-08-04T23:59:33Z")
I must have missed this one. I mainly know the 1970s one, which is really good. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2026, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-miniseries/1031915/127 "2026-08-05T00:46:51Z")
I’m a big Mike Flannagan fan so I have high hopes for this one. I don’t doubt that it will be better than the previous two remakes. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2026, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-miniseries/1031915/128 "2026-08-05T01:12:14Z")
> [@ricepad](#): > > I’m gonna go with the recent version of _ **Shogun** _. Among other things, it gave me a chance to practice listening to Japanese while watching a compelling story. I would go with both the recent and the original versions of Shogun. Both great IMHO. Some more of my favorites over the years (in no particular order): The Penguin Dune / Children of Dune (SciFy Channel) The Stand V / V: The Final Battle (original) North and South Winds of War It (90s) Generation Kill Masters of the Air The Queens Gambit Watchmen G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (that was a big deal when I was a kid!) Arguably the Battlestar: Galactica reboot (no idea that it would turn into a series) ---
**Author:** ![ASL\_v2.0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asl_v2.0/32/3525_2.png) [@ASL\_v2.0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASL_v2.0)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2026, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-miniseries/1031915/129 "2026-08-05T02:00:23Z")
> [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](#): > > I’m a big Mike Flannagan fan so I have high hopes for this one. I don’t doubt that it will be better than the previous two remakes. I really liked **The Haunting of Hill House** , but everything since has been just a bit too by the numbers. If Rembrandt had done paint-by-numbers, he’d have been to the art world what Flannagan is to screenplays. Still brilliant, but also still just by the numbers. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2026, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-miniseries/1031915/130 "2026-08-05T02:38:37Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > Dune / Children of Dune (SciFy Channel) Still the best Dune adaptations! ---
**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:** [August 5, 2026, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-miniseries/1031915/131 "2026-08-05T12:36:18Z")
I’m surprised _ **Danger: UXB** _ hasn’t been mentioned yet. I loved that miniseries, shown on _ **Masterpiece Theatre** _ in the US, every butt-clenchingly suspenseful minute of it! ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2026, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-miniseries/1031915/132 "2026-08-05T14:53:56Z")
Wolf Hall is a favorite, I have consumed both the tv series and Hilary Mantel’s trilogy several times. Currently I’m really enjoying Outrageous, about the Mitford sisters. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/WYBX0482G78/maxresdefault.jpg "BritBox Original | Outrageous | BritBox") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYBX0482G78) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favorite-miniseries/1031915.md?page=6)