# Recommend me some French-language TV

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 13, 2011, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-french-language-tv/574560 "2011-03-13T18:27:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![runcible\_spoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc29f/32.png) [@runcible\_spoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/runcible_spoon)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-french-language-tv/574560/1 "2011-03-13T18:27:40Z")

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I’ve been re-watching One Piece lately, and thinking that it’s kind of cool that I’ve started being able to pick out some of the more commonly used vocabulary; cool, but not useful. So I got to thinking about trying to do the same thing, but for a language I know at least a little of - namely, French. But I don’t know really anything about French TV, so here I am.

I’m having a hard time thinking of a good way to describe my tastes. I generally like shows that are set in unfamiliar environments - so science fiction/fantasy is fun, but I also like period pieces, and also political/legal stuff like Rumpole of the Bailey and The West Wing (can’t stand CSI, though). Love sketch comedy, although I’m not sure how well that comes through in subtitles. I like some detective shows, especially period-y ones: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Cadfael, Poirot, sort-of Rumpole. Science-fiction wise, anything with ongoing political action has a leg up (DS9, B5 were both quite good), but I also like just weird stuff like Invader Zim (and One Piece, come to that).

Any recommendations?

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**Author:** ![janeslogin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@janeslogin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janeslogin)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2011, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-french-language-tv/574560/2 "2011-03-13T23:18:57Z")

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[fr.wwitv.com/](http://fr.wwitv.com/) has a few dozen listed. In English wwitv has a bit of quality stuff and a whole lot of really poor stuff. Some of the poor stuff may be a result of my connections being too slow. I cannot find any place that will discuss these things.

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**Author:** ![runcible\_spoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc29f/32.png) [@runcible\_spoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/runcible_spoon)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-me-some-french-language-tv/574560/3 "2011-03-14T16:59:21Z")

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Hmmm - I can’t even tell what’s shows and what’s channels on that site… plus, of course, I’m hoping for doper recommendations. Anyone?