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    Your top 10 TV series past and present.

    Would be interested to see what others consider to be their favourite top 10 TV series that they considered to be must see viewing. I know there's a best TV thread but I thought it might be useful to see lists as it will enable us to identify people who have similar tastes and maybe find something on their lists that we've not seen.

    10.Deadwood
    9. The Singing Detective
    8. Prime Suspect
    7. House of Cards (UK)
    6. Ozarks
    5. Cracker (UK)
    4. Better Call Saul
    3. Breaking Bad
    2. The Wire
    1. Boys From the Blackstuff


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    10. The Prisoner
    9. The X Files
    8. Better Call Saul
    7. Twin Peaks
    6. The Sopranos
    5. Black Mirror
    4. The West Wing
    3. The Shield
    2. The Wire
    1. Breaking Bad

    Hardly startlingly original but those are what immediately sprung to mind. I've left comedies out as that's a whole other conversation.

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    In no real order apart from the top 3...

    10. Entourage
    9. The Chapelle Show
    8. Guilt
    7. Snowfall
    6. Phoenix Nights
    5. Only Fools and Horses
    4. Top Boy
    3. True Detective
    2. The Wire
    1. The Sopranos

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    1 Sopranos
    2 Wire
    3 BB
    4 Saul (interchangeable with BB)
    5 Peaky Blinders
    7 Mad Men
    8 Broadwalk Empire
    9 Deadwood
    10 Auf Wiedersehen Pet

    All fairly predictable but good telly is good telly.

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    The least original list, and In no particular order

    1) Breaking Bad
    2) Better Call Saul
    3) The Wire
    4) The Shield
    5) The Sopranos
    6) The Simpsons (seasons 1-10)
    7) The Office (UK)
    8) OFAH
    9) Stranger Things
    10) The West Wing

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    Band of Brothers
    Breaking Bad
    The Wire
    24
    Spooks
    Game of Thrones
    Better Call Saul
    House
    Suits
    Dexter

    Sopranos & Homicide Life on the Street both good but dated by the time I watched them.

    Also a fan of CSI New York. Not the best but I find those things very watchable.

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    No particular order

    Lost
    Boardwalk Empire
    Band of Brothers
    The Shield
    Homicide - Life on the streets
    Ray Donovan
    American Horror Story
    Vikings
    Fortitude
    How to get away with murder

    Could easily post another 10 on any given day.

    Special shout to Murder One which must've been one of the first shows aired on SKY.
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    In no particular order,

    Final Space
    The Office UK
    Life On Mars
    Peep Show (up to season five)
    Simpsons (up to season nine)
    Garth Merenghi's Dark Place
    The Wire
    Black Mirror
    The Inbetweeners
    Planet Earth


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    Mr Robot
    Breaking Bad
    Better Call Saul
    Lost
    Cosmos
    Stranger Things
    Sons of Anarchy
    Power
    Dexter
    You

    Honourable mention for dream team back in the day.

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    Some great calls there. I'm beginning to doubt my own choices.

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    Band of Brothers
    The Wire
    Game of Thrones
    The World at War
    Planet Earth 1&2
    Buffy the Vampire Slayer (don't judge me)
    Soccer AM (peak lovejoy years)
    Eastbound and Down
    South Park
    Boardwalk Empire

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    1 Leftovers
    2 Star Trek the next generation
    3 Falling skies
    4 Under the Dome
    5 Peaky blinders
    6 Stranger Things
    7 Breaking Bad
    8 Lost
    9 Black Mirror
    10 Orphan Black

    Not necessarily in that order. I’d probably have 10 different if you asked again next week.

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    Quote Originally Posted by lord bunberry View Post
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    1 Leftovers
    2 Star Trek the next generation
    3 Falling skies
    4 Under the Dome
    5 Peaky blinders
    6 Stranger Things
    7 Breaking Bad
    8 Lost
    9 Black Mirror
    10 Orphan Black

    Not necessarily in that order. I’d probably have 10 different if you asked again next week.
    I'm just finishing the final season of Under the Dome on Amazon Prime after an extremely long delay, I'm not sure it deserves to be on anyone's list. 😏

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    In no order.

    Boys from the Blackstuff
    Auf Wiedersehen Pet
    Our Friends in the North
    Endeavour (I'm surprised I'm the first to mention it).
    Prime Suspect
    Band of Brothers
    House
    House of Cards (the 1990 British original & the sequels)
    The Bridge (Danish)
    Cracker

    Honorable mentions for Person of Interest, Blacklist & Minder.

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    1 Yes Minister/Yes Prime Minister
    2 The Thick Of It
    3 The Larry Sanders Show
    4 Father Ted
    5 The Sopranos
    6 Band of Brothers
    7 True Detective
    8 The West Wing
    9 Stranger Things
    10 Gomorrah

    Edit -I want to drop something for Hill Street Blues but not sure what, probably True Detective.

    Second edit -Aargh! Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy needs to be in -Gomorrah or Stranger Things could be at risk!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mon Dieu4 View Post
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    Band of Brothers
    The Wire
    Game of Thrones
    The World at War
    Planet Earth 1&2
    Buffy the Vampire Slayer (don't judge me)
    Soccer AM (peak lovejoy years)
    Eastbound and Down
    South Park
    Boardwalk Empire
    I was very close to including Buffy in my list, I loved it
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    Probably forgot some but...

    Veronica Mars
    Game of Thrones
    Better Call Saul
    Watchmen (bit of recency biase but it was tremendous)
    Lost

    Top 5 being
    5. Breaking Bad
    4. Band of Bros
    3. Mad Men
    2. Sopranos
    1. The Wire
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    Could do comedies separately, in no order

    10. Peep Show
    9. The Trip
    8. Thick of It
    7. Seinfeld
    6. Frasier
    5. Curb Your Enthusiasm
    4. Master of None
    3. I’m Alan Partridge
    2. Phoenix Nights
    1. The Office

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tyler Durden View Post
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    Could do comedies separately, in no order

    10. Peep Show
    9. The Trip
    8. Thick of It
    7. Seinfeld
    6. Frasier
    5. Curb Your Enthusiasm
    4. Master of None
    3. I’m Alan Partridge
    2. Phoenix Nights
    1. The Office
    The Thick Of It wasn’t comedy, it was documentary
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    ER
    the newsroom
    supernatural
    blue bloods
    house

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    The West Wing
    Boardwalk Empire
    Banshee
    Miami Vice
    Band of Brothers
    Chernobyl
    Fargo
    Six Feet Under
    This Life
    Ozark
    Homeland

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    Royle Family
    Early Doors
    Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy/Smiley's People
    The IT Crowd
    Blackadder
    Big Bang Theory
    Starsky & Hutch
    Auf Wiedersehn Pet
    Cheers!
    Line of Duty (series 1&2)

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    1 Yes Minister/Yes Prime Minister
    2 The Thick Of It
    3 The Larry Sanders Show
    4 Father Ted
    5 The Sopranos
    6 Band of Brothers
    7 True Detective
    8 The West Wing
    9 Stranger Things
    10 Gomorrah

    Edit -I want to drop something for Hill Street Blues but not sure what, probably True Detective.

    Second edit -Aargh! Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy needs to be in -Gomorrah or Stranger Things could be at risk!
    Yes Minister! Should’ve had that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Modfather View Post
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    The least original list, and In no particular order

    1) Breaking Bad
    2) Better Call Saul
    3) The Wire
    4) The Shield
    5) The Sopranos
    6) The Simpsons (seasons 1-10)
    7) The Office (UK)
    8) OFAH
    9) Stranger Things
    10) The West Wing
    Should probably have had Fresh Prince Of Bel Air on my list. Loved that bank in the day. Succession another I really enjoyed.

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    Yes Minister! Should’ve had that.
    I remember a series on BBC 2 where people had to argue for their favourite comedy shows. It was the usual suspects - Hancock’s Half Hour, Monty Python, Only Fools And Horses, Peep Show maybe?

    Anyway, Armando Ianucci argued for YM/YPM very eloquently. He talked about how basically it and Larry Sanders influenced how he wrote The Thick Of It.

    I go go back to it frequently, and the books - they have ridiculously funny footnotes that never made it onto TV - and pretty much every scene remains relevant.

    I wasn’t a fan of the remake - they had toured with it for a long time and it had gone down well. I like David Haig as an actor but he wasn’t quite right in his role, whereas the actor who played Sir Humphrey might have been better, he actually physicallly resembled Paul Eddington to a degree.
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    1 Yes Minister/Yes Prime Minister
    2 The Thick Of It
    3 The Larry Sanders Show
    4 Father Ted
    5 The Sopranos
    6 Band of Brothers
    7 True Detective
    8 The West Wing
    9 Stranger Things
    10 Gomorrah

    Edit -I want to drop something for Hill Street Blues but not sure what, probably True Detective.

    Second edit -Aargh! Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy needs to be in -Gomorrah or Stranger Things could be at risk!
    Forgot about Larry Sanders - really want to rewatch, haven’t seen it since it first aired on BBC2. The Judd Apatow documentary on Garry Shandling is really great if you’ve not seen that

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    Should probably have had Fresh Prince Of Bel Air on my list. Loved that bank in the day. Succession another I really enjoyed.
    Succession is definitely my favourite new show in the last 3-4 years. Might have a bit of a wait on our hands now for season 3

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    Ray Donovan
    Peaky Blinders
    Boys From The Blackstuff
    The Sopranos
    Breaking Bad
    The Wire
    Spitting Image
    Band Of Brothers
    Boardwalk Empire
    The Sweeney

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    Game Of Thrones
    Top Boy
    The Boys
    Stranger Things
    The Inbetweeners
    Black Mirror
    Line Of Duty
    Fawlty Towers
    The Mandalorian
    Sex Education

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    I'm just finishing the final season of Under the Dome on Amazon Prime after an extremely long delay, I'm not sure it deserves to be on anyone's list. 😏
    I quite enjoyed it. It was probably the first box set I watched so I may be seeing it through rose tinted glasses.

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