For political shows, I think it would be hard to top Yes Minister. Yeah, I'm talking old shows here because I haven't followed TV drama/comedy as closely as I should lately. So, for historical drama both Deadwood and Rome are contenders. For comedy, I really enjoyed The Games.
For political shows, I think it would be hard to top Yes Minister. Yeah, I'm talking old shows here because I haven't followed TV drama/comedy as closely as I should lately. So, for historical drama both Deadwood and Rome are contenders. For comedy, I really enjoyed The Games.
Those are three of the best shows ever, except for the second series of Rome, which was the planned seasons two and three rolled into one for budgetary reasons.
Another one I still love is Mother and Son. Made in Australia from 1984 to 1994, it aged well. Great cast, brilliant script.
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops. - Stephen J. Gould
You've already named my favourite TV show of all-time.
100% verifiable facts or your money back. Anti-fascist. Enemy of woo - theistic or otherwise. Cloth is not an antiviral. Imagination and fantasy is no substitute for tangible reality. Wishing doesn't make it real.
"If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear" - George Orwell
"I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue!" - Barry Goldwater
Breaking Bad
True Detective season 1
Fargo season 2
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Fawtly Towers and Get Smart are two more shows I'd group among the best ever TV series. Also, The Avengers
Speaking of shows who started off well, The Bill comes to mind. The early series were realistic, gritty and almost like a documentary. Over the years it morphed into a soap opera. When the police station was blown up it had well and truly jumped the shark.
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein’s brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops. - Stephen J. Gould
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Clinton Huxley » 21 Jun 2012 » 14:10:36 GMT
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I tore through Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. Nothing like the books, but refreshing abnormal.
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Clinton Huxley » 21 Jun 2012 » 14:10:36 GMT