dAVe80 Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 It came down between Wire In The Blood, Cracker, Our Friends In The North, Columbo and Seinfeld and even after a little thought its Seinfeld. Great shout! I missed it the first time around, but watched it about 10 years ago, when they repeated it on BBC Four, and agree it was brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 I have a thing approaching man love for Christopher Eccleston, I think he is excellent in that, as is the rest of the cast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted March 10, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted March 10, 2015 What's a TV 'show'? A one-off drama? A long-running series? Sitcom? Sketch show? Documentary? Current affairs programme? Cartoon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lapal_fan Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 The correct answer to the OP question is The Simpsons. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
islingtonclaret Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 I can't decide between yes, minister or yes, prime minister...but one of the two. Black books would probably come in second. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Battlestar Galactica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bickster Posted March 10, 2015 Moderator Share Posted March 10, 2015 I have a thing approaching man love for Christopher Eccleston, I think he is excellent in that, as is the rest of the cast.I have the exact opposite, he makes me turn off the TV in an instant. Can't explain it either, its totally irrational. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seat68 Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 I have a thing approaching man love for Christopher Eccleston, I think he is excellent in that, as is the rest of the cast. I have the exact opposite, he makes me turn off the TV in an instant. Can't explain it either, its totally irrational. I can understand that, I have certain actors who I am that way about. Simon Pegg. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paddywhack Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 The correct answer to the OP question is The Simpsons. Maybe if it had stopped 15 years ago. I know that's not an original opinion, but what you gonna do about it, huh!? The earlier, great episodes with the terrible new episodes just mean the average episode is average. Science, that. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Rev Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Absolutely. The best episodes of The Simpsons are right up there with the finest television ever made. Unfortunately they have churned out so much mediocrity since the glory days that your chances of chancing upon a classic episode on TV are incredibly low. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted March 11, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted March 11, 2015 (edited) So, in conclusion, the best TV Show of all time is... "Other" Never seen it Edited March 11, 2015 by Stevo985 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted March 11, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted March 11, 2015 Cant wait to see if the Americans copy 'Other'! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DrUnKeNbUm Posted March 11, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted March 11, 2015 7 pages in and no mention of "one foot in the grave"?! I dont believe it! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PussEKatt Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 Its got to be Fawlty Towers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulMcgrathsknees Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 US - The Wire and Frasier UK - This Life Other - The Killing/ Borgen/ Spiral all brilliant in equal amounts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted March 12, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted March 12, 2015 7 pages in and no mention of "one foot in the grave"?! I dont believe it! you crazy fool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrUnKeNbUm Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 7 pages in and no mention of "one foot in the grave"?! I dont believe it! you crazy fool! Ahhhh. The A Team. ... good shout 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lichfield Dean Posted March 12, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted March 12, 2015 Buffy. There was TV before Buffy, then TV after it. Changed everything about the way episodic television worked. Plus it was so unbelievably brilliantly well written. Would also give a nod to Babylon 5 for its sheer ambition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted March 12, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted March 12, 2015 Buffy. There was TV before Buffy, then TV after it. Changed everything about the way episodic television worked. Plus it was so unbelievably brilliantly well written. Would also give a nod to Babylon 5 for its sheer ambition. Crikey. I was going to nominate Kenneth Clarke's "Civilisation" or Bronowski's "The Ascent of Man", but maybe I'm in the wrong thread. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted March 13, 2015 Author Share Posted March 13, 2015 The sad thing about The Wire is that it will ultimately seem very dated, because it was so topical to the times on so many levels. The "realism" that made it so intense will be the very thing that sort of spoils it 15-20 years from now. Or maybe I'm just a cynical bastard. Come to think of it, "Hamsterdam" was not realistic at all. A liberal wet dream maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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