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The best TV shows of all time ranked...

Palace Old Geezer said:
No mention yet of:
Porridge
Dixon of Dock Green
The Avengers
Hancock's Half Hour
Till Death Us Do Part
The Prisoner
Gideon's Way
Public Eye
The Human Jungle

All better than some of the junk that's churned out today.
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Porridge was a great comedy in its day, but comedy rarely ages well. It is still one of the best British comedies and still worth watching if only for the brilliant performance of Ronnie Barker along with a strong supporting cast.
I should have put On The Buses on my list. Funny in its day and still funny now
in a nostalgic way. The snobby critics hated it. The cast were superb, but it fizzled out when Reg Varney and Michael Robbins left.
 
I just realised that I forgot the original series of Rebus with John Hannah. Brilliant.

You can keep your Ken Stott. The latest one was an improvement on his efforts, but still not a patch on Hannah.
 
1) Reggie Perrin
2) Fawlty Towers
3) Porridge
4) The Singing Detective
5) The Century of Self - Adam Curtis
6) The Power of Nightmares - Adam Curtis
7) The Trap - Adam Curtis
8) Magnetic North - Jonathan Meades
9) The House that Gerry Built - Jonathan Meades
10) The History of Britain - Schama
 
Hrolf The Ganger said:
Porridge was a great comedy in its day, but comedy rarely ages well. It is still one of the best British comedies and still worth watching if only for the brilliant performance of Ronnie Barker along with a strong supporting cast.
I should have put On The Buses on my list. Funny in its day and still funny now
in a nostalgic way. The snobby critics hated it. The cast were superb, but it fizzled out when Reg Varney and Michael Robbins left.
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As an aside Reg Varney always seemed an odd choice as Stan since he was 53 at the time. Nothing wrong with with being 53 but you'd have thought there were younger options available. He was 10 years older than Blakey - Stephen Lewis who wrote the film & play Sparrows Can't Sing.
 
ex hibitionist said:
1) Reggie Perrin
2) Fawlty Towers
3) Porridge
4) The Singing Detective
5) The Century of Self - Adam Curtis
6) The Power of Nightmares - Adam Curtis
7) The Trap - Adam Curtis
8) Magnetic North - Jonathan Meades
9) The House that Gerry Built - Jonathan Meades
10) The History of Britain - Schama
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Jonathan Meades is brilliant. His books are full of extravagant words which make Willo sound like Tonto with a hangover.
 
Yes, Reg got away with playing a younger man and Stephen Lewis looked old for his age with a bit of make up to help.
Sadly, Robbins died young of cancer, Grant killed himself, and Anna Karen died in a house fire.
 
ex hibitionist said:
1) Reggie Perrin
2) Fawlty Towers
3) Porridge
4) The Singing Detective
5) The Century of Self - Adam Curtis
6) The Power of Nightmares - Adam Curtis
7) The Trap - Adam Curtis
8) Magnetic North - Jonathan Meades
9) The House that Gerry Built - Jonathan Meades
10) The History of Britain - Schama
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I recently watched Reginald Perrin again, and I have to say that series one was OK, but the later series was very average. Not as good as I remember it. I think that Rising Damp has aged a little better.

Rossiter burned bright until his death, but his perfectionism was hard going for his fellow actors.
 
I'm re-watching Hinterland bbc freeplay, a deep detective show ...if you can stomach the credits,teeth ,slugs etc.A little bit of welsh now and then, subtitles at times.
 
i love the Sword & Sandal genre. Historical (with facts) is better than Fantasy (with dragons).

- i claudius

- Spartacus, blood and sand

- Rome

- Vikings

- Barbarians ( season One was brill, season two was ruined by woke )

- The Borgias ( Jeremy Irons )


.........although the Britannia series, with Mackenzie Crook, was toilet.


What good Sword & Sandal stuff have i forgot to mention ?
 
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Tidying up after Christmas I uncovered a DVD collection of The Rockford Files that I'd forgotten about. Now, that was a great series with James Garner perfectly cast as the ex-convict turned private eye.

Memorable for the opening credits which featured a different voicemail message left on his phone each episode.
 
Palace Old Geezer said:
Tidying up after Christmas I uncovered a DVD collection of The Rockford Files that I'd forgotten about. Now, that was a great series with James Garner perfectly cast as the ex-convict turned private eye.

Memorable for the opening credits which featured a different voicemail message left on his phone each episode.
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Superb stuff, loved the Rockford files when I was a kid, I’ve acquired every episode of starsky and hutch recently on dvd which I’ll be working my way through soon
 
Lanzo-Ad said:
Alias Smith And Jones
The Fast Show
Lovejoy
Slow horses
Strike
Mr Benn
Hectors house
The Sweeney
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Just watched the latest series of strike, nothing too original and very slow paced, but I’ve always liked it, Holly Grainger is always so watchable as well😇
 
BromleyMonkey said:
Just off the top of my head, mine is

Only fools
Minder
Peep show
Men behaving badly
Fringe
Breaking bad
Game of Thrones( before they lost the plot with last series)
Moving story(comedy drama in the 90’s)
The Sweeney(childhood memories watching with my dad)
The Professional’s
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Has to be only fools and this country is really funny. If you haven’t seen it take a look.
 
cryrst said:
Has to be only fools and this country is really funny. If you haven’t seen it take a look.
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I loved this country, I’m due another watch, daisy may cooper is very good in all her stuff
 
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