Reply With QuoteTinker tailor soldier spy from '79 is must viewing.
Edge of darkness from '85 likewise.
I've just watched all of Star trek next gen again.
Porterhouse blue (from '87?) is witty and hilarious.
Original house of cards likewise.
I decided to catch up on a couple of popular TV series I missed when they were on so I bought complete box sets off eBay.
Messiah with Ken Stott
Prime Suspect with Helen Mirren
They were under a tenner apiece and it was money well spent. They both have a classiness about them which is missing in most modern TV shows.
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
Tinker tailor soldier spy from '79 is must viewing.
Edge of darkness from '85 likewise.
I've just watched all of Star trek next gen again.
Porterhouse blue (from '87?) is witty and hilarious.
Original house of cards likewise.
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Absolute classic! I can remember watching this as a 16 year old when it's was being aired nightly on Sky 1 at 9pm. I might follow suit and plough through these when the evenings pull in a bit and the weather breaks.Originally Posted by stefmcd
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Crazy but I still watch Lovejoy, probably my favourite series ever. Just good fun
We've watched the entire series twice (70-odd episodes) plus watched loads of repeats on TV.
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
Its not a old series, but I really enjoyed Prime Suspect 1973, the prequel to PS.
Cheers..
Jase
That's what made me decide to get the originals.
Eddie
Whole chunks of my life come under the heading "it seemed like a good idea at the time".
For classic 80's American cheese, the A-Team, Streethawk, Knightrider, all brilliant.
Soldier Soldier also stands up to it, a great show.
I was a big fan of Star Trek TNG first time around and have contemplated watching from the beginning again and also X-Files (On Amazon Prime and Netflix) but at 176 and 217 episodes respectively it's a huge time commitment.
Cheers
Neil
Twin Peaks series I and II.
Series III came out recently............ 25 years after the original series.
A masterpiece.
Cheers,
Neil.
The shield is superb a couple of decades old now
The Wire was superb, not sure if it's classed as an 'old series' yet but worth catching up with.
I remember Shoestring. Loved it in the early 80s.
Not so long ago: Life on Mars
Bit older but I always find myself watching MASH and (obviously later) Frasier
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Really enjoyed Happy Valley recently having never watched it first time round. Both series are excellent and very tense at times, each episode seems to end where you just have to watch the next. We’ve never binge watched anything quite like this.
Forgotten about messiah, need to rewatch that.
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Columbo.
Rising Damp.
The Wire. Breaking bad and of course, Hill Street Blues.
Great shouts but I'd say Rising Damp is one of the most underrated comedies of all. Rossiter is simply magnificent. Meant to be a CU next Tuesday to work with though!Columbo.
Rising Damp.
Dalziel & Pascoe.
Warren Clarke is superb throughout.
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Jim.
Someone has uploaded all 17 episodes of The Prisoner on Youtube, so I worked my way through them. It would appear, especially with the last episode, that television writers in the late 60s were users of various recreational pharmaceutical products.
I've recently been enjoying The Equalizer, you can't beat a bit of Edward Woodward combined with some Stewart Copeland 80's synth.
Oh and The Professionals for some Capri action. Mint.
J
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Recently bought an Amazon Fire Stick and the whole back catalogue of the X-Files is on Prime. I'm loving watching it again!
Another fantastic series.
Watched it through again recently, still stands up as a force majeure after all these years.
Cheers,
Neil.
They're all on Netflix. I've watched them all not so long ago (although by "not long" I mean over the course of several years!). I would highly recommend anyone remotely into sci-fi watch DS9, then TNG. TNG has a few of the absolute classic episodes, but DS9 is better overall. In particular, the first season is really good, which makes it a better starting point. The first two seasons of TNG are decidedly shaky, although "Measure of a Man" is probably my all-time favourite ST episode. Apart from that there are maybe only another 3 or 4 watchable episodes before S3, which is when it becomes the Next Generation that most of us remember.
I would probably skip the other ones altogether unless you are a hardcore Trek addict, because on the whole they aren't good. ToS is good as well, but is completely different and I'm not sure it's aged all that well. The remastered edition (also on Netflix) does make it look really good though, with updated effects that are still in keeping with the style and feel of the original (unlike Lucas's butchering of Star Wars).
Still love the old detective dramas, Morse, Lewis, Vera and Miss Marple on ITV3.
The 1980s Taggarts are very gritty and dark. Rather clever in a Chandleresque way.
Deanna Troi ticked some big boxes for me. I was 15 when it started I think.
Dirty wee AndyB!
Apparently Patrick Stewart is reprising the role in a series about what happened after Picard retired from the Enterprise. It's going to be on some American streaming channel I've never heard of.
Hogan's Heroes.
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet
Ive recently been watching the old Crown Court.
Very enjoyable as I do like court based dramas anyway.
The Avengers......all of them. Great series.
I too rate Lovejoy. Pie in the Sky...great series. Would quite like to re watch Hamish Macbeth to see if it lives up to my memories.
All time classics though are Rising Damp and Yes Minster (not series really though).
I've recently enjoyed re-runs of The Professionals, The Persuaders....just need Jason King back on!
The West Wing.
ER
I always enjoyed Rumpole Of The Bailey very witty and clever .Also tales of the unexpected was enjoyable
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Jeeves and Wooster are always good fun.
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Jeeves and Wooster are always good fun.
Love Rumpole. McKern's performance was a tour De force.
The Beiderbecke Affair - James Bolam at his best, post likely lads. This was shown as a trilogy originally I believe but I managed to pick them up on DVD a while ago, well worth hunting out if you can find them.
Funnily enough I have these ready to watch.
Yes Minister, Yes Prime Minister and the four Reggie Perrin series are all crackers.
"A man of little significance"
I, Clavdivs
Oh yes!
Just filled with star names (even young Patrick Stewart as a Roman soldier!)
Wonderful series with Derek Jacobi at his best.
Cheers,
Neil.
Oh yes, quite brilliant. I also remember from perhaps around the same time Bodyline about the 1933 test matches against the whining Aussies and a series called On The Line about a fictitious (British Leyland really) car company.
Does anyone remember a series called something like Yang Ptang Kipperbang? A storyline similar to Gregory's Girl but with a running naration by John Arlott, I think.
I remember the TV movie on Channel 4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%27ta...ng,_Kipperbang
In my dotage I remembered it as a series, but it is indeed that.
Quatermass
When the Boat Comes In. Watched an episode on the drama channel, ended up buying the dvd's
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Whenever I hear the theme tune I'm immediately transported back to the 80's
^^^ Good shout, Homicide:Life on the streets was superb as well.
J
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Been working my way through the box sets of Only Fools and Horses, it’s impossible to tire of that. Then onto the Inbetweeners for a fix of immature humour and then re-watching Breaking Bad.
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