What do you watch on TV with your 8-11 year old boys?

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Because I'm struggling to find something that they enjoy which is still interesting to me.

They're staying up later so I want to be able to flump on the sofa occasionally and watch something as a family.

But there's only so many nature docs I can stand!

IS there anything young-boy-friendly and enjoyable for adults on freeview / netflix / amazon?

Me and my 10 year old watch repeats of Miranda and The Good Place on Netflix.

Full House
Fuller House
Schitts Creek
The Chase
Superhero stuff but the grown up kind
Unsuitable shoot ‘em up romps

My 8yo boy likes
Pottery showdown
The masked singer
Old house to new house
Nailed it
The goes wrong show
Would I lie to you
His dark materials
Doctor who

(My 10yo girl likes the same stuff and quizzes eg only connect)

There is a new show on bbc2 this weekend about going to live in Alaska

Everybody loves Raymond might be a bit old for your DC but my DC loved it

Very old B&W films

Dickensian series on BBC from several Christmas ago think might be on iplayer

Grange Hill for 11 year old the original episodes are online

Obviously all of David Attenborough are available on DVD or blu Ray

If they like FAWLTY towers then Terry and June and Dad's Army was and still is loved by DC but bit older than yours

Our DC enjoyed watching carry on films but quite un PC nowadays depends on your viewpoint.

The Carry on Cowboy, Sargent, (the one when they all go to the wrong jobs - forgotten the title atm) and Screaming ones are favourites

There was a show that had a man dressed as a Raven or something like that that had teams of children doing physical challenges

There was another one they enjoyed was like crystal maze where they had to get monkey statues rather than crystals

Ski Sunday on Sunday afternoons about 6pm on bbc2

Full House - there's 9 seasons of it. We're on our third run through.

Got to be Lost in Space.

Also, Monty Python and the Holy Grail is a MUST.

Junior or adult bake off
Dr Who
Master chef
999 what’s your emergency
Helicopter paramedics
Air crash investigations

Mine are girls and we generally watch the above.

Why does tv need to be gender specific? Just because you are a different sex to your son doesn’t mean you have to sit through stuff you don’t enjoy because you think you can’t have anything in common because boy/girl tv is strictly defined..

That obstacle course thing with The Wall at the end was always a favourite. Can't remember what it's called.

We watch
Dr Who
Poirot (he actually cried when Hercule died)
Got What it Takes (for 'the cringe')
Any Bake Off/Sewing Bee/Pottery Challenge type competition
The Next Step
Love It or List It (
The Supervet
The Zoo
The Chaser
Also, 80s classic movies, as PP.
Marvel/DC movies.

The Goldbergs...it’s hilarious we all love it.

Non-sweary Taskmaster via Dave is great (tho I think they talk about Santa I’m one ep).

My son lives Would I lie to you for some reason

Bake off

Currently watching the masked singer.

yy to Outnumbered and helicopter paramedic / motorway police shows.
Also university challenge and only connect, they got one right about octonauts once.

Mine are same age. We tend to watch films, marvel, Harry Potter, men in black, jumanji and the oldest has just got into mission impossible lol. They do watch Simpsons, ninja warrior, BGT, strictly, the oldest likes pointless and the Chase, David Attenborough stuff.

Most of the above but The Simpsons and Outnumbered probably favourites and still watched.

Would I lie to you is an absolute favourite in our house!
Citizen Khan ( an acquired taste but if you like it there are loads on iPlayer)
Fawlty towers ( although does need some explanation of why some things aren't said now)

Mine loved wolf blood, they enjoyed it so much that we ended up buying all of the series on dvd.

Red Dwarf (the early series). On Netflix I think.

Also Star Trek (I like next generation and voyager)

Brooklyn 99
The IT Crowd
Big Bang Theory
Outnumbered
The Simpsons
Futurama

Also Blue Planet or any nature documentary that happens to be on.

His Dark Materials
Anything with Steve Backshaw
Bake off
Would I lie to you?
Documentaries on volcanos
11 year old wants to watch Stranger Things. I said no at first but chatting to other parents have found out some of his friends have enjoyed it and not been really freaked out so maybe...

Timeless
Doctor who
Top gear
Airport programmes

No suggestions to add at the moment as mine are younger (maybe All Creatures Great and Small?)

Mainly wanted to say I'm 40 but I appear to have a 'television taste' age of 10.