Your favourite TV series that no one else you know has seen

[SinkGirl]

Currently unable to sleep so thought I would ask others!

I feel like I’ve seen everything that’s regularly recommended but I have a few TV shows I love that rarely ever come up in discussions. I figured I would share mine and maybe others could share theirs and we can all find something new to us!

The main ones that come to mind for me are:
Silicon Valley
Barry
Carnivale
Party Dowb

Almost all HBO so harder to get hold of but all absolutely brilliant and worth seeking out.

Also 30 Rock and The Shield - these come up more often but still not widely seen in the UK

What are yours?

Deutschland 83/86 (soon to be an '89 as well) on Walter Presents/ Channel 4. Beautifully shot and acted spy shenanigans in a 1980s East Germany where everybody is surprisingly stylish and sexy . As it's subtitled, you can't check your phone during it as you'll miss an entire convoluted plot twist and never catch up with who's about to cause WW3.

Chernobyl (although this was supposed to be quite popular, but I've never met anyone else who's seen it)

On the strength of those two^, I think I may well be into The Americans, from reading this thread.

YY to The Marvellous Mrs Maisel- funny, sharp, feminist and great clothes.

Excited to hear people talking about a recent episode of This is Us- I watched 4 episodes of the latest season, and then they seemed to stop for a while (presumably because of Covid?) Are there more now? Since it had pretty much gone into real time, I'm looking forward to the US election seen from the point of view of a black political family in Philadelphia!

The Secret Life of Us and Attachments

@LunaNorth

Call My Agent - a French comedy drama set in a Paris acting agency. It has big-name guest stars (think Juliette Binoche, Monica Bellucci), a crackling script and is so perfectly Parisian.

I love it so, and hardly anyone will watch it - as soon as I mention the subtitles, they turn their noses up!

That is a great show - just started watching it and love it! Wish my eye bags looked so chic.

also Britannia - great show - I think it is on Sky

Ooh what about a prog on the BBC 80s prob called Star Cops.

I bought the single of the theme tune

I'm too airy fairy for deuchland dh watched whilst I played on my phone

@YesIlikeitto we discovered it on holiday in Tenerife of all places, it was on some weird channel in the early hours. When we got home we bought the boxset on dvd and have watched it a ridiculous amount of times. Love the balcony scenes with Denny and Alan, although Alan was an utter pig and my least favourite character. Loved Brad and Denise, he was a bit dumb for a lawyer but he was very funny, it started to tail off when quite a few main characters left. Wasn't a fan of Clarice/Clarence, Cohoe, Gerry or Katie but I did love Ivan (Tom Selleck) and Shirley's relationship

Friday Night Lights.
Brilliant. And nobody else seems to have seen it, even on here.

It’s a shame people generally avoid subtitles so much - some of our favourites are forrin

Best one is Shtisel - orthodox Jewish family in Israel - fabulous
Call my agent is Tres fun !
Srugim - Jewish version of friends
Danish political thriller on Netflix, can’t remember the name off the top of my head

Mulberry Days (years ago) loved it but no one seems to know it!
Nighty Night - bonkers
Him and Her
Vote for ‘Two Doors Up
Raised by Wolves - currently on catch up!

This is Us
Blacklist
Hannibal (this was so amazing apart from the rushed ending)
Gary Tank Commander
Spiral/engrenages

@crackofdoom We seem to have very similar taste, I loved Deutschland and Chernobyl too. I think you'll enjoy The Americans.

Orphan Black

@NiceGerbil

Ooh what about a prog on the BBC 80s prob called Star Cops.

I bought the single of the theme tune

Star Fleet? Theme tune by Brian May.

On a side note, I hate dubbing and prefer subtitles but not everyone does. On Netflix you can often choose your preferred audio language and/or subtitles by going into - Wait for it - Audio and Subtitles.

Sorry if I'm stating the obvious but I know people in RL who say they won't watch something with subtitles and didn't know you could do this.

@MarvellousMunchkin yes to orphan black!! I'm so glad her English accent got better over time 😂

Shtisel
Superstore
Brassic
Flowers

@Purplealienpuke

Being Human Ideal Nighty Night Harrow Lucifer Preacher Justified Mum Better Things

Im sure there's more but I'm tired today 😴

Hello fellow Harrow fan. Literally nobody in real life has heard of it.

Also currently loving Resident Alien and nobody else seems to be.

Currently into Superstore it reminds me of Parks and Rec

@anastasiakrupnik

The 100. I started watching as it's full of ex-Neighbours cast members (which no one I know watches either) but six seasons on DH and Iare still watching. It's teens do Battlestar Galactica, a sort of post-apocalyptic Hollyoaks. But good.

I love neighbours & watch it religiously!! Along with Home & Away

I need to give Superstore another go - I’ve only seen the pilot. Pretty sure the creator was involved in The Office (US) which is definitely one of my favourite comedies (crappy pilot, average first season but then brilliant).

NBC have had amazing comedies in the past - at one point they had The Office, 30 Rock, Parks & Rec and Community all at the same time. That’s bonkers. Hasn’t been such great American comedy since, other than what’s on HBO. I think Barry is one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen but also dark and sad - we need more programmes like that. Series 3 would be done already if it weren’t for COVID but it seems they’ve already written series 3 and 4. Can’t wait for it.

Having so many mentions of superstore I’ve decided that is my next comedy binge :o

This is us !!!!!! Stick with it , it's amazing xxxxx

The Hook Up Plan on Netflix - Hilarious beautiful French escapism, plus a bonus lockdown episode at the end. I've scrolled through the thread and doesn't look like there's been a mention of it, forgive me if there has already. I thoroughly recommend it, best program of 2020 for me.