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Tell me your favourite comfort TV shows

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isometro · 08/09/2022 22:45

Basically anything that is the TV equivalent of a hug. Particularly shows that are perfect for autumn/winter nights, the kind of thing it's nice to watch when it's dark outside and you're curled up under a blanket.

I've rewatched my favourites recently and want to start something new. Gilmore Girls is top of my recommendations and is great for autumn. Friends, How I Met Your Mother and Death in Paradise are all on my list too. I liked Parks and Rec but that seems to have disappeared from Netflix and Prime.

Nothing too sad or soppy please as I'm lonely and struggling after a breakup 😂

Bonus points if it's on Netflix, Prime, Disney+ or any of the free sites/apps

OP posts:
London22 · 10/09/2022 20:02

Motherland
Fraiser
FRIENDS
My go to happy film is Home again- with Reese Witherspoon it's just a lovely, film food film.

London22 · 10/09/2022 20:02

Also Outnumbered

33goingon64 · 10/09/2022 20:05

Having seen the thread title I came on to say Gardener's World and Winter Walks on iplayer but not sure either is what you're looking for!

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London22 · 10/09/2022 20:08

33goingon64 · 10/09/2022 20:05

Having seen the thread title I came on to say Gardener's World and Winter Walks on iplayer but not sure either is what you're looking for!

I love Gardeners world. It's addictive. 🤩🤩🤩

LetsGoFlyAKiteee · 10/09/2022 20:08

It Crowd

Pushing daisies. Have the DVDS so every so often..

HarleySq · 10/09/2022 20:14

Trying. ( Apple TV)

All that Glitters

DomesticBlisters · 10/09/2022 20:15

I love to get a hot drink, a couple of biscuits and a blanket and settle down to watch a crime show 🤣 murder documentaries really relax me 😂

Firefretted · 10/09/2022 20:25

Clarkson's Farm
Grandma's House
Poldark
The Crown

KatRee · 10/09/2022 20:31

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

FatAgainItsLettuceTime · 10/09/2022 20:31

Depends on mood, I have a few different pots of comfort viewing:

Dinner ladies
The Good Life
Are you Being served

Buffy the vampire slayer
Angel
Dr who

E.R
Call the midwife
Seasons 1-5 Greys Anatomy
Casualty 1909

FatAgainItsLettuceTime · 10/09/2022 20:32

Oh and:

I,T crowd
Black books
Red Dwarf

igglu · 10/09/2022 20:32

@anotherpotoftea I second Ghosts. I love it anyway but it was a real comfort blanket when I had a tough time recently

RedRobyn2021 · 10/09/2022 20:33

OP I love this thread

My favourite show is GG

I've always found When Harry Met Sally and Bridget Jones super comforting films.

I'm going to have a think about TV shows.

Fennellathewitch · 10/09/2022 20:38

A place to call home, Australian series wonderful.

RedRobyn2021 · 10/09/2022 20:41

I love lots of the things suggested, I will suggest something different

A Canadian TV show called Being Erica, look up the blurb on Google, it's one of my all time favourites

Also, Ugly Betty. I find that show such an easy amusing watch. Mark is hilarious.

Angelicapickles1 · 10/09/2022 20:44

King Gary on iplayer

RosieRoww · 10/09/2022 20:57

I love Lucy.

anotherpotoftea · 10/09/2022 20:58

RedRobyn2021 · 10/09/2022 20:41

I love lots of the things suggested, I will suggest something different

A Canadian TV show called Being Erica, look up the blurb on Google, it's one of my all time favourites

Also, Ugly Betty. I find that show such an easy amusing watch. Mark is hilarious.

Being Erica is fantastic!

TheTruthAndTheWell · 10/09/2022 21:26

This Is Us, on Disney I think.

It can be both sad and soppy at times, but I watched it when their was a lot of anxiety in my life and used to find it really grounding. It always made me feel very calm.

Figgygal · 10/09/2022 21:27

Friends
Buffy
Sex and the city

Endlessly drop inable

Remagirl · 10/09/2022 21:43

Call The Midwife ❤️

MadameOvary81 · 10/09/2022 21:47

Netflix: Grace and Frankie, Big Bang Theory and Young Sheldon. I also watched The Upshaws the other day and laughed non-stop.

Disney - The Golden Girls and Only murders in the building.

Prime - QI. Sandi Toksvig has a weird calming influence on me!

ChubbyCapybara · 10/09/2022 21:47

SynchOrSwim · 10/09/2022 19:17

@ChubbyCapybara where can I watch the good witch?

There are 5 seasons on Netflix

OhHeySis · 10/09/2022 21:48

Pushing Daisies. Just a lovely show.

Also, and don’t judge me, I find Sarah and Duck very comforting.