Name a tv show that you enjoyed but is not widely popular

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Hoping some hidden gems might be found!

Tonight I saw A Woman of No Importance. It's a monologue performed by Patricia Routledge. I think it's from the 80s? Anyway, what I thought was a bit of satire really shone a light on loneliness and what a life ends up as, or can end up as. Also, PR didn't half know how to deliver a monologue! I'd pretty much only known her as Hyacinth Bucket.

Halt and Catch Fire. It’s set in the 80s and is about the development of the personal computer. Really good.

DH and I tried that and gave up as neither of us found it funny, different SOH. 🤷‍♀️

and now I've just remembered Jericho to. About a town after a nuclear apocalypse that managed to avoid destruction by being in a valley. It has Skeet Ulrich in it, only ran for one season. But that one season is perfect!
@Sasha07 No one has ever heard of Wayward Pines and it's such a shame! that show was brilliant

Thank you for the recommendations - I’m going to check out orphan black later!

My contributions are:
Offspring, an Australian series which is funny and moving in equal measure. It got me through lockdown; the characters were my friends and company when others weren’t allowed to be!

Colin from Accounts, a really funny series which matches my sense of humour perfectly! Also Australian, now I think about it…

Friday Night Lights (TV series, not the film). It's American, no one here seems to have seen it.

Going back a bit, I loved Mr. Don and Mr. George, the surreal humour is right up my street.

Early Doors - absolutely hilariously funny and perfect comedy writing! But noone seems to know about it! Its just perfection.

Dirty sexy money was fantastic!! I watched Succession years later, and I assume that the writers have also watched this show, thats all i'll say.

• Say yes to the dress Lancashire is bloody lovely viewing!
• A podcast - mumsnet aibu. SO GOOD!
• Rescue Mediums
• Babylon Berlin
• welcome to Sweden
• Fallet

Another vote also for Unreal (season 1 only though), it is bingeable. Also Shrinking (recent show) on Apple TV. So many good ones on these lists.

If you liked Colin from Accounts try No Activity.

No I think that one is A Cream Cracker under the Settee.

She's very good at that one too and it was also my first thought.

If you have Disney + then Mr Inbetween.

I never usually like fantasy stuff but I was obsessed with Grimm and binge watched it - love it.

I have still not (and never will) forgive ITV for cancelling Whitechapel, one of my all-time favourite shows, so creepy and dark.

A few I loved that were cancelled are hannibal, harlots, lie to me, alcatraz, red band society, Anne with an E and deadwood.

Turn up Charlie, with Idris Alba as a nanny (Netflix)

Trying - Apple TV - bitter sweet series but superb

Smichadoon (sp?) - Apple TV - popular in some circles. Brilliant series (please do series 3).

The Happy Apple - staring Lesley Ash

Crapston Villas, which was a stop motion animation series written by Sarah Kennedy (Miss Rabbit from Peppa Pig!) about characters living in a rundown block of flats in London. It was on Channel Four in the late 90s and I really enjoyed it but nobody else ever seems to have watched it!

Extras also very funny. I loved that they had a succession of A listers who were all absolute monsters on their fictional film sets. Ben Stiller was my favourite (WILL YOU STOP GOING ON ABOUT YOUR F*CKING DEAD WIFE!)

Prisoner CBH. The early episodes of it are on My5. But couldn’t get on with Wentworth at all.

I'm not sure why people are mentioning After Life or Extras on this thread

I'm pretty sure they were/are widely popular!

Alpha House - best American political drama/comedy there is. Got cancelled after a couple of seasons presumably because Americans didn't find it funny (not sanctimonious /partisan enough would be my guess).

Am loving this thread. Thanks @PoodlesRUs and everyone who has contributed.

I'm making a list of the ones I want to now go and look for.

I loved 2DTV! I loved it so much I had it on DVD - might still have it somewhere now you mention it.

Better Things - it's one of my all-time faves and I don't know anyone else who likes IRL