To ask if you think there is a perfect TV series?

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For me it’s BBC’s 1995 Pride and Prejudice. Absolute perfection, I wouldn’t change a thing!

The Bridge

And

Spiral

Both amazing

For me it's
Fawlty towers
This country
Nightie night

Seinfeld:

• All characters are deeply flawed and somewhat despicable, which makes the series scrutiny-proof, contrary to Friends. Been offensive has always been part of the series' DNA.

• They manage to have a recurring character who dies and still, it's hilarious. It's genius.

• It's a series about nothing, which makes it very relatable. It's nothing more than a caricature of a daily, normal, boring life. We all had a bad hairdresser we didn't want to see at the salon, or a friend that we wanted to "break up with" or the ick because a date said "lol" in a text etc...

• Personally, it made me funnier. It actually shaped my own humour.

Another perfect series for me is the Royale Family. The fact that the camera moves around the living room makes it intimate. As a spectator you're part of the family. It's incredibely funny, but there's no contempt for this family, just sweet fondness.

And then Bojack Horseman. It's funny on so so many levels, but also so deep and sometimes devastating. The episode in the sea is a masterpiece.

And then the usual The Wire and The Sopranos. It's at the same level of an award winning film.

Yes yes to Bojack Horseman.

Has a slow start but when it hits its stride, wow.

This is so true, I found it a tough watch and no desire to rewatch but it deeply affected me with questions like this! Amazing.

agree with many of these especially Detectorists.

From other threads like this in the past I’ve discovered so many old series like Cranford, Upstairs downstairs etc that I would have been too young for first time round.

I’ll also add
Weeds - great story telling
Never have I Ever - just so funny and sweet and charming
Sex education - the first series

I hated Fleabag! Can’t bear PWB

Not in any order:

Brideshead Revisited
The Jewel in the Crown
Happy Valley
Poirot
Miss Marple (Joan Hickson version)
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Granada, Jeremy Brett)
Pride and Prejudice
Elizabeth R

Those are dramas - but there are loads of documentaries, too. Mainly from the past since I find docs very dumbed-down now, a bit like kids' TV!

I can now add Heartstopper season 2 to my list.

Dinnerladies. I absolutely love it and watch it every single time it is on. The writing is amazing and it makes my heart happy.

There are a few...

Dollhouse
Firefly
BSG (the reboot)
Good Omens
White Collar

Workaholics (the 'fur sure' gif comes from there)

The Village (Maxine Peake - I've watched season 1 only. It's too perfect and I'm not jeopardising it to watch s2)

Why not? I'm intrigued!

(Peep Show is tremendous.)

Currently binge watching this.

Sorry that should have quoted the pp mentioning Better Call Saul

Taskmaster is a perfect TV format, cast brilliantly series after series.

The Blacklist.

OMG, yes. The this is england franchise. It's cliche to say, but it was life changing to watch.a

The Crow Road. Perfectly cast and true to the book.

Also ghosts and schitts creek are absolutely perfect.

Can't believe a pp said not going out

Six Feet Under.

Dear My Friends

Butterflies - when I was a kid, I wanted to be in that family.

Frasier

1995 Pride & Prejudice

As Time Goes By