Favourite series of all time

[ttcAlex]

If you had to pick one, which would it be?

I'll start : F-R-I-E-N-D-S

Favourite series? I am struggling to decide between these so will allow myself a top five:

House - best medical drama
Green Wing - best sitcom
Taskmaster - far and away the best panel show
Wolf Hall - amazing!
The Bridge - best subtitled drama.

Almost made it onto my list - Line of Duty and The IT Crowd.

I can’t see it mentioned but I have to go for Modern Family (much as I loved Detectorists too). Children now 19 & 21 so kind of mirrored the characters growing up - and drove to see the Dunphy house in LA and made them run out for a photo.

To Friends fans - I saw someone picking up Friends Lego in Argos yesterday; I presumed it was a new thing but you may already know about it.

Columbo.

Nighty Night, first series

Serious drama telly:

The Wire
Sopranos
Breaking Bad
Better Call Saul
Band of Brothers
Chernobyl

Comedies:

Friends
Brooklyn 99
Gavin and Stacey
Blackadder
Father Ted
The Thick of It
Simpsons before it turned rubbish
Outnumbered

Other telly:

ER
Doctor Who
North and South and the 1995 Pride and Prejudice
Planet Earth or anything BBC Earth

Loving all the ER appreciation on here! It really was a classic, long before the so-called "Golden Age of Telly"

Desperate Housewives
Modern Family
Lost
The Originals
How I met your mother

I also enjoy sci-fi:
Mars on Netflix (still waiting for season 3)
Salvation
Into the Night

Kath & Kim

Episodes

Early The Affair

Only Fools and Horses

American Office

True Detective (first one)

Cold Feet
Stranger Things
The Handmaid's Tale
Black Mirror
Breaking Bad
Peep Show
Line of Duty

Northern exposure for a chilled out watch.
The Bridge.
Longmire.
Fargo, especially the 2nd season.
Anything Ricky Gervais for when I need a bit of cheering up.

The Detectorists
Star Trek the Next Generation
Vera

West Wing
Sopranos
Thick of It
The Wire
The Shield

How did it get to page 4 before someone mentioned The Shield?!

I love The Wire, Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul etc but The Shield is something else. Nothing else has had the same impact on me as some of the events... no spoilers though. It was on All4 in its entirety, you should watch it if you haven’t already.

'Tales For Europe' > 'Singing Ringing Tree.' Fascinated by the series, and this was probably one of the scariest tales for a child. I realise I'm going back a [very] long time, but it's probably influenced me loving horror films now.

In no particular order...

Spooks
Friday Night Dinner
Dinnerladies
Edge of Darkness
House
Survivors (1970s)
The Changes (1970s kids)
Dr Who
Basil Brush!

Seriously showing my age here but there are 3 which really stuck out for me, all from many years ago:

A family at war
Knots Landing
Flamingo Road

If we are going back, Dallas and Dynasty.

This Is Us

Friends, Gavin and Stacey or The Inbetweeners

Father Ted. It was brilliant. Actually saved my life once. Only Fools and Horses is my comfort tv. I put it on and usually ignore it but feel better that it’s on

Outlander. As a huge fan of the books I was a bit apprehensive when I heard it was to be made. Brilliant. Love the casting and the sets and costumes are wonderful.

SinkGirl I agree, "The Shield" is amazing.

I often sing its praises; it's so underrated in the UK.

Few series have such three dimensional characters and the story arcs are genius.

Some seriously shocking/gritty scenes, but not gratuitous.

Gotham

Or

The Walking dead

Malcom in the Middle
Schitts Creek
Big Bang Theory
Handmaids Tale

Oh and Modern family