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I'm thinking The Prisoner, Columbo, Reilly Ace of Spies, The Wire, Breaking Bad, The Sopranos and Granada's Sherlock Holmes, I Claudius...just sticking to English language programmes...but --
Having watched only 5 random episodes, I'm starting to think that THE FUGITIVE is the greatest tv drama ever, with 120 episodes made, each of variable quality. But for breadth of themes, great actors and actual influence, can this be bettered? Don't think so. For the last episode, 72% of Americans with tv sets tuned in. This is the daddy of 'em all.
Having watched only 5 random episodes, I'm starting to think that THE FUGITIVE is the greatest tv drama ever, with 120 episodes made, each of variable quality. But for breadth of themes, great actors and actual influence, can this be bettered? Don't think so. For the last episode, 72% of Americans with tv sets tuned in. This is the daddy of 'em all.
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Happy Valley would be High up the List ,brilliant..
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Kinda sorry I haven't seen this.
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RAFFLES
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Its only 2 ,5 episode Series Val ,But well worth watching Perhaps not a Classic as such not Long enough ,same could be said For both the Fargos :-) Both Very Good ,HV has to be one of the best I have ever seen on Tv .. Sadly they said no more
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"The Wire" must be in with a shout
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breaking bad for me
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Boys From The Blackstuff
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Just finished Happy Valley and it was excellent - my vote would go to Romanzo Criminale - an Italian gangster series set in the 70s - brilliant stuff
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The Forsyte Saga was very popular as was Upstairs Downstairs.
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Auf Wiedersen Pet
A Family At War Public Eye The Hanged Man All very popular shows. |
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Colditz
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For British drama Between The Lines which must be well over 20 years ago now.
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Edge of Darkness
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Metal Mickey.
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Homicide Life On The Street
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Edge of Darkness a very good call, I watched the series again recently. Seeing it again I wondered why I hadn't seen Bob Peck in anything recently, a quick check of IMBD and I see why, been dead more than 15 years, a great shame. I also saw the US 2010 film version with Mel Gibson which wasn't bad at all.
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Also Between the Lines as has been said
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I think my favourite TV dramas have to be those by Stephen Poliakoff... The Lost Prince... Shooting the Past... Capturing Mary.
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the greatest is a tough one but I enjoyed Edward VII with Timothy West which I'm not sure ever got repeated. Also Holocaust with Meryl Streep and The Winds Of War & War And Remembrance with Robert Mitchum.
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Hill St Blues.
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1st series of The Killing (Danish version). Not for people who like gimmicks or "action". But for a realistic, thought provoking study of the devastating effects of a murder on the victim's family and others in the comunity (including the Police and Political administration) It was superbly done.
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BREAKING BAD - THREAD CLOSED
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For British drama Happy Valley, as mentioned a few times above, is right up there - series one anyway. Two was on, but first series was spectacular edge of the seat stuff with a great storyline and amazing acting. I don't know anyone who saw it who didn't think it was one of the best things they had seen.
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*Two was ok, not on!
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Our Friends in the North in the 90s for me.
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Olly's Prison (1993)- hard to access, don't know why BBC don't remaster it, maybe some copywright wrangle.
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This Life from the 90s was also very good
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the sweeney- how did itv produce great drama like this and now be so s ht ?
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The Killing
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I had forgotten Edge Of Darkness ,that was very good .
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Others worthy of a mention:
Bouquet Of Barbed Wire When The Boat Comes In Secret Army Within These Walls Tenko Danger UXB Dr Finlay's Casebook All Creatures Great And Small They knew how to produce a good show in those days but television became like a tired old man in the late 80s. The early 90s was the end for me and I watch nothing these days except racing and headlines. |
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Both series of Fargo have to be up there (for me).
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Currently it must be Chicago Fire.
From the past Upstairs Downstairs, Downton Abbey, Spooks ,Morse, Judge John Deed, Silent Witness, Heartbeat and a great drama from the BBC shame they only made one series. it was called Good Cop. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Good-Cop-DVD-Warren-Brown/dp/B007EAFTTQ/ref=sr_1_428?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1473002003&sr=1-428 |
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UK: Colditz
US: Fargo |
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Just started Watching B Bad have only watched 4 episodes looks promising
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Lou Grant - so good they canned it and blacklisted Ed Asner.
investigative journalists - Topics investigated were polluters, political corruption and being spanish american. some episodes were poor - but overall a worthy contender. --------- thriller - scarey stories in the seventies. callan - original hard man. teen jesus - still to make this? |
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The Wire for those who've watched it. Some other series for those who haven't.
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McNulty faking evidence?
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