What serials do you like..

[Karma]

Fawlty towers is fab, it still makes me laugh even though I know exactly what's going to happen

[tommk3cab]

Mar 14, 2012 19:04:39 GMT @jerryrm said:

Quahog is the Narragansett Indian name for a clam and is frequently used here in RI.

I don't watch much television anymore, but when I did I preferred British show to American one. My favorites were:
Fawlty Towers

Talking of faulty towers, I saw a program the other day where they were talking about the shows history. A US remake was planned (the same/similar to the recent "shamless" debacle) and they decide it would only work in the US if (of all people)basil wasn't in it as he wouldn't be understood properly by a US audience.... safe to say the remake was never made

[tafilad]

Here is my short list

Shameless
Miss Browns boys
NCIS
spartacus
QI
Mock the week
Fringe
White chapel
Top Gear
The Simpsons
Merlin

[jerryrm]

Steptoe and Son was remade over here as Sanford and Son. I never saw Steptoe and Son, so I can't make a comparison.

John Cleese was great as Basil. The poor guy was heading for a nervous breakdown or a heart attack. I believe that Prunela Scales, played his wife. It was a good combination of her calmness and his nervousness.

Edit: John Cleese was Basil Fawlty. IMO, no one else could ever play that role as well as he did.

[jerryrm]

I liked the first season of Spartacus. The second season was ok, but I have only watched a couple of episodes of the third season. It doesn't appeal to me.

[Scylla]

Mar 14, 2012 19:04:39 GMT @jerryrm said:

Fawlty Towers
Are you being served?
Monty Python (of course)
Benny Hill
Upstairs Downstairs (the original)
Keeping up appearances
I Claudius

Thanks, Jerry, am adding those to my list

[kingofswords]

walking dead
big bang theory
the wire was great
breaking bad
broadwalk empire

[Scylla]

Mar 14, 2012 19:32:30 GMT kingofswords said:

broadwalk empire

I've watched all of that but there's something "missing" from it. And I adore Steve Buscemi, his performance in Fargo was brilliant! I think they had to kill off the young pretender in BE for the sake of a sensational hook for the next season.

[jerryrm]

Yup, Boardwalk Empire, the first season was great, but I didn't watch much of the second season. The show is very loosely based on the life of Nucky Johnson, who ran Atlantic City, New Jersey for many years and had connections with the Mob.

Scyl, Steve Buscemi was great in Fargo, but also in the Sopranos.

[bel]

Mar 14, 2012 18:45:57 GMT tommk3cab said:

Mar 14, 2012 18:43:41 GMT bel said:

Family guy.... my son got me into this

how can you not like family guy?

unless you like god or the american government

I do like it, but i dont think i would of ever watched it in the first place if my son didnt want to watch it

[nicky]

OMG i forgot
sun sea and A&E
Benidorm ER

[nicky]

OOO
road wars
Police Interceptors

[flipflop]

Guys and gals,

On this subject, I am king.
The best shows to watch on tv is as follows, but please bear in mind, this is not in any particular order and some of these are older tv shows.
The king of all tv at the moment is Homeland. If you have not watched this yet, you must.
This is my highest recommendation at the moment.


24
Sopranos
Homeland
Friends
The wire
Supernatural
Ncis
Csi
Csi miami
Csi new york
Ncis los angeles
Boardwalk empire
Game of thrones
Smallville
Greys anatomy
Private practice
Er
Criminal minds
Fringe
True blood
Sons of anarchy
Blue bloods
Band of brothers
The pacific
Sherlock
Spooks
Top gear
Luther
X-files
Prison break
Lost
Battlestar gallactica
Friday night lights

And yes, I have watched all of the above.
And yes, I need to get out more.
And yes, most of these are from the usa.

Seriously, you must watch Homeland. Top drawer.
Lol

[bel]

Flipflop im dizzy just reading that lot let alone watching them

[bel]

Cant beat abit of road wars Nicky