What are your 3 favorite British TV series?

[gbstack]

What are your 3 favorite (old or new) British TV series?

My picks are.
1. Downton Abbey.
2. Doc Martin.
3. Last Tango in Halifax.

 

[BBQ-Nut]

All Creatures, Great and Small (can watch this..forever)
Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett)
Doc Martin (sublime subtle comedy)

 

[Bestwifeever]

Vera
No Honestly
Last Train to Halifax

 

[FIREd]

In no particular order:

Downton Abbey, Poirot, and Keeping Up Appearances

 

[steelyman]

Monty Python and Fawlty Towers.

Only two, but hey I'm an American.

 

[Moemg]

I only have one "Absolutely Fabulous "

 

[splitwdw]

Foyle's War, Downton Abbey, Inspector Lewis

 

[Major Tom]

3? We're supposed to limit it to only 3? British series' are practically all I watch on Netflix/Hulu or wherever else I can find them! I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to break the rules and list just a very few of the ones that have really tickled me pink over the years (in no order whatsoever) -

Brideshead Revisited
Downton Abbey
The Forsyte Saga
Life On Mars (the original British version, and not the American one)
Doc Martin
Single-Handed (Irish, but still good )
Vera
Inspector Morse
Inspector George Gently

+ lots more. Anything British that is halfway decent tends to pull me in. I just discovered that there is a new series called Peaky Blinders which is coming to Netflix on Tuesday. This should be reason enough to renew my Netflix subscription for a bit of binge-watching along with a new box of wine in the refrigerator - although after viewing the trailer, the "modern" production technique is putting me off a bit.

Blindsided by 'Peaky Blinders' | Performance | OZY

 

[Major Tom]

Foyle's War, Downton Abbey, Inspector Lewis

Yes, a big +1 for Foyle's War. Michael Kitchen is fantastic in that.

 

[WhoDaresWins]

Prime Suspect, Keeping Up Appearances, All Creatures Great and Small

 

[MooreBonds]

Keeping Up Appearances (nearly perfect memory of my grandparents!)
Are You Being Served?
Agatha Christie's Poirot

 

[Nodak]

Monty Python, Keeping Up Appearances, and Fawlty towers

 

[rbmrtn]

The Good Life ( Good Neighbors on PBS)
Mr Bean
Mulberry
Dr Who
Monte Python
Benny Hill

Probably others, just some I remember seeing on PBS.

 

[Jay_Gatsby]

Historically, Dr. Who, The Prisoner and Cadfael. Honorable mention, Coupling (season 1).

Today, Dr. Who and Sherlock.


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[WhoDaresWins]

I have also enjoyed Endeavor, Foyle's War, Inspector Lewis, A Touch of Frost and Wallender. Hard to pick just 3! Oh, and how could I forget "Are You Being Served"!

 

[WhoDaresWins]

Historically, Dr. Who, The Prisoner and Cadfael. Honorable mention, Coupling (season 1).

Today, Dr. Who and Sherlock.


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And Cadfael, too! How could I forget? I have loved Derek Jacobi since "I, Claudius".

 

[LitGal]

1. Downton Abbey
2. Mr. Selfridge
3. Are You Being Served?

 

[chilkoot]

Monty Python, Fawlty Towers and Top Gear (the latter is very middlebrow, but I've watched over 100 episodes so it must have something going for it).

 

[Coach]

And,

Upstairs, Downstairs
Rumpole of the Bailey
As Time Goes By

Coach

 

[Jay_Gatsby]

And Cadfael, too! How could I forget? I have loved Derek Jacobi since "I, Claudius".

Forgot about I, Claudius. Thank you.

All in all, I have to say British shows, at least the ones that have been mentioned, are superior to the vast majority of US shows.


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[Jay_Gatsby]

If you're into 80s cheese, you can always try Robin Hood.


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[BobW]

1. Pie in the Sky
2. Doc Martin
3. George Gently

Though it is hard to limit it to three.

 

[Meadbh]

It's so hard to choose with such a selection, but for what it's worth.....

The Avengers
Upstairs Downstairs (1970s version)
Keeping up Appearances

Just one more....
Elizabeth R

 

[ivinsfan]

What, no votes for Spooks/MI-5---streaming on Netflix, lots of familiar faces on that one.

 

[BobW]

Can't limit it to just 3:

Life on Mars
New Tricks
Inspector Lewis
Vera
Frost
.....