British television

E.H. Ruddock · Post by **E.H. Ruddock** » Mon January 27, 2025 4:17 pm

The UK really does crime drama so much better than the US.

tommy · Post by **tommy** » Mon January 27, 2025 4:44 pm

Ello Sailor wrote:
tommy wrote:Taskmaster takes the cake. It's a work of pure comedic genius
Lmao what
tommy wrote:the apex of the panel show genre.
Oh

Huh

E.H. Ruddock · Post by **E.H. Ruddock** » Mon January 27, 2025 4:44 pm

Peeps · Post by **Peeps** » Mon January 27, 2025 5:32 pm

nothing wrong with thinking taskmaster is the best of the best. no real wrong answers about what people like

E.H. Ruddock · Post by **E.H. Ruddock** » Wed January 29, 2025 1:17 am

QI is such a brilliant show. But i know it wouldn’t work here in the US. Which is weird to me

Ello Sailor · Post by **Ello Sailor** » Wed January 29, 2025 2:45 am

Panel shows are wack.

Peep Show and Black Books are peak. Don't @ me.

Rangi Guy · Post by **Rangi Guy** » Wed January 29, 2025 2:48 am

Ello Sailor wrote:Panel shows are wack.

Peep Show and Black Books are peak. Don't @ me.

Black Books and Green Wing

E.H. Ruddock · Post by **E.H. Ruddock** » Thu January 30, 2025 11:17 pm

Watching another welsh language drama, Hidden

Post by **Jorge** » Thu January 30, 2025 11:21 pm

E.H. Ruddock wrote:Watching another welsh language drama, Hidden

Did your wife forbid you from watching it or something?

tommy · Post by **tommy** » Thu January 30, 2025 11:22 pm

Ello Sailor wrote:Panel shows are wack.

Peep Show and Black Books are peak. Don't @ me.

Peep Show is maybe the peak of TV comedy.

E.H. Ruddock · Post by **E.H. Ruddock** » Fri January 31, 2025 12:41 am

Jorge wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:Watching another welsh language drama, Hidden
Did your wife forbid you from watching it or something?

E.H. Ruddock · Post by **E.H. Ruddock** » Mon February 03, 2025 2:58 am

Not British but will post in here (sorry dime)

Dublin Murders was good. Fucked yup but good. I’ve read a few books by the author that the show was based on, Tana French.

If i watch any more Irish shows I’ll rename the thread

dimejinky99 · Post by **dimejinky99** » Mon February 03, 2025 3:07 am

E.H. Ruddock wrote:Not British but will post in here (sorry dime)

Dublin Murders was good. Fucked yup but good. I’ve read a few books by the author that the show was based on, Tana French.

If i watch any more Irish shows I’ll rename the thread

You should watch Love/Hate. Seriously dark Dublin drug/crime gang drama.
Dark as fuck but great tv.

Also, Kin. Haven’t seen that one but everyone is hoping there’ll be more of it to come.

dimejinky99 · Post by **dimejinky99** » Mon February 03, 2025 3:10 am

Douglas is cancelled.

Watched it thinking it was a comedy. The first couple of episodes are genuinely great comedy at exactly the right moments. Then it takes a really dark turn. And another. And another.
Well worth a watch if you haven’t seen it. It’s very on the nose messaging but about everything. Haven’t seen the last couple of episodes yet but it is shaping up to be a doozy.
Give it a spin.

Synopsis
Douglas Bellowes is a widely respected middle news anchor with a sidekick, Madeline, and a newspaper editor wife, Sheila. However, when Douglas makes an ill-advised joke at a wedding, his career is put into jeopardy because of cancel culture.

Rangi Guy · Post by **Rangi Guy** » Mon February 03, 2025 3:24 am

dimejinky99 wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:Not British but will post in here (sorry dime)

Dublin Murders was good. Fucked yup but good. I’ve read a few books by the author that the show was based on, Tana French.

If i watch any more Irish shows I’ll rename the thread

You should watch Love/Hate. Seriously dark Dublin drug/crime gang drama.
Dark as fuck but great tv.

Also, Kin. Haven’t seen that one but everyone is hoping there’ll be more of it to come.

Kin was a great watch!

dimejinky99 · Post by **dimejinky99** » Mon February 03, 2025 3:31 am

Rangi Guy wrote:
dimejinky99 wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:Not British but will post in here (sorry dime)

Dublin Murders was good. Fucked yup but good. I’ve read a few books by the author that the show was based on, Tana French.

If i watch any more Irish shows I’ll rename the thread

You should watch Love/Hate. Seriously dark Dublin drug/crime gang drama.
Dark as fuck but great tv.

Also, Kin. Haven’t seen that one but everyone is hoping there’ll be more of it to come.
Kin was a great watch!

Was it good?
I missed it at the time, for reasons. Everyone raves about it.
It’s all on the Rte player though. Ruddo check the Rte player site (our national broadcaster) for both love hate and kin. They’re on there. Free to watch.
I think they’ll play for you but if you have a vpn you won’t have a problem.

zeb · Post by **zeb** » Mon February 03, 2025 3:35 am

Chris_H_2 wrote:Black Mirror

Love this one to death.

Fawlty Towers, The Young Ones and Blackadder (S2-4) are iconic.

The Ricky Gervais suite: The Office / Extras / Derek / Life's Too Short / Afterlife

Chernobyl should get a mention, as should Peaky Blinders.

contamination · Post by **contamination** » Sat May 17, 2025 7:03 am

Has anybody watched "I, Jack Wright"? I thought it was excellent.

coptheriotact · Post by **coptheriotact** » Sat May 17, 2025 11:33 am

peep show n' come dine with me are my top 2

Higgs · Post by **Higgs** » Sun May 18, 2025 11:50 am

Peep Show is gold (hello my avatar Jeremy). The IT Crowd season 2 episode 1 "Work Outing" is one of the funniest individual sitcom episodes I've ever watched. Red Dwarf is fun as hell. The OG Young Ones was a game changer. "I've got a porsche". Lol.

Brits also do crime really well. Luther was brilliant, as is Slow Horses. Broadchurch too.

British TV is, in general, the best TV around. When it's good there's nothing better.

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