What TV Series do you rate and would recommend

The Wire took over my life for the couple of months it took me to get through it. It's awesome but it's not everybody's cup of tea - you can't drift for one minute because you will miss vital bits. The Sopranos is very similarly made and I love that too.
I also highly rate psychological crime drama thingies like Wire in the Blood and Cracker.

Like Hipster and Doffcocker I would nominate The Wire as the best TV series ever. It takes a bit of getting into and you may need to watch the first couple of episodes twice because the accents are so strong but it really is worth the effort.

Second best series: The Sopranos

The Wire is crap. Hated it. Only watched two episodes mind, maybe it got better

Like Hipster, I could talk about tv all day.

This is what is currently on my Sky+:

Burn Notice, Falling Skies, Nikita, The Finder, A Gifted Man.

Favourite drama ever is probably Dexter, but I am also a massive fan of any Law & Order franchise.

Wow! All these programs I have never watched. I thought I watched a lot of TV too

I forgot Freaks & Geeks, Hipster's favourite programme that I shelled out £32 for the DVD. You must watch this. £35 and it's yours.

haha Freaks and Geeks is incredible, probably my favourite comedy ever.

Clearly and acquired taste.

Game of Thrones - one of the best things ever to be on TV

South Park Season 15 - Just excellent in every way

JonnyRandom wrote:Game of Thrones - one of the best things ever to be on TV

I stopped watching when they cut Sean Bean's head off.

Oh dear...thats what makes the story for the next seasons!

And you've killed it for anyone who might not have seen it

Breaking Bad is probably the best series I have ever watched.

Keegan wrote:Breaking Bad is probably the best series I have ever watched.

Keegan, what's Jamaican TV like? Is it full of homegrown or US stuff?

Jamaican TV is quite cosmopolitan - There's quite a bit of local programming, but we have shows like Generations - from South Africa, 24, Lost, Heroes, Gossip Girl and there's even a South Korean soap whose name escapes me now. Of course, there's the inescapable CSI:*. Mostly American programming though, in terms of movies and series. We also get some older comedies such as The Jamie Foxx Show, My Wife & Kids and others. All very boring. We have a few Jamaican series but they tend to not be my cup of tea.

largehat wrote:

Hipster_Nebula wrote:the only thing i remember about it was a boat and some guy with shades on.

That was Marcus Tandy sailing off into the sunset at the end of the last episode, with his quality Mexican bit of stuff, Pilar.

And the name of the boat was either the name of, or anagram of the BBC1 Director that axed the soap! - useless fact.



I reccomend



Spartacus - sky 1

Strike Back - Sky 1

Newsroom - Sky Atlantic

The Borgias - Sky Atlantic

The Hotel Inspector - Channel 5

Once upon A Time - Channel 5

The Grimms - Watch

Another vote for Game of Thrones, and the early series of 24 are pretty good.

I still think The Simpsons is worth watching.

xmiles wrote:Another vote for Game of Thrones, and the early series of 24 are pretty good.

I still think The Simpsons is worth watching.

Dont watch simpsons as much as i did anymore for some reason. It got replaced by family guy and south park

JonnyRandom wrote:

xmiles wrote:Another vote for Game of Thrones, and the early series of 24 are pretty good.

I still think The Simpsons is worth watching.

Dont watch simpsons as much as i did anymore for some reason. It got replaced by family guy and south park

I enjoy Family Guy and South Park too. At first when my sons were into them I didn't get it but now I think they are great. Still not into American Dad though - maybe in a couple of years.

More good comedy: Father Ted

Beadle's About. Comedy genius.

Michael Bolton wrote:Beadle's About. Comedy genius.

haha! I forgot you were a Jeremy Beadle fan.

sadly missed.

Mich, just something that caught my eye in the news today, one of your former aliases was called 'Malcolm' - did you know that in the whole of the country last year only 11 little babies were named Malcolm!

Imagine in the whole of the country in one whole year just 11 Malcolms!



ONS figures show 22 babies born last year were named Derek

It's 1,158th on the baby name list, equal with Ace, Kofi and Om

But it beat Howard (10 babies born last year), Trevor (13), Keith (15), Malcolm (11) and Desmond (10)

Donald, perhaps buoyed by Mad Men, was given to 30 babies last year

They all beat Clive (4)



I know a person with the name of every single one of those names highlighted - just goes to show my age I guess

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-19247787

11 babies were named "Om"?