Favourite drama / comedy-drama show ever (excluding sitcoms)

Rab C Nesbit, favourite line when rabs pal is watching porn on the computer. He pops his head from round the curtain and says in a broad Glaswegian accent to his wife " Hey baby doll, is there one or two f's in sphincter"
 
Jimaroid said:
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Smiley's People
Edge of Darkness
...Doesn't get much better than those. Has to be Tinker for me as the best.
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Agree with those, but may I also add The Night Manager, which I read a couple of years ago and thoroughly enjoyed the series.

Plus, Wolf Hall - excellent!
 
JamesR said:
Agree with those, but may I also add The Night Manager, which I read a couple of years ago and thoroughly enjoyed the series.

Plus, Wolf Hall - excellent!
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Haven't had time to watch The Night Manager yet. Agree about Wolf Hall, not everyone's cup of tea but superbly acted and filmed.
 
JohnnyDee said:
We seem to be in retrospective mood on the Forum this Easter with some best or favourite TV show genre threads.

So I'd like to add this one into the mix. I have a list of loads that I've loved over the years up to and including contemporary ones too. But I'd ask that you limit your choice to your absolute favourite and that gives everyone a chance.

So after a really hard decision I'm going with.

Auf Wiedersehen Pet (Original Germany series)

Closely followed by...Noooooooooooo :mmm:
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Agree with Auf Wiedersehen Pet.

Notable mentions for Edge of Darkness, Life on Mars, Shackleton, GBH and All Creatures Great and Small.
 
richart said:
Agree with Auf Wiedersehen Pet.

Notable mentions for Edge of Darkness, Life on Mars, Shackleton, GBH and All Creatures Great and Small. Also a special mention for any episode of TOTP that Leo Sayer was on.
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Fixed :thup:
 
Surprised no ones mentioned penny dreadful. Im absolutely loving it.

Also GOT, sopranos, brookie and the wire.


Best character, Stringabell or Tony S
 
I'm currently watching Gomorrah which is very good.
Also watching 11.22.63,only 8 episodes,but well worth a watch.
 
There's a lot of good series mentioned on here already, it's really difficult to choose any one in particular. I have always been very partial to Aufweidersehen Pet, was so good at the time, and still have enough love for the characters to like the later ones. Cracker was also an excellent series and brilliant at the time,as was the West Wing. All three would be in my top 10, along with Life on Mars, Sons of Anarchy, Deadwood and Justified, the latter being my fav of the four. Have watched three recent ones, all of which were intense can't stop watching territory - Line of Duty, which I thought was excellent, The Tunnel and The Killing. Had to sit and binge watch all seasons of these three (not at the same time), as they were all seriously gripping. The Netflix American version of The Killing was superb. Guess that makes up my Top 10 in no particular order.
 
So many of my favourites already mentioned. All time favourite I think is The Shield.

I'm going to chuck in 2 more that haven't been mentioned yet:

This Life
Homicide: Life on the street
 
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