1..The Prisoner
2..UFO
3..The Avengers (Dianna Rigg/Linda Thorsen)
4..Space 1999
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1..The Prisoner
2..UFO
3..The Avengers (Dianna Rigg/Linda Thorsen)
4..Space 1999
1. Star Trek
2. The Avengers (Dianna Rigg/Linda Thorsen)
3. Poirot (with D.Suchet)
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Originally Posted by Andre
Hmm - it's a big question when you start thinking about it...
off the top of my head-
1. The Sopranos - so far ahead of everything that has gone before, especially quality of the performances and the production values.
2. Hill Street Blues - the previous benchmark IMHO...
3. The Prisoner - took chances and forced the viewer to think (or switch channel...)
4. Any of Steve Coogans stuff (Paul Calf, Partridge, Saxondale etc.)
Andre - Space 1999 - loved it when I was ten but watched it all again quite recently and the second series in particular is shockingly poor...It's depressing to re-watch this stuff 30 years on and realise how much one's young imagination was filling in the blanks - Blakes 7 and Star Trek are good examples of that. They were more than the sum of their parts only because the characters were good - the storylines were almost always lame and the production values universally poor.
I will list a few....in no particular order.
The Invaders
Sapphire and Steel
The Outer Limits (original series)
UFO
Dr Who (not after Tom Baker)
Hill Street Blues
Frasier
Babylon 5 (stunning)
Regards D S D L
Spaced
Minder
Black Books
Cracker
Red Dwarf
QI
Old Grey Whistle Test
X Files
and Dare To Believe (just for the memories eh Hamish)
Monty Python
Twin Peaks
I Didn't Know You Cared
The Old Grey Whistle Test
The Sopranos
Being Human
Hill Street Blues
Monty Python
St Elsewhere
The Wire
The Dukes of Hazard
Starkey & Hutch
Chips
TV lost all appeal once I got to be a teenager!
"I heard that!" Pardon?Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe
Mmmm, let's see... Retro TV programmes first (essentially, I'm a 70s/80s man):
1) Dr Who (Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker stories only).
2) Hammer House of Horror series.
3) Thriller series.
4) Space 1999, UFO, Blakes 7, The Tomorrow People, Logan's Run, Original Star Trek (I can't split them).
5) Survivors, Tales of the Unexpected, Bones.
6) Dixon of Dock Green, Z Cars, Callan.
7) Not the Nine O'Clock News, The Young Ones, Only Fools and Horses.
8) The Sweeney, The Professionals.
9) Starsky and Hutch.
10) Ironside, Longstreet.
11) Man in a Suitcase.
12) Streets of San Fransisco, Canon.
13) Mission Impossible, Combat.
14) The Champions.
15) Randall and Hopkirk (deceased).
16) The Persuaders.
17) The Saint.
18) Department S.
19) Love Thy Neighbour, Citizen Smith, Spitting Image.
20) The Good Life.
21) Dukes of Hazzard.
22) C.H.I.P.S.
23) The Incredible Hulk.
24) The A-Team.
25) The Six Million Dollar Man.
26) Raffles.
27) The Virginian.
28) The High Chaparal.
29) Bonanza.
30) The Waltons.
That'll do for now - I'm sure that I'll think of more later, including my favourite current programmes :)