One show that you'd recommend...

Einhard

Thought it would be a good idea to have a thread in which people could recommend shows that they think others would enjoy, but which aren't current, or which haven't achieved mainstream popularity. I know there's a thread on recommendations, but quite a lot of them are current shows, or ones that are ery well known anyway.

To start off, I'd recommend House of Cards. Francis Urquhart is one of the best characters ever created.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylu3x72WHTs

Zero-Cool

The Shield. Best show ever.

JP Liz V1

What do you know

Basq

sheehy83 wrote: »

The Shield. Best show ever.

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

What do you know

To be fair.. Einhard mentioned he was aware of the 'TV Show Recommendations' thread and wanted some more obscure recommendations.

I'm gonna go for a bit of a strange one - as it was quite recent, was acclaimed by both audiences and critics, won a BAFTA for it's first series yet feck all people watched it and it wasn't commissioned for a second series by The Beeb - The Fades

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z7clIVVUQko

Dark and extremely well-written show that I think was marketed to the entirely wrong audience.

Fantastic performances from all involved - and more people need to see it.

Although WARNING - it does end on a cliffhanger and you will be left wanting more!

Sugarlumps

OZ, it shíts all over the rest.

AnonoBoy

Sugarlumps wrote: »

OZ, it shíts all over the rest.

And nobody has ever heard of it either....

I'd recommend The Newsroom. Not the new one, a show from the 90's set in Toronto.

Brilliant stuff, used to be showed late night on Network 2 back in the day and David Cronenberg appeared in it as himself.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115291/

Einhard

Thanks AnonoBoy and Basq, they're exactly the kind of shows I'm looking for.

To the others- thanks for the replies, but I'm looking for tv shows that are somewhat more obscure. I mean, Oz and the Shield are great, but it's not as if they're unknown. This thread is more for the types f show that the average person mightn't necessarily have heard of, or which they haven't thought about in years. Foreign language tv programmes could be included, except for the likes of The Killing and other very famous ones.

JP Liz V1

One show I loved that only lasted one season was American Gothic had a Twin Peaks vibe to it and Gary Cole was awesome as Sheriff Buck

Clareman

Sons of Anarchy every day of the week, the amount of people that have never heard of that show is a joke, best thing of TV by a mile.

FloatingVoter

Einhard wrote: »

Thought it would be a good idea to have a thread in which people could recommend shows that they think others would enjoy, but which aren't current, or which haven't achieved mainstream popularity. I know there's a thread on recommendations, but quite a lot of them are current shows, or ones that are ery well known anyway.

To start off, I'd recommend House of Cards. Francis Urquhart is one of the best characters ever created.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylu3x72WHTs

Don't forget To Play The King and The Final Cut - the second and third parts of the trilogy.

JP Liz V1

FloatingVoter wrote: »

Don't forget To Play The King and The Final Cut - the second and third parts of the trilogy.

There is a US version now with Kevin Spacey

kitakyushu

Sugarlumps wrote: »

OZ, it shíts all over the rest.

Beecher does anyway.

Also Starring LeVar Burton

My favourite show as a kid was Irwin Allen's Land of the Giants (1968)...
Up until recently I assumed everyone was familiar with this show, but apparently this is not the case, so any of you who haven't seen it, do it now!

Tayla

Clareman wrote: »

Sons of Anarchy every day of the week, the amount of people that have never heard of that show is a joke, best thing of TV by a mile.

I know, noone I know has heard of it, I told my father in law to watch it...he said he didn't like anarchists...:rolleyes: I told him it was about a motorcycle gang and that he'd love it but no he would rather watch heartbeat!

maudgonner

State of Play, Paul Abbot's thriller mini-series about the relationship between journalists, politicians and the police. It was remade into a film with Russel Crowe & Ben Affleck but that wasn't a patch on the original.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nEUJHdj7C7U

Professey Chin

The live action version of The Tick

VinLieger

I dunno about everyone on here but very few people i meet have ever heard of Archer, one of the funniest things on tv right now

pickarooney

Not many people seem to have heard of Bodies or Pulling.

There's an Icelandic mini series called Hamarinn (The Cliff) which I quite enjoyed. The scenery and language are beautiful and the story is nice and weird.

For a more action-packed detective show, maybe try Ørnen (The Eagle) - a pan-Nordic series about an Icelandic/Danish cop solving cross-border crime.

squonk

Now And Again. 1999-2000ish show starring Eric Close, Margaret Colin and Denis Haysbert about an insurance executive who accidentally ends up under a subway train. His family think he's dead but what they don't know is that a secret government program has transplanted his brain into the body of a younger man. John Goodman was in the pilot as the executive.

It's good because the story was kind of sweet. The guy still loved his wife and missed his family so his motivation was to get back to them despite Denis Haysbert's best efforts to keep him away. There was a vilian of the week aspect also. His new body allowed him to have extra speed and strength. I think it was an enhanced body. I really need to watch the show again. It had a great supporting cast and Margaret Colin was a great actress in the role as well as a very yummy mummy at the time. Sadly it only lasted on season and ends in a cliffhanger but, that aside, it's well worth digging up.

Einhard

Some great suggestions here. I'll be busy this weekend!

gotthebug

I think always sunny in Philadelphia is a must for people who like dark comedy

CastorTroy

1 show that flew pretty much under the radar and was cancelled was The Middleman. Fun show based on a comic with loads of pop culture references.

Another show that I liked but seems to get mixed reactions from people is Harper's Island. A one and done series consisting of 1 season of 13 episodes. Serial killer on the island story where one of the hooks was that at least 1 of the main cast would be killed each week. They even ran a competition for people to predict who would be next to die. The story was all finished by the end of the season so no need to worry about a second season

Technocentral

Mad Men, best tv drama/comedy ever.

Nate--IRL--

Just finished the first series of Forbrydelsen - fantastic show. Recently got an American remake but I haven't seen that.

Nate

quickbeam

I'm going to go for something completely different, and I think obscure enough to count. Monkey Dust, a pitch black comedy cartoon made by the BBC about 10 years ago now. NOT to be watched by anybody who's easily offended.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey_Dust

thereitisgone

Nate--IRL-- wrote: »

Just finished the first series of Forbrydelsen - fantastic show. Recently got an American remake but I haven't seen that.

Nate

If you liked that another great Danish programm is the bridge
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bridge_(Danish/Swedish_TV_series)

krudler

can we include animated shows? if so then Invader Zim, its hilarious.

obvious answer that is obvious: The Wire, for the love of god if you havent watched it yet do so.

less obvious answer: Sons of Anarchy (dodgy 3rd season aside its back on fine form again)

FouxDaFaFa

AnonoBoy wrote: »

I'd recommend The Newsroom. Not the new one, a show from the 90's set in Toronto.

Brilliant stuff, used to be showed late night on Network 2 back in the day and David Cronenberg appeared in it as himself.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115291/

Nate--IRL-- wrote: »

Just finished the first series of Forbrydelsen - fantastic show.

I was coming in to recommend these two, particularly the Newsroom. It is unbelievably funny and I've never met anyone who's seen it. It's too complicated to tell people about it now because they confuse it with Sorkin's Newroom.

gaz15

The league... Season 4 just started in the US! Its a about a group of lads in a fantasy football league, its comedy gold and you don't need to know anything about American football.

Its another programme nobody I know has ever heard of but the people I've put on to it all love it!

spurious

Our Friends in the North - UK programme from yesteryear (90s).

Nate--IRL--

In a similar vein to my suggestion above Spiral (Engrenages) is a french cop series that was shown on BBC4 a while ago - also very good.

Also Rubicon is a nice slow burner of a series.

And for a comedy I'll suggest Lead Balloon.

Nate

funnights74

Best cop show ever, Hill street blues, it basically changed this genre of television for ever.
Comedy at the moment The thick of it, simply class. The daily show is also unmissable tv.

rednik

Washington : Behind closed doors. I saw this in the late 70s and was absolutely mesmerised by the cast and story. Based on a book by John Ehrlichman he of the Nixon administration and based on a power hungry US President.

It had a great cast including Rober Vaughan who won an award as the whitehouse chief of staff. Cast also included Jason Robards, Cliff Robertson, Stefanie Powers.

I have waited over 30 years to see this again and finally this year it was announced it was getting a long awaited release on DVD region 1 for the moment.

pickarooney

A lot of younger viewers may not have heard of Cracker so if you haven't seen it, I would recommend it.

Yamanoto

The 1979 7-part BBC adaptation of John le Carré's Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

I came at it having seen the recent Gary Oldman film and really liked the feel of it. With Alec Guinness, Ian Richardson, Patrick Stewart & Ian Bannen, it's little wonder it's such an enjoyable watch. No surprise that Guinnes in particular is superb as Smiley.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5h1XZ0LzVg4

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinker_Tailor_Soldier_Spy_(TV_miniseries)

Dennis Potter's 1986 6-part drama, The Singing Detective was ground-breaking stuff when first broadcast and remains a startlingly original piece. Michael Gambon's just great in it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SN--atshVqs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Singing_Detective

JP Liz V1

Brotherhood so underrated and cancelled way too soon imo plus great acting from Jason Issacs and Jason Clarke as two brothers one a gangster and one a politician

briano.de.rhino

Comedy - Snuff box

80's american action shows like the A-Team - the Master starring Lee van Clief and Nighthawk.

Drama - 1980's adventures of Sherlock Holmes starring Jeremy Brett

Comedy(pilot only) - Heat Vision and Jack - Owen Wilson, Ben Stiller and Jack Black and Ben Stillers wifey.

andrew241983

Boardwalk empire
Game of thrones
Sopranos

big dar

Auf wiedersehen pet
Lovejoy
Minder

Suits
Sherlock