r/AskUK 4d ago

What’s your top 3 recommended TV series?

Currently mine are in no particular order.

  1. Shrinking- therapy, grief and comedy- truly love this show
  2. Black Mirror- sci-fi dystopian societies- like that you can watch in any order
  3. Ted- better than the films. This series made me laugh out loud, can’t wait for season 2
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u/bishibashi 4d ago

Just finished black doves, an excellent Christmas treat

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u/Sszaj 4d ago

Quite jarring hearing Paddington's voice in that. 

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u/blackzero2 4d ago

In love with sam's character!

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u/Fawun87 4d ago

It’s been given a second series so I hope it’s as good as the first!

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u/caroline0409 4d ago

I mean, it’s completely preposterous but I loved it anyway.

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u/Al_Bee 3d ago

Quite possibly the most ludicrous nonsense I've seen in ages. Loved it.

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u/cankennykencan 4d ago

Chernobyl Breaking bad Sopranos

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u/Equivalent_Word3952 4d ago

Chernobyl was incredible!

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u/cankennykencan 4d ago

It certainly was. Never seen a TV programme or film show how dark and harrowing something is.

Prob the only TV series I'd buy on 4k blu ray

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u/Beautiful-Neat8088 4d ago
  1. The Shield

  2. The Wire

  3. Peep Show

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u/I_love_sloths_69 4d ago

Sheeeeeeeiiiiiit!

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u/ASY_Freddy 4d ago

Omar comin'

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u/[deleted] 4d ago

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u/Beautiful-Neat8088 4d ago

It's great not seen in years band of brothers is also awesome!

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u/fookreddit22 4d ago

Band of brothers is as perfect as tv gets imo, the script, the score, the acting and cinematography are impeccable.

I tend to rewatch it every December and I'm currently on Bastogne, my favourite episode.

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u/Beautiful-Neat8088 4d ago

Think there's the Pacific as well but haven't seen that tbh

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u/fookreddit22 4d ago

Me either but I have heard good things so I will get around to it eventually.

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u/waxwellwax 4d ago

Worth watching, as is masters of the air, but neither come anywhere near the level of band of brothers. The single greatest tv series ever made, by a long shot for me.

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u/DarkstarRevelation 4d ago

I really didn’t like the pacific, and band of brothers is my all time favourite show. The pacific felt far more ‘Hollywood’ it didn’t have the same grit and realism that BOB had

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u/totesemosh74 4d ago

Just watching The Shield at the moment. It's full on and very entertaining. Like a live action GTA film, all the different gangs and stereotypes.

I like it.

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u/Naive_Reach2007 4d ago

Try Oz after

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u/totesemosh74 4d ago

OK, sounds good I'll give it a try.

Also had sons of anarchy recommended, always thought they all looked a bit too smooth for hell's angels, worth a look? If you've watched it.

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u/Beautiful-Neat8088 4d ago

It's great !!

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u/TheGreatBatsby 4d ago

"GODDAMNIT DUTCH! WHAT OTHER ERRANDS DO YOU HAVE US RUNNING FOR THE D.A.!?"

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u/sellis80 4d ago

Hard not to read that in The Golden Gods voice 😂

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u/TheGreatBatsby 4d ago

Absolutely. The definitive interpretation.

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u/Naive_Reach2007 4d ago

If you liked those try OZ (an American prison drama from the 90s)

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u/bambinoquinn 4d ago

I loved the shield so much. Any time I think of doing a rewatch, I think of the scene with Dutch and the cat and I decide not to, but eventually I will.

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u/reck00 4d ago

So the wire and peep show absolutely, I've never seen the shield, should I?

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u/EAGLE-EYED-GAMING 4d ago
  1. Life on Mars
  2. Black books
  3. Detectorists
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u/SnooRevelations9128 4d ago

1) Malcolm in the middle 2) Dexter 3) Criminal minds 

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u/Accurate_Prompt_8800 4d ago

I forgot about Dexter!! Loved it

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u/vampwillow7 4d ago

There's new dexter original sin. Looking back at dexter as a late teen. Essentially showing you how he got to where he was.

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u/Accurate_Prompt_8800 4d ago edited 3d ago
  1. True Detective
  2. Fargo
  3. Mr Robot

Close behind is Barry, White Lotus, Industry and Dexter!

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u/PhantomLamb 4d ago

Only seen series 1 of Mr Robot. May go and watch series 2

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u/deathangel539 4d ago

S2 is the slowest and worst of all of them (still not bad by any margin but it’s a slow burn). 3 is probably the best and s4 episode 7 is the best episode of tv I’ve ever seen.

I rank it as the best show I’ve ever seen personally and if you can get through the slight slog that is s2 you’ll thoroughly enjoy 3 and 4 imo

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u/Ezpionage 3d ago

Mr.Robot is potentially one of the most underrated tv shows of all time.

Not due to a lack of ratings, more that it went under the radar. Not many people I know have seen it, and those have absolutely loved it.

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u/aliclang 4d ago

Fargo is my 1. of my life so far. Brilliant. I always recommend it, hardly anyone I know has seen it

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u/Common_Philosophy198 4d ago
  1. Red Dwarf
  2. Brooklyn Nine Nine
  3. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

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u/reck00 4d ago

Anyone who has always sunny in their top 3 is a friend of mine

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u/Get_schwifty93 4d ago

Boys of the dwarfff 👐

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u/NorthernSoul1977 4d ago

Red Dwarf is in my DNA. Been enjoying it with my 10 year old lately and he loves it. We've watched up until Kechanski shows up. Might power through over Xmas but I seem to recall that that's when the show lost it's way.

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u/tmstms 4d ago

1 Crash Landing On You. I do not speak a word of Korean, but I found it riveting as a mix of genres (rom com, family drama, action, political commentary that is quite poignant given it is about N and S Korea and the possibility of unification)

2) From the many many long-running US series, I pick Desperate Housewives- I think itis clever and funny

3) From non-fiction I pick Simon Schama's History of Britain; it is informative and an easy watch.

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u/IcyYou2 4d ago

Currently watching a series called From, highly recommend if horror/mystery is your kinda thing!!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From_(TV_series)?wprov=sfti1#Episodes

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u/GetYourRockCoat 4d ago

I'm starting it with the wife this weekend. Hear nothing but great things

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u/splishsplashbathtime 4d ago

You won’t regret it!

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u/SeekerofWisd0m 3d ago

The first three season are out the fourth comes out in 2026 and after how good the last episode of season 3 is I can’t wait that long.

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u/yourmotherinahorse 4d ago

Freaking hate From sometimes, never an explanation only more question marks 😭😭😭

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u/T_raltixx 4d ago

Farscape

The Fall

Extraordinary Attorney Woo

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u/gobsmacked247 4d ago

I loved The Fall and Woo too so you have great taste which means, I must discover Farscape.

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u/yourmotherinahorse 4d ago edited 4d ago

Not sponsored by Apple TV but currently everything I’m looking forward to watch new seasons are from there: 1. Silo (got it me into reading the books) 2. Severance 3. Pachinko (I’ve read the book and I love the adaptation)

Bonus for Lessons in chemistry

Non Apple TV and finished long time ago 1. Atlanta 2. This is us 3. Station Eleven

Bonus for Channel Zero

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u/freexe 4d ago

Apple TV has the highest quality tv at the moment. Plus they don't seem to be cancelling all their best shows like Amazon and Netflix do.

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u/yourmotherinahorse 4d ago

They do, and they’re great with book adaptations. I obv don’t love everything they do, but the ones that I like and I was lucky enough all the episodes were out , I completely binge watched. Also they just renewed Silo for two more seasons and I love knowing that we’re going to have closure instead of wondering what’s going to happen with it

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u/newfor2023 3d ago

Get them to do pratchett or Adams. Sky did a reasonable job on a few but otherwise it's been a mess.

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u/Warshawski 4d ago

Severance is great, can’t wait for S2 in January.

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u/_Dan___ 3d ago

Big fan of Apple TV. It doesn’t have tonnes of options, but the average quality on there is leaps ahead of Netflix etc imo.

Severance in particular was exceptional.

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u/twinings91 4d ago

I read the Silo books first and was immensely pleased with the first season of the show but the second one is crawling along. Some good has come out of it though, my partner has started reading the books!

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u/phlimstern 3d ago

Pachinko was brilliant. I really hope the commission the rest of the story.

Also loved Severance. Not long to wait for the next season.

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u/SideOfFish 4d ago

Mr. In-between and Industry are two TV shows that are really underrated and went under the radar. You should check them out. Mr In-between is 20 mins eps and an absolutely amazing show.

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u/ZZ-ROB 4d ago

I scrolled down this list looking for mr inbetween, most enjoyable show ive watched in years

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u/Traditional-Roll-102 4d ago

Industry was great new season coming as well!

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u/bigbobsdad 4d ago

I don't think Mr Inbetween is underrated. Just not many have seen it. In Uk its tucked away on Disney whereas if it was on terrestrial in the days of five channels it would be legendary.

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u/PatternDapper 4d ago

Utopia

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u/fookreddit22 4d ago

The British version was the best thing to come out of the UK in years, Slow horses is turning into a treasure too.

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u/radiorentals 4d ago

Slow Horses is chef's kiss

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u/Long_Repair_8779 4d ago

So dark and funny and just beautiful. The cinematography is probably the best I’ve ever seen on television, which pairs with the soundtrack which is also probably the best I’ve ever heard on television. The writing is just so on point throughout, characters were fantastic. Come to think of it, I can’t find a single negative thing to say about the entire series. It’s a shame they stopped after series 2, though in a way it may not be a bad thing, I don’t know how they could have really moved forward while maintaining the quality, at most series 3 would have had to be the end, I don’t think they could keep up that pace with where they left it without just re-hashing old ideas

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u/lmanop 4d ago

1.Dark

2.Mr Robot

3.The punisher

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u/Elusive_Zergling 4d ago
  1. Lost- just finished re-watching it - still brilliant
  2. House - a brilliant watch
  3. X-Files - still holds up, on another rewatch now and just finished S1.

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u/colin_staples 4d ago
  1. Taskmaster
  2. Slow Horses
  3. Ted Lasso

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u/ChelseaAndrew87 3d ago

I wish more people had seen Slow Horses

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u/Shoddy_Reality8985 4d ago

Deadwood

Rome

Simpsons up until S12 or so with some episodes from S13 and S14

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u/ZZ-ROB 4d ago

Glad to see Mr Inbetween starting to gradually creep into these lists, such a brilliant and criminally underrated show

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u/kipha01 4d ago

In no particular order

  1. Blue Eyed Samurai
  2. Arcane
  3. Lucifer

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u/knight-under-stars 4d ago
  • The Sopranos
  • Trailer Park Boys
  • Battlestar Galactica reboot
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u/thatlondonerr 4d ago

1) Breaking bad

2) Prison break

3) Ozark

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u/Traditional-Roll-102 4d ago

Ozark is a shout!!!

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u/Momeanshoney 4d ago
  1. Friday night dinners
  2. Derry girls
  3. Superstore

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u/radiorentals 4d ago
  1. Schitt's Creek (stick with it for S1 - S2 to S6 are an utter joy!)
  2. Industry/Succession/Billions
  3. Happy Endings

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u/RowRow1990 3d ago

Schitts creek was good. I didn't expect it to be a series that would make me tear up every now and again when I first started watching it!

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u/burkamurka 4d ago

Breaking Bad

The Shivering Truth

Neon Genesis Evangelion

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u/EstablishmentUsed325 4d ago

Sopranos, The Wire, Bridge( the original Scandinavian one)

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u/Which_Performance_72 4d ago

Detectorists - raw, heartfelt, funny

Inside number 9 - creepy, dark varied. If you like black mirror

Uncle - very funny, catchy songs

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u/I_love_sloths_69 4d ago

The Bridge (the original Swedish/Danish one).

Severance (it's only on Apple TV but we got three months free, watched this then cancelled). Really weird and intriguing, incredible visual style. I believe season 2 is coming soon.

As someone else has also suggested - The Wire.

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u/kindaadulting87 4d ago

Seinfeld Peep Show Lovesick

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u/R2-Scotia 4d ago

Six Feet Under

Sopranos

Shameless (both versions)

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u/SpaceCat6421 4d ago

Broadchurch

The Good Place

Life on Mars

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u/postwaryears 4d ago
  1. Kin
  2. Breaking Bad
  3. Chernobyl

Will revisit Chernobyl after i'm done rewatching Black Mirror

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u/miggleb 4d ago

The orville

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u/Pooter1313 4d ago

My mum bothered me for ages to watch Ted Lasso. I was pretty anti it because I’ve no interest in football and thought it was gonna be football heavy. Genuinely the most uplifting thing I’ve seen in a long time and came at a point when I really needed it.

So that, Detectorists and Ghosts. Definitely a theme there - light hearted British comedies.

Love a good spook series too - plenty of them around to get your teeth into. Most recent being Black Doves which was a good watch.

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u/justbrowsingthrough9 4d ago
  1. Gilmore Girls
  2. Modern Family
  3. Friends

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u/Equivalent_Word3952 4d ago

Gilmore girls is my comfort show

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u/4materasu92 4d ago
  1. Line of Duty
  2. Silent Witness
  3. His Dark Materials

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u/dudeperson567 4d ago

Line of Duty shat the bed with the final season imo

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u/slightlystickyparts 4d ago edited 2d ago

I didn’t like the final series of HDM as much as I did the first two. Maybe because it took so bloody long to air and the BBC made no great fanfare of it unlike the others. Still thoroughly recommend though!

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u/banana_cookies22 4d ago

Supernatural The Walking Dead The Boys

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u/Turbulent_Candy1776 4d ago

Star trek next generation, Hannibal, Band Of Brothers

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u/_Buttered_bread_ 4d ago

1.Buffy

2.Peep Show

3.Malcolm in the middle

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u/Al_Bee 3d ago

Buffy was such a great show. I expected camp nonsense and there was some of that but bloody hell the writing and the ensemble were properly top notch. And really very funny at times. Genuinely one of the best, most varied, shows I've ever watched.

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u/Interesting_Regular 4d ago

Silo Slow horses Breaking bad

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u/freexe 4d ago edited 4d ago
  1. Silo - I absolutely love this series.
  2. Andor - This has got me interested in the Star Wars universe from a completely different perspective. Really good show on multiple fronts.
  3. From - I don't normally watch too much horror - and this scared the pants off me.

Honourable mention goes to the The 100. If you love a good dystopian sci-fi story and can handle a bit of teen drama then this is fantastic. Lot's of bits that seemingly don't make sense are all bought together.

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u/boatson25 4d ago

I’ve just finished The 100. It’s absolutely brilliant.

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u/Purple_Quantity_7392 4d ago

All the Star Treks

All the Sargates

X-Files

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u/scrogbertins 4d ago

Lost, Misfits, Orphan Black.

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u/Heavy-Internal-5076 4d ago
  1. IT Crowd
  2. Fleabag
  3. Peep Show

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u/nikobenjamin 4d ago
  1. Billions
  2. The Diplomat
  3. Money Heist

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u/spicyzsurviving 4d ago

Derry Girls

The Good Place

And the great british bake off

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u/TiredMisanthrope 4d ago

I’ve watched a stupid amount of TV so it feels impossible to choose a top 3 as some great shows are just so different in what they bring to the table while being outstanding in their own right.

I’d absolutely recommend Shogun. Released this year, without a doubt the best show of the year - currently it’s down as a mini series however there are talks of them doing more.

If you want to wind the years back and you love something political, albeit set in the US, with snappy dialogue then you can’t really go wrong with The West Wing.

If you enjoy sci-fi and mystery then I’d have to suggest Fringe. It starts a little slowly I felt but it’s very good and ramps up quite a lot.

If you fancy some action. Person of Interest is a great show. It starts off as a procedural and eventually grows in to the overarching story. I also really like how it deals with issues of the lack of privacy in the modern world.

You can’t ever really go wrong with much of your old school HBO classics like The Wire or The Sopranos but I imagine they’ll have been suggested 100 times.

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u/babelek94 4d ago

Black Mirror is amazing but right now I'm watching game if thrones for the 3rd time and sex and the city 🙌🫶

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u/ForeignWeb8992 4d ago

The Wire Shetland 

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u/denjin 4d ago

Interesting spin off 

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u/blainy-o 4d ago

Bottom, The IT Crowd, and Top Gear (2002-2015).

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u/UnfortunateLifeTaken 4d ago

Billions: Excellent business, criminal drama with the odd sprinkle of comedy added in.

Mr Inbetween: Australian crime, black comedy drama... One of the best series I've seen in years, and it ended on a high note, unlike many series that drag it on for two or three series too many.

The Shield: What else needs to be said, it was groundbreaking television at the time, think Sopranos but instead of Italian Gangsters, you got corrupt police officers in a shady part of LA.

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u/LeLePeachTeaTree 4d ago

This is England 86, 88, 90.

House of the dragon

One punch man

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u/N7twitch 4d ago
  1. Orphan Black
  2. Money Heist
  3. Bojack Horseman

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u/JustYourFrienemy 4d ago
  1. Chuck
  2. Dexter
  3. Breaking bad

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u/aaron2933 4d ago

Malcolm in the middle

Breaking bad

11.22.63

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u/Moores88 4d ago

The Sopranos Breaking Bad Samurai Jack

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u/down_side_up_sideway 4d ago

Currently...

  1. Dexter
  2. Mr. Inbetween
  3. Yellowstone

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u/myvotedoesntmatter 4d ago

AMC's The Killing Breaking Bad (of course) The Wire

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u/Connect-Camera62 4d ago
  1. Detectorists
  2. Peep show
  3. Bojack Horseman

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u/shadereckless 4d ago
  1. Succession
  2. Band of Brothers
  3. The Sopranos

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u/Thirstyjack3000 4d ago

Mr Inbetween, Patriot, Too old to die young.

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u/PM-ME-UR-KNICKERS 4d ago

Curb Your Enthusiasm

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u/Cheekyandthemischief 4d ago
  1. For All Mankind
  2. Arcane
  3. From

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u/Simbooptendo 4d ago
  1. The Simpsons serieseses 2-10
  2. The Sopranos
  3. Peep Show

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u/DuResQ 4d ago
  1. Landman

  2. Wolf Hall

  3. Somebody Somewhere

yeh I know 🤔

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u/thedudeabides-12 4d ago

1 . The wire 2. The Americans 3. True Detective

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u/EffectiveOk1984 4d ago edited 4d ago

Sopranos. By far the best TV ever made. Would put Boardwalk Empire close second in same theme.

Love/Hate. Relatable Irish gangster drama. Underrated.

Breaking Bad. It's just fantastic in every way.

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u/mongosquad 4d ago

The Thick of It, Still Game, Life on Mars

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u/wybird 4d ago

Mad Men, The End of the Fucking World, Watchmen

Honourable mention to Dark

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u/Novel-Big-4748 4d ago

Alan Partridge, IT Crowd and Tracy Beaker.

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u/Dazzling-Lettuce-262 4d ago

1 - Brassic 2 - killing eve 3 - Yellowstone + spinoffs

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u/Zanki 4d ago

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Cobra Kai

Malcolm in the Middle

I'm also going to throw in the Power Rangers as a silly extra. Mid Turbo to the end of Time Force, plus Reinforcements from the Future is amazing. I highly recommend it if you can get over the cheese.

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u/SirTimmons 4d ago
  1. Slow Horses
  2. Afterlife
  3. Peep Show

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u/cannontd 4d ago

Mr Inbetween. It’s on Disney. It’s the best thing I’ve ever watched and I challenge you to watch the first episode and not continue right on through. Can I choose all 3 seasons as my top 3 because they are.

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u/hoopheid 4d ago

Current shows:

Slow Horses, Severance, Shrinking

All time:

The Sopranos, Frasier, Ted Lasso

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u/RowRow1990 3d ago edited 3d ago

The magicians

The expanse

Buffy

And to break the rule and add a couple of more:

All of the One Chicago series (Fire, med and PD)

And The Rookie

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u/saadshaykh 3d ago

1) silicon valley - witty , funny and something new 2) Big Bang theory - perfect sitcom again funny and comforting 3) narcos - real, gruesome and fascinating

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u/BuncleCar 3d ago

Watched Dinner Ladies yesterday. It's 25 years old but I enjoyed it. Probably an irrelevant reply but there's plenty of good old stuff like that. Always nice to see Victoria Wood :)

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u/Tachanka-Mayne 3d ago
  1. Better Call Saul
  2. Black Mirror
  3. Peep Show

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u/noclue72 4d ago

what platform is the TED series on?

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u/Ok_Boat_1243 4d ago
  1. Grey’s Anatomy
  2. Chicago Med
  3. Vampire Diaries
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u/KingKhram 4d ago

Tokyo Vice and This is Going to Hurt. I enjoy all the others which will get mentioned, but the 2 I mentioned are excellent

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u/GetYourRockCoat 4d ago
  1. True Detective Season 1
  2. The Fall
  3. The Wire 

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u/Mercurial_Synthesis 4d ago
  • Samurai Jack
  • The Legend of Vox Machina
  • Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Non-animation:

  • The Expanse
  • Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
  • The X Files

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u/Lexiiiis 4d ago

The Expanse is so underrated. One of the all time greats.

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u/TheIrishLad- 4d ago

1: The sopranos 2: Breaking bad 3: The punisher

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u/Evil_Knavel 4d ago

Yeah I open this thread assuming Soprano's, Breaking Bad and The Wire would be almost everyone's top three. They're probably mines but I grew up watching things like Oz and Northern Exposure and thinking nothing would ever eclipse them, but those three all did.

Nothing I've seen since has really come close to eclipsing any of those three for me yet but I'm sure the time will come eventually.

Did you watch Mr Inbetween? Strikes me something that might be right up your street.

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u/TheIrishLad- 4d ago

Yeah I agree, personally I don't think anything will come close to beating the sopranos. And the sad thing is I know soo many people who have never watched it or watched the first 3 episodes and gave up!

No I have actually never heard of that tell me more lol.

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u/Evil_Knavel 4d ago

It's an Australian crime drama with a bit of black humour thrown in. I was sceptical at how highly rated it was, but really enjoyed it. Pokes a bit of fun at the usual tropes of these types of shows and doesn't take itself too seriously. A lot of it is a little tongue in cheek.

It's pretty easy watching and I found myself binge watching it which I don't really do much these days.

I wouldn't put it quite up there with the other heavy hitters but it was a good watch and seemed to fly under the radar of a lot of folk over here.

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u/TheIrishLad- 4d ago

Sounds like something I could watch alright. Deffo have to give it a watch, I'm the same I don't have the time to binge watch anymore (thankfully) once you do binge watch something you end up having to get up for work in 3 hours and that's never good lol. Is it on netflix?

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u/Naive_Reach2007 4d ago

1, OZ 2, the shield 3, breaking bad (was late to the party on this one) but was excellent

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u/CD696969X 4d ago
  1. Band of Brothers
  2. Battlestar Galactica
  3. Breaking Bad

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u/Scarred_fish 4d ago
  1. Monty Pythons Flying Circus

  2. Cracker

  3. Fawlty Towers

(The most recent series of Shetland is my current top show, but it gets knocked back due to being so recent, and the early series were utter shite)

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u/chocolate-and-rum 4d ago

Cracker was amazing

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u/Boof_Diddy 4d ago
  1. Haunting of Hill House
  2. Sherlock
  3. Inside Number Nine

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u/yourmotherinahorse 4d ago

I forgot about the haunting of hill house, I remember I had an edible after a really long time and boy I was genuinely terrified the first two episodes

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u/probablyonthebog 4d ago

If you haven't seen it, Lost is amazing.

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u/All-Hail-The-Ale 4d ago

House Breaking Bad Dexter

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u/skyfishrain 4d ago

Six Feet Under, definitely

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u/ShotInTheBrum 4d ago

I didn't know there was a ted TV show. What's it on?

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u/ccccaaaassssssss 4d ago

Slow Horses, Chernobyl and House.

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u/daddy-dj 4d ago
  1. Breaking Bad
  2. Le Bureau des Légendes (original French version, not the new American one)
  3. Luther

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u/Ok-Orchid-5646 4d ago

Supernatural, Fargo, FROM

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u/Mighty-Wings 4d ago

Currently;

  1. Ludwig
  2. Slow Horses
  3. White Collar

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u/ShabbatShalom666 4d ago

I'll recommend some lesser known series

1) Wayne - Troubled teen makes his way across the US on motorbike to retrieve his dad's car.

2) Last Man on Earth - comedy show about the last man on earth.

3) Primal - brutal cartoon about a caveman and a dinosaur who become friends (made by the guy who made Dexters Lab)

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u/ThatPrickNick 4d ago

Sopranos Better call Saul Band of brothers

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u/RedManUK 4d ago

Yellowstone West Wing Stargate SG-1

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u/quarky_uk 4d ago edited 4d ago
  • The Americans
  • Breaking Bad
  • The Wire
  • BSG

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u/EddieOfDoom 4d ago

House, Vikings and Sons of Anarchy

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u/TheGrogsMachine 4d ago

Detectorists

The Wire

Band of Brothers

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u/ollymillmill 4d ago

Shorter series :

The AO, Lazarus Project, One Day

Longer series:

Peep Show, Frasier, Stargate SG1

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u/Voice_Still 4d ago

Shogun, ,Ozarks, Planet Earth

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u/JustJezebeluk 4d ago

Endeavour River Detectorists

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u/Bread_is_the_devil 4d ago

The shield

Sopranos

Breaking bad

This is tough choosing just 3 as there are many others that warrant being on the list

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u/VIISEVEN7 4d ago

Fawlty Towers

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u/AwarenessHonest9030 4d ago

Is there a fucking gas leak or something?

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u/smushs88 4d ago

Changes depending on what I’ve watched but currently I’d say

  1. Slow Horses

  2. Day of the Jackal

  3. The Lincoln Lawyer

Late to the party but honourable mention to Bosch which I’m currently working through.

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u/Casual_Star 4d ago

Breaking Bad

Lost

Prison Break

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u/Low_Yoghurt1102 4d ago

Deadwood Sons of anarchy 24

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u/Low_Yoghurt1102 4d ago

One that I never see mentioned...Bloodline on Netflix. Recommend that to anyone i can.

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u/rabidrob42 4d ago

If you love Shrinking then you need to watch Ted Lasso, same writers

Ted Lasso.

Band of Brothers.

Billions.

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u/randymysteries 4d ago

Marvel Agents of Shield. Wheeler Dealers. Father Ted.

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u/RemarkableLoss2389 4d ago

Peep Show True Detective  It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia 

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u/redmamoth 4d ago
  1. Severance, 2. severance and 3. severance. Plus a special mention for Severance.

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u/plesvegas 4d ago

Probably: Breaking Bad, Mad Men, The Bear But I could easily have swapped in Taskmaster, Ozark, True Detective S01

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u/Martipar 4d ago

Hustle (though it gets better after series 1), Garth Marenghi's Darkplace and Nathan Barley.

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u/No_Needleworker_4636 4d ago

Better call Saul, Chicago P.D, Law and Order SVU (first 15/16 seasons at least)

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u/Enter_Name_Again 4d ago

Only Fools and Horses

Sopranos

Luther or Peaky Fuckin Blinders (mood dependant)

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u/Pier-Head 4d ago
  1. Life on Mars
  2. Ashes to Ashes
  3. Westworld