Any good British shows?

Luther
Shadowline
Sherlock
Jekyll
Life on Mars
Being Human - Seasons 1 + 2
Primeval
Misfits
Spooks - Known as MI-5 in the States
Whitechapel
Vexed - It's similar to Castle.
Line of Duty

 

Based on the mention on the Leverage Thread, I recorded Hustle.

I would say that Leverage stole the concept but it may be the other way 'round.

The black guy is in charge and Robert Vaughn is a totterer in the background!

 

We've been watching Doc Martin on KERA.

Kind of reminds me of Northern Exposure set on the English coast. Quaint town, eccentric residents, doctor there kind of against his will.

All in all a very enjoyable show.

 

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My favorite British comedy of recent years was Gavin and Stacey - it's already 3 or 4 years old but I loved it and you might have already seen it.

 

Yeah! I should have mentioned Doc Martin. I caught the whole run on Amazon Prime Instant.

 

My Hero

Its very funny, but they replaced the lead in the last season. That killed it. I loved the show till the last season. It was still ok but it just was not the same.

 

Peep show is good.

Last week I saw one episode of Twenty Twelve, a mockumentary about staging the 2012 London games, with Hugh Bonneville. It felt a lot like a Rob Reiner/Christopher Guest production. Not on Netflix yet but available to purchase from Amazon (streaming or DVD)

 

Survivors!

 

The Two Ronnies
The Benny Hill Show

Going back a few years there

 

Hustle debuted February 24, 2004
Leverage debuted December 7, 2008

 

Wasn't there also a US production of Hustle?

Anyway, MWhip might also like QI.

It is a comedy quiz show of 'Quite Interesting' facts which challenge the facts that most of us grew up believing. Many of the episodes have an XL version, which contains a further 15 minutes of material cut from the production in order to fit the show into it's 30 minute timeslot, these are worth seeking out as they mostly contain the panelists (mostly comedians) becoming carried away with the humor of the subjects in focus.

 

Spy

Its on Hulu

They have a guy trying to portray an American accent. Funny to listen to when you hear his accent drop for a second. I bet British people dont even notice.

 

My teenage daughter and all her friends LOVE Skins.

 

No, never. There were several episodes filmed in the States, though.

QI is great and one of my must-sees.

 

Poirot of course!

 

Red Riding.

 

Coupling.

 

If you do get this, also get the follow-up series Ashes to Ashes.

Other than a title change, I don't see what the advantage is in getting the UK version as opposed to an official US DVD of the show. Even if the TV version was hacked up for commercials, the DVD version is pretty much what was aired on the BBC. At least the episodes of the UK version of Top Gear that I bought on iTunes appear to be that way.

 

Enjoying Peep Show lately on Netflix. Very very funny!

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/peep-show