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Any Other British TV fans out there?
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Any Other British TV fans out there?
Lol, binge watching in between falling asleep ๐คฃ๐
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https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/masterpiece/specialfeatures/masterpiece-to-air-mr-bates-vs-the-post-office/
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https://startefacts.com/news/15-british-shows-that-make-american-tv-look-second-rate_a119
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(Sunday 2/11/24)
Well TONIGHT is the "last" episode in the season for Ms. Scarlett and the Duke!!! ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ
Lol, now to make sure I DO NOT "miss" it...
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Yes, I love British TV. Here are some of my favorites.
The earliest shows that I remember were the British comedies on PBS - Keeping Up Appearances, Are You Being Served?, Fawlty Towers, As Time Goes By. Then there was a โdramedyโ series called Monarch of the Glen, set is Scotland, that I really enjoyed.
Then came the crime dramas (usually on Masterpiece or Masterpiece Mystery), Sherlock, Foyleโs War, Endeavour, Inspector Morse, Inspector Lewis, Broadchurch, Agatha Christieโs Poirot, DCI Banks, Midsomer Murders, The Bletchley Circle, Grantchester, Father Brown, Van der Valk (2020), Baptiste, Miss Scarlet and the Duke, and more.
Dramas and period shows - Poldark, Downton Abbey, Call the Midwife, The Crown (Netflix), The Last Kingdom (Netflix), The Musketeers (Netflix), All Creatures Great and Small, The Durrells, Hotel Portofino, Bleak House, The Forsyte Saga, The Hollow Crown (Netflix), Lark Rise to Candleford, and lots of other period dramas.
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(Saturday 1/13/24)
Oh YES, you are a FAN!!! Thanks for your list @MaVolta , I am going to check it out. Hyacinth in Keeping Up Appearances was a HOOT/lol ๐๐คฃ Poor Richard...
[โ @MaVolta wrote:Yes, I love British TV. Here are some of my favorites.
The earliest shows that I remember were the British comedies on PBS - Keeping Up Appearances, Are You Being Served?, Fawlty Towers, As Time Goes By. Then there was a โdramedyโ series called Monarch of the Glen, set is Scotland, that I really enjoyed.
Then came the crime dramas (usually on Masterpiece or Masterpiece Mystery), Sherlock, Foyleโs War, Endeavour, Inspector Morse, Inspector Lewis, Broadchurch, Agatha Christieโs Poirot, DCI Banks, Midsomer Murders, The Bletchley Circle, Grantchester, Father Brown, Van der Valk (2020), Baptiste, Miss Scarlet and the Duke, and more.
Dramas and period shows - Poldark, Downton Abbey, Call the Midwife, The Crown (Netflix), The Last Kingdom (Netflix), The Musketeers (Netflix), All Creatures Great and Small, The Durrells, Hotel Portofino, Bleak House, The Forsyte Saga, The Hollow Crown (Netflix), Lark Rise to Candleford, and lots of other period dramas. โ]
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We don't have Netflix, so we miss out on those, but we've watched pretty much all of the ones you listed. One that we are currently enjoying is The Yorkshire Vet. We love it because it's like a sequel to the All Creatures Great and Small series and is set in my mum's old home town.
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(Saturday 1/13/24)
@gr6124 , I am really ENJOYING the "new" season of All Creatures Great and Small and have a PBS reminder set. Not fond of TV in retirement, but they have caught my interest. I watch it on my Android. Have not owned a TV for years. Boring...
[โ @gr6124 wrote:We don't have Netflix, so we miss out on those, but we've watched pretty much all of the ones you listed. One that we are currently enjoying is The Yorkshire Vet. We love it because it's like a sequel to the All Creatures Great and Small series and is set in my mum's old home town. โ]
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(Sunday 1/7/24)
Reruns of Sherlock Holmes - NEVER tire of him ๐
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I am British but my husband is American, and he already loved to watch All Creatures Great and Small before he even met me. He's read all the books and we even visited James Herriot's home and surgery on one of our trips back home. We also love As Time Goes By, and most of the English Detective stories: Morse, Endeavor, Masterpiece Mysteries etc. We love all the old comedies. The Call Me Cat series with Mayam Bialik is based on the Miranda comedy that DeahWA was commenting on earlier, but nowhere near as funny (in my opinion).
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There was a science fiction series, Blake's 7, that I enjoyed watching in the 1980s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake%27s_7
It was about seven people who escaped a prison ship to another uninhabited space ship that was better than anyone else's. They were freedom fighters against an oppressive government. But it had one of the worst endings of any series. The oppressive government won in the end.
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There was a British comedy called Miranda a while back that was off and on funny, if you get British humor, which often I don't. But it had one wet-your-pants-laughing-so-hard episode called Just Act Normal in which Miranda and her mother are mandated to a therapy session. If you've ever been to therapy, if you've had a less than ideal relationship with your mother, you have to watch this. It's viewable free on Amazon Prime:
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I think I mentioned this show elsewhere on the AARP site, but if you have Netflix, there's a Scottish show called "Still Game" which I like a lot. It's about a group of Scottish retirees ("pensioners"). The language can be a bit...salty, but it makes me laugh.
But โ very important! Watch it with the subtitles on. The accents are very thick.
And a guilty pleasure: "Toast of London." Also on Netflix. The main character, Stephen Toast, is a struggling actor in London. The language on that show would make a sailor blush. I've watched the eighteen episodes of "Toast" over and over because they make me laugh very hard.
But it may not be for everyone!
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I have seen all of "Still Game" and loved it. I probably watch as much if not more British TV than American, especially with streaming. I'm a huge British detective fan. Even if you don't stream there is a lot of stuff on Youtube. You can watch that on the website. There's a great old three season show called "The Detectorists" about two guys who's hobby is looking for ancient coins and other historical objects in the area where they live in England. If you are into British film and tv you will recognize the actors. Great show.
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I will definitely check out Toast. You sound like me. I've watched One foot in the Grave so many times I can say the next line before the characters do. Also,"Last of the summer Wine" is one I would have never expected to like. But the music at the intro and the scenery are beautiful. It ran for 35 years and is very popular in the US now. And by the way all of these shows can be watched on youtube free.
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watch Still Game often on amazon prime. It does take some getting used to before you start understanding what they are saying but that is part of the fun.
once you get to know the characters it's kind of hard not to keeping going back to see the next episode.
Another show is "Vicious". It's a comedy about to old gay men who are partners living together. It has it's moments but the characters aren't very appealing. There's no sex in it except that both of the old guys are hot for the young man, Ashe, who lives in an apartment near them. I tried but it wasn't my cup of tea.
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@aruzinsky wrote:You might enjoy Derry Girls on Netflix. The following is my favorite scene where they have a wedding dance to Rock The Boat by Hues Corporation. It's a real thing in Ireland.
๐ฅLol @aruzinsky ๐คฃ๐๐ฅ
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@AvocadoDog wrote:I think I mentioned this show elsewhere on the AARP site, but if you have Netflix, there's a Scottish show called "Still Game" which I like a lot. It's about a group of Scottish retirees ("pensioners"). The language can be a bit...salty, but it makes me laugh.
But โ very important! Watch it with the subtitles on. The accents are very thick.
And a guilty pleasure: "Toast of London." Also on Netflix. The main character, Stephen Toast, is a struggling actor in London. The language on that show would make a sailor blush. I've watched the eighteen episodes of "Toast" over and over because they make me laugh very hard.
But it may not be for everyone!
๐ฅThanks @AvocadoDog ๐๐ฅ
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I think I watched every episode of Dr. Who but it is getting too liberal by making him a transsexual woman. I should have seen it coming with the spinoff, Torchwood, which I stopped watching because I couldn't stand the large amount of homosexual propaganda. I also watch BBC news. Fawlty Towers was very funny.
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@aruzinsky wrote:I think I watched every episode of Dr. Who but it is getting too liberal by making him a transsexual woman. I should have seen it coming with the spinoff, Torchwood, which I stopped watching because I couldn't stand the large amount of homosexual propaganda. Remarkably, the Conservative Party is on a roll in England. I also watch BBC news. Fawlty Towers was very funny.
๐ฅHi @aruzinsky I have never watched Dr. Who. Lol, yes, Fawlty Towers kept me giggling! ๐คฃ๐
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@aruzinsky wrote:Benny Hill
๐ฅHi @aruzinsky never watch him. Thanks for stopping by to join our discussion ๐๐ฅ
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