British Shows Everyone Needs To Watch

[Tom Constantine]

Life on Mars <3

I got the DVDs for Christmas, since it's a show I have to re-watch every so often. I think I'm going to watch some episodes tonight. :laugh:

The claymation of him beating up the nounce makes me cry with laughter every time.

 

[scikaiju]

Garth Marenghi's Darkplace​

Darkplace is a show that never got aired in the 80s and has now been released, with video commentary of the creator and the actors. Set in a hospital in Romford (funnily enough where I'm from), Darkplace is haunted by demons, spirits and supernatural creatures. The entire show is a paraody, however it is portrayed as being a real show. Easily one of my favourite comedies ever and has some of the best and memorable lines of any show (and one song).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjmJWVc1RGY

Look Around You​

Look Around You is a parody of BBC GCSE revision videos they used to show at 3am-6am in the 80s. Each episode is made to seem correct and serious, however the facts are obviously very bogus and random.

I watched these on Adult Swin, good shows

 

[Shadow_moon]

Absolutely Fabulous

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6r_JnGUexsw"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6r_JnGUexsw[/ame]

The Inbetweeners

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G48J5ZpRbqs"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G48J5ZpRbqs[/ame]

The Catherine Tate Show

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU9HSgHaZ24"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eU9HSgHaZ24[/ame]

Coming of Age

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKtIZuPimxc&feature=PlayList&p=38B25AB04B2E4C77&index=1[/ame]

Gavin and Stacey

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr4zmMfz3pE"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr4zmMfz3pE[/ame]

Torchwood

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwZUITi_u6M[/ame]

 

[Igadevil]

I finished Life on Mars just a few weeks ago, awesome show.

 

[Judge Faiz]

I would add The IT Crowd & The Office to the list as well.

 

[Skyknight]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpUOmdWMtH4&feature=related[/ame]

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIdE-BFgMZA&feature=related[/ame]

 

[Kivat]

I would add The IT Crowd & The Office to the list as well.

Oh yeeah, the British office is funny also. lol

 

[Silver Wolf]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned QI (Quite Interesting) yet.

It's perhaps one of the best panel game shows (though the points are really an afterthought) I've ever seen, it's absolutely hilarious, and it's even educational. Shame that due to the pictures they use on the backgrounds they can't really air the show outside of the UK as they can't seem to get the international rights to display them on tv. You'll find some episodes around the net if you look hard enough though.

Here are some choice clips:

[HIDE][ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2O5rCjTa6v4&feature=related"]QI: History of England...[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAySycTIau0&feature=related"]QI: Moonwalking Bird[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OvefhhMbbg&feature=related"]QI: Clangers[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJOg07YoIrA&feature=related"]QI: Alan spots something[/ame]
[/HIDE]

You can find alot more clips on the BBC and BBCWorldwide channels, if you aren't barred by region restrictions that is. Here's three recent ones:

[HIDE][ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXKoBpG19bI"]QI: Alan Destroys the Set[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93cAvjqdhaE"]QI: Who is the Coolest Person?[/ame]

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0JQcV3nGow"]QI: David Tennant gets his "Sonic Thing" out - QI Preview[/ame] [/HIDE]
(Yes Tennant was there for the 2009 Christmas special, "Groovy." Fans of Doctor Who should really check it out.)

This one has practically become an internet meme:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QX5WavWy2t0"]QI: They say of the Acropolis...[/ame]

And of course, the buzzers are hilarious too:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4yBnQzaEWo&feature=related"]QI Buzzers[/ame]

 

[DSP]

Stuff about QI

Oh my how could we have forgotten, QI is amazing, I swear Stephen Fry is a national institution, I love it how Alan always gets the weird buzzer, I loved the current series, I think though anyone with sean lock or david mitchell has been pretty good this series.

 

[ryuuseipro]

Other great British TV classics, mostly in the sci-fi vein (especially "British Tokusatsu"!):

All of the below are from Gerry and Sylvia Anderson. (The late Derek Meddings is the Eiji Tsuburaya of England, IMHO):

Supercar:
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQnO2h-ATaQ[/ame]

Fireball XL-5:
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASvBTqfTrzA[/ame]

Stingray:
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E06cNv55jTs[/ame]

Thunderbirds (the most popular in the US!):
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2K9rVRuehGU[/ame]

Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons:
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV8YbLvGrb0[/ame]

Joe 90:
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTsMx1DGfNk[/ame]


Also of note, besides the many Quatermass series and Doctor Who, there's the ever-awesome The Avengers:
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUQzNIxGLyM[/ame]

And some of you have to be familiar with this one!
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRPDO63rI1E[/ame]


Honorable mention: Sky (1975), a miniseries so absolutely bizarre, you wonder what drugs the creators of this show were on!
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M50f-_oIebQ[/ame]