Some of my favourite series I've discovered...

Arggh, just lost some really long responses when my browser crashed.

Jean, yep, that The Bridge is the one I included in the options. Great show.

micky wrote: Sex house? Let me guess.. a Brit thing (hopefully starting <span ="st">Patricia Routledge ) </span>that PBS over here hasn't gotten around to picking up yet for colonial consumption. Love it... gets my vote!

Micky, yep Sex House is a venerable Masterpiece Theatre (more like master piece of a**) classic which features a bevy of bodacious British luminaries of the stage and screen in a loosely based, and I do mean loose, scintillating and titillating adaptation of a long thought lost work of Jane Austen (Sex and Sexuality). "Sybian in the hoooouuuuse" (Mr. Gotwood).

See youtube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL622682EF88B3C077 It's made by the venerable The Onion.

I added Dead Set, by the way, which really is British, and was a terrible omission as I love that zombie miniseries take on Big Brother. It was created by Charlie Brooker of Black Mirror (he also worked on Nathan Barley and Brass Eye).

Most recently I've finished watching The 4400, still watching Zombie Nation, and I've finally started on Game of Thrones.

Edited by Logan - August 09 2016 at 13:04

there is a Swedish series Friede and I have been watching recently named "The Bridge - Transit to Death". very complicated and mysterious; kind of a Swedish version of "Twin Peaks". we like this series a lot

It's great to finally see a vote for Les Revenants (superb series). I actually liked season 2 a lot. Although it didn't hook me as fast as the first, it still kept me intrigued. I particularly like the Pierre story arc in it, and without spoilers, I'll just say that what happens with Serge (one of the most interesting characters to me from the show) I find powerful.

I hope one day you are in the mood to watch it all.

I would love a series/season 3 that acts as a prequel (focuses more on the early events surrounding the dam breaking etc.).

SaltyJon wrote: I'd recommend Mighty Boosh. You'll recognize some of the cast (and some of the oddball humor, maybe) from Garth Marenghi's Darkplace. Same goes for Snuff Box, if you've not seen that show. Both are truly bizarre comedy from the UK. I'm assuming you've watched Black Books, otherwise it's a definite recommendation as well. Also, forgot to note; I voted for IT Crowd.

Great to see you Jon, it's been a while.

I have watched a few episodes of Black Books (saw it when it was new and watched another in recent months). I wasn't hooked, but I will get back down to it (especially as Netflix Canada has it -- something to watch with the wife -- she loved the IT Crowd.

I've watched some clips of Snuff Box (big Matt Berry fan), and one episode of the Might Boosh and enjoyed them, will watch more. There is a stable of actors in comedies that I like the projects of that have worked on many shows together, and eventually I'll watch them all.

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Jean: That looks good. Video not working for me, but the description looks like it might appeal to the Utopia fan in me.

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Surprised not to see any votes for Misfits, by the way. I thought that was a popular show.

Here's a trailer for Real Humans, which I found superb, but doesn't seem to get much attention.



It was remade as Humans (a UK/ US co-production). I was excited when I heard of it since it has Neil Maskell who plays Raison Boy in Utopia (see my avatar), but then read that it was a remake, and so watched the original instead. I tried Humans afterwards, but it didn't have the appeal of Real Humans to me. Les Revenants was also remade as The Returned (a US production) and what I saw of the remake was not nearly so good as the original, but then remakes rarely are. And Utopia was set to be remade in the US, but the project was dropped.

The It Crowd was also set to be remade in the US, and here's the pilot -- it didn't work out: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xmjpk4_the-it-crowd-us-pilot_fun Very similar, except it's not really funny. There have been talks to try again to remake it.

Edited by Logan - June 27 2016 at 11:54

In the 70s there were two German SF series on TV, "Alpha Alpha" and "Das blaue Palais" ("The Blue Palais"). Both were kind of precursors to "The X Files". Here the first episode of "Alpha Alpha", unfortunately in German:



The series is about an organization that tries to stop the self-destructive tendencies of the human race (pollution, arms race, new dangerous inventions etc.). The first episode is about the search for an alpha agent. Potential alpha agents are very rare, and the hero turns out to be one.

By the way, if other Canadians look for these shows on Netflix Canada, only Misfits and The IT Crowd are covered (though missing special of the IT Crowd). It does have series/season one of Les Revenants, but not series two. Les Revenants is a brilliant show, by the way, and I'm stunned that it has no votes (not even from our Francophones or Mogwai fans).




Although one can find such stuff on the internet, and most of the sci-fi ones were shown on Space Canada, I wish I had a service that provided more fare from around the world. I've been disappointed with Netflix Canada as I've discovered almost nothing new to me of interest there (and it has far fewer titles than Netflix US). I know that it can be a licensing nightmare, and as one can see by the number of votes, my tastes on the whole are probably not popular enough to justify the expense.

And there are very few Korean/ Japanese etc. dramas for my wife to watch, which is her thing.

Edited by Logan - June 17 2016 at 14:15

JD wrote: It only lasted two seasons, but Carnivale was also a quirky period piece. We're watching Mr. Selfridge right now. It's a little slower pace and not as dark or intense as what I would prefer, I was hoping for a little more cut throat business action but it seems more of a lite family romance sort of thing. But gotta keep the Mrs. happy.

Edited by TeleStrat - June 17 2016 at 12:53

Don't know all of those, but The Thick of it is probably my fave of those I do know. Black Mirror is superb and good to see Nathan Barley on the list. I don't know many people wo have even heard of that show.

Feeling The Thick of It slightly over The IT Crowd at the moment with Toast of London in 3rd and Darkplace 4th

Forgive me Logan if I've missed this already, but has Black Books come under your radar?

JD wrote: I've not heard of any of these either. But for my buck I'd say check these out: Justified Marvel's Daredevil Penny Dreadful Orphan Black The Knick Huff