Top Five TV Shows of All Time

[Rachel]

What are your favourite TV shows, past or present and why? Mine are in order of preference:

1. Lost (fantastic, completely addictive series, best TV ever made in my opinion anyway!)
2. Sherlock Holmes (the Jeremy Brett version; I've just got these on DVD and am watching them now,
fantastic acting).
3. The House of Elliot (I love fashion and the 1920s, need I say more!)
4. Dr Who (I'm referring to the more recent series; I also like Torchwood - both seem to very popular here)
5. Pride and Prejudice (the BBC version with Colin Firth :blush:!)

I have all of the above on DVD and watch them again and again. DVDs are my only vice, next to crafting of course!:nod:

[kitten_with_claws]

I would have to say (in order of preference, sort of):

1. Desperate Housewives - I can't help it, I'm totally & utterly addicted to it......! lol One of the wittiest & most addictive TV shows ever I reckon!

2. Supernatural - especially the first 3 series, love everything about it, it's scary enough to be, well, scary (lol), the Chevy Impala is just beyond cool & who could ever tire of looking at the gorgeous Jensen Ackles......? (It's stoopid but I like it! lol)

3. Lost In Austen - a kind of fantasy adaptation of Pride & Prejudice - brilliant cast & you couldn't help but really take to the main characters & fervently hope there would, against all odds, be an ultimately happy ending......! lol

4. Murder One - superb series, Daniel Benzali was just brilliant, the whole cast were actually, kept you guessing right 'til the end, one of the best TV shows ever made I think!

5. Buffy the Vampire Slayer - OK, this was even stoopider than my no. 1 but I don't care how stooopid it was, I have to be truthful.....I loved it, though the final ending was admittedly one of the worst endings ever......! lol

Blimey, for a smart person, I have really dumbed down TV viewing tastes, don't I.......? :giggle:

[LothianCrafts]

My favourites are
1st A Touch of Frost ( David Jason is just fantastic in this)
2nd Taggart (Love the fact that you dont know who commited the crime till the end)
3rd Stargate ( I love Richard Dean Anderson)
4th Two and a half men (Just funny)
5th Big Brother ( Yes I know sad watching people sitting in a house but I do watch it.)

[LipstickCherry]

Ally McBeal - Fabulously quirky, I particularly liked the series where John and Richard were dating Ling and Nelle. And I just lurve Barry White.
You've Been Framed - I usually have tears of laughter rolling down my cheeks when this is on.
Ashes to Ashes - I loved this programme on so many levels. During the third series I was amazed how much I cared about fictional characters.
Fawlty Towers - I do like a good laugh, and even though I've seen them all loads of times and know exactly what is coming next, it's still hilarious.
Dallas - I adored this show when I was younger and I wanted to be Pamela Barnes-Ewing. Not because she was married to Patrick Duffy but because I thought she was so beautiful. I used to do my hair like hers. :blush:


So there you go. :)

[kitten_with_claws]

3rd Stargate ( I love Richard Dean Anderson)

Oh poop, I forgot about Stargate - loved that too......& Richard Dean Anderson.......! lol

[LipstickCherry]

5th Big Brother ( Yes I know sad watching people sitting in a house but I do watch it.)

I love BB too and have watched all the series, including Celebrity BB. I decided not to include any reality tv in my list because I also love The Apprentice, SCD, and I'm A Celeb. :)

[Rachel]

Kitten-with-claws when I was at university one of the professors who taught me who was so clever he was bordering on the eccentric used to be the biggest Buffy fan I know, so smart people do like Buffy. Don't put yourself down. I've never watched an episode, so I'm probably missing out on something great.

I also really like Lost in Austen. I thought it was a really clever concept when I watched it that worked. Of course, I have that one on DVD as well!

[craftycat]

Only 5?

Desperate Housewives.

Shameless

Dr Who, especially the David Tennant ones.

Sherlock Holmes. Jeremy Brett by far the best but the new "sherlock" series looks to be fun too.

Have I got news for you.

Lots of others, can we choose our fav. 50 please!

[Wellington]

I steered away from this thread cos I just can't narrow it down LOL

There's one obvious one. Which I won't bother to bore you with tee hee. Love it all from the start. Did you know that it's 50yrs young in 2013!

But I used to be partial to Stargate - but with the original cast, I lost interest when half the cast of Farscape joined. Which is odd considering I always enjoyed Farscape :cheeky:

Like a bit of the 'ol Trek, in most versions of the cash cow - the latest film was great too.

Never miss The Apprentice - just about the only reality show I regularly watch.

Kitten absolutely nowt wrong with a bit of Buffy :up:

[JanTheNan]

Corrie
Judge Judy
Judging Amy

They are about the only progs I regularly watch plus crafting on any channel.

[Mystic Mog]

1. Star Trek. I met Mr Mog at a Trek convention! He was a Vulcan, I was a Romulan...aah, memories!
2. Glee
3. Buffy. Especially for Giles.
4. Warehouse 13. I SOOOO want a Steampunked PC!
5. The Big Bang Theory. Sheldon ROCKS!

[Wellington]

1. Star Trek. I met Mr Mog at a Trek convention! He was a Vulcan, I was a Romulan...aah, memories!


Now there's an interesting alliance LOL Must admit to meeting Mr Welly through DW - I was in the Manchester Local Group, he was in the Liverpool one, the groups met & mingled...

[Mystic Mog]

Now there's an interesting alliance LOL Must admit to meeting Mr Welly through DW - I was in the Manchester Local Group, he was in the Liverpool one, the groups met & mingled...

See, who said that watching sci-fi was a waste of time...it changed my life!:grin:

[Julie]

I'm not much of a telly watcher but my all time fave is Father Ted.

Ohh and Come Dine with Me

and Strictly Come Dancing

and Hotel Inspector

and Masterchef

(funny how three of them were on tonight, I have a mind like a sieve)

Oops forgot Cracker

[lilac froggy Jan]

Not in any particular order but these are some of my top favourites........
Medium
Ghost whisperer
criminal minds
most haunted
grey's anatomy
ER
ugly betty
Doc martin
House
Lie to me
desperate housewives
24
dad's army
Doctor in the house......have a box set of all the series ever done,including dr at large, dr in charge etc
csi and csi miami don't like the NY one though.
Without a trace
Wonders of the solar system....oooo prof Brian cox :)
Sky at night

As a little girl woodentops was my favourite. And pogles wood.Also trumpton, and camberwick green years later . And I loved teletubbies the first few years they were out.


I also watch BB, strictly, and dancing and ice. The bionic vet recently on was brilliant.
Always watch casualty and holby city.
Only soap I watch is corrie.

There are others but can't think at the moment.

[fabyon]

1) New 'V' and The Fringe
2) Larkrise & Candlford
3) Ugly Betty
4) Rising Damp
5) Upstairs Downstairs
6) if I'm allowed a sixth > Any Agatha Christie's

[JanTheNan]

Hello Fab,

I believe I read somewhere, maybe DS, that a new Upstairs Downstairs is being made, will be interesting to see. I remember it first time round, makes me feel really old.

[Marilynmcl]

The IT Crowd....especially the one where 'Roy' pretends to be disabled so he can use the disabled toilet at the theatre......I actually broke my rib laughing at the chain of disastrous events he caused by doing this.......if you haven't seen it and have a quirky sense of humour, watch it. Also I have ALL the Buffy seasons on disc, and have been to the conventions and have autographs on my Buffy Mags. collection......and I am sixty this year, also love Stargate,Startrek, Battlestar Gallactica, remember the very first Coronation Street episode as it was also the night my wee budgie of thirteen years died..sigh...and have watched every episode,barring holidays, since.

[Rentochops]

I'm a bit like Julie, adore at the moment - can't say all time!

Come Dine With Me
Three in a Bed
Hotel Inspector
Dragon's Den

erm SpongeBob Sqaurepants and Sean the Sheep (plus any Aardman animations)

[budgie]

I think it is hard to list my top 5 of all time, cos my tastes have changed so much over the years. Some of the programmes that I used to think were great, make me cringe now when I see them! Some of my favourites at the moment though are Crimial Minds, Monkey Life, Dancing on Ice, Law and Order, CSI and I'm a Celebrity (depending on who is on it!). I haven't included craft, even though I probably spend more time watching craft than anything else. Also like to watch documentaries, wildlife programmes etc.

[JanTheNan]

Do you like Timmy ROC, he's an Aardman animation.

[Rentochops]

Do you like Timmy ROC, he's an Aardman animation.

yes ahem, I've actually watched Timmy Time!

[JanTheNan]

LOL, I've got the majority of them saved on my Toppy, purely for grandson you understand!

Timmy theme is also my text ring tone.

[Rentochops]

LOL, I've got the majority of them saved on my Toppy, purely for grandson you understand!

Timmy theme is also my text ring tone.

I'd love that for my, phone - I like the goat best lol

[blarf]

This is a hard one:
1) Friends! Still makes me laugh out loud
2) Sex and the City
3) Lie to me
4) Criminal Minds
5) Greys Anatomy

There's loads of others of course, all US it seems.

Whoever mentioned murder one - I loved that!

There was a series called Justice that was a victim of the writers strike the I loved so much - gutted it got the axe.

Series 1 of Heroes (doesn't make it onto the list because on the first series was any good)

ER, CSI, 4400, Star Trek TNG (ooer Jean-Luc!), Eureka (anyone seeing a crime/sci-fi theme here?), Brothers and sisters, Dawsons Creek (showing my age?)

Ooh - not US - Neighbours (I still watch it every day, sky+)

I love telly!

[blarf]

ooh no, just had a thought, take out lie to me and put in the West Wing! :)

And I also thought of two british contenders - Drop the Dead Donkey and Blackadder! :)

[LorraineJ]

Difficult one this, so I shall stick to shows shown in the last year.

Stargate Universe
Desperate Housewives
Strictly Come Dancing
Dancing on Ice
Coast

of the older ones:
Friends
Tudors
Stargate SG1
Stargate Atlantis
House
Macgyver (must be something about Richard Dean Anderson)

Think Sean the Sheep is cute, love the Aardman cartoons such as a matter of Loaf and Death

[budgie]

Oh I forgot about Coast, that was brilliant! And don't laugh, but I really enjoyed watching Wainwrights Walks. Can't get out walking myself at the moment, so it was lovely to go with Julia instead!

[Rachel]

Budgie, I also love wildlife documentaries. I love watching Spring/Autumn Watch, it was even better with Bill Oddie. I hope he gets better soon and returns.

I forgot about comedies - my favourites here must be Blackadder (especially Goes Forth), Fawlty Towers, and Only Fools and Horses (but not the most recent episodes which were a waste of time and a disappointment). I also like the US series Seinfeld, my partner got me hooked on this when he got all the series on DVD.

[craftycat]

Yep Wainwright's Walks. Love the programme.

Every time I read something on this thread I think of more programmes I want to add.

[blarf]

ooh yes, documentaries, planet earth has to be up there somewhere!

[keiko1]

My top 5 would be
Stargate SG1 - have always loved sci fi and with an added bonus with Richard Dean Anderson
Criminal Minds - This programme is a must, so I am trying to get them all onto dvd
Ghost Hunters - Done a little Ghosthunting myself and loved it, these guys show how they love doing their job and also not afraid to show people trying to trick them
Dr Who - have watched this since the first episode with Bill Hartnell and still enjoy it (although was not very impressed with chris ecclestone)
Ashes to Ashes - never missed an episode and would love to see it repeated.

[lilac froggy Jan]

Oh yes I remebered ghost hunters the other day. I like that show too.Alaso Ghost Adventures especially the lovely Zak!
Have started recording stuff off the Bio channel on Thursdays. They have what the calle psychic Thursday. Some interesting stuff on there too.

I think criminal minds is the best of it's type of show. Each episode is so gripping and different.

I also like Dexter and used to like six feet under also with Michael c Hall.

As I said before, there's loads I have enjoyed over the years and currently.

I used to love watching the weather when I was much younger. Now it is wrong so often it feels like watching fiction LOL. However it is now chucking it down as forcast. Just a few hours later than they said.

[lilac froggy Jan]

I also like programmes about the emergency services and various documentaries.
Depends what wildlife programmes are about. I can't watch animals hunting and eating other animals. Or things where people are doing bad things to them.