Quote: Tim Walker @ July 13 2009, 11:15 AM BSTOur Friends In The North (bit preachy-lefty, but still..)
I forgot about this. Brilliant ambitious stuff. 
Best British TV Dramas...? Page 2
Edge of Darkness, Threads we do dystopian thrillers better than anyone.
Minder (comedy.drama)
Quote: sootyj @ July 13 2009, 11:24 AM BSTEdge of Darkness, Threads we do dystopian thrillers better than anyone.
Great shows, both.
Quote: sootyj @ July 13 2009, 11:24 AM BSTEdge of Darkness, Threads we do dystopian thrillers better than anyone.
Ooh, can't believe I forgot about this. Nice one, soot!
I would also say Quatermass. Yes, technically science fiction, but so much more really.
Quatermass was kick ass hard to believe something that primitive could be so scary.
And of course When the Wind Blows.
We shouldn't forget Dennis Potter, especially Pennies from Heaven and The Singing Detective. We should forget Stephen Poliakoff, who has single-handedly redefined tedium.
Shooting The Past
Life Story - brilliant docu-drama series on the discovery of DNA by Watson & Crick (starring Tim Piggot-Smith, Jeff Goldblum and Juliet Stevenson)
The Common Pursuit - another one-off adaptation, but really good, with Andrew McCarthy, Stephen Fry, Tim Roth, to name but three.
Quote: Tim Walker @ July 13 2009, 11:30 AM BSTShooting The Past?
Meh!
Quote: chipolata @ July 13 2009, 11:30 AM BSTMeh!
It's a bit snobbish, upper middle-class and goes on a bit, but it gets you (or me, at least).
Quote: Tim Walker @ July 13 2009, 11:30 AM BSTShooting The Past
Life Story - brilliant docu-drama series on the discovery of DNA by Watson & Crick (starring Tim Piggot-Smith, Jeff Goldblum and Juliet Stevenson)
The Common Pursuit - another one-off adaptation, but really good, with Andrew McCarthy, Stephen Fry, Tim Roth, to name but three.
That was good Poliakoff is entertaining once you pick through what a snotty snob he is.
I also enjoyed The Alan Clarke Diaries. And, as Sooty mentioned in another thread, early Grangehill's worth noting.
Quote: chipolata @ July 13 2009, 11:29 AM BSTWe shouldn't forget Dennis Potter, especially Pennies from Heaven and The Singing Detective. We should forget Stephen Poliakoff, who has single-handedly redefined tedium.
Great when he wasn't being a dirty old bastard.
Quote: sootyj @ July 13 2009, 11:36 AM BSTThat was good Poliakoff is entertaining once you pick through what a snotty snob he is.
That may be true, but I don't believe he's a great TV writer. He's far better suited to other mediums.
Quote: sootyj @ July 13 2009, 11:37 AM BSTGreat when he wasn't being a dirty old bastard.
He was at his best in dirty old bastard mould!
Blackeyes? That was just dreadful.
Quote: sootyj @ July 13 2009, 11:39 AM BSTBlackeyes? That was just dreadful.
Dreadful? You saw Gina Bellman's tits!