British Comedy Guide

Best British TV Dramas...? Page 10

Right, I'm off. Herd enough.

Life on Mars
Cold Comfort Farm

Quote: AndreaLynne @ July 14 2009, 2:49 PM BST

Cold Comfort Farm

One of my favourite books. :)

Quote: Dolly Dagger @ July 14 2009, 3:07 PM BST

One of my favourite books. :)

:) Me too. Had to read it for a class on satire and it was the best book of the bunch. "I saw something nasty in the woodshed..."

Anyhoo, back on topic, not sure if it's been mentioned but Brideshead Revisted is worth a shout. As is This Life, although the latter always got on my tits a bit. Can't deny how influential it was, though.

Quote: AndreaLynne @ July 14 2009, 3:14 PM BST

:) Me too. Had to read it for a class on satire and it was the best book of the bunch. "I saw something nasty in the woodshed..."

Do you know The Divine Comedy song?

No, I don't.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf2g_lnCno4

They did the Father Ted theme tune. :)

Yes, one of my favourite theme tunes...

As far as another favourite drama, I liked State of Play, which was made into a pretty awful American movie, and for this I apologize.

Quote: Dolly Dagger @ July 14 2009, 3:29 PM BST

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf2g_lnCno4

They did the Father Ted theme tune. :)

And Neil Hannon wrote and performed 'My Lovely Horse', of course. :)

That song was on a cd we listened to on our way to an air show over the weekend. My oldest loved it, so I had to show him the Father Ted episode and now he is a fan. Yay!

Quote: AndreaLynne @ July 14 2009, 3:31 PM BST

Yes, one of my favourite theme tunes...

As far as another favourite drama, I liked State of Play, which was made into a pretty awful American movie, and for this I apologize.

I thought the movie wasn't too bad. Russell Crowe's best for quite some time.

Russell Crowe's on a movie rollercoaster, one good, one bad...but I think the show was much better.

Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes for me. And the 1968 series of Sherlock Holmes starring Peter Cushing, such top television. All the surviving episodes of that series can be bought in this box-set:
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Quote: john lucas 101 @ July 13 2009, 1:54 PM BST

I will, sir, never darken your door again!

I love The Green Green Grass. Does that mean you'll quit the site? Angelic

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