The Best BBC Drama Series ever

[wayward bob]

just watched state of play on recommendations in this thread and was a bit disappointed tbh - missed large chunks of the first episode going "isn't he the bloke out of..." and "where do i know her from?" which didn't help i think i'm going off john simm a bit, i thought he was amazing based - now i come to think of it - mostly on crime and punishment but i think it's actually just that raskolnikov is such an magnetic character. actually would c&p count for this? it's an adaptation not original drama and only a 2-parter but it's fucking outstanding.

anyway, my first thoughts were boys from the black stuff and our friends in the north, but i don't think anyone's mentioned births, marriages and deaths with tosca from ofitn and ray winstone, i remember that very fondly.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

I think ITV was better back then, Minder & The Prisoner piss over anything the beeb have done.

Cracker too, amazing programme.

My favourite cracker line:

Rapist guy: You're just a fat, white, alcoholic, middle class idiot.
Cracker: I'm not middle class.

 

[London_Calling]

ITV also did Brideshead of course (1981), which stood out above all else for the young and impressionable me.

 

[Ceej]

My vote. Flawless.


....and GBH by Bleasdale.

 

[DaveCinzano]

Cracker too, amazing programme.

My favourite cracker line:

Rapist guy: You're just a fat, white, alcoholic, middle class idiot.
Cracker: I'm not middle class.

Mine is:

Fitz (at bar) - What's a Scotch?
Bored looking barman, straight faced and monotoned - A well-known alcoholic drink.

 

[The Octagon]

If we're counting part-funded ventures - Band of Brothers for me.

 

[London_Calling]

Do me a fucking favour . .

 

[The Octagon]

Do me a fucking favour . .

Sorry, I'm fresh out of those, perhaps I could interest you in a heartfelt "Your Mum"?

 

[London_Calling]

It would be about right.

'scuse me, I've just got to run around the garden with a broom stick making machine gun noises.

 

[Me76]

But why is Our Friends in the North such a silly price?

£99

That is a ridiculous price - wasn't it only about 8 episodes long as well? I don't remember it being long enough for 4 DVDs anyway.

I have just got the BF Band of Brothers on DVD for his birthday, seeing as I wouldn't let him watch it when it was on!!

 

[belboid]

episodes were seventy minutes each, so it would require four discs.

Only a fiver on ebay

BoB surprised me at just how bloody good it was. Wouldn't be the best BBC series eer tho, even if it wasn't obviously not a BBC series (some money and brit actors dont really make it 'BBC' in my book)

 

[rollinder]

... i think i'm going off john simm a bit, i thought he was amazing based - now i come to think of it - mostly on crime and punishment but i think it's actually just that raskolnikov is such an magnetic character. actually would c&p count for this? it's an adaptation not original drama and only a 2-parter but it's fucking outstanding.

that was John Simm? FUCK
That was great
Hasn't ever been released, has it *goes back to amazon to check* (hadn't the last time I bothered to look for it)

But why is Our Friends in the North such a silly price?

£99

Out of print and sellers cashjing in, innit . Even buying the videos costs @ £40

 

[rollinder]

w[/B]ayward bob]
only a 2-parter but it's fucking outstanding.

^this

that was John Simm? FUCK

That was great
Hasn't ever been released, has it *goes back to amazon to check* (hadn't the last time I bothered to look for it)

*looks at amazon* - came out last year, fuck yeah