Only caught the top ten of the list show at the weekend, so can anyone thell me where Buffy featured? I was TRYING to watch it, but the phone kept ringing...

Hardly surprising that The Sopranos made number one, as every commerical break seemed to feature a trailer for the new series. And the fact that they said 'voted for by TV professionals' suggested that the Sopranos promotion team might have been the pros in question- philistines!

[Sorry- really wished I'd spelled the title of this right- don't know how to change it]

We havn't had a good 'spoll' on here in ages...... ;) :rolleyes: :lol:

PG posted something about it in the 'What did you watch last' thread....but it looks like she only caught the end too...... :shrug:

01. The Sopranos
02. Boys From The Blackstuff
03. Edge of Darkness
04. The Singing Detective
05. Cathy Come Home
06. The West Wing
07. Cracker
08. Our Friends in the North
09. Twin Peaks
10. Heimat
11. Prime Suspect
12. Pennies From Heaven
13. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
14. I, Claudius
15. Das Boot
16. A Very British Coup
17. This Life
18. Abigail’s Party
19. Hill Street Blues
20. Queer As Folk
21. Sex Traffic
22. Bleak House
23. House of Cards
24. Shameless
25. Talking to a Stranger
26. Doctor Who
27. 24
28. Scum
29. Brideshead Revisited
30. Traffik
31. Blue Remembered Hills
32. Warriors
33. The Naked Civil Servant
34. Bloody Sunday
35. Auf Wiedersehen Pet
36. Talking Heads
37. Hillsborough
38. The Prisoner
39. Shooting The Past
40. Pride and Prejudice
41. GBH
42. Made in Britain
43. The Jewel in the Crown
44. Threads
45. Z Cars
46. Caught on a Train
47. Upstairs, Downstairs
48. State of Play
49. Roots
50. Band of Brothers

/google :p

Hmm :shrug:

All I can say is that's what you get when you let industry professionals do insider voting, and not let normal people like us have a say.

And- thanks Claire - interesting reading.

Surely Buffy is somewhat sui generis being a supernatural drama fused with soap opera elements. sk

What I don't get is... How come Brideshead Revisited" made it into a drama poll?

I only ever watched that show when I ran out of sleeping tablets, did anything ever happen in that show? If I were to find that Buffy was kept off the list by it, I'd be cranky :ph43r:

maybe the poll has also something to do with the audience and we know how much the BBC mess up with buffy schedule <_< :shrug:

Out of that list, there are two shows I used to watch 20 years or more ago.....and a grand total of one I watched since then....... :rolleyes: :shrug:

Oh, but I love Brideshead- have it on tape and was rewatching only recently.
Guess you either like it or you don't.... :shrug:

I love it when someone criticises other people's spelling without checking their own first :p

I hear they talk like that in Hampshire. It's all fonetic init ;) :ph43r:

Really :o

I've seen about half the stuff on the list, not really surprising Buffy wasn't listed :lol:

Which ones (if you're prepared to divulge)? :unsure:

Sure I'll tell you :lol: :lol:

I'll do it numerically, there's no way I'm typing full titles :lol:

2 4 7 8 9 11 17 18 20 23 34 26 27 28 34 37 38 41 44 and 50

okay, 20 out of 50 - not quite half :lol: :lol:

i only know Das Boot, Hill Street Blues and the prisoner (in the over 15/20 years old series ) :lol: :ponder:

I loved Twin Peaks esp S1. Das Boot has to count as one of televisons greatest achievements full stop. I remember watching Hill Street Blues a little but I was probably slightly too young to fully appreciate it. The absurdly militaristic republican sub-commander was inspired. Auf Weidersehen Pet was very special at the time and said something profound about a country unable to employ its working classes. I watched some of The West Wing but its 'patriotic' view of American politics I found a little sickening compared to British output like Yes Prime Minister or The New Statesman.

Threads always seemed ridiculous too me as we all know about Hiroshima. Did people really think nuclear weapons were now any different? Being set in Sheffield was fairly striking though. I must admit as Gerry Sadowitz also hinted a lot of Sheffield would be improved by a nuclear blast. I do not recommend Labour councils.

Band Of Brother showed what Saving Private Ryan should have been like ie minus the soapy sentiments. Scum remains a remarkable (tart?) testament to the brutality and savagery of Borstals. I recall watching Roots but I was a little too young to appreciate its revisionism.

Last one. Just spotted Traffik. Far superior to the American film which had nothing of the clarity and relentless twisted logic so evident in all three main story elements of the British series. sk

:lol: :p

I new what oi ment to say.....I think........proof reading, whats that....? :shrug: :rolleyes:


Nuffin loike the Ampshire accent........ :thumbsup: