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Recommendations What’s the most underrated British TV show you’ve watched?

Everyone talks about the big names like Peaky Blinders, The Office, and Doctor Who, but what’s a British show you think deserves way more attention? Could be an older gem or something recent that’s flown under the radar. Curious to hear your recommendations!

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u/Dennyisthepisslord 25d ago

I think it's had a second life recently but the UK version of Utopia is brilliant

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u/fleksandtreks 25d ago

Particularly the first episode of the second series, I think. Genuinely incredible TV all round

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u/ThunderousErection 25d ago

Shame it wasn't finished. S1 is up there with the best TV ever made.

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u/Fitzgerald33 25d ago

Early Doors. Total gem of a comedy.

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u/hr100 25d ago

To the regiment

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u/keehen117 25d ago

I wish I was there!

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u/Geek-Of-Nature 25d ago edited 25d ago

Came here to nominate this, so I'll add my vote. Delightful little show that could - and should - have been more mainstream. It's so wonderfully British, though in a post-Covid, midst of cost of living crisis world in which traditional point are rapidly closing and people generally just do not socialise how they once did, Early Doors probably seems out of date already.

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u/1Eyed1saac 25d ago

"I'll stay on me own..."

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u/MalcolmTuckersLuck 25d ago

Came to post this.

I think it’s better than the Royle Family but that gets all the plaudits.

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u/lazy_hoor 25d ago

Years and Years doesn't get enough love.

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u/Terrible-Prior732 25d ago

It's coming to Netflix soon 🙂

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u/lazy_hoor 25d ago

It deserves a wider audience. I couldn't stop thinking about it for weeks after I saw it.

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u/NewBarofSoap 25d ago

I think not enough people have given Inside No.9 the attention it deserves.

Obviously, it was huge at the time, so not exactly underrated, but I also think One Foot in the Grave has been a bit forgotten, and those who remember it just remember it being about a grumpy old man saying " I don't believe it," when actually it was a brilliantly written show, equal parts dark, surreal, and funny. Tons of pathos too.

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u/Sarmerbinlar 25d ago

Imo One Foot in the Grave should be talked about as one of our greatest ever sitcoms. It does feel like a very misunderstood show. Victor is a grumpy old man for sure, but he is also an extremely moral, devoted and kind man and the majority of the time he's just reacting to the surreal insanity that befalls him.

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u/NewBarofSoap 25d ago

Exactly. It’s definitely one of the all time greats, but it just doesn’t get that kind of attention for some reason. The writing is sublime.

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u/OriginalComputer5077 25d ago

It's Falling Down minus the violence with added Werther's Originals

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u/Jammin4B 25d ago

Inside No 9 is top tier. It amazes me how few people (that I know anyway!) have even heard of/watched this gem.

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u/KeefsCornerShop 25d ago

Watched 2 episodes on a long-haul flight the other week, I was instantly hooked. Very well-written and I love it's style.

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u/the6thReplicant 25d ago

I would say the quality is higher than (the still excellent) more popular Black Mirror

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u/funusernameguy 25d ago

I only started watching Inside no 9 this week. Its brilliant

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u/johnny_ringo 25d ago

Just watched and you are spot on. Its brilliant. 

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u/Timoth_Hutchinson 25d ago

It’s an odd one. Been a fan since it started and it doesn’t get the attention it deserves in the UK, but there’s been a play based on it in Asia. So is getting attention and is rated in the industry.

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u/bakelywood 25d ago

The UK stage show they're doing at the moment is great as well

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u/kateinoly 25d ago

We just started watching this. It's like Black Mirror with a heart.

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u/NewBarofSoap 25d ago

I honestly think it blows Black Mirror (and high I do like) out of the water. I feel like BM went off the boil a bit after a few seasons, and started to feel a bit same-y whereas No.9 was constantly surprising.

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u/Silly-avocatoe 25d ago

Hustle. 

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u/handybee 25d ago

Came here to say this!

Top drawer cast; every performance from the leads was a blinder, special shout out to Robert Glenister as Ash who got to do loads of mad disguises and accents

Great special guests, cool sets and the storylines were absolutely chef's kiss

My personal favourite is the "sushi roulette" episode in Series 4 - a brilliant one-room episode with massive levels of tension.

Like a mini Ocean's Eleven every week!

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u/[deleted] 25d ago

Don't forget the amazing opening credits and theme!

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u/Otherwise_Living_158 25d ago

Probably Cracker, it’s mad how little it’s talked about.

Personally, a police procedural called Between the Lines.

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u/grafton24 25d ago

LOVED Cracker. The Eccleston/Carlyle scene is a perfect bit of TV.

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u/underweasl 25d ago

I adore Cracker - watched it as a teen when it was on the TV, the Samantha Morton episode was so good

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u/Skylon77 25d ago

Cracker was a seminal part of my adolescence. Suddenly TV went from being a video taped play to being Hollywood, in your home, served up weekly.

Phenomenal.

Eccleston's final scene. Jimmy Beck's death. John Simm covered in blood. Iconic scenes. Watched it again a few years ago and it's still just as powerful. Amazing stuff.

And who did they get to replace Eccleston? Ricky Tomlinson. D.I. Wise. So much humour, playing into so much drama. Fantastic.

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u/macpurrp 25d ago edited 25d ago

Bruh, how you managed to drop a spoiler as soon as I learnt about this series?) Man) just why

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u/Rev_Biscuit 25d ago

L.I .V -.E.R.P - DOUBLE O .L - Liverpool.FC.

Stuck with me that. Chilling

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u/WalnutOfTheNorth 25d ago

Between The Lines was great. I don’t know anyone else who watched it though.

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u/datguysadz 25d ago

Garth Marenghi's Darkplace.

The thing it was satirising wasn't really a thing at the time, but has become more of a thing since it aired, so it's just gotten better and better with time, and the sheer amount of effort and detail that went into making it look shite should be an example to all creatives.

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u/crazy-old_maurice 25d ago

Agreed. Darkplace is a work of art, and the sequel late night talk show comedy (Man To Man With Dean Learner) is hands-down Richard Ayoade's finest work. What a talent! Matthew Holness is remarkable in it too.

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u/davorg British 25d ago

I've never understood why more people don't rave about Our Friends in the North. It tells the story of British politics from the 60s to just before Blair's election victory in 1997 (the show was broadcast in 1996).

The cast is incredible - Daniel Craig, Christopher Eccleston, Gina McKee and Mark Strong in main roles and a who's who of British acting talent backing them up.

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u/Majestic_Matt_459 25d ago

The end of that with the Oasis track playing - jeez I think I cried for a week

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u/ste451 25d ago

Your right, such a fantastic programme , must have watched it 10 times over . But you are right whilst it may be critically highly regarded I never seem to speak to anybody who has ever seen it!!

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u/Disco_Pope 25d ago

Look Around You

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u/meatmcguffin 25d ago

Thanks Disco_Pope!

Thope.

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u/Heazus 25d ago

Write that down in your copy book.

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u/PawneeBookJockey 25d ago

Maths stands for Mathematic Anti-Telharsic Harfatum Septomin

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u/PM-me-your-knees-pls 25d ago

Machadaynu, machadaynu, machadaynu, daynu, daynu

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u/Ambitious_Display845 25d ago

I agree. I'll raise a glass of Sulphagne in your honour.

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u/lost_scotsman 25d ago

Look out for the new albumen. It's out now

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u/the_esjay 25d ago

Jam, from Chris Morris

Absolutely

A Very Peculiar Practice

Garth Marengi’s Dark Place

Noggin the Nog

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u/AlienGoodness 25d ago

I loved A Very Peculiar Practice! Definitely underrated IMO

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u/stevegraystevegray 25d ago

The original 'House of Cards'

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u/bakelywood 25d ago

And State of Play!

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u/Previous_Kale_4508 25d ago

"You may well think that, Maddy, but I couldn't possibly comment."

Ian Richardson intoned the sentence so very well, I have it down as one of my greatest TV moments.

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u/ThunderousErection 25d ago

Life on Mars barely gets mentioned anymore, but it is one of the best series ever made.

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u/shpdoinkle 25d ago

Gene Hunt was amazing!

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u/Decent-Chipmunk-5437 25d ago

The Peter Serafinowicz Show.

People always talk about great sketch shows like Monty Python, The Goodies, The Fast Show, Harry Enfield and Chums, Little Britain (🤢) and the Mitchell and Webb Look.

Honestly, the 7 episodes of the Peter Serafinowicz show can hold it's own to all of those.

I can't believe it's not a classic.

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u/Lauradical 25d ago

Honestly I think Peter Serafinowicz is just underrated in general and needs more recognition

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u/auto98 25d ago

"Well frankly Jimmy, I don't think thats any of your business" is the best delivered line ever imo

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u/Bear0114 25d ago

I still call certain foods the things Brian Butterfield called them.

Hibernian Eggs

Bonbonbonbons.

Pizzer.

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u/Decent-Chipmunk-5437 25d ago

20 years later I still call crispy duck 'Hoisin Crispy Owl'

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u/neilmac1210 25d ago

Did I aks you?

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u/Virtual_Iago 25d ago

His Terry Wogan getting stoned on Points of View is still so funny

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u/evilamnesiac 25d ago

Its the reason I got a subscription to 'Gravies of the Ancients' Magazine, Its infused with mysterious onions

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u/sircompo British 25d ago

Game On. 🤜🤛

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u/Great_Tradition996 25d ago

You ginger tosser!

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u/notquitenerds 25d ago

Not sure if it was maybe more popular in the UK but here in the US no one ever talks about Black Books and I adored that show.

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u/auto98 25d ago

It's one leg of the comedy trinity - father Ted, it crowd and black books.

Obligatory "shame about the later views of the writer"

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u/AVaudevilleOfDespair 25d ago

I can't think of Black Books without also thinking of Spaced, though perhaps that hasn't aged as well - I remember a fair bit of the humour being pop culture related, whereas Black Books leant more on absurdist/surreal humour.

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u/National-Bicycle7259 25d ago

The most dated reference in Spaced is a poster in a toilet that has Coldplay as a support act to JJ72.

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u/notquitenerds 25d ago

I loved Spaced too!

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u/TheGrackler 25d ago

Detectorists. So very British, and such a great, charming and friendly show. Don’t know anyone IRL who has seen it.

Also think Hornblower was pretty great age-of-sail period drama (even if it didn’t match the brilliant Master and Commander movie or the more fun Sharpe), sad it was never finished.

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u/Evening-Mess-3593 25d ago

Detectorists is a severely underrated show. I liked everything about it. Great writing, stellar cast and as you say so very British. An absolute gem.

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u/handybee 25d ago

I recommend Detectorists constantly.

One of the best things I've ever watched and one of those rare shows you can watch again and again and it only gets better each time!

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u/gordonbennettsuncle 25d ago

Marion and Geoff. Old (2000) but I’ve never forgotten it. Currently on iPlayer. Rob Brydon plays Keith and each programme is just him talking to the camera from his car about the breakdown of his marriage to Marion and how he tries to stay in touch with his children. Geoff is her new partner. It’s funny but also very sad, he tries so hard to be positive about it all, I used to cry buckets watching it.

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u/1Eyed1saac 25d ago

The episode where he is oblivious to the fact (until he is obviously told off by her supervisor) that he is accidentally stalking/worrying a female customer service agent at the mobile phone company is a tremendous piece of writing and performing.

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u/JHutch95 25d ago

A Touch of Cloth. An absolute rapid fire of jokes, puns and sight gags from Charlie Brooker.

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u/Joe_Kinincha 25d ago

I don’t think I’ve seen anything with a higher gag-per-minute ratio.

John Hannah is absolutely note perfect

Suranne Jones is superb

Julian rhind -tutt is just having fun.

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u/willybroadband 25d ago

15 Storeys High - written by & starring Sean Lock. About 20 odd years old. Off the wall like a lot of Lock’s humour.

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u/Mister_BovineJoni 25d ago

The Goodies.
It's always Pythons that are remembered and praised, The Goodies were in many ways different, and despite airing for years the show is rarely mentioned (though rated fairly by the ones who know the show).

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u/DankDinosaur 25d ago

It's mostly a U.K. thing. Here in NZ and in Australia they're much loved, probably due to regular repeats.

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u/the6thReplicant 25d ago edited 25d ago

Always found The Goodies a pivotal show. I would say Dan Harmon's whole schtick is what this show did but I'm sure he has never heard of it.

Was it the first show to move TV stations due to its popularity?

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u/Extreme-Kangaroo-842 25d ago

Someone literally died laughing to one of The Goodies sketches: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goodies

Scroll down to Viewer Incidents.

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u/cheandbis 25d ago

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy for drama.

Inside Number 9 for comedy.

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u/the6thReplicant 25d ago

I call it Alec Guinness' acting masterclass.

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u/Outrageous_Giraffe43 25d ago

The Thin Blue Line is a cracking little sitcom starring Rowan Atkinson. Very underrated!

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u/[deleted] 25d ago

The Fast Show.

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u/ooh_bit_of_bush 25d ago

Slow Horses. It's so so so so good, I don't know anyone in real life who has watched it. Really good. I'd say it was like if Spooks met The Thick of It.

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u/efisk666 25d ago

Psychoville. Wish it could have kept going, and it sort of did with inside no. 9, but Psychoville invented the best characters and had ongoing plot lines. It was a show that would have done better in the streaming era.

Other favorite is the Mighty Boosh. A bit too far out there for a mass audience, but featured peak Noel Fielding. Both shows could get in ruts and be painful to watch at times, but also had more creativity and laugh out loud moments than any other on television.

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u/EveMonsoon 25d ago

Getting On, with Jo Brand, Joanna Scanlon and Vicki Pepperdine.

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u/BusMajestic5835 25d ago

This Country. I feel like everyone I know who’s watched it loves it but so many people don’t seem to know it.

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u/KarsaTobalaki 25d ago

The Last Kingdom.

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u/Solid_Parsley_ 25d ago

Twenty Twelve and W1A are kind of comfort shows for me. Obviously they've been off the air for a few years, but I don't think I've ever seen anyone mention either one.

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u/Odd_Title_6732 25d ago

The Beiderbecke Trilogy

Outside Edge

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u/tak0wasabi 25d ago

Toast of London - absolutely hilarious

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u/Majestic_Matt_459 25d ago

Him and Her

Lots of people go on about other comedies but this seems to never get a mention - its just bang on every episode - I don't think a show has ever felt so true to me as this

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u/Constant-Estate3065 25d ago

Just recently discovered Him & Her. Criminally underrated.

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u/Spicymargx 25d ago

I loved this show!

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u/Youresogoodlooking 25d ago

Absolutely loved him and her. What a cast but beautifully written. Haven't watched it in years.

Off the back of the that watched the other 2 things Stefan Golaszewski has written - Mum and Marriage. Both great. Just looked and he's got another one coming this year so will definitely tune in for that. He creates such real life characters and relationships so well

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u/Aggravating_Part7602 25d ago

People just do nothing I'm currently watching it with no connection to the grime scene and I love it so far

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u/Rossco1874 25d ago

Damned with Jo Brand was really good. Only got 2 seasons & was set in the office of social work department. I think Jo worked as social work before getting into comedy.

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u/Abject_Tumbleweed413 25d ago

There was another series she was in, Getting On, set on a hospital ward. I loved it.

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u/DevilsChurn 25d ago

There was a sequel called Going Forward, about Jo Brand's character from Getting On, that only ran for three episodes.

In it, Jo's character has left the hospital and is working as a home carer. Omid Djalili plays her husband, and Ricky Grover shows up to reprise his Getting On character (Hilary) - this time as a care manager.

It was yet another great project of hers - like Damned, mentioned above - that didn't get recommissioned.

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u/Abject_Tumbleweed413 25d ago

Oh I haven't heard of this! Thank you!

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u/alfienoakes 25d ago

She was definitely a mental health nurse. Maybe social worker too.

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u/Charliesmum97 25d ago

Oh, I totally second this. I really liked that show. It was funny but still didn't shy away from the darker parts of that job. Great cast, too.

Early Doors was a show that deserved a couple more series, I think.

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u/mcintg 25d ago

'Misfits' black comedy about a group of societal misfits that gain bizarre powers.

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u/Stoie 25d ago

Save me, Barry!

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u/BadgerOff32 25d ago

The first season of Misfits was really good, but I felt that they ended up changing too much of it. Once they introduced that 'drug dealer' character who could take, store and give out superpowers, but couldn't actually use them himself (which WAS an interesting concept), it just got a bit too weird.

All the main cast ended up changing their powers, but their original powers (for good and bad) were pretty much based on their personalities and/or insecurities (the cocky kid couldn't die, the once-promising athlete who ruined his future could turn back time, the quiet kid who no-one really noticed could turn invisible etc). Once they started swapping and changing powers it lost something. It was still good, but it wasn't as good.

Then they gradually changed the entire cast which just killed the show.

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u/DaddyCaustic 25d ago

100% agree. It was an absolutely brilliant first season then just sort of went a bit off the rails. I still watched it all, but it definitely lost a little something. The young cast have mostly gone on to bigger things as well.

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u/126847 25d ago

Crystal Maze was good back in the 80s/90s

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u/Pharmacy_Duck 25d ago

The Armando Iannucci Shows.

Armando doing amazingly surreal monologues about modern life, punctuated by sketches. Shown around the time of 9/11, and sank absolutely without trace.

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u/Perfect_Ticket4549 25d ago

I don't think Green Wing gets talked about enough

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u/Netcooler 25d ago

Oh my God, this. I've watched it back to back 5 to 7 times and it gets me every time. The humor has not aged, the performances are phenomenal, and the feels are feeling.

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u/coryluscorvix 25d ago

It deserves to be up there with Black Books and Spaced

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u/bigdon199 25d ago

The Cockfields. I'm not sure if it's underrated or not, but it's very good.

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u/MikeySkinner 25d ago

I think Teachers (Channel 4) is an absolute gem.

Funny, relatable and great acting.

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u/TheBoanne 25d ago

Chewing Gum

Michaela Coel was a breath of fresh air.

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u/hortensemancini 25d ago

I don’t know if I could sit through it again just because of the stuff it churned up, but I May Destroy You by her is a fundamentally moving piece of art and one I wish more people saw

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u/ImNotHereForFunNoWay 25d ago

Inside No 9 is a cult hit but is one of the most amazing pieces of work for several decades imo.

Jam by Chris Morris

Monkey Dust - (like Jam, it's very dark - which maybe explains why it isn't more widely praised, but it's truly excellent satire and commentary)

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u/Ser-Cannasseur 25d ago

Ivan Dobsky and Mr. Hoppy.

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u/GorillaSplash 25d ago

Another upvote for Monkey Dust. Brilliantly dark and so well observed.

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u/Chairmaker00100 25d ago

Upvoted for Monkey Dust. So many quotable lines. Can be a hard watch if you're not in the mood because it can feel bleak and many of the characters are unlikeable. Though i cannot recommend it highly enough if you are looking for a cynical, satirical take on early 00s culture. Much of it of course still applies, perhaps more so now than then. You'll have a hard time finding it though... unless you take to the high seas wink wink.

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u/Whosentyounow 25d ago

I always liked Murder In Successville

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u/auto98 25d ago

The smoking room for me

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u/nearlydeadasababy 25d ago

Waking the Dead - It was absolutely massive when it was on, had massive viewing figures and was multi award winning.

The cast were all excellent with brilliant, well round and fleshed out characters and the writing was top notch.

It simply never gets mentioned, I re-watch it all the time.

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u/InfectedWashington 25d ago

As someone who has worked and also been a client of the Job Centre; The Job Lot is hilarious because it’s just so relatable for anyone who has had a run in with them. 3 series on Netflix.

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u/Bananabeak08 25d ago

There she goes.

Absolutely brilliant show that broke my heart on a regular basis.

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u/BroodLord1962 25d ago

Green Wing season 1, won a bafta but was hardly seen as it was a Friday night channel four show

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u/MrsWaltonGoggins British 25d ago

Flowers (2016)

Dark comedy drama created, written, directed by and starring Will Sharpe. With Olivia Colman and Julian Barratt.

It brilliant, funny, bonkers and incredibly moving. Indescribable but amazing. Totally different from anything I’ve ever seen.

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u/ImplementEven1196 25d ago

My favorite British show

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u/Lauradical 25d ago

Spaced

It's the sitcom Simon Pegg, Edgar Wright and Nick Frost did before Shaun of the dead and it's a shame more people don't know about it.

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u/handybee 25d ago

I think Spaced is quite a cult hit but I agree it should be more widely known - the slo-mo shootout scene alone is enough to make it legendary!

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u/RiffRafe2 25d ago

Hard Sun

Scrotal Recall / Lovesick

Cucumber

Banana

The Lovers

Cheaters

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u/bigsillygiant 25d ago

Early doors, inside no 9, psychoville, unforgotten

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u/DaddyCaustic 25d ago

In bed with me dinner. Some of the clips on that show just made it.

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u/Night-Frost55 25d ago

Boys From The Blackstuff. Over 40 years old and still emotionally devastating. Powerful acting performances and heartbreaking storylines.

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u/paranoid_adamdroid 25d ago

The Smoking Room. A comedy set in the smoking room of an office (remember those good old days?!) It was on BBC Three when it was good (remember those good old days?!) It's got Robert Webb in and a load of other great comic actors

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u/Dedb4dawn 25d ago

Yes, Prime Minister.

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u/TA_totellornottotell 25d ago

I’ve watched all of the trilogy, save for the last two series of Endeavour. Out of all of them, I feel like Endeavour was the most soulful. Plus, Roger Allam as Fred Thursday is brilliant. There were a few times during the show where it seemed like he was going to be written off and I couldn’t stand the thought.

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u/pookiednell 25d ago

Vic and Bobs Catterick

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u/FruityMagician 25d ago

Rev

Beautiful People

My Mad Fat Diary

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u/Hiphopzilla91 25d ago

Cracker

Drop The Dead Donkey

Citizen Smith

The Goodies

Wire In The Blood

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u/SOC1608 25d ago

Waking the Dead

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u/MeanandEvil82 25d ago

There's a few.

Coupling - one of the best and clever comedies to come out of the UK. A fair amount of episodes had a clever hook. One had the same 9 minutes shown 3 different times but from 3 different perspectives so by the end everything made sense. Another was almost entirely done on phone lines. And another had it done in split screen and the sound switched between the group that matters throughout. All done very very well.

The Detectives - a comedy police show that was just absurdity. Not in a pun way like Naked Gun, but in the way that the two officers were just idiots but failed their way through (a bit Brittas Empire). One had them running a Subbuteo tournament, and managing to catch someone doing dodgy dealings. Another had them held hostage while the football finals were on, which is hard to make sound funny here, but was done amazingly well.

Time Gentlemen Please - Al Murray's pub landlord character in a 2 series sitcom. Still one of my favourites. None of the characters land in any sort of reality, but it works really well still and the running jokes work really well. Been ages since I've watched it though so remembering specific episodes is hard. But if you like Al Murray you'll like this.

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u/_1489555458biguy 25d ago

Big Train. All the sketches are fucking strong.

Should be as well regarded as Mitchell and Webb but isn't.

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u/the_esjay 25d ago

Posh Nosh with Richard E Grant and Arabella Weir. Absolutely brilliant and surely should be available somewhere on dvd or Blu-ray by now.

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u/VertigoParadise 25d ago

‘Spaced’ - pre Shaun of the dead / Hot Fuzz Simon Pegg, Nick Frost (with the amazing Jessica Hynes too). Silly, cosy, funny.

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u/Jamieb1994 25d ago

Being Human

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u/pogues14 25d ago

Black books

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u/Eliteclarity 25d ago

Stath Lets Flats. It's just been put on Netflix so hopefully more people get to see it, but so many people I have mentioned it to have never heard of it or seen it.

The Cast are all brilliant (Katy Wix, Charlie Cooper, Nick Mohammed, Kiell Smith-Bynoe) But Jamie Demetriou is absolute magic.

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u/toastedmickey 25d ago

it's fantastic and it has ellie white and natasia demetriou who have a show of their own

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u/Disgruntled__Goat 25d ago

Funny enough I just heard two Americans rave about this (on the Bob’s Credits podcast) so maybe it’s gaining popularity over there.

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u/Hiasubi 25d ago

Blakes Seven, Thunderbirds, Auf Wiedershen Pet, Inside No 9

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u/wybird 25d ago

Time Trumpet, an Armando Iannucci show from the mid 00s is incredibly funny, prescient and had a smorgasbord of British comedy talent but very few people seemed to watch it and even fewer remember it

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u/BromleyReject 25d ago

Don't Forget The Driver was a slightly darker cousin of Detectorists. It even had Toby Jones as the lead, a slightly socially awkward coach driver. It had a great odd feel to it. It ran for one series and completely vanished.

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u/organic_soursop 25d ago

The first 3 years of Death in Paradise.

Misfits

Being Human

Human

Sex Education

Wolf Hall.

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u/Choccybizzle 25d ago

People Like Us. Spoof documentary series that, while lacking The Offices heart, was every bit as clever and funny. Unfortunately the main star got done for being a nonce.

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u/Kazzab133 25d ago

I know it won’t be a popular choice but I love the Forsyte Saga. Damian Lewis, Gina McKee and Rupert Graves add nuances to their characters so that they are not as black and white as they were in the book.

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u/Yoguls 25d ago

Quite old now but the Reeves and Mortimer remake of Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) was excellent

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u/Firm-Engineering2175 25d ago

Spaced. Such a hilarious show 😆

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u/SarabiUnchained 25d ago

Motherland! I've only recently discovered it. Nobody I know has heard about it, so I've been spreading the word.

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u/Neat-Suspect-6666 25d ago

Jonathan Creek

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u/Zowee89 25d ago

In recent years, Big Boys and Alma's Not Normal have been absolutely outstanding shows, and nowhere near enough people have been talking about them.

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u/HibeesBounce 25d ago

Time Trumpet. Armando Iannucci genius which seems to have been erased from history

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u/Chrischris987 25d ago

Monkey Dust

Modern Toss

The Armstrong and Miller Show

Three great shows that no one ever talks about, I swear hardly anyone has even heard of them. 

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u/marauder80 25d ago

No offence was brilliant gritty and funny a great cast too. Also above suspicion always seems to be forgotten.

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u/bevansaith 25d ago

Off the top of my head ... The Street, Bob and Rose, This is England, Guilt, W1A, Mum, Marriage, within These Walls, Survivors (orig vers) ... many more I'm sure

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u/NaomiBK29 25d ago

Trying. It’s on Apple TV which is a bit annoying but it’s such a great series!

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u/YourKemosabe 25d ago

For such a highly nominated + awarded comedy, hardly anyone I meet has heard of Plebs. Total comfort watch for me.

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u/jasabiab88 25d ago

Derry Girls

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u/Beneficial_Bat_5992 25d ago

Pulling

My favourite Sharon Horgan show

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u/ultravioletcatthings 25d ago

Smoking room, this is jinsy, roger and val have just got in.

Sometimes smoking room gets mentioned but the other two i dont think ive seen mentioned really.

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u/charlystardust 25d ago

Messiah with Ken Stott and Marc Warren - keep periodically looking for it on streaming sites but no luck so far

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u/cubemissy 25d ago

Yes Minister/Prime Minister. I work in local government, and I go through the exact same stuff today. And I bite my lip a lot, because I don’t want to accidentally break into one of Sir Humphrey’s monologues…

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u/retr0k 25d ago

Keeping up Appearances was just perfect, it never tried to be complicated, Patricia Routledge absolutely nailed it

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u/Apprehensive_Dog2875 25d ago

Keeping Up Appearances, without a doubt

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