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41. Keeping Up Appearances, As Time Goes By, Downton Abbey, Call the Midwife...

Sat Feb 10, 2024, 02:40 PM

Feb 2024

Lewis, Doc Martin, the Aidan Turner Poldark, All Creatures Great and Small (both versions), The Durrells in Corfu, Sherlock, The Bletchley Circle, Prime Suspect, Wallander, Last Tango in Halifax, Wolf Hall, anything Lucy Worsley, Cranford, House of Cards, Bramwell, Foyle's War, Small Island, South Riding, The Long Song.

You get the idea.

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What's your favorite British TV show, past or present? [View all] ificandream Feb 2024 OP

The Avengers, Doctor in the House, and Midsomer Murders lapfog_1 Feb 2024 #1

"Are You Being Served?" pdxflyboy Feb 2024 #2

Yes! And I am unanimous in this. QED Feb 2024 #12

... speak easy Feb 2024 #89

That gets my vote, as well! Mad_Dem_X Feb 2024 #49

My brother and I used to watch Luciferous Feb 2024 #66

I forgot about "Are You Being Served." ificandream Feb 2024 #76

Monty Python! Lunabell Feb 2024 #3

"I'm not dead yet!" -- wasn't that from the Monty Python's "Bring out your dead" segment? CTyankee Feb 2024 #29

That was from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Lunabell Feb 2024 #36

Ab Fab, followed by nocoincidences Feb 2024 #109

Can't forget "Inspector Morse" pdxflyboy Feb 2024 #4

Loved it! Ritabert Feb 2024 #21

Fawlty Towers, Midsommer Murders, Silent Witness Floyd R. Turbo Feb 2024 #5

John Cleese as Basil!! Lunabell Feb 2024 #37

🤗 Floyd R. Turbo Feb 2024 #87

Fawlty Towers is my favorite. yardwork Feb 2024 #108

☺️ Floyd R. Turbo Feb 2024 #113

"Keeping Up Appearances" anciano Feb 2024 #6

My dad used to call my mom Hyacinth. QED Feb 2024 #13

"Minding the road, dear" Thunderbeast Feb 2024 #82

This is a real toughie but I gotta go with the original '70's Poldark series. 50 Shades Of Blue Feb 2024 #7

all Creatures Great and Small BOSSHOG Feb 2024 #8

Dr Who, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Monty Python's Flying Circus ms liberty Feb 2024 #9

I don't have to post much now, MuseRider Feb 2024 #35

I watched the very first episode of Dr Who with William Hartnell dickthegrouch Feb 2024 #51

Currently watching Dr. Who from the beginning EverHopeful Feb 2024 #65

Shameless NoRethugFriends Feb 2024 #10

Benny hill, Keeping up appearances and a newer one Hullraisers kimbutgar Feb 2024 #11

Waiting For God, To The Manor Born, so many more. niyad Feb 2024 #14

Impossible to pick just one, but... CBHagman Feb 2024 #15

Friday Night Dinner and Beautiful People CurtEastPoint Feb 2024 #16

Open All Hours and Still Open All Hours. Waiting for God. Too many to choose! MLAA Feb 2024 #17

Love... Mike Nelson Feb 2024 #18

I, Claudius PJMcK Feb 2024 #19

I was thinking, "How can you pick?" then I read "I, Claudius." And yep. That's the one. Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #27

Yeah, the babes and the guys... PJMcK Feb 2024 #71

It made me read it too! And The White Goddess by Graves too. Great books Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #72

Don't know of The White Goddess PJMcK Feb 2024 #74

I, Claudius, that was mine Walleye Feb 2024 #28

Thanks for the wave, Walleye! PJMcK Feb 2024 #70

Thank you 🙏🏻 Walleye Feb 2024 #91

Spectacular! FalloutShelter Feb 2024 #104

Memorable. Walleye Feb 2024 #114

All creatures great and small. The old one was better than there new one. lynintenn Feb 2024 #20

Top Five in No Particular Order DJ Synikus Makisimus Feb 2024 #22

I hate automatic spelling correction. DJ Synikus Makisimus Feb 2024 #42

I've been calling it autocorrupt for years EverHopeful Feb 2024 #68

A Touch of Frost Ritabert Feb 2024 #23

Love all that are mentioned here and I still watch and stream many of them... ohtransplant Feb 2024 #24

Good British Series Sane1 Feb 2024 #25

Doc Martin is my choice... netrace Feb 2024 #62

+1 n/t ariadne0614 Feb 2024 #111

All favorites of ours. walkingman Feb 2024 #103

Easy----"Escape to the Country" makes me want to move there every time I see it. walkingman Feb 2024 #26

Gogglebox eShirl Feb 2024 #30

Just too damn many to list. IrishAfricanAmerican Feb 2024 #31

Monty Python's Flying Circus pandr32 Feb 2024 #32

Oh, wow. Can't pick just one. tanyev Feb 2024 #33

Glad to see someone else is a Dibley fan rurallib Feb 2024 #85

Yes. A picturesque village and one of the loveliest theme songs ever. tanyev Feb 2024 #92

Allo Allo gladium et scutum Feb 2024 #34

'Upstairs, Downstairs'.. Jrose Feb 2024 #38

Rumpole of the Bailey Sneederbunk Feb 2024 #39

Top Gear flvegan Feb 2024 #40

Keeping Up Appearances, As Time Goes By, Downton Abbey, Call the Midwife... greatauntoftriplets Feb 2024 #41

Yeah i forgot Sherlock! bedazzled Feb 2024 #80

How could you forget Sherlock??? greatauntoftriplets Feb 2024 #84

Good question. bedazzled Feb 2024 #86

I'm happy to have reminded you. greatauntoftriplets Feb 2024 #88

Line of Duty OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2024 #43

There are so many! Monty Python, Sherlock, Midsommer Murders, Ocelot II Feb 2024 #44

The Young Ones Gruenemann Feb 2024 #45

Miss Marple with Joan Hickson Onthefly Feb 2024 #46

Yes Minister (1980) and Yes Prime Minister (1986) brachism Feb 2024 #47

Sir Humphrey was sooooo good dickthegrouch Feb 2024 #50

Butterflies dickthegrouch Feb 2024 #48

The Detectorists and Ghosts. woodsprite Feb 2024 #52

I love Britcoms! Different Drummer Feb 2024 #53

The original Avengers, Dr. Who, and Benny Hill patphil Feb 2024 #54

Vera KT2000 Feb 2024 #55

So many ... has to be Red Dwarf bedazzled Feb 2024 #56

George Gently Ohiya Feb 2024 #57

Agree marigold20 Feb 2024 #99

The Avengers (with Diana Rigg), Lovejoy (love Ian McShane) and Monty Python. highplainsdem Feb 2024 #58

Midsomer Murders. gibraltar72 Feb 2024 #59

Doctor Who LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2024 #60

Are You Being Served and Mrs Brown's Boys. keithbvadu2 Feb 2024 #61

The Pallisers, 1974, PBS. Polly Hennessey Feb 2024 #63

Detectorists Lulu KC Feb 2024 #64

Detectorists is so good! I love so Luciferous Feb 2024 #67

I noticed you didn't have any hearts gopiscrap Feb 2024 #120

Current favorite is Qi but there should be a warning EverHopeful Feb 2024 #69

Most Brit cop shows canetoad Feb 2024 #73

Me too! My wife and I have been consuming Brit crime dramas for about a year. Chainfire Feb 2024 #83

My vote goes to All creatures great and small.. nt mitch96 Feb 2024 #75

Dr. Who. Permanut Feb 2024 #77

Call the Midwife is one of the best shows I've ever watched . lynintenn Feb 2024 #78

It really is a good show....with decent people for a change. walkingman Feb 2024 #101

my a list. AllaN01Bear Feb 2024 #79

I could never choose just one Dave in VA Feb 2024 #81

Too Many mockmonkey Feb 2024 #90

Keeping Up Appearances BlueKota Feb 2024 #93

I really enjoyed watching Torchwood and Primeval.. Tikki Feb 2024 #94

ificandream ............. Upthevibe Feb 2024 #95

fr who i guess, of course the brit ghosts is smarter. pansypoo53219 Feb 2024 #96

I Claudius, Upstairs Downstairs, Doctor in the House Raine Feb 2024 #97

Car is born (Mark Evans) hydrolastic Feb 2024 #98

The Avengers hands down rogerballard Feb 2024 #100

Same here! DFW Feb 2024 #107

Toss-up, between "Monty Python" and "Upstairs Downstairs." (nt) Paladin Feb 2024 #102

Blandings Firestorm49 Feb 2024 #105

Yes! Forgot about that one. tanyev Feb 2024 #117

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy thucythucy Feb 2024 #106

The Dectectorists CanonRay Feb 2024 #110

No competition, Doctor Who. Ferrets are Cool Feb 2024 #112

Of what type? sab390 Feb 2024 #115

It would be a tie... OldBaldy1701E Feb 2024 #116

MI5 beaglelover Feb 2024 #118

Probably "Downton Abbey," but I'm hooked on British crime shows. We're watching Vinca Feb 2024 #119