Best Drama Series Ever Made By British Television

[donna]

I loved Jane Eyre with Ann Bell, Im sure it was her in the role many years ago now. and there was another series too, about a girl who sells her teeth, in Victorian times to survive, cant remeber the name though, does anyone know .

[samkydd]

Originally Posted by dremble wedge My top 5 are: Auf Wiedersehen Pet (first two series) Brideshead Revisited Doctor Who Edge of Darkness I, Claudius

I have just watched Brideshead Revisited for the first time, over a few weeks on a bargain buy of a boxed set. I just did not get it at all. It was a pointless dreary tale that promised much and delivered very little.

On the over-acting stakes it came out strong with excellent over the top performances by Anthony Andrews as the lazy, idle, alkie aristocrat, and the bloke who played the Anthony Blanche camp pantomime dame/Elizabethan fop character. Awful to watch and I'm quite disappointed as everyone has been raving about it for the past 27 years! Pisshead Revisited would have been a better title.

[narabdela]

Originally Posted by samkydd I have just watched Brideshead Revisited for the first time, over a few weeks on a bargain buy of a boxed set. I just did not get it at all. It was a pointless dreary tale that promised much and delivered very little. On the over-acting stakes it came out strong with excellent over the top performances by Anthony Andrews as the lazy, idle, alkie aristocrat, and the bloke who played the Anthony Blanche camp pantomime dame/Elizabethan fop character. Awful to watch and I'm quite disappointed as everyone has been raving about it for the past 27 years! Pisshead Revisited would have been a better title.

Oh dear. That is so sad.

[Andy H]

When the serial 'Quatermass and the Pit' was repeated in 1960 (?) I managed to see a few bits of it and it scared me witless. Since that time I've had a fascination with the whole Quatermass 'thing' and I was over the moon when a 3-disc set of restored Quatermass was released.
To produce this stuff live in the 1950's was a towering achievement and I reckon each one of them was a landmark, especially Pit.
Others on my must-see list are The Sweeney and The Singing Detective, which is one of the most unusual and intriguing serials I've ever seen.

[dremble wedge]

Originally Posted by samkydd Pisshead Revisited would have been a better title.

Would it? Would it really?

[Arthur Linden-Jones]

Agree with the above comments about Bored-dead Revisited

[Dai Bando]

Come on guys lets get real. 25 years I've been waiting for a TV series that comes even close to being as good as Widows and still nothing does . I've watched it so many times I know the words (to the annoyance of my family) and every time I watch it it gets better and better. If I'm ever stuck on a desert island as long as I've got my widows DVD's with me I won't be in any hurry to send out an SOS.

[jaycad]

Originally Posted by samkydd I have just watched Brideshead Revisited for the first time, over a few weeks on a bargain buy of a boxed set. I just did not get it at all. It was a pointless dreary tale that promised much and delivered very little. On the over-acting stakes it came out strong with excellent over the top performances by Anthony Andrews as the lazy, idle, alkie aristocrat, and the bloke who played the Anthony Blanche camp pantomime dame/Elizabethan fop character. Awful to watch and I'm quite disappointed as everyone has been raving about it for the past 27 years! Pisshead Revisited would have been a better title.

i'd be interested to know what exactly made you purchase this series? i myself enjoyed every minute of it and whilst i can understand that it's not everybodys cup of tea i cannot see the over acting you mention and as for it being a pointless dreary tale,evelyn waugh seems to have done alright from it!

my favourite 5 series:
upstairs downstairs
sherlock holmes (brett version)
duchess of duke street
brideshead revisited
thriller

[HIPPIEDAVE]

I think Brideshead is brilliant. Best drama's well A Family at War is def one, Fox starring Peter Vaughn, Survivors....

[EHV_Emmetts]

House Of Cards
To Play The King
The Final Cut

The late great Ian Richardson was stunningly brilliant in all these.

The Sweeney
Sherlock Holmes - with Jeremy Brett

Although not strictly a drama series, nonetheless I'd like to nominate Minder.

[batman]

Brideshead Revisited is IMHO a real classic of UK TV. Not only does it tell a long and rather complex tale in an accessible and thoroughly entertaining manner, it contains some excellent acting, writing and direction.

[Marky B]

Originally Posted by batman Brideshead Revisited is IMHO a real classic of UK TV. Not only does it tell a long and rather complex tale in an accessible and thoroughly entertaining manner, it contains some excellent acting, writing and direction.

And it includes the glorious Castle Howard - the most beautiful home in Britain outside Bradshaw Towers.
Ta Ta
Marky B

[HARKINTON]

Well before my time! lol

[Jackdaw]

In fifty years of watching television, if you told me that I had to choose one series above all others, I would have to choose - Minder.
Beautifully written, directed and written.

[Jackdaw]

Originally Posted by Jackdaw In fifty years of watching television, if you told me that I had to choose one series above all others, I would have to choose - Minder. Beautifully written, directed and written.

Edit: Beautifully written, directed and played.
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