Favourite British Programmes?

[Michelle]

Here's where you can share what shows you get your British fill from.

Here's my list (in a particular order):
Doctor Who
Torchwood
Graham Norton Show
Being Human
Skins
Friday Night With Jonathon Ross

Share share, and people can see what they may be missing out on.

[Jerry Fieldman]

doctor who

[Zack Hyder]

Have to say, Doctor Who and Monty Python. Great stuff, British television.

[Adrienne Cory]

The Good News with Russell Howard

Skins 

Mock the Week 

Merlin

Robin Hood

 

[Patrick Puhl]

I pretty much watch BBC America exclusively

 

Being Human (I LOVE Russell Tovey, ever since The History Boys)

 

Doctor Who (Come on, the Doctor fixing up Captain Jack & Midshipman Frame?  I knew I liked the Doctor)

 

Kill It, Cook It, Eat It (shown on Current TV, not BBCAm)

 

QI (seriously, look this up on YouTube.  Funny show with Stephen Fry)

 

Cluedo (seen on YouTube) -- Kind of like playing the old Clue VCR game, but being able to ask the characters questions directly.  Some big names played the famous Clue characters -- David McCallum (Duckie on NCIS) and Tom Baker (Doctor Who) both played Prof. Plum.,  Mollie Sugden (Mrs. Slocombe from Are You Being Served?) as Mrs. White, and Joanna Lumley (AbFab) as Mrs. Peacock.  Different cast each season, plus the Christmas Special.

 

The Crystal Maze  -- Stunt/physical puzzle game show hosted by RiffRaff from The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

 

The British Version of The Office -- NBC's version pales in comparison and this really makes you wonder how Steve Carell ever became famous from the NBC show.  Ricky Gervais is GOD.

 

Beautiful People  (on Logo in U.S.) -- What's better than tween gay 90s nostalgia?  You must watch the Hell's Bells clip on YouTube (they edited it out on Logo).  The way Mr. Bell reprimands Jasbinder Sahota is one of the funniest lines ever in the history of television.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Sarah Willemse]

My fav's are:

Doctor Who

Torchwood

BBC's Sherlock

Monthy Python

A bit of Fry and Laurie

Top Gear (it's soooooo not about cars)

[Kayla]

MISFITS FTW.

and Doctor Who.

and Skins.

:)

[Rachael Smith]

(in no particular order)

Dr Who

Torchwood

John Bishop's Britain

Horrible Histories!

[Rachel Niven]

Doctor Who

Sherlock

Skins

Nevermind the Buzzcocks

The Mighty Boosh

[Caity]

Graham Norton Show

Skins

Doctor Who

Gordon Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares

Monty Python

As Time Goes By

Top Gear

Keeping Up Appearances

[Caity]

Totally forgot about The Inbetweeners and Fawlty Towers!

[Aisling Rowling]

Downton Abbey - it's a big deal in the uk right now. They just finished airing the second season and signed contracts for a thrid.
It's about a an earl's family and the servants of the house. The basic conflict is that with three daughters there is no male heir and a distant cousin enters the picture. By the way the first season starts the day after the Titanic is sunk and the second season plays during the first world war.
There are of course serveral romantic relationships. My favourite characters are Sybil - the youngest daughter of the earl who is, despite society back then, interested in politics and wants more of life - and the amazing Maggie Smith, the dowager countess. She has the best one liners and makes me laugh all the time...I only say swivel chair...

Then there are the legendary bbc mini series, such as pride and prejudice, north and south...

Another favourite of mine is the BBC Robin Hood series. They chose a rather different approach to the legend than in other films.

[Carolyn Grahn]

DOCTOR WHO!  I also like The IT Crowd though.