what 'unknown'/cult series do you like
Discussion
ajprice said:
Just found Catterick on YouTube 
. One series on BBC with Vic & Bob, Matt Lucas, Reece Shearsmith, Morwena Banks. Very Vic & Bob weird and silly, generally about Bob Mortimer's character coming back to Catterick to find his son. https://youtu.be/KVrcNXm0z3Y
My favourite vic and bob - wonderful stuff. That moment with the guide dog collection box . One series on BBC with Vic & Bob, Matt Lucas, Reece Shearsmith, Morwena Banks. Very Vic & Bob weird and silly, generally about Bob Mortimer's character coming back to Catterick to find his son. https://youtu.be/KVrcNXm0z3Y
AlexS said:
Turn7 said:
I was a huge fan of the Utopia series......
Now been rebooted and started on Amazon Prime last week.I'm still a fan of The Prisoner which was quirky when made but is still strangely resonant of issues today even if in a very dated imagination - and, of course, whilst we have all sorts of bizarre and random stuff in our everyday film and TV feeds in modern times, it was groundbreaking and radical in its day in a way that's quite difficult to imagine.
So it's far from "Unknown" of course, but still definitely Cult and no one could "remake" the entire feel and nostalgia, but the battle to be a free man in times of Lockdown is a bizarre juxtaposition of the McGoohan imagination and vision!
ben5575 said:
ajprice said:
Just found Catterick on YouTube . One series on BBC with Vic & Bob, Matt Lucas, Reece Shearsmith, Morwena Banks. Very Vic & Bob weird and silly, generally about Bob Mortimer's character coming back to Catterick to find his son. https://youtu.be/KVrcNXm0z3Y
My favourite vic and bob - wonderful stuff. That moment with the guide dog collection box . One series on BBC with Vic & Bob, Matt Lucas, Reece Shearsmith, Morwena Banks. Very Vic & Bob weird and silly, generally about Bob Mortimer's character coming back to Catterick to find his son. https://youtu.be/KVrcNXm0z3YAnother Vic & Bob, The Club. 5 years before Catterick was on it had a few of the same characters, Chris 'ah knuurr' and Kinky John was D.I. Fowler.
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Edited by ajprice on Friday 30th October 07:51
P5BNij said:
Both series arrived from Amazon this yesterday so I started watching series one last night, three episodes in a row, loving it so far. The cars... blimey the cars...! Period Fiats, Alfas, Lancias, BMWs, Porsches, Citroens and Renaults everywhere, a gorgeous Innocenti Mini Cooper for one of the main characters, not to mention the vans and trucks in the background.... great stuff 
Finally got around to putting series one in the DVD player yesterday and couldn't stop watching it. Got five episodes in till 3.00am.Great stuff.
That blue Fulvia.
vixen1700 said:
P5BNij said:
Both series arrived from Amazon this yesterday so I started watching series one last night, three episodes in a row, loving it so far. The cars... blimey the cars...! Period Fiats, Alfas, Lancias, BMWs, Porsches, Citroens and Renaults everywhere, a gorgeous Innocenti Mini Cooper for one of the main characters, not to mention the vans and trucks in the background.... great stuff
Finally got around to putting series one in the DVD player yesterday and couldn't stop watching it. Got five episodes in till 3.00am.Great stuff.
That blue Fulvia.
Edited by P5BNij on Sunday 15th November 14:49
Not sure it really counts as unknown but I'm a fan of Supernatural. 15 seasons with the current one being the last.
It's even given me a weird fascination with owning a 1967 Impala in black....
Weirdly Channel 4 have decided not to show the final season on E4 as it has previous seasons. Instead it's chosen to hide it on 4Music - I didn't even know that channel existed! Judging by some of the comments online, neither did many others
That also means it's only in SD and not HD although it is also on All4 in HD. It's seems however few knew it had already started and they've already dropped the first few episodes off All4 (They are also on Amazon however, but not for free)
It's even given me a weird fascination with owning a 1967 Impala in black....
Weirdly Channel 4 have decided not to show the final season on E4 as it has previous seasons. Instead it's chosen to hide it on 4Music - I didn't even know that channel existed! Judging by some of the comments online, neither did many others
That also means it's only in SD and not HD although it is also on All4 in HD. It's seems however few knew it had already started and they've already dropped the first few episodes off All4 (They are also on Amazon however, but not for free)
In terms of how good it is versus how many people talk about it now Generation Kill has to be top of the list for me.
People will often bring up still great TV shows from the same era or before, but this mini-series doesn't seem to get mentioned much anymore. On a rewatch now and IMO this is as close to perfection as any war based mini-series has ever got. In terms of quality I would find it hard to choose between this and Band of Brothers but Generation Kill is FAR funnier and you will usually have a number of good laughs every episode.
Based on two books written by the participants and with two others consulting/playing themselves so as accurate as Hollywood gets as well.
People will often bring up still great TV shows from the same era or before, but this mini-series doesn't seem to get mentioned much anymore. On a rewatch now and IMO this is as close to perfection as any war based mini-series has ever got. In terms of quality I would find it hard to choose between this and Band of Brothers but Generation Kill is FAR funnier and you will usually have a number of good laughs every episode.
Based on two books written by the participants and with two others consulting/playing themselves so as accurate as Hollywood gets as well.
JagLover said:
In terms of how good it is versus how many people talk about it now Generation Kill has to be top of the list for me.
People will often bring up still great TV shows from the same era or before, but this mini-series doesn't seem to get mentioned much anymore. On a rewatch now and IMO this is as close to perfection as any war based mini-series has ever got. In terms of quality I would find it hard to choose between this and Band of Brothers but Generation Kill is FAR funnier and you will usually have a number of good laughs every episode.
Based on two books written by the participants and with two others consulting/playing themselves so as accurate as Hollywood gets as well.
Agree love generation kill also check out over therePeople will often bring up still great TV shows from the same era or before, but this mini-series doesn't seem to get mentioned much anymore. On a rewatch now and IMO this is as close to perfection as any war based mini-series has ever got. In terms of quality I would find it hard to choose between this and Band of Brothers but Generation Kill is FAR funnier and you will usually have a number of good laughs every episode.
Based on two books written by the participants and with two others consulting/playing themselves so as accurate as Hollywood gets as well.
Lotusgone said:
Anyone seen the French series Balthazar?
He's a pathologist, some decent plots, plus he drives around in an original Alpine A110.
Got that on my 'to watch list'. I have been watching Call my Agent, on Netflix. Another French series, it started off a bit slowly but gets better, and funnier, as it goes along.He's a pathologist, some decent plots, plus he drives around in an original Alpine A110.
glennzo said:
Braquo -French police drama. Dark and brutal from the start, makes Spiral look wimpy in comparison at times.
Mr Inbetween -Drama about the life and times of an Aussie hitman.
Mr. Inbetween is superb. I watched the first two seasons and then it moved to Disney + so not had a chance to watch season 3. Mr Inbetween -Drama about the life and times of an Aussie hitman.
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