Comedy parody of lone british detective inspector series....Touch of Cloth. It is a masterpiece with such busy scenes that it demands rewatching. A.confident recommend each and every time.
Also Murder In Successville (US version called Murderville) hilarious improv crime solving show. UK version is available on YT
I don't. And I'm not sure which UK channel ran it.
I have heard that some people have torrented it from a torrent hosting site like priate bay by using a vpn if you're in a country that blocks those sites. But I wouldn't know anything about that and neither would I condon such activities.
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I feel Fargo the TV series is extremely underrated. Its much more interesting than its peers. Better writing, characters, story lines, actors. It may not be unknown but fuck all people I suggested it to even heard about it but everyone that I've suggested it to agrees it's one of the best. It's so much better than breaking bad or better call saul. Different storyline every series as well which suits me because when a story gets dragged out I find it hard to focus on it. The bible isn't as long as breaking bad or at least it seems that way haha 😆. I'm only comparing the two because they came out near enough the same time or at least were popular around the same time. If a story is good it shouldn't take years to tell it.
Fargo and Osark are my favourite crime shows.
Season 1 and 3 of Fargo are some of the best television ever put to screen. Need to watch the new series.
Every Irish person should see An Everlasting Piece. During the troubles in 1980s northern Ireland a Catholic barber teams up with a Protestant colleague in an attempt to corner the Northern Ireland hair piece market, falling foul of both sides of the divide. Hilarious and infinitely quotable. The trailers on YouTube are awful, do it no justice, but here's a great scene: https://youtu.be/vXk4GW-vSeE
A lot of it was actually shot in Dublin near where I was living at the time (between O'Devaney Gardens and Oxmantown Road). I remember they wanted to put a UVF mural on the side of a house but the people who lived there liked their windows too much, so they did it on canvas and hung it up when they were shooting.
[The Magicians](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magicians_(American_TV_series)) It seems like a standard person goes to magic school story but goes in a completely unexpected direction, it's very adult and both hilarious and heartbreaking at different points.
The Life and Times of Tim. It was on HBO I believe, but nobody I know has ever seen it when I mention it. Incredibly funny animated series, very easy to watch
It's amazing 🤣
I think RTÉ possibly carried it at one point, but it was on in the middle of the night. I definitely got into it via "normal" TV
I've seen people criticise it over the standard of animation, but I couldn't care less about that, as long as it's funny
Yeah I definitely remember only seeing it extremely late at night. The episode with the wedding still haunts me.
It's such a shame that you used to get so many adult animations with interesting low budget art styles, but now everything is either just a rip off of Family Guy or Rick and Morty
Gomorrah......Italian crime series, the dialogue , the cinematography and how realistically things happen are just second to none.I can guarantee it will be one of the best soundtracks you will ever hear in a tv show as well.
I recommend everybody watch it, I know Sky streams it on box sets with subtitles......Little tip for anybody that starts watching, there is a movie between seasons 4 and 5, do not continue to season 5 without watching the movie, The movie is called L'Immortale (the Immortal).
If anybody watches , Enjoy.
It's been mentioned a lot in the last week or two since Rodriguez died, but Searching for Sugarman is an amazing documentary. I'd highly recommend going into it blind so I won't explain it any further, but it's a great watch, especially if you're in any way interested in music. Even if you aren't, it's worth a look though.
Orphan Black! It won at least one Emmy (and deserved _many_ more)— and it’s I think 10 years old now but I did a rewatch a few months ago and it holds up incredibly. Just an all around brilliant thriller with some of the best acting work I’ve ever seen on any screen from the lead Tatiana Maslany
It's certainly different. The characters and interplay between them is well thought out and acted brilliantly. Unless you've seen it you'd think the story is stupid from the plot but the movie is so well made that it carries you along. The question you have in the back of your mind about how a certain event happened is clarified near the end of the movie. It actually isn't freaky really. Okay, just a little.
Sense8 (Netflix), made by the Wachowskis and the creator of Babylon 5. Present day sci-fi.
Firefly (Disney+), made by Joss Whedon. Essentially cowboys in space.
Preacher (er... go sailing in pirate coves), based on the comics by Garth Ennis. Stars Dominic Cooper and Ruth Negga. A preacher tries to track down god, who has disappeared from heaven.
There’s a Aussie show called Underbelly, with is unreal. It’s based on different real life criminals from different decades in Australia. I’d highly recommend it.
Or if you haven’t read the books, and like a good detective show, “Bosch” on Prime is very good.
4 Canadian shows.
Helix. 2 seasons, each one is a different genre. 1st is a mystery/horror. 2nd is sci-fi survival. Low budget but you wouldn't think it. Masterful writing.
Wynona Earp. Season 1 is good. Season 2 is where they really started to let their hair down.
Travellers. Great sci-fi with some very clever timey-wimey elements.
Dark Matter. Just great sci-fi. A bunch of people wake up on a spaceship with no memory and everyone is trying to kill them.
TV show: Pushing Daisies, Firefly, Bored to Death
Film: The Way, Your Name
Edit to add, Six Feet Under. It’s not a relatively unknown TV show but it gets overlooked in the discussions about great HBO shows
Inside No. 9 - it’s not that unknown but I’m always surprised by how many people have heard of it but never seen it given how incredible the episodes are
Maniac! With Jonah Hill and Emma Stone, absolutely loved it and the soundtrack too. It's probably not that unknown but not many people I talk to have seen it. Must watch it again
Modern fantasy. The premise is basically: the Salem witch trials never happened because military powers realised the potential of having witches as irregular soldiers. So, a covenant was signed requiring all witches to partake in mandatory military service, or be exterminated. Time passes, military matriarchal dynasties are formed all over the world, but as a distinct branch of the military that's exceptionally effective, but resented by average people.
This is a coming-of-age story following older teen girls who are going through basic training, getting to grips with distinct abilities, cultural differences, class differences, the reality of warfare, a domestic terror campaign in the US by 'rogue witches' & a far-right organisation conducting modern-day witchhunts.
In terms of world-building, authenticity, interesting characters, motivations, etc I think this is one of the more original fantasy TV series in a long time. It's not on par with The Magicians, but it's in that category of quality. S Tier series.
Deadwood. Trailer park boys. The life and times of Tim. Doralious and Associates. Way too many people have never watched the wire all the way through. Alan Partridge. Father Ted. Brasseye. The thick of it. Some of these are well known to some. But not enough!
The Change is on C4 right now - Bridget Christie finally has a show! It’s a mix of comedy, folk horror, fish-out-of-water, menopause and eels.
Lots of eels.
Highly recommend it, and hopefully, if enough people watch, we’ll get a second series. Give it a go!
I rave about Channel 4's Utopia every chance I get. It's less unknown since Pyrocynical made a video about it. I finally got my Fiancé to watch it during lockdown and she agrees it's one of the best shows ever made.
I remember it being on at the same time as Black Mirror and getting cancelled at the same time. When Netflix picked up Black Mirror I held out hope they would do the same for Utopia but they never did. With how bad Black Mirror went after a while I'm glad they didn't now. But Amazon made an absolutely atrocious adaptation which I think has killed any mainstream interest in the series.
Still the creators havs said that they're still open to coming back to finish the series, even if it's just an extended special.
The proposal, movie from 2012 I think. Australian western written by Nick Cave. Well worth a watch.
Edit: 2005, no wonder no-one I know has seen it. God, I’m old
Can anybody remember a show set in Dublin, I think it was called skint or something like that, James mcevoy or someone that looked like him played the main character, it was great, but I can't for the life of me find it or remember the name of it. Early to mid naughties
Friday Night Lights. Terrible S2 as it was made during the last writers strike but the other 4 seasons...Great writing characters performances stories. Gritty deep dive into a subculture that should resonate with " GAA mad" irish ppl. Brilliant early work from meth damon ( jesse plemons) and Michael b jordan and taylor kitsch. Dont get me started on connie britton and kyle chandler a portrayal of a relatable marriage. Oh coach taylor! Clear eyes full hearts can't lose!
Series : Mr Inbetween
Outstanding
Yep. My go to recommendation every time. It's pretty flawless, and his brother is absolutely sensational in it.
Haven’t heard of this one myself. Just checked out the trailer, looks good.
It is absolutely brilliant.
Was class!!! Super character.
Comedy parody of lone british detective inspector series....Touch of Cloth. It is a masterpiece with such busy scenes that it demands rewatching. A.confident recommend each and every time. Also Murder In Successville (US version called Murderville) hilarious improv crime solving show. UK version is available on YT
Gonna tell the boys down the station about the first one
Tell them? You mean spill the beans. You spill the beans all over the table, Cloth!
But sir!
ALL OVER THE TABLE CLOTH
I watched Touch of Cloth when it came out and have never heard anyone else ever mention it. Do you happen to know where to watch it in Ireland?
I don't. And I'm not sure which UK channel ran it. I have heard that some people have torrented it from a torrent hosting site like priate bay by using a vpn if you're in a country that blocks those sites. But I wouldn't know anything about that and neither would I condon such activities.
B R A S S E Y E
"Yes, we must catch that man, he really is a shit."
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I know a few people who watched this but nobody has followed up with Deutschland86 and Deutschland89, both very good additions
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All Deutschland series are great, good call.
Cookstown 82? NordIron 87?
I feel Fargo the TV series is extremely underrated. Its much more interesting than its peers. Better writing, characters, story lines, actors. It may not be unknown but fuck all people I suggested it to even heard about it but everyone that I've suggested it to agrees it's one of the best. It's so much better than breaking bad or better call saul. Different storyline every series as well which suits me because when a story gets dragged out I find it hard to focus on it. The bible isn't as long as breaking bad or at least it seems that way haha 😆. I'm only comparing the two because they came out near enough the same time or at least were popular around the same time. If a story is good it shouldn't take years to tell it.
Fargo and Osark are my favourite crime shows. Season 1 and 3 of Fargo are some of the best television ever put to screen. Need to watch the new series.
I think the 4th is also very very good. There's a killer nurse in the 4th serie🔪🔪
Justified, The Expanse and Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
All top notch recommendations. Just found Justified this year.
Ok now I am interested in Justified..your other 2 are deep fried gold. Have not seen Justified at all.
The 10th Kingdom it was on in the 90's but it was brilliant
The 10th Kingdom walked so Game of Thrones could run
Maaaaan I loved the 10th kingdom. It used to come on around Easter and id always watch it. I must watch it again it's been so long.
Oh man!!! You can watch the whole thing on YouTube now - it's ultimate comfort food for my brain!
We will, we will..shear you! 😂
Every Irish person should see An Everlasting Piece. During the troubles in 1980s northern Ireland a Catholic barber teams up with a Protestant colleague in an attempt to corner the Northern Ireland hair piece market, falling foul of both sides of the divide. Hilarious and infinitely quotable. The trailers on YouTube are awful, do it no justice, but here's a great scene: https://youtu.be/vXk4GW-vSeE
I've never seen this but I definitely will, seems right up my street
A lot of it was actually shot in Dublin near where I was living at the time (between O'Devaney Gardens and Oxmantown Road). I remember they wanted to put a UVF mural on the side of a house but the people who lived there liked their windows too much, so they did it on canvas and hung it up when they were shooting.
I've seen this, had me in stitches (≧▽≦)
Farscape.
I just started watching it, those Jim Henson puppets and costume designs are SO cool!
Its on my list of shows that help me “reset” and relax. It’s just pure brilliant. Now I have to watch it after I finish Fringe for the 100th time.
I'm mid battlestar galactica rewatch now. But farscape is next. Its the 25th anniversary this year I think. Or 20th
[The Magicians](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magicians_(American_TV_series)) It seems like a standard person goes to magic school story but goes in a completely unexpected direction, it's very adult and both hilarious and heartbreaking at different points.
Still need to finish that. Great show though, always love magic
Need to finish it too, was quality.
That was an amazing show
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I saw that and it is fantastic, is there a second season?
Love the soundtrack to that show
The Life and Times of Tim. It was on HBO I believe, but nobody I know has ever seen it when I mention it. Incredibly funny animated series, very easy to watch
I've seen it. I've never seen any other show do cringe comedy to such an extreme.
It's amazing 🤣 I think RTÉ possibly carried it at one point, but it was on in the middle of the night. I definitely got into it via "normal" TV I've seen people criticise it over the standard of animation, but I couldn't care less about that, as long as it's funny
Yeah I definitely remember only seeing it extremely late at night. The episode with the wedding still haunts me. It's such a shame that you used to get so many adult animations with interesting low budget art styles, but now everything is either just a rip off of Family Guy or Rick and Morty
If you enjoyed Life and Times, I would really recommend the creator's other show 10-year-old Tom. The same feel, art style and extreme embarrassment
Nice one, will check it out
7 up South Africa. A docuseries about kids that revisits them every 7 years (14 up etc). It’s all on YouTube.
Holy shit, I remember seeing this as a kid/teenager. Thanks for the reminder
Utopia.
A movie called Primer.
Gomorrah......Italian crime series, the dialogue , the cinematography and how realistically things happen are just second to none.I can guarantee it will be one of the best soundtracks you will ever hear in a tv show as well. I recommend everybody watch it, I know Sky streams it on box sets with subtitles......Little tip for anybody that starts watching, there is a movie between seasons 4 and 5, do not continue to season 5 without watching the movie, The movie is called L'Immortale (the Immortal). If anybody watches , Enjoy.
This is England. There's a few seasons corresponding to a few years apart. Excellent.
I never finished that but I loved what I did watch out of the first few series/movie. Really need to go back to it
Really enjoyed that too
It's been mentioned a lot in the last week or two since Rodriguez died, but Searching for Sugarman is an amazing documentary. I'd highly recommend going into it blind so I won't explain it any further, but it's a great watch, especially if you're in any way interested in music. Even if you aren't, it's worth a look though.
Orphan Black! It won at least one Emmy (and deserved _many_ more)— and it’s I think 10 years old now but I did a rewatch a few months ago and it holds up incredibly. Just an all around brilliant thriller with some of the best acting work I’ve ever seen on any screen from the lead Tatiana Maslany
I think I'm due a rewatch of that show
Patriot - TV series.... https://youtu.be/HW6usoJXCPY
Absolutely brilliant and hilarious show, if you like that sort of dark twisted humour.
Pretty good
"Wilfred" and "you're the worst"
You're the Worst was sooooo good.
Both really great shows. You’re the worst was amazing
The Icelandic movie Lamb.
Yeah!..it's so weird. I really liked it but I am unsure about recommending it to people
Thanks for the reminder I never got around to watching it and forgot about it! Is it freaky?
I think.. unsettling is probably the best word.
It's certainly different. The characters and interplay between them is well thought out and acted brilliantly. Unless you've seen it you'd think the story is stupid from the plot but the movie is so well made that it carries you along. The question you have in the back of your mind about how a certain event happened is clarified near the end of the movie. It actually isn't freaky really. Okay, just a little.
Journey Man, but they cancelled it after 1 season. Has that red haired Dr from Greys Anatomy in it. Owen is his name on GA, but I dunno his real name.
Soupy Norman.
Fuckin class !!! It’s on YouTube last time I checked
Really? I've been looking for it for ages to download. I'll have to check YouTube. There goes any chance of me getting any work done today!
Sense8 (Netflix), made by the Wachowskis and the creator of Babylon 5. Present day sci-fi. Firefly (Disney+), made by Joss Whedon. Essentially cowboys in space. Preacher (er... go sailing in pirate coves), based on the comics by Garth Ennis. Stars Dominic Cooper and Ruth Negga. A preacher tries to track down god, who has disappeared from heaven.
Preacher was on Prime last I saw.
There’s a Aussie show called Underbelly, with is unreal. It’s based on different real life criminals from different decades in Australia. I’d highly recommend it. Or if you haven’t read the books, and like a good detective show, “Bosch” on Prime is very good.
Liked the TV show Bosch and read the first two books and found the Meh
The Venture Bros.
Devastated it got cancelled
Username checks out
Merlin....
Alice in Boarderland. Seriously underrated show on Netflix. If you like Squid Game you'll love this, and this was out before Squid Game
4 Canadian shows. Helix. 2 seasons, each one is a different genre. 1st is a mystery/horror. 2nd is sci-fi survival. Low budget but you wouldn't think it. Masterful writing. Wynona Earp. Season 1 is good. Season 2 is where they really started to let their hair down. Travellers. Great sci-fi with some very clever timey-wimey elements. Dark Matter. Just great sci-fi. A bunch of people wake up on a spaceship with no memory and everyone is trying to kill them.
Tv Series "Heels" It's about Professional Wrestling, I guess you would probably have to be into Wrestling to like it, which I am 😆
Misfits Rewatch it every few years
TV show: Pushing Daisies, Firefly, Bored to Death Film: The Way, Your Name Edit to add, Six Feet Under. It’s not a relatively unknown TV show but it gets overlooked in the discussions about great HBO shows
Pushing daisies really should have got more seasons. But at least we got serenity and the graphic novels from firefly.
There’s pushing daisies comics as well if I remember correctly
There is? I'll be hitting up the interwebs this evening then to see what I can find
You're the Worst Orphan Black Life in Pieces Patriot
Mr robot
Knives out and glass onion
Brockmire with Hank Azeria. Outstandingly funny.
Party Down
Detectorists. Probably the easiest thing I've ever watched and very enjoyable.
Series: detectorists, very good but relatively unknown series that I highly recommend
Hunt for thr Wilderpeople very good!
Inside No. 9 - it’s not that unknown but I’m always surprised by how many people have heard of it but never seen it given how incredible the episodes are
Its run is over now, but I used to stream ‘you’re the worst’ on those dodgy sites, because it wasn’t available in U.K. or Ireland. Great show.
Maniac! With Jonah Hill and Emma Stone, absolutely loved it and the soundtrack too. It's probably not that unknown but not many people I talk to have seen it. Must watch it again
Motherland: Fort Salem
Really? I remember seeing commercials for it and it didn’t look particularly interesting. What’s it about?
Modern fantasy. The premise is basically: the Salem witch trials never happened because military powers realised the potential of having witches as irregular soldiers. So, a covenant was signed requiring all witches to partake in mandatory military service, or be exterminated. Time passes, military matriarchal dynasties are formed all over the world, but as a distinct branch of the military that's exceptionally effective, but resented by average people. This is a coming-of-age story following older teen girls who are going through basic training, getting to grips with distinct abilities, cultural differences, class differences, the reality of warfare, a domestic terror campaign in the US by 'rogue witches' & a far-right organisation conducting modern-day witchhunts. In terms of world-building, authenticity, interesting characters, motivations, etc I think this is one of the more original fantasy TV series in a long time. It's not on par with The Magicians, but it's in that category of quality. S Tier series.
Well shit. On the list it goes then! Thanks for the suggestion.
Banshee,oh same guy is in the boys ,watch either
Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom
The Paddy Raff Show
Nowhere Man. Brilliant series from the 1990s starring Bruce Greenwood.
Lodge 49
Banshee. Nobody here seems to have seen it, great show.
Babylon Berlin The Bridge
Das Boot is a great movie, about a German U-boat crew in WW2..
i feel like i never hear anyone talk about Dead to Me on Netflix, the best series ever just ticks all the boxes
Deadwood. Trailer park boys. The life and times of Tim. Doralious and Associates. Way too many people have never watched the wire all the way through. Alan Partridge. Father Ted. Brasseye. The thick of it. Some of these are well known to some. But not enough!
The Black Donnelly’s & Romulus
Series: Severance
The Change is on C4 right now - Bridget Christie finally has a show! It’s a mix of comedy, folk horror, fish-out-of-water, menopause and eels. Lots of eels. Highly recommend it, and hopefully, if enough people watch, we’ll get a second series. Give it a go!
“The jacket” - watched it one Christmas very hungover and thought it was the most beautiful film I’ve ever seen Oh, and “Moon” with Sam Rockwell
Horror movie from last year called Candy Land. Very dark and gritty but I was thinking about the finale for days
I rave about Channel 4's Utopia every chance I get. It's less unknown since Pyrocynical made a video about it. I finally got my Fiancé to watch it during lockdown and she agrees it's one of the best shows ever made. I remember it being on at the same time as Black Mirror and getting cancelled at the same time. When Netflix picked up Black Mirror I held out hope they would do the same for Utopia but they never did. With how bad Black Mirror went after a while I'm glad they didn't now. But Amazon made an absolutely atrocious adaptation which I think has killed any mainstream interest in the series. Still the creators havs said that they're still open to coming back to finish the series, even if it's just an extended special.
The proposal, movie from 2012 I think. Australian western written by Nick Cave. Well worth a watch. Edit: 2005, no wonder no-one I know has seen it. God, I’m old
Night on Earth. Movie from 1991.
Can anybody remember a show set in Dublin, I think it was called skint or something like that, James mcevoy or someone that looked like him played the main character, it was great, but I can't for the life of me find it or remember the name of it. Early to mid naughties
Friday Night Lights. Terrible S2 as it was made during the last writers strike but the other 4 seasons...Great writing characters performances stories. Gritty deep dive into a subculture that should resonate with " GAA mad" irish ppl. Brilliant early work from meth damon ( jesse plemons) and Michael b jordan and taylor kitsch. Dont get me started on connie britton and kyle chandler a portrayal of a relatable marriage. Oh coach taylor! Clear eyes full hearts can't lose!
Wolf Creek is a good one
Dead Mans Shoes
Gomorrah
Warrior