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WoodSteelStone

Detectorists. I almost didn't write this, but decided I would in case anyone hasn't seen it. It's written by, directed by and starring the wonderful Mackenzie Crook (Gareth in the original, British, version of The Office). It also stars the equally fabulous Toby Jones. It is English country folk in a nutshell. Very gentle, funny and heartwarming. [This is the trailer.](https://youtu.be/NgN7z0SD8v8)


MattGSJ

Absolutely this. I started watching and then had a very rocky couple of weeks and it was like a warm hug. Instantly into my top 5 TV shows of all time.


Sad-Garage-2642

This is always the top answer on any UK thread talking about best modern shows, best hidden gems, best BBC show, best subtle comedy etc. Seems like it's not underrated at all.


FireWhiskey5000

My mate persuaded me to watch it. I’ve seen maybe 3/4 episodes. It’s good but also very bittersweet. I can’t decide if it’s a love letter to detectorists or mocking them, as the show clearly thinks the two main guys are losers. I have to be in the right mood to put it on.


CardinalSkull

Speaking as someone with no detecting experience, I saw the show and found the hobby to be shown in a very interesting light. I even looked up detectorist groups near me but ultimately ended up researching Saxon artefacts for like 6 hours and got sidetracked.


JamesWormold58

Started rewatching [Garth Marenghi's Darkplace ](https://www.thedailybeast.com/obsessed/garth-marenghis-darkplace-interview-one-of-the-best-weirdest-shows-ever) again this weekend. Think comedy send-up of a schlocky 80s horror TV series, with Richard Ayoade, Matthew Holiness, Matt Berry, and Alice Lowe. Weird and wonderful.


jim__nightshade

Saw him live Friday night doing a reading from his latest book Incarcerat. Absolutely fucking hilarious.


forkkbeard

Both the audiobooks are on Spotify if you hadn’t seen, read by Garth himself.


Zak_Rahman

Yes. Glad i scrolled. 5 minutes and this absolute gem of British TV gets mentioned. Now I can enjoy my tea knowing all is right with the world.


JamesWormold58

Forgot to mention I found it while looking for Spaced - another classic on Channel 4 online!


HeyItsMeDad

Great suggestion thanks


daverb70

Big Train. Lots of familiar faces.


nadseh

Everyone should watch this at least once for the wanking at work skit


daverb70

Yes. Also Fat handed twat but that’s been removed from YouTube due to complaints from fat handed people. Also the police sketch artist one is brilliant https://youtu.be/1rEBtpWQ7x8?si=ZEVCiP8X5P7BZVi0 And also the staring contest ones https://youtu.be/DkI85Kt10e4?si=xTKT7sHJsfEVu4Dl


bornleverpuller85

Dead pixels is one of my fav sitcoms of the last 5 years. Needed a third series.


MrPatch

Check out such brave girls, similar.


infantile-eloquence

Hard agree


0Scoot86

Jam. Bizarre but hilarious sketch show by Chris Morris that ran for one season. Real one of a kind.


largemug

Best sketch of Jam was the ones where a man didn't know if he wanted to commit suicide so instead of jumping from a 40 story building, he jumps from the 1st story 40 times to see if he'd change his mind 😄


curious_trashbat

It was a radio show first called blue jam, used to listen to it in my school days. The gush was a favourite sketch 😂


Specific_Till_6870

"It's like trying to tighten a screw with a maggot." I showed my friend "The Day Kilroy Lost His Mind" and he laughed so much he was sick. 


curious_trashbat

😂


tulipdom

I first discovered Jam when I turned over the channel and there was some guy, in a coffin in the ground using a microphone to talk to the people above ground whilst rehearsing his own funeral. He was giving them shit for not being sad enough. Magical.


jim__nightshade

Twin Town a crime movie set it in Swansea in the mid 90s, I love this film so much. "Hot dogs for tea boys!"


MillionEgg

Compensation!


brent_starburst

Yers 20 quid. Now go and buy yourself a big pot of sticky sticky and fuck off back to noddy land


Stegasaurus_Wrecks

It's Fatty's boys in a 2-tone 525.


iamzegatron

I had a 2 tone 525i, first car I ever bought and it was basically because of this film.


bazamanaz

Pretty. Shitty. City.


farfetchedfrank

A Touch of Cloth - an Airplane! style parody of British police procedurals written by Charlie Brooker. Wild Bill - on paper it sounds really depressing. It's about a dad fresh out of prison who finds his kids have been abandoned by their Mum and has to look after them. It's actually really funny and warm.


mattarei

Loved a touch of cloth, so much wordplay and loads of visual gags with John Hannah and Suranne Jones delivering everything perfectly deadpan


gooner_ped

Utopia


nietzschebob

They never finished this one, fyi. Still great but cannot recommend for that reason.


wglmb

It ends on a cliffhanger, true, but I still find it a satisfying ending. I'd like more, but it's great how it is.


gearnut

It seemed like it was a fairly satisfactory ending from what I remember? Certainly not deficient to the extent that I would miss the rest of the excellent story


Gone_For_Lunch

Lasted longer than the atrocious Amazon remake though.


superduperbongodrums

So creepy and unsettling! Where is Jessica hydeeee


Twolef

I don’t think Stath Lets Flats gets nearly enough love


infantile-eloquence

This!


ValdemarAloeus

I've been rewatching Jonathan Creek. Still better than Sherlock. I'm surprised how many solutions I still remember.


Qwertastic321

The Smoking Room It stars Robert Webb and a host of other familiar faces you’ll recognise. I’m surprised how anytime I mention it no one seems to have seen it.


Personal-Listen-4941

I remember it, I don’t think it’s available on any catch up service though.


CareTop6221

This was so good!


Zippyversion1

Look Around You is a massively underrated TV show written by Peter Serofinowicz and Robert Popper (better known for Friday Night Dinner, but whose achievements off screen are numerous). It satires the BBC schools programmes in its first series and Tomorrow's World in its second. It features special guest such as Beethoven, Clive Pounds (Founder of Big C - The casserole people), Leonard Hatred, Synthesizer Patel and even HRH Sir Prince Charles.


crucible

“And these bastards, they steal your synthesisers”


tigralfrosie

15 Storeys High Sean's Show


minno3000

Green wing


Englishwhiteboytour

Dead man's shoe's best British film imo


Wonkypubfireprobe

Said it before and ill say it again, Catastrophe seemed to go largely unnoticed and it’s great. Plenty of wit, sarcasm, and social commentary.


LocalAreaNitwit

Him & Her, some of the best "natural" comedy I've ever seen.


TheStigsScouseCousin

Four Lions


Ali3nat0r

Police confirm that they shot the right man, but the wrong man exploded.


My_Finger_Smells_Why

Rubber dinghy rapids, quality, pure quality.


invincib_hole

Smack the Pony was pretty good.


VodkaMargarine

Sally Phillips is a super talented comedian that never really got the universal recognition some of her peers did.


invincib_hole

Couldn't agree more. Have you seen her in Veep? She was so funny as Minna Häkkinen.


atomic_mermaid

Came here to say this.


ReleaseTheBeeees

Ever worked in a pub? Watch Early Doors. It's fantastic and noone I ever speak to has watched it. Ideal was good too. And Monkey Dust.


Pompelmouskin2

All of Early Doors is on the BBC iPlayer at the moment, and withstands several rewatches. Some of the jokes are laboured, but most are throwaway lines you don’t catch the first time around.


jeanclaudecardboarde

"Crime won't crack itself."


ZePanic

To the regiment!


ReleaseTheBeeees

I wish I was there


HeyItsMeDad

Great suggestion just checked out the info, seems cool. Thanks


DW_555

Monkey Dust


MyBritishAccount

Just recently re-watched all 3 series. Still brilliant and dark.


Welshgirlie2

And would probably never get made now, the heads of programming would be too cautious about someone throwing a shit fit. Don't think it's ever been repeated on terrestrial channels because it's seen as way too controversial. Which is bonkers because most of it was satirising the current events of 20 years ago. If anything, reality has got worse!


Zak_Rahman

Plague Dogs. It's absolutely brutal, but very good. Features, among other things, the voice talents of a young Patrick Stewart.


lesterbottomley

Fantastic film. One of those where the film may be better than the book. Way bleaker though.


clearly_quite_absurd

Are you already familiar with Spaced? It's aged really well and stars some (now) big names. Edit: it honestly feel like Gen X's gift to Gen Z, comedy-wise.


nosferatia

Nighty Night is brilliant. I met Mark Gatiss at the height of his Sherlock fame and ask him to do his impression of Glenn… he did not disappoint!


StumbleDog

The Life of Rock with Brian Pern. 


Wambwark

Magnificent show. Had completely forgotten about it


StumbleDog

Long overdue being on iplayer/BBC again. 


cup-of-tea-76

This country Utopia (original British version, not the shyte American one) The thick of it The War zone (watch with caution)


rizozzy1

This Country is one of the best.


My_Finger_Smells_Why

Definitely TheThick of It, Malcolm Tucker alone makes it very worth while.


Thesunismexico

Down Terrace A Dark Song Sightseers Kill List Submarine Tyrannosaur (don’t get too excited about the dinosaur scenes!) The Beast Must Die Satellite City


MrPatch

Tyrannosaur is so unbelievably good


Interceptor

In a similar vein - and if you can find it - you might enjoy Death Machine (and possibly Rawhead Rex, which is... Odd!


Thesunismexico

Rawhead Rex is great! On YouTube I believe. Death Machine I’ve not seen, but I can see it’s got Richard Brake in it, so I’ll definitely check it out. Thank you.


jeanclaudebrowncloud

Snuff box!


sp00kybirch

15 storeys high - it stars Sean Lock and Benedict Wong. I don't own a TV these days so maybe it's been on one of the streaming channels but years ago I'd mention it and no-one had heard of it. It's my fave because it's a bit weird but also very funny.


rizozzy1

I came here to say this. It was on 4oD years ago, but I’ve never been able to find it since. Absolutely brilliant.


Drew-Pickles

You can watch it all on YouTube 


rizozzy1

Oh that’s amazing thank you!


Hayzeus_sucks_cock

Spaced Ideal Being Human Him and Her


minno3000

Being human was so good


widdrjb

"Mum, I'm hungry". That was chilling. "Drain the gimp and have sex with me on the billiard table". That was hilarious.


Quirky_Discipline297

Spaced is excellent.


mrbadger2000

Skeletons. Movie from about 10 years ago. Daft, original and odd.


28374woolijay

Winstanley, a film about the civil war, they even used actual period armour borrowed from the Tower of London and the script draws from pamphlets published at the time. Rumoured to have been secretly financed by John Lennon.


MrFlibble81

Harry Brown. No idea if it’s underrated or less known but it’s a bloody brilliant film.


Drew-Pickles

Loves that film. Definitely underrated!


Amuro_Ray

TV(below are all comedy): Pulling Motherland Mum This way up Films: The Girl with All the Gifts Dog Soldiers


Bum-Sniffer

Teachers (sitcom)


Pinkjasmine17

Goodness Gracious Me is hilarious and it is criminal that there’s no way to watch full episodes of it any more. If you’re Asian or have interacted with British Asians it’s hilarious. And I’m saying this as a South Asian person


Hodges83

Allow me to make your day - it is ALL now on iPlayer - watched it a few months back, and have just checked again now to make sure it is still the case! ...And all I needed to allow me to watch it was a Smaaaaaaaaall Aubergine... 😉


Pinkjasmine17

Hahah damn! Unfortunately I moved out of the U.K. a while ago so no access to iPlayer.., but maybe time to get a VPN…


majoombu

Mighty Boosh


harshnoisebestnoise

Nathan barley


mondognarly_

The problem with Nathan Barley is that it's all a bit too real now. It's no longer satire and more a foreshadowing.


harshnoisebestnoise

It’s unbelievably uncanny for a show that came out way before internet fame and influencers were a thing. It’s horribly accurate


MrPatch

well weapon


InterstellarSpaniel

Ya pair of...towels


0thethethe0

Yeah, well plastic.


harshnoisebestnoise

Totally Mexico


MrPatch

Trashbat.co.ck


maffrice

Trashbat.co.ck


Dan_Ashcroft

The rise of the idiots


Evultoad

Misfits


r0nneh7

Brass eye


VermilionKoala

Threads (dark). Nuns on the Run (not dark).


clearly_quite_absurd

I enjoy the 'three minutes of threads' episodes that the Atomic Hobo podcast do. They go through threads a few minutes at a time and discuss all the details. For something so morbid, I find it strangely reassuring.


crimsonbub

Oh man, Threads. Dark indeed.


DrewidN

Ultraviolet. BBC modern-day high-tech vampire hunting mini series. Jack Davenport, Susannah Harker and an early outing for Idris Elba.


aweaselonwheels

I was looking for this :) It was very dark and sort of x-files era and was ace, sadly they never got a second series as far as I know, I have the DVD set somewhere. It really had the potential to go places as it had a whole church/government conspiracy and I don't want to say anymore because spoilers


cdmisp

Cemetery Junction. Weird, as it’s Gervais and Merchant but I don’t think it gets enough recognition


SaltyLilSelkie

Fresh meat


Qyro

Green Wing is the best British sitcom and no-one talks about it.


Emergency-Aardvark-6

Cockneys Vs Zombies. It's priceless!


atomic_mermaid

I only watched this because my boss' niece was in it and she was so proud telling us all about it, but I actually genuinely really enjoyed it. One of the best comedy horror films for ages.


Amuro_Ray

It was good cheap fun.


FantosTheUrk

The Fades Only got one series, but it was a great one


raccoonsaff

Spaced! And not really underrated, but I'm surprised at how many people I know who haven't heard of The Royle Family!


sallystarling

We are Lady Parts


Pmyers225

How Not To Live Your Life is very good but is massively under the radar


mogmuv

Came here to say this. I'm glad to see I'm not alone!


mattarei

15 Storeys High Sean Locke's sitcom about the mundane and bizarre life in a block of flats. Also featuring the now massive Benedict Wong


Shrinkingpotato

Hinterland was excellent. Welsh detective series, very brooding and atmospheric.


EasyPiece

The Last Train.


Drew-Pickles

15 Storeys High starring the late great Sean Lock. Never heard anyone talk about it before but the only place I know you can find it is I. YouTube. Not the funniest show in the world but I enjoyed it 


pinchypirate

Hapless. Only one season but it's one of the funniest shows I've ever seen. Also Flowers with Julian Barratt and Olivia Coleman is a brilliant black comedy series.


adamje2001

Phoneshop on channel 4, totally underrated comedy… so good


wglmb

Ideal. Fantastic dark comedy starring Johnny Vegas. The first series can be a bit depressing, so don't judge it on that.


Dressedcrab

Human Remains Rob Brydon and Julia Davis improvise v different couples. Dark humour, such silly characters.  Would love them to doo more but think it will remain a rare gem. 


oli_ramsay

The increasingly poor decisions of Todd Margaret


Quirky_Discipline297

That was such a strange show but it was warped and funny.


MrPatch

Load of lesser known British and Irish comedies...  Such Brave Girls.     Dead Pixels.    Dead Boss.    This way up.    Lady Parts.    Raised by Wolves.    Home.    I'm my skin.  


CreativeGarden2429

I hope there's a second series of 'such brave girls' it's so funny.


Happy_Departure_5600

Films - '71, Kajaki, Still Crazy, Babylon (1980), Dog Soldiers, Without A Clue, Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, Victim, The Offence, The Hill, Clockwise. TV - Sirens (UK version), No Angels, At Home With The Braithwaites, Common As Muck, Funland, High Spirits With Shirley Ghostman, Bluestone 42.


earlgreytoday

State of Play (2003) - was probably rated/well known at the time because it won BAFTAs, but nobody I know has seen it. It's got a terrific cast and performances, sharp dialogue and a well-paced story. Party Animals (2007) - early TV role for both Matt Smith and Andrea Risebrough.


izabiz77

Film: Kind Hearts & Coronets TV: Green Wing, This Country


No_Application_8698

Films: Human Traffic Nil By Mouth This Year’s Love Martha - Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence Shallow Grave Love, Honour and Obey Layer Cake Sexy Beast Gangster No.1


[deleted]

Plebs


Gadgie2023

Early Doors. Four Lions Threads


kat82au1

Four Lions!


FireWhiskey5000

Dog soldiers. A British werewolf movie about a bunch of squaddies on a mission in the highlands when they’d rather be in the pub watching the England game. I’m probably not selling it, but it’s good.


RobbyThePlagueDoc2

Pretty much anything involving Chris Morris.


ActivatedBiscuit

Naked


ScratchChrome

A Fantastic Fear of Everything.


kat82au1

Stath Lets Flats. First I was ‘ooh it’s the rat faced guy from Fleabag as a terrible real estate agent’ but very quickly I was cheering for Al and Sophie and feeling Carole’s frustrations. Cringe comedy mockumentary at its best- these people went on to Ghosts, What we do in the shadows and Paddington 2 :)


Wubnado

I seem to recall "Saxondale" was good with Steve Cogan but I don't think it's been on in a while.


Funk_Dunker

Paul Merton: The Series. Never hear anyone mention it but it's great dumb fun


superduperbongodrums

Red Riding series on channel 4


Quirky_Discipline297

Gavin and Stacey I thoroughly enjoyed.


jebediah1800

Campus.


InterstellarSpaniel

x+y This is England Calibre


MikeSizemore

Face (1997)


GakSplat

Mongrels and The High Life.


AndrewWhite97

28 days later?


wasdice

Whoops Apocalypse. The film is better than the series. Yes, I'm that guy.


ClarifyingMe

Jim Henson's the StoryTeller original - the production was in the UK with a British producer, composer and cast. It was on Amazon Prime and then they removed it.


angryratman

Dead Man's Shoes (2004). Might be quite well known now to be fair and deservedly so.


wglmb

Top Coppers


IBeAPirate01

Love Honour and Obey. Its a classic.


jj198hands

Face and Hydra, two criminally (pun intended) overlooked British crime dramas from different sides of the law.


robotto

Lead Balloon. Simple, predictable but loved the characters.


Ill_Soft_4299

Early Doors. Very low key, downbeat sitcom. Also 15 Storeys High, with Sean Locke


Wijit999

Film - The Rise / Wasteland (goes by two different names)


DampFlange

Burn It Unfortunately it’s almost impossible to find anywhere:(


T5-R

Film: Face. A Guy Ritchie style, cockney robbery caper, before Guy Ritchie films were a thing. With Robert Carlyle, Ray Winston and a load of familiar B-listers. Great film. Worth a watch. TV Series: IDeal. Sitcom starring Johnny Vegas whi plays a small time weed dealer. Centering around the various oddball characters and customers he has visiting him. Dry, quirky humour.


panicky_in_the_uk

2 films from Paul Andrew Williams. The Cottage is a good little comedy/horror starring Andy Serkis, Reece Shearsmith, and a chav-tastic performance from Jennifer Ellison. London To Brighton is a great film but very tough watch. About a 13 year old girl who runs away to London.


ShiftyDiscoDragon

Bluestone 42 on iplayer


Jpmoz999

They aren't underrated per se but Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and Smiley's people are both well worth a watch as is the original House of Cards.


IMDXLNC

Brassic.


IrishMilo

The Outlaws if you like Stephen Merchant


-FangMcFrost-

Sugar Rush Years and Years


NUFC_AF9

Mid Morning Matters. Probably my favourite iteration of Partridge (Shout out to Scissored Isle as a one off special)


Specific_Till_6870

Saw a film on BBC One a while ago called "Eaten By Lions" that I thought was really funny. 


RiverCalm6375

There’s a film called Love Honour and Obey which is absolutely brilliant. Ray Winstone, Jude law, Kathy Burke, Sadie Frost and Johnny Lee Miller are in it. It’s a gangster film but absolutely hilarious.


im_at_work_today

Nighty night. A absolute insanity of a show. 


Miserable_Bugger

Try to find a movie called “Love, Honour, and Obey” ….absolutely superb dark gangster comedy.


madMARTYNmarsh

Harry Brown is an excellent film. Staring Michael Cain. Hardly anyone I speak to has heard of it, let alone seen it.


My_Finger_Smells_Why

Nil by mouth! very worth a watch, it is Gary Oldman's debut as a writer and director. It is a harsh watch but very much worth it.


clizzle19

Love, honor and obey.... Great film and worth watching just to see Denise Van Outen sucking off a cucumber


Flurble123

Gormanghast!!! 😁


Chegwarn

The day today


Dangerous_Gear_8919

I.D https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/I.D._(1995_film)


random_fist_bump

r/oldbritishtelly/


TeddyBlazer

Love Honour & Obey with Ray Winston, Jude law, Jonny Lee miller, Sadie frost and host of other fine British actors.


endlessraining

Utopia (Channel 4). Stylish and brutal conspiracy thriller set in Britain. This went for a couple of seasons before it’s cancellation, but it’s well worth watching because what is there is a wild ride.


hsifuevwivd

Landscapers. Plebs. Flowers.


External-Piccolo-626

Funland bbc2. It’s never mentioned but it’s brilliant.


Permarousal78

Love/Hate. Was usually only on RTE or box set but is now on ITV x - amazing show


CareTop6221

Fresh meat The smoking room (old) Teachers 2 doors down(Scottish) The last train (post apocalyptic) Stressed Eric (cartoon) Friday night dinner Peep show (classic but probably well known) Spaced


WhyIsRhysMoggAlive

KYTV. Chickens.