Any good lesser known TV shows?

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08/02/2006, 12:27 PM
anto1208

Any good lesser known TV shows?

you know the ones you find when flicking around but have never watched before and stumble across a gem of a show .

examples : curb your enthusiam , Mighty boosh , Family guy ...

feel free to add in the more advertised shows as well such as my name is earl etc as i only last week started watching shamless its brilliant only seen 2 episodes and was wondering if im missing out on anything ?
08/02/2006, 12:33 PM
max power

earl is brillant, great script, great actors.

as for curb, so script at all :D

i have first 4 season son dvd and i bow to larry david :)
08/02/2006, 12:40 PM
Risteard

Shameless on Channel 4 is good.
08/02/2006, 12:40 PM
anto1208

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Originally Posted by max power

earl is brillant, great script, great actors.

as for curb, so script at all :D

i have first 4 season son dvd and i bow to larry david :)

season 5 of curb is out now ( not on DVD but if you know where to look you ll find it ) brilliant pure class .

i should start a favourite curb moment tread at risk of clogging up this one .

one of my fav bits ( there are so many this could turn into an essay) is the fight with ben stiller over getting into the front seat of the car !! there screaming at each other "your a baby " "no your the baby "!!!!! .
08/02/2006, 12:58 PM
finlma

I love Mighty Boosh - its quality tv.

None of your Lost, 24, etc rubbish for me thanks.
08/02/2006, 1:14 PM
anto1208

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Originally Posted by finlma

I love Mighty Boosh - its quality tv.

None of your Lost, 24, etc rubbish for me thanks.

did you see it during the week the bongo brother having a fight one says " it was like woodstock i wanted to leave but you had to start messing around with carlos santana and we got caught to hover up after it ":D :D
08/02/2006, 1:17 PM
Jerry The Saint

Well Arrested Development should be one of the best known shows on the planet but, like Seinfeld and Larry Sanders before it, has been given shamefully weak coverage by Irish and British TV. And now it's future in the US hangs in the balance so there might not even be any more DVDs for us to enjoy. :eek:

Curb has also been ostracised by channels in this part of the world (with the notable exception of TG4:) ), mostly because the supposedly permissive British TV industry would collapse if anyone used an anagram of "CNUT" freely, much less base a few shows around it's use.

The US version of The Office and Andy Richter Controls the Universe are other good shows that are hard to find on TV.
08/02/2006, 1:24 PM
Block G Raptor

Dont know whether you'd consider RedDwarf as lessr known but it's certainly cult, Ive got series I to VII on Dvd and am anctiously awaiting the 8th and final season release in march/april. re-runs on uktvgold practically every other night
08/02/2006, 1:31 PM
jebus

Arrested Devolpment is worth a watch, as is Black Books (think RTE2 are showing it on mondays) and if you go to your local HMV pick up Spaced, Red Dwarf or Larry Saunders Show on DVD as they never age.
08/02/2006, 1:44 PM
finlma

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Originally Posted by jebus

Spaced

There's another 1 I forgot about - along similar lines of abstract comedy to the Mighty Boosh. Great TV show.
08/02/2006, 3:22 PM
pete

I watched a bit of Arrested Development but couldn't get into it at all.

TG4 seems to be guarantee of quality US shows.

Nip Tuck is quiet good too & would assume its a HBO production as can be fairly dark.

Shamless on e4 last night was great tv. "Its all too real" :D
08/02/2006, 3:26 PM
tetsujin1979

Shameless is a great show, neither of the lads I live with had heard of it before though!
I used to watch Oz on TG4 as well, great show.
08/02/2006, 3:51 PM
anto1208

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Originally Posted by pete

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Shamless on e4 last night was great tv. "Its all too real" :D

yea !!" a pill that does nt get you drunk who the **** would invent that ....in your medical opinion !!!!":D
08/02/2006, 4:51 PM
Peadar

MythBusters, Industrial Revelations and Extreme Engineering are class.
08/02/2006, 5:29 PM
ken foree

you would be lucky to get 'strangers with candy' on your side of the water, sitcom about an ex-hooker/junkie who goes back to u.s. high school at the age of 43. guaranteed to offend nearly everyone at some point (no stupid laff track either)
08/02/2006, 5:39 PM
gustavo

i reallly like " life on mars " which is on bbc1 on mondays, its about this guy who had an accident and now he is a cop in the 70s ,, set in manchester its a real funny programme with his DCI getting all the best lines.
08/02/2006, 5:53 PM
Drumcondra Red

Yeah, mythbusters is great! Strangely addictive!!!
08/02/2006, 6:08 PM
hamish

Scuzz Channel - "The Antiques Rockshow" - 9pm to 1am on Thuesday evenings,:o :D
08/02/2006, 6:34 PM
Dodge

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Originally Posted by pete

Nip Tuck is quiet good too & would assume its a HBO production as can be fairly dark.

its not, hence the lack of total nudity. Think its ****e myself. Would agree with the comedies mentioned so far (except Mighty Boosh, never seen a full ep...) Scrubs is quality and doens't get anywhere near the recognition it deserves too
08/02/2006, 8:03 PM
Babysis

Liked Black Books on channel 4. Saw a small bit of "peep show", and it seemed ok. Cant say if its really any good though, Ive not seen enough of it. Law and order (particularly Criminal intent) is excellent.
09/02/2006, 8:06 PM
CollegeTillIDie

Andy Richter's claim to fame was being sidekick to Conan O'Brien for years
10/02/2006, 12:39 PM
pete

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Originally Posted by Babysis

Liked Black Books on channel 4. Saw a small bit of "peep show", and it seemed ok. Cant say if its really any good though, Ive not seen enough of it.

Peep show is funny. Not sure when its on i just come across it from time to time.
10/02/2006, 1:20 PM
finlma

Has anyone seen that new The IT Crowd on Channel 4? Haven't seen it myself but the clips looked good.
10/02/2006, 1:21 PM
pete

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Originally Posted by finlma

Has anyone seen that new The IT Crowd on Channel 4? Haven't seen it myself but the clips looked good.

Think i watched 5 minutes of before gave up on. Seemed fairly bad & review i read of was slatting of too.
10/02/2006, 3:06 PM
Ruairi

My Name is Earl is top class...really made me laugh I have to say...

Big fan of Mythbusters too as someone else said..

And american chopper, what a mad show...
10/02/2006, 3:16 PM
centre mid

Garth Merengies Dark Place - hospital based spoof, losts of 70's style cliches, the story was that this was a re-run of a 70's show - brilliant stuff
10/02/2006, 3:30 PM
Cosmo

Shameless is the best programme on at the moment bar none!

The shield is also very good but hasnt been on in ages on tv3 - whats going on there? :mad:
10/02/2006, 3:32 PM
Jerry The Saint

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Originally Posted by centre mid

Garth Merengies Dark Place - hospital based spoof, losts of 70's style cliches, the story was that this was a re-run of a 70's show - brilliant stuff

Yeah, that was great - Garth was played by Simon the IT Geek from The Office. Curiously his co-star was the guy who plays an IT geek in The IT Crowd (which I haven't seen yet). :eek:

Anyone ever see Director's Commentary with Rob Brydon - quite silly stuff, it was on about 11 at night on ITV but it made me laugh?

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