Excellent spot there Noby. I'd never heard of this until last year when I got a loan of the Box set. Good Stuff. Cancelled after 1 series though. :( As for favs over the last ten years(or so), there's been some excellent stuff, mostly American:
The Wire
24 (1st Series - when the idea was fresh)
Sopranos
West Wing
Lost
Our Friends in The North (Only English effort I can think of)
Agree with whoever it was hated CSI. Also include things like Law & Order, Cold Case and Bones in that. Too formulaic for me.