I'm wondering what else makes it into my all-time top 5 TV programmes
besides the obvious two. This is borne of a conversation with my best mate last night, in which I realised that there are very few TV programmes of really high quality that I've watched to, or close to, conclusion and can therefore make an appropriate judgement on.

Favourite TV programmes? Go on. You know you want to.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 15:15, 6 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

WHY NOT JUST THREADSTOMP INSTEAD OF STEALING MINE, YOU TWAT

( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 15:16, Reply)

Do you pronounce that "twat" or "twart" when you say it?
That's what I'm wondering.
( Kroney, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 15:17, Reply)

like I put a "t" in front of "what"
not like "two at"
( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 15:21, Reply)

Yeah, that's wrong.

( Kroney, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 15:22, Reply)

not here
if I started saying it like you lot people would look at me like I'm special
( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 15:25, Reply)

Special because you were correct.
You'd be a paragon of virtue.
( Kroney, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 15:26, Reply)

I'd look like an idiot.

( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 15:31, Reply)

it should rhyme with "at"
otherwise it's nowhere near as satisfying to say
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 15:37, Reply)

it goes against my nature

( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 16:10, Reply)

Don't you mean "noture"?

( Kroney, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 16:11, Reply)

it would be more like "Nuture"
since we pronounce it as "wut" instead of "wot"
( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 16:16, Reply)

Americans are confusing.

( Kroney, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 16:25, Reply)

people are going to make fun of the way I take when I get there
I just know it
( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 16:26, Reply)

Are you just a really crap thief?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 16:27, Reply)

Or crap in bed?

( Kroney, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 16:29, Reply)

what?

( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 16:30, Reply)

The way you 'take'

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 16:33, Reply)

oh gawd
too much coffee

TALK
TALK is what I mean

if we're going for pronunciation, it'd be more like "tawk"
( Lisette von Falcon, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 16:34, Reply)

Minder is the greatest ever television show.
Closely followed by Auf Wiedersehen Pet.
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 15:18, Reply)

You are my mum
AICMFP.
Were you obsessed with The Bill when it was on too?
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 15:21, Reply)

No.

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 15:23, Reply)

New one at the moment- Game of Thrones.
All time, BSG.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Wed 22 Jun 2011, 15:19, Reply)

Good man
You can stay
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 15:20, Reply)

The Wire, Breaking Bad, Supernatural

( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 15:21, Reply)

Yes I know yours dear ;-)
Am making Supernatural my next priority after I finish the BSG re-watch, which is 7 episodes away
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 15:22, Reply)

Glad to hear it
I might stick Life on Mars and the Professionals in as well
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 15:23, Reply)

Firefly, Bones, How I Met Your Mother, Chuck, Castle, Buffy, Angel, Blackadder, Scrubs, Family Guy, The Simpsons, etc

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 15:36, Reply)

Simpsons is the other one of the obvious two
Buffy is about the closest thing I have to a top-five show which isn't a comedy. Frasier is number three, I reckon.
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 15:42, Reply)

Buffy is comedy drama, I'd say
Frasier had it's moments.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 15:45, Reply)

if you don't think Buffy is a comedy
then you've missed the point of it.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 15:46, Reply)

I've started rewatching series 7
It's easy to forget quite how dark that series could be at times.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 15:52, Reply)

More or less what I was going to say
There was very little remotely comedic about it from series 5 onwards
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 15:55, Reply)

Willow flaying Warren was fucking funny

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 16:06, Reply)

and Nathan whatsit gouging out Xander's eye

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 16:14, Reply)

Would it be wrong
to say Angel was more enjoyable?
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 16:16, Reply)

Not at all, I probably prefer Angel

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 16:16, Reply)

Nathan Fillion = Caleb

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 16:17, Reply)

turns out I did know his surname then

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 16:33, Reply)

I've never seen How I Met Your Mother, Chuck or Castle.
Mind you, Alyson Hannigan.

Grrr.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Wed 22 Jun 2011, 15:44, Reply)

she's at her best in How I Met Your Mother

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 15:46, Reply)

I was watching the episode with Katy Perry in it the other night
Alyson Hannigan has not aged a day. She's 37. Can you believe that? Still totally would
(Darth Foxtrot A one-man army dedicated to making fetch happen, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 15:54, Reply)

Castle is very good, as is Chuck

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 15:47, Reply)

meh
they are average.

The Mentalist is better.
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 15:52, Reply)

The guy in that is so smug
Pisses me right off.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 15:54, Reply)

he has every right to be smug
he's like a crime fighting Derren Brown
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 15:59, Reply)

Still no excuse to be a cunt.

( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 16:05, Reply)

Summer heights high and angry boys are funny as fuck
But the wire
( SteveFrench Cardio is for homo's. do you even lift bro?, Wed 22 Jun 2011, 16:10, Reply)