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- CreatorDavid ChaseStarsJames GandolfiniLorraine BraccoEdie FalcoNew Jersey mob boss Tony Soprano deals with personal and professional issues in his home and business life that affect his mental state, leading him to seek professional psychiatric counseling.Top notch acting and writing. My theory - Tone got whacked by Paulie at the end.:)
- CreatorJames BurrowsGlen CharlesLes CharlesStarsTed DansonRhea PerlmanJohn RatzenbergerThe regulars of the Boston bar "Cheers" share their experiences and lives with each other while drinking or working at the bar where everybody knows your name.Witty ensemble comedy. Filmed before a live studio audience.
- CreatorRichard CurtisStarsRowan AtkinsonBrian BlessedElspet GrayIn the Middle Ages, Prince Edmund the Black Adder constantly schemes and endeavors to seize the crown from his father and brother.
- StarsRowan AtkinsonTony RobinsonTim McInnernyIn the Tudor court of Elizabeth I, Lord Edmund Blackadder strives to win Her Majesty's favour while attempting to avoid a grisly fate should he offend her.
- StarsRowan AtkinsonTony RobinsonHugh LaurieIn the Regency era, Mr E. Blackadder serves as butler to the foppish numskull Prince George amidst the fads and crazes of the time.
- StarsRowan AtkinsonTony RobinsonStephen FryStuck in the middle of World War I, Captain Edmund Blackadder does his best to escape the banality of the war.Don't forget your stick, Lieutenant!
- CreatorMatthew WeinerStarsJon HammElisabeth MossVincent KartheiserA drama about one of New York's most prestigious ad agencies at the beginning of the 1960s, focusing on one of the firm's most mysterious but extremely talented ad executives, Donald Draper.Back when I was young, all the talk was how cable channels would dilute quality. Now they set the standard.
- CreatorDavid ShoreStarsHugh LaurieOmar EppsRobert Sean LeonardUsing a crack team of doctors and his wits, an antisocial maverick doctor specializing in diagnostic medicine does whatever it takes to solve puzzling cases that come his way.OK, so every episode follows the same rigid format, but I'm into character and dialogue, not denouement.
- CreatorDoug EllinStarsKevin ConnollyAdrian GrenierKevin DillonFilm star, Vince Chase, navigates the vapid terrain of Los Angeles with a close circle of friends and his trusty agent.
- StarsMark LawsonNoel GallagherTerry WoganA series in which arts presenter Mark Lawson has a 60-minute in-depth conversation with a notable figure.
- StarsRonnie BarkerBrian WildeFulton MackayThe prison life of Fletcher, a criminal serving a five-year sentence, as he strives to bide his time, keep his record clean, and refuses to be ground down by the prison system.
- CreatorJames LiptonStarsJames LiptonEllen BurstynElena KobylinaFamous actors, directors and writers reminisce about their careers and the philosophy behind their craft.Host James Lipton is accused of obsequiousness, but credit the show with prising a few words out of De Niro and Gandolfini.
- StarsJohnny VegasGraham DuffNicola ReynoldsMoz is a drug dealer and has very strange clientele who come and go from his flat.Great that such a cutting-edge 'com is written by a geezer in late middle age.
- StarsYvette FieldingKarl BeattieCiarán O'KeeffeParanormal investigations into haunted locations, using psychic mediums and scientific equipment.
- StarsAlan DaviesStephen FrySandi ToksvigA comedy panel game in which being Quite Interesting is more important than being right. Sandi Toksvig is joined each week by four comedians to share anecdotes and trivia, and maybe answer some questions as well.Some of the "facts" seem a bit iffy to me. Like Rich Hall says in one episode, they could say anything and people would believe it. Talking of Rich Hall, he came out with my favourite joke on the show. He said he always remembers the first time his dad heard him say f**k. His dad was walking past his bedroom door when Rich called out, "Hey dad, shut the door, I'm trying to f**k in here!"
- StarsMichael GambonPatrick MalahideJoanne WhalleyTormented and bedridden by a debilitating disease, a mystery writer relives his detective stories through his imagination and hallucinations.When I think back to the eighties, which is a lot, one of the first TV images that comes to mind is of the lovely Joanne Whalley in her nurse's uniform applying grease. "Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells" went into meltdown. This was around the time that Bill Paterson was in everything.
- StarsBill PatersonLindsay DuncanFritz Müller-ScherzThe Hamburg police arrest an international businessman, charging him with smuggling heroin from Pakistan. While he's on trial, his trophy wife, a former Olympic swimmer, discovers steely ruthlessness within herself.Here he is again.