baboon2004
Darned cockwombles.
Just chanced upon this BFI list of the best British TV:
http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/tv/100/list/list.php
I strongly disagree with a lot of it, but even a cursory glance through reminds me how TV drama, in particular, burned itself into my consciousness in my younger years, inducing stronger nostalgia than music because it hasn't been repeated since (ie most drama affixes itself to a very particular period in my life, as I've only watched it once, or at most twice).
Among my, very UK centric, choices:
This Life; State of Play; Our Friends in the North (which I only caught periodically, but struck me immensely), and numerous crime dramas: Prime Suspect, Cracker, Messiah, which I have no idea if were any good, but they kept me gripped at one time or another.
I guess my point is (rather than making a list) than the status of certain TV as an 'event' seems shockingly of the past right now.
I kind of miss that - Red Riding earlier this year was like a glorious throwback, in that regard.
http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/tv/100/list/list.php
I strongly disagree with a lot of it, but even a cursory glance through reminds me how TV drama, in particular, burned itself into my consciousness in my younger years, inducing stronger nostalgia than music because it hasn't been repeated since (ie most drama affixes itself to a very particular period in my life, as I've only watched it once, or at most twice).
Among my, very UK centric, choices:
This Life; State of Play; Our Friends in the North (which I only caught periodically, but struck me immensely), and numerous crime dramas: Prime Suspect, Cracker, Messiah, which I have no idea if were any good, but they kept me gripped at one time or another.
I guess my point is (rather than making a list) than the status of certain TV as an 'event' seems shockingly of the past right now.
I kind of miss that - Red Riding earlier this year was like a glorious throwback, in that regard.