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54. The original Avengers, Dr. Who, and Benny Hill

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What's your favorite British TV show, past or present? [View all] ificandream Feb 2024 OP

The Avengers, Doctor in the House, and Midsomer Murders lapfog_1 Feb 2024 #1

"Are You Being Served?" pdxflyboy Feb 2024 #2

Yes! And I am unanimous in this. QED Feb 2024 #12

... speak easy Feb 2024 #89

That gets my vote, as well! Mad_Dem_X Feb 2024 #49

My brother and I used to watch Luciferous Feb 2024 #66

I forgot about "Are You Being Served." ificandream Feb 2024 #76

Monty Python! Lunabell Feb 2024 #3

"I'm not dead yet!" -- wasn't that from the Monty Python's "Bring out your dead" segment? CTyankee Feb 2024 #29

That was from Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Lunabell Feb 2024 #36

Ab Fab, followed by nocoincidences Feb 2024 #109

Can't forget "Inspector Morse" pdxflyboy Feb 2024 #4

Loved it! Ritabert Feb 2024 #21

Fawlty Towers, Midsommer Murders, Silent Witness Floyd R. Turbo Feb 2024 #5

John Cleese as Basil!! Lunabell Feb 2024 #37

🤗 Floyd R. Turbo Feb 2024 #87

Fawlty Towers is my favorite. yardwork Feb 2024 #108

☺️ Floyd R. Turbo Feb 2024 #113

"Keeping Up Appearances" anciano Feb 2024 #6

My dad used to call my mom Hyacinth. QED Feb 2024 #13

"Minding the road, dear" Thunderbeast Feb 2024 #82

This is a real toughie but I gotta go with the original '70's Poldark series. 50 Shades Of Blue Feb 2024 #7

all Creatures Great and Small BOSSHOG Feb 2024 #8

Dr Who, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Monty Python's Flying Circus ms liberty Feb 2024 #9

I don't have to post much now, MuseRider Feb 2024 #35

I watched the very first episode of Dr Who with William Hartnell dickthegrouch Feb 2024 #51

Currently watching Dr. Who from the beginning EverHopeful Feb 2024 #65

Shameless NoRethugFriends Feb 2024 #10

Benny hill, Keeping up appearances and a newer one Hullraisers kimbutgar Feb 2024 #11

Waiting For God, To The Manor Born, so many more. niyad Feb 2024 #14

Impossible to pick just one, but... CBHagman Feb 2024 #15

Friday Night Dinner and Beautiful People CurtEastPoint Feb 2024 #16

Open All Hours and Still Open All Hours. Waiting for God. Too many to choose! MLAA Feb 2024 #17

Love... Mike Nelson Feb 2024 #18

I, Claudius PJMcK Feb 2024 #19

I was thinking, "How can you pick?" then I read "I, Claudius." And yep. That's the one. Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #27

Yeah, the babes and the guys... PJMcK Feb 2024 #71

It made me read it too! And The White Goddess by Graves too. Great books Scrivener7 Feb 2024 #72

Don't know of The White Goddess PJMcK Feb 2024 #74

I, Claudius, that was mine Walleye Feb 2024 #28

Thanks for the wave, Walleye! PJMcK Feb 2024 #70

Thank you 🙏🏻 Walleye Feb 2024 #91

Spectacular! FalloutShelter Feb 2024 #104

Memorable. Walleye Feb 2024 #114

All creatures great and small. The old one was better than there new one. lynintenn Feb 2024 #20

Top Five in No Particular Order DJ Synikus Makisimus Feb 2024 #22

I hate automatic spelling correction. DJ Synikus Makisimus Feb 2024 #42

I've been calling it autocorrupt for years EverHopeful Feb 2024 #68

A Touch of Frost Ritabert Feb 2024 #23

Love all that are mentioned here and I still watch and stream many of them... ohtransplant Feb 2024 #24

Good British Series Sane1 Feb 2024 #25

Doc Martin is my choice... netrace Feb 2024 #62

+1 n/t ariadne0614 Feb 2024 #111

All favorites of ours. walkingman Feb 2024 #103

Easy----"Escape to the Country" makes me want to move there every time I see it. walkingman Feb 2024 #26

Gogglebox eShirl Feb 2024 #30

Just too damn many to list. IrishAfricanAmerican Feb 2024 #31

Monty Python's Flying Circus pandr32 Feb 2024 #32

Oh, wow. Can't pick just one. tanyev Feb 2024 #33

Glad to see someone else is a Dibley fan rurallib Feb 2024 #85

Yes. A picturesque village and one of the loveliest theme songs ever. tanyev Feb 2024 #92

Allo Allo gladium et scutum Feb 2024 #34

'Upstairs, Downstairs'.. Jrose Feb 2024 #38

Rumpole of the Bailey Sneederbunk Feb 2024 #39

Top Gear flvegan Feb 2024 #40

Keeping Up Appearances, As Time Goes By, Downton Abbey, Call the Midwife... greatauntoftriplets Feb 2024 #41

Yeah i forgot Sherlock! bedazzled Feb 2024 #80

How could you forget Sherlock??? greatauntoftriplets Feb 2024 #84

Good question. bedazzled Feb 2024 #86

I'm happy to have reminded you. greatauntoftriplets Feb 2024 #88

Line of Duty OAITW r.2.0 Feb 2024 #43

There are so many! Monty Python, Sherlock, Midsommer Murders, Ocelot II Feb 2024 #44

The Young Ones Gruenemann Feb 2024 #45

Miss Marple with Joan Hickson Onthefly Feb 2024 #46

Yes Minister (1980) and Yes Prime Minister (1986) brachism Feb 2024 #47

Sir Humphrey was sooooo good dickthegrouch Feb 2024 #50

Butterflies dickthegrouch Feb 2024 #48

The Detectorists and Ghosts. woodsprite Feb 2024 #52

I love Britcoms! Different Drummer Feb 2024 #53

The original Avengers, Dr. Who, and Benny Hill patphil Feb 2024 #54

Vera KT2000 Feb 2024 #55

So many ... has to be Red Dwarf bedazzled Feb 2024 #56

George Gently Ohiya Feb 2024 #57

Agree marigold20 Feb 2024 #99

The Avengers (with Diana Rigg), Lovejoy (love Ian McShane) and Monty Python. highplainsdem Feb 2024 #58

Midsomer Murders. gibraltar72 Feb 2024 #59

Doctor Who LetMyPeopleVote Feb 2024 #60

Are You Being Served and Mrs Brown's Boys. keithbvadu2 Feb 2024 #61

The Pallisers, 1974, PBS. Polly Hennessey Feb 2024 #63

Detectorists Lulu KC Feb 2024 #64

Detectorists is so good! I love so Luciferous Feb 2024 #67

I noticed you didn't have any hearts gopiscrap Feb 12 #120

Current favorite is Qi but there should be a warning EverHopeful Feb 2024 #69

Most Brit cop shows canetoad Feb 2024 #73

Me too! My wife and I have been consuming Brit crime dramas for about a year. Chainfire Feb 2024 #83

My vote goes to All creatures great and small.. nt mitch96 Feb 2024 #75

Dr. Who. Permanut Feb 2024 #77

Call the Midwife is one of the best shows I've ever watched . lynintenn Feb 2024 #78

It really is a good show....with decent people for a change. walkingman Feb 2024 #101

my a list. AllaN01Bear Feb 2024 #79

I could never choose just one Dave in VA Feb 2024 #81

Too Many mockmonkey Feb 2024 #90

Keeping Up Appearances BlueKota Feb 2024 #93

I really enjoyed watching Torchwood and Primeval.. Tikki Feb 2024 #94

ificandream ............. Upthevibe Feb 2024 #95

fr who i guess, of course the brit ghosts is smarter. pansypoo53219 Feb 2024 #96

I Claudius, Upstairs Downstairs, Doctor in the House Raine Feb 2024 #97

Car is born (Mark Evans) hydrolastic Feb 2024 #98

The Avengers hands down rogerballard Feb 2024 #100

Same here! DFW Feb 2024 #107

Toss-up, between "Monty Python" and "Upstairs Downstairs." (nt) Paladin Feb 2024 #102

Blandings Firestorm49 Feb 2024 #105

Yes! Forgot about that one. tanyev Feb 2024 #117

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy thucythucy Feb 2024 #106

The Dectectorists CanonRay Feb 2024 #110

No competition, Doctor Who. Ferrets are Cool Feb 2024 #112

Of what type? sab390 Feb 2024 #115

It would be a tie... OldBaldy1701E Feb 2024 #116

MI5 beaglelover Feb 2024 #118

Probably "Downton Abbey," but I'm hooked on British crime shows. We're watching Vinca Feb 2024 #119