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What are your desert island BOX SETS?
JiMMy 85
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I won't overdo this series, but I do think this could be good for helping other Lifers find something to watch...
You're on a private jet. It crashes on a desert island. A tree impaled the pilot and all communications equipment. But, fortunately for you, it's got solar panels which means the Blu Ray player can be used indefinitely.
Still, it's only a small private jet, so you only managed to fit five Blu Ray box sets of your favourite TV shows in the cupboard.
What are those boxsets, and why?
You're on a private jet. It crashes on a desert island. A tree impaled the pilot and all communications equipment. But, fortunately for you, it's got solar panels which means the Blu Ray player can be used indefinitely.
Still, it's only a small private jet, so you only managed to fit five Blu Ray box sets of your favourite TV shows in the cupboard.
What are those boxsets, and why?
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Lost might be a bit too close to the bone.9
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I'd have The Walking Dead at the top of my list but might get a bit creepy after a while looking at the impaled pilot
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Sopranos
Curb Your Enthusiasm2 -
24 - so I can have a decent idea of the time.3
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League of Gentlemen
Father Ted
The Simpsons
Blackadder
The Office2 -
The Simpsons
Blackadder
Band of Brothers
Game of Thrones
Sharpe
The Last Kingdom0 -
Probably bring every box set ever made. I could use them as building blocks for my hut.3
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Breaking Bad
The Sopranos
SOA
The Wire
Only Fools and Horses
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Don't worry, you will have eaten the pilot after a few days.stonemuse said:I'd have The Walking Dead at the top of my list but might get a bit creepy after a while looking at the impaled pilot
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Game of Thrones
The Wire
The Sopranos
Oz
South Park0 - Sponsored links:
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the sopranos
the ups and downs of a window cleaner/handyman0 -
The Sopranos (the greatest TV show ever made)
Breaking Bad
The Office
Band of Brothers
Boardwalk Empire0 -
1. Breaking Bad - to my mind, one of the greatest television series ever made. And there's so much depth that it would withstand multiple rewatches.
2. The Simpsons - there's so much of it, and vast, vast amounts of it are pure unadulterated genius.
3. Friends - comfort; humour; fun. And one critic summed it up masterfully: the show is called Friends when really, it's about family. And given I spent my formative televisual years amongst the six of them, its familiarity wouldn't wear off.
4. The Sopranos - because I've never watched it (!!!!!!) and people keep banging on about it, and it has near-universal acclaim. I reckon it's the sort of thing that would appeal to me, too.
5. The Thick of It - I need something British with lots of swearing, to help balance out the Simpsons and Friends. It's so sharp that I've still probably missed half the jokes. Defo one for a rewatch.
Honourable mentions:
6. Top Gear, mainly because there's so fucking much of it and there's lots of different people involved. The America episode is brilliant - where they're chased away is iconic.
7. The Wire, because I've heard it's brilliant (never watched it though)
8. Curb Your Enthusiasm - Larry David is near genius, and the cringe/humour balance is fantastic. Excellent situational comedy.
9. Mitchell and Webb/Harry and Paul/Fast Show - my favourite three comedy shows. Plenty of material, but I'd guess it would end up getting a bit repetitive.
10. Mock the Week/Have I Got News For You/8 Out Of 10 Cats - panel shows; lots of humour; lots of volume so even it's about shit from 1997 when I was 3 years old, I probably wouldn't get too bored.
11. Countdown. Volume volume volume and I love playing Countdown...2 -
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Breaking Bad
Peep Show
Tom & Jerry
Laurel & Hardy
Would have picked Green Wing, Smoking Room, Fawlty Towers and Phoenix Nights for quality but there's not enough content to fill the log hours.0 -
Breaking Bad is an obvious one, as is Only Fools
More obscure - Hustle - easy to watch, one of those shows I go back over and watch all over again every few years.2 -
Band of Brothers
From the Earth to the Moon
The X-Files
Thunderbirds
Game of Thrones0 -
Sopranos
Band of Brothers
Only fools and horses
Laurel and Hardy
Game of Thrones cos I've only ever seen a few episodes and want to watch the lot0 -
Constipation is a worry when surviving on nuts and berries on a desert island.Stig said:Curb Your Enthusiasm
Breaking Bad
Peep Show
Tom & Jerry
Laurel & Hardy
Would have picked Green Wing, Smoking Room, Fawlty Towers and Phoenix Nights for quality but there's not enough content to fill the log hours.
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Breaking Bad - am only 6 episodes in to it
Sopranos - never watched
Game of Thrones - see what the fuss is
This Life - the series of the 90's for me.
The complete works of Alan Partridge
Ray Mears Extreme Survival - obvious reasons.0 -
Band of Brothers
The Sopranos
The Wire
Breaking Bad
Only Fools & Horses2 - Sponsored links:
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Gonna be bloomin' irritating if you get to this Desert Island and find there is no TV | DVD Player | Electricity available!!1
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this threads great but no need as we have Watttowatch on our books.0
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The Sopranos
The Wire
West Wing
Curb Your Enthusiasm
The Office ( British version )
House of Cards
Phoenix Nights
The Bridge
Borgen
Band of Brothers
The Thick of It
Blackadder ( not season 1 )
28c in February
Deadwood
Billions
Breaking Bad
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Just the twelve episodes of Fawlty Towers would do me.0
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New season of 'Curb' coming in October
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bloody hell its hard picking just 5
The Simpsons
Only fools and horses
Friends
Minder
OZ
Hoping others on the plane who have fallen to their deaths have also brought with them:
The Likely Lads (including whatever happened)
The Sweeney
Star Trek (any of them apart from Enterprise)
The Sopranos
Fresh Prince
Alan Partridge
The Trip
The Wire
Treme (first 2 seasons)
True Detectives
X - Files
Father Ted
Blackadder
The Young Ones
Peep Show
Fawlty Towers
and maybe a couple of others I haven't seen. plus some porn.0 -
House of cards- just superb
Seinfeld- so funny once you get to know the characters
The wire- Gritty
Sherlock Holmes casebook ( Basil Rathbone)- so atmospheric
Lost- thought every episode was a belter ..even though not a lot of it made any sense!
Homeland- Not watched latest season yet but loved the first couple of series.
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The Wire
The Bridge
Breaking Bad
Black Sails
Scrubs0 -
Another vote for the Sopranos
I could watch Alan Partridge all day so that's a must
Game of Thrones to see what the fuss is about
The Simpsons because it's brilliant and there's a million episodes
Charlton Athletic - The Roland Years0 -
It pretty much all made sense. Happy to field any questions you may have.carly burn said:
Lost- thought every episode was a belter ..even though not a lot of it made any sense!0
