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What are your desert island BOX SETS?

JiMMy 85
JiMMy 85 Posts: 10,193
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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?
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  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,035
    Lost might be a bit too close to the bone.
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 34,002
    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 :wink:
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,741
    Sopranos
    Curb Your Enthusiasm
  • stackitsteve
    stackitsteve Posts: 12,102
    24 - so I can have a decent idea of the time.
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,051
    League of Gentlemen
    Father Ted
    The Simpsons
    Blackadder
    The Office
  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,318
    edited July 2017
    The Simpsons
    Blackadder
    Band of Brothers
    Game of Thrones
    Sharpe
    The Last Kingdom
  • All_Thaid_Up
    All_Thaid_Up Posts: 2,293
    Probably bring every box set ever made. I could use them as building blocks for my hut.
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    Breaking Bad
    The Sopranos
    SOA
    The Wire
    Only Fools and Horses

  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    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 :wink:

    Don't worry, you will have eaten the pilot after a few days.
  • RedArmySE7
    RedArmySE7 Posts: 5,407
    Game of Thrones
    The Wire
    The Sopranos
    Oz
    South Park
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  • cafcdave123
    cafcdave123 Posts: 11,491
    the sopranos
    the ups and downs of a window cleaner/handyman
  • Rufus is a dogs name
    Rufus is a dogs name Posts: 1,517
    edited July 2017
    The Sopranos (the greatest TV show ever made)

    Breaking Bad

    The Office

    Band of Brothers

    Boardwalk Empire
  • PaddyP17
    PaddyP17 Posts: 13,037
    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...
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,024
    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.
  • stackitsteve
    stackitsteve Posts: 12,102
    edited July 2017
    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.
  • Missed It
    Missed It Posts: 2,734
    Band of Brothers
    From the Earth to the Moon
    The X-Files
    Thunderbirds
    Game of Thrones
  • daveaddick
    daveaddick Posts: 1,926
    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 lot
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,853
    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.

    Constipation is a worry when surviving on nuts and berries on a desert island.
  • MrOneLung
    MrOneLung Posts: 26,853
    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.
  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    Band of Brothers

    The Sopranos

    The Wire

    Breaking Bad

    Only Fools & Horses
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  • ForeverAddickted
    ForeverAddickted Posts: 94,318
    Gonna be bloomin' irritating if you get to this Desert Island and find there is no TV | DVD Player | Electricity available!!
  • palarsehater
    palarsehater Posts: 12,296
    this threads great but no need as we have Watttowatch on our books.
  • Bedsaddick
    Bedsaddick Posts: 24,739
    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
  • Chizz
    Chizz Posts: 28,334
    Just the twelve episodes of Fawlty Towers would do me.
  • SuedeAdidas
    SuedeAdidas Posts: 7,741
    New season of 'Curb' coming in October :smiley:
  • Karim_myBagheri
    Karim_myBagheri Posts: 12,716
    edited July 2017
    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.
  • carly burn
    carly burn Posts: 19,459
    edited July 2017
    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.
  • Chef_addick
    Chef_addick Posts: 2,196
    The Wire
    The Bridge
    Breaking Bad
    Black Sails
    Scrubs
  • Bournemouth Addick
    Bournemouth Addick Posts: 16,283
    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 Years
  • JiMMy 85
    JiMMy 85 Posts: 10,193
    carly burn said:


    Lost- thought every episode was a belter ..even though not a lot of it made any sense!

    It pretty much all made sense. Happy to field any questions you may have.

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