TV programmes that left an impression on you...

[Deleted member 48628]

Survivors
Edge of Darkness
The Singing Detective
A Very Peculiar Practice
The Beiderbecke Trilogy

And... erm... I'm sure that its just a coincidence that Joanne Whalley appears twice on that very short list...

 

[Patch]

Mike Yarwood.

 

[Bamber]

Band Of Brothers. Especially those last two episodes.

 

[Longy]

The News

 

[tonyfromalnwick]

November 1963 at my grans guest house, the grown ups were all talking about the Kennedy killing, so 8 year old Tonyfromalnwick was told to watch telly. The first ever episode of Doctor Who, An Unearthly Child, came on. Never seen anything like it , I was hooked.

 

[safc9450]

When the boat comes in .(Jack Ford ),my hero,quality from the BBC. Our friends in the North, again quality, great cast,script and locations in the N.E.

 

[Binxy]

North and South
Roots

 

[Lefty Frizzell]

Band Of Brothers. Especially those last two episodes.

Aye, that was a fantastic series. One of the best.

One for me is The Office (U.K.). Amongst the comedy, are some very emotive storylines (especially for people who work in an office environment).

 

[ighty seven]

I just wanna be Malcolm Tucker me like, after watching The Thick of It.

 

[becs]

Spitting Image

 

[The Hesford Diet]

Twin Peaks. A surreal documentary biopic of Dolly Parton.

 

[soapster]

The Naked Civil Servant and absolutely loved Monty Python and The Dave Allen shows

 

[Son of Stan]

The World at War - some very haunting images.
I Claudius
The Likely Lads
Edge of Darkness as mentioned by the op. Sad Bob Peck died relatively young.

 

[EchoMan]

The Man from U.N.C.L.E

 

[Latka Gravas]

The Wire
One summer

 

[Space Hopper]

'Blue Peter' and presenter Simon Groom on a replacement door knocker at Durham Cathedral, declaring "What a beautiful pair of knockers".

Still makes me laugh.

 

[Maravilla]

Band Of Brothers. Especially those last two episodes.

Just finished Band of Brothers this week. The penultimate episode

 

[Dennis]

Boys from the blackstuff

 

[Hardyman's Yugo]

Aged 6 or 7 when Thunderbirds first came on. Made quite a step change in kids telly at the time did Gerry Anderson

 

[ivanthereasonable]

Wallace and Grommit. "The wrong trousers". Haunting and moving in equal measure.

Captain Scarlet. Those fecking "Mr. Rons".