UKmix Top 100 TV Series Countdown [#1 REVEALED]

by **Spartan** » Fri May 04, 2012 3:37 pm

Raymond was pretty poor I thought. I'll eventually get round to watching Oz and How I Met Your Mother.

by **matthew_dixon** » Fri May 04, 2012 4:40 pm

Can someone help me to understand how I was the only person to vote X Factor? :-?

by **toni_pest** » Thu May 10, 2012 2:20 am

Little Britain is a British character-based comedy sketch show which was first broadcast on BBC radio and then turned into a television show. It was written by comic duo David Walliams and Matt Lucas. The show's title is an amalgamation of the terms 'Little England' and 'Great Britain', and is also the name of a Victorian neighbourhood and modern street in London.
The show comprises sketches involving exaggerated parodies of British people from all walks of life in various situations familiar to the British. These sketches are presented to the viewer together with narration in a manner which suggests that the programme is a guide—aimed at non-British people—to the ways of life of various classes of British society. Despite the narrator's description of great British institutions, the comedy is derived from the British audience's self-deprecating understanding of either themselves or people known to them.
An American continuation of the show, entitled Little Britain USA was broadcast in 2008. This series was shown on HBO in the US, HBO Canada in Canada, BBC One in the UK and on Network Ten in Australia, as well as various other television channels across the world.

Many of the characters on the show have their own often-repeated catchphrases, which have become well known in the United Kingdom, and the show has gained a mainstream following.

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The Vicar of Dibley is a British sitcom created by Richard Curtis and written for its lead actress, Dawn French, by Curtis and Paul Mayhew-Archer, with contributions from Kit Hesketh-Harvey. It aired from 1994 to 2007. The Vicar of Dibley is set in a fictional small Oxfordshire village called Dibley, which is assigned a female vicar following the 1992 changes in the Church of England that permitted the ordination of women. The main character was an invention of Richard Curtis, but he and Dawn French extensively consulted the Rev. Joy Carroll, one of the first female priests, and garnered many character traits and much information.
The 100-something vicar of the small English village of Dibley has passed on. A new vicar has been requested for a replacement. What they get is Geraldine Granger, a non-traditional, chocolate loving, rock n' roll playing vicar. That is not what gets the citizens of Dibley in a uproar though. It's because she is a woman. Still, that doesn't stop Geraldine from proving her worthiness to the village. After time, the villagers (with the exception of influential David Horton) accept Geraldine as The Vicar of Dibley.

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Ally McBeal is an American legal dramedy series which aired on the Fox network from 1997 to 2002. The series was created by David E. Kelley, who also served as the executive producer, along with Bill D'Elia. The series stars Calista Flockhart in the title role as a young lawyer working in the fictional Boston law firm Cage and Fish, with other young lawyers whose lives and loves were eccentric, humorous and dramatic
The show focused on the romantic and personal lives of the main characters, often using legal proceedings as plot devices to contrast or reinforce a character's drama. For example, bitter divorce litigation of a client might provide a backdrop for Ally's decision to break up with a boyfriend. Legal arguments were also frequently used to explore multiple sides of various social issues.

Cage & Fish (which becomes Cage/Fish & McBeal or Cage, Fish, & Associates towards the end of the series), the fictional law firm where most of the characters work, is depicted as a highly sexualized environment, symbolized by its unisex restroom. Lawyers and secretaries in the firm routinely date, flirt with, or have a romantic history with each other, and frequently run into former or potential romantic interests in the courtroom or on the street outside.

The show had many offbeat and frequently surreal running gags and themes, such as Ally's tendency to immediately fall over whenever she met somebody she found attractive, or Richard Fish's wattle fetish and humorous mottos ("Fishisms" & "Bygones"), or John's gymnastic dismounts out of the office's unisex bathroom stalls, that ran through the series. The show used vivid, dramatic fantasy sequences for Ally's and other characters' wishful thinking; particularly notable is the dancing baby.

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Star Trek: Voyager is a science fiction television series set in the Star Trek universe. Set in the 24th century from the year 2371 through 2378, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet vessel USS Voyager, which becomes stranded in the Delta Quadrant 70,000 light-years from Earth while pursuing a renegade Maquis ship. Both ships' crews merge aboard Voyager to make the estimated 75-year journey home.
In the pilot episode, "Caretaker", USS Voyager departs station Deep Space Nine on a mission into the treacherous Badlands to find a missing ship piloted by a team of Maquis rebels, which the Vulcan Lt. Tuvok, Voyager's security officer, has secretly infiltrated. Suddenly, the starship is enveloped by a powerful energy wave, which ends up damaging the ship, killing several of its crew, and stranding the ship on the far side of the galaxy, more than 70,000 light-years from Earth.
Voyager eventually finds the Maquis ship, and the two crews reluctantly agree they must join forces in order to survive their long journey home. Chakotay, leader of the Maquis group, becomes first officer. B'Elanna Torres, a half-human/half-Klingon Maquis, becomes chief engineer. Tom Paris, whom Janeway released from a Federation prison to help her find the Maquis ship, is made Voyager's helm officer. Due to the deaths of the ship's entire medical staff, The Doctor, an Emergency Medical Hologram designed for short-term use only, is employed as the Chief Medical Officer. Neelix, a Talaxian scavenger, and Kes, a young Ocampan, natives of the Delta Quadrant, are welcomed aboard as the ship's chef/morale officer, and The Doctor's medical assistant respectively.

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Will & Grace is an American television sitcom that was originally based upon the relationship between William Truman and Grace Adler. The show is set in New York City. First broadcast on NBC from September 21, 1998 to May 18, 2006 for a total of eight seasons. Will & Grace remains the most successful television series with gay principal characters.
Will & Grace takes place in New York City and focuses on Will Truman, a gay lawyer, and his best friend Grace Adler, a Jewish woman who runs her own interior design firm. Also featured are their friends Karen Walker, a rich socialite, and Jack McFarland, a struggling actor/singer/dancer who also has had numerous other brief careers.

* Will Truman (played by Eric McCormack)
A gay lawyer who studied at Columbia University, where he met Grace. They have been best friends ever since. He has a very neurotic side, especially when it comes to cleaning. Several characters have commented that his relationship with Grace is more like that of a romantic couple than of two friends.

* Grace Adler (Debra Messing)
An interior decorator with an apparent obsession with food, who has been Will's best friend since college. Messy and neurotic[citation needed], she often plays as a counter-balance for Will's more uptight nature.

* Karen Walker (Megan Mullally)
The bisexual wife of the wealthy (but never seen) Stan Walker. She "works" as Grace's assistant making "Grace Adler Designs" more popular among her social contacts. Known for abusing alcohol and pills, she can be insensitive, but is close to Grace and Jack, and occasionally Will.

* Jack McFarland (Sean Hayes)
Will's other best friend. Jack is flamboyant, flighty and superficial. He drifts from man to man and changes occupations often - he's been a struggling actor, an acting teacher, back-up dancer, Banana Republic sales associate, a sales associate at Barney's Department Store, cater-waiter, student nurse, and talk-show host called "Jack Talk". Early on in the show he establishes a close friendship with Karen. Jack made a one man show called "Just Jack", " Jack 2001" and "Jack 2002" to showcase his singing/dancing/acting abilities.

by **tdc2000** » Thu May 10, 2012 2:28 am

Voyager is a good show, but very surprised it got more points than The Next Generation.

by **matthew_dixon** » Thu May 10, 2012 7:07 am

tdc2000 wrote:Voyager is a good show, but very surprised it got more points than The Next Generation.

Indeed. It was my No. 10 where Next Gen was my No. 4.

Somehow or other I forgot both Little Britain and the Vicar of Dibley from my votes :-?

Both should have made it in somewhere!

by **Wayne** » Thu May 10, 2012 1:58 pm

Miranda is fantastic.

LOOOOL @ X Factor missing the votes entirely.

Will & Grace altered my perception of what it meant to be a gay man, and I'm forever grateful. I adore the show, Karen Walker is the greatest female comedy character I have EVER seen.

Voyager made my list too, by far the best Star Trek IMO.

by **Noahh** » Thu May 10, 2012 11:19 pm

Little Britain <3

Absolutely hilarious! :lol:

by **Benny** » Thu May 17, 2012 11:38 am

I enjoyed "Will & Grace" for some time.

"Ally McBeal" was fantastic, I loved Ally, the secretary Elaine and the two senior partners. It's one of my all-time favourites 8-)

by **stevyy** » Thu May 17, 2012 11:52 am

will & grace and ally mcbeal are two shows which i own all dvd seasons of.

by **joel77m77** » Thu May 17, 2012 2:58 pm

Miranda and The Apprentice are 2 of the best shows I've watched in the last few years. Amazing!!!!

by **Spartan** » Thu May 17, 2012 3:11 pm

Vicar Of Dibley is brilliant. Dawn French owns it, plus Alice was so hilarious.

by **CrazyCrazy** » Thu May 17, 2012 8:48 pm

#25 & #24 in my votes, love 'em.

by **toni_pest** » Wed May 23, 2012 2:20 am

20 ROSEANNE

1988-1997
70 points

19 LA FEMME NIKITA

1997-2001
71 points

18 ABSOULTELY FABULOUS

1992-2004
73 points

17 SEX AND THE CITY

1998-2004
74 points

16 ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES

1981-2003
74 points

by **NothingFails** » Wed May 23, 2012 2:31 am

Glad to see Roseanne and SATC made the top 20, both all time faves of mine. Ab Fab rules too

by **Goldmoney** » Wed May 23, 2012 2:38 am

I was just gonna bump this too. :lol:

Love Roseanne. 8-)

by **matthew_dixon** » Wed May 23, 2012 7:36 am

I don't know Roseanne or La Femme Nikita. The other three aren't really my thing.

by **Wayne** » Wed May 23, 2012 8:37 am

Good lord, there goes most of my list...

Voyager, Will & Grace, Vicar of Dibley, Absolutely Fabulous and Only Fools were all prominently placed in my list.

Absolutely adore them all - David Jason of Only Fools fame is the most popular actor in British small screen history, and up until this year was also arguably the most bankable. As Del Boy, he was sensational. And Ab Fab is something that took me years to get into. I love Patsy! <3 And Will & Grace has my favourite comedy character in US TV history - Karen Walker!

by **Benny** » Wed May 23, 2012 10:42 am

"Sex And The City" only number 17 ?

I would have expected top 5 for sure...

by **JSparksFan** » Wed May 23, 2012 3:08 pm

Ally McBeal is great but Will & Grace is just phenomenal - best gay-themed show ever, in my opinion.

by **Spartan** » Wed May 23, 2012 3:43 pm

Never got the fuss over Sex & The Coty to be honest.
Although I think Only Fools is overrated I'm glad to see British shows in the Top 20.
Ab Fab is hialrious!

by **Noahh** » Wed May 23, 2012 11:31 pm

Absolutely Fabulous!!

<3

Definitely one of my all-time favorite shows. Each episode is brilliant. I need more seasons, they still have "it" seeing the new specials... A film would be wicked as well!

Also, the show brought my all-time favorite tv-character: Patsy Stone 8-)

<3

Shame it didn't make the top 10 though! :wink:

by **NothingFails** » Thu May 24, 2012 12:25 am

matthew_dixon wrote:I don't know Roseanne or La Femme Nikita. The other three aren't really my thing.

Roseanne is just about the greatest sitcom that ever was

by **stevyy** » Thu May 24, 2012 6:48 am

NothingFails wrote:
matthew_dixon wrote:I don't know Roseanne or La Femme Nikita. The other three aren't really my thing.

Roseanne is just about the greatest sitcom that ever was

yeah.. laurie metcalf alone would make this show one of the alltime greats. I secretly loved her always more than roseanne herself.

satc is such a legendary classic show. I love sjp. she's my idol. I cried so hard at the series finale. i also own all the movies on dvd and think they are both great.

by **Blondini** » Thu May 24, 2012 9:40 pm

La Femme Nikita.

That's shockingly high! It was good, mind - as were the original film and the Bridget Fonda remake. The recent series wasn't.

by **cristy** » Fri May 25, 2012 1:07 pm

'Will & Grace' should've been higher. One of my faves.