Fantastic Television (41 titles)
When you find a great series you want to tell people about it, and these are the best I've found of late
83.4% from 9 members
Arrested Development - Season 1
Hilarious complicated comedy. The Bluth family are guaranteed to make a lasting impression. Brilliantly narrated by Ron Howard. Moment after moment of genius from minute one.
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Arrested Development - Season 1
(3 discs)
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Jason Bateman, Portia de Rossi, Will Arnett
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All the episodes from Season One of Arrested Development, the U.S. comedy about a wealthy family, who lost everything, and the one son who had no choice but to keep them all together... Episode titles: Pilot, Top Banana, Bringing Up Buster, Key Decisions, Charity Drive, Visiting Ours, In God We ..read more »
78%
from 6,967 members
Battlestar Galactica - Season 1
A sci-fi epic with fantastic action, great dialogue and politcal undertones. These people all need to get some sleep!
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Battlestar Galactica - Season 1
(4 discs)
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Edward James Olmos, Mary McDonnell, Katee Sackhoff
Director: Michael Rymer, Marita Grabiak, Allan Kroeker
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"The Cylons were created by man. They Rebelled.They Evolved.They look and feel Human. Some are programmed to think they are human.There are many copies. And they have a plan. PLEASE NOTE: The introduction to the television series is a three-hour miniseries also available to rent
79%
from 14,294 members
Black Books - The Complete Series 1
Fantastically ascerbic and surreal comedy. Not ashamed to spend half an hour building up one sight gag, mainly because it's that good.
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Black Books - The Complete Series 1
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Dylan Moran, Bill Bailey, Tamsin Greig
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Series one of BLACK BOOKS follows the adventures of bookshop owner Bernard (Dylan Moran), his assistant Manny (Bill Bailey) and Fran (Tamsin Greig), who works in a new age shop next door. In this entertaining surreal comedy, Dylan Moran and Bill Bailey make a great double act, delivering the ..read more »
80%
from 12,865 members
Bob And Rose
Warm and wonderful romance with a difference.
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Bob And Rose
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Alan Davies, Lesley Sharp, Jessica Stevenson
Director: Joe Wright, Julian Farino
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When a gay man falls in love with a straight woman things are never going to be easy! BOB & ROSE is a romantic comedy with a difference and this 2-disc set collects the entire first series. When gay teacher Bob (Alan Davies) meets Rose (Lesley Sharp), the last thing he expects is to fall in love ..read more »
67%
from 1,028 member
Bones - Season 1
A procedural police drama that's saved by its quirky central characters and off-beat chemistry.
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Bones - Season 1
(6 discs)
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Emily Deschanel, David Boreanaz, Michaela Conlin
Director: Greg Yaitanes, Allan Kroeker, Tawnia McKiernan
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Crime drama BONES follows the investigations of Temperance 'Bones' Brennan (Emily Deschanel, LAW AND ORDER: SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT), a forensic anthropologist who attempts to identify corpses that are badly burned, decomposed or destroyed. She is frequently paired with Special Agent Seeley Booth (..read more »
81%
from 6,263 members
Boomtown - Series 1 - Episodes 1 To 9
A police drama which tried something different, worked really well, and inevitably got cancelled. Joel and Fearless are the ones to watch.
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Boomtown - Series 1 - Episodes 1 To 9
(5 discs)
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Donnie Wahlberg, Mykelti Williamson, Neal McDonough
Director: Tucker Gates, Peter Werner, Jon Avnet
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Set in current-day Los Angeles; each episode of BOOMTOWN features a different criminal case which, in Rashomon fashion, is shown repeatedly but from everybody's point-of-view: the police, medical staff, TV reporters and the criminals. This, of course, leads to differing views of what has happened ..read more »
70%
from 669 members
Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Season 1
TV on another level, get over the title and let yourself be swept away. Season 1 sets out the stall, 2 shows you how far its prepared to go, and from then on all bets are off.
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Buffy The Vampire Slayer - Season 1
(3 discs)
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Sarah Michelle Gellar, Nicholas Brendon, Alyson Hannigan
Director: Joss Whedon
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The entire first season of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER is presented here, including six never-before-seen episodes. Buffy is an ordinary teenager who learns she's not so ordinary; she is the Slayer, a single exceptional girl who must do battle with vampires, demons, and other supernatural bad guys ..read more »
78%
from 9,741 members
Casanova - BBC
David Tennant's first foray into the world of Russell T Davies. He absolutely shines as does Peter O'Toole, and the design of the production is wonderfully original.
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Casanova - BBC
on DVD
Starring: Peter O'Toole, David Tennant, Rose Byrne
Director: Sheree Folkson
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Dramatic retelling of the life and loves of the eighteenth-century lothario, Casanova.
74%
from 5,804 members
Chuck - Season 1
The cool kids from the OC without the whiny kids holding them up. Just plain popcorn fun.
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Chuck - Season 1
(4 discs)
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Zachary Levi, Adam Baldwin, Yvonne Strahovski
Director: McG, Robert Duncan McNeill, Jason Ensler
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Zachary Levi plays Chuck, a nerdy computer tech who has a database of government secrets downloaded into his brain. Chuck soon finds himself recruited by John Casey, a veteran NSA Agent, for espionage work with his new partner (and first date in ten years) Sarah -- leading Chuck to live a split ..read more »
81%
from 1,819 member
The Crow Road
Bryan Elsley's adaptation of Iain Bank's novel is warm, witty and dark, with a splash of romance, a bit of a murder mystery and beautiful locations. The novelist himself said the screenplay was better.
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The Crow Road
(2 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Patricia Kerrigan, Peter Capaldi, Simone Bendix
Director: Gavin Miller
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Following a seven year silence after the mysterious and unresolved disappearance of his Uncle Rory, teenager Prentice sets out to uncover the truth - but the truth lies under a tapestry of dark secrets shrouding his own family's past.
70%
from 2,271 members
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