Old TV Series

I can find loads of old series on Dailymotion. If you don't mind adverts every 10 minutes( well they only last about 2 minutes), there are plenty of classic BBC and ITV dramas on there.
Except for the occasional drama, film or documentary, I've largely given up on modern television. I have little interest in sport, so wouldn't see the point of getting Sky in, and hate reality shows, game shows and soaps.

We enjoy rewatching Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister, and May to December.
Sadly they also remind us how many of the cast of some programs are now dead.

Worked my way through the first three series of Soldier. Soldier and I was amazed how good it was and, barring the cars and fashions, didn't seem dated. It was written by an ex soldier, so is quite realistic, and the stories can veer between the sad, the happy and quite amusing. Robson Green really made the show as the soldier who is always in trouble, but always wins in the end.

Silent witness is so good , however I keep finding great films on Netflix I just surf until I come on a film I think I would like. I also enjoy people finding long lost relatives on tv some story’s are really so sad,
I remember my neighbours daughter having to give up her son for adoption many years ago it’s what was expected over 50 yrs ago - a bloody disgrace

I wouldn't mind a complete re-run of Rising Damp. The late Leonard Rossiter was the ultimate sardonic, racist, snobbish, money-grubbing seedy landlord.

But, due to political correctness and wokery so much of each episode would be redacted it probably wouldn't be worth watching, sadly.

The Talking Pictures channel has masses of older films and series, plus the very entertaining 'Footage Detectives' (Sunday teatime), which has lots of flashbacks to the old days, old ads, products, performers, or someone's old film footage to investigate.

And TPTV Encore gies you an online re-run facility.

Other channels like Drama, Gold, Yesterday (!) etc all have lots of reruns of favourite shows. New Tricks seems to be on a permanent loop, and I see Lovejoy is on at present.

Oh, and there's a set of chnnels called Thats TV (1,2,3) also with a host of old favs, Upstairs Downstairs is in its first series, a show I never saw much of (& can be compared to Downton of course -- though the latter has a far bigger budget!!). Let the TV guide be your friend?!

We watched Raymond this morning - it was hilarious.

I too enjoy the 'oldies' such as Heartbeat, The Bill, The Secret Army etc. At least I can hear what they're saying. Perhaps it's my hearing but some of the modern 'stories' are difficult to understand.

I’ve been enjoying old comedies on BBC Four. The Good Life, Yes Minister. Much better than anything now.

HiPpyChick57

I misread what you’d written and thought you wrote The Walking Dead which I really enjoyed watching with my daughter. I’ve never seen Waking the Dead as not a fan of Trevor Eve.
I’ve rediscovered The King Of Queens and Everybody Loves Raymond which I only saw a few episodes of each when they first came out and was never really a big fan of but I’m enjoying them a lot more now.
I’ve also started watching Frasier I’ve never seen it before as it never appealed to me but i absolutely love it now. I love Niles and Daphne. Loving Eddy the dog too lol.
Oh I just remembered about Cheers which of course is the precursor to Frasier which I’ve just started rewatching that as well. They don’t write them like they used to that’s a fact. They are truly delightful.
My mornings are filled with entertainment now.
I watch them all in bed.

King Of Queens and Everybody Loves Raymond are so funny. We love them both.

I watch favourites on YouTube too. Love the old Harry Enfield progs and Catherine Tate and French & Saunders. We also found some Man About The House on TV at the weekend and enjoyed those too. Nothing modern comedies make us laugh now. Not that there are many on.

Oh yes…….we have watched every episode of New Tricks recently along with countless others, too many to mention. I’m presently working my way through Downton Abbey.

I've found Moonlighting with Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd on STVplayer.

Moonwatcher1904

We can't stand these crappy reality tv shows and the number of game shows is ridiculous with people jumping about and screaming.
We having been watching U & Drama in the morning - Holby City, Casualty and Eastenders from years ago. We have waded our way through all episodes of Silent Witness, Dalziel & Pascoe and A Touch of Frost to name a few. At the moment I'm watching all episodes of Call the Midwife on IPlayer. Love this programme and nice to go through the stories again.

I can't stand all these shows with the word Celebrity in the title that pollute BBC1 and ITV and all the stupid, mindless reality shows that seem to be on non stop. I've found the first three series of Soldier Soldier on Youtube, one of my favourite shows from the nineties, and will be watching them when I'm off work.

We have just started re watching some Australian series that we enjoyed 1st time round. A Place to call Home, Offspring, and McLeods Daughters. Several series of each so will keep us going for a while.

I misread what you’d written and thought you wrote The Walking Dead which I really enjoyed watching with my daughter. I’ve never seen Waking the Dead as not a fan of Trevor Eve.
I’ve rediscovered The King Of Queens and Everybody Loves Raymond which I only saw a few episodes of each when they first came out and was never really a big fan of but I’m enjoying them a lot more now.
I’ve also started watching Frasier I’ve never seen it before as it never appealed to me but i absolutely love it now. I love Niles and Daphne. Loving Eddy the dog too lol.
Oh I just remembered about Cheers which of course is the precursor to Frasier which I’ve just started rewatching that as well. They don’t write them like they used to that’s a fact. They are truly delightful.
My mornings are filled with entertainment now.
I watch them all in bed.

icanhandthemback

We are enjoying Frasier again. There are so many old series which we really enjoy although we love new series too. We are just loving Slow Horses on Apple and can't wait for the new series of Dept Q on Netflix.

Slow Horses is brilliant.

Oh yes! I enjoy Upstairs, Downstairs and they don't 'make 'em like that no more'!

So-called "reality" tv isn't connected to any reality I can identify!

One of the best old series for me was 1990 BBC series House of Cards. A wonderful series about the underbelly of British politics which is still relevent in many ways.

We can't stand these crappy reality tv shows and the number of game shows is ridiculous with people jumping about and screaming.
We having been watching U & Drama in the morning - Holby City, Casualty and Eastenders from years ago. We have waded our way through all episodes of Silent Witness, Dalziel & Pascoe and A Touch of Frost to name a few. At the moment I'm watching all episodes of Call the Midwife on IPlayer. Love this programme and nice to go through the stories again.

We have started rewatching Foyle’s War. Still good.

I have been watching Danger Man on youtube.

I just finished the last season with Cassie in last night. I thoroughly enjoyed it having missed it the first time around.

I find an old series and then watch them all. I've usually already seen them but enjoy them. I've done New Tricks, Darling Buds of May, Doc Martin and am currently on series 12 of Heartbeat. Nothing that takes a lot of concentration 😂

We are enjoying Frasier again. There are so many old series which we really enjoy although we love new series too. We are just loving Slow Horses on Apple and can't wait for the new series of Dept Q on Netflix.