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What's the best TV show from your country?

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What's the best TV show from your country? - ExLisper Site

If I were to watch one show from your country, what would you recommend? We can obviously skip English language shows as those are all well known. I’m sure other countries also have great shows that are not that popular. Ideally, something original and specific to this country, not some big Netflix show that’s the same a shows from any other country. To start, from Spain I would recommend “Riot Police”: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10883660/ [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10883660/] Great story, great characters, great acting. It covers universal problems like police brutality and corruption so it’s accessible to anyone but it also shows them though a Spanish prism that makes it unique.

Mar 25 at 8:05amWeb
Show threadremonMar 25
I’m German and I couldn’t recommand any show from my country in conscience.
Show threadPonyOfWarMar 25
Crime Scene Cleaner (Der Tatortreiniger) is pretty great.
Show threadExLisperMar 25
Sounds interesting. Thanks!
Show threadGrebesMar 25
There is also a British version created by Greg Davies en.wikipedia.org/…/The_Cleaner_(British_TV_series…
The Cleaner (British TV series) - Wikipedia

Show threadDruidMar 25
I had the exact same thought
Show threadnyankasMar 25
There is a lot of trash being produced, but I think Der Tatortreiniger and Stromberg are German shows which can definitely be recommended.
Show threadremonMar 25
Yeah, those two might be the only silver lining. Maybe “Die Anstalt” as well, though that’s a very specific kind of show.
Show threadboomzillaMar 25
“Die Anstalt” is goated, yes. On the more lighter side I like Pastewka, Sketch History (basically Germany’s Monty Python), Die Familie Heinz Becker, Mitternachtsspitzen, Kalkofes Mattscheibe and Loriots as well as Gerhard Polts movies and series (very dated though sometimes timeless).
Show threadboomzillaMar 25
Stromberg is Germany’s “The Office”, btw.
Show threadabbadon420Mar 25
There’s “dark”, but that’s a pretty well known netflix series.
Show threadremonMar 25
I tried that one but found it utterly boring.
Show threadExLisperMar 25
Same :)
Show threadBarringtonMar 25

As someone not from Germany but living there, I would recommend Tatort (Münster) and Traum Schiff.

I love it, but even if it’s not for everyone I feel like every country has cheesy shows like these and its interesting to see the German version.

Show threadstarlingukMar 25
Tatort Münster is definitely the best one.
Show threadrmukMar 25

The overnight Bernt das Brot broadcasts on Kika. You’re welcome.

Tap for spoiler

mist

Show threadNachBarcelonaMar 25
Bernd
Show threadflamingo_pinyataMar 25
Not even “Alarm für Cobra 11”? 😁
Show threadFraqualMar 25
“Nicht nachmachen” is strongly recommended
Show threadremonMar 25
No! That’s actually a prime example for everything that is wrong with German TV. An interesting concept for a show ruined a by cringey dialog and performances. I’d totally watch a US or British remake of it … but in German? No thanks.
Show threadStriderMar 25
Ijon Tichy!!
Show threadSpeiser0Mar 25

I want to second this! trailer

Also, if you want something more classic, we also have Raumpatrouille Orion. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftDXbIDfce8

Ijon Tichy: Raumpilot - Trailer 1. Staffel

YouTube
Show threadClay_pidginMar 26
That’s very cool. I didn’t understand more than a word here or there, but it’s really neat.
Show threadmatteMar 25
I’m not German but would absolutely recommend Babylon Berlin!
Show threadGexillaMar 25
I remember enjoying Deutschland 83 and the subsequent series. Even just from a set design and historical perspective.
Show threadstarlingukMar 25
Tatort is OK when you happen to stumble on a good one. Avoiding the Schwarzwald version is a must. It’s so, so bad.
Show threadabbadon420Mar 25

The Netherlands has a couple good series. A recent hit (dutch/belgian production) is “undercover”. It’s about a Belgian cop that goes undercover in the organisation of a dutch drug dealer. Very fun with lots of peculiar cultural references.

A personal favorite though, is a 1995 childrens show called “lang leve de koningjn” (long live the queen). It tought me how to play chess in a very fun and engaging way.

Show threadExLisperMar 25
Undercover looks good but with a title like that it’s hard to find. I don’t see it anywhere (outside of Netflix obviously) but I will keep searching. Thanks.
Show threadsmegMar 25
Dutch tv seems very focused on drug shows, crime shows, etc.
Show threadSkvMar 25
Your honest to god staple is New Kids on the Block and the 2 movies.
Show threadneidu3Mar 25

Norway: “Beforeigner” started great, but I think they didn’t really have much of a plan beyond the 1st season.

Interesting setting/premise. It’s fun to see an area I used to walk several times per day having become a hangout spot for Neolithic people.

Show threadExLisperMar 25
Added to my list. Just the first season :)
Show threadneidu3Mar 25
I wouldn’t say the 2nd season is bad per say… just that the plot kinda drifted, so there’s nothing wrong with watching it.
Show threadrmukMar 25

From the UK, I’d probably go for The Day Today, which ran for a single six-episode series back in 1994.

It’s a satirical news programme which manages to be more cutting and accurate than anything that’s been produced since, and along the way includes pastiches of fly-on-the-wall documentaries (doing The Office years before The Office), multi-camera soap operas (The Bureau), the rise of multichannel TV (RokTV) and so much more. A lot of the show’s staff were actually from the BBC’s own news department so timbre is spot-on, and received an incredible level of French polish before broadcast meaning every second of it is crammed with gags, slights and real blink-and-you’ll-miss-it jokes and, aside from the dated styling and real-world reference, the whole thing feels frustratingly prescient thirty years later.

Show threaddjdarrenMar 25

Don’t forget Brass Eye.

"Security footage of a paedophile disguised as a school"

Show threadTmiwiMar 25
brilliant show, shame I don’t seem to be able to find any hi rez copies of it
Show threaddjdarrenMar 25
Trouble is, it was never broadcast in any hi-res format, and certainly never released on one. At best you’ll find it on DVD.
Show threadTmiwiMar 25
ha, yeah that would explain it, thanks for the info
Show threadSkullgridMar 25

Can I have sex with this 6 year old now that she’s 25?

No! Absolutely disgusting?

Show threaddjdarrenMar 25
My shatner’s bassoon has been fucked since 1997.
Show threadCherryMar 25
Detectorists.
Show threadjonesyMar 25
Mr Inbetween is probably the most popular, but if you want an Australian version of The Office I would highly recommend Utopia.
Utopia (AU) - TheTVDB.com

Show threadJamieDub86Mar 25
Seconding Mr Inbetween cause it deserves it.
Show threadHuudaHarkitenMar 25
Thirding Mr Inbetween. Very good and kind of a fresh take on the topic. I’ve watched it a couple times already. Wish they would have made more but at the same time it ended up very well.
Show threadExLisper1d ago
Just finished watching it. Best show I’ve seen in a long time. Exactly my type. Simple idea but with some depth, perfect balance between being entertaining and down to earth kind of show. Thanks.
Show threadJamieDub8623h ago
Glad you liked it.
Show threadExLisperMar 25
I said no English language shows but I forgot about our friends from the other side of the world. Shows from Australia and New Zealand are not that popular so thanks for the recommendations. We did have “Heartbreak High” in the TV in Poland though :D
Show threadjonesyMar 25
Ah, my bad, I was just excited to talk about some of ours 😅
Show threadPolishAndrewMar 25
I’ve been watching Fisk and really enjoying it. The first season of Danger 5 is short but was peak TV
Show threadjonesyMar 25
Danger 5 is another great one!
Show threadUncleArthurMar 25
UK: I’d recommend Slow Horses on AppleTV. Gary Oldman heads a cast of misfits from an MI5 unit of rejects. Drama and comedy in a perfect blend.
Show threadDagwoodIIIMar 25

I’m usually the guy who cries that the TV show/movie isn’t as good as the book, but in this case the show is much better than the books. The author tries to be clever and just comes off as snarky.

They adapted another of his books “Down Cemetery Road” with Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson. Enjoy

Show threadUncleArthurMar 25
Yes, we’ve watched that; it was excellent. I do enjoy the books too.
Show threadDagwoodIIIMar 25

Along similar lines, Dept Q.

Edinbrugh based cold case squad works out of the basement of police headquarters. The boss has severe PTSD after being shot on the job, and his subordinates are equally broken.

Show threadUncleArthurMar 25
Another excellent show we thoroughly enjoyed!
Show threadTwodogsFightingMar 25
You spelled father Ted and Black Books wrong.
Show threadAdaMar 25
From Australia, and I don’t know about “best”, but one I’m watching and enjoying at the moment is Deadloch
Show threadsomprenoMar 25
I’d say the best wo7ld have to be bluey simply because of the huge global success
Show threadTmiwiMar 25
deadloch is great fun
Show threadLeapSecondMar 25

From Greece, To Nisi (The Island) is the best I’ve seen. It’s about an island where they used to move people with leprosy.

Eteros Ego (The Other Me) is supposed to be one of the best but haven’t gotten around to watching it yet. It’s a crime show that’s a sequel to the movie with the same name. The movie is on YouTube with English subs.

Show threaddavidgroMar 25

USA:

Umm…

Currently going through Star Trek: Lower Decks and enjoying it. Borrowing the discs from a friend.