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The 7 Lives of Léa
Interesting French Netflix mini-series. Way better than it has any right to be considering its scale and I don't think it's gotten the attention it deserves.
I recommend watching in French with subtitles.
I didn’t see these:
Halt and Catch Fire (AMC)
For all Man Kind (Apple TV)
I’m not sure if it is obscure, but I had never heard of it. Husband and I have been watching SyFy’s Channel Zero and love it.
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Swarm. It's a great show but unpopular for a reason since it's pretty niche and I imagine would make most people too uncomfortable. That's my endorsement.
Station Eleven
It's absolutely criminal how little attention HBO gave this show. It wasn't even brought to Europe, so you can't watch it legally over here. But IMHO it's one of the best TV shows of the past few years, and it's a complete story so no cliffhangers. It's also one of the rare cases of a show being better than the book it was based on, and the book was already a bestseller.
Wasn't released at the same time as covid? It had a bad timing sadly.
Yeah it was, and the first episode hits quite hard on the heels of covid. I'm sure not everyone was ready for something that apocalyptic, but still.
I also enjoyed it, but couldn't convince my wife to give it a try because she was already stressed as fuck with all the situation.
It depends so much on one's tastes... But
- Forever
- Street Hawk
- Firefly (not so obscure)
- Travelers
- Hogan's Heroes
- The Greatest American Hero (just for laughs)
I don't think you can call Firefly "lesser-known" or "obscure" ...
I can agree, but could say the same of the others or of other answers. Viewer count may be very different in different countries too. My rule of thumb for "obscure" is: something I mentioned to acquaintances that they'd never heard of.
Fair enough, I don't mean to override your experience of it as obscure, and it's a good show. Maybe because I'm a nerd surrounded by nerds, I would consider Firefly only third to Star Wars and Star Trek in terms of fame, but it's getting old now so this might also be a generational thing. Maybe Stargate is approximately equal to Firefly, but I feel like people love Firefly so much more than Stargate.
I'm completely with you!
What's funny: I watched Castle with friends, and none of them got the references that Fillion made to Firefly from time to time... :) "What?! You've never watched Firefly?!"
Travelers was good and honestly I'd love a reboot that continues the story. It's literally designed for it
The Knick
I don't see Dame Judy Dench's masterpiece "As Time Goes By" mentioned often.
It's about a love affair between the acclaimed author of "My Time in Kenya", and his publisher.
(This summary is intentionally reductive to the point of absurdity. But trust me, it's quite good.)
Coming to this late, but both Chris Elliott comedy vehicles that tickle me to this day:
Get A Life
Eagleheart
I got this from the fediverse in another thread but kims convenience is hilarious. the brother I think did a marvel film recently to.
2 of 2
TURN -George Washington's Spies.
Black Sails
Three from the BBC, all free on Youtube.
The Prisoner
I, Claudius
Connections
ive been watching Dangerman the past couple years to lead up to a rewatch of the prisoner. dangerman is pretty great too, but more of a regular spy drama
Something I watched the heck out of was 'The Americans."
Another good, solid spy series.
Someone mentioned Patriot here the other day, and I think that qualifies as at least lesser-known.
Also going to plug the Canadian TV series Sort Of, about a trans woman who is a nanny for her friend's two kids.
I was also surprised I had missed Spaced, a kind of surrealist sitcom starring Simon Pegg and directed by Edgar Wright (think: Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead). Not sure it counts as obscure or lesser-known, but it was for me anyway.
Children Of The Stones, 1977 British childrens' horror show. A historian and his young son visit a small village whose residents hold secrets about an ancient stone monument.
Like most 70s British TV, there's no production budget, and entirely dependent on script writing and actors to create atmosphere.
M.A.S.H.
I don’t think it went under the radar of the TV studio because it ran for 11 years and got a Golden Globe for the best comedy series.
[edit] I took the bait, didn’t I? This thread is now about MASH. Well played.
Its series finale is still the most watched live tv event in history. They had 106 million viewers, estimated over 60% of all US households! Calling it a lesser known or obscure show is an objectively false statement lol
It holds up pretty well too. I’ve been watching it for the past 2 years on an off and I’m on season 5. Sometimes it meanders but then you get slammed with 3 great episodes in succession. I don’t want to skip trash though because MASH is my before bed TV that can run in the background.
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Probably only lesser known depending on age but I always like Due South.
Murdoch Mysteries is the only show I keep up with weekly. It's Victorian, Canadian CSI.
Sprung - about a group of small time cons trying to do the right thing and con only bad guys in the community while surviving covid and falling into a found family. Very funny and sincere.
Manchild (2002)
No Heroics, only lasted a few seasons in the UK which means only maybe 12 episodes. (You may also see some actors from Ted Lasso if you look carefully.)