BBC movie series recommendations please :)

[Goddlefrood]

> Alla:
> So, my question to you guys is whether you can recommend any really good series (british) which I should not miss.

Goddlefrood:

There's some excellent detective drama out there. A brief list:

(i) Poirot with David Suchet - made by Granada television.
(ii) Miss Marple with Joan Hickson - BBC I think, but could 
have been one of the independents.

Both these are good adaptations of Christie's original and have 
superb ensemble casts, including many huge stars such as Donald 
Pleasance and Eliot Gould.

(iii) Inspector Morse - Carlton television production
(iv) Lewis - the further adventures of Morse's former sergeant.

Both based on characters created by and books by Colin Dexter. 

(v) Campion based on Margery Allingham's books starring Peter 
Davidson.

(vi) Between the Lines.

(vii) The list

(viii) could go

(ix) on and on, and include Porridge, Dad's Army, Fawlty Towers 
etc.

(x) but won't.

British TV deserves its high reputation, even if more recent fare 
has not been quite as good as some of the above.