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I’m going to recommend the 1970s BBC series “Survivors”. It’s kind of like Walking Dead lite, without the zombies.
Avoid the 2000s remake though. It’s ridiculous.
I also recommend the 1971 BBC series I mentioned in another thread, about a futuristic fascist government in Britain: “the Guardians”.
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Lesser-known?
The Time Tunnel.
I love the matte shots they use of the underground time tunnel facility when the camera pulls out for a wide shot!
How about two with Rosa Salazar?
Undone on Amazon Prime, a trippy psychological show about a girl (Salazar) exploring the link to her present and her dead father (Bob Odenkirk). It's rotoscoped to add to the trippiness
Brand New Cherry Flavor on Netflix, where an aspiring writer gets her career ruined by a director when she turns down his sexual advances. She makes a deal with a witch to get revenge
Undone was great.
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Mrs. Davis
Dirk Gently’s Detective Agency
Space: Above & Beyond
Earth 2
Lucy: Daughter of the Devil
Final Space
The Lone Gunmen
The Maxx
The Oblongs
Parker Lewis Can’t Lose
The Regime
The Secret Life of Machines
ETA: if you want a more recent one, Deli Boys is pretty great
Both Dirks. The BBC was a little closer to the books but both are great. And if we're going in an Elijah direction, the US version of Wilfred.
I second Dirk Gently. Amazing show.
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2 of 2
TURN -George Washington's Spies.
Black Sails
Three from the BBC, all free on Youtube.
The Prisoner
I, Claudius
Connections
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Utopia - The UK version though, fuck the American remake.
Monkey Dust - Obscure UK animation.
Utopia was too violent for my taste. Not really thrilled with hearing children shot even if it’s offscreen. Gave up after that episode.
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Utopia was so wild. I'm ready for a nice little show with silly people having a bit of fun, and suddenly I'm up to my neck in total insanity.
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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.
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?!"
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You, me and the apocalypse. Biggest cliffhanger ever, especially with no series 2. I'm still sour about that.
I became a big fan of the series "V", specifically the 2000's remake. I think they discontinued the series due to mixed ratings.
M.A.S.H.
Found the Zoomer, I guess
If you haven't heard of M.A.S.H. may I also politely recommend the sleeper hit, Star Trek?
Deep dig. Just a 3 season run in the 60s lol
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.
And the finale is still the most watched program of all time (minus superbowls)
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