Sticky TV Series I Currently Like and Recommend

[Katzenfreund]

LIST UPDATED: July 16, 2018

While as a youngster I liked fast action and superheroes , now I prefer more every day life cop stories with contrasting characters, logical deduction as to "who-dun-it" and the occasional twist. And of course, not too much violence and gruesome scenes.

So, based on the above specs, my favorites are:

Foyle's War (mild but clever cop in wartime UK, my top favorite)
Maigret (Georges Simenon's French cop)
Poirot (Agatha Christie's Belgian private dick)
A Touch of Frost (old fashioned English cop)
Inspector Morse (classic English cop)
Inspector Lewis (Morse sequel)
Endeavour (Morse prequel)
Inspector George Gently (English cop with strong accent)
Get Smart (1965 - 70) (US, secret agent satire)

Followed by:

Broadchurch (one story per 8 episodes)
Elementary (American style modern Sherlock Holmes)
Monk (American private "Defective Detective", with humor though sometimes exaggerated)

UPDATE
I've recently discovered some gems from continental Europe. They are usually complete with hardcoded English subtitles.

Italian: These are my favorites, characterized by the Italian mentality of talking with the hands and giving prominence to food, wine, pretty girls, always with a touch of humor.

• Una Famiglia in Giallo (A Family of Detectives) (2005). 8 self-contained epis, but try to watch them in sequence.
• Il Giovane Montalbano (The Young Montalbano) (2012–). Prequel to Inspector Montalbano.
• Il Commissario Montalbano (Inspector Montalbano) (1999-). Probably the most successful Italian cop series ever.
• Il Commissario Manara (Inspector Manara) (2008- ). Egocentric, in pursuance of la dolce vita, but still effective.

If you like dogs, there's the Austrian series based in Vienna:
Kommissar Rex (Inspector Rex) (1994-2008). A comedy-drama, where Rex is a police dog helping the human hero.

And one from Sweden:
Wallander (2008–2016). The best known cop series from Sweden. Some Epis are by the BBC in English, the rest in Swedish with English subtitles.

Main Women in Italian shows:

Milena Miconi, Family of Detectives

Sarah Felberbaum, Young Montalbano

Roberta Giarrusso, Inspector Manara

I'd welcome any suggestions of further series to top up my gradually diminishing reserves.

 

[Dr Pickles]

As a fan of Elementary I'm quite familiar. Would you be so good as to compare Sherlock to it?

 

[Katzenfreund]

Sherlock and Elementary are both loosely based on the original heroes and take place in modern times, but Sherlock is closer to the original, especially as regards Dr Watson who’s a man instead of a Japanese woman, and takes place in London. Sherlock is rated 9.3 as compared to Elementary 8.0, though the difference is probably not big.

If you want to watch the randomly picked 1st episode of the latest series, ie S03E01, here’s a fast link for free downloaders, and only 350 MB.

http://www.putlocker.com/file/0EE559DBFA8CFC07
or
http://billionuploads.com/2cywgd02dqvb

However, personally I actually prefer the first four series I mentioned.

 

[NavyRet]

Inspector George Sweetly ?? Did you mean George Gently?

 

[Katzenfreund]

Yes, indeed it's Gently, edited. Thanks for gently pointing this out.

 

[bum4evr]

LOL

especially as regards Dr Watson who’s a man instead of a Japanese woman

Lucy Liu is Chinese... But she's turning Japanese.. I really think so...

 

[NavyRet]

DCI George Gently is one of the best TV series I have ever watched. I have every episode aired so far.

 

[Katzenfreund]

I've just discovered "Foyle's War" (2002â€" ) rated 8.5, about a police inspector investigating crimes on the south coast of England during the war.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0310455/

So far, it looks promising.

Here's a link to the first episode if you want to try it.

http://rg.to/file/307b8f76fe188dfa19230d47e79ee75a/foyles.war.s01e01.avi.html

 

[NavyRet]

Thanks. I already have the full series.

 

[Katzenfreund]

Having watched the first episode of "Endeavour", I can add it to my OP list. It's a prequel to Inspector Morse. For those who don't know the term, prequel is the opposite of sequel, as it depicts young Morse when he joined the police force as a sergeant.

 

[Tango]

I havent found any series I like for ages.


Walking Dead is great, the only thing I watch each week.
Oldie - Red Dwarf
And Stargate


I would guess you might like this

http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/fawlty_towers/

I watched all of these years ago

http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/goodnight_sweetheart/

And you cant miss watching a few of these

http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/only_fools_and_horses/

 

[Dr Pickles]

Walking Dead is great, the only thing I watch each week.

I've just started this series. Not really into the Undead thing. Starting episode 104 tonite.