Best TV Series

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I love television series on DVD, because an episode usually has the ideal length to watch when you need a short break or over lunch or tea. I collected a few by now and here are my favourites.

Drama and Comedy Series

Teachers Simon is a hopeless case as a teacher. While he tries to be cool and accepted by the kids, he fails at planning his classes and is really quite a clumsy and chaotic character. With him and his mates as teachers, school is always quite a laugh.

Shameless Life in the Gallagher family and on this council estate is as low as you can get. While Frank, the father, has no worries other than getting pissed every day, the rest of the family is trying to make a living and is often quite witty about it.

Skins Your teenage years can be a blast, especially if you're part of this group of young people. At first sight, their life seems a big party with drugs and alcohol, but under the surface there are problems worthy of an adult's life.

Jam & Jerusalem It is heartwarming to watch the life of the women in this small village, who are trying to make a difference and look out for each other.

Sitcoms

Absolutely Fabulous Ab Fab is a classic. Eddie runs a PR agency, though she is rarely at work. She is far too busy shopping and being fabulous with her best friend Patsy, and partying of course. A good thing that her daughter Saffron is looking after her who is so annoyingly normal.

Black Books Berhard Black sells books. He usually sits in his shop reading and drinking wine, with the nuisance of an occasional customer. Manny tries improve things for the customers, but not always his measures reach their intended goal.

The I.T. Crowd Roy and Moss, they are standard nerds, working in the I.T. department and not knowing anything about real life. Jen, who is craving for social attention, is made head of I.T. and her attempts to integrate the two into normal office life and bound to go terribly wrong.

League of Gentlemen Royston Vasey is probably the ugliest English town there is and their inhabitants are of the weirdest kind. So come along and meet the locals!