5 classic TV series to revisit
If you’re looking for a TV show to watch, why not go back to the archives and what one of these old school classic televisions series.
1. Twin Peaks
A young detective is sent to a small town to investigate the murder of a young woman. He finds that nearly everyone in town has something to hide, and nothing is as it seems.
The most famous faces are Kyle MacLachlan (he played Charlotte’s husband Trey on Sex and the City), Lara Flynn Boyle and Peggy Lipton.
There are two series with 30 episodes in total. There are also spin-off films if you find that the TV show leaves you wanting more.
2. The X Files
FBI special agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully investigate unsolved cases involving paranormal activity. It’s a sci-fi drama with lots of aliens, space ships, and government secrets.
David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson star as the special agents, he is the believer and she the skeptic. The on screen chemisty of the pair drew audiences in from day one, and saw the program receive five Golden Globes.
There are 207 episodes to indulge in. With 9 seasons under their belt, this year saw the return of Mulder and Scully in series 10 of the cult hit. Series 10 takes place 14 years after the end of series 9, so there’s a bit for us to catch up on with the characters.
3. Grey’s Anatomy
This series follows a group of young interns at Seattle Grace Hospital as they struggle to find their place in the competitive field of medicine. But the relationships between the characters play more of a role than the medicine. There’s the on-again off-again romance with Meredith and Derek, plane crashes, near drownings, (many) deaths, marriages, divorces, and everything in between.
Some characters manage to make it from series one right through to the current twelfth series, including Ellen Pompeo as Meredith Grey and Justin Chambers as Alex Karev.
The show has won two Golden Globes and launched the careers of many of its stars including Katherine Heigl (27 Dresses) and Patrick Dempsey (Transformers: Dark Of The Moon).
4. Six Feet Under
Despite the morbid setting, the lives of the Fisher family had us hooked for five series. The family run a funeral home in southern California.
Each episode starts with a death, with the corpse’s story somehow reflecting what’s going on in the lives of the family members at that time. There’s the brother Nate who doesn’t really want to work there, the good-boy (and eventually gay) brother David, the mother Ruth who is only just keeping it all together, and the free spirited younger sister Claire who is trying to find her place.
It’s also worth a watch for the stand out performance of Rachel Griffiths (Muriel’s Wedding) as Nate’s partner Brenda.
5. Ally McBeal
Although being set in a Boston law firm, Ally McBeal was much more about the quirky characters within it.
Starring Calista Flockhart, it was a runaway success and also starred Lucy Liu (Charlie’s Angels), Jane Krakowski (30 Rock) and later Robert Downey Jr as Ally’s boyfriend. The show aired for five seasons and won four Golden Globes.
The law firm was seen as a highly sexualised office, with women in super short skirts and interesting encounters in the unisex toilets. The program itself was well known for its fantasy sequences (who could forget the dancing baby?) and insight into the female mind.
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