A happy new year to you ladies and gentle readers, I greet you in 2016 with a new blog which is my favourite TV choices from 2015. I hope you agree with the following, if not I hope you take pleasure in telling me why I'm wrong and marking my card for something I've missed;
10. Banished
A BBC 2 drama from Jimmy McGovern tucked away in a 9 pm slot on Thursdays featuring a fantastic cast including Julian Rhind-Tut, Russell Tovey and Myanna Buring. Revolving around the politics and daily life of a recently set up penal colony. Not the cosiest of topics and perhaps not the easiest of subjects to set a drama around but good stuff none the less.
9. 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
I don't watch 8 out of 10 Cats and I don't watch Countdown, however after flicking over one evening I was hooked. By far one of the funniest shows on TV at the moment.
8. Inside No. 9
Reece Shearsmiths and Steve Pembertons dark series of one off horror/comedy episodes did not disappoint in its second season. More twists, more guest stars and two episodes which were must see TV.
7. Wolf Hall
BBC 2 already getting its third appearance on this list with a drama based around Thomas Cromwell and the court of Henry VIII. Starring Mark Rylance and Damian Lewis, this was the BBC doing what it does best, period drama with a touch of something special.
6. Ordinary Lies
Set in a modern day car dealership this show featured a group of 'ordinary workers' and the lies which threaten to send their lives out of control.
5. Elementary
This series features a modern day interpretatrion of Holmes and Watson starring Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu. This is a down dirty 'warts and all' version of Holmes and more in line with the Jeremy Brett interpretation than you might expect. Watson at times takes centre stage and new things are being with their relationship. Perhaps this is the most consistent show on TV at the moment.
4. House of Fools
I love Vic and Bob, I could watch 50 minutes a week of them stroking kittens and this has by far been the funniest show on TV for the last two years. The BBC and are fools to cancel it.
3. The Enfield Haunting
If your into horror and didn't see this you missed out big time, based around the events of 'The Enfield Poltergeist' which took place in the late 1970's. Starring Timothy Spall, Juliet Stevenson and Matthew Macfayden this was based around the investigation of the haunting endured by family to see weather its genuine or not.
2. Doctor Who
I've been a fan of this show since I can remember and this years series was one of my favourites in ages. The Doctor having a midlife crisis and having to be reminded he's The Doctor was a story that feels like it concluded Peter Capaldi's introduction if The Twelfth Doctor. This years output felt more suited to my personal taste, more horror, darker stories, more multiple episode stories and in 'Heaven Sent' possibly the most 'WTF' moment of TV during 2015.
1. Daredevil
Ever since I was a kid I was into comics, started with the Transformers and then spread into Marvel and beyond. Daredevil was someone who cropped up from time to time as a guest star and not a character I was interested in, to be honest I wasn't interested in this series until I saw the trailer and it was something special. Finally I saw episode one on Netflix and all I can say never have I seen a TV show or film capture a book or comic character so perfectly. I can only implore you to watch, as its brilliant. The confrontation between Daredevil and Kingpin in episode six is brimming with tension, no doubt you would have heard about the fight scenes but theres so much more to this show than that. I'm constantly pausing and rewinding because theres so much to watch out for. By far this was the number one show of 2015 for me.
Hope you enjoyed this blog and if you have any other suggestions you think I missed why not tell me bellow...
