7 Bbc Tv Series You May Not Have Seen And Should Definitely, Definitely Watch

Hello, in today's video I am going to talk about 10 BBC TV series which you may not have seen and should definitely, definitely watch. I'm gonna split this into two, I'll do the first 7 today and then the last three tomorrow. A bit of admin: some of them are on the list because they were on recently and I don't think they got the audience that they deserved, so I am going to thrust them on you. And some of them were on quite a while ago so I think that they deserve a whole new audience. Also they're not in any particular order. First one is Casanova, starring David Tennant as Casanova, and also Peter O'Toole as Casanova. This is pretty much the role that made David Tennant famous so it's really interesting. It's also written by Russell T Davies so any Doctor Who fan who wants to see Russell T Davies and David Tennant working together pre-Doctor Who. It's a very funny, very fun, but also very moving production, and I really love it and I go back to it quite often. It's a great watch and I recommend it if you haven't seen it yet. Next thing is the BBC TV series All the Small Things which I loved but nobody else seemed to love it so I'm going to try and convince you that it is worth loving. It is about a small town choir and the small-town choir perform songs by Blink 182 and All American Rejects. That should be enough. Number three is Love Soup. There is a series 1 and a series 2. Series one starred Tamzin Greig and Michael Landes as star-crossed lovers destined never to meet, and then series 2 was mainly Tamzin Greig. I enjoyed it when it was on in around 2005 I think, and I think it deserves a resurgence. They're kinda two separate shows but both of them are pretty good. Number 4, Big Train. It is a sketch show, there were two series, like any sketch show there are bits that are brilliant and some bits that aren't. I'm just gonna list the cast for you and leave it at that. Julia Davis, Kevin Eldon, Mark Heap, Simon Pegg, Rebecca Front, Tracy Ann Oberman, Catherine Tate. 5 is Coupling, it was often described at the time as like a British friends but I think it's a different beast. It's written by Steven Moffat and I think it's the best thing Steven Moffat has ever done. I'm looking forward to rewatching them actually and remembering a time when I thought Steven Moffat could do no wrong. It's funny and it's clever. Number 6 is Wizards vs Aliens which I don't have a DVD of. It's also the only children's TV program on my list. Series 1 was sort of like how you would expect: wizards, aliens lots of fun, hijinks. Series 2 however was outstanding, there were some really serious and important story lines and they were handled sensitively. I think the actors really came into their own in series 2 and I cannot wait for series 3. If you don't often go around watching kids' TV then make an exception for this, especially series 2. Number seven is Shakespeare Retold, although this isn't so much a series and more 4 stand-alone episodes. It's 4 modern adaptations of Much Ado About Nothing, Macbeth, The Taming of the Shrew and A Midsummer Night's Dream. Much Ado About Nothing is by far my favourite of these, it stars Sarah Parish and Damien Lewis. Macbeth stars James McAvoy, Taming of the Shrew stars Shirley Henderson and Rufus Sewell, and Midsummer Night's Dream has Lennie James and Sharon Small and Johnny Vegas. It was pretty popular when it was on TV but that was quite a long time ago now. If you can't get into Shakespeare then these are a fantastic way to get into Shakespeare, because they are the story but not the language. And I think they do a really good job of portraying the story in a modern setting. So those are the first seven and do tell me what you think about them if you watch them. Tomorrow shall be my final three so see you then.