

A little jittery in the opening two series, delving as it does into the realm of the soap opera, The Sopranos nevertheless finds it's feet in series 3-6, and in the process becomes the greatest TV drama of all time. A must-see, a life-changer.


Grittier, less glamorous and a damn-sight harder to follow without subtitles than The Sopranos, The Wire is a Baltimore-set drama with oodles of wit, suspense and intelligence that will hook you like a bass to a maggot.


Danish crime caper featuring - somewhat predictably for this genre - the death of an attractive 20-something girl, and subsequent search for a culprit. Beautifully shot, very well acted and altogether more satisfying than the stock American dramas that have flooded our screens for the last 20 years.