re Favourite Box sets

Bergerac, The West Wing, New Tricks, Rumpole of the Bailey.

Oh Yes here they are

A Dance to the Music of Time
Brideshead Revisited
Mr Selfridge
Lilli
Charles 11 (Rufus Sewell yummy)
Sex and the City
Damages
All Creatures Great and Small

there are more but these are off the top of my head.

My dad spends a lot of time alone when my mum is in bed poorly. He likes a good drama and I almost always get him a box set of something as one of his Christmas presents. I am at a bit of a loss this year. Any ideas would be gratefully received.

My one weakness - yes I am watching Larkrise this winter - is Casablance , I have to watch it every time I see it is being shown on tv, I dare not buy the DVD or record it

I often buy box sets of ITV/Ch4 series as I hate watching them with the adverts. I also find that I often don't understand what I've watched and I have to see certain episodes again to work out who's who. When we go away for a week or so I've started taking box sets with me so that if the weather is bad I can watch them..the latest purchase being Sherlock which I never saw when it was on the telly but has had rave reviews. I shall do the same with series two of The Returned when it comes out. Also can't wait for the next Game of Thrones to come out [annoyingly not till March] as I like to listen to the commentary on each episode as they explain why they use certain camera angles, locations etc I'm currently working my way through all episodes of The IT crowd which, again, I didn't watch when it was on the telly.

I can happily re-watch films and TV and get something different out of it each time. Bit like re-reading book.

I agree on watching detective stories Nina, I dip into Morse because I was a big fan of John Thaw

Still repeat watching roses no matter how far apart
If that's your thing then, great. I don't understand the enjoyment of watching a mystery/ detective story when you know the outcome. Just a personal thing.

Nobody watches them one after the other, in fact it may be a year or two between watching episodes.

Larkrise to Candleford. Ballykisssngel . Morse.

We don't have any, I don't see the appeal of watching something repeatedly.

I LOVE Pride and Prejudice,have been watching it many times and not tire of it . Has to be the one with Colin Firth though.

Yes, I like Foyle's War too, also Morse, Extras, Spaced, and Stella Street.

Foyle's War - great acting and brilliant period feel.