The 10 Best TV Shows Nobody Watched
A list of great tv shows that just didn't get the viewing figures they deserved (at least here in the UK).
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- CreatorChristopher McQuarrieStarsJason WilesDaisy BettsChadwick BosemanSeveral strangers awaken and find themselves imprisoned inside a small ghost town. They quickly search for answers and along the way start to question each other's motives.Highly original conspiracy/fantasy tv series about a group of strangers who find themselves trapped in an American town with no way of escape and a mysterious organisation watching their every move. The man in the Chinese restaurant is not who he appears!
(If this sounds strangely familiar it's because Wayward Pines used virtually the exact same setup.) - CreatorDavid BeairdStarsFisher StevensDenise CrosbyLara PiperSeamus O'Neill is a Hemingway wannabe who strikes it rich and uses his newfound wealth to move to Key West in search of inspiration for his writing. He interacts with many colorful characters in this offbeat locale.A wonderfully quirky tv comedy set in Key West (obviously) starring Fisher Stevens, Diane Crosby and Jennifer Tilly. Very similar in style to Northern Exposure.
- StarsXander BerkeleyJennifer Del RosarioJenni BlongAn apparently random group of strangers each enter into a Faustian pact with a mysterious figure, whom they believe possesses the power to grant any wish. In return, they must carry out an assigned task and update him on their progress.Again SOOOOO original. Every episode was about 25 minutes long and consisted of people talking to a man in a diner, a man who had the power to grant any wish, but at a cost.
- StarsSimon CallowBrenda BlethynBill PertweeTom Chance's life is filled with coincidences, leading to his meeting Alison and frequent wrongful arrests. Despite evidence, the Police Sergeant instructs officers not to arrest him due to the pattern of coincidences.Brilliant British sitcom about a man who winds up in the most bizarre situations because of the weirdest coincidences. Starred the amazingly talented Simon Callow and the wonderful Brenda Blethyn, but as far as I know it has never ever been repeated on TV since the 80s.
- StarsPeter KrauseJulianna MarguliesPeter JacobsonA detective investigates a mysterious motel room which acts as a portal to anywhere in the world.Three part fantasy series about a mythical room whose ordinary objects end up in our world where they have incredible powers - a bus ticket that transports anyone that touches it to New Mexico, a comb that stops time for 10 seconds when you run it through your hair, a radio that makes the user three inches taller.
- CreatorJack ThorneStarsLily LovelessTom EllisDaniel KaluuyaPaul has apocalyptic dreams, and sees spirits of the dead called The Fades. He must stop them before they destroy humanity.Again an amazing and overlooked British fantasy series about a boy that can see dead spirits, spirits that are trying to get a physical form and destroy the human race. It features future stars of Agents of SHIELD and Game of Thrones.
- CreatorStephen ChboskyJosh SchaerJonathan E. SteinbergStarsSkeet UlrichLennie JamesAshley ScottA small town in Kansas is literally left in the dark after seeing a mushroom cloud over nearby Denver, Colorado. The townspeople struggle to find answers about the blast and solutions on how to survive.Skeet Ulrich in a show about Nuclear Holocaust. May have been more popular in the US but very few people saw it here.
- CreatorCameron PorsandehStarsBilly CampbellKyra ZagorskyMark GhaniméA team of scientists are thrust into a potentially life-or-death situation when they arrive in the Arctic to secretly investigate what could be an outbreak of a strange disease in a secluded international research facility.One of my favourite tv shows at the moment but I think I am the only one in the UK watching! Love the quirky jolly music that starts every episode, in total contrast to all the blood and death that follows.
- CreatorShaun CassidyStarsGary ColeLucas BlackPaige TurcoA quiet, seemingly-quaint small town is ruled over by its charming yet evil sheriff who uses his demonic powers to remove anyone who dares to stand in his way. The only one he fears is a young boy he fathered through rape.Gary Cole in a tv series about the devil and the Antichrist in a small South Carolina town.
- CreatorDennis KellyStarsAdeel AkhtarPaul HigginsNeil MaskellAfter a group of people, who meet online, discover a bizarre graphic novel which seems to hold mysterious answers, they find themselves being tracked down by a merciless organization known merely as 'The Network'."Where is Jessica Hyde?"
A group of people come across a graphic novel and suddenly find themselves hunted by a shadowy government organisation. Beautifully shot in amazing hues, full of drama, comedy and bizarre characters. And one horrible torture scene involving a spoon that'll have you shielding your eyes!