TV Cult
Here be many of those wonderful "edgy" TV shows we grew up with, the ones generally out of the mainstream, but commanding a loyal following throughout their run, and re-run. As diverse as "Kojak" and "Six Million Dollar Man", "The Monkees" and "Twin Peaks", "Max Headroom" and "Red Dwarf", "The Hitchiker's Guide To The Galaxy" and "The Young Ones"....
The motherlode of "Cult TV" can be scrolled below, however "Comedy TV' , "Drama TV" and "Sci-Fi TV Series" may be worth a scroll. For the whole nine yards stay with "Television Shows"
Remember Max Headroom?
Father Ted: Series 3 (1997)
8.6/10
Director: Declan Lowney
Starring: Dermot Morgan, Ardal O'Hanlon, Pauline McLynn, Frank Kelly
The final series of the divinely inspired Irish comedy with all eight episodes including 'Are You Right There, Father Ted?', 'Chirpy Burpy Cheap Sheep... Read more
Fawlty Towers: Series 1 (1975)
8.8/10
Director: John Howard Davies
Starring: Andrew Sachs, Connie Booth, John Cleese, Prunella Scales
Marvellously rude hotel manager Basil Fawlty operates on a short fuse. His life is plagued by German tourists, hotel inspectors and riff-raff. His big... Read more
Fawlty Towers: Series 2 (1979)
8.8/10
Director: Bob Spiers
Starring: Andrew Sachs, Connie Booth, John Cleese, Prunella Scales
Basil Fawlty's life is plagued by health inspectors, dead guests and a dead drunk chef. Nagging wife Sybil is still his biggest headache yet somehow t... Read more
Fawlty Towers: The Complete Series (1975)
8.8/10
Director: Bob Spiers
Starring: John Cleese, Prunella Scales, Connie Booth, Andrew Sachs
Fawlty Towers remains a timeless example of comic writing, acting, and characterisation at its very best. This special edition DVD set features all 12... Read more
Filthy Rich and Catflap: The Complete Series (1987)
Director: Paul Jackson
Starring: Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer, Adrian Edmondson
Written by Ben Elton "Filthy Rich & Catflap" is the tale of Richie Rich (Mayall), a talentless and unheard of television personality along with Ralph... Read more
Firefly: The Complete Series (2002)
9/10
Director: Various
Starring: Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Morena Baccarin, Adam Baldwin, Jewel St...
500 years in the future, a renegade interstellar officer turned smuggler/rogue is the commander of a small spacecraft with a loyal hand-picked crew sc... Read more
Fishing with John (1992)
8.2/10
Director: John Lurie
Starring: John Lurie, Tom Waits, Matt Dillon, Dennis Hopper, Jim Jarmusch, Willem Dafoe
John Lurie knows absolutely nothing about fishing, but that doesn't stop him from undertaking the adventure of a lifetime on "Fishing With John". Trav... Read more
Flash Gordon: 4 Classic Episodes (1954)
6.5/10
Starring: Steve Holland, Irene Champlin
These four great episodes follow the voyages of space hero Flash Gordon portrayed by Steve Holland, Dale Arden (Irene Champlin) and Doctor Zarkov ("Jo... Read more
Flight of the Conchords: Season 1 (2007)
8.6/10
Starring: Jemaine Clement, Rhys Darby, Bret McKenzie, Kristen Schaal, Arj Barker
Inspired musical-comedy duo Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie may modestly describe themselves as "New Zealand's 4th Most Popular Folk Parody Duo", bu... Read more
Flight of the Conchords: Season 2 (2008)
8.6/10
Starring: Jemaine Clement, Bret McKenzie, Rhys Darby, Kristen Schaal, Arj Barker
Bret and Jemaine came home to Wellington to write new material for the second season of their hit HBO show; shorter than the first, it is rumoured to... Read more