Foreign TV Series?

I posted two good ones and only one poster replied (that I can remember).

Braquo- French cop show. An undercover unit goes a bit too undercover and gets involved in all kinds of shadiness, a bit like the Shield (found on FX).

Romanzo Criminale- Italian gangsters who took over Rome's drug trade in the 70s (found on Sky Arts).
 
You should try some of the American ones.

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Yep, because it's tremendous. Heimat (1984) is another great German one, but they've both referred to themselves as 'films'. Berlin Alexanderplatz was originally shown in two sittings over the course of two days on the big screen. I personally see it as more of a mini-series much like Dekalog. The Das Boot (1985) mini-series too.

Spiral (2005, on BBC4) is more of a traditional tv series, it's not brilliant by any means but it's better than most of the other English-language crap crime series' on at the moment. Not as good as Forbrydelsen but still worth a watch. It's an easy watch.

Watched the first couple of episodes of The Kingdom/Riget, it's good but very strange.

Epitafios (2004):

A teacher took as hostage 4 students so the school authorities would listen to his demands. Due to an accident, the 4 students died that night. 5 years later, the corpse of that teacher is found, along with 2 graves that bears the names of 3 people who were directly involved with the incident that night; focusing particulary on Laura Santini (a psychologist) and Renzo Marquez (a policeman that retired after the incident and now works as a taxi driver). Following the clues left in the crime scene, soon they realize that the person behind it has been planning a series of murders for the last 5 years, and that he intends to kill everyone who was involved with the school incident; leaving Laura and Renzo for the end.
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Anyone watched Matador (1978)?

If you're looking for at tv-version of Danish history from late twenties to late fourties this is THE ONE. Never ever has anything been shown on Danish TV with this kind of appeal to all sorts of people. No matter the social background one may have this series appeals to everyone.

With a truly remarkable casting of practically all Danish actors worthwhile mentioning the storyline is proven extremely strong as it is emphazied by the fabulous acting of all actors and actresses of which many now, unfortunately, are dead.

It has a true unique feature which most of well-known tv-series don't have; you can watch it again and again for each time you'll discover new things. For any Dane this is a fundamental part to understanding the history of a time which may be long gone but never will be forgotten.

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When Matador was shown the first time on TV, the streets of Denmark lay empty. Approximately 50-60% of the country's population was inside watching the fascinating history of the imaginary town "Korsbaek" and its inhabitants unfold and evolve.

The DVD box set has been purchased by over 1.000.000 people in Denmark (which only has a population of approx. 5.200.000)!!!
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Braquo is a must. Season 2 finished on fx not long back- also Spiral (these are both french) 4th season starting later in year on bbc.
 
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Anyone watched Matador (1978)?
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Pretty much every Dane have, I think. Not sure how interesting it is for non-Danish people really, but if you like old stuff it's probably great.

Now that we're on Danish TV shows "Rejseholdet" ("Unit 1"/"Unit One" in the UK I think) is/was also quite popular. CSI-like show, but with emphasis on characters and actual case-solving - not just fannying about with fancy equipment. All the cases are also based on real-life case which is a nice touch I think.
 
La Piovra (1984), an Italian mafia TV show is one of the best TV shows I have ever seen, surely in my Top 10. Although I was a kid when I saw it, it really looked fantastic to me and is highly rated too.
 
I used to love this show, a must for Mafia fans. Got it all recently but am having trouble finding English subtitles for some of the later seasons.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Piovra

Cracking intro music by Morricone.

 
Nothing extraordinary but better than a lot of sitcom comedies in the US, the new Matthew Perry series Go On might do well
 
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