http://www.imdb.com/list/W8fSt0myNDA/ I can watch and rewatch these endlessly. Enjoy! And please let me know of any gems out there I have missed! Sun, 26 Dec 2010 15:21:59 GMT Sun, 26 Dec 2010 17:14:51 GMT Sun, 26 Dec 2010 15:36:01 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090431/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090431/ Fun and engaging with great performances and a typically ingenious Archer plot Sun, 26 Dec 2010 15:36:10 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0159090/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0159090/ Best Becky Sharp ever. Sun, 26 Dec 2010 15:38:08 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088583/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088583/ A nostalgic choice, I'll admit, but still everything a mini series should be - engaging, outrageous and sumptuous, with heroes to love and villains to shake your fist at... Sun, 26 Dec 2010 15:38:22 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118297/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0118297/ Intricate and beautiful, melancholic and absorbing. Sun, 26 Dec 2010 15:39:53 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0256019/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0256019/ One of the most delicate and moving mini series I've ever seen, with an intriguing personal mystery at its heart Sun, 26 Dec 2010 15:42:17 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088547/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088547/ Another romp - everything an 80s mini series should be. Sun, 26 Dec 2010 15:42:25 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075572/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075572/ Fantastic. I remember seeing it as a teenager and never get tired of watching it. A little dated, but still a powerhouse. Sun, 26 Dec 2010 15:42:33 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080274/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080274/ Great adaptation of a fantastic book. While I'm not normally a Richard Chamberlain fan, he is great in this, and the whole thing is visually spectacular. Sun, 26 Dec 2010 15:44:02 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101053/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101053/ You'll be hard pressed to find an Australian who hasn't seen this - it swept the nation by storm and is one of the few Aussie mini series that deserves the accolades showered upon it. utterly engrossing and one of Naomi Watts' first big roles. Also, Russell Crowe in a small role (before he bacame a Terribly Serious and Important Actor Who Is Not To Be Trifled With). Sun, 26 Dec 2010 15:44:16 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088727/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088727/ Spectacular. Introduce your 13-14 yo daughter/niece/grand-daughter to this one and not only will she be able to quote it verbatim in a week, but she'll devour every book in the series...lots of fun. Also, a terrific mother-daughter watch. Sun, 26 Dec 2010 15:45:42 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0481459/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0481459/ With so many retellings, you think we'd all be tired of Elizabeth I. I love Cate in the films, but there's something about this mini series that just draws you in. You'll want to start again as soon as it's ended. Sun, 26 Dec 2010 15:46:07 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083480/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083480/ Nearly as good as Tinker Tailor and just as ominous and enthralling. Sun, 26 Dec 2010 15:48:15 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1050057/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1050057/ Fantastic! And with the wonderful Maxine Peake.... Sun, 26 Dec 2010 15:48:21 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0295266/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0295266/ Mini series melodrama as only the Italians can do it! Sophia Loren is tremendous, Giancarlo Giannini superb and the plot will have you gesticulating wildly with mediterranean passion at the injustice and intrigue... Sun, 26 Dec 2010 15:49:52 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0130414/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0130414/ really, really, really fun! my favourite Merlin. Sun, 26 Dec 2010 15:55:40 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0278588/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0278588/ John Simm is amazing in this series and does his usual trick of making what could have been merely a solid mini series golden. Sun, 26 Dec 2010 15:55:50 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0349747/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0349747/ Another poignant masterpiece from Stephen Poliakoff. Exquisite. Sun, 26 Dec 2010 15:58:05 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0184157/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0184157/ And Poliakoff does it again. Perfect script, perfect performances, perfect direction. Sun, 26 Dec 2010 16:28:10 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0967877/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0967877/ My absolute favourite. I could watch it every day and still find something new in the performances. Alec Guiness, Ian Richardson, Patrick Stewart and Beryl Reid....what more could you ask for? See it before the remake comes out. (I have high hopes for the new one - it's got a great cast - I just hope it has the same slow burn suspense and gravitas of this one...) Sun, 26 Dec 2010 16:28:37 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098825/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098825/ This will blow you away. Ian Richardson is wickedly good as the Macchiavellian Francis Urquart. A disturbingly delicious portrayal of power and manipulation in the hands of a master. Unforgettable. Sun, 26 Dec 2010 16:28:52 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108962/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108962/ Second in the 3 part House of Cards trilogy, our friend, FU, takes on a warm and fuzzy (and suspiciously familar..) monarch. As good as the first installation, with a great performance from Michael Kitchen. Richardson delights with his ruthless portrayal. Sun, 26 Dec 2010 16:29:37 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111960/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111960/ The final in the trilogy, Richardson's Francis goes to unimaginable lengths to hold onto power, spurred on by Diane Fletcher in a breathtakingly venal perfomance as Elizabeth, his wife. Astoundingly good. Sun, 26 Dec 2010 16:37:33 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0122579/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0122579/ This is a beautiful moving series with the eminently watchable John Simm. Moving and heartbreaking with brilliant performances from young (at the time) actors. Sun, 26 Dec 2010 17:02:53 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115230/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0115230/ Weird and wonderful; Dennis Potter never disappoints. Albert Finney is magnificent. Watch this one, and, if you enjoy it as much as I did, you can follow with "Cold Lazarus", which is just as good. Sun, 26 Dec 2010 17:07:04 GMT http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090521/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090521/ Dennis Potter at his best (which is very, very good). Much better than the film with Robert Downey Jr (although I really liked him and the film version, the series is soooooooooooooo much better).