It frustrates me how much dull american content we get. Recently i have found some beauties mainly australian japanese and brittish. I wanted a thread where people could recommend some scarcely known non american content. Here are a few great ones

bbc: the wrong mans, life on mars, spy
australia: rake, upper middle bogan
japanese: the devil is a part timer, attack on titan

Love/Hate is a quality gritty Irish crime drama that has a great cast and some classic dark Irish humour. It stars Aidan Gillen (Little Finger) as the psychopathic drug king pin, Misfits fans would recognize Robert Sheehan (Nathan) in a prominent role too.

'The missing' from the UK is decent. 6 episodes or so
'Answered by fire' was a cracking 2 part series about Australia's involvement in East Timor. I highly, highly recommend it.

Silicon Valley (Y)

Some interesting suggestions guys!

I think The League has seriously flown under the radar over here. Also even though it really is comedy in it's most simple form, Blue Mountain State always made me laugh

Edited by MrBrisbane: 17/3/2016 09:00:36 PM

Attack on titan is brillant. Got the first season on dvd (the current season which sbs 2 is showing) read the manga as well . Well written . Try full metal alchemist as well.

Yep I very much missed the non American part.

Actually american comedy is ok
just never like a non comedy from america except GoT but that is a little exhausting to watch at times

yeah i watched death note next and thought it was ordinary so went off anime thinking attack on titan was an abberation

Its brilliant. Like most adaptions it stays true to the book its based on . Genuinely excited by the live action movie coming out sometime soon. I know its old but still love my tekkaman and guyver

i second the league. it can be pretty piss funny and slightly dark for an american comedy.
venture bros is awesome, and metalocalypse.
im ok with hannibal - but sometimes the emotional face acting thing is a bit meh... 10 mins per episode of will graham facial close ups shivering and looking confused makes me want to eat his eyeballs.
nathan for you is pretty fkn funny. the first series anyway.

the australian (original) "review" - 5 stars.
broad city is a great stoner comedy.
veep as well.

im sorry if any of these are already well known. ive been on the road for the last 5 years and ive got no idea whats going on anymore.

Edited by inala brah: 1/8/2015 09:41:45 PM

Yea the league is superb a comedy about fantasy football, whats not to love?

Yea the first two seasons of Hannibal were great, Mads Mikkelsen <3

Notor recommended me the Peaky Blinders, really enjoyed that as well.

Friends isn't too bad, old classic that didn't see much air time back in the late 90s.

Also Breaking Bad is another that flew under the radar.

-PB

Agreed 100%.

The League is one of my all time favourite comedies, the in jokes and and references they run throughout the show are brilliant, it's a shame more people haven't seen it. I can always rewatch The League and BMS without getting bored, any scenes with Thad Castle or Rafi just never fail to make me laugh.

Vikings and Marco Polo are both fantastic. Both shows have a beautiful mix of action and political intrigue.

Vikings is brilliant. Marco Polo could have been better with it's production value.

Paranormal Witness

It's always sunny in Philadelphia, Pawn stars and Orange is the new black.

Good shout on The League too 99

i just watch Rake...fucking funny

There's already a television thread. Why couldn't this be discussed in there?

Mooooooortyyyyy.
Rick and Morty is all-time.

Spartacus. Boobs and violence.
Last Week Tonight with Jon Oliver. Similar to John Stewart/Colbert.
Left of field suggestion - Fool Us: Penn and Teller - is a show where magicians try and fool Penn and Teller. Simple. http://youtu.be/EAN-PwRfJcA
Killjoys is watchable if you are keen on some sci-fi type stuff.

Derek

Nah, this is slightly different.

Yeah, Vikings is sensational for the budget it would have. Some of the acting is fantastic.

I'm only three episodes into Marco Polo, but so far it seems like it's well worth watching.

Agreed. Absolutely love the continual in jokes. However there was one particular episode that had pretty much nothing to do with anything When rafi and dirty randy go after their mate killer. Fuck. Seriously one of the funniest things I've ever seen.

Yep great episode. I'm pretty sure they did a sequel to that episode the next season. Rafi is one of my all time favourite characters in any show

Rake is one of the best series I've ever seen. Series 3 was a little disappointing in quality in my opinion, but still good.