Television

Kim's Convenience

I got this from the fediverse in another thread but kims convenience is hilarious. the brother I think did a marvel film recently to.

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TURN -George Washington's Spies.

Black Sails

Being Erica

Forever Knight

La femme Nikita (Peta Wilson version)

Space above and Beyond

Sliders

Doraleus and Associates (web series)

Dr Horribles Singalong Blog (is this okay for this list?)

Due South

Celebrity Deathmatch

Ask a Ninja (early YouTube channel)

Probably only lesser known depending on age but I always like Due South.

Someone mentioned Patriot here the other day, and I think that qualifies as at least lesser-known.

Also going to plug the Canadian TV series Sort Of, about a trans woman who is a nanny for her friend's two kids.

I was also surprised I had missed Spaced, a kind of surrealist sitcom starring Simon Pegg and directed by Edgar Wright (think: Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the Dead). Not sure it counts as obscure or lesser-known, but it was for me anyway.

Mr Inbetween is an excellent Aussie show. Haven't found anything else that captures our culture so well.

Not sure where the bar sits for obscure / under the radar. There's plenty of more popular shows I normally recommend.

Keeping it less known I guess:

Sense8 - slow start but cool concept

The goes wrong show - brilliant little piece of British theatre humour. Some great recurring gags

And second another commenter's recommendation of you're the worst as a good laugh.

The Terror - season 1 especially is so well done

This is going to hurt - UK medical drama, both hilarious and heartbreaking

Three from the BBC, all free on Youtube.

The Prisoner

I, Claudius

Connections

Corner Gas, brilliant comedy about a tiny Saskatchewan town set around a gas station that is connected to a diner and the oddball people that live there.

You'll come for the quaint setting, stay for the Jackass screaming Oscar.

Lesser-known?

The Time Tunnel.

Murdoch Mysteries is the only show I keep up with weekly. It's Victorian, Canadian CSI.

I’m going to recommend the 1970s BBC series “Survivors”. It’s kind of like Walking Dead lite, without the zombies.

Avoid the 2000s remake though. It’s ridiculous.

I also recommend the 1971 BBC series I mentioned in another thread, about a futuristic fascist government in Britain: “the Guardians”.

Border Line - British mockumentary that follows airport security forces. Even though The Office was British originally, this feels like they took they the US' Office and put their spin on that. There's definitely a Michael, a Dwight, a Pam and Jim etc. It's pretty fucking funny, but unfortunately they only made 2 seasons before it got canceled.

Children Of The Stones, 1977 British childrens' horror show. A historian and his young son visit a small village whose residents hold secrets about an ancient stone monument.

Like most 70s British TV, there's no production budget, and entirely dependent on script writing and actors to create atmosphere.

• Odyssey 5 (Only lasted a season, but damn...)

• Boardwalk Empire (for some reason the least talked about and most forgotten HBO show)

• Into the Badlands (Deserved a longer life. Great martial arts action in a post-apocalypse)

• First Wave (Nostrodamus, Conspiracy theories and the first wave of an secret Alien invasion)

• Seven Days (The younger lapaglia brother jumps back in time 7 days to prevent various threats)

• Sense8 (strangers from all over the world find themselves linked mentally for some reason)

Life on Mars (2008, the US version.)

I didn’t see these:
Halt and Catch Fire (AMC)
For all Man Kind (Apple TV)

I did not see Herman's Head mentioned. I've only met one other person that remembers it. Not great in a change-your-doors-of-perception for life, but a fun sitcom from the early '90s.

Mr Inbetween