If I were to watch one show from your country, what would you recommend?
We can obviously skip English language shows as those are all well known. I’m sure other countries also have great shows that are not that popular. Ideally, something original and specific to this country, not some big Netflix show that’s the same a shows from any other country.
To start, from Spain I would recommend “Riot Police”: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10883660/
Great story, great characters, great acting. It covers universal problems like police brutality and corruption so it’s accessible to anyone but it also shows them though a Spanish prism that makes it unique.
Mr Inbetween is probably the most popular, but if you want an Australian version of The Office I would highly recommend Utopia.
Seconding Mr Inbetween cause it deserves it.
Just finished watching it. Best show I’ve seen in a long time. Exactly my type. Simple idea but with some depth, perfect balance between being entertaining and down to earth kind of show. Thanks.
Glad you liked it.
Thirding Mr Inbetween. Very good and kind of a fresh take on the topic. I’ve watched it a couple times already. Wish they would have made more but at the same time it ended up very well.
Israel: HaPijamot (literally: The Pajamas). It’s a sitcom for kids (but really more for their parents IMO) about a mediocre band that’s trying to make it big in Tel Aviv. The show often breaks the fourth wall in a way that’s really hard for me to explain. It’s kind of like a mockumentary, but it plays with it a lot. For example, there’s a “white screen” sometimes where the cast pauses the show to explain something to the audience. It’s clearly an abstract place that doesn’t canonically exist in the world. But occasionally it plays a role in the plot, e.g. a character goes there to hide from everyone else, or someone would abuse the system and activate the white screen to get out of a sticky situation.
The original premise of the band quickly becomes secondary, it’s just a great show with excellent writing and a great cast. It even has a few spin-offs, including a great one where the fast food shop owner becomes a detective.
I think you may have triggered a rewatch for me, it’s been years since I last saw it!
Germany, but limited to comedy (cause I don’t really watch any shows, but if I do then it’s comedy):
- Stromberg - a German office show, focused on just one department with an absolute dickhead for a boss. But the worker characters are great too.
- Pastewka - a series of the actor/comedian Bastian Pastewka where he basically plays himself in his private life. Often compared to Curb Your Enthusiasm, but while there are similarities it’s a totally different character IMO.
- jerks - basically the title, two friends who are jerks. They’re often getting into awkward situations and try to resolve them with lies and brazenness.
I love them all three, hard to pick one as the best. Probably Stromberg.
All of that sounds like cringe comedy. I’ll be skipping those. Thanks for the warning, I guess 😆.
UK: I’d recommend Slow Horses on AppleTV. Gary Oldman heads a cast of misfits from an MI5 unit of rejects. Drama and comedy in a perfect blend.
Kaamelott is a good French short format comedie series. Most of the humor is based on puns, word plays and quiproquo, it would be absolutely impossible to translate and it wouldn’t be funny to anyone who isn’t absolutely fluent in French. No need to thank me for this useless recommendation.
From Greece, To Nisi (The Island) is the best I’ve seen. It’s about an island where they used to move people with leprosy.
Eteros Ego (The Other Me) is supposed to be one of the best but haven’t gotten around to watching it yet. It’s a crime show that’s a sequel to the movie with the same name. The movie is on YouTube with English subs.
I’m German and I couldn’t recommand any show from my country in good conscience.
The overnight Bernt das Brot broadcasts on Kika. You’re welcome.
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Not even “Alarm für Cobra 11”? 😁
There’s “dark”, but that’s a pretty well known netflix series.
There is a lot of trash being produced, but I think Der Tatortreiniger and Stromberg are German shows which can definitely be recommended.
Stromberg is Germany’s “The Office”, btw.
“Nicht nachmachen” is strongly recommended







