Some that I’m enjoying now or that I watched recently

1. The Adventures of Merlin (3 seasons X 13 episodes, so you can get quite immersed) – Arthurian tales with enough grounding in the archetypal stories that they have my respect, simple enough in story construction that they’ll be appreciated by all ages.  I enjoy the acting, costumes, swordplay, etc.  I think it’s quite good at dealing with questions of identity, which the original archetypal stories did masterfully.
2. Masterpiece Contemporary: The Last Enemy (5 episodes)
3. The Story of India (6 hours) – The history of mankind in general and of India specifically, told by a guy whose interesting and engaging as a person and who clearly understands and respects the many philosophies that have moved through India.
4. Empires: The Medici, Godfathers of the Renaissance (4 episodes X 1 hour) – looks interesting.  I haven’t watched it yet.
5. The Tudors – I’ll bet you’ve seen it.
6. The Forsyte Saga (10 episodes)
7. Limitless – a movie you’ve probably seen

All-time Favorites

1. Dangerous Beauty (my favorite movie)
2. The Red Violin – You MUST have seen this one already.
3. Gloomy Sunday (CD only) – Just watch it!
4. Masterpiece Theater! Foyle’s War – Made me think of my Edinburgh days as a boy.
5. Prime Suspect (7 seasons) – Helen Mirren is awesome!
6. The State Within (7 hours)
7. A Good Woman
8. Chocolat
9. Don Juan DeMarco (CD only)
10. De-Lovely
11. Malena
12. Cinema Paradiso
13. ALL Jane Austin movies
14. Paris, Je T’aime
15. Horatio Hornblower: The New Adventures – 2 full-length films – I wish there were 20.
16. Smilla’s Sense of Snow
17. The Count of Monte Cristo
18. Tea with Mussolini

Off-the-Wall or Somewhat Riskier to Modern Tastes

1. Deep Water
2. Big Love (CD only — 5 seasons X 3 or 4 discs per season, typically 2 episodes per disc as I recall) – Fun view into relationships and cults
3. Island at War (6 episodes)
4. The Grand (10 eposides)
5. To Serve Them All My Days (13 episodes)
6. Woman on Top
7. Basic Instinct 2