Mini-Series

[Stephen@Cult Labs]

With Vincenzo mentioning buying Centennial,I thtought it it was nice idea to start this thread to get people's memories of their favourite mini-series.There have been so many,some great and some not so good,so what's everyone's favourites?

In no particular order are some of my favourites ( even if they aren't so good ) from over the years....

Salems Lot (original)
Storm Of The Century
Stephen King's Golden Years
Shogun
North And South
Lonesome Dove
V
The Thorn Birds
Celebrity
The Stand
The Last Days of Pompeii
The Sacketts (anything with Sam Elliott is worth watching!)

[vincenzo]

Centennial
Rich Man Poor Man
Roots
I Claudius
For The Term Of His Natural Life
Testimony Of Two Men
The Bastard (though William Shatner as Paul Revere stretched things a bit)
Strong Medicine

[Stephen@Cult Labs]

Originally Posted by vincenzo

The Bastard (though William Shatner as Paul Revere stretched things a bit)

Anything with the Shat is stretching things a bit (and this is from someone who likes him!)

[vincenzo]

Originally Posted by stevoj

Anything with the Shat is stretching things a bit (and this is from someone who likes him!)

He was also in Testimony Of Two Men (as David Birney's father) though luckily he conks out from appendicitis in the first episode.

[pedromonkey]

most of my faves are stephen king adapts....

The Stand
Langoliers
Storm of The century
Tommy Knockers
Salems Lot
It

V: the mini series
V: the final Battle
The Triangle
On The Beach (2000 version)
Roots (amazing)

[vincenzo]

Roots: The Next Generation wasn't bad either (far better than the boring Rich Man Poor Man Book II). Henry Fonda and a too-brief Marlon Brando were excellent.

Also enjoyed the excellent QB VII, the hugely underrated Evening In Byzantium, and The Forsyte Saga (the original, rather than that senseless remake).

[Lordi]

I haven't seen many but some that I like are

Pride and Prejudice (Colin Firth Version)
The History of Tom Jones
GBH (Michael Palin)
The Boys from the Black Stuff



Some that are apparently worth having in your collection are

Heimat
Heimat 2
Heimat 3
Berlin Alexanderplatz
Dekalog
Das Boot
Riget (aka The Kingdom)


and some more that i can't remember at the moment