Yesterday we published a list of what our critics considered the greatest 50 TV dramas of all time. And you were quick to tell us what you thought of it. Some of you felt the decision to put The Sopranos at No 1 was a mistake. Others felt The Wire should have featured higher than No 14.
What seemed to bother many of you more than the ranking, however, was that certain shows didn't feature on the list all. The field is so wide that of course the potential for disagreement is limitless – yet the same titles recurred in the comments you made about the poll. Where was Deadwood? (The answer is our writers considered it but only gave it middling votes so it didn't make the top 50.) What about Edge of Darkness, the 1985 nuclear conspiracy thriller? Why no Lost? How could we have overlooked I, Claudius? More generally, why was there no European drama on the list (many of you mentioned Edgar Reitz's wonderful epic, Heimat)?
So, let's watch some of these series together and decide whether or nor the critics really have done them an injustice. We'll start next week with Edge of Darkness. First rule of TV Club: talk about it and tell all your friends. Second rule of TV Club: get a copy of EoD right now, start watching, and then come back to the TV site next Wednesday to read our blog on the first episode of the series and discuss what you made of it.
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