Box set club
Our club that looks at the DVDs we raid when the schedules are bare but the sofa still calls
Am I one of Danny Cohen's box set snobs?
The BBC's head of television says those who claim US imports are better than UK drama are out of touch with ordinary British audiences
Box set club: Frasier
Daniel Bettridge: Like a fine wine, Frasier grows better with time. Although it's now a little dated, being older helps you appreciate it even more
Box Set Club: The Lakes
Sarah Hughes: Twentysomething sex, drink and drugs collides with harsh reality in Jimmy McGovern's Cumbria-set morality tale
Box Set Club: Nathan Barley
Johnny Dee: Charlie Brooker and Chris Morris's excellent sitcom isn't quite the museum piece you'd imagine – it's well futile
Box Set Club: The Street
David Stubbs: Jimmy McGovern's BBC1 drama about extraordinary events in ordinary lives was gritty, but also great – especially a second time around
Box Set Club: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
James Donaghy: Subversive, funny and emotionally engaging: there is still nothing like this cultural icon
Box Set Club: The Good Life
Julia Raeside: This 70s tale of self-sufficiency has a warmth and lightness of touch that can brighten even these austere times
Box Set Club: The Shield
Kathy Sweeney: Based on a notorious real-life case of LA police corruption, The Shield ranks among the best television ever made
Box Set Club: Six Feet Under
Johnny Dee: Its strange camera angles, music and superb titles have informed everything from Breaking Bad to Luther to Mad Men
Box Set Club: My So-Called Life
Sarah Hughes: Watching this drama again was a curiously emotional experience as it's still a wonderfully honest account of teen life
Box Set Club: Sex and the City
Julia Raeside: After some clunky opening episodes, it doesn't take long for series one to morph into the show I remember so fondly
Box Set Club: Deadwood
James Donaghy: HBO's groundbreaking frontier drama remains outstanding even if its influence is negligible
Box Set Club: Our Friends in the North
Stuart Evers: In the first of a series looking back at our favourite boxsets we revisit the epic drama charting the demise of old Labour
The joy of box sets
Vicky Frost: We're launching a Box Set Club to discuss classic shows that deserve a rewatch. Join us each week as we work our way through some essential DVDs
