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20 best shows like How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989)

List of the best shows and series like How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989): Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, Ghosts, Dead Pixels, Fungus the Bogeyman, Switch, Yonderland, Being Human, Cavegirl, The Watch, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace.

Markimdb: 8.2
Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, adventure, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:39

A comedic thriller that follows the bizarre adventures of eccentric “holistic” detective Dirk Gently and his reluctant assistant Todd. An adaptation of Douglas Adams’ wildly successful comic novels.

Markimdb: 8.3
Genrefantasy, comedy
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration00:40

A cash-strapped young couple inherit a grand country house, only to find it is both falling apart and teeming with the ghosts of former inhabitants.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrefantasy, comedy
CountryUnited Kingdom

Meg, Nicky and Usman's lives all revolve around their obsession for the massively popular fantasy game "Kingdom Scrolls" – a mystical, magical and most importantly virtual world of wizards and wyverns. But when gaming n00b Russell bumbles into their team, the group find themselves increasingly forced to deal with the real world.

Markimdb: 6
Genrefantasy, comedy, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom

An adaptation of Raymond Briggs' children's classic that mixes live action and CGI animation to follow the adventures of a family of green monsters who live in the slimy underground world of Bogeydom. Fungus and his wife Mildew suspect their son Mould is illicitly dabbling in human culture, sparking a family argument that sees the boy flee to the surface. Above ground in Daventry, Daryl Hedge's go-getting wife Wendy won't let him forget it that he is unemployed, while his daughter Lucy has fallen for a disagreeable older boy called Dean.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrehorror, action, thriller, fantasy, comedy, drama, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration00:45

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Markimdb: 7.8
Genrefantasy, comedy
CountryUnited Kingdom

A bored young mum steps through a portal and discovers a world of incompetent knights, monks who are incapable of lying, and a race of people intent on firing the cleverest amongst them into the sun.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genrehorror, fantasy, comedy, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration00:56

The central premise of Being Human is that various types of supernatural beings exist alongside human beings, with varying degrees of menace; that three of these supernatural beings are opting to live amongst human beings rather than apart from them; and that these three characters are attempting (as much as is possible) to live ordinary human lives despite the pressures and dangers of their situations. They are constantly threatened with exposure or persecution, with pressure from other supernatural creatures, and with problems caused by their attempts to deal with their own natures.

Markimdb: 5.9
Genrefantasy, comedy, family
CountryUnited Kingdom

Cavegirl is a British TV series directed by Daniel Peacock. It starred Stacey Cadman, Stephen Marcus, Jennifer Guy, Harry Capehorn and Lucinda Rhodes-Flaherty. It followed the adventures of a teenage cavegirl. Although based in the time of cave people there are many references to modern pop culture and in a similar vein to The Flintstones there are many ancient versions of modern inventions featured.

Markimdb: 5.4
Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom

A group of misfit cops rise up from decades of helplessness to save their corrupt city from catastrophe. Inspired by the characters created by Sir Terry Pratchett’s famous “Discworld” novels.

Markimdb: 8.5
Genrehorror, fantastic, fantasy, comedy
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration02:38

A maverick doctor battles with the evil forces lurking beneath a hospital in Romford, engaged in a desperate struggle against poor production values, awful dialogue and unrealistic violence...

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrehorror, fantastic, fantasy, comedy, drama, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA

A ghost-hunting duo team up to uncover and film paranormal sightings across the U.K. and share their adventures on an online channel. Their supernatural experiences grow more frequent, terrifying, and even deadly as the pair begin to uncover a conspiracy that could threaten the entire human race.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genrefantasy, comedy, family, crime
CountryUnited Kingdom

Adapted from Forrest Wilson's books, the children's programme revolves around a grandmother with super powers and her arch nemesis, The Scunner Campbell.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, drama, adventure
CountryCanada, Germany, United Kingdom, USA
Duration01:33

A Time Prophet predicted that Kai would be the one to destroy the divine order in the league of the 20,000 planets, someday that will happen, but not today. Today a cowardly security guard, an undead assassin, a female with a body designed for sex and a robot head madly in love with her all make up the crew of the spaceship Lexx, the most powerful weapon in the two universes.

Markimdb: 8.3
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, adventure, family, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom, Germany, USA
Duration06:57

The 10th Kingdom is an American fairytale fantasy miniseries written by Simon Moore and produced by Britain's Carnival Films, Germany's Babelsberg Film und Fernsehen, and the USA's Hallmark Entertainment. It depicts the adventures of a young woman and her father after they are transported from Manhattan, New York, through a magical mirror into a parallel world of fairy tales, magical beings, evil stepmothers and self-discovery. The miniseries was initially broadcast over five nights in two-hour episodes on NBC, beginning February 27, 2000. It garnered good reviews but very poor ratings. It won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Design in 2000.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrefantasy, comedy, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration01:00

Four contemporary adaptations of classic fairy tales, Rapunzel, Cinderella, The Emperor's New Clothes and Billy Goats Gruff.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genrefantasy, comedy, adventure, family
CountryUnited Kingdom

Catweazle is a British television series, created and written by Richard Carpenter which was produced and directed by Quentin Lawrence for London Weekend Television under the LWI banner, and screened in the UK on ITV in 1970. A second season in 1971 was directed by David Reid and David Lane. Both series had thirteen episodes each, with Geoffrey Bayldon playing the leading role.The series was broadcast in Ireland, Britain, Gibraltar, New Zealand, The Netherlands, Germany, Australia, Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Czechoslovakia, Nicaragua and Quebec. The first episode is available to view in full at the BFI Screenonline site.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genrefantasy, comedy
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration00:60

Aziraphale, an angel, and Crowley, a demon, join forces to find the Antichrist and stop Armageddon.

Markimdb: 8
Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, drama
CountryUSA

Wanda Maximoff and Vision—two super-powered beings living idealized suburban lives—begin to suspect that everything is not as it seems.

Markimdb: 8.1
Genrefantasy, comedy, detective
CountrySouth Korea

Noodle shop employees by day and demon hunters by night, the Counters use special abilities to chase down malevolent spirits that prey on humans.

Markimdb: 9.1
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, adventure, detective
CountryTurkey

Leyla ile Mecnun is a Turkish television comedy series. The show is set in Istanbul, Turkey and premiered in 2011 on TRT. The series is a surreal and absurd comedy that revolves around the fictional love story between Leyla and Mecnun.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
CountrySouth Korea
Duration01:06

Cha Dae Woong accidentally releases a troublesome Gumiho, a legendary fox with nine tails, sealed inside a painting. Fleeing the scene, Dae Woong suffers a life-threatening fall and is only saved by the Gumiho, who gives him her "fox bead". When Dae Woong awake and meet a mysterious pretty girl, he initially treat her as eccentric or mentally ill, before fully understanding that she is a Gumiho in disguise. He agrees to stay with her and he tries to keep her happy, while hiding her true identity as a Gumiho from others by introducing her as his friend, Mi Ho. Slowly, however, he becomes less scared of her and more protective of her, and finally admitting to himself and to her that he loves her. As the story unfolds, Mi Ho pursues her goal of becoming human and stays with Dae Woong.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, family
CountryUSA
Duration00:22

Samantha Stephens is a seemingly normal suburban housewife who also happens to be a genuine witch, with all the requisite magical powers. Her husband Darrin insists that Samantha keep her witchcraft under wraps, but situations invariably require her to indulge her powers while keeping her bothersome mother Endora at bay.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrefantasy, comedy, detective
CountrySouth Korea

Kim Moo-Young has been a zombie for the past 2 years. To survive, he has mimicked the mannerisms of humans in a village. He then leaves for the city. There, Kim Moo-Young opens an office to work as a private detective. He does not remember anything before he became a zombie. He struggles to live with humans and to regain his past memory. Meanwhile, Kong Sun-Ji used to be a writer of a current affairs complaint program. A witness in a case, she was working on, was attacked by an unknown man. Due to that, she quit her job. She becomes involved with Kim Moo-Young and takes a part-time position at his private detective office.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrefantasy, comedy, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:33

June and Oscar live a comfortable but very predictable wedded life when suddenly they find themselves in a completely unexpected situation, raising questions about love and marriage.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, adventure
CountryCanada
Duration00:43

Being Erica is a Canadian comedy-drama television series that aired on CBC from January 5, 2009 to December 12, 2011. Created by Jana Sinyor, the series was originally announced by the CBC as The Session, but was retitled Being Erica before debuting in 2009. It is produced by Temple Street Productions and distributed internationally by BBC Worldwide. The show stars Erin Karpluk as Erica Strange, a woman who begins seeing a therapist to deal with regrets in her life, only to discover the therapist has the ability to send her back in time to actually relive these events and even change them. In Canada, the second season premiered on September 22, 2009. Only 12 episodes were produced for the second season due to budget cuts at the CBC. On May 11, 2010, the CBC announced that Being Erica was renewed for a third season of 13 episodes. Soapnet announced that it was picking up the full third season as well. Season 3 debuted on September 21, 2010, at 9 pm ET, on CBC Television. In the United States, Season 3 began aired on Soapnet starting January 26, 2011. The show's fourth and final season aired in fall 2011. Although the show was never officially cancelled by the CBC, Sinyor told TV Guide during the fourth and final season run that the series had reached a natural conclusion and she had no plans to write or produce a fifth season.

Markimdb: 4.9
Genrefantasy, comedy, drama, family
CountryUSA

Avery Jennings and Tyler James are step-siblings who are complete opposites. The family faces an even bigger adjustment when their new dog, Stan, can talk and also has a blog, unbeknownst to the family. Stan uses his blog to discuss the happenings in the Jennings-James household. Avery and Tyler later learn of Stan's talking ability and agree to keep it a secret from their parents.




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