It’s Thursday and I’m back with a new Thursday Movie Picks feature post. This series is hosted by Wandering through the Shelves and offers you a weekly prompt to post some movie recommendations/talking points according to the theme. Usually, you are supposed to post about 3-5 examples, which I find a very manageable amount.
As it so happens, we change it up once per month and talk about TV shows instead of movies. Today is all about the topic of globetrotting, BUT only scripted, non-reality, non-travel, non-docu series, which eliminates quite a bunch of shows that might come to mind initially. Still, I got you covered and here are my picks!
Sense8
To this day, Sense8 is one of my all time most favorite shows ever! With its cast from all around the globe, it managed to create a feeling of connectedness to strangers I had rarely experienced before. I was lucky enough to meet the cast and creators during PRIDE weekend a couple years back and they are lovely, inspiring people in real life too. I wouldn’t want to miss this experience for anything in the world. Also, I low-key got captured at one of those events and ended up depicted for 2 seconds in the credits of the final episode.
The Librarians
The Librarians are the keepers of ancient (often magical) artifacts and as you may be able to guess, they aren’t all located in the good old US. Granted, I do believe that I associate the traveling more with the movie franchise the show is based on, but there’s still globetrotting involved. I liked the show, as corny as it may have been.
Tribes of Europa
This show takes place in a post-apocalyptic Europe, where borders are newly defined and areas ruled by tribes instead of countries and governments as we know it. There’s a lot of cringe that comes with this show, because what is that stilted dialogue at times, but the concept is interesting either way. I wasn’t a fan of all the violence and sexual abuse, but I would be curious to watch another season.
Doctor Who
The Doctor sure seems to favor contemporary Great Britain, but he does travel around the globe and the galaxy as well, not just in time. I can’t pinpoint a specific episode that enjoyed particularly because of its location, but I do remember them being in Pompeii, Venice, France, NYC etc.
Life and Other Disasters 
I think of Doctor Who as well, and Agents of SHIELD. Other than them, however, I’m drawing a blank this morning. Might be the lack of caffeine.
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It was honestly very hard to think of anything that wasn’t a traditional travel show of some sorts. I know a lot of international productions even, but they all just take place in one country most of the time.
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I just thought of another one, which I don’t watch but I know it’s filmed all over the place: Game of Thrones.
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I guess I didn’t take Fantasy into account, just because it’s not our earth, but fair enough
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I almost went with Sense8 myself. Doctor Who is a great pick as well! I’ve never seen the Librarians but I remember seeing the commercials for it all the time. It looked fun.
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The Librarians isn’t the most amazing show on the planet, but it’s fun and I was always a huge fan of the original Librarian movie.
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The Librarians never occurred to me but it’s a great fit! It could be corny for sure it’s pleasant undemanding stuff good for viewing after a demanding day.
I don’t have Netflix so the other two are out of reach for me but I do remember when Sense8 was on and I was keenly interested. I’ll catch up with it some day I’m sure.
Regular TV isn’t something I spend too much time on now so that made it somewhat tough until I thought back and remembered that scripted shows where the characters traveled all over were quite the thing back in the 60’s and 70’s of which I watched many, many. That solved my problem, these were three of my favorites that I would watch in reruns after school.
It Takes a Thief (1968-1970)-Master cat burglar Alexander Mundy (Robert Wagner) is granted his release from prison on the proviso that he work with the US government using his particular skills to obtain sensitive info that they need to keep the world safe. Under the direction of agent Noah Bain (Malachi Thorne) who explains “Look Al, I’m not asking you to spy, I’m just asking you to steal!” Mundy jetted around the world to exotic locales on various jobs sometimes accompanied by his elegant thief of a father Alistair (Fred Astaire).
The Persuaders! (1971-1972)-After coming to blows in a bar fight fantastically rich globetrotting playboys English Lord Brett Sinclair (Roger Moore) and American Danny Wilde (Tony Curtis) are prevailed upon by the presiding judge to team up to use their distinctive expertise to solve crimes that have baffled the police. At first reluctant they soon become fast friends and adroit crime stoppers in far-flung spots around the world. The series only lasted a year because Moore departed to become the new James Bond.
Run for Your Life (1965-1968)-When attorney Paul Bryan (Ben Gazzara) is told by his doctor he has a terminal disease and will die within nine to eighteen months he decides he has a whole lot of livin’ to do and hits the road. Week after week Paul heads to a new place and new adventures as a man constantly on the move.
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The first one sounds really good and I hope I can see it one day. I now want to see The Librarians just from that promo:). I could never get into Dr. Who, maybe with David Tennant but meh…when I saw the original ones from the 60s, The Daleks reminded me of my mom’ Fancy salt &pepper shakers.
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Sense8 is truly a masterpiece. I don’t make the rules haha
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How on earth did I not think of Doctor Who?!
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Hahaha that was me with every post that mentioned The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.
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Aside from Doctor Who these are all new to me!
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Sense8 especially is one I can recommend if you’re looking for something to watch!!
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Sense8 is definitely one that came to mind when I thought of Globetrotting. But while interesting I just didn’t enjoy it as much.
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