I've never seen either but if you're a keen drama fan then I recommend you watch all of the following: Lovejoy Minder Auf Weidersehen Pet (first 2 series)
Romanzo Criminale ****s all over The Wire and The Soapranos. About equal footing with BB. Hard to compare due to the different number of seasons. Either way, I am right and you are wong.
I'm concerned by the increasing levels of scatophilia in this thread. There's too many things ****ing over other things.
There was a film on late Saturday night called Race with the Devil starring Peter Fonda from 1975 about 2 couples on a camper van travelling across the US that stumble upon a human sacrifice of a naked virgin girl . It was one of the best films i have ever watched.