Chillin’ Island
Super dumb and non consequential but goddamn if its not mellowing. Perfect show for any kind of burnout or blahs
How It’s Made
Vice Grip Garage (YouTube)
James May The Reassembler (YouTube)
One more vote for How its Made. So relaxing.
And informative
The other James May series Manlab? I think are also pretty good.
Damn, I loved how it’s made
The detectorists, very gentle comedy but not in a shit way.
Super low stakes show, it’s so peaceful and fun. Except when Becky is yelling at Andy.
Antiques Roadshow is pretty relaxing and always interesting.
I always liked No Reservations when I wanted to zone out. Anthony Bordain not being here anymore bums me out though.
Edit: Community , Shaun the sheep, and Good Eats
Old episodes of MST3K. I don’t know what it is, but it’s really relaxing to watch. Puts me right to sleep if I watch it at night :)
I’m not saying this as criticism though, I love the show. It’s just that combination of old movies with bad sound and the fact that I don’t get a lot of the outdated jokes puts me in a very relaxed mood.
Relaxing Footage with Joe Pera
Joe Pera Talks You to Sleep
There was another one I forgot the name of on Adult Swim that was just like videos of rivers/streams, fireplaces, and other relaxing elements put to a lo-fi girl style soundtrack. Look Around You? Or something like that. When they started that one, I used to fall asleep to it nightly.
Edit: Not Look Around You; that was the BBC science show parody. Also good, but not the relaxing thing I am thinking of.
I came here to say Joe Pera Talks With You. The entire series is a hidden gem, fyi, if you’ve only seen the “talks you to sleep” episode. I’ve watched all three seasons at least three times.
Britbox has a category called Cozy Mysteries. They’re all formulaic and easy watching.
Death in Paradise
Beyond Paradise
Murder in Suburbia
Father Brown
Sister Boniface
Agatha Christie’s Marple
The Mallorca FilesLove Father Brown
Nice list, I watch most of these.
Mortimer and Winehouse gone fishing.
Want a seat next to two comedy legends as they enter their chill years and ponder things while fishing? Look no further
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b0b7r2k6/mortimer-whitehouse-gone-fishing
This is the one. It’s a perfect relaxation show.
Not sure if anime fits your bill here but Mushi-shi is incredibly relaxing and even though i don’t really watch anime anymore it still jumps out to me when i think of chill/mellow/relaxing. Traveler investigating forest spirits and whatnot, soft Japanese music score, taps hard into those nature vibes, more of a rainy day relaxing though not really happy-chill.
Puffin Rock
A kids show about puffins and other animals on a small island.
I don’t know if it’s “weirdly” relaxing given how chill it’s supposed to be, but Joe Pera Talks With You is perfect.
My dad watches Full Custom Garage, and while I’m not interested in cars or anything like that, the guy’s personality seems so positive, and the show is so drama-free, that I could just watch it and relax without hearing any assholes arguing at each other like some other shows.
Maybe a little out of left field, but the animated show Star Trek: Lower Decks. I’m not much of a Trekkie at all, but Lower Decks is funny, endearing, and even though each season has an overarching plot, much of the episode plots are relatively self contained.
Highly recommend it.
I usually just go track down Bob Ross episodes streaming in a thousand different places nowadays.
The Good Place
