History SceneryPorn / LiveActionTV

* ''Series/AllCreaturesGreatAndSmall2020'' features long, loving shots of the glorious scenery of the Yorkshire Dales, which are practically a main character in their own right. Not for nothing is Yorkshire nicknamed "God's country."

* ''[[Series/McDonaldAndDodds ''[=McDonald=] & Dodds]]'' makes full use of Bath, the city in which it is set (a UNESCO World Heritage Site, no less) -- with lingering overhead shots of locations like the Roman Baths, the Royal Crescent, etc.

* ''Series/[=McDonaldAndDodds=]'' makes full use of Bath, the city in which it is set (a UNESCO World Heritage Site, no less) -- with lingering overhead shots of locations like the Roman Baths, the Royal Crescent, etc.

* ''Series/McDonaldAndDodds'' makes full use of Bath, the city in which it is set (a UNESCO World Heritage Site, no less) -- with lingering overhead shots of locations like the Roman Baths, the Royal Crescent, etc.

* ''Series/[=McDonald=]AndDodds'' makes full use of Bath, the city in which it is set (a UNESCO World Heritage Site, no less) -- with lingering overhead shots of locations like the Roman Baths, the Royal Crescent, etc.

* ''Series/[=McDonald=]&Dodds'' makes full use of Bath, the city in which it is set (a UNESCO World Heritage Site, no less) -- with lingering overhead shots of locations like the Roman Baths, the Royal Crescent, etc.

* ''Series/MadMen'' has ridiculous amounts of detail in the backgrounds and props, things that add character but never, ever get used. One hotel room gets a suit valet (thing you hang a suit on), a bottle of liquor in the background, clothes and pocket-stuff, cuff links... and none of it is used or referred to, but captures the era.

* ''Series/ThePrisoner1967'' had its exterior scenes filmed on location at [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portmeirion Portmeirion resort]], an Italian-styled village built in the 1920s. Incredibly picturesque and exotic looking, it made for a memorable background as a vacation home/prison.

* Both ''Series/{{Kingdom}}'' and ''Series/DocMartin'' have long shots of their (Norfolk and Cornwall respectively) scenery.

* ''Series/YoungIndianaJones'' had breathtaking scenes set in, among other important communes, UsefulNotes/{{Paris}}, UsefulNotes/{{London}} and Vienna, although they were primarily [[CaliforniaDoubling shot in Prague]].

** In "Remembrance", the episode begins with shots of various nebulae, and they're stunning. The forested hills that are beyond Picard's vineyard (they can be seen behind his outdoor dining table) are picturesque enough to be featured on a postcard.

** In "Nepenthe", the Okinawan sea shore is filmed from a different angle than in "The End Is the Beginning", and the wide shot is gorgeous.

* ''Series/StarTrekVoyager'' has a ridiculously gorgeous opening title sequence -- so much so it ''[[SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale broke physics]]''

* ''Series/RosemaryAndThyme'' features two women solving mysteries and gardening. Since they do gardening jobs for big stately homes set it in the British countryside the locales are often beautiful, and only enhanced by the work the main characters do (just ignore the corpses).

* ''Series/RosemaryAndThyme'' seems to be based on this.

** In the new series, we've had some really lovely alien planets, gorgeous shots of outer space, and some ''amazing'' location shooting in Utah. This especially applies whenever they get to show the Doctor's home planet of Gallifrey - so long BBCQuarry, hello [=CGI=] domed city.
** The Classic series did not find this as easy due to having NoBudget but managed it in a few cases - particularly "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS2E2TheDalekInvasionOfEarth The Dalek Invasion of Earth]]", which benefited from heavy PropRecycling of the Creator/PeterCushing Dalek movie, meaning the Dalek ship interiors looked brilliant, and also delivered some gorgeous shots of an abandoned London.

* Golf telecasts often feature loving shots of the course scenery. Creator/{{CBS}}' coverage of The Masters tournament is especially known for this.

* This is one of the primary draws of Travel Channel and HGTV. You could say the two are glorified creensavers in TV network form.

* The inside of the House in ''Series/BeyondTheWalls'' is ''hauntingly'' beautiful and the cinematography takes care to make it seem at once claustrophobic and vast in scale.

* Most episodes of ''Series/{{Charmed}}'' open with some magnificent, view-from-the-sky establishing shots of San Francisco. The White Lighters have also been known to have meetings with the main characters on the top of the Golden Gate Bridge.

* ''Series/BurnNotice'' is full of shots of Miami in every single episode, often accompanied by girls in bikinis, which makes it an odd combination of Scenery Porn and ''actual'' (softcore) Porn. So did ''CSI: Miami'' and (possibly) for the same reason. And, indeed, most shows set in Miami fall prey to Scenery Porn. It's almost like there's a reason. Some other show they're referencing... Some other show set in Miami. [[MiamiVice Some other show that looks like a 45-minute music video of cars and guns and bikinis and scenery porn.]]

** "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS22E4TheTwoDoctors]]" is set beautifully in Seville simply because the showrunner at the time fancied a holiday there. One of the common fan complaints about the serial is that, unlike the clever use of Paris in "City of Death", the setting adds nothing to the plot.

** "[[Recap/ The Two Doctors]]" is set beautifully in Seville simply because the showrunner at the time fancied a holiday there. One of the common fan complaints about the serial is that, unlike the clever use of Paris in "City of Death", the setting adds nothing to the plot.

** The Classic series did not find this as easy due to having NoBudget but managed it in a few cases - particularly "The Dalek Invasion of Earth", which benefited from heavy PropRecycling of the Peter Cushing Dalek movie, meaning the Dalek ship interiors looked brilliant, and also delivered some gorgeous shots of an abandoned London.
** "City of Death" has a lot of beautiful shots of Paris. "Shada" attempted to duplicate this success with Cambridge, but the episode got stuck in DevelopmentHell. Some of the prettier surviving shots (the Doctor punting a blissed-out Romana up the Cam) were recycled to FakeShemp the Fourth Doctor into "The Five Doctors".
** "The Two Doctors" is set beautifully in Seville simply because the showrunner at the time fancied a holiday there. One of the common fan complaints about the serial is that, unlike the clever use of Paris in "City of Death", the setting adds nothing to the plot.
** Oddly averted in "Planet of the Dead", where the location shooting in Dubai was heavily hyped, but apart from the area directly around the bus the vista is mostly CGI of an infinite desert (and not particularly good CGI either).

* ''Series/{{Lost}}''. The directors of the show not only used the gorgeous vistas of UsefulNotes/{{Hawaii}} (where they actually shot) really well, but they also created really meaningful establishing shots. No generic, ''[[Franchise/CSIVerse CSI]]''-style flyovers here, folks.

* ''Series/GameOfThrones'' went for this in a ''big'' way in Season 2, with absolutely stunning visages and creative cinematography to show off the glories of the Icelandic landscape. Notable also in that the plot for those scenes was rather basic and setting up for the next season (mostly just walking from place to place) which really did not need to be so stunning, but, damn it was cool. The series as a whole is known for its often breathtaking Scenery Porn and beautiful establishing shots of locations, both real and computer-enhanced. Even its ''TitleSequence'' fits under this.

* Any ScienceFiction show, when they leave their station/ship/plot device. And sometimes when they're still on it.
** It wasn't always like that. Early SF shows often had too low a special effects budget to create any beautiful scenery.

* ''Series/GameOfThrones'' went for this in a ''big'' way in Season 2, with absolutely stunning visages and creative cinematography to show off the glories of the Icelandic landscape. Notable also in that the plot for those scenes was rather basic and setting up for the next season (mostly just walking from place to place) which really did not need to be so stunning, but, damn it was cool.
** The series as a whole is known for its often breathtaking Scenery Porn. Even its ''TitleSequence'' fits under this.