Chillin’ Island
Super dumb and non consequential but goddamn if its not mellowing. Perfect show for any kind of burnout or blahs
I usually just go track down Bob Ross episodes streaming in a thousand different places nowadays.
Antiques Roadshow is pretty relaxing and always interesting.
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.
The Good Place
How It’s Made
Vice Grip Garage (YouTube)
James May The Reassembler (YouTube)
One more vote for How its Made. So relaxing.
And informative
Damn, I loved how it’s made
The other James May series Manlab? I think are also pretty good.
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.
One of my favorite shows ever!
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 It’s just that combination of old movies with bad sound and the fact that I don’t get a lot of the outdated jokes puts me in a very relaxed mood.
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 FilesNice list, I watch most of these.
Love Father Brown
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
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.
Puffin Rock
A kids show about puffins and other animals on a small island.
“Nailed it!” is my goto chill show, all the contestants are failing miserably at making fancy cakes but they’re also not taking it too seriously and Nicole Byers keeps up a positive and encouraging attitude even when she’s making cracks about the cakes.
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.
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.
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.
