Is 'In The Night Garden' more confusing than Twin Peaks?

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With the return of complicated sci-fi saga Westworld to TV screens, devotees have found themselves delighted and flummoxed in equal measure by season two's opening episode.

But Westworld is far from the only drama to confound audiences.

We asked members of our Screen Babble group on Facebook to name the most confusing TV shows they'd ever seen. Cue surreal thrillers, psychedelic children's programmes, and a forgotten cop drama from the '90s that has to be seen to be believed.

When TV shows get weird

It's probably no surprise that David Lynch's outlandish mystery Twin Peaks is one of the first names to be mentioned.

"The original Twin Peaks confused me so much that I stopped watching it," remarks Linsey McQueen Carson. "My brain works in mysterious ways - but even that broke my mind."

Janet Marshall agrees, and adds that she found the new Twin Peaks season from last year even more mind-bending: "That episode where it was mostly black and white and then just random white noise for about 30 minutes. Still watched them all - but have no idea what it was all about!"

"Got a light?" (Photo: Sky)

For Isla Scott, recently returned (and decidedly demented) comic book saga Legion is right at the top of the oddball pack. "I thought I'd understand it after the first few episodes - but nope. It just got more and more bizarre and confusing with little back story provided."

However, long before Twin Peaks or Legion were a glint in their creators' eyes, '60s creation The Prisoner was showing the pretenders how it's done.

"I defy anybody to really be able to tell you what was going on," says Steve Wilkins. "Numbers instead of names, big balloon things that chase you on the beach, people trapped in a mock Italian folly...The show was utterly off its rocker!"

As for Colin Smith, he believes trippy children's TV show In The Night Garden takes the biscuit. "My granddaughter loves it - but it is way over my head."