Favorite British Comedies

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16 Jan 2013, 4:46 pm

I think anyone who's had a pubic broadcasting station in the area can answer this, no matter what country you're from.

Comedies, not just any show, mind.

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16 Jan 2013, 5:01 pm

Jeeves and Wooster for me!

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16 Jan 2013, 5:13 pm

Black Books
Black Adder
Reggie Perrin – New one with Martin Clunes
Last of the Summer Wine

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16 Jan 2013, 5:20 pm

The pubic broadcasters in my area don't start until very late in the evening, and they don't show a lot of comedies :wink:

Sorry, hyperlexia lol :oops:

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16 Jan 2013, 5:47 pm

The Young Ones
Bottom
Fawlty Towers
Little Britain
The Inbetweeners

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16 Jan 2013, 7:12 pm

My Family

A comedy about a dentist and his dysfunctional family.

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16 Jan 2013, 9:05 pm

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16 Jan 2013, 9:43 pm

The IT Crowd
Pulling
Fawlty Towers

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16 Jan 2013, 10:01 pm

AnonymousAnonymous wrote:

My Family

A comedy about a dentist and his dysfunctional family.

My Family wasn't well-liked here in Britain, because we had endless commissionings of it even though most people didn't find it funny in the first place. Personally, I preferred the similarly irritatingly zany 1985 Hong Kong film starring future UK resident Richard Ng.

Hmm... I think things like Spitting Image, Bottom, Fawlty Towers, The Vicar of Dibley, On the Buses, Love Thy Neighbour (I'll get brickbats for suggesting this - oh boy!), One Foot in the Grave, Brass Eye, Pets, Men Behaving Badly, The Royle Family (though most of the Christmas specials are absolute tripe), Early Doors, stuff like that.

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16 Jan 2013, 10:02 pm

Mind your language:
Are you being served:
Keeping up appearances:
Some Mothers do have them:
Vicar of Dibley:

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17 Jan 2013, 12:30 pm

This is a great topic for adding to my collection.

What I like so far is

The Office.
Fawlty Towers.
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Green Wing
My Family (first 2 seasons)
Coupling
Big Train (I'm not sure if it's British or Australian)
The Fast Show
Black Adder
Little Britain

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17 Jan 2013, 12:32 pm

ModusPonens wrote:

Big Train (I'm not sure if it's British or Australian)

It's British.

I suspect those of you who like British comedies would love to take a look at the likes of Network's back catalogue of DVD releases. There's some amazing material in there, and also some duffers too.

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19 Jan 2013, 7:14 am

Spitting Image and Keeping Up Appearances for me.

Oh, imagine the satirical puppets in today's mad society? :lol:

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19 Jan 2013, 7:23 am

Monty Python's Flying Circus

That's all I really know, I'm afraid. Well, that and Fawlty Towers.

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19 Jan 2013, 10:39 am

On PBS my favorites are Keeping Up Appearances and Are You Being Served. On Netflix there are several British TV shows to include comedies.

I do enjoy Jeeves and Wooster as well.

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19 Jan 2013, 10:58 am

One sketch show I always thought was great, was Smack The Pony. I even preferred it to The Fast Show, which I found a bit repetitive when compared to Smack.

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