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Favorite British T.V. Shows
Poll ended at 30 Mar 2023, 10:39 pm
Red Dwarf 27%  27%  [ 3 ]
Heddy Winthropp Investigates 9%  9%  [ 1 ]
Coupling 18%  18%  [ 2 ]
Inspector Gently 9%  9%  [ 1 ]
Morse 9%  9%  [ 1 ]
Lewis 9%  9%  [ 1 ]
New Tricks 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
May to December 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
House of Cards 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
old episodes of The Tube 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Endeavour 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Keeping Up Appearances 18%  18%  [ 2 ]
Total votes : 11

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27 Mar 2023, 10:49 pm

Speaking of ancient Brit TV shows

The Avengers
As mentioned Benny Hill
Monty Python's Flying Circus
The Kenny Everett Video Show


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29 Mar 2023, 10:49 pm

Blackadder was also quite good

Also: The Two Ronnies

Peep Show had quite a following.

As did The Mighty Boosh.


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01 Apr 2023, 4:33 pm

Can't believe I forgot Blackadder; loved every series of it and Benny Hill was hilarious- the British Charlie Chaplin :). Most British sitcoms aren't funny when adapted to the U.S. though; the American Red Dwarf just reused jokes from the original, couldn't stand Friends and it was supposedly an adaptation of Coupling.



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02 Apr 2023, 11:25 am

There were also some excellent shows by Ricky Gervais. The Office, and Extras.


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02 Apr 2023, 2:24 pm

Just finished watching Life On Mars and have moved on to Ashes To Ashes. It's absolutely fantastic and so funny.


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02 Apr 2023, 2:34 pm

babybird wrote:
Just finished watching Life On Mars and have moved on to Ashes To Ashes. It's absolutely fantastic and so funny.

I watched some of that back when it first came out. Seemed interesting



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03 Apr 2023, 6:47 am

Tim_Tex wrote:
Blue_Star wrote:
The only British shows I find funny are "Are You Being Served?" & "Coupling". The rest just make me wonder "how is this at all funny", or I end up doing a lot of eye-rolling. Hubs loves "Red Dwarf" tho.


They tried to do an American version of Coupling, but it only lasted a few episodes, and it didn't even air in Salt Lake City (their NBC affiliate is owned by the Mormon church).


Trying to bring shows across the Atlantic often doesn't work. Yes, The Office did seem to work pretty well in the US, but there's a decent list of WTF were they thinking. American Red Dwarf was absolutely terrible. The British version of That 70s Show was pretty bad. (In fairness there, they were reusing scripts and just swapping out references) American Whose Line is it is OK, but not great.

Coupling was funny, I need to watch more of that. My Hero with Ardal O'Hanlon also on Father Ted, was also quite good and I'm surprised that I haven't heard more about it. He's got kind of a Robin Williams vibe going on in those shows.



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03 Apr 2023, 6:48 am

RandoNLD wrote:
Can't believe I forgot Blackadder; loved every series of it and Benny Hill was hilarious- the British Charlie Chaplin :). Most British sitcoms aren't funny when adapted to the U.S. though; the American Red Dwarf just reused jokes from the original, couldn't stand Friends and it was supposedly an adaptation of Coupling.


Benny Hill is arguably only slightly less responsible for my social skills than ASD. Although, it's probably best to skip through the musical numbers if you've got a short attention span.



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03 Apr 2023, 11:11 am

Fawlty Towers
Monty Python Flying Circus
Still Game
Mrs. Brown's Boys
Sherlock
Dr. Who
Red Dwarf
Mr. Bean
Luther
Peaky Blinders
Spaced
A Bit of Fry and Laurie
Jeeves and Wooster
Keeping Up Appearances
IT Crowd
Father Ted
Wallace and Gromit (does this count?)
Last of the Summer Wine (only remembered because it has Peter Sallis in it also)



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06 Apr 2023, 5:43 am

Red Dwarf is my favourite TV show ever, British or otherwise.

I also like Peep Show, One Foot in the Grave, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Black Books, ALan Partridge, the IT Crowd...

In more recent years, I have not seen new stuff I find so funny or well-made but I recommend Ghosts (UK not American remake) and also Yonderland, which was made by the same people.



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06 Apr 2023, 9:50 am

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Red Dwarf is my favourite TV show ever, British or otherwise.
Have you tried Lexx [1996-2002]? You might also enjoy it if you enjoy Red Dwarf.

Note, however, Lexx is less suitable for younger audiences, and the Lexx crew makes the Red Dwarf crew look professional and well-adjusted. And each season is significantly different than the preceding one.

Lexx is partly a UK production.


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06 Apr 2023, 2:27 pm

Double Retired wrote:
bigbadbarry84 wrote:
Red Dwarf is my favourite TV show ever, British or otherwise.
Have you tried Lexx [1996-2002]? You might also enjoy it if you enjoy Red Dwarf.

Note, however, Lexx is less suitable for younger audiences, and the Lexx crew makes the Red Dwarf crew look professional and well-adjusted. And each season is significantly different than the preceding one.

Lexx is partly a UK production.


No, this is something I have never heard of, but it sounds great and I will give it a try :)



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06 Apr 2023, 2:58 pm

bigbadbarry84 wrote:
Double Retired wrote:
bigbadbarry84 wrote:
Red Dwarf is my favourite TV show ever, British or otherwise.
Have you tried Lexx [1996-2002]? You might also enjoy it if you enjoy Red Dwarf.

Note, however, Lexx is less suitable for younger audiences, and the Lexx crew makes the Red Dwarf crew look professional and well-adjusted. And each season is significantly different than the preceding one.

Lexx is partly a UK production.


No, this is something I have never heard of, but it sounds great and I will give it a try :)
I hope you enjoy it.

Be forewarned...Lexx sometimes makes you wonder "Did they really do that?!" (And I'm talking about the story, not the effects.)


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16 Apr 2023, 12:41 pm

Double Retired wrote:
bigbadbarry84 wrote:
Double Retired wrote:
bigbadbarry84 wrote:
Red Dwarf is my favourite TV show ever, British or otherwise.
Have you tried Lexx [1996-2002]? You might also enjoy it if you enjoy Red Dwarf.

Note, however, Lexx is less suitable for younger audiences, and the Lexx crew makes the Red Dwarf crew look professional and well-adjusted. And each season is significantly different than the preceding one.

Lexx is partly a UK production.


No, this is something I have never heard of, but it sounds great and I will give it a try :)
I hope you enjoy it.

Be forewarned...Lexx sometimes makes you wonder "Did they really do that?!" (And I'm talking about the story, not the effects.)
And additional forewarning...Lexx has humor, but verydarkhumor.


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