Favorite Brittish Comedys - post your top 10
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drwho — 19 years ago(January 22, 2007 07:28 AM)
Im an American heres every British (and Irish) sitcom Ive paid any attention to, sorted by preferences.
- Faulty Towers
- Yes, Minister
- Blackadder
- Monty Python's Flying Circus
- The Peter Principle (Immensly underated show in the US its called The Boss)
- The Office
- Father Ted
- Red Dwarf
- Young Ones
- The Brittas Empire
- Chef!
- Absolutely Fabulous
- The Benny Hill Show
Tried to watch only fools and horses a few times.. .couldnt get into it, although I hear it got better after the 3rd season so maybe I should start there.
Tried to watch Bottom a couple of times one of the most painful experiences of my life.
I really wish I could get ahold of Whoops Apocalypse.
Choose your signature quotes carefully. They could be misinterpreted (you moron).- drwho
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sister_vigilante — 18 years ago(April 28, 2007 09:21 AM)
I
Only Fools & Horses
The Royale Family
The Office
Phoenix Nights
Fawlty Towers
Red Dwarf
Ab Fab
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
League Of Gentlemen
Peep Show
but Father Ted is my absolute favourite comedy ever although it's technically Irish.
Fascists dress in black and go around telling people what to do, whereas priests more drink! -
ifeelthemagic — 18 years ago(May 17, 2007 06:10 AM)
I love the following shows:
Fawlty Towers
The Office
The Jonathan Ross Show
Little Britian
Keeping Up Appearances
Some Mothers Do Ave 'Em
Hi-De-Hi
'Allo 'Allo
I'm Alan Partridge
And. Last but not least
Worzel Gummidge (which no-one has mentioned. I know it's technically a childrens show but it's hilarious! I own the box set).
But Jonathan Ross and Ricky Gervais have to be the funniest comedians on the telly! And when they're together they're superurb! You can tell they get on well personally as well.
"I think Aunt Sally's awful". -
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Chief_Watches-Many — 18 years ago(July 18, 2007 08:49 AM)
My Top 35, pretty much in order.
1: The Young Ones
2: The Office
3: Red Dwarf
4: Fawlty Towers
5: I'm Alan Partridge
6: Only Fools & Horses
7: Peep Show
8: Blackadder
9: Drop The Dead Donkey
10: Da Ali G Show
11: Green Wing
12: 15 Storey's High
13: Some Mothers Do Ave Em
14: The Mighty Boosh
15: Men Behaving Badly
16: Father Ted
17: Fantasy Football
18: The Fall & Rise Of Reginald Perrin
19: Phoenix Nights
20: Porridge
21: Smack The Pony
22: Knowing Me, Knowing You With Alan Partridge
23: Saxondale
24: The Mitchell & Webb Situation (Not Mitchell & Webb look!)
25: Game On (Series 1 only!)
26: Extra's (Series 1 only!)
27: Citizen Smith
28: Goodnight Sweetheart
29: Absolutely Fabulous
30: Operation Good Guys
31: Brass Eye
32: Max & Paddy's Road To Nowhere
33: Nighty Night
34: The Fast Show
35: The Day Today
Favourites from elsewhere:
1: South Park
2: Seinfeld
3: Deadwood (Not strictly a comedy but still funny as hell!)
4: Arrested Development
5: Curb Your Enthusiasm
6: Pizza (From Australia)
7: The Micallef Programme (Also from Australia)
8: MASH
9: Cheers
10: The Office (US) -
Manixx — 18 years ago(January 17, 2008 07:59 PM)
Why is there always somebody who doesn't understand "Top XX" and always feels the need to post every other comedy he knows, as if it brags about his knowledge.
"Now, I don't wanna sound like a queer or nothin' But I think Unicorns are kick ass." -
kev-dowling180 — 18 years ago(November 25, 2007 09:21 AM)
My Top Ten -
Fawlty Towers
Drop the Dead Donkey
Ever Decreasing Circles
The Office
I'm Alan Partridge
Black Adder
Only Fools And Horses
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?
Steptoe and Son
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
Just Lurking below the top 10 are -
Dads Army
Red Dwarf
Coupling
Bottom
The Young Ones
Porridge
Some Mothers Do ave em
Vicar of Dibley
The Good Life
The Detectives
Are You Being Served? -
key-to-time21 — 18 years ago(December 11, 2007 02:22 PM)
well im 20 and i wasnt really around for some of these when they were big but i still watching them anyway. not in any order but my fav are
- only fools and horses.
- some mothers do ave em.
- the royal family.
- mr bean.
- alan partridge.
- steptoe and son.
- father ted.
- ab fab.
- pheonix nights.
- bread.
much loved and will be very missed R.I.P jon brandis
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diamondfire — 17 years ago(October 20, 2008 06:34 AM)
Some Mothers Do Ave Em
Love Thy Neighbour
Steptoe & Son
George & Mildred
Fawlty Towers
Red Dwarf
Bottom
On The Buses
Open All Hours
Chef
What are you looking at, you infantile stupid? That's right,damn you and such -
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jlbrennan78 — 16 years ago(October 14, 2009 05:01 PM)
NOT IN ORDER
1- KEEPING UP APPEARANCES
2- ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE
3- FAWLTY TOWERS
4- RISING DAMP
5- FATHER TED
6- LITTLE BRITAIN
7- SOME MOTHERS DO AVE EM
8- ALLO ALLO
9- BRITTAS EMPIRE
10-ARE YOU BEING SERVED
BRITISH COMEDIES ARE THE BEST! -
ha-rob — 15 years ago(February 25, 2011 05:32 AM)
I'd go for
1.Steptoe And Son
2.Porridge
3.Rising Damp
4.Till Death Us Do Part/In Sickness And In Health
5.Only Fools And Horses (although it went on on far too long)
6.Fawlty Towers
7.The Thick Of It
8.George And Mildred
9.The Office
10.Peep Show
Steptoe And Son is my number 1 but the rest aren't in any particular order but i've left out loads of others including Dear John ,Man About The House, Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, One Foot In The Grave and The Likely Lads/Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads to name just some, i've never seen an American sitcom that i've even remotely cared for, the Americans make better films but we make better sitcoms but in any event the sitcom is an American invention anyway.
There are two kinds of people in the world my friend those with loaded guns and those who dig -
Nika72 — 13 years ago(April 16, 2012 07:04 AM)
As Time Goes By
Keeping Up Appearances
Vicar of Dibley
Some Mothers Do 'Ave' Em
Fawlty Towers
The Good Life
Father Ted
The Brittas Empire
French and Saunders
To The Manor Born
Nika
I've got a
Ruby Red
Desire
Like a Virus
Like My Last Hope -
Future_Games — 13 years ago(May 16, 2012 06:39 AM)
- Steptoe and Son
- The Good Life
- Whatever Happened to the Likely lads?
- Are You Being Served?
- Absolutely Fabulous
- Gimme Gimme Gimme
- Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
- On the Buses
- One Foot in the Grave
- Only Fools and Horses
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