Posted on 02/25/2016 5:15:42 PM PST by chasio649
I have watched many older British comedies..."Are You Being Served", "Good Neighbors", "Red Dwarf" and "Vicar of Dibley"...But is there something great i am missing? Let's talk about it....
All of the shows mentioned here are great. I would definitely recommend the IT Crowd - spot on brilliant. Whenever I see David Cameron, I think of the guy who invited Jen to the gay musical.
Also, check out Brass Eye, only available AFAIK on YouTube. Definitely way way way out there. And watch out that your kids are not exposed to Clarky Cat or Cake!
Just about anything by Catherine Tate. She has many great
characters, Nan, Lauren, and many others. Cracks me up.
I’m gonna have to check out this “It ain’t half mum”.....seen it numerous times in this thread....our next revue :)
There was a short lived one called Brass. I think it involved a silent explosive. I remember a vaguely.
The Worst Week of My Life is okay. Has some funny moments.
Vicar of Dibley came close to blasphemy for me...but she usually made up for it in the end...If you are a fundamentalist...don’t watch...but if love is in your heart and forgiveness....give it a try.
Open All Hours
Brilliant!
Mollie Sugden
Should name a day of mourning in UK for her!
Loved AB FAB. Wish they would bring it back.
There is another hilarious series called “Friday Night Dinner” but I think it was only one season. Ran on the BBC America channel for awhile.
Haven’t seen this one listed yet.
Waiting for God.
2004 or so. Definitely a show about nothing. May not exactly be vulgar but does kind of push the envelope. Quirky bookstore owner doesn’t want to do his taxes so when two Jehovah’s Witnesses show up he goes out of his way to invite them in so they can waste of time and they don’t know what to do because they never actually gets invited in.
Smack the Pony is good too.
many great ones, but the funniest Britcom I ever saw was The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (watch it in order of the episodes, as the story line develops in sequence)
Chef!
Tried Ab Fab...Told wife it was a classic but she just didn’t like it.....I did but in bed you just gotta agree....we watch all our brit shows in bed before sleep....except...”Upstairs, Downstairs”...that took concentration.
Monarch of th glen...tried that...no...so we will be looking at others on here.....Thanks fR and you Brits for giving us so much to peruse.....That;s what this thread is for!
shhhh, so did I!
mentioned numerous times...This may be the show i look on dvd netflix and rent.
Peaky Blinders. Must watch. Waiting patiently for the next season.
Sad that it too 45 post for this to come up.
I love the books and the show is pretty good too.
Another vote for Tony M. Nyphot’s Flying Risccu.
And, if you count radio shows:
Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (the radio show was the best of them all, even the books)
and going WAY back
The Goon Show. Almost all British comedy started there.
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