Who here likes British comedies?  Here are a few of my favorites:

 

"Keeping Up Appearances".

 

"The Vicar of Dibley"

 

"Are You Being Served?"

 

"Father Ted" (I discovered this one when I was in London in September-never laughed so hard in my life!)

Father Ted is brilliant. It's worth looking on Youtube for 'Father Ted - small far away'.

If you liked Father Ted then one of the writers also wrote 'The IT Crowd' which is recommended.

Fawlty Towers, The Office, Spaced, Peep Show, Fresh Meat and Green Wing are my favourite British comedies. 

Fawlty Towers, The Office, Spaced, Peep Show, Fresh Meat and Green Wing are my favourite British comedies. 

 

 

You, sir, are a fellow of exquisite taste, which exactly coincides with my own!

You, sir, are a fellow of exquisite taste, which exactly coincides with my own!

 

We 're kindred spirits, Moi. 

 

I also think that Peep Show is quite possibly the greatest comedy ever made, full stop! Endlessly quotable. 

Nothing beats Blackadder for me.

Blackadder, Father Ted, Fawlty Towers, as have already been mentioned. I'd like to add The Thick of It, Brass Eye and The Young Ones to the list.

I also think that Peep Show is quite possibly the greatest comedy ever made, full stop! Endlessly quotable.

Got to agree, if you know your current affairs it is just dynamite as all of us are either a Jez or a Mark.

I have no problems watching it on repeat due to how good the dialogue is.

The show is just outrageous, if not contagious.

The show is just outrageous, if not contagious.

 

Hahahaha of course i'm the one who's laughing because I actually love brown toast.

I like many of the ones already mentioned - but going back yonks, I loved Yes Minister/Prime Minister - the script is so good - Nigel Hawthorne is sublime!  More recently, I thought Outnumbered was very funny if you were a parent.  And (slightly more street cred!) loved the IT Crowd.

Outnumbered was brilliant!  But maybe you have to have had kids.

 

I love David Mitchell, but I have to say that "Was It Something I Said" which de did recently, was absolutely dire.

only fools and horses

The Other One (BBC)

 

1977-1979

 

Richard Briers

Michael Gambon

 

The first series is brilliant, the second series tails off a bit, but it's still great.

 

It's on youtube, hang on......Both series are on this link.

 

Catchphrases:

 

"Ooh I do feel better after a wash"

"You know me Brian, Lone Wolf"

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2rHnujB9gw&list=PL21A3F2E772D2464A

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The day today and Alan partridge,spaced ,the fast show and big train

Growing up in the seventies the likes of the two Ronnie's and morcombe and wise,fawlty towers and monty python.

Peter cook and Dudley moore(derrick and clive)

Most of the ones I like have already been mentioned.

 

Father Ted, Young Ones, Black Adder, Fawlty Towers, Spaced, Green Wing, Peep Show, The Thick Of It.

 

Anyone mentioned Black Books yet? Love that show, the episode when they write the kids book cracks me up. 

For older stuff, it has to be Python, Fawlty Towers, The Young Ones, Comic Strip presents & Blackadder.

 

Loved Only Fools & Horses but I think the fact it has been repeated so often and ran too long, means I don't look at it as fondly as some of the other classics.

 

More recent stuff I've enjoyed is The Office, Extra's. The Inbetweeners, Pete vs Life, Lead Baloon, Plus One, Not Going Out and more recently I thought Man Down & Drifters were both really good.

There seems to be a lot of love for Green Wing here, I watched a couple of episodes a long time ago and it didn't really grab me. I think it might be due a revisit.

 

@ForeverCarefree - I thought about including Black Books but I don't think I could consider it one of my all time favourites, see also Spaced, 15 Stories High, Allen Partridge, Nightingales.

There seems to be a lot of love for Green Wing here, I watched a couple of episodes a long time ago and it didn't really grab me. I think it might be due a revisit.

 

@ForeverCarefree - I thought about including Black Books but I don't think I could consider it one of my all time favourites, see also Spaced, 15 Stories High, Allen Partridge, Nightingales.

 

I agree with you on Green Wing. I saw a few episodes when it originally aired but wasn't impressed. It was only when someone at university had it on dvd that I decided to give it another go- loved it. You just have to watch about 6 episodes to "get it". It certainly is different to other comedies out there, with its "sped-up" style. It works for the most part though.

As moi, bluebur &mactheknife have pointed out, Peep Show is the best comedy ever. Can't wait to watch the final season.

 

Can we start a thread where we talk about our favorite moments, episodes, characters of Peep Show? Everything from Super Hans to Johnson to Big Suze to the Quantocks and the Turkey dog! 

 

Also the Mitchell and Web Look is another favorite of mine, for obvious reasons.

 

I hear it wasn't widely popular in the UK, but my friends and I really enjoyed Life's Too Short.

"It Ain't Arf Hot Mum", Fawlty Towers, Last of the Summer Wine..speaking of which..

Forgot to mention Cuckoo, love that show!

Surprised Red Dwarf not mentioned, thought that was brilliant, I have seen a few Grant and Naylor comedies in the 90's at the theatre and comedy store they are superb writers.

...and Phoenix Nights I thought was excellent too.

Yeah andy phoenix nights was a great laugh. Lots of my favourite already mentioned.

league of gentlemen and IT crowd

ripping yarns.