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I would like to buy or download a new comedy series but can't find any.
We quite like 30 Rock, Curb Your Enthusiasm or Modern Family, that type if thing.
Any suggestions?


 
Posted : 28/10/2010 11:19 am
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Go on 4OD.

Just start looking through them...

Garth Merengue's 'Dark Place' as a starter.

BBC - 15 Stories High


 
Posted : 28/10/2010 11:22 am
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if you like those then try Arrested Development - direct line from that to 30 Rock and Modern Family

Larry Sanders is available on DVD now and is an absolute classic


 
Posted : 28/10/2010 11:26 am
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So sitcom/ comedy drama rather than sketch shows? Best I've seen in a long time is Misfits on E4 / Channel 4, you'll prob find the first series on 4OD, second series coming up next month.


 
Posted : 28/10/2010 11:27 am
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I'll second Arrested Development. Not entirely sure about comedy but breaking bad and weeds are also very good.


 
Posted : 28/10/2010 11:29 am
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I'm Alan Partidge!


 
Posted : 28/10/2010 11:29 am
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Arrested development thirded. Then you can join in with the annoying will they/won't they wait for the film to be made


 
Posted : 28/10/2010 11:33 am
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How not to live your life.
Third series is now being advertised on BBC3.


 
Posted : 28/10/2010 11:33 am
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I hope they don't make an Arrested Development film

I don't think it would work


 
Posted : 28/10/2010 11:37 am
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Big Bang Theory. Sharp & V funny.


 
Posted : 28/10/2010 11:38 am
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Peep show and Inbetweeners


 
Posted : 28/10/2010 11:39 am
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Inbetweeners, way past the knuckle at times, but I think it's ace. Strangeley my Mother in law (62) watches it too and loves it. I see her in a different light now!


 
Posted : 28/10/2010 11:43 am
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Snuff Box with Matt Berry and Rich Fulcher


 
Posted : 28/10/2010 12:33 pm
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Trailer Park Boys.

If you don't laugh watching this, then you're clinically dead:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B001A47GCU/ref=asc_df_B001A47GCU1184434?smid=A3P5ROKL5A1OLE&tag=googlecouk06-21&linkCode=asn&creative=22206&creativeASIN=B001A47GCU


 
Posted : 28/10/2010 12:39 pm
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Im loving Phone Shop right now, but not available to buy yet I don't think.

"Dis ain't a meeting - its a me 'ting!"


 
Posted : 28/10/2010 12:45 pm
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Eastbound and down is good,

Most of the others above I've loved too, especially Breaking Bad.

Mad Men whilst strictly not comedy always entertains and raises a few laughs.


 
Posted : 28/10/2010 1:00 pm
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Rev, I think it was called, was on late on BBC2 a few months ago. Brilliant, Father Ted in Realism.


 
Posted : 28/10/2010 1:02 pm
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That 70's Show

Simply awesome ๐Ÿ˜€


 
Posted : 28/10/2010 1:03 pm
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Trailer park boys is brilliant.

Big Bang Theory however is not. It's just a SLIGHT (and I mean slight) re-hash of every single US sitcom since Taxi. Even the characters correspond.

Some of the gags are ok but please, for the love of God THINK OF A DIFFERENT FORMAT!


 
Posted : 28/10/2010 1:05 pm
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If you like Modern Family, check out The Middle.


 
Posted : 28/10/2010 1:06 pm
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+1 Big Bang Theory.


 
Posted : 28/10/2010 1:06 pm
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+1 Big Bang Theory.

Love it!


 
Posted : 28/10/2010 1:07 pm
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Spaced?


 
Posted : 28/10/2010 1:07 pm
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I'm a fan of Big Bang Theory too!

On a side note that isn't comedy (though quite amusing sometimes)...WATCH Dexter!


 
Posted : 28/10/2010 1:09 pm
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Peep show
Black books
Spaced
I'm Alan Partridge
Father Ted
Family Guy
American Dad

Not new but all worth watching


 
Posted : 28/10/2010 1:09 pm
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Green Wing (series 1)


 
Posted : 28/10/2010 1:09 pm
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How about Seinfeld it has Larry David's ideas before he recycled them in Curb your enthusiasm. A bit unfair as I do love Curb.


 
Posted : 28/10/2010 1:10 pm
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how about an ozzy one called Wilfred


 
Posted : 28/10/2010 1:15 pm
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best comedy on tv in recent times is....the thick of it

bbc 2 comedy about the goverment will have you crying


 
Posted : 28/10/2010 1:24 pm
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Based on your list... US version of The Office. Once you get over it being a copy of the UK version its actually pretty funny and takes it in a new direction. Loads of episodes, too.


 
Posted : 28/10/2010 1:27 pm
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Green Wing +100000, best comedy by far


 
Posted : 28/10/2010 1:28 pm
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I have just started to watch The Inbetweeners, cant stand any of the American 'so called' comedies.


 
Posted : 28/10/2010 1:29 pm
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Simon Amstel's comedy "Grandma's house" is brilliant too, was on a few months ago.


 
Posted : 28/10/2010 1:53 pm
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Thanks to this thread i've just found the 2 series of 'Chelmsford 123' on 4OD.

Been trying to get it on DVD for ages but apparently it was never released. Still funny (i had a nasty feeling it may not have aged well). Never looked at 4OD before but it's stopped me doing anything so far today as i've watched the first 3 episodes. ๐Ÿ™‚


 
Posted : 28/10/2010 2:08 pm
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yes

forgot about Eastbound and Down - excellent

and US office is very good too - ITV2 were showing it for a while but seem to have stopped. Anyone know if its coming back/ on another channel?


 
Posted : 28/10/2010 2:08 pm
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[b]US Office[/b] is very good. The later seasons that haven't been aired here are worth importing from the states [s]or rapidshare[/s]

[b]Parks and Recreation[/b] is also incredibly funny if you like the mockumentary genre.


 
Posted : 28/10/2010 2:16 pm
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How not to live your life.

Seconded!!


 
Posted : 28/10/2010 2:19 pm
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Simon Amstel's comedy "Grandma's house" is brilliant too, was on a few months ago

See, I watched quite a bit of this and never laughed. Seemed to be almost all in-jokes aimed at Jewish people.


 
Posted : 28/10/2010 2:19 pm
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US Office thirded. Like it more than the original and Angela is hot.


 
Posted : 28/10/2010 2:29 pm
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I think the Big Bang Theory is funnier if you are a Sci Fi nerd. Still pretty sharp I reckon. Not that big on Inbetweeners lots of pooh and knob jokes but I guess it is about teenagers.


 
Posted : 28/10/2010 2:32 pm
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Better off Ted
Also agree with Arrested Development.


 
Posted : 28/10/2010 2:42 pm
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One not mentioned that was ace is Flight of the Concordes.


 
Posted : 28/10/2010 3:03 pm
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+1 How not to live your life
+1 The Inbetweeners

Fancy something somewhat different? Check out

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Posted : 28/10/2010 3:05 pm
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molgrips - the fact that you don't like BBT, whilst I do, gladdens me. I wouldn't want us to be the same now would I..


 
Posted : 28/10/2010 3:06 pm
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15 Storeys High?


 
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