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I'm looking for a few new comedy series to watch. Any suggestions? Below are a few I've already seen along with my favourites marked with *.
IT Crowd *
Black Adder *
Red Dwarf *
Black Books *
Fawlty towers *
The Office
Allo Allo
Keeping up Appearances
Outnumbered
...
I'm Alan Partridge
Spaced
Porridge
Yes Minister/Prime Minister
Father Ted
Phoenix Nights
Peep Show
Brass Eye
Extras
Last Orders
The Royle Family
Open all Hours
Spaced.
Not seen it myself, but a few people have been rating Hebburn quite heavily.
The Inbetweeners is supposed to be good (I've only seen one episode, looked promising). Similarly, Fresh Meat, which contains a few of the actors from Inbetweeners.
Absolutely.
- Hyperdrive
- Spaced
Not so good (imo):
- The Thin Blue Line
another vote for peep show
Thick of it
Cuckoo
Does it have to be British? With your list there, you'd do well to make a start on The Big Bang Theory.
Inbetweeners
The Thick of It
- Hyperdrive
Really? I thought it was terrible.
another vote for 'The Thick of It'.
Peter Capaldi = excellent.
Hyperdrive (especially if you like Red Dwarf and/or Nick Frost). Not in the league of the others mentioned but I enjoyed it.
The Inbetweeners
Fresh Meat
Catterick
League of Gentlemen
Dads Army
Max and Paddys Road to Nowhere
Gavin & Stacey
The Young Ones
Comic Strip Presents...
Day Today
What about sketch shows?
Big Train
Fast Show
Still Game
The league of gentlemen
The worst week of my life
Not British but curb your enthusiasm
Agree with others SPACED is top
I deal with Johny vegas
Moone Boy [ f******* hilarious
Blue Jam if you like Chris Morris, weirder than Brass Eye
The Fast Show
One that hasn't been mentioned: Coupling
Coupling is massively underrated, one of the best in the past 20 years IMO.
Garth Marenghi's DARKPLACE.
Hilarious.
Coupling is great.
Mongrels is very funny as well, if you like you humour dark
Monkeydust - the darkest sketch show ever made.
partridge
peep show
thick of it
fawlty towers
porridge
all already mentioned above, but worth mentioning again, IMO.
Nathan Barley and How Not To Live Your Life.
Some great recommendations above
Didn't see The Green Wing listed
'I am not an Animal' was pretty good too if you can find it
Currently liking Hebburn at lot
I'm Alan Partridge will always be my favourite though
Early Doors
Pulling
The Fast Show.
That is all.
Nathan Barley was excellent.
Monkey Dust
Spaced
Jeeves and Wooster.
Coogan's Run
Early Doors
To be honest, if you've seen Allo Allo and Keeping Up Appearences already anything else will probably pale in comparison.
I find it hard to believe that Green Wing and The Mighty Boosh hasn't been mentioned yet.
My personal (recentish) favourites:
Peep Show
Green Wing
The Inbetweeners
Spaced
The Mighty Boosh
Flight of the Conchords - Britishness debatable here.
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
Hebburn and Fresh Meat, on at the moment are both good too.
Naked Video
Still Game.
Another vote for Yes Minister/Prime Minister
Not British per se, but could I also put a vote in for Flight of the Conchords?
Set of Six
People like us
Big Train
The Groovy Fellers
first series of Misfits
2012
Getting on
Green wing
League of Gentlemen
Flight of the Conchords (colonial)
Extras
The office
The Young Ones
Lead Balloon
The Wrong Door was pretty good as well.
Just finished Saxondale.
Great telly.
Vic Reeves Big Night Out
Ideal
The Mighty Boosh
Friday night dinner. second series has just finished and seems to be bit under the radar but proper laugh out loud at times.
Number one has to be...
Porridge
followed by
The Good life
The Trip.
Human Remains
Another vote for Saxondale.
Marion and Geoff is funny and moving in equal measure.
+ one for Green wing
Also the oft` overlooked gritty northern comedy
BRASS !!
+1 for the musical colonials
Phoenix Nights
Gary the Tank Commander?
On a more serious note, Spaced is excellent.
Father Ted...not British, but best comedy of the last couple of decades IMO.
Second Spaced, Peep Show, Still Game, MOdern Toss.
Spaced is possibly the best comedy ever made.
Teachers made me laugh, not been on for a few years mind.
In addition to the above:
Scully.
Rising Damp.
Dinnerladies.
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy.
A Most Peculiar Practice.
The Rise and Fall Of Reginald Perrin.
One Foot In The Grave.
Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads?
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet.
Butterflies.
Rab C Nesbitt.
by restricting it to Brit stuff you are missing things,
The Night Shift (icelandic -- universal characters)
Monkey Dust-- not possible to get the best ones, bbc self censoring at work again
The Boosh were realy good
Brass Eye
The Day Today
Him and Her
Wow, loads to trawl through here. I've seen about half of those mentioned but had forgotten some so I'll definitely be revisiting some too.
Looking for British because currently an expat in Austria and need some British culture!
Love dark comedies so may watch some of those first.
this 😀
may contain graphic special effects gore and really bad horror writing (oh and some kick arse 80's oot synth playing 😉
The stuff mentioned here is all funny enough (except the Mighty Boosh, that is just students pissing about and consequently entirely shit), but Spaced and the League of Gents (first two series) are PROPER genius.
Spaced for the sheer quality of writing and delivery, but League of Gents is really a work of art. One of the best TV series ever made, of any genre.
Mighty Boosh was excellent - funny and original.
Not British but Arrested Development is superb.
Mighty Boosh was excellent
No, there's a difference between cleverly made comedy and being a ****.
No, it was funny. Not opinion, FACT 😉
Funny, I think the opening intro of Boosh is funnier than the whole of League of Gentlemen, which I found to be a let down.
It was better on the radio, tbh, but that's true for most stuff. 🙂
Haven't seen it on here but I've scanned the list.
Look Around You
2 series of odd comedy based on 70's BBC school educational videos for science.
Amazing
Haven't seen it on here but I've scanned the list.
Look Around You
2 series of odd comedy based on 70's BBC school educational videos for science.
Amazing
No, it was funny. Not opinion, FACT
You are WRONG WRONG WRONG. Three times.
You are WRONG WRONG WRONG. Three times.
can't hear you, can you speak up ?
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The stuff mentioned here is all funny enough (except the Mighty Boosh, that is just students pissing about and consequently entirely shit)
You obviously take your comedy too seriously. It was very funny. Loads of people think so.
+1 for Look Around You and The Trip.
I also quite liked Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, although it got cancelled pretty quickly, so clearly not many others are of the same opinion.
On top of the many that have been mentioned also going to add...
Episodes
Friday Night Dinner
Not Going Out
[i]first series of Misfits[/i]
Still liking Misfits...yes first & second were best with Nathan but I still thought third was good. Not sure about fourth now only 1 of the original cast remains but still watching. Funny though it can be, not sure it fits into comedy 😕
Most things with vic and bob,ronnie barker,steve coogan(paul calf).or mot been mentioned yet Stella Street.
Game on
Absolutely
Still Game
Saxondale.
Agree with the Garth Merenghi suggestions, excellent.
Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (NOT the film!)
Thick of it
HHGTTG
Father Ted
Drop the Dead Donkey
I know more would kill some of these series but how is it fair that we get 100's of episodes of Charlie Sheen self destructing through the same joke for months and only 4 short series of Malcom Tucker!
Best comedy I saw of late was a one off: Holy Flying Circus.
EDIT Monkey Dust+1
The Limmy's Show I watched earlier was pretty good,
I know more would kill some of these series but how is it fair that we get 100's of episodes of Charlie Sheen self destructing through the same joke for months and only 4 short series of Malcom Tucker!
Because good comedy is good for a variety of reasons, but a key one is knowing when to stop. This is usually 2-3 series.
The reason crappy shows are crap is because they are based on market research and forces and hence will continue to be made until they are no longer economical. And people being brainless sheep will continue to watch something for many series after it stops being any good.
NO ONE HAS MENTIONED "15 STOREYS HIGH".
This is a complete travesty.
Yes, Garth Marenghi. Yes, Spaced. Yes, Boosh.
But please. Everybody. Watch [url=
Stories High[/url]. I urge you.
Another vote for Flight of The Conchords - not "technically" British but still needs a vote!