British Comedies

nodirectionhome

Always win.

From Fawlty Towers, Steptoe and son, some mothers do ave em, right up to Little britain, the Royle family, Shameless and Gavin and Stacey (which I am currently watching and made me think of this) they are all just side splitting funny and witty

I can't really think of any Irish comedies that I enjoy as much- Father Ted for a little while back in the day, and Pure Mule maybe

American wise, Friends had it's time for me, but nothing else stood out so much

piotrish

nodirectionhome wrote: »

Always win.

From Fawlty Towers, Steptoe and son, some mothers do ave em, right up to Little britain, the Royle family, Shameless and Gavin and Stacey (which I am currently watching and made me think of this) they are all just side splitting funny and witty

I can't really think of any Irish comedies that I enjoy as much- Father Ted for a little while back in the day, and Pure Mule maybe

American wise, Friends had it's time for me, but nothing else stood out so much

technically Father Ted was English

nodirectionhome

Really, as in production wise?

piotrish

nodirectionhome wrote: »

Really, as in production wise?

made by Channel 4 wasn't it

phasers

gavin and stacey is dross, as is little britain.

brummytom

Got to be Phoenix Nights for me - watching it again at the moment, brilliant series.

And 'The Thick of It' is absolute genius

admiralofthefleet

its an urban myth that father ted was an irish show. it was a british comedy

keeping up appearances and on the buses were classics too

ejmaztec

phasers wrote: »

gavin and stacey is dross, as is little britain.

Little Britain - A maximum 6 weak jokes expanded into 10000 episodes.

Never watched Gavin & Stacy.

Sergeant

Alan Patridge.
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
Brass Eye
The Day Today
Black Books.

Yes, I have impeccable taste.

brummytom

Sergeant wrote: »

Alan Patridge.
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
Brass Eye
The Day Today
Black Books.

Yes, I have impeccable taste.

I feel ashamed of myself that I forgot every single one of these



/ties noose

ejmaztec

brummytom wrote: »

Got to be Phoenix Nights for me - watching it again at the moment, brilliant series.

And 'The Thick of It' is absolute genius

It's a pity that Peter Kaye's in it.:P

nodirectionhome

Totally forgot Black Books, another classic.

Gavin and Stacey, have to defend it, never fails to make me laugh! Even on this depressing valentines night I am smiling watching it

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Sergeant wrote: »

Alan Patridge.
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
Brass Eye
The Day Today
Black Books.

Yes, I have impeccable taste.

Agreed.

El Guapo!

The fast show was genius. I wish they brought it back. And Harry Enfield too!

bluto63

nodirectionhome wrote: »

Always win.

From Fawlty Towers, Steptoe and son, some mothers do ave em, right up to Little britain, the Royle family, Shameless and Gavin and Stacey (which I am currently watching and made me think of this) they are all just side splitting funny and witty

I can't really think of any Irish comedies that I enjoy as much- Father Ted for a little while back in the day, and Pure Mule maybe

American wise, Friends had it's time for me, but nothing else stood out so much

How have you managed to name practically every bad show made in Britain?

Sergeant wrote: »

Alan Patridge.
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
Brass Eye
The Day Today
Black Books.

Yes, I have impeccable taste.

That's more like it

nodirectionhome

Yep Harry Enfield.

Like certain catherine tate sketches, though some are just irratating

Bazinga

Alan Patridge.
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
Brass Eye
The Day Today
Black Books.

Yes, I have impeccable taste.

Haven't seen Darkplace but might as well add 2 more GL ones to it - Ted & IT Crowd.

Peepshow is outstanding, up there with Partridge.

PK2008

British comedy and music is the best in the world

Credit where credit is due

1mcampo1

Arrested Development

...sorry, thought we were just naming out our favorite show!

PeterIanStaker

Jesus, two pages in and nobody's mentioned Spaced!!!

Shame on ye.

bitter

Fawlty Towers & Father Ted stand out among the rest:cool:

Captain Havoc

I'm a Ronnie Barker fan, Porridge and Open All Hours. There's loads others that haven't been mentioned yet, Carry On, Are You Being Served, also Sir Humphrey from Yes Minister cracks me up. Father Ted is Irish, shot in Ireland with Irish actors by Irish people but produced by a British company, it's Irish. Robbie Keane was born in Ireland but plays for a British soccer team, does that make him British?

tattoo86

porridge

the inbetweeners

only fools and horses

stevejr

Ah come Dave, where's only fools and horses?????

Dangerous Man

When it comes to comedy no one does it better than the British. It must be from all the murdering and stealing they've done over the centuries - gives one a good sense of humour...

Jazzy

Time Trumpet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfSi0D7KESk

TPD

Jesus OP, I saw the thread title and thought 'here's someone talking my language'. (I hope not!)

You've named some of the worst British Comedy has to offer, and completely skipped past some of the best.

El Weirdo

Bazinga wrote: »

Haven't seen Darkplace but might as well add 2 more GL ones to it - Ted & IT Crowd.

Peepshow is outstanding, up there with Partridge.

Both brilliant. But you forgot another Linehan one that he did with Matthews:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIIAQME1Uhg

Took me ages to decide which clip to post. Great stuff.

epgc3fyqirnbsx

Their sketch shows are fantastic
Not the Nine O'Clock News
The Fast Show
The two Ronnies
Harry Enfield
Smack the Pony (women being funny :eek:)

Ever watch any of the old Morcam and Wise shows? Brilliant stuff, there's a clip of the two of them making breakfast to some piece of music, must look it up

nodirectionhome

Clashing opinions over some of them indeed, stand by the ones I mentioned and agree with many of the ones added, but you get the gist, some quality programmes mentioned!

Spaced, it's been ages since I watched that, love it

El Weirdo

nodirectionhome wrote: »

Spaced, it's been ages since I watched that, love it

Being repeated on More4 at the moment.

lolie

The young ones
Bottom
Only fools and horses
Fr Ted
First few series of shameless
Inbetweeners

Bazinga

Father Ted is Irish, shot in Ireland with Irish actors by Irish people but produced by a British company, it's Irish. Robbie Keane was born in Ireland but plays for a British soccer team, does that make him British?

It wouldn't have been made without C4 so they have to get the Kudos.

Hard to remember them all el weirdo!

For some reason I thought that clip was from the fast show.

billymitchell

The Royle Family. Maybe not always genuine LOL material, but I liak it

m@cc@

piotrish wrote: »

technically Father Ted was English

Technically, maybe. But in terms of writing and delivery, it was very much Irish.

Captain Havoc wrote: »

I Father Ted is Irish, shot in Ireland with Irish actors by Irish people but produced by a British company, it's Irish.

The majority of it was filmed in studios in London.

Badgermonkey

Steptoe and Son was a mix of terrific performance and quality scripts that still hold up remarkably well.

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin was also blessed with Leonard Rossiters extraordinary talent, great ensemble cast and and a wry take on the daily drudge of 9 to 5 existence in suburban England.

For me, Peep Show is the funniest comedy on British TV at the moment.

Ricardo G

Anyone remember these
Smith and Jones
Hale and Pace were class (used to love Jed and Dave the 2 stoners)
My father got me watchin Tommy Cooper, classic !!
Its the not the 9 o clock show
And of course Porridge

All the old ones were great

Hurricane-Dean

admiralofthefleet wrote: »

its an urban myth that father ted was an irish show. it was a british comedy

keeping up appearances and on the buses were classics too

Irish writers, but RTE thought it would be too offensive so channel 4 took it on board

El Weirdo

Hurricane-Dean wrote: »

...RTE thought it would be too offensive so channel 4 took it on board

Bollocks, bollocks, bollocks, bollocks, bollocks, bollocks.

Jesus! How many times?!

Hurricane-Dean

El Weirdo wrote: »

Bollocks, bollocks, bollocks, bollocks, bollocks, bollocks.

Jesus! How many times?!

What's bollocks?

Sergeant

Jesus Jumping Bean Christ, is it possible to discuss comedies without the same old drones going on about whether Father Ted was British or Irish. Who cares? It was funny.

El Weirdo

Hurricane-Dean wrote: »

What's bollocks?

The bit I quoted.

The bollocks.

Sanjuro

brummytom wrote: »

And 'The Thick of It' is absolute genius

QFT. It's one of the best comedy series to come out of Britain for quite some time.

Anything Chris Morris has done is absolute gold. And Peep Show is consistently one of the funniest things on television. Pound for pound, British comedies are vastly superior to American comedies.

billymitchell

Hurricane-Dean wrote: »

Irish writers, but RTE thought it would be too offensive so channel 4 took it on board

AFAIK, it was never offered to RTE.

Badgermonkey

Ricardo G wrote: »

Hale and Pace were class

Ricardo, someone's hacked your account and is posting nonsense likely to damage your reputation.

Hurricane-Dean

Willing to admit when im wrong, did a bit of reading there and although it was rumored that lenihan would offer it to RTE he went straight to Hat Trick and the rest is history. Forgive my ignorance.


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dagdha

Green Wing is/was a class show. I seen an episode a few years ago and did'nt think it was great but last year I watched if from start to finish on 4od and it is hilarious, there is some great characters in it such as Dr. Alan Statham, he cracks me up so much. Another show which had its moments was Man Stroke Woman there was some great sketches in it although it could be hit and miss aswell.

4od is AWESOME!!

Captain Havoc

dagdha wrote: »

4od is AWESOME!!

Yes it is.

Ricardo G

Badgermonkey wrote: »

Ricardo, someone's hacked your account and is posting nonsense likely to damage your reputation.

I have every right to post a string of Hale and Pace clips on here after that remark

deathrider

I'm currently re-watching through the old Red Dwarf shows. It's been a few years since I watched them, and I still think they are hilarious. I once watched so much Red Dwarf , that I actually wound up with a dodgey Liverpool accent like Mister Lister... I've never even been to Liverpool.
Defo one of my all time favourite Brittish comedies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_0xaOQWg6I

dxhound2005

Joking Apart was very funny.