Any funny tv series

jams100

Anyone have any recommendations for a good TV/boxset series?
Something along the lines of a father ted, royale family or an idiot abroad...I've watched every episode of father ted about 3 times now
Thanks

Mehaffey1

Along those lines would be Black Books with Dylan Moran and Bill Bailey, easy watch and easy laughs

peep show

Notmything

Peter Kay's car share

thesandeman

One that went under the radar years ago is Goodnight Sweetheart. Because it's based in the war years it's fairly timeless (if that makes sense).

Atlantic Dawn

The Office, UK and US versions. Watch UK version first.

Tom Mann Centuria

Man Down

Bandana boy

Schitts creek
Power through first season and it gets very funny

W0LFMAN

Frasier

golfball37

Bandana boy wrote: »

Schitts creek
Power through first season and it gets very funny

I’m five episodes into season one and find it a drag, completely unfunny and uninteresting. I heard from a few people it’s very good but I’m not feeling it tbh.

Notdeco

golfball37 wrote: »

I’m five episodes into season one and find it a drag, completely unfunny and uninteresting. I heard from a few people it’s very good but I’m not feeling it tbh.

You need to keep going, one of those shows that just get better with each episode. Stick with it, you won't be disappointed

Extras

mr_edge_to_you

Got to love All4:
Man Down
The Inbetweeners
Friday Night Dinner
Fresh Meat
The IT Crowd (personal ideologies aside Graham Linehan is a genius)
Derry Girls

Others:
Peter Kays Phoenix Nights (and Max & Paddy spinoff series)
Cuckoo (first 3 seasons anyway)
Frasier
Entourage
US Office - never got the UK one but I love the US one.

Thecageyone

I'm the opposite when it comes to the Office, loved the UK one, can't stomach the US one at all.

I'll second Black Books as someone suggested earlier, it's very much in line with the type of shows OP likes, same guys behind Father Ted

ebbsy

Bottom.

Immortal Starlight

Still Game on Netflix

dermo2014

Seinfeld, all seasons available on rte player.

Tell me how

Parks and Rec is often spoken about in the same terms as The US Office although personally I rate the latter much higher.
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is very funny in my opinion but it is a cruder humour than the shows you listed.

I presume, even though you didn't mention them that you have watched the old reliables of Fawlty Towers and Only Fools and Horses.
Last of the Summer wine is an even older version of a similar type of humour.
And there is a show called Early Doors which is very similar in setting and style to The Royle Family. Craig Cash produced both shows.

.red.

Tell me how wrote: »

Parks and Rec is often spoken about in the same terms as The US Office although personally I rate the latter much higher.
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is very funny in my opinion but it is a cruder humour than the shows you listed.

Parks and Rec as a whole was good but the 2nd last season was poor and the last season was diabolical. Very easy viewing tho.
Always Sunny is probably my favourite comedy of all time. Really really strange story lines tho. The last few season are good but not on a par with the earlier ones.

Another show I'd highly recommend is Episodes. I'd never heard of it till it was half ways thru the last season. Rewatched it recently with my wife and she loved it too.

****ts Creek was a slow burner at the start, I'd just about enough interest to keep going with it and was glad I did. Every episode has a laugh in it.

Frasier is well worth watching too, even if you've seen most episodes before. The comedy is fantastic and it hasn't aged a bit.

Tell me how

Another one which you might like was Scrubs although it is a very American type of humour which are different from the shows you listed.

As with other shows mentioned here, avoid the last series like it was Season 8 of Game of Thrones.

whomitconcerns

Curb your enthusiasm.

NIMAN

Modern Family was fantastic for the most of it.
Peep Show, re-watched it all again earlier in the year, still as funny.

Capt'n Midnight

The Estate Agents
https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-estate-agents/on-demand/30000-001

Speak Now

whomitconcerns wrote: »

Curb your enthusiasm.

Starting out at season 1 for the 3rd time

greensausage

30 rock and arrested development are decent as well.

pajosjunkbox

Curb your enthusiasm.......Larry David gets in sticky situations and says out loud what everybody else might think but choose to stay quiet to maintain an appearance of being normal !!!!

Peep Show..... Great characters. Super Hands, Jez, Mark and Johnson. Quality comedy.

mark_jmc

greensausage wrote: »

30 rock and arrested development are decent as well.

+1 for Arrested Development, it’s hilarious

Agent Coulson

Brooklyn 99

Acosta

mark_jmc wrote: »

+1 for Arrested Development, it’s hilarious

Just don't watch it beyond the 3rd season

Archeron

If you like animation, Drawn Together can be very funny, I say meat blimp at least once a week

ollkiller

Letterkenny.

silliussoddius

ebbsy wrote: »

Bottom.

A box set would be a good Christmas present, along with some Gold, Frankenstein and Grr.

Tell me how

silliussoddius wrote: »

A box set would be a good Christmas present, along with some Gold, Frankenstein and Grr.

Along the same lines in terms of Old School British Comedy

Blackadder
Yes Minister, and the more recent equivalent The Thick of It.

If you've any interest in current affairs and UK politics, these last two should be very entertaining for you.

McBurgermacs

ollkiller wrote: »

Letterkenny.

I'm mad to watch this but cant find it. Any idea if it's available here? Which app?

Community is my suggestion, get past the 1st few episodes and the first 4 seasons are brilliant.

WoollyRedHat

Ghosts.

enfant terrible

Silicon Valley

Jimbob1977

Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge

I'm Alan Partridge

The Inbetweeners

US Office

JP Liz V1

jams100 wrote: »

Anyone have any recommendations for a good TV/boxset series?
Something along the lines of a father ted, royale family or an idiot abroad...I've watched every episode of father ted about 3 times now
Thanks

White Gold
Moone Boy
Derry Girls
The Young Offenders

arcticmonkeys

I was a fan of Don't trust the B in apartment 23 while it was on Netflix only lasted 2 seasons on ABC although it was quite provocative for a network show. Kristen Ritter is hoot and easy on the eye as well which helps. Most episodes are on dailymotion now.

Capt'n Midnight

ebbsy wrote: »

Bottom.

The Young Ones

The Comic Strip Presents. Mr. Jolly Lives Next Door

Filthy Rich and Catflap

The New Statesman. Rik Mayall




Some quite different ones. YMMV , very hit or miss and some very dated badly.


Friday Night Dinner

The Goodies - Kitten Kong

Red Dwarf

The Hitch Hikers Guide To The Galaxy series. Radio series is still the best.

Rab C. Nesbitt
Onslow from Keeping Up Appearances is sometimes the only sane person and had one great line
"I'm sitting here completely surrounded by no beer!"
And that's where the similarities end.


The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin the original series only.

Ripping Yarns

Detectorists - very very slow, watch last thing at night to unwind.

JP Liz V1

arcticmonkeys wrote: »

I was a fan of Don't trust the B in apartment 23 while it was on Netflix only lasted 2 seasons on ABC although it was quite provocative for a network show. Kristen Ritter is hoot and easy on the eye as well which helps. Most episodes are on dailymotion now.

James Van Der Beek as himself was the mvp for me

al87987

Nobody has put Nathan for You on this list yet so you should all hang your heads in shame.

If you like Sunny, Curb, Office, Peep etc... this will be the best comedy you've never heard of.

Darc19

Immortal Starlight wrote: »

Still Game on Netflix

I second that.

Started watching it last week. Great harmless easy watching fun.

Yermander

Most good ones already mentioned

Catastrophe
Brassic
After Life

completedit

I feel the Inbetweeners has start to age poorly. The music, the era, the jokes, the fashion the humour, it's all of a different time. I say this as someone who has watched it endlessly for about 12 years.

ejmaztec

I found Future Man entertaining, and don't even recall it being shown on any particular channel. I suppose it could be described as sordid humorous sci-fi

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4975856/

silverharp

Im watching Curb your Enthusiasm for the first time, just finished Season 6, i must had watched an episode when it was on back in the day but didnt get it. Liking it now especially being able to speed through it. The whole arc of the family staying with them was brilliant

Not seen Seinfeld either so that might be up next after this one

No again Danni

Bandana boy wrote: »

Schitts creek
Power through first season and it gets very funny

golfball37 wrote: »

I’m five episodes into season one and find it a drag, completely unfunny and uninteresting. I heard from a few people it’s very good but I’m not feeling it tbh.

Ive started watching it recently and really like it. Some of the jokes fall flat but the characters all round are so likeable. The family themselves are meant to be spoilt but theyre not, just adapting. It's nice and easy to watch imo.

Alaninwondeand

The Goldberg's on RTE 2. Its like a cross between Malcolm in the middle and the wonder years. Packed with 80s nostalgia.

No again Danni

Trailer Park Boys is very good too.

dom40

Just watched Back series 1 and 2 on All 4 really enjoyed it (from the peep show guys).