Favourite British comedy TV, please
 

Hi,
What are your favorite Comedy series..old or present?
Thanks a lot. So many I don't know what to watch.
Love Doc Martin.
(There's no TV section here.)

There are so many. I think one of my favorites was *Little Britain* with David Walliams and Matt Lucas.:biggrin:

Great, thanks...I just started The Wrong Man. James Cordin's in it.

Keeping Up Appearances and Are You Being Served?

YES! They used to be on here all the time ---so I have seen them!!! I don't see them being offered
on my channels like hulu right now, tho. Most are new to me, except AB FAB. :D

I caint believe I see someone here mention Doc Martin, he is incredible!!

Fortunately I watched the entire series before streaming existed.... and the ones I didn't see were available anytime to me at Blockbuster :thumbsup:

Hello

I am so shocked at times by Hail and Pace and the content. I too so love them both. Having a British husband I have found more humor than I can handle at times. I often fall asleep to Dave Allen.

As for a series Little Britain is a classic.

Lynn

Alright! Little Britain - up two!

When I was growing up, CBC played the "Holy Trinity" of comedy before going to bed; Dave Allen, Wayne & Schuster and The Two Ronnies :D

It's good night from me..... and good night from him...

I love Keeping up Appearances and Are You Being Served. The only newish Brit show I got into was Dr. Who. When Matt Smith left, I stopped watching. I loved David Tennant until Matt came along. Matt is MY Doctor!!

'Peep Show' is probably my favourite, it's a sitcom that's filmed from a first-person perspective where you hear the inner monologues of the two main characters - very original premise, and very amusing to hear their dysfunctional thought processes. :laugh:

Though 'Red Dwarf' pushes it close for me, it's a sitcom set on a spaceship and its humour is very British (though it only properly gets going in season three for me, and then tails off after season six). 'The IT Crowd' is also very funny, love the characters in it and it's just very silly.

I'm such a smeg head, I forgot about that one. Love it! :laugh:

Nice! :laugh:

It's the 'blue alert' scene that does it for me, never fails to crack me up. :laugh:

Blackadder is a great classic

Yeah, talk about your favorite scenes! :smile:
Turns out I am offered way more Brit crime shows! Gee.
Finishing up Whitechapel. Loved Spooks yrs ago.

I used to watch keeping up appearances but I am not a lover of British comedy
I dont like british comedians at all.


Namaste

They're an acquired taste...:tongue:

My husband used to sit and watch all comedys laughing like anything and i could not see what was so funny british comedy does nothing for me


Namaste

American and French humour is like that for me. In Canada, we had (or have? I don't watch telly anymore) Just for Laughs and my French wife would laugh up a storm. I never got the jokes.

Same with US comedy, though David Letterman did tickle my funny bone somewhat.

I don't watch much TV (more into movies) but two of my favorite TV comedies are Curb Your Enthusiasm and Frasier.

As for British sitcoms, a few that have yet to be mentioned are The Benny Hill Show, Fawlty Towers, and Mr. Bean.

I like all of them! Yes. :smile:

...Only fools and horses...
Absolutely fabulous.. vicar of Dibley .. league of gentlemen .. gimme gimme gimme .. one foot in the grave ... So so so soany more too.

Hey thanks, ABlue. I know AbFab...the best! i laugh just thinking about it!
Years ago I bought a bunch of seasons on DVDs...I mean what would happen if pay TV went off the air?
I had to have back up! :eek:

Haha...yes Ab.Fab really IS fab !
I've been getting my fix of a blast from the past in the form of Dame Edna ... Now I know she ( he) is Australian but I cry with laughter every time . Hilarious .

Thank you all, I have seen many you have mentioned! :thumbsup:
I did come across Dirk Gently (Holistic Detective), 2012 ---I love it so far!