What's your favourite Britcom?

[baby_mouse]

me... "Black Books"...

[formerrepuke]

1. Are You Being Served?...I want to live in that series.

[Neshanic]

26. Another AYBS fan...Mrs. Solcumb slays me.

[6000eliot]

67. "And of course there's my pussy to consider."

[flamingyouth]

48. Me too.

As a retail worker for 20 years, I can't tell you how much I appreciate that show. :D

[stlsaxman]

54. That series must have THE UGLIEST people on the PLANET!

but it's kinda corny-funny ;)

[Must_B_Free]

70. the gay guy is the best.

the one where he goes pregressively into drag to model the clothing for a customer and ends up getting picked up by the owner for a date.

[Coventina]

2. I'm fond of "Chef!"

[baby_mouse]

3. ???

I have nver heard of this series and I live in UK. What is this "Chef!" of which you speak? Is it local?

[crimson333]

16. here

http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/c/chef_7773155.shtml

[Lisa]

30. I know professional chefs who laugh themselves silly over it ...

One of them swears that Blackstock is a dead ringer for her old instructor!

[Deja Q]

41. YES! I knew there'd be another!

:D :bounce: :D :smoke:

[LeftyDarthBrodie]

4. The Office

I have the first episode of Ricky Gervais' new show Extras waiting to be watched.

[Telly Savalas]

61. Thanks for the tip on Extras

Wasn't aware of it, but watched the first episode and it's pretty damn funny.

[LeftyDarthBrodie]

77. Thats good to hear

For no particular reason I haven't gotten to it yet.

[jane_pippin]

5. I'm Alan Partridge

on edit: A-HAAAAAAAAAA

[ghostsofgiants]

6. Black Books for me too

Dylan Moran is a goddamn comic genius.

[baby_mouse]

7. Genius? Comic? Goddam?

What are you talking about?

;)

jam jam. jam jam jam.

[Democrats_win]

8. "Good Neighbors"

Tom quits his job and, along with his wife, strives to be self-sufficient. Their farm drives the neighbors crazy.

[baby_mouse]

11. Oh!

You mean "the Good Life"!

I haven't seen that in years...

[CBHagman]

18. They call it Good Neighbors in the States.

Or at least they called it that on my local public television station.

I used to watch The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole and The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole on Canadian TV and PBS. I haven't seen them in years.

I still watch As Time Goes By and The Last of the Summer Wine, plus Waiting for God. Yeah, I like shows about older people. And I do identify with Norman Clegg AND Nora Batty. Figure that out. :blush:

[yellowdogintexas]

28. I Love Last of the Summer Wine. Nora Batty is a real craggy

ole battle ax, isn't she? I love the Pearl/Howard/Marina substory....such a sweet silly little show

[sir_captain]

9. Spaced

[ghostsofgiants]

40. Excellent show

The gag about Mike stealing a tank and trying to invade Paris = absolutely brilliant.

[Sal316]

10. Chef and Coupling.

Can't forget Black Adder, tho.

[GiovanniC]

59. Another for Coupling

[khashka]

12. Brittas Empire

Classic :)

I also love One Foot In The Grave, French and Saunders, and anything with Penelope Keith.

Khash.

[youthere]

13. keeping up appearances.

[Connie_Corleone]

14. They're a little old now, but...

Keeping Up Appearances and Absolutely Fabulous.

[Gemini Cat]

15. The Young Ones

Vivian you bastard! You go up and nail yourself back into the room and oh, do we have a video? (or something like that.)

I gotta stop sniffing the ajax.

Only 12 episodes were made, but they were and remain my favourites.

[BlackVelvetElvis]

17. AbFab, Black Adder (entire series), French and Saunders

In that order.

[nytemare]

19. Add Mr Bean, Monty Python and Fawlty Towers, and those are mine!

I love British humour.

[BlackVelvetElvis]

20. Doh!

How could I forget those?
I also like Vicar of Dibley.

[nytemare]

39. I haven't seen that yet, that is the one with Dawn French, right?

I should get it on DVD or get digital cable with BBC.

[Anarcho-Socialist]

21. Blackadder, then The Day Today and One Foot In The Grave

[baby_mouse]

24. Brass Eye and Jam nt

[Anarcho-Socialist]

45. I liked Jam too

:)

[baby_mouse]

46. Darkest. Shit. EVER.

brrrrrr

[baby_mouse]

47. self-delete nt

[Anarcho-Socialist]

71. It went entirely unnoticed by the Daily Mail

Quite surprising.

[baby_mouse]

89. I'm not sure they would have known what to say if they HAD noticed it.

Certainly I would have been somewhat alarmed.

[China_cat]

22. What?????

Nobody watches Father Ted?

[baby_mouse]

23. FATHER TED, FATHER TED!!!

go on, go on, go on...

[BooScout]

51. Father Ted is hilarious!

We borrowed some of the series from a friend who had it on tape. BBC America shows it on Saturdays. A brilliant series!

[scarlet_owl]

25. I love Father Ted. I have the DVD set and I watch it all the time.

I never get tired of it.

[Dastard Stepchild]

56. Another vote for Father Ted here....

priceless. :)

[AbbessHeloise]

58. Yes - Father Ted!

:bounce:

Father Ted is wonderful! I also like Dad's Army, Only Fools and Horses, and The Kumars at No. 52.

[yellowdogintexas]

27. " 'Allo, 'Allo", "Last of the Summer Wine", "Are You Being Served",

Father Ted, Blackadder, anything with Penelope Keith, As Time Goes By
Vicar of Dibley...

Monty Python and Fawlty Towers too, though in a class by themselves.

[FuzzySlippers]

33. Funniest line ever in the history of television

on the Vicar of Dibley. Owen: "I'll go get the condom."

[zanne]

29. Little Britain is growing on me n/t

[baby_mouse]

90. I am a LADY!

Pay me no heed!

[Lisa]

31. another word for "One Foot in the Grave" -- also, "Waiting for God"

I want to be Diana when I grow up!

[Cannikin]

32. French & Saunders and AbFab

[lumberingbear]

34. "Our You Being Served?, " "Keeping Up Appearences"

"Goodnight Sweetheart", "One Foot in the Grave", "Twos Company"

[zigster]

35. Goodnight Sweetheart

http://www.goodnightsweetheart.co.uk/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106014/

Nicholas Lyndhurst was cast as Gary Sparrow, a TV repairman whose marriage to Yvonne is in the doldrums. Out in London looking for a business address one day, he wanders down an alley, Duckett's Passage, and finds himself - though of course he does not immediately realise it - in the London of 1940. In a street-corner pub, which at first he mistakes for a 1940s themed hostelry, he meets Phoebe, the landlord's attractive daughter, and they are immediately smitten with one another. Returning through the same alley brings Gary back to the present, and he discovers that he can enter 1940s London the same way at any time. So begins his double life.

As the weeks pass, Gary begins a fiery 'past' romance with Phoebe (who, as her father Eric constantly reminds her, is engaged, albeit reluctantly, to a serviceman fighting overseas) while somehow managing to hold his 'present' marriage together. Yvonne knows nothing of her husband's time-traversing escapades yet she is aware that the lame excuses to cover his absences mean that something 'funny' is going on. The only person in whom Gary confides his secret is his best friend Ron, who becomes increasingly embroiled in the expanding tissue of lies that Gary creates to allay his wife's fears. A printer by trade, Ron spots the financial opportunities of Gary's time-travelling and gets him to acquire records and other items worth big money to collectors in the 1990s. In return for these favours, Ron forges 1940s papers so that Gary can move about in wartime London without suspicion.

more here:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/articles/g/goodnightsweethe_7772870.shtml

Also, Are You Being Served

[Pool Hall Ace]

36. 'Keeping Up Appearances' and 'Waiting for God'

[Placebo]

37. Absolutely Fabulous

Doesn't get any better. :rofl:

[tibbir]

87. I love Absolutely Fabulous

Every episode seems to just get funnier.

[Pharlo]

38. Black Adder,

To the Manor Born, Fawlty Towers, Yes Minister, Chef, Red Dwarf, Vicar of Dibley...

[tanyev]

42. Vicar of Dibley.

Irreverently reverent.

[peekaloo]

75. I love that show. Dawn French kills me.

:bounce:

[AntiCoup2K4]

43. Where's the love for Red Dwarf, you smegging bunch of gits??

[stlsaxman]

55. "What a guy!!!!"

Ace Rimmer was the perfect foil to Arnold...

The first season was so cool 'cause they had like NO budget... but the BEST writing in decades!

"They're dead, Dave"

The original Holly (the ships computer) shits itself-

http://webpages.charter.net/dominicschaeffer/html/brntrow.wav

[TheMightyFavog]

92. I'm waiting for December so I can complete the run of the show on DVD!

Quarantine is the funniest episode of the series.

"You know what your problem is? You're TETCHY!"

[LeftyMom]

44. Keeping up Appearances

has got to be just about the funniest thing ever to appear on the small screen.

[ZombieNixon]

49. My Hero

The episode where he misplaces Bush is simply priceless.

GEORGE: Now, Janet, everyone's put something down and then forgotten where they put it.
JANET: Not the president of the United States!!
GEORGE: Well, he wasn't a very good president.

:D

Holy shit! There's new episodes! I thought it got canceled. Damn it! My PBS station doesn't carry it anymore and we don't get BBC America! NOOOOOOOO!

[Fight_n_back]

50. The Office

nt

[jim3775]

52. Right now, The League of Gentlemen

It's about the funniest thing I've seen in the last 5 years. It makes the office look boring.

[stlsaxman]

53. Red Dwarf!

Black Adder, Mr. Bean, Farty Towels...

Current ones? We get "My Hero" here lately and when at first I thought it was gawd-aweful... after a few times i've really grown to like it! go figure...

But Red Dwarf will always be my favorite.

[u4ic]

57. The first couple of seasons of "Drop the Dead Donkey"

before Alex was replaced by Helen.

Black Adder and Vicar of Dibley round out the trifecta.

Ab Fab, Fawlty Towers and The Thin Blue Line are also favs.

And even though I know the dialogue by heart, I still get a laugh out of Are You Being Served and Keeping Up Appearances.

[auntAgonist]

60. Hi BabyMouse

On the busses .. Haven't seen it in years but it was definately my favourite. Is it still on?

[baby_mouse]

69. Not hat I know of

"On the busses"? I have never even heard of it! What was it about??

[auntAgonist]

82. It was awesome!

On the Buses

Cast & Crew:
Reg Varney, Bob Grant, Doris Hare, Michael Robbins, Stephen Lewis directed by Derrick Goodwin

Busmen Stan and Jack make a career out of not working, except when it involves flirting with "clippies" or plotting against their villainous manager Blakie.

http://valdefierro.com/buses02.html

On The Buses is the British TV comedy series that aired from 1969 until 1973. In all, there were 74 episodes made. Starting out the first two seasons in black and white, with the last 5 filmed in color. It is truly a classic 1970's Britcom.

It was a TV sitcom about the Luxton And District Traction Company, set in a London bus depot. Inspector Blake was the boss, with Stan Butler and Jack Harper working as bus drivers.

Stan lived with his Mom, sister Olive, and a lazy brother-in-law named Arthur. To learn more about the show, visit the On The Buses web sites listed on the links page below.

Before the series ended, three full-length motion picture movies were made: "On the Buses," "Mutiny on the Buses," and "Holiday on the Buses."

[baby_mouse]

91. Thank you!

I shall investigate!

[SnowBack]

62. Yeah, but no, but yeah, but no, but....

Little Britain is the BEST...

"I am the only Gay in the village".....

[ailsagirl]

63. It's old but a classic: Fawlty Towers!!

I love "The Kipper and the Corpse," "Basil the Rat," and, especially,
"The Germans." Cleese doing his "silly walk" is hilarious!!!

:rofl:

[LouisianaLiberal]

64. Anyone remember...

Rising Damp and The Rise and Fall of Reginald Perrin? Leonard Rossiter starred in both - I think. Haven't seen them in years. For now, my favorite character has to be Hyacinth Bucket.

[ForrestGump]

65. Yep -- it's my favorite, too. The Reginald Perrin series are excellent,

as well, and I'd love to see them again. I grew up watching a lot of British shows but, overall, I think that Fawlty Towers took and has kept the prize as the best British TV comedy, even amidst some tight competition.

[ailsagirl]

66. Cleese is brilliant!! I love his sense of humour.

I've got all the episodes but haven't watched them in awhile.
Maybe it's time I watched them again. I could do with a laugh
or two.
:)

[deadparrot]

85. Absolutely!

:D

[Robeson]

68. "Black Adder" and "Dave Allen at Large", when they were both on.

...those were the days.

[Left_Winger]

72. Several

Yes Minister (later Prime Minister)
Black Adder
Keeping up Appearances
Are You Being Served
The Vicar of Dibley

[hyphenate]

73. One that was around in the late 60s and early 70s

called "Doctor in the House." It was about a bunch of doctors--either interns or residents and some of the situations they got themselves in. I can't remember many details, but I do remember I enjoyed it quite a lot, and watched it pretty constantly.

[C_eh_N_eh_D_eh]

74. "Black Adder" and "Red Dwarf".

"My Family" is pretty funny, too.

[SmileyBoy]

76. Does Benny Hill count??

My father and I would watch that show together a LOT.

[baby_mouse]

81. Um, does it count as what?

I think it's funny NOW, but only because of a string of post-modern weirdnesses...

Um. That doesn't really make a lot of sense...

[caty]

78. I'm not really into sitcoms, but--

I really like "Midsomer Murders" a British mystery series.

[terrya]

79. "Fawlty Towers"

A sublime work of genius.

[baby_mouse]

80. #63 dude!

uh, sir

:)

[El Fuego]

83. "Ab Fab" and "Red Dwarf"

For favorite comedy shows overall my answer would be the same.

[Jara sang]

84. The Young Ones

[RebelOne]

86. How come nobody mentions "Absolutely Fabulous"?

That was the best yet.

[GreenPartyVoter]

88. BlackAdder

[cheeseit]

93. Black Adder and Red Dwarf