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TheProgtologist 
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 Topic: Recommend me some British sitcomsPosted: August 31 2009 at 22:41 |
Sounds like my kind of program!
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Phideaux
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Posted: August 31 2009 at 22:26 |
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It's sick -- and starts off very subtle and slow, but hang on through seconde episode and you'll be hooked. Truly sadistic fun!
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: August 31 2009 at 22:17 |
Never heard of it but I will definitely check this one out.
Thanks!
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clarke2001
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Posted: August 31 2009 at 22:06 |
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No-one mentioned Hale and Pace?
Or Goodness Gracious Me? Sanjeev Bashkar is incredible! Or Jeeves and Wooster...or You rang, M'lrod?...or early episodes of On the buses...or Oh, Doctor Beeching... And... Not the 9 o'clock news... |
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Phideaux
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Posted: August 31 2009 at 21:48 |
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OMFG!
Did NOBODY yet mention the ONLY show necessary for me in all of eternity... NIGHTY NIGHT Brilliant, brilliant and the darkest, craziest, funniest show to come from the talented stable of the production company Baby Cow (Steve Coogan's company). Written and starring Julia Davis -- and they even use Marillion's Lavender in a crazy dance sequence in episode one |
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: August 31 2009 at 21:12 |
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Me and my wife were at the library today and saw series 1 & 2 of Spaced there and rented it.
Funnier than hell,we watched the first five episodes and both nearly busted a gut laughing.
Love all the numerous pop culture references throughout the shows.
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npjnpj
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Posted: August 28 2009 at 04:12 |
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Has nobody really mentioned 'Hustle'?
Come on, this is one of the best British series ever!
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Dean
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Posted: August 27 2009 at 17:39 |
I started watching it when it first started, but I failed to find the notion of making a comedic hero out of a philandering bigamist in anyway humorous - shame really because the lead actors are very good, especialy Dervla Kirwan. Perhaps I'm wrong in this view, but it came out at a time when all the programs on TV seemed to be about infidelity and divorce, as if that was all the scriptwriters knew what to write about - of course that is still true today.
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What?
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: August 27 2009 at 13:42 |
The area in The Wire is a bit deeper into the city,about a 15 minute drive from my house.I refuse to go there,it's a war zone.
I can walk to Duff's (Ace of Cakes) shop from my house,and most of Homicide:Life on the Street was actually filmed in my neighborhood.
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Padraic
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Posted: August 27 2009 at 12:56 |
Or Ace of Cakes.  |
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Tony R
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Posted: August 27 2009 at 12:51 |
I love The Wire. Been watching it in glorious HD recently. Trouble is after watching it I go around calling everybody m*****f****** N*****H***  |
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: August 27 2009 at 12:42 |
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@ Tony and Jim.....just ordered Phoenix Nights,it better be good.
 These clips were good though.If a show has a big inflatable penis in it it has to be funny.
So that's where you live Tony?If you want to see the city I live in just watch Homicide:Life on the Street or The Wire.
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: August 27 2009 at 12:36 |
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I can't believe not many people here talk about Only Fools And Horses.We have the first 4 series and David Jason is brilliant.I do think the dynamic changed a bit after Lennard Pearce died.Uncle Albert is just not as endearing as Granddad.
Has anyone ever watched Goodnight Sweetheart with Nicholas Lyndhurst?Lyndhurst plays a tv repairman who discovers a time portal in an alley that allows him to travel to 1940 London during the Blitz.He falls in love with a woman there and spends the series going back and forth,trying to balance a life in the 40's and the 90's and having a wife and another woman in both eras.My wife and me consider that a hidden gem that we discovered,and own and have watched all six series of the show.
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Finnforest
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Posted: August 26 2009 at 20:28 |
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Oh man, need to bookmark this thread
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...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell"
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: August 26 2009 at 18:38 |
I agree,Back to Earth was disappointing.Pissed me off that they totally ignored the series 8 ending,I was hoping to see how everything panned out.Plus it just seemed too contrived.
I really like Alan Partridge Tony.Steve Coogan is immensely talented,and there are definitely some "cringe-worthy" moments in the show.
A cross between Partridge and Brittas huh?Interesting.........your poor co-workers.
I am always interested in characters that are compared to Basil Fawlty,and I have seen both Brittas and Partridge compared to Fawlty,but they just aren't as mean as Basil Fawlty is.
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Tony R
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Posted: August 26 2009 at 17:11 |
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The Red Dwarf three-parter was absolutely atrocious. I wasnt really surprised as the last series wasnt very good either.
Glad you like Alan Partridge, Jody. Very funny but I tend to have to watch it from behind the sofa I am cringing so much. Some of the people where I work say I am like a cross between Alan Partridge and Gordon Brittas...  |
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Zebedee
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Posted: August 26 2009 at 17:07 |
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Don't think anybody has mentioned this one yet: It Ain't Half Hot Mum.
I've always been more fond of this particular show than Dad's Army and Allo Allo (David Croft's trilogy). The whole 'blackface' criticism surrounding the show is just nonsense (if one actually takes the effort to do a bit of research). |
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Tony R
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Posted: August 26 2009 at 17:06 |
I am definitely with Jim on this one. Phoenix Nights was a massive hit and is set in my home town of Bolton. The first series of The League of Gentleman is astonishingly good and I would recommend it to anyone with an off-kilter sense of humour. Sadly, the programme went downhill after the first episode of Series Two. |
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: August 26 2009 at 16:55 |
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I can't stop watching Porridge,talk about an excellent sitcom!Ronnie Barker is absolutely brilliant in the role.Just received Going Straight and the Porridge film by UPS today,can't wait to watch them tonight.
Also,just discovered Leonard Rossiter and the series Rising Damp and The Fall And Rise Of Reginald Perrin.
 These might be old hat to you European members,but me and my wife are eating this stuff up with spoons.Never heard of Richard Beckinsale(Porridge,Going Straight,Rising Damp) until I started watching these shows.Did a little reading on him and was startledto discover that he not only died very young,but he is also Kate Beckinsale's father. Edited by TheProgtologist - August 26 2009 at 16:57 |
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SergiUriah
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Posted: August 14 2009 at 19:01 |
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LITTLE BRITAIN
KROD MANDOON AND THE FLAMING SWORD OF FIRE
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