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VanderGraafKommandöh 
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Joined: July 04 2005 Location: Malaria Status: Offline Points: 89372 |
 Posted: April 09 2009 at 18:21 |
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It depends if I have time over the weekend, Jody. I have Freeview and so can watch Dave. It's just I have family over and I am not sure if they'll want the television on.
But I have to say, from the brief clips I've seen... it looks a tad disappointing. |
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valravennz
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VIP Member Joined: March 20 2005 Location: New Zealand Status: Offline Points: 2546 |
Posted: April 09 2009 at 22:46 |
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Here is a few more worth looking out for: The Vicar of Dibley; BalleyKissAngel; To The Manor Born; The Good Life; The Last of the Summer Wine and Keeping Up Appearances. Enjoy!!
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"Music is the Wine that fills the cup of Silence" - Robert Fripp |
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Fists
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Joined: April 08 2009 Location: Canberra, Aus Status: Offline Points: 23 |
Posted: April 12 2009 at 07:15 |
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the only one I can think I havnt seen mentioned is un(natural) acts, features many of the same writers/actors as Boosh but can be quite hard to find. Its a sketch show.
EDIT: oh and Cat Weazel, first season is way better than second though. Edited by Fists - April 12 2009 at 07:20 |
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Neil
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Joined: October 04 2006 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1497 |
Posted: April 12 2009 at 11:13 |
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One that has yet to be mentioned but can be absolutely hilarious although sometimes rather near to decency is "Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps". Currently in series eight on BBC3 and series one to seven available on DVD.
Another very eclectic and eccentric one was "A Very Peculiar Practice". Difficult to come by now as only series one was released on DVD and that is now discontinued. I have managed to find the whole two series on bit torrent sites by careful looking.
Two of my favourites anyway, enjoy.
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When people get lost in thought it's often because it's unfamiliar territory.
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JLocke
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Joined: November 18 2007 Status: Offline Points: 4900 |
Posted: April 12 2009 at 16:42 |
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Anything with John Cleese in it is genuine gold, my friend.
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TheProgtologist
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Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: May 23 2005 Location: Baltimore,Md US Status: Offline Points: 27802 |
Posted: July 28 2009 at 20:52 |
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Just got some new dvd's such as series 1 & 2 of I'm Alan Partridge,series 1 of Saxondale,series 1 of Allo! Allo!,series 1 of Green Wing and both series of Hyperdrive(can't understand why this didn't do well).Excellent stuff!
Also got the first series of Being Human and am ADDICTED to it.
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el dingo
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Joined: October 08 2008 Location: Norwich UK Status: Offline Points: 7053 |
Posted: July 29 2009 at 03:35 |
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Endorse many of those mentioned.
Citizen Smith (about a would-be revolutionary who screws up everything he touches) stars Robert Lindsay and is pretty good.
If you like Ashes to Ashes, check out Budgie - vintage stuff about a small-time London crook starring Adam Faith.
The first two series of Auf Wiedersehen, Pet are pretty damn good too - but IMO avoid the others.
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It's not that I can't find worth in anything, it's just that I can't find worth in enough.
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Any Colour You Like
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Joined: May 15 2009 Status: Offline Points: 12294 |
Posted: July 29 2009 at 03:44 |
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I'm sure that The Young Ones has been mentioned. Has me in stiches every time.
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ita_prog_fan
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Joined: April 20 2005 Location: Italy Status: Offline Points: 258 |
Posted: August 14 2009 at 08:44 |
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Chris H
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Joined: October 08 2006 Location: Charlotte, NC Status: Offline Points: 8191 |
Posted: August 14 2009 at 17:33 |
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Jody if you are into cars and wouldn't mind watching an automotive program, Top Gear will keep you in stitches the whole time. Also, Jeremy Clarkson for Prime Minister anybody?
And it's not a comedy, but I've really taken a liking to Skins since I started watching on BBC America. It might just be because I'm in the sort of key demographic that show would appeal to, but really so many American shows have failed at being just good teenage dramas and this one knocks it out of tha ballpark. Edited by Chris H - August 14 2009 at 17:33 |
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Beauty will save the world.
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JJLehto
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Joined: April 05 2006 Location: Tallahassee, FL Status: Offline Points: 34550 |
Posted: August 14 2009 at 18:48 |
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Yeah, not a sitcom but Eddie Izzard is awesome.
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SergiUriah
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Joined: May 03 2009 Location: I don´t know Status: Offline Points: 453 |
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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TheProgtologist
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Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: May 23 2005 Location: Baltimore,Md US Status: Offline Points: 27802 |
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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Tony R
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Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: July 16 2004 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 11979 |
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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Zebedee
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Joined: July 02 2009 Location: The Woods Status: Offline Points: 1588 |
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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Friendship is like wetting your pants: everyone can see it, but only you can feel its warmth. |
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Tony R
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Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: July 16 2004 Location: UK Status: Offline Points: 11979 |
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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TheProgtologist
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Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: May 23 2005 Location: Baltimore,Md US Status: Offline Points: 27802 |
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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Finnforest
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 03 2007 Location: The Heartland Status: Online Points: 17037 |
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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Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: May 23 2005 Location: Baltimore,Md US Status: Offline Points: 27802 |
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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TheProgtologist
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Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: May 23 2005 Location: Baltimore,Md US Status: Offline Points: 27802 |
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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