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Poll Question: Which classic British comedy series do you like most?
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I love Fawlty Towers. It doesn't matter how many times I have seen all the episodes, they still crack me up over and over. I love Basil

Is anyone familiar with "Bottom"? (Rik Mayall & Adrian Edmonson) Very funny stuff indeed!
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Very little has made me laugh as hard as Fawlty Towers, but Phoenix Nights comes very close. "I'm getting the word.....Nonce !"

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I was absolutely over the moon to see that on Channel 4's top 20 US & UK sitcoms of all time, which was shown last night, the No1 show was....FRASIER!!!
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Originally posted by Bob Greece Bob Greece wrote:

Originally posted by Moogtron III Moogtron III wrote:

Originally posted by TheProgtologist TheProgtologist wrote:

Originally posted by Moogtron III Moogtron III wrote:

And Yes, Minister (thanks Tony)...

and I like two great comedies with Penelope Keith: To The Manor Born and Executive Stress

What about The Good Life?(which here in America is called Good Neighbours for some reason)

Which one is that, the one where Penelope plays a grandmother?

No - there are two neighbouring couples. One is posh (Penelope Keith is the posh wife). The other couple decide to drop out of society and try to fend for themselves (pigs in the garden etc.).

Okay, thanks. I don't know that one.

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Originally posted by Moogtron III Moogtron III wrote:

Originally posted by TheProgtologist TheProgtologist wrote:

Originally posted by Moogtron III Moogtron III wrote:

And Yes, Minister (thanks Tony)...

and I like two great comedies with Penelope Keith: To The Manor Born and Executive Stress

What about The Good Life?(which here in America is called Good Neighbours for some reason)

Which one is that, the one where Penelope plays a grandmother?

No - there are two neighbouring couples. One is posh (Penelope Keith is the posh wife). The other couple decide to drop out of society and try to fend for themselves (pigs in the garden etc.).



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1. Fawlty Towers
2. Blackadder
3. Yes Minister
4. Red Dwarf
5. Bottom
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Originally posted by Tony R Tony R wrote:

The Good Life always signified the very worst of cosy British Middle-Class TV to me.

And I also hated To The Manor Born,My Family, and 2Poin Children....Dead

Cosy middle class TV? No doubt. But To The Manor Born is not the worst from it, IMHO. Good script and Penelope was acting fabulous (absolutely ~).



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Originally posted by TheProgtologist TheProgtologist wrote:

Originally posted by Moogtron III Moogtron III wrote:

And Yes, Minister (thanks Tony)...

and I like two great comedies with Penelope Keith: To The Manor Born and Executive Stress

What about The Good Life?(which here in America is called Good Neighbours for some reason)

Which one is that, the one where Penelope plays a grandmother?
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Originally posted by Tony R Tony R wrote:

The Good Life always signified the very worst of cosy British Middle-Class TV to me.

And I also hated To The Manor Born,My Family, and 2Poin Children....Dead

Well,here in America we have to deal with the handouts Public Television gives us for British Comedy.My local PBS station is showing:
As Time Goes By
Keeping Up Appearances
Last of the Summer Wine
Are You Being Served?
The Vicar of Dibley
The Good Life
My Family
Chef
May/December

But BBC America is showing some good stuff.I just discovered Father Ted,hilarious.


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The Good Life always signified the very worst of cosy British Middle-Class TV to me.

And I also hated To The Manor Born,My Family, and 2Poin Children....Dead
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Originally posted by Moogtron III Moogtron III wrote:

And Yes, Minister (thanks Tony)...

and I like two great comedies with Penelope Keith: To The Manor Born and Executive Stress

What about The Good Life?(which here in America is called Good Neighbours for some reason)


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The Office-

Brilliance
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I saw the Black Vegetable once, man was that great.

Second would be Fawlty Towers.
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And Yes, Minister (thanks Tony)...

and I like two great comedies with Penelope Keith: To The Manor Born and Executive Stress
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Fawlty Towers, but mr. Bean comes close. Any other Atkinson comedy is good, Blackadder especially.

The Office is very good too. One of the few new series that are very good.

I used to watch Dad's Army, 'Allo 'Allo, Are You Being Served and that one in India, or no, it was Birma I suppose, with Rangi Ram and "The Boys Are Here To Entertain You" (what was that being called again?), a lot. (Are from the same producer / writers? The same kind of humour, not a very high level, but very entertaining.)

And the Young Ones (good one Velvetclown) and Monty Python and Ab-so-lute-ly Fabulous Daaarling

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Wow,some great shows been listed there-out of those Blackadder is my favourite.Actually it is my all-time favourite!

Omissions?

Loads of obvious and brilliant ones from the UK:

Phoenix Nights (and based in Bolton)
The Young Ones
Rising Damp
Bottom
Only Fools & Horses
Porridge
Alan Partridge
Red Dwarf
The Royle Family
Father Ted
Alexei Sayle's Stuff
Yes Minister
Vicar Of Dibley
Gimme Gimme Gimme
Steptoe & Son
Ripping Yarns
Men Behaving Badly
Big Train
The New Statesman
Comic Strip Presents
Dinnerladies

And that's just the ones I like!!
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I voted Black Adder, but you forgot Black Books!!!! For Shame!!!

What's yer faovrite album? =^_^=
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My all-time top ten sitcoms:

1 Fawlty Towers
2 Blackadder
3 Father Ted
4 Red Dwarf
5 The Office
6 Only Fools And Horses
7 One Foot In The Grave
8 The Goodies
9 Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
10 The Vicar Of Dibley

My all-time favourite sketch show is Monty Python's Flying Circus,
followed by Not The Nine O' Clock News.
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Originally posted by Hemispheres Hemispheres wrote:

i voted for monty python but red dwarf comes in at a close second

I love Red Dwarf,what a great show.


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Originally posted by Velvetclown Velvetclown wrote:

Bilden “http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/images/400/youngones_1.jpg” kan inte visas, då den innehåller fel.

i just read some stuff about this show the young ones it sounds hilarious do u know if its on canadian tv anytime

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