British sitcoms

Cant go wrong with Allo allo and british airmen, anoying wifes and crazy germams

The list suggests we are voting for British Comedy TV of a more recent generation, which is fine.  So listing Are You Being Served? and Dad's Army seems the topic/poll should be more encompassing.

I searched for this poll to see if Garth Marenghi's Darkplace was mentioned, or to mention it if it hadn't been. I have posted in this poll before, but didn't remember and discovered it a couple of days ago on youtube after re-watching AD/BC: A Rock Opera. I loved it! This is one of the best uses of song too in a show (chilling):



Don't if anyone mentioned the (spoof) talk-show spin-off which I found really funny, Man to man With Dean Learner (all episodes available on youtube):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWQRlvy5Gv4

Also watched an ep of Snuff Box and The Mighty Boosh the other day, though it didn't hit my love button immediately like Darkplace did.

Since the IT Crowd is on Netflix, I've been watching that with my wife. She likes it a lot; sometimes it's hilarious.

Another fave of mine is Brasseye, though I probably mentioned that already, which I enjoyed while living out of a van in a wifi hotspot some years ago.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYSqqW6hH0w

Edited by Logan - May 15 2016 at 20:57

jude111 wrote: Logan wrote: I searched for this poll to see if Garth Marenghi's Darkplace was mentioned, or to mention it if it hadn't been... I loved it! LOL. I love that clip. Another really good one with Ayoade is "Nathan Barley." There's only one season - 6 episodes I reckon - but it's highly enjoyable. it was made by Charlie Brooker (Brass Eye, Black Mirror) and Chris Morris (the legend), stars Julian Barrat (The Mighty Boosh), and others turn up, including Noel Fielding and Rhys Thomas. Last time I checked, all the episodes were on Youtube.

Excellent, thanks! Great list of names. Now I know what to watch next.

I finished watching Nathan Barley, at only six episodes, it made for a good short binge watch. That was intense. I watch a lot of dark comedies, but this pushed me at times. Well worth watching. Thanks for the recommendation.

"It's Swift as Jackass."
"Or even faster."

I actually realized when I started episode one that I had started watching it a couple days ago, but found it messing with my mental state too much at the time. :)

jude111 wrote: Logan wrote: jude111 wrote: Logan wrote: Been getting into Spaced lately.  Extras was my favourite.  Loved Saxondale, so I've been meaning to watch I'm Alan Partridge. Funny you should mention Saxondale, I just finished the last episode last night on Netflix. Man that is one highly under-rated sitcom! That last season was brilliant, and I had to keep rewinding many scenes over and over again, they had me in stitches. Knock-down hilarious stuff. It's a terrific show., and that was such a good esiode.  What hooked me immediately when I saw it on TV the first time was hearing Focus.  Cause of it's music angle, it's one of those shows that i would think would be highly popular at a site like this. I'm going to try to look into all the shows on this list. Definitely; he's always mentioning Genesis, Floyd, etc. Yes, Focus's music features in some of the shows, as does Jethro Tull.

I remember watching "Butterflies" back in the day

Finnforest wrote: I remember watching "Butterflies" back in the day

Edited by Dean - May 16 2016 at 12:13

Finnforest wrote: I remember watching "Butterflies" back in the day

Finnforest wrote: Dean wrote: Finnforest wrote: I remember watching "Butterflies" back in the day All I really remember from that comes from the dark recesses my Pink Floyd-obsessed memory - Clare 'Great Gig In The Sky' Torry sang the theme tune (a cover of Dolly Parton's 'Love Is Like A Butterfly')...   Thanks for that one Dean.  As Guy Guden mentioned it was a really neat show that played here in the States for a few years.  I did not realize there was that Floyd connection!

Oh, I remember the program and some of the cast (Wendy Craig, Nicolas Lyndhurst & Geoffrey Palmer), but I didn't care for the concept of a bored housewife contemplating an affair as being a "situation" for a "comedy" so I didn't enjoy watching it and don't remember much about the content. Not that I have any objections the portrayal of adultery in sitcoms and dramas on moral grounds or anything as judgemental as that, it's just that as some people don't care for sci-fi or westerns, I don't care for dramas about broken or failing marriages.