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Favourite British Comedy

Discussion in 'Newcastle United' started by Samuel L Ameobi, Oct 9, 2011.

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Favourite British Comedy

  1. The Young Ones

  2. I'm Alan Partridge

  3. Peep Show

  4. Pheonix Nights

  5. Bottom

  6. The Office

  7. Father Ted

  8. The IT Crowd

  9. The Royle Family

  10. The Inbetweeners

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  1. Jesus Was A Geordie

    Jesus Was A Geordie Well-Known Member

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    Aye there's appreciation, but few of them have had me belly laughing that much - maybe I just need to watch a couple all in a row to get with the characters a bit more?

    ...I enjoyed Him and Her on the BBC, didn't think it was amazing but some very clever, dry writing! I agree coming of age is ****ing shocking and 2 pints of lager is horrendous, I would be happy to base all future relationships, platonic or otherwise on whether they find that shower of ****e in the least bit amusing!

    Green Wing on C4 was amazing!
     
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  2. The Special AKA

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    Is it just me who thinks Ivan Dobsky is exactly like David Charlton? The voice, the fact he's a prisoner desperate to stay in jail, the fact he's from the North-East...?

    I really don't know! It's up to you! It is a quality show, but for anything not in Series One there's always YouTube I suppose. :undecided:
     
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  3. Ameobi's Zeppelin

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    It's definitely worth seeing. Season 1 on DVD, Seasons 2 & 3 on bit torrent.
     
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  4. Protein Cheik

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    'A Bit of Fry and Laurie' or 'The Fast Show'. Both genius.
     
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  5. steviemac14

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    Yeah all of those would be in my top 10! There should also be a place on the list for Auf Wiedersehn and Black Books. Had to vote for Partridge.
     
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  6. aginairrr

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    Nobody has mentioned The Vicar of Dibley...absolutely hilarious!
     
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  7. Nolberto's Salsa Inferno

    Nolberto's Salsa Inferno Well-Known Member

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    No votes for Father Ted. Careful now, down with that sort of thing .. also No Black Adder, Fast Show, Red Dwarf, Fawlty, Black Books .. Honoury mentions to our colonial cousins ..Sgt Bilko & Arrested Development (good enough to be classed as British)
     
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  8. Tel (they/them)

    Tel (they/them) Sucky’s Bailiff

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    It's clearly all opinion based but I'd say officially the greatest comedy has to be Only Fools & Horses. Not a personal favourite of mine but I can understand why it's top of the tree.

    For me it's The Office, I got it completely and it is probably the most revolutionary comedy of all time. There's no coincidence that Ricky Gervais has catapulted his way directly into the Hollywood A-list off the back of his & Steve Merchant's ingenious ideas.

    If you're having Trigger Happy TV in there then you have to have The Fonejacker too seeing as it was 10 times better and not hosted by one of the most boring 'comedians' of all time.
     
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    Totally this, Goes Fourth was brilliant, funny, poignant, fantastically acted & written. Hugh Lawrie in the last episode as Lt George talking about the Eton tiddly winkers was class.

    Also add to the list IT crowd & "Speed" episode of Father Ted.
     
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  10. steviemac14

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    My top 10 would be:

    Red Dwarf
    Only Fools and Horses
    Fawlty Towers
    Auf Wiedershen, Pet
    I'm Alan Partridge
    Black Adder
    The Inbetweeners
    Phoenix Nights
    Likely Lads
    Not Going Out

    Not sure we can count IT Crowd, Black Books and Father Ted as British as they were written by an Irishman, the same Irishman actually <ok>
     
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    What is everyone's favourite panel show? I can't decide between Shooting Stars, Would I Lie to you, Celebrity Juice and 8 out of 10 cats.
     
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  12. steviemac14

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    Mock the Week <ok>
     
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    Shooting Stars, Cats, Buzzcocks or Would I Lie to you would be mine. Can't stand Keith Lemon so never watch Celebrity Juice!
     
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    Inbetweeners from the list, but Fawlty Towers wins hands down overall.
     
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  15. Amnesiac

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    This!
     
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  16. GeoMax

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    Out of that list I had to choose The Young Ones, but there are so many absolute quality British comedy's that I'd be hard pressed to pick only one favourite; Monty Python, Porridge, The Young Ones, Blackadder, Red Dwarf, Only Fools, Fawlty Towers, Father Ted, Rab C Nesbit, League of Gentlemen, Auf Weidersehen Pet all spring directly to mind when I read the title of this article!

    Whilst I normally laugh at just about anything, I've never seen an episode of The Royal Family or The Office all the way through to the end because of the lack of anything remotely humerous that I've seen!
     
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  17. Amnesiac

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    Missed out some classics though on this list, I mean, no Blackadder?! Also Bread was quite good, up to the point where they changed the original actor for Joey, but seriously this list is utter ****e.
     
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  18. GeoMax

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    How could I have forgotten Dad's Army or Allo Allo, I could easily sit and watch those again.

    Can anyone remember a comedy called 'The Strangerers', about alien vegetables? I think they only ever made one series but I thought it was hilarious!
     
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  19. Jonnyaiston

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    Bottom, Father Ted, The Young Ones, The Inbetweeners, The IT crowd.

    Would of had these ahead of those mind Blackadder, Red Dwarf, Monty Python, Dads army.
     
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  20. Jonnyaiston

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    The old Shooting stars, new one is crap imo.

    Would say Mock the Week though.

    I cannot stand Celebrity Juice with ****s like Jedward & Lemon.
     
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