Favourite British Comedy

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Favourite British Comedy

  • The Young Ones

  • I'm Alan Partridge

  • Peep Show

  • Pheonix Nights

  • Bottom

  • The Office

  • Father Ted

  • The IT Crowd

  • The Royle Family

  • The Inbetweeners

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Ameobi's Zeppelin said:
Blackadder
Brasseye
In The Thick Of It
Fawlty Towers
Jam
Monkey Dust
The Day Today
Extras
Spaced
The League Of Gentlemen
Yes Minister
The New Statesman
Red Dwarf
Snuff Box
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Now Monkey Dust really was a genius show. I recall posting a video of 'Timmy and Daddy' on here a few months ago. A few sensitive souls said I was sick and it wasn't funny to mock such a situation. <doh><laugh>
 
Geordie Gashead said:
Easily The Office - the funniest and most original. It's absolute genius.

And The Inbetweeners is funny but no more than that - it's not even close to some of the great Brit comedies.
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This - I never watched many of the 'classics' growing up and I fail to see a lot of their appeal. Perhaps they seem a bit dated 'cause newer shows have ripped off their jokes and made them shinier and more modern. From the point of view of script writing though, none of them touch the office.

Extras is also genius!
 
The Special AKA said:
Now Monkey Dust really was a genius show. I recall posting a video of 'Timmy and Daddy' on here a few months ago. A few sensitive souls said I was sick and it wasn't funny to mock such a situation. <doh><laugh>
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"TIMMMMMYYYYYYY!!!!!"

...."daddy"

Great stuff. Loved Ivan Dobsky and Mr Hoppy too.
 
Jesus Was A Geordie said:
This - I never watched many of the 'classics' growing up and I fail to see a lot of their appeal. Perhaps they seem a bit dated 'cause newer shows have ripped off their jokes and made them shinier and more modern. From the point of view of script writing though, none of them touch the office.

Extras is also genius!
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Other than 'Only Fools...' I never watched the classics. But even when I see them now, I appreciate the skill and the wit required to have produced them. When I see some of the crap that's on now, especially on the BBC, I want to punch something. 20 years ago the BBC had 'Only Fools...'. 10 years ago it had 'The Office'. What does it have now? That ****ing God-awful show 'Coming of Age'. <doh>
 
it should be said again and again though:

Blackadder Goes Forth is the absolute pinnacle of British Comedy and has not yet been bettered, and I doubt it ever will.
And the end of last episode should be a lesson for all American comedies on how to do heartwrenching without schmaltz.
 
Peep Show and Not Going Out would probably be my favourite 'newer' British comedies.
 
Ameobi's Zeppelin said:
it should be said again and again though:

Blackadder Goes Forth is the absolute pinnacle of British Comedy and has not yet been bettered, and I doubt it ever will.
And the end of last episode should be a lesson for all American comedies on how to do heartwrenching without schmaltz.
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The Simpsons did heartwrenching without schmaltz for a while.

I do agree that that Blackadder ending is incredible, though.
 
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