British TV Comedies

Peep show is awesome.

Blackadder is good from season 2 onwards, season 1 is dogshit.

The League of Gentleman... I don't know if it would translate well to the US, lot of people here don't even get it, hell I loved it but I don't really get a lot of what the fuck it means, it's very dark.

Some stuff like Keith Lemon and even Brass Eye I just don't know if you guys would like them, they're sort of specifically English.

Harshaw_sl said:

Not one mention of Monty Python? Shame on you all.

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Because it's really fucking old and everyone knows what it is.

The IT Crowd to me is the spiritual sequal to Father Ted, I love them both.

Recommending 15 Storeys High. It looks like quite a few of the episodes are on youtube, too.

Lvl_32_Bard_LFG_sl said:

My local PBS used to play an array of Brit sitcoms from the late 80s thru the mid 90s Saturdays and Sundays. It was a great and glorious way to let a hangover subside. There were several good shows, but I can only remember 'Father Ted' and 'Ab Fab'.

In trying to remember the other shows, I came across a nice database compiling all Brit sitcoms since 1936. If you have the time and are fond of a particular time period of sitcom history and want a new show, check it out as the site is broken up into categories by year:

http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/year/

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Father Ted is awesome! As is Black Books and Spaced. How do you want me is very nice too. Can QI be included in britcom?

Other brit shows: Shameless (great!), James May's Man Lab, Jekyll (6 episodes, but very much advisable), Psychoville, Antiques Roadshow and other antique shows alike (Antiques to the Rescue, Flog it!, Bargain Hunt, etc.), all the Heston Blumenthal shows, The Baker Brothers and Gordon Ramsay's uk shows are pretty decent too.

A little strange, but hey, what british comedy isnt:How not to live your life

If you like The Mighty Boosh / IT Crowd you will love Nathan Barley.

3rd season of Idiot Abroad is only 3 episodes long, but it had me laughing all the way through.

Warwick Davies and Karl Pilkington together is just perfect. Definitely worth a watch.

Devlin_sl said:

The League of Gentleman... I don't know if it would translate well to the US, lot of people here don't even get it, hell I loved it but I don't really get a lot of what the fuck it means, it's very dark.

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It's a documentary about North England.

No seriously, it's not that dark. Just a lot of good jokes about what happens when you have seperate isolated cities within a country. In the US they should remake it about the "South" here.

Jait_sl said:

It's a documentary about North England.

No seriously, it's not that dark. Just a lot of good jokes about what happens when you have seperate isolated cities within a country. In the US they should remake it about the "South" here.

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Jesus, if the league of gentleman isn't dark then I don't know what is, the majority of the characters are psychopaths or straight up serial killers.

Even the ones that aren't are such grotesques that they're still horrific.

I did fucking love it and own all of it but it is pretty fucking random. It's more Monty Python than Monty Python.

I still think it's very very English humour, I can't think of anything similar from the US.

I watched Veep the other day and enjoyed it a little bit, but someone mentioned The Thick of It was by the same guy and I've plowed through almost the entire series in the last week. Really can't recommend it enough.

Couple of my favorites: Big Train and The Sketch Show - both pacy, sharp and (imo) funny. Both have a few familiar faces as well.

Stumpled upon this a couple years ago. I thought it was pretty funny:

BBC Two - Psychoville

I grew up on these two British series

Keeping Up Appearances - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

and'Allo 'Allo! - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia!

Somewhat old, but still funny. A bit more family friendly, you can even watch with your mom without being too embarrassed. Some of the dialogues absolutely filthy and loaded with innuendo. I thought it was good growing up, but as an adult it's even better. Especially Allo' Allo', love that show. It's very silly though.

A newer series is Bad Education, some great characters and pretty funny overall

Did anyone watch any Alan Partridge yet? Alan Partridge and David Brent are probably the two most important British comedy characters of the last 25 years.

i've been watching peep show / alan partridge. fucking hilarious. i think im up to season 5 or 6 of peep show. hands down one of the best shows i've ever seen. the humor combined with twisted, dark introspection is spot on. as the brits say, "fucking brilliant!"

i vaguely remember seeing peep show, or at least a commercial for it, on comedy central in the early 2000's.

Pretty much anything with Steve Coogan is sharp. Been Watching his Alan Partridge specials for around a decade.

The last Red Dwarf season was really funny, and they started shooting the new season today.

If you like Chris Barrie The Brittas Empire is good. It's kind of the same premise as Fawlty towers.

Man I'm pissed the IT crowd didn't go on longer. Those two actors that left for american movies never really did anything so maybe we will eventually get another season.

If you don't mind old sitcoms, I would check out Men Behaving Badly. That show is a classic