British Comedy

[NeonTurtledude]

What are your favourite British comedy shows?

I love a lot of the shows that Rik Mayall was in (The Young Ones, Bottom, The New Statesman etc) but I also love shows like Black Adder,Peep Show, Fleabag, I'm Alan Partridge,Red Dwarf, Absolutely Fabulous, Fawlty Towers and Monty Python's flying circus)

what British comedy shows do you like?

[Leo656]

"Shows", not so much, have not seen very many, but I do enjoy a few Monty Python movies.

[FredWolfLeonardo]

Fawlty Towers, Mind your Language and Mr Bean.

[NeonTurtledude]

I've seen some of the Holy Grail movie, that's a classic, plenty of quotable lines and memorable scenes

Flying Circus is good, it's a great mix of random sketches with some social commentary added in, my favourite python is Graham Chapman, he's so witty.

what British comedy shows have you seen?

[NeonTurtledude]

Fawlty Towers, Mind your Language and Mr Bean.

absolute classics, I haven't seen Mind your Language though

Fawlty Towers is very funny and Mr Bean was probably first britcom I was introduced to as a child, he's great, both the live action one and the animated one.

[Wesley]

I love Keeping Up Appearances, One Foot in the Grave and Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em.

I like some episodes of Only Fools and Horses.

Can’t think of any others.

[Leo656]

I've seen some of the Holy Grail movie, that's a classic, plenty of quotable lines and memorable scenes


That's my favorite by far, I love that stupid-ass movie.

As for shows I've seen a very little bit of Mr. Bean and Absolutely Fabulous but they didn't grab me. Can't recall any others off the top of my head. And of course I've seen some Python skits but they're hit-or-miss with me.

[NeonTurtledude]

I love Keeping Up Appearances, One Foot in the Grave and Some Mothers Do ‘Ave ‘Em.

I like some episodes of Only Fools and Horses.

Can’t think of any others.

out of that list I've only seen One foot in the grave, some mothers do ave em and a few episodes of only fools

I have seen clips of keeping up appearances, they were entertaining

[FredWolfLeonardo]

absolute classics, I haven't seen Mind your Language though

Fawlty Towers is very funny and Mr Bean was probably first britcom I was introduced to as a child, he's great, both the live action one and the animated one.

I grew up in Pakistan, and even there, Mr Bean and Mind your Language were huge hits and beloved. Mr Bean was easy for many non-English viewers to enjoy because of its lack of dialogue, and Mind Your Language has characters from all the over world like Spain, Greece, Italy, Pakistan, India, China, Japan etc. (the show was a bigger hit in countries which are represented by its characters).

[NeonTurtledude]

That's my favorite by far, I love that stupid-ass movie.

As for shows I've seen a very little bit of Mr. Bean and Absolutely Fabulous but they didn't grab me. Can't recall any others off the top of my head. And of course I've seen some Python skits but they're hit-or-miss with me.

you should maybe try Bottom or The Young Ones.

Bottom is about two guys, Richie and Eddie, one is very chaotic and loud and the other just wants to enjoy his football and beer, they have a lot of laurel and hardy/tom and jerry type of events happen to them, (getting stuck on a ferris wheel, fighting a burglar, getting stuck on the roof etc) a good first episode is Gas. (where they try to sneak into their neighbour's flat to get their gas supply, it doesn't go well and they get distracted)

there's some subversive social commentary too.

http://https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/640x360/p02tsjhy.jpg

The Young Ones is similar to Family Guy in it's layout, with various "cutaway gags" happening between the episodes, The Young Ones also features live music performances from bands like Motorhead and like Bottom, it's very chaotic, the story is about some university students in the 80s, there's Rick the smug poet, Vyvyan the loud metalhead,Neil the sad hippie and Mike the cool person a wannabe sinatra/elvis type.

http://https://www.bbc.co.uk/staticarchive/b4b4ff7ddd0592c7b010e17aa00399630c9bf524.jpg

[Autbot_Benz]

Keeping Up Appearances such a great show

[drgon78]

Benny Hill and Monty Python.

I have some memory of Faulty Towers.

[member_removed]

you should maybe try Bottom or The Young Ones.

Bottom is about two guys, Richie and Eddie, one is very chaotic and loud and the other just wants to enjoy his football and beer, they have a lot of laurel and hardy/tom and jerry type of events happen to them, (getting stuck on a ferris wheel, fighting a burglar, getting stuck on the roof etc) a good first episode is Gas. (where they try to sneak into their neighbour's flat to get their gas supply, it doesn't go well and they get distracted)

there's some subversive social commentary too.

http://https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/images/ic/640x360/p02tsjhy.jpg

The Young Ones is similar to Family Guy in it's layout, with various "cutaway gags" happening between the episodes, The Young Ones also features live music performances from bands like Motorhead and like Bottom, it's very chaotic, the story is about some university students in the 80s, there's Rick the smug poet, Vyvyan the loud metalhead,Neil the sad hippie and Mike the cool person a wannabe sinatra/elvis type.

http://https://www.bbc.co.uk/staticarchive/b4b4ff7ddd0592c7b010e17aa00399630c9bf524.jpg

I love Bottom and The Young Ones.
If you enjoyed them check out “Filthy, Rich and Catflap”. More funnies from Ade Edmondson and Rik Mayall (and Nigel Planner).
It’s pretty good. Proto Bottom. Worth seeking out.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filthy_Rich_%26_Catflap


There were also 5 Bottom Live stage shows (ranging from 1995 – 2003). The first two are great, it’s very diminishing returns after that.
Also they made a movie all but Bottom in name. With appearances from Bill Nighy and a young Simon Pegg.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guest_House_Paradiso

Also, not stickily “British” but a co-production between Channel 4 (UK) and RTE (Ireland) and I believe filmed in London is Father Ted. 3 Irish priests and there house keeper. If your religious and easily offend, you might to skip it. If you have a sense humour worth watching. And if you like Father Ted, give “Black Books” and “The IT Crowd” a go as well.

If your ok with off the wall kooky stuff I suggest, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace. It’s a pastiche of Stephen King, featuring Talking heads over “lost” episodes of a TV series that was too shocking and the audience of the 1980’s weren’t ready for.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garth_Marenghi%27s_Darkplace

[Powder]

Keeping Up Appearances, One Foot In The Grave, Last Of The Summer Wine, Mr. Bean, watched a lot of stuff in that vein as a kid, with my mom & grandma. PBS went ham with British humor programs, most of which very dry & quick witted, which is my thing.

[newfan]

I don't watch much British TV at all these days but going back my list would include a number of things already mentioned, for me off the top of my head it mostly was -
Only Fools and Horses
Men Behaving Badly
The Young Ones
Faulty Towers

I watched a lot of Bottom but that was mostly due to someone else liking it, actually I watched most of the above with them.

I did also watch Keeping Up Apperances and sometimes One Foot in the Grave.

[ZariusTwo]

I'd recommend anything with Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer, especially Shooting Stars

Also:

-Vicar of Dibley
-The Fast Show
-The Day Today
-Jam
-Brass Eye
-The Thick Of It
-Coupling (written by Doctor Who and Sherlock's Steven Moffat)
-Father Ted
-The IT Crowd
-8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
-The League of Gentlemen

[newfan]

Oh, I Forgot the League of Gentlemen, I watched that too when it was airing.. also a little of the Harry Enfield show. I watched Gimme Gimme Gimme for a while, huh, seems there were more shows than I first remembered, but first listed were the most watched.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

I used to love Mr. Bean in the early 1990's, and reruns of Fawlty Towers and 'Allo 'Allo!

[NeonTurtledude]

I love Bottom and The Young Ones.
If you enjoyed them check out “Filthy, Rich and Catflap”. More funnies from Ade Edmondson and Rik Mayall (and Nigel Planner).
It’s pretty good. Proto Bottom. Worth seeking out.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filthy_Rich_%26_Catflap


There were also 5 Bottom Live stage shows (ranging from 1995 – 2003). The first two are great, it’s very diminishing returns after that.
Also they made a movie all but Bottom in name. With appearances from Bill Nighy and a young Simon Pegg.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guest_House_Paradiso

Also, not stickily “British” but a co-production between Channel 4 (UK) and RTE (Ireland) and I believe filmed in London is Father Ted. 3 Irish priests and there house keeper. If your religious and easily offend, you might to skip it. If you have a sense humour worth watching. And if you like Father Ted, give “Black Books” and “The IT Crowd” a go as well.

If your ok with off the wall kooky stuff I suggest, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace. It’s a pastiche of Stephen King, featuring Talking heads over “lost” episodes of a TV series that was too shocking and the audience of the 1980’s weren’t ready for.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garth_Marenghi%27s_Darkplace

I've seen Filthy,Rich and Catflap, Guest House Paradiso and the Bottom live shows, I've seen most of rik's tv show appearances at this point except for like his jonathan creek appearance and some of his films.

I've seen a bit of Garth Marenghi's Darkplace too

and Father Ted,Black Books and IT Crowd

[NeonTurtledude]

Oh, I Forgot the League of Gentlemen, I watched that too when it was airing.. also a little of the Harry Enfield show. I watched Gimme Gimme Gimme for a while, huh, seems there were more shows than I first remembered, but first listed were the most watched.

I've seen the Harry Einfield and chums show, it's quite funny, I was shown one of the Kevin the teenager sketches in Home Ec class