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Jesus Christ posted:I'm addicted to British panel shows. Quite Interesting and Would I Lie To You are my favorites (and pretty much every episode of both are on youtube) but 8 Out of 10 Cats and Have I Got More News For You are also entertaining and a good way to learn about British culture and sound smart in front of your friends. They have their moments but british tv is full full of them instead of good scripted comedy, and it's not a coincidence that 90%+ of the recommendations in this thread are between 10 and 30 years old. Virtually everything made in the last decade has been hot garbage. Is there anything good on anymore now The Thick of If is over and Peep Show does 6 or 7 episodes every 3 years?
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Oberleutnant posted:Hello my american friends. The correct answer is Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister. Biting political satire that's as relevant today as it was 30+ years ago. I like it for the most part, but it's annoying when it parrots right wing talking points about political correctness gone mad or evil unions shutting down hospitals
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bitterandtwisted posted:I could listen to Peter Capaldi insult people all day. dunno, almost all of the cast are in it except in slightly different roles apart from jamie and malcolm
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JFairfax posted:this is v. good. This is literally the only time I've ever seen anyone reference this show in the years since it came out and it is criminal that it doesn't get more attention. It's just perfect.
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time trumpet is also dumb, funny and underrated https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AdxzOsc3cK0
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SoylentCola posted:Have you seen Mrs Browns Boys? Point well made, but hey it seems pretty popular, and that "live" thing they have going on is a nice touch. EL BROMANCE posted:it's not a coincidence that 90%+ of the recommendations in this thread are between 10 and 30 years old. No, because the average poster in this thread will be about 30 themselves, so a lot of the recs are rose-tinted, plus I doubt anyone watches that much telly any more. I couldn't tell you what's on BBC comedy nights these days, but years ago I watched them religiously.
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Peep Show is a pro choice. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TlwsjGB32c Also Americans really like The Mighty Boosh so you might like Snuff Box, a short lived series starring Berry and Fulcher: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxB4_uZyWAI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6KYy3bGi-Y
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if you want more recent suggestions you could try Lead Balloon. The concept gets a bit boring and just how much of a miserable evil poo poo the main character becomes is ridiclous but it's good. also, if you ever watched my parents are aliens when you were a kid the dad is in it as a cafe owner.
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Also another criminally underrated show is Big Train https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxUm-2x-2dM Pretty much the perfect cast.
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alicia silverstone wasn't on peep show you dingi. that chick was canadian
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Howard Beale posted:Green Wing often tries way too hard and veers into severe soap opera territory but the cast is fantastic and the improv is terrific Green wing owns Guy Secretan is the best
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Ddraig posted:Peep Show is a pro choice. totally agree on this, also I thought Little Britain was good too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KrlzaBNgz-M
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British sitcoms are just as bad as American sitcoms. Sitcoms are bad.
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Nobody's mentioned Drop the Dead Donkey yet. Also, Jeeves and Wooster is amazing in the first few series, if it counts as a sitcom.
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SHISHKABOB posted:British sitcoms are just as bad as American sitcoms. Sitcoms are bad. Yeah but British sitcoms are funny. American sitcoms are written by people who saw something funny 20 years ago and vaguely remember what funny is.
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Does anybody remember Pevin and Snedbridge? Not as transgressive as Consider the Knickers imo but considerably more cheeky than More Chips, Vicar?.
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HoboZero posted:Does anybody remember Pevin and Snedbridge? Not as transgressive as Consider the Knickers imo but considerably more cheeky than More Chips, Vicar?. lol
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cynic posted:It was funny as gently caress when I was 12, re-watching it now it's dated pretty horribly, and is very much not funny. Yeah that's what I thought. Aged really loving badly Look Around You isn't a sitcom but just look around you.
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Shinjobi posted:"Are You Being Served?" is pretty good If you like Are You Being Served? You'll like Allo Allo. Check it out. Always loved those shows. Maybe ill watch AYBS tonight.
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EbolaIvory posted:If you like Are You Being Served? You'll like Allo Allo. Check it out. Always loved those shows. Maybe ill watch AYBS tonight. i forgot about allo allo! that's a great loving show
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Bottom was also a live stage show. The outtakes are great. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH07qf87swI
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a british sitcom
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I'm gonna check out Peep Show. Thanks for the tip.
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Whorelord posted:does anyone watch the thick of it or are you too confused by the scottishness
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Ddraig posted:Also another criminally underrated show is Big Train https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEmSjXQHBVg
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theperminator posted:Yeah but British sitcoms are funny. That's the same in UK though, apart from a few gems all the good UK telly is from 10+ years ago. Or maybe i'm just older now and looking through rose tinted glasses? I remember my parents loving things like Porridge and the 2 Ronnies when I was young, I could just never get into it (although the worm that turned sketch was pretty good). It's just a generational thing. I'm sure in another 10 years people will be saying what a masterpiece 2 point 4 children was. Of course there are some institutions which will be funny forever, like Fawlty Towers, Blackadder and Only Fools and Horses. Here you go, have a list http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/top/ Dravs fucked around with this message at 09:43 on Nov 18, 2014 |
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I thought Teachers was pretty good back in 2004 or so. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNGCdZ_3l2Q (warning, there's an NWS nude scene) Word of advice though, skip the fourth series - they changed the location, the cast and everything else. It just feels like a lame spinoff.
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hemale in pain posted:if you want more recent suggestions you could try Lead Balloon. The concept gets a bit boring and just how much of a miserable evil poo poo the main character becomes is ridiclous but it's good. Lead Balloon is amazing. Every episode is like watching a slow, ugly trainwreck occur. It's beautiful. Such a douche of a main character.
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Zero Star posted:I thought Teachers was pretty good back in 2004 or so. This. The only reason I started watching The Walking dead was because Andrew Lincoln is in it, so I knew it must be good
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1ngOh8lROs
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That's Numberwang! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjOZtWZ56lc Reign Of Pain fucked around with this message at 03:04 on Nov 19, 2014 |
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Olivia Colman is cute
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gnarlyhotep posted:Olivia Colman is cute I'd gladly wang her a number of times
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