Favorite British humor tv shows

[Silver-Fox]

PEEP SHOW!!! and The Mighty Boosh.

Peep Show owns though, one of the consistently funniest TV shows I've seen...

Agreed with Peep Show but....

The Mighty Bush is crap man! It's not funny at all it is just stupid, the news is more funny than the Mighty Boosh

 

[arkitect]

I'm not so sure how well Are You Being Served will translate, I think it's dated more than the other shows we've talked about...

Actually because it's dated it might do well. I recall thinking how the show would have been considered too much for North America at the time it aired on the BBC.

Oh I don't know… I think the US will still have problems with Mrs Slocombe's *****… 😉

 

[amiga]

Oh I don't know… I think the US will still have problems with Mrs Slocombe's *****… 😉

I agree with myself and arkitect 😀

 

[Lord Blackadder]

I agree with myself and arkitect 😀

That's so excessive it's funny.

 

[combatcolin]

Pulling.

Very adult sitcom, not for children and very funny.

Friends with an "R" rating.

 

[TEG]

Red Dwarf
Faulty Towers
Monty Python's Flying Circus
My Hero
My Family
As Time Goes By
Are You Being Served?

(plus my parents and I are hooked on Coronation Street, not a comedy, but fun, none the less)

TEG

 

[~Shard~]

Well yes, it's not outrageously silly as Black Adder or Red Dwarf, but still had it's moments. I was well and truly warped by Red Dwarf after a bunch of University roommates and I watched the first few seasons of Red Dwarf back to back... good fun, but it was hard getting that theme song out of my head! 🙂

Actually because it's dated it might do well. I recall thinking how the show would have been considered too much for North America at the time it aired on the BBC. ... but there is no doubt about it the show is dated!

Agreed. And I'm glad I'm not the only one who was addicted to that theme song at one point in time... 😉 😀

 

[bartelby]

Agreed. And I'm glad I'm not the only one who was addicted to that theme song at one point in time... 😉 😀

"It's cold outside..." 😀

Actually you've reminded me of one I used to really like;

The New Statesman with Rik Mayall as Alan B'Stard

 

[TEG]

It's cold outside, there's no kind of atmosphere, I'm all alone, more or less, let me fly, far away from here, fun, fun, fun, in the sun, sun, sun.

TEG

 

[Lord Blackadder]

Agreed. And I'm glad I'm not the only one who was addicted to that theme song at one point in time... 😉 😀

My Australian housemate is perpetually addicted to it...🙄

 

[vanmacguy]

The Young Ones.
Vic Reeves Big Night Out.
Monty Pythons Flying Circus.

Cheers.

 

[IJ Reilly]

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

Also, surprised that nobody has mentioned Mr Bean.

 

[~Shard~]

"It's cold outside..." 😀

Damn, now you've got it in my head again! Bastard! 😛

Actually you've reminded me of one I used to really like;

The New Statesman with Rik Mayall as Alan B'Stard

Cool, I obviously approve. 😀

 

[BoyBach]

The New Statesman with Rik Mayall as Alan B'Stard

I watched the theatre production of it last year in Cardiff with my brother. Rik Mayall as funny and as offensive as ever - laughed our breasts off! 😀

 

[dsnort]

I remember one from way back, called I think "The Goodies". Any one remember that one?

 

[Badradio]

Spaced.

Looks like it's out on region 1 in June too.

 

[TEG]

Damn, now you've got it in my head again! Bastard! 😛

Well, you could be me with that and the various Star Trek Themes and the Imperial March going around in my head all the time.

TEG

 

[bartelby]

I watched the theatre production of it last year in Cardiff with my brother. Rik Mayall as funny and as offensive as ever - laughed our breasts off! 😀

😱

How did I miss that?!?! 🙁

 

[::Lisa::]

How can nobody have already said "The Catherine Tate Show"?! Lauren is pretty much the funniest character I've ever seen on a skit show. 😀

LOL yep and Little Britain. The older ones I loved, Only Fools and Horses. I miss that.

Can't forget EastEnders 😱

 

[Silver-Fox]

LOL yep and Little Britain. The older ones I loved, Only Fools and Horses. I miss that.

Can't forget EastEnders 😱

Eastenders really isn't a comedy 😛

 

[72930]

To add to some already mentioned:
Black Books
Ali G
Mitchell and Webb Look

 

[Silver-Fox]

Mitchell and Webb Look

I don't like that as much as Peep Show, do you?

 

[Virgil-TB2]

Jeeves & Wooster

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin. ...

Loved that show! Absolutely brilliant.

- Super!
- Great!

Also surprised no one has mentioned "Jeeves & Wooster." A bit on the dry side but then it is British after all.

If American followers of "House" want to see Hugh Laurie doing some slapstick turns it's certainly worth a look. Hugh Laurie is one of the best things about the later BlackAdder episodes also.

 

[Virgil-TB2]

Eastenders really isn't a comedy 😛

Corrie is funnier than Eastenders anyway ... 😛

 

[Lord Blackadder]

To add to some already mentioned:
Black Books

Ah, I saw a couple episodes of that on BBC America. Not bad.