sidcow Posted February 27, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted February 27, 2018 On 25/02/2018 at 11:45, theboyangel said: Episodes I love Episodes, it's brilliantly funny, superb script and very well acted particularly Matt Le Blanc doing an over the top version of himself. I have not found ANYONE else who has seen it and was amazed to see you mention it. Another I love but have never met anyone else who has watched is Cuckoo which bearing in mind the cast surprises me, its excellent and should be better known. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted February 27, 2018 Author Share Posted February 27, 2018 I liked Cuckoo until Brooklyn 99 took the star of the show away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Is it just me, but the older I got, the more crap Only fools and horses got ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheepyvillian Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 Can't believe Porridge hasn't got a mention. Timeless humour, and what a legend Stanley Fletcher was. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted February 27, 2018 Author Share Posted February 27, 2018 2 minutes ago, sheepyvillian said: Can't believe Porridge hasn't got a mention. Timeless humour, and what a legend Stanley Fletcher was. It's had a few but another one can't harm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidcow Posted February 27, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted February 27, 2018 On 25/02/2018 at 07:34, Rugeley Villa said: Rising Damp is one of my favourites. I didn't get where I am today by liking Rising Damp. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VILLAMARV Posted February 27, 2018 Author Share Posted February 27, 2018 Stuff that's about now I do like is Catastrophe and Fleabag - I can sit through Drifters quite happily aswell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xela Posted February 27, 2018 Share Posted February 27, 2018 One I haven't seen mentioned (I don't think) is Extras. Probably lives in the shadow of The Office but it is very very good. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MrDuck Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 19 hours ago, sidcow said: Yes Minister is hilarious and so so clever. The original obviously, not the abomination which was made recently. Also frighteningly real! Oh God, they did a remake? I was, thankfully, blissfully unaware of this. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAuthority Posted February 28, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted February 28, 2018 On 2/25/2018 at 07:02, Chindie said: Open All Hours The Two Ronnies Red Dwarf Black Books Spaced Blackadder Peep Show Keeping Up Appearance One Foot in the Grave The Fast Show Harry Enfield and Chums Brasseye Inbetweeners Garth Merenghis Dark Place Fawlty Towers Fawlty Towers wins. It's pure gold. But there some wonderful stuff in the others. Almost exactly mine. I wonder if we were born the same year ?! I would just add Yes Minister, Not the Nine O'clock News & Spitting Image for giving me a healthy dose of British Political Satire at a young age. For the record my Blackadder order would be 3,2,4,1. I didn't find Blackadder 4 (BA Goes Forth) that funny when it was broadcast but 3 is close to perfection for it's genre. The painful sarcasm, three stooges-type slapstick and historical references. "Blackadder: All I'm saying is, he'd better watch out! One more foot wrong from him, and the contract between us will be as broken as this milk-jug! Baldrick: But that milk-jug isn't broken. Blackadder: You really do walk into these things, don't you? (smash)" Fun fact, my English teacher had taught Rob Grant & Doug Naylor who, as a duo, went under the pen name Grant Naylor of Red Dwarf fame. The original book amalgamates series 1 & 2 and is well worth seeking out. I still have my old paperback from about 25 years ago which I dig out from time to time. The "Better Than Life" ending is much better than the TV show could ever do justice to and is very much like Black Mirror in it's future echoes of the world in which we now live. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjw63 Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 13 hours ago, sidcow said: I didn't get where I am today by liking Rising Damp. That was Reginald Perrin, not Rising Damp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted February 28, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted February 28, 2018 I haven't done a proper list in this topic yet, so here are my favourites, in no particular order apart from the top one which is the best. The Office Fawlty Towers Peep Show The IT Crowd Spaced People Just Do Nothing Father Ted BlackAdder Mr Bean The Inbetweeners I was reluctant to put Inbetweeners on there. I think that show was absolutely top drawer for the first series. But I think it took a big dive for the second and third. They are still really good, and some episodes are still hilarious, but it became too aware of itself and the jokes became a bit too obvious. I tried to keep my list to shows that were consistently great. Red Dwarf, for example, didn't make my list despite it being superb at its peak. But the later series just killed it for me. Dreadful. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Mark Albrighton Posted February 28, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted February 28, 2018 My list if I had to choose today (no real order) - Peep Show The Thick of It Blackadder Only Fools & Horses The Office Porridge Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? I’m Alan Partridge* Men Behaving Badly Marion & Geoff *I’ll say I’m Alan Partidge as the umbrella name for the lot, Mid Morning Matters, etc. I would have included Father Ted but I just don’t see it as British. Another new one that I thought was good and had potential is “Back” with Mitchell & Webb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Seat68 Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 No mentions of Duty Free, 2.4 Children or Robins Nest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
choffer Posted February 28, 2018 VT Supporter Share Posted February 28, 2018 15 minutes ago, Seat68 said: No mentions of Duty Free, 2.4 Children or Robins Nest. And... (The British really did lead the way in casual racism back in the day.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blandy Posted February 28, 2018 Moderator Share Posted February 28, 2018 30 minutes ago, Xann said: I loved that. The piss-ant swamp. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Risso Posted February 28, 2018 Share Posted February 28, 2018 I also loved The Royle Family back in the day, although whether it counts as a true sitcom, I'm not sure. It has more laughs than Mrs Browns Boys for certain, but then so does Schindler's List. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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