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[Hawks_Fan]

Vote for your favourite british comedys

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sitcom/vote.shtml

[Black JuJu]

Well being a big british comedy fan, heres my 10, no real order, but Good Life and Thin Blue Line are the "lucky" ones. -

Men Behaving Badly (Probably my favourite)

The Good Life (Classic)

Thin Blue Line (HUGE Atkinson fan, this is 4th for me behind Blackadder, Not the 9 o'clock news and Bean - but still good)

Blackadder (Right up there this one, as I'm sure it will be for most)

The Office (Very very good)

League Of Gentlemen (Not for everyone but I'm a HUGE fan - seek out the live show guys - any fellow locals ??)

I'm Alan Partridge (excellent stuff, seek this one out, Steve Coogan at his very best.)

Fawlty Towers (Will win that poll, the all time great.)

Father Ted (Always good for a laugh)

One Foot in The Grave (the early episodes are sensational)

11 and beyond = Red Dwarf, Young Ones, Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, pretty much all the ones featuring David Jason, Yes Minister and many many more :D

[mellowyellow]

No particular order

Yes Minister/Prime Minister
The Good Life.
On The Buses.
fawlty Towers

Red Dwarf
The League of Gentleman
One Foot In The Grave
Spaced
Drop The Dead Donkey.

[M29]

Alan Partridge followed by Men Behaving Badly.

[Mobbenfuhrer]

My choices were, vaguely in order :
Yes Minister / Yes Prime Minister
Blackadder
The Office
The Young Ones
The Brittas Empire
Fawlty Towers
Men Behaving Badly
Are You Being Served
Red Dwarf
The Royle Family

Apologies to :
Open All Hours
The New Statesman
Bottom

[DaveW]

Is Mr Bean not considered a sitcom?

I put that in as my own nomination.

[Black JuJu]

Is Mr Bean not considered a sitcom?


You know thats what I thought.

You don't get much more a "Situation Comedy" than Mr. Bean.

I guess they considered it too skit based perhaps ?

[Weaver]

Yes Minister / Yes Prime Minister
Fawlty Towers
Blackadder
The Young Ones
Porridge
Bread
Red Dwarf
Bless This House
Coupling
Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps

These surveys always get won by Only Fools and Horses ... never took off here ... even in the ABC sense of taking off.

[manutd/dogs]

Black Books
Keeping Up Appearances
Fawlty Towers

[WKB]

what about The Goodies? What category does that fall under?

[Asgardian]

My list is (alphabetically)

Blackadder
Dad's Army
Fawlty Towers
Keeping Up Appearances
Open All Hours
Thin Blue Line
Till Death Us Do Part
Vicar of Dibley
Yes Minister / Yes Prime Minister

Plus I nominated a programme

Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased)

[Mobbenfuhrer]

Originally posted by WKB
what about The Goodies? What category does that fall under?

Ahhr geeze I knew I had another one I couldn't think of!

[Asgardian]

Other fantastic Pommy comedies which don't quite fit into this category

Benny Hill Show
Two Ronnies
Mr Bean
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Dave Allen Show
Morecombe & Wise
Hale & Pace
The Goodies
Not the Nine O'Clock News
Alexei Sayle's Stuff

Another show I just remembered that should have been in my original 10

Rumpole of the Bailey

And special reverence should be reserved for a radio programme

The Goon Show

[Mobbenfuhrer]

Originally posted by Asgardian
The Goon Show

Thumbs up!

[Fat Pizza]

Fawlty Towers
The Young Ones
Coupling
Just Good Friends
Vicar of Dibley
Yes Minister/Prime Minister

They've had some good ones, haven't they?

[M29]

Where's the Benny Hill Show and "Athletico Partick"?

[NICK THE PIE MAN]

Fawlty Towers.
John Cleese is gold.

DAYLIGHT.

Blackadder
Mr Bean
The Young ones
Some mothers do 'ave em.
Yes Minister/ Yes Prime Minister

[lamby29]

You don't get much better than Fawlty Towers.

[Jars458]

Yes Minister
Yes Prime Minister
Only Fools and Horses
Blackadder
Fawlty Towers
Men Behaving Badly
Red Dwarf
Allo Allo
The Young Ones
The Good Life

[Jars458]

Originally posted by Jars458
Yes Minister
Yes Prime Minister
Only Fools and Horses
Blackadder
Fawlty Towers
Men Behaving Badly
Red Dwarf
Allo Allo
The Young Ones
The Good Life

I will add "Dear John" to that list

Was an absolute classic about divorced poeple at a self help group.

Plus teh one about the English Teacher in ten night school - Mr Brown - fantastic stuff

[year of the roo]

fawlty towers
monty python
young ones
blackadder
yes (prime) minister
goodies
keeping up appearances
one foot in the grave
the bill - :confused: damn its funny how bad that show has become!!

[Darky]

Chelmsford 123 (the whole SIX episodes!!!)

[Captain Sensible]

Originally posted by Jars458

Plus teh one about the English Teacher in ten night school - Mr Brown - fantastic stuff



Wasn't it Please Sir?




Mine in no particular order.

Dads Army-close to the best collection of comic actors in one show, the way they could take an object or situation and milk every possible laugh out of it is timeless.

Fawlty Towers-writing, direction and acting are close to perfect

Yes Minister/PMStarting to age but still very funny

The Office-My favorite show of the last 10 years

One foot in the grave-just when you think that ihings cant any worse they do.

Men Behaving Badly-Chemistry between Gary and Tony is great.

Blackadder-cant pick a favorite series although I'm not very keen on series one

Til death do us part-they just dont make characters like old Alf any more

Young Ones-took the **** out itself brilliantly

Spaced-Simon Pegg is a genius.

Red Dwarf-I know that makes 11 but I couldnt leave it out



Other comedies

Not the nine'o'clock news
Monty Python
Dave Allen
Two Ronnies
Benny Hill

[Captain Sensible]

Just went to vote and realised I missed Father Ted and Hancock's Half Hour.

[Black JuJu]

Where's the Benny Hill Show and "Athletico Partick"?

ATHLETICOOOOOOOOOOOOO ! EAT "BEBEES" !!!

:D

They should call the AFL season the Smokey Bacon League Cup.

Oink Oink.

[M29]

Originally posted by Black JuJu
ATHLETICOOOOOOOOOOOOO ! EAT "BEBEES" !!!

:D

They should call the AFL season the Smokey Bacon League Cup.

Oink Oink.

:D

From memory, they were all Scottish. But the BBC commissioned it. I hope SBS shows it again.

[Dingster]

Fawlty Towers
Black Adder
Yes Minister/PM
Young Ones
Monty Python
League Of Gentlemen
Dave Allen

I`m sure that there`s a few that I forgot.

[Mr X]

So many good shows....

The Young Ones
Bottom
Father Ted
The Goodies
Benny Hill Show
George and Mildred
Sticky Moments with Julian Cleary
Vicar of Dibley
Some mothers do 'ave em
The Two Ronnies

[ScouseCat]

Blackadder
Fawlty Towers
Mr Bean
The Thin Blue Line
Allo Allo
Keeping Up Appearances

[RoosLuver]

Keeping Up Appearences
Fawlty Towers
Some mothers do 'ave em
Mr Bean
Vicar of Dibley

[FuManchu]

Just good friends
Monty Python
Keeping Up appearances
Open all hours
and there was this one farce about an industrialist who treated everyone like s**t, the name escapes me, very witty.

[JUBJUB]

[no particular oder]

Men Behaving Badly
Drop The Dead Donkey
Home To Roost
Keeping Up Appearances
The Thin Blue Line
Father Ted
Love Thy Neighbour
Open All Hours

[FuManchu]

Men Behaving badly
Ab Fab

[Booze Hound]

Hell you've picked some tukeys.

My top 10:

Blackadder - Series 1 wasn't so good but the rest (especially 2) was as good as it gets.

Fawlty Towers - Great talents who knew what they were doing.

Only Fools and Horses - A very real and funny slice of 'Sarf London' life.

Ripping Yarns - HUGELY underated work by Michael Palin.

Porridge - Great Sit, great Com. A top cast headed by the great Ronnie Barker.

The Good Life - As above but it had Margo!

Yes Minister/ Prime Minister - So well written.

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin - How good was Leonard Rossiter in this?

The Royle Family - Should not have worked, but did so well (you might soon see another one written by Craig Cash and based around a pub which is the best comedy made since then IMO)

Drop the Dead Donkey - If for nothing else the "Viking" episode ;D

[Grumpy Bum]

BRASS

[McAlmanac]

Originally posted by Jars458
Plus teh one about the English Teacher in ten night school - Mr Brown - fantastic stuff
Mind Your Language, starring Barry Evans (a refugee from a Doctor series or two). You might be the only one nominating it. ;)

[Katthawk]

Originally posted by Booze Hound
Hell you've picked some tukeys.

My top 10:

Blackadder - Series 1 wasn't so good but the rest (especially 2) was as good as it gets.

Fawlty Towers - Great talents who knew what they were doing.

Only Fools and Horses - A very real and funny slice of 'Sarf London' life.

Ripping Yarns - HUGELY underated work by Michael Palin.

Porridge - Great Sit, great Com. A top cast headed by the great Ronnie Barker.

The Good Life - As above but it had Margo!

Yes Minister/ Prime Minister - So well written.

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin - How good was Leonard Rossiter in this?

The Royle Family - Should not have worked, but did so well (you might soon see another one written by Craig Cash and based around a pub which is the best comedy made since then IMO)

Drop the Dead Donkey - If for nothing else the "Viking" episode ;D

Agree with every single one except this one: I have never heard of it.

The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

[wagstaff]

Originally posted by McAlmanac
Mind Your Language, starring Barry Evans (a refugee from a Doctor series or two). You might be the only one nominating it. ;)

Doctor in the House (starring Evans) is currently showing on Ch. 31 in Melbourne every Friday from 2:00pm.

Last week's episode was written by two members of the Goodies, Graeme Garden and Bill Oddie.

[sandeano]

Poor Barry Evans. Acting jobs ran out so he worked as a taxi driver then he was murdered. A sad state of affairs.

[Hungry29]

Only Fools and Horses - by a country mile.

David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst are absolutely superb as Del and Rodders (not forgetting Uncle Albert and the wonderful "Grandad"). It's a shame the show never really took off here. Perhaps it was too "localised" for most Aussies. Having family from South London helps!

You Know it makes sense!

[Jim Boy]

In no particular order

Blackadder - not series one, but it really hit its straps after that
Ever Decreasing Circles - Only saw the first dozen or so episodes, but Richard Briars extremely aggravating character turned this show from a painful to a can't miss experience
It aint half hot mum - The Perry-Croft writing team churned out a number of classics, all of hich are on the shortlist, this was their best.
Father Ted - Irishmen making fun of the church- couldn't fail really
Fawlty Towers - John Cleese at his peak
Hancocks Half Hour - While not as good as the radio series, Galton and Simpson combined fantastically with Tony Hancock (who incidentally died in a drunken stupor while filming a series for channel 7 in Sydney)
Red Dwarf - Extremely well scripted, fell apart a little when the series was ressurected without Rob Grant. Currently being made into a movie in Queensland
Spaced - A different approach, however quickly ran out of legs in the second series
Yes (Prime) Minister - archetypal British sitcom, just a classic
The Young Ones - Anrachy Rules! But why would this be included and not the Goodies?


Honourable mentions

Good Life
the New Statesman
The Office

Fully expect Only Fools and Horses or Steptoe and Son to win overall.

[DEVO]

My Fav British Comedies, in no particular order:

Red Dwarf
The Brittas Empire
So Mothers do 'ave em
'allo 'allo
Drop the Dead Donkey
The Good Life
Blackadder
Love Thy Neighbour
Men Behaving Badly
The Young Ones

Could have named at least another ten, but would be hard pressed to find 10 American comedies I like nearly as much.

[Asgardian]

Can't believe that no-one else has mentioned "Rumpole of the Bailey"

after all, how many other shows have created a modern day catch-phrase, ---- "She who must be obeyed" .......????