British Comedy

[FakePlasticAlice]

Being a huge "fanboy" of British comedy...and well..anything British... i was hoping we could gather a collection here of suggested British comedy...including Stand-Up, Television and TV. So PLEASE post away!

(also accepting off topic British posts, just general suggestions of British entertainment!)

 

[FakePlasticAlice]

A couple vids to get us started:

 

[Phantonym]

Can't get past Monty Python stuff, Blackadder, and many more...too many, so little time, ktxbye.

 

[rhinosaur]

I got a bit burned out on British comedy a few years ago when a friend went overboard on me.

Some of it is quite funny, some isn't. I do like that it's usually more subtle than your average American race/sex/poop - based comedy. Top Gear was one of the funniest shows on TV.

 

[FakePlasticAlice]

I just started watching Top Gear about a month ago..i'm HOOKED!

 

[Aquarelle]

Coupling!!

 

[EffEmDoubleyou]

Fawlty Towers
The Office
Movies written and/or directed by Richard Curtis
Distraction
Eddie Izzard standup
Monty Python films but NOT the TV show

 

[Southern Kross]

My favourite British comedy shows (most are rather old that I used to watch as a kid):

Fawlty Towers
Blackadder
Mr Bean
Are You Being Served?
Keeping up Appearances
The Vicar of Dibley
One Foot in the Grave
Monty Python
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
'Allo 'Allo
Absolutely Fabulous
Top Gear
Extras

 

[Red Herring]

- Obviously most Monty Python
- A Bit of Fry & Laurie
- Not the Nine o' Clock News
- Fawlty Towers
- Yes, Minister & Yes, Prime Minister
- 'Allo 'Allo
- The New Statesman
- The Thin Blue Line
- Blackadder
- Black Books
- The IT Crowd
- Dylan Moran's standup


..Red Dwarf and Father Ted are okay but overrated in my opinion.

 

[Thalassa]

Fawlty Towers
Are You Being Served?
Keeping Up Appearances
Benny Hill
Mr. Bean

I also keep meaning to check out Father Ted. It looks like The Vicar of Dibley on acid.

 

[Thalassa]

Oh you also might like The Young Ones, 'specially if like Ab Fab.

 

[Accept]

Everything already listed, plus

Red Dwarf
Hi-De-Hi
Whose Line Is It Anyway
Mulberry
Waiting For God
The Good Life
The Brittas Empire
The Piglet Files
Are You Being Served, Again

I just started watching Black Books. It appears to be another great one, and already listed.

 

[Shimmy]

Coupling!!

Nice, I like this serie, it's way underrated.

[YOUTUBE="uzr2FhQUONg"]15 storeys high[/YOUTUBE]

 

[violaine]

I like quite a few of the shows already listed.
I loved certain parts of League of Gentlemen, especially a certain Christmas special, other parts not at all.
Same with Little Britain.

I also liked a show called "The Inbetweeners", though I hated any and all of the toilet humor in it. Hate, hate, hate. [YOUTUBE="yOSRXdavCSA"]Inbetweeners, Ep 1.[/YOUTUBE]

Pineapple Dance Studio, lol. Love Louie Spence. Best part is from 5:15 onward.

[YOUTUBE="Xbtx5U3JbJs"]Pineapple Dance Studio[/YOUTUBE]

Not comedy, it's drama, but I liked a show called Misfits whenever I caught it.

[YOUTUBE="apg-vQbT-cs"]Misfits[/YOUTUBE]

 

[Synapse]

Some More

The Goodies
The Cathrine Tate Show
Absolutely Fabulous
French and Saunders
George and Mildred
Da Ali G Show
Little Britain
Smack the Pony

[youtube="R9H5nviis7U"]Don't Touch the Hair[/youtube]

 

[Thalassa]

Ali G is great. Forgot that was British.

 

[mmhmm]

hahahha i love little britain.

league of gentlemen
the mighty boosh <3

 

[Qlip]

Extras
[YOUTUBE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg_cwI1Xj4M"]Extras[/YOUTUBE]

 

[mmhmm]

the kumars at no.42 <3 <3
love ummy.

 

[strawberries]

little britain
the young ones
the office
teachers
black adder
fawlty towers
yes minister
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