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post #21 of 35
9/18/10 at 1:27am
I just started (and finished) watching Coupling thanks to this thread- I am in love with that show! the only downside is that there are so few episodes.
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post #22 of 35
9/18/10 at 2:14am
My family loves:

The Mighty Boosh
Snuff Box
Ab Fab / French and Saunders
Red Dwarf
The Young Ones
The IT Crowd
The Vicar of Dibley
Black Books
Little Britain
Catherine Tate
The Good life
Blackadder
The Goodies
Ripping Yarns

I used to find Birds of a Feather really funny.

We also love Dr Who but I wouldn't call it a comedy.
post #23 of 35
5/18/11 at 10:10am
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Originally Posted by lorijds View Post

The IT Crowd. You can instant watch it on Netflix. It is uproariously funny.


What other British comedies do you like? DH and I recently discovered The IT Crowd on Netflix, but there are only 18 episodes (hoping season four will become available soon) and we've watched them all. I usually find British comedy funny, but not hysterical. The IT Crowd has actually made me physically fall over laughing, and the same for dh. I occasionally hate myself for laughing (or at least think I should), but it's just too funny. I'm hoping I can find something else that makes me laugh so hard.

post #24 of 35
5/18/11 at 10:21am

It will be out on DVD in March and I'm not sure how long we'll have to wait for Netflix.  I think BBC got it right when they make small series rather than long seasons where shows often get stuck and boring. 

post #25 of 35
7/14/11 at 7:17am
Misfits! We have been watching this on Hulu. There are 5 episodes up and a new one comes on each monday. It has some language, so beware..
post #26 of 35
7/16/11 at 11:20pm

Not sure if Doc Martin qualifies as a comedy, but it's at least a dramedy. A friend of mine turned me on to it after we'd gone through all the Coupling and IT Crowd episodes. We really enjoyed it.

 

post #27 of 35
7/29/11 at 10:48am

everybody mentioned good ones...

irish not british, more a drama than a comedy but still pretty fun-- ballykissangel. 

post #28 of 35
7/29/11 at 2:39pm

 

A film, not a television show (but I watched it on t.v., so hopefully it counts), that I recently watched was Death at a Funeral. For some reason, I was not at all interested when it was released a few years ago, but I caught it on Netflix and enjoyed it.  

 

N.B. I think there was a Hollywood re-make a year or two after the British release. I haven't seen it, so can't comment on how well it was done.

post #29 of 35
8/1/11 at 9:52am

I'm British so I guess my views on things are different, but I love The Inbetweeners, Spaced, The IT Crowd, Peep Show, The Royle Family, The Thick of It, Sherlock (although not technically a comedy).  The Inbetweeners can make me cry with laughter, but I think that's because I grew up in England and the characters are exactly like the boys I went to school with.  My American husband is non-plussed by the whole thing.

 

Strangely, I cannot stand Keeping Up Appearances or AbFab, and Benny Hill makes me feel ill.

post #30 of 35
8/18/11 at 7:31pm

We just started watching Friday Night Dinner on BBC America.  Super funny!

post #31 of 35
8/28/11 at 5:38pm

 

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N.B. I think there was a Hollywood re-make a year or two after the British release. I haven't seen it, so can't comment on how well it was done.

In a word: BADLY.

 

 

post #32 of 35
8/28/11 at 7:13pm

I love Mr. Bean and Blackadder joy.gif

post #33 of 35
9/14/11 at 4:22am

Sorry I've Got No Head is a family favourite here! Every once in a while we just all sit around the box and laugh our head off. We often follow it up with some Doctor Who. British TV Night orngtongue.gif 
 

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Originally Posted by genifer View Post

I know we'd be more then likely talking about adult humour here but Ive laughed out loud just as much at my kids tv shows. Im an american living in britain. My faves are Horrible Histories, while not actually meant to be a comedy show it is hilarious. The other fave is Sorry Ive Got No Head. There is nothing like the british sense of humour. I find it more genuinely funny and not as forced as the american tv sense of humour.


Good stuff.


 

 


Edited by kylie1 - 9/15/11 at 12:02am
post #34 of 35
9/14/11 at 3:31pm

Mr Bean

Ab Fab

The Black Adder

 

post #35 of 35
10/26/11 at 12:07am

i'm sure there are more, but what immediately comes to mind are:

 

the young ones

the office

nighty night

knowing me knowing you

i'm alan partridge

extras

pulling