Best and Worst British Comedies- the definitive list

[Victor Meldrew]

The Best

1. One Foot in the Grave (naturally)
2. Are You Being Served?
3. Fawlty Towers
4. Keeping Up Appearances
5. Mr. Bean
6. The Vicar of Dibley
7. Allo, Allo
8. Benny Hill
9. Waiting For God
10. Red Dwarf
11. As Time Goes By
12. BlackAdder


The Worst

1. My Hero
2. Dad's Army
3. Father Ted
4. Last of the summer Wine
5. The Young Ones
6. Men Behaving Badly
7. The Thin Blue Line
8. May To December
9. Next of Kin
10. Carry on Laughing

 

[Susie]

You're pretty spot on there, though i do like the young ones and i also like absolutely fabulous.

 

[Bastet]

"men behaving badly" was ace!!!!
and "drop the dead donkey"

 

[toolsofthetrade]

 

[Bambi]

the vicar of dibley and allo allo are utter utter shite. One can put people liking dull stuff like one foot and red dwarf down to taste, but anyone who likes the first two is mentally deficient.

fr ted was class but can hardly qualify as british, irish writers, irish actors done for channel four

Porridge was funny. yes (prime) minister was funny in a subtle way
the reginald perrin series are genius, as is rising damp due to leonard rossiters presence

steptoe and son knock the shite out only fools and horses, tho the early ones are classics

of the new crop, stella street was a right laugh, as is Phoenix nights, And the office basically tore everything since fawlty towers to pieces.

definitve? *snort*

 

[Bastet]

yes prime minister! yes!

are you being served was very funny at the time when it was first broadcasted. before you lot were born that is

 

[Strangelight]

I met Russ Abbot once

 

[Susie]

I met Russ Abbot once

i love a party with a happy atmosphere

 

[oe]

does my dying bride count as a british comedy?

 

[Susie]

does my dying bride count as a british comedy?

yeh

 

[Bambi]

only brides and corpses

 

[Ralf]

Anything with Hugh Grant sux. Fawlty Towers and Allo Allo rulez

 

[zupi_clone]

the vicar of dibley and allo allo are utter utter shite. One can put people liking dull stuff like one foot and red dwarf down to taste, but anyone who likes the first two is mentally deficient.

fr ted was class but can hardly qualify as british, irish writers, irish actors done for channel four

Porridge was funny. yes (prime) minister was funny in a subtle way
the reginald perrin series are genius, as is rising damp due to leonard rossiters presence

steptoe and son knock the shite out only fools and horses, tho the early ones are classics

of the new crop, stella street was a right laugh, as is Phoenix nights, And the office basically tore everything since fawlty towers to pieces.

definitve? *snort*

ssshhhhhpot on there! ah the fucking wine is putting me to sleep

i liked bottom a lot more than the young ones, but red dwark, what a load of pure shite

 

[Andy_2003]

I grew up on men behaving badly, father ted (although that's irish not british), and red dwarf. They're all excellent

 

[Dhatura]

I don't know any of these things

Except for Mr. Bean.

 

[Bambi]

I was having a conversation with some junkie in the queue who was swapping me his vouchers for money in hmv about classic fawlty towers scenes, specifically the "room with a view" scene. its not often a brass monkey will use a term like the hanging gardens of babylon in a sentence so i felt privelleged. i also noticed bad news was out on cd for a tenner

 

[zupi_clone]

is there? yea theres a young ones dvd out too i think, 10 spons is bang on, same price as the anathema dvd too

 

[Dhatura]

What do "hmv" and "brass monkey" mean?

 

[zupi_clone]

heavy metal value

 

[Palmer Eldritch]

of the new crop, stella street was a right laugh, as is Phoenix nights, And the office basically tore everything since fawlty towers to pieces.

I never liked "The Office". Watched three episodes, didn't laugh once and got borderline depressed. That's not how comedy is supposed to make you feel, right? Best new comedy of the last few years has to be "Spaced".