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Monty Python's Flying Circus
Monty Python’s Flying Circus (also known as Flying Circus or during the final series just Monty Python) is a BBC sketch comedy programme from the Monty Python comedy team ...
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Pros: Funny, so random. How to forget the Ministry of Funny Walks and Confuse-a-cat. Cons: You may start making appropriate yet obscure references to the ... -
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Blackadder
Blackadder is the generic name that encompasses four series of BBC One historical sitcom, along with several one-off instalments.
All episodes star Rowan Atkinson and Tony Robinson as anti-hero Edmund ...Do you like this British comedy?
Pros: Great comedy.Baldrick is quality -
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Fawlty Towers
Fawlty Towers is a British sitcom produced by BBC Television and first broadcast on BBC2 in 1975. Although only twelve episodes were produced (consisting of two series, with six episodes ...
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Pros: Classic John Cleese slapstick bits throughout. Absurdly hilarious plots are full of laugh out loud moments. Cons: Not enough Americans have seen this show. -
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A Bit of Fry and Laurie
A Bit of Fry and Laurie, commonly known as ABOFAL, was a British television series starring former Cambridge Footlights members Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, broadcast on both BBC2 and ...
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The IT Crowd
The IT Crowd is a British sitcom, written by Graham Linehan and produced by Ash Atalla for Channel 4. The series has won BAFTA and International Emmy awards.
Three series ...Do you like this British comedy?
Pros: I loved this show! Yep...sad to say I understood most of the technobabble. I loved the ... Cons: I loved the T-shirt slogans both the boys wore during ... -
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The Office
The Office is a BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award winning and Emmy-nominated British television comedy that first aired in the UK on BBC Two on 9 July 2001.
Created, written ...Do you like this British comedy?
Pros: Brilliantly written, acted and very addictive Cons: Painfully close to the truth. Not exactly a comedy -
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Spaced
Spaced is a British television situation comedy written by and starring Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson (now Jessica Hynes), and directed by Edgar Wright. It is noted for its rapid-fire ...
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Pros: Tightly written, strong pop-culture connections, totally relatable -
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Black Books
Black Books is a British sitcom broadcast on Channel 4 starring Dylan Moran, Bill Bailey and Tamsin Greig. The show won the BAFTA for Best Situation Comedy in 2000 and ...
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Pros: I love all the characters. The lead gives Basil Fawlty a run for his money. -
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The Young Ones
The Young Ones was a popular British sitcom, first seen in 1982, on BBC2. Its anarchic, offbeat humour helped bring alternative comedy to television in the 1980s and made household ...
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Pros: Freaky, hilarious, *out there* stereotyping Brit humor (or "humour"). This show has made me gasp then ... Cons: Humorous violence, not for everyone. Heavy accents and Brit slang ... -
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Peep Show
Peep Show is a BAFTA and Rose d'Or award-winning British sitcom starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb. The programme is written by Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain, with additional ...
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Pros: Mitchell and Webb are bring great performances to this well written show. What's better than two losers sharing a house?
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