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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 ... Learn more
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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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 ... Learn more
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Pros: I love all the characters. The lead gives Basil Fawlty a run for his money. -
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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 ... Learn more
Pros: this is one of the best comedy double acts ever, imho -
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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 ... Learn more
Pros: My very favorite Brit-com, highly recomended for anyone working with tech. Listen for the technobabble! Cons: Only 3 1/2 series so far. Also, I sometimes see ... -
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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 ... Learn moreSponsored link
Pros: Great comedy.Baldrick is quality -
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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 ... Learn more
Pros: Brilliantly written, acted and very addictive Cons: Painfully close to the truth. Not exactly a comedy -
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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 ... Learn more
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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Whose Line Is It Anyway?
Whose Line Is It Anyway? (abbreviated to Whose Line? or WLIIA) is a short-form improvisational comedy TV show. Originally a British radio programme, it moved to television in 1988 as ... Learn more
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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 ... Learn more
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Pros: Tightly written, strong pop-culture connections, totally relatable -
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Red Dwarf
Red Dwarf is a British television situation comedy franchise, primarily comprising eight series of a television sitcom that ran on BBC Two between 1988 and 1999 and gained a cult ... Learn more
Pros: Situation comedy set in space. Small number of cast give high laugh factor. Early episodes were ... Cons: Sci fi. Later series not as strong when Rob Grant ...
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