favorite bbc comedy

p~b

whats your favorite bbc comedy show from past and present.


Blackadder
Dead Ringers
Little Britain
My Family
Monty Python
The Office
Only Fools and Horses
Red Dwarf
brittas empire

Aquos76

2 pints of lager and a packet of crisps, is another great one

Basq

Only Fools and Horses

Leonard wrote:

2 pints of lager and a packet of crisps, is another great one

Please say you're joking?!? DIRE!

'The Office' wins out in my books as the best BBC comedy... simply on the fact it remained consistent through the 2 seasons and the Xmas special. Unlike 'Only Fools And Horses', 'Blackadder', 'Red Dwarf' etc.

segadreamcast

Little Britain

Ooo, someone else voted for Brittas Empire - I was convinced I was the only person who ever liked that show.

Aquos76

basquille wrote:

Please say you're joking?!? DIRE!

'The Office' wins out in my books as the best BBC comedy... simply on the fact it remained consistent through the 2 seasons and the Xmas special. Unlike 'Only Fools And Horses', 'Blackadder', 'Red Dwarf' etc.

I'm not actually. I really enjoy this. I would suggest adding it to the poll and see who else likes it

Stark

Dead Ringers

I thought the Brittas Empire was great but it wasn't something I went around admitting to. Till now

ogy

other: big train

Basq

Only Fools and Horses

I always thought 'The Brittas Empire' was great when i was younger.

Never missed an episode. Chris Barrie was just perfect in that role!

Drag00n79

Only Fools and Horses

I used to get a good laugh out of "The League of Gentlemen" crowd when they were on.

silly

My Family

Leonard wrote:

2 pints of lager and a packet of crisps, is another great one

yes! i totally agree wit u on that!!
i love that show, its sooo funny.!!

Tusky

Red Dwarf

What about 'Monkey Dust' ?

cgf

Shamrok wrote:

I used to get a good laugh out of "The League of Gentlemen" crowd when they were on.

Yep it was top $. One of the most memorable scenes was Tubbs suckling the piglet

Goodshape

Red Dwarf

erm, it really has to be Monty Python. I was about to suggest that it be taken from the list because it's just so obvious, but I seem to be the only person (so far) to have voted for it. Strange that.


edit - League of Gentlemen film film is on the way, and it looks ****ing class!

Civilian_Target

Dead Ringers

Red Dwarf is definitely my favourite, but Blackadder II was the best comedy to come from the BBC ever - brutally funny! Python was also fantastic.

Also, wheres Fawlty Towers and Yes Minister?! Both of them are absolutely superb, far better than drivel like 2 pints of Lager or Little Britian....

John Player

other ab fab!

mike65

Brittas Empire

Cos I'm bored of Fautly Towels I'll go for Blackadder but dont forget The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin. Class.

Mike.

Drag00n79

Only Fools and Horses

John Player wrote:

other ab fab!

Must admit I could never see why people found that so funny. To each his own etc.

Badabing

Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister, brillant show and brillant writing.

p~b

Other

mr bean, still makes me cry with laughter

Basq

Only Fools and Horses

p~b wrote:

mr bean, still makes me cry with laughter

Was that not always on ITV / UTV?

p~b

Other

oh yes it was, i must off been thinking of the thin blue line

Basq

Only Fools and Horses

p~b wrote:

oh yes it was, i must off been thinking of the thin blue line

Also very good... not excellent, by any means... but quite funny!

p~b

Other

you can get the whole seies of the thin blue line for like 15euro on some sites, wat a bargin

Pigman II

Other = I'm Alan Partridge , League of Gentlemen

foxybrowne

The League of Gentlemen - quite.....disturbing, yes.......disturbing.

Dinner

My Family

I went for Blackadder, Little Britain and Other.

Fawlty Towers bitch slaps everything else.

Larianne

The Royale Family had me laughing all the time. Or one Foot in the grave was great!

Kêrmêttê

Red Dwarf

Fawlty Towers, Rise and Fall of Reginald Perrin, The Good Life, Open All Hours, Are You Being Served?, The Young Ones, Filthy Rich & Catflap, Citizen Smith, Porrige and The Goodies.

All favourites from my childhood... Yes I am old... and yes I was a tv addict!

monkeyfudge

Red Dwarf

Others worth mentioning are:

The Day Today
Friday Night Armistice
This Morning With Richard Not Judy
The Smoking Room
Nighty Night
Bruiser...

invincibleirish

i'd like to give a shoutout to citizen smith, what a great show, never got recognition it deserved in my opinion, it was overshadowed somewhat by all the other great bbc sitcoms of the period i imagine, didnt even make it onto top 50 sitcoms las year on bbc 2, and to think that awful show about the female vicar (dawn french) made it to the top 10, krazyyyy....

Mossy Monk

Only Fools and Horses

how did My Family get on the list before Fawlty Towers?

the latter is for me the best comedy ever made by the BBC

BuffyBot

The Office

I've never understood why anyone, anywhere laughed at My Family.

DMC

Where the **** is Porridge? Ronnie Barker at his finest.

penguinbloke

Dead Ringers

bottom was brilliant as well.

might have aged badly though. I really enjoyed the Brittas Empire ages ago but I saw it on Bravo ?? a week or two ago and it just wasn't funny.

Pesky Nostalgia

Wertz

Dead Ringers

What!?? No One foot in the Grave??
[insert stupid "I don't believe it..." joke]

2pints is sh*te; pure and utter, but nowhere as bad as My Family.
[edit] Oh yeah and Coupling is a load of b0ll0cks too
No Naked Video? No Harry Enfield show? OK they're not drama perse but...

TBH I have to say Blackadder(2/3) and Red Dwarf (not necessarily in that order) but the Young Ones come a close 3rd.

Lastly Some mother's do 'ave 'em ....poll's not nearly long enough. There's prolly a load more missing too...

hoody

Brittas Empire

blackadder is by far the funniest thing ever to come out of the bbc - rowan atkinson at his best. all the characters were hilarious and the ending to the final series was poignant and intelligent. anyone who thinks that 2 pints or even the royle family come close has no taste!

Drag00n79

Only Fools and Horses

Ah, Sweet Jesus, who voted for My Family as their favourite BBC comedy show ever?!? Come on, just own up!!

Capt'n Midnight

Dead Ringers

Some more to consider.

Citizen Smith - POWER TO THE PEOPLE !

Steptoe and Son - the episode where they split the house in two

Yes Minister - "rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertanty"

Boys from the Blackstuff

Up Pompeii

One foot in the grave

Rab C. Nesbitt

Some mothers do 'ave 'em

Sykes (some episodes)

Butterflies

Maid Marian And Her Merry Men / Basil Brush

If Deadringer is allowed then Mike Yarwood / Morcome and Wise / Dave What'sisname..

A Very Peculiar Practice

Even The likely lads & liver birds beat some of the series in the poll

Terry And June - only mentioning it because it shows just how good he was in Dangermouse


cf. http://www.davebudd.org.uk/sitcom/all - sitcom list

mike65

Brittas Empire

Capt'n Midnight wrote:

Boys from the Blackstuff

*cough* black comedy then.....

Whatever Happened to The Likely Lads was a classic even better than the origional series.

Mike.

Pigman II

Capt'n Midnight wrote:

Boys from the Blackstuff

Hardly qualifies.

The 'Play for Today' episode ('The BlackStuff') on which the show is based was fairly funny but the actual 5 part show itself could in no way be described as comedy (black or otherwise) IMHO.

Capt'n Midnight

Dead Ringers

Pigman II wrote:

Hardly qualifies.

and "My Family" does somehow..
Stir to the left, stir to the right.

and there's "peep show" too , cringetastic.

and Harry Enfield could be there too ..

Basq

Only Fools and Horses

Capt'n Midnight wrote:

and there's "peep show" too , cringetastic.

'Peep Show' is Channel 4 though!

Still can't believe anyone watches '2 Pints Of Lager..' - possibly some of the worst writing on a comedy series! Close behind 'Coupling'

Capt'n Midnight

Dead Ringers

basquille wrote:

'Peep Show' is Channel 4 though !

maybe I'm getting mixed up with the half hour terror tales or are they C4 too. But it's worth a mention anyway. as is this other little known C4 gem http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/E/estateagents/episode02/rehears01.html

Pigman II

Capt'n Midnight wrote:

and "My Family" does somehow..

My Family is a comedy series (an unbelievably unfunny one) but one none the less. BFBS is a drama series with the odd funny line/scene sprinkled in what is on the whole rather grim stuff.

I (like youself presumably?) have probably got more laughs out of BFBS than MF but it still doesn't change my opinion on what consitutes 'a comedy show'.

For example, one might find the BBC's 9'O'Clock news to be the funniest thing ever (who knows, there's a lot of oddballs out there!) ... but it still doesn't make it a BBC comedy show IMHO.

byte

Red Dwarf

My fave is The Fast Show, though from the list, I chose Monty Python.

I also liked Men Behaving Badly while it ran, and Game On (Mmm, Samantha Janus mmmm)

Shabadu

Red Dwarf

Monty Python, Monty Python, Monty Python.

Followed by Blackadder, Fawlty Towers, The League of Gentlemen, The Day Today & Brasseye.

Yes, Minister, Yes, Prime Minister and the fall and rise of Reginald Perrin from the oldies.

And Porridge.

Oh, and the old Red Dwarf.

Capt'n Midnight

Dead Ringers

Pigman II wrote:

For example, one might find the BBC's 9'O'Clock news to be the funniest thing ever (who knows, there's a lot of oddballs out there!) ... but it still doesn't make it a BBC comedy show IMHO.

Not the 9 O'Clock News.

Point taken.

Drag00n79

Only Fools and Horses

Shabadu wrote:

Monty Python, Monty Python, Monty Python.

Followed by Blackadder, Fawlty Towers, The League of Gentlemen, The Day Today & Brasseye.

Yes, Minister, Yes, Prime Minister and the fall and rise of Reginald Perrin from the oldies.

And Porridge.

Oh, and the old Red Dwarf.

I'm fairly sure "Brasseye" was on Channel 4 not the Beeb.

Shabadu

Red Dwarf

Came out on BBC, was picked up by Ch4 a couple of years later afaik.

Mossy Monk

Only Fools and Horses

Fast Show is a pretty big omission too

have i got news for you maybe

where is the option for worst poll ever

User45701

bollox where is monkey dust!
blakcadder was brillent but not as good as MD season 1
season 2 and 3 meh but season 1 was gold just like family guy r fatther ted