The Best British Comedy in the World ever....
Below is a list (in no particular order) of " The Best British Comedy shows..." and proves 100% why British Comedy is the best in the WORLD.....
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- StarsJohn CleesePrunella ScalesAndrew SachsHotel owner Basil Fawlty's incompetence, short fuse, and arrogance form a combination that ensures accidents and trouble are never far away.
- CreatorGraham ChapmanEric IdleTerry JonesStarsGraham ChapmanJohn CleeseTerry GilliamThe original surreal sketch comedy showcase for the Monty Python troupe.
- CreatorRichard CurtisStarsRowan AtkinsonBrian BlessedElspet GrayIn the Middle Ages, Prince Edmund the Black Adder constantly schemes and endeavors to seize the crown from his father and brother.
- CreatorJimmy PerryStarsArthur LoweJohn Le MesurierClive DunnA ragtag group of Home Guard volunteers prepare for an imminent German invasion during World War II.
- StarsMark GatissSteve PembertonReece ShearsmithAn interweaving narrative chronicling the antics of such diverse characters as: a transgender taxi driver, a family obsessed with hygiene and toads, a fiery reverend, a carnival owner who kidnaps women into marriage, and a xenophobic couple who run a local shop for local people.
- CreatorSteve PembertonReece ShearsmithStarsReece ShearsmithSteve PembertonDerek JacobiGenre-mixing anthology series, inviting viewers into some very different and enigmatic No. 9s.
- StarsReece ShearsmithSteve PembertonDaniel KaluuyaA group of seemingly unrelated strangers all receive a mysterious note stating "I know what you did", which sends their lives into a downward spiral.
- StarsLeonard RossiterDon WarringtonFrances de la TourPopular sitcom set in a seedy bedsit lorded over by the mean, vain, boastful, cowardly, racist landlord Rigsby. In each episode, his conceits are debunked by his long-suffering tenants.
- StarsWilfrid BrambellHarry H. CorbettFrank ThorntonBritish sitcom about a father-and-son rag-and-bone business in London. The intergenerational divide between the miserly Steptoe and his ambitious son results in comedy, drama, and tragedy.
- StarsTony HancockSidney JamesJohnny VyvyanTV version of the popular BBC radio show of the same name, with Tony Hancock as the modern man of the world (in his own eyes). Sid James is there to bring him back to earth.
- DirectorMichael TuchnerStarsRodney BewesJames BolamBrigit ForsythBob and Terry find their lifelong friendship beginning to change as Terry becomes involved with a new woman. Bob is dismayed, but his wife sees the opportunity to get Terry married off and put a wedge between the friends.
- StarsRonnie BarkerBrian WildeFulton MackayThe prison life of Fletcher, a criminal serving a five-year sentence, as he strives to bide his time, keep his record clean, and refuses to be ground down by the prison system.
- StarsEric SykesHattie JacquesDeryck GuylerEric Sykes and Hattie Jacques portray twins who live together in East Acton and enjoy a slightly surreal life, bothering their snobbish next-door neighbour Mr. Brown and getting into frequent difficulties with the local constable.
- StarsPeter KayDave SpikeyJustin MoorhouseThe misadventures of club owner Brian Potter who is determined to make The Phoenix Club the best working men's club in Greater Manchester.
- CreatorJohn SullivanStarsDavid JasonNicholas LyndhurstRoger Lloyd PackComedy that follows two brothers from London's rough Peckham estate as they wheel and deal through a number of dodgy deals and search for the big score that'll make them millionaires.
- StarsVictoria WoodJulie WaltersCelia ImrieSketch-based show starring Victoria Wood, Dame Julie Walters, and many others. Included regular items such as "Acorn Antiques" with Julie as Mrs. Overall and a regular advice slot from Agony Aunt Kitty (Patricia Routledge).
- StarsLenny HenryTracey UllmanDavid CopperfieldAn award winning comedy sketch show that was the platform that launched the careers of Lenny Henry and Tracey Ullman from up and coming comics to household names.
- StarsLenny HenryRobert BathurstCarla MendonçaA sketch show featuring many different characters and spoofs.
- StarsJasper CarrottStand-up series.
- StarsStephen FryHugh LaurieDeborah NortonComedians Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie perform a variety of comedy skits and the occasional musical number.
- StarsRonnie BarkerRonnie CorbettThe Fred Tomlinson SingersThis long-running BBC comedy show consisted of sketches and humourous musical routines.
- StarsEric MorecambeErnie WiseAnn HamiltonThe Morecambe & Wise Show was a long running and massively popular sketch series starring British comedy duo Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise, plus a string of top-name international celebrity guests (of a bygone age), like André Prévin.
- CreatorTrix WorrellStarsNorman BeatonCarmen MunroeRam John HolderMeet Desmond, his non-conforming family, and the regulars of his hairdresser salon in Peckham, London.
- StarsNorman BeatonIsabelle LucasLenny HenrySamuel Foster works hard trying to support his family in a South London multi-storey council flat.
- CreatorRob GrantDoug NaylorStarsChris BarrieCraig CharlesDanny John-JulesThe adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep space on the mining ship Red Dwarf.
- StarsSanjeev BhaskarMeera SyalKulvinder GhirA British sketch-comedy that explores the integration of Indian and British cultures through a series of satires, musicals, and skits.
- CreatorAnil GuptaRichard PintoAdil RayStarsAdil RayBhavna LimbachiaAbdullah AfzalComedy series set in Birmingham following the trials and tribulations of (self appointed) community leader Mr Khan and his family.
- StarsRik MayallAdrian EdmondsonNigel PlanerThe crazy and sometimes surreal comedic adventures of four very different students in Thatcher's Britain.
- StarsAdrian EdmondsonRik MayallSteven O'DonnellTwo perpetually bored and broke flatmates waste their days in a futile struggle to get laid, earn cash, and not kill one another.
- StarsHarry HillSteve BenhamRonne CoylesHarry Hill stars in this surreal comedy show, revolving around the previous week's shows on British television.
- StarsFrankie HowerdElizabeth LarnerKerry GardnerLurcio is a much-put-upon slave in the ancient Roman town of Pompeii. More often than not, Lurcio finds himself keeping his owner's family members apart, in order to keep them together.
- CreatorSteve DelaneyStarsSteve DelaneyRory KinnearZahra AhmadiDelusional show business character Count Arthur Strong, a pompous, out-of-work actor from Doncaster attempts to recount his life story with the help of the scholarly son of his former comedy partner.
- StarsCatherine TateMathew HorneNiky WardleySketches by Catherine Tate and her comedy troupe.
- StarsSteve CooganRebecca FrontPatrick MarberAlan Partridge hosts his own chat show on the BBC. He insults and belittles almost all of his guests and is humiliated by the rest.
- CreatorRicky GervaisStephen MerchantStarsRicky GervaisMartin FreemanMackenzie CrookThe story of an office that faces closure when the company decides to downsize its branches. A documentary film crew follow staff and the manager David Brent as they continue their daily lives.
- StarsWarren MitchellCarmel McSharryArthur EnglishAlf and Else are getting old, Rita's left home, Else's confined to a wheelchair. Alf must now do battle with the Social Security system.
- StarsJames BolamPeter BowlesChristopher StrauliA rather naive, middle-class man is admitted to a hospital ward and finds that he is sharing it with a working-class layabout and an upper-class hypochondriac. All three of them cause headaches for the hospital staff.
- StarsRichard WilsonAnnette CrosbieDoreen MantleVictor Meldrew is a retiree who attracts bad luck. If he's not driving his long suffering wife Margaret crazy with his constant moaning, he's fighting with neighbours.
- StarsSimon JonesDavid DixonPeter JonesArthur Dent and his friend, Ford Prefect, escape the destruction of Earth, only to face incredible trials, tribulations and adventures in space and time.
- StarsJennifer SaundersJoanna LumleyJulia SawalhaThe wild misadventures of Edina "Eddy" Monsoon and her best friend Patsy Stone, who live in a nearly constant haze of drugged, drunken selfishness.
- CreatorJeremy LloydDavid CroftStarsMollie SugdenJohn InmanFrank ThorntonThe misadventures of the staff of a retail floor of a major department store.
- StarsRonnie BarkerDavid JasonLynda BaronArkwright is a miserly and eccentric shopkeeper with a stammer, who longs to marry his lifelong love Nurse Gladys. He runs a small town grocery store along with his errand boy and nephew, Granville and a particularly dangerous till.
- StarsRonnie CorbettBarbara LottWilliam MooreA 41-year-old man is unable to leave home because of his domineering mother.
- StarsMichael PalinCharles McKeownBarbara NewThis show is a collection of tales that make for "ripping good" television. Sir Michael Palin played a different lead character in each yarn.
- StarsNeil InnesBryan PayneGillian GregoryNeil Innes performs parody songs old and new, all set to specially-shot footage, and including special guest performers. Plotless and surreal, Innes described the programme as "songs and pictures, about people and things".
- CreatorTim Brooke-TaylorGraeme GardenBill OddieStarsTim Brooke-TaylorGraeme GardenBill OddieThe adventures of a crazy trio whose motto is "we do anything, anytime, anywhere."
- StarsJohn CleeseGraham ChapmanTim Brooke-TaylorWritten by and starring The Goodies' Tim Brooke-Taylor, Monty Python's Graham Chapman and John Cleese, and comedy legend Marty Feldman, "At Last the 1948 Show" is a groundbreaking, splendidly silly and surreal sketch comedy series.
- StarsEric IdleNeil InnesDavid BattleyComedy sketch series purporting to show the programming of a low key regional television service.
- StarsDenise CoffeyEric IdleDavid JasonShort comedy sketches performed by an ensemble cast accompanied by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, an eccentric English group featuring Neil Innes and fronted by Vivian Stanshall.
- StarsTerry ScottJune WhitfieldReginald MarshTerry and June Medford are a middle aged couple who find the trials of life more difficult as they try to succeed in their daily lives.
- StarsPeter RichardsonAdrian EdmondsonJennifer SaundersA series of self contained television movies starring performers from London's "Comic Strip" comedy club and their friends. Noted for a high sense of parody of previous movies, literature, and generally everyone in sight.
- CreatorAndy HamiltonGuy JenkinStarsNeil PearsonJeff RawleDavid SwiftPolitical satire about television news company Globe Link and its team of workers such as anchors Henry and Sally, reporter Damien, editor Dave, execs George and Helen, assistant Joy and manager Gus Hedges.
- CreatorRoy ClarkeStarsPeter SallisJane FreemanKathy StaffThree old men from Yorkshire who have never grown up face the trials of their fellow town citizens and everyday life and stay young by reminiscing about the days of their youth and attempting feats not common to the elderly.
- StarsVic ReevesBob MortimerFred AylwardHugely influential, surreal and anarchic parody of the variety show format. Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer introduce a selection of eccentric characters. The show often appears to be completely random, ramshackle and nonsensical.
- StarsHarry EnfieldKathy BurkePaul WhitehouseThe BBC sketch show that while continuing to show the misadventures of a series of popular characters now introduces a slew of new oddballs and misfits, including Tory Boy and The Lovely Wobbly Randy Old Ladies.
- StarsHugh DennisDavid BaddielSteve PuntThe Mary Whitehouse Experience was an rapid-fire observational sketch comedy show, which first aired on radio, and then moved to television, where it ran on the BBC (BBC 2), between 1990-1992. It's title was a tongue-in-cheek jab on the well-known morality crusader, Mary Whitehouse. The show featured a lot of topical humour, based on famous people, films and TV shows of the day, along with original character material, in a format somewhat similar to _"Kids In the Hall (1988)". The series starred 2 comedy duos (who had all graduated from Cambridge University); Steve Punt and Hugh Dennis, and David Baddiel and Rob Newman. It was first broadcast on the radio during the late 1980s, before airing to TV.
- StarsPaul WhitehouseCharlie HigsonArabella WeirUK comedy sketch show depicting most forms of stereotypical British society.
- StarsPeter KaySian GibsonDanny SwarsbrickAssistant manager John Redmond and promotions rep Kayleigh Kitson are forced to commute together every day. But will they get along?
- StarsAlexei SayleTony MillanAngus DeaytonComedy sketch show which ran on BBC2 for a total of 18 episodes over 3 series from 1988 to 1991.
- CreatorTim Brooke-TaylorGraeme GardenBill OddieStarsTim Brooke-TaylorGraeme GardenBill OddieThe adventures of a crazy trio whose motto is "we do anything, anytime, anywhere."
- DirectorBill SmithStarsGreg HemphillCameron JackFord KiernanIn the predecessor to the TV series, Jack, Victor and Winston are three old men trapped in a Glasgow hi-rise..
- StarsJames BaxterDavid JasonStephanie ColeHaving inherited the shop from his uncle, it's business as usual for Granville at Arkwright's corner shop.