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1. All Gas and Gaiters (1966–1971)
30 min | Comedy
Clerical comedy centered on hapless curate Mervyn Noote.
Stars: Robertson Hare, William Mervyn, Derek Nimmo, John Barron
Votes: 66
2. Only When I Laugh (1979–1982)
30 min | Comedy
A 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.
Stars: James Bolam, Peter Bowles, Christopher Strauli, Richard Wilson
Votes: 994
3. Pie in the Sky (1994–1997)
TV-14 | 50 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
DI Crabbe retires from the police force after being shot and sets up his own restaurant. However, his ex-boss, Assistant Chief Constable Fisher constantly calls Crabbe back on duty.
Stars: Richard Griffiths, Maggie Steed, Malcolm Sinclair, Nick Raggett
Votes: 2,068
4. Monarch of the Glen (2000–2005)
TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Archie MacDonald, a young restaurateur is called back to his childhood home of Glenbogle where he is told he is the new Laird of Glenbogle.
Stars: Alexander Morton, Susan Hampshire, Hamish Clark, Dawn Steele
Votes: 3,783
5. Dad's Army (2016)
Not Rated | 100 min | Comedy, War
The Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon deal with a visiting female journalist and a German spy as World War II draws to its conclusion.
Director: Oliver Parker | Stars: Mark Tandy, Russell Balogh, Andrew Havill, Heinz
Votes: 8,524
6. Jonathan Creek (1997–2016)
TV-MA | 60 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
Jonathan Creek, a magician with a natural ability for solving puzzles, works from his home in a converted windmill. He uses his abilities to solve impossible crimes and mysterious murders.
Stars: Alan Davies, Caroline Quentin, Stuart Milligan, Julia Sawalha
Votes: 9,014
7. Are You Being Served? (2016 TV Movie)
31 min | Comedy
A reboot of the classic sitcom Are You Being Served? (1972).
Director: Dewi Humphreys | Stars: Jason Watkins, Sherrie Hewson, John Challis, Roy Barraclough
Votes: 605
8. Hallelujah! (1983–1984)
30 min | Comedy
Captain Emily Ridley has been asked to retire from her position in the Salvation Army. She won't do it, and the Army has a dilemma, what to do with this overbearing woman that no one can escape when she gets stuck in on sinners.
Stars: Thora Hird, Patsy Rowlands, David Daker, Rosamund Greenwood
Votes: 53
9. The Thin Blue Line (1995–1996)
30 min | Comedy, Crime
Various mishaps at a police station in an English town. The main character is the anachronistic, yet charming and funny Inspector Fowler. CID foil to Fowler, Inspector Grim is a bumbling, seething idiot.
Stars: Rowan Atkinson, Mina Anwar, James Dreyfus, Serena Evans
Votes: 7,957
10. Detectorists (2014–2022)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy
The lives of two eccentric metal detectorists, who spend their days plodding along ploughed tracks and open fields, hoping to disturb the tedium by unearthing the fortune of a lifetime.
Stars: Mackenzie Crook, Toby Jones, Rachael Stirling, Gerard Horan
Votes: 21,372
11. We Are Lady Parts (2021– )
TV-MA | 24 min | Comedy, Music
A look at the highs and lows of the band members that make up a Muslim female punk band, Lady Parts, as seen through the eyes of Amina Hussein, a geeky PhD student who is recruited to be their unlikely lead guitarist.
Stars: Lucie Shorthouse, Anjana Vasan, Sarah Kameela Impey, Faith Omole
Votes: 5,238
12. A.J. Wentworth, B.A. (1982– )
30 min | Comedy
Set in a 1940s English school, Lowe stars in title role as a maths teacher obsessed with the honour of his school, the high cost of pen nibs and the sneaky tactics of his arch-enemy, the school Matron.
Stars: Arthur Lowe, Harry Andrews, Michael Bevis, Marcus Evans
Votes: 29
13. Potter (1979–1983)
30 min | Comedy
Arthur Lowe as Redvers Potter owner of a mint manufacturers
Stars: Noel Dyson, John Barron, John Warner, Brenda Cowling
Votes: 70
14. Get Some In! (1975–1978)
30 min | Comedy
1955 called up into R.A.F. a group of young men find it hard to cope,especially with a corporal who is unhappy and takes it out on them.
Stars: Tony Selby, Gerard Ryder, David Janson, Brian Pettifer
Votes: 257
15. Up the Elephant and Round the Castle (1983–1985)
30 min | Comedy
James 'Jim' London becomes a man of property when a relative dies, leaving him the run-down Victorian abode of 17 Railway Terrace, in Elephant and Castle (south London). He's troubled by ... See full summary »
Stars: Jim Davidson, John Bardon, Brian Hall, Sue Nicholls
Votes: 105
16. The Dustbinmen (1969–1970)
30 min | Comedy
Adventures encountered by a group of refuse collectors.
Stars: Bryan Pringle, Trevor Bannister, Graham Haberfield, Tim Wylton
Votes: 73
17. No Place Like Homicide! (1961)
87 min | Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Ernie's uncle has just died, but to claim his inheritance he must spend the night in the ancestral home with the rest of his relatives. Before long, the guests begin to drop dead.
Director: Pat Jackson | Stars: Sidney James, Kenneth Connor, Shirley Eaton, Dennis Price
Votes: 1,011
18. The Mouse That Roared (1959)
Approved | 83 min | Comedy
An impoverished backward nation declares a war on the United States of America, hoping to lose, but things don't go according to plan.
Director: Jack Arnold | Stars: Peter Sellers, Jean Seberg, William Hartnell, David Kossoff
Votes: 9,464
19. Clarence (1988)
30 min | Comedy
Clarence is a myopic delivery man who retires to the countryside, and goes from one mishap to another due to his short-sightedness
Stars: Ronnie Barker, Josephine Tewson, Phyllida Law, Richard Caldicot
Votes: 221
20.
Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes (2019)
Episode:
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Walker
(2019)
Comedy, War
Walker gets his call-up papers; the platoon devise a series of ploys to avoid losing him to active service.
Director: Ben Kellett | Stars: Kevin McNally, Robert Bathurst, Kevin Eldon, David Hayman
Votes: 83
21. Dad's Army: The Lost Episodes (2019)
30 min | Comedy, War
Remakes of the three missing episodes of the original BBC comedy series Dad's Army (1968)
Stars: Kevin McNally, Robert Bathurst, Kevin Eldon, David Hayman
Votes: 263
22. Neville's Island (1998 TV Movie)
85 min | Comedy, Drama
Four businessmen on a team-building exercise in the Lake District succeed in being the first people ever to get castaway on an island in Derwentwater.
Director: Terry Johnson | Stars: Sylvia Syms, Timothy Spall, David Bamber, Martin Clunes
Votes: 104
23. Confetti (2006)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Music, Romance
A mockumentary that follows three couples as they battle it out to win the coveted title of 'Most Original Wedding of the Year.'
Director: Debbie Isitt | Stars: Martin Freeman, Jessica Hynes, Stephen Mangan, Meredith MacNeill
Votes: 5,322 | Gross: $0.23M
24. dinnerladies (1998–2000)
TV-14 | 34 min | Comedy
Comedy about the workers in a factory canteen.
Stars: Victoria Wood, Thelma Barlow, Andrew Dunn, Shobna Gulati
Votes: 2,776
25. Sykes and A... (1960–1965)
30 min | Comedy, Family
Sykes and A - follows the life and times of an immature, often clumsy twin brother and sister as they deal with their eccentric life's.
Stars: Eric Sykes, Hattie Jacques, Richard Wattis, Deryck Guyler
Votes: 28
26. Clatterford (2006–2009)
60 min | Comedy
The comical misadventures of friends involved with a women's club. Retitled as "Clatterford" in the United States.
Stars: Sue Johnston, Dawn French, Maggie Steed, Jennifer Saunders
Votes: 1,323
27. Still Open All Hours (2013–2019)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
Having inherited the shop from his uncle, it's business as usual for Granville at Arkwright's corner shop.
Stars: James Baxter, David Jason, Stephanie Cole, Brigit Forsyth
Votes: 1,871
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