Best BBC Comedies
by biggyg-54050 | created - 20 Feb 2022 | updated - 3 months ago | PublicEnglish TV Comedies
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1. Father Ted (1995–1998)
TV-14 | 25 min | Comedy
Three misfit priests and their housekeeper live on Craggy Island, not the peaceful and quiet part of Ireland that it seems to be.
Stars: Dermot Morgan, Ardal O'Hanlon, Frank Kelly, Pauline McLynn
Votes: 43,782
2. Friday Night Dinner (2011–2020)
TV-14 | 24 min | Comedy
Two siblings share their Friday-night dinners at their parents' home and, somehow, something always goes wrong.
Stars: Tamsin Greig, Simon Bird, Paul Ritter, Tom Rosenthal
Votes: 22,182
3. The IT Crowd (2006–2013)
TV-14 | 25 min | Comedy
The comedic misadventures of Roy, Moss and their grifting supervisor Jen, a rag-tag team of IT support workers at a large corporation headed by a hotheaded yuppie.
Stars: Chris O'Dowd, Richard Ayoade, Katherine Parkinson, Matt Berry
Votes: 164,362
4. Black Books (2000–2004)
TV-PG | 25 min | Comedy
Bernard Black runs a book shop, though his customer service skills leave something to be desired. He hires Manny as an employee. Fran runs the shop next door. Between the three of them many adventures ensue.
Stars: Dylan Moran, Bill Bailey, Tamsin Greig, Paul Beech
Votes: 61,921
5. The Young Offenders (2018– )
30 min | Comedy
Coming-of-age drama about lovable rogues Conor and Jock as they navigate their awkward teenage years, hatching plans and adventures to help distract from their tough home lives and their inability to stay out of trouble at school.
Stars: Alex Murphy, Chris Walley, Hilary Rose, Dominic MacHale
Votes: 4,627
6. The Inbetweeners (2008–2010)
TV-14 | 25 min | Comedy
Follows four friends and their antics during their final years of school.
Stars: Simon Bird, James Buckley, Blake Harrison, Joe Thomas
Votes: 94,348
7. I'm Alan Partridge (1997–2002)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy
A failed television presenter, now presenting a programme on local desperately tries to revive his broadcasting career.
Stars: Steve Coogan, Simon Greenall, Felicity Montagu, Phil Cornwell
Votes: 21,966
8. Frank of Ireland (2021)
TV-MA | 24 min | Comedy
A 32-year-old misanthropic musician named Frank lives in Dublin with his mother.
Stars: Pom Boyd, Brian Gleeson, Domhnall Gleeson, Sarah Greene
Votes: 2,440
9. Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge (1994–1995)
TV-14 | 45 min | Comedy
Alan Partridge hosts his own chat show on the BBC. He insults and belittles almost all of his guests and is humiliated by the rest.
Stars: Steve Coogan, Rebecca Front, Patrick Marber, Steve Brown
Votes: 6,848
10. Keeping Up Appearances (1990–1995)
TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy
A snobbish housewife is determined to climb the social ladder, in spite of her family's working class connections and the constant chagrin of her long suffering husband.
Stars: Patricia Routledge, Clive Swift, Geoffrey Hughes, Judy Cornwell
Votes: 17,868
11. Jeeves and Wooster (1990–1993)
TV-PG | 55 min | Comedy
Bertram Wooster, a well-intentioned, wealthy layabout, has a habit of getting himself into trouble and it's up to his brilliant valet, Jeeves, to get him out.
Stars: Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Richard Dixon, Robert Daws
Votes: 13,147
12. Crims (2015)
30 min | Comedy
Follows two boys who are the least likely to survive in a young offenders' institution.
Stars: Elis James, Kadiff Kirwan, Cariad Lloyd, Theo Barklem-Biggs
Votes: 282
13. The First Team (2020)
30 min | Comedy, Sport
The misadventures of three young football players at a fictional Premier League club.
Stars: Jake Short, Shaquille Ali-Yebuah, Jack McMullen, Chris Geere
Votes: 920
14. 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: 21,326
15. Extras (2005–2007)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama
Andy Millman is an actor with ambition and a script. Reduced to working as an extra with a useless agent, Andy's attempts to boost his career invariably end in failure and embarrassment.
Stars: Ricky Gervais, Ashley Jensen, Stephen Merchant, Shaun Williamson
Votes: 60,383
16. The Office (2001–2003)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Drama
The 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.
Stars: Ricky Gervais, Martin Freeman, Mackenzie Crook, Lucy Davis
Votes: 123,134
17. An Idiot Abroad (2010–2012)
TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, Adventure, Comedy
British comedy duo Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant send their simple and closed-minded friend Karl Pilkington on a trip around the world to experience a variety of people and cultures.
Stars: Karl Pilkington, Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, Richard Yee
Votes: 34,313
18. Goodness Gracious Me (1998–2015)
45 min | Comedy
A British sketch-comedy that explores the integration of Indian and British cultures through a series of satires, musicals, and skits.
Stars: Sanjeev Bhaskar, Meera Syal, Kulvinder Ghir, Nina Wadia
Votes: 1,306
19. The Vicar of Dibley (1994–2020)
TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy
A boisterous female minister comes to serve in an eccentricly conservative small town's church.
Stars: Dawn French, James Fleet, Trevor Peacock, Gary Waldhorn
Votes: 15,471
20. Count Arthur Strong (2013–2017)
30 min | Comedy
Delusional 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.
Stars: Steve Delaney, Rory Kinnear, Zahra Ahmadi, Andy Linden
Votes: 1,096
21. Family Tree (2013)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy
From Christopher Guest ('Best in Show, ' 'A Mighty Wind') comes this comedy series that follows one man's quest to track down his genealogy.
Stars: Chris O'Dowd, Tom Bennett, Nina Conti, Carrie Aizley
Votes: 3,632
22. Travel Man: 48 Hours in... (2015– )
Not Rated | 24 min | Documentary, Adventure, Comedy
British comedian Richard Ayoade and a celebrity guest, usually from the comedy world, spend 48 hours in a popular city to discover the must see tourist attractions.
Stars: Richard Ayoade, Joe Lycett, Stephen Mangan, Roisin Conaty
Votes: 3,317
23. Moone Boy (2012–2015)
TV-14 | 23 min | Comedy
Martin Moone is a young boy who relies on the help of his imaginary friend Sean to deal with the quandaries of life in a wacky small-town Irish family circa 1990.
Stars: Chris O'Dowd, David Rawle, Deirdre O'Kane, Peter McDonald
Votes: 6,634
24. Monty Python's Flying Circus (1969–1974)
TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy
The original surreal sketch comedy showcase for the Monty Python troupe.
Stars: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle
Votes: 78,780
25. Still Game (2002–2019)
TV-14 | 29 min | Comedy
Cult Scottish comedy about the lives of two OAP's Jack and Victor and their views on how it used to be in the old days and how bad it is now in the fictional area of Craiglang, Glasgow.
Stars: Ford Kiernan, Greg Hemphill, Paul Riley, Mark Cox
Votes: 9,279
26. Man Like Mobeen (2017– )
TV-MA | 21 min | Comedy
Mobeen is a 28-year old Brummie Muslim singlehandedly raising his 15-year-old sister. This show documents the struggles of his criminal past, the friendships he has, and the controversies he faces as a Pakistani Muslim.
Stars: Guz Khan, Tolu Ogunmefun, Dúaa Karim, Tez Ilyas
Votes: 3,624
27. Bottom (1991–1995)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy
Two perpetually bored and broke flatmates waste their days in a futile struggle to get laid, earn cash, and not kill one another.
Stars: Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall, Steven O'Donnell, Christopher Ryan
Votes: 14,190
28. The Windsors (2016– )
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy
Comedy soap opera re-imagining the lives of the British Royal Family as you have never seen them before.
Stars: Celeste Dring, Louise Ford, Hugh Skinner, Ellie White
Votes: 3,478
29. White Gold (2017–2019)
TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy
The story of a double-glazing showroom in Essex in 1983, led by charismatic salesman Vincent who will happily break the rules if it guarantees a sale.
Stars: Ed Westwick, James Buckley, Joe Thomas, Linzey Cocker
Votes: 12,959
30. Citizen Khan (2012–2016)
30 min | Comedy
Comedy series set in Birmingham following the trials and tribulations of (self appointed) community leader Mr Khan and his family.
Stars: Adil Ray, Bhavna Limbachia, Abdullah Afzal, Shobu Kapoor
Votes: 3,375
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