I need some new comedy to watch! I like Alan Partridge and Saxondale, Little britain, the office and extras.
Been watching some episodes of IT crowd which is ok, and Catherine Tate show is pretty funny as well.
Are there any good ones that you can recommend?
Wow. There’s loads. Glad you’re loving Alan Partridge!
I’m going to give you the long answer – because I love my comedies! In no particular order…
Life’s too short (about a dwarf, by the makers of the Office and Extras),
Coogans Run (Steve Coogan’s characters before Partridge),
The Inbetweeners – about four teens being idiots, best new british comedy?
BlackAdder – set in different English historic time zones. Medieval (don’t watch series one – its crap), Elizabethan, the Regency, and WWI. About a complete bastard (Blackadder, played by Mr Bean) and his dimwitted accomplice, Baldrick. Warning: Last episode of Blackadder Goes Forth may bring tears.
Father Ted – Three catholic priests living on an Irish island. Pretty anti-catholosism. Ridiculously funny.
Men Behaving Badly – two flatmates, drinking beer and leading a pretty sad but funny laddish existence
League of Gentlemen – Horror comedy. Unique.
Psychoville – by the makers of Leauge of Gentlemen. Horror comedy again. Not as good.
Bottom – slapstick. Two flatmates live in squalor, constantly drunk, thinking about sex and beating eachother up. Lovely.
Peep Show – two inept flatmates, one ridgid office worker, another dreamer musician. From their point of view.
Young Ones – before Bottom. Four students – a punk, a ‘poet’, a hippy and a ‘ladies man’. Slapstick. Classic.
Only Fools and Horses – No. 1 British comedy of all time. Always will be. Watch it.
Absolutely Fabulous – two spoilt fashion ‘gurus’
Red Dwarf – science fiction comedy. A human, a ‘cat’. a driod and a hologram on a space ship.
Pulling – Three female housemates. Desperate; self obessed; and an alcoholic school teacher.. Works well.
The Royle Family – Revolves around the living room of a family in Manchester who mainly watch telly all day. Absolute genius.
Phoenix Nights – set in a cheesy nightclub
Shameless – a drama really. But very very funny. About families on an estate in Manchester.There’s and American version but its not as good. Too sexed up. Are Americans really better looking than English people – or is it just they’re not allowed ugly, dirty people on TV?
Rab C Nesbitt – Try and make out what they’re saying. Scottish family in run down estate.
The Mighty Boosh – the fantastical world of the Boosh. Out of this world, fantasy comedy. Very wierd. May take a couple of watches to be hooked. Unique.
Nevermind the Buzzcocks – a celebrity music quiz show that has e laughing my head off (are you British? You may not get the jokes).
QI (Quite Interesting) – a celebrity quiz show where I get most of my knowledge from. Giving interesting facts and questioning what we already know.
Of course there are loads of classic comedies like Faulty Towers and Porridge, but I’m listing the ones I like…