What Are Your Favourite British Sitcoms?

These are the ones I have seen, and love each and every one in their own unique way:

Monty Python's Flying Circus
Fawlty Towers
Blackadder
Mr. Bean
Are You Being Served?
Are You Being Served? - Again!
Father Ted

I also have the Keeping Up Appearances DVD box, but haven't gotten around to watching it yet (I'm currently working my way through my Leave it to Beaver box).

 

Forgot to include:

7. Doc Martin​

 

'Allo 'Allo!
Are You Being Served?
Keeping Up Appearances
Red Dwarf
Butterflies
Last of the Summer Wine
Mrs. Brown's Boys
The Vicar of Dibley

 

Only two
Monty Python
Ab Fab

 

Most of my favourites have been mentioned apart from Peep Show.

That and Alan Partridge are comedy gold.

Kiss my face!

 

If we're stretching to skit shows, I would include:

Little Britain
The Catherine Tate Show
The Kenny Everett Television Show
Dave Allen Show
The Benny Hill Show
Alas Smith and Jones
The Two Ronnies
Not The Nine O'Clock News
The Armstrong and Miller Show
Alan Partridge
Monty Python's Flying Circus

 

When I was a young buck Mr. Bean was my jam!

 

I was just watching Tristram Shandy. The promos for Alan Partridge interested me.

 

The Young Ones
Filthy, Rich & Catflap
Brass (Brilliant! Anyone else remember it?).
IT Crowd
Black Books
Doctor In The House
On The Buses (in small doses)
The Benny Hill Show (not a sitcom, I know)

 

Doc Martin for me.

 

My mate is a huge Simon Pegg fan. She's talked about Spaced quite a lot. I watched it for the first time a few weeks ago (17 years behind everyone else) but I couldn't get into it. Maybe I was in the wrong mood. I might try again at some point.

 

Saw someone mention Ripping Yarns and although I would question it as a sitcom... Tompkinsons Schooldays !! Oh my my ! The best MP spin-off ever... well, barring The Rutles...

 

I loved "Spaced"!
I guess if you're not in the mood for it, it won't be your 'cup-of-tea'.

 

Yeah, I heard good things about it too so I thought I'd give it a try (recently). I kind of liked the first several episodes, but I quickly lost interest as it went on, and didn't finish the entire run of episodes.

 

The mockumentary "I'm Alan Partridge" (two series) is the pinnacle of the Partridge World, in my opinion, closely followed by the original fake chat show "Knowing Me Knowing You", in which he "made his name"...

Then there's the spoof local radio webcasts of "Mid Morning Matters" which started after a very long gap, and with some different writers, but have had some really funny moments.

As for the movie, I've only watched it once and it was good but I felt a little something was missing and some of the humour was aimed at cheaper laughs than usual. I don't know if it's a good intro to the Partridge Galaxy but I wouldn't rule it out!

 

Absolutely Fabulous
Fawlty Towers
Are You Being Served?

 

Forgot about Little Britain. Great show!!

 

Lots of good ones, but I think Vicar of Dibley is my fave.
A great cast and my favourite was the old guy who, when asked a question, usually answered, "No no no no no no - yes!"

 

I love some of those listed, am indifferent toward others, and haven't seen others still. My favorite, however, will always unapologetically be Are You Being Served?

When the world has me down, I can put on virtually any episode from any season, steal away into the world of Grace Bros. department store, and just feel at peace for a half-hour. I know the scripts by heart, and the laughs are rote by now, but I don't care.

"Are you free?"

"I'm free!"

And my brother and I once got hugs from John Inman when he was signing autographs at the local PBS store here in San Diego in 1999. We asked his permission first, of course. His response? "You can never have too many hugs!"

No photographs of the moment. Just a nice memory.

 

Computer says no...

 

Fawlty Towers
Shut Your Gob
Do Shut Up
Everything else is tied for fourth.

 

Dad's Army
Fawlty Towers

 

I'm Alan Partridge is just brilliant, not sure if it has ever aired in the U.S. Great show to binge watch for a weekend, very entertaining.

 

My personal favorites over the years, roughly in order -

Sitcoms:

Absolutely Fabulous
Fawlty Towers
The Royle Family
The Office
Extras
The Vicar Of Dibley
Blackadder (esp. season 2 with Miranda Richardson as Queenie)
No, Honestly (I loved this when it aired back in the 70's though I wonder if I'd find it dated now)

Sketch comedy shows: (as people are including them!)

French & Saunders
Monty Python's Flying Circus
Da Ali G Show
3 Non-Blondes which should in no way be confused with Linda Perry and/or the musical group: 3 Non-Blondes are *way* better (and of course funnier)
Goodness Gracious Me

 

Is Fawlty Towers a sitcom? If so that's my vote. My vote for the funniest TV show in the history of humanity