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great british comedies pleeeez!

languishing in lost angles/no tv, don't see enough british faire, especially comedy. any tips that i can pirate down off the internets? ...along the lines of some of (my) great giggles from the past: black adder, peep show, rise & fall of reginald perrin, nuts in may/life is sweet (mike leigh), the (british) office, come fly with me...only one i have seen/liked recently is derek.
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  • masicat
    masicat Posts: 5,008
    Yes, agree.
  • Absurdistan
    Absurdistan Posts: 8,024
    Just watch the England team.
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,047

    Just watch the England team.

    And the sequels, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland !
  • limeygent
    limeygent Posts: 3,217
    I always liked "Rumpole of The Bailey", have seen the series in the DVD stores. Great acting and use of the English language.
  • limeygent said:

    I always liked "Rumpole of The Bailey", have seen the series in the DVD stores. Great acting and use of the English language.

    thx lg, never got into rumpole at the time, maybe i'll have a re-look...found it difficult to get past his phlegmy delivery i remember...
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,079
    The entire series of Love thy Neighbour has come out on DVD, absolute classic stuff.
  • Shrew
    Shrew Posts: 5,749
    Uncle might be worth a watch, a bit predictable but got better and some definite funny moments
  • SELR_addicks
    SELR_addicks Posts: 15,469
    Black Books is pretty good.
  • The entire series of Love thy Neighbour has come out on DVD, absolute classic stuff.

    oh my, just reminded myself of how the sooooo un-pc sambo vs honky language got on mainstream early evening uk tv in the 60's, saw the you tube love thy neighbour clip with my 80's born american girlfriend - she is still open mouthed aghast!:>O
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,079

    The entire series of Love thy Neighbour has come out on DVD, absolute classic stuff.

    oh my, just reminded myself of how the sooooo un-pc sambo vs honky language got on mainstream early evening uk tv in the 60's, saw the you tube love thy neighbour clip with my 80's born american girlfriend - she is still open mouthed aghast!:>O
    Not for the faint hearted methinks.

    Another two classics, Boys from the Blackstuff and Auf Wiedersehen Pet.

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  • RedMist
    RedMist Posts: 1,404
    Bottom or Fawlty Towers if you're feeling homesick
  • Sillybilly
    Sillybilly Posts: 9,236
    The Booze Cruise trilogy. Great writing And characterisation despite a couple of characters changing actor/career between the first and second shows. Neil Pearson and Brian Murphy and some sun lotion. Gem
  • wow, this is tremendous!!!!! thanks a lot everyone, keep 'em comn'....i'm back 'n forward from you tube checkn them out or reminding myself of lost gems...you can tell i live in (self-enforced) no tv/cable land, just netflix & cap'n morgan, the rest of the world is cup glued, and i'm keyboard lapdancing......
  • The entire series of Love thy Neighbour has come out on DVD, absolute classic stuff.

    oh my, just reminded myself of how the sooooo un-pc sambo vs honky language got on mainstream early evening uk tv in the 60's, saw the you tube love thy neighbour clip with my 80's born american girlfriend - she is still open mouthed aghast!:>O
    Not for the faint hearted methinks.

    Another two classics, Boys from the Blackstuff and Auf Wiedersehen Pet.
    ohhhh yes, milestone monsters those two!!!!!!!
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,079
    edited June 2014

    The Booze Cruise trilogy. Great writing And characterisation despite a couple of characters changing actor/career between the first and second shows. Neil Pearson and Brian Murphy and some sun lotion. Gem

    Brian Murphy lives round the corner from me in Bromley, I pass his house every day(am always reminded of the programme). He still has the nasally voice!
  • jac52
    jac52 Posts: 636
    edited June 2014
    Inbetweeners
    Alan Partridge (didn't like the talk show one tho)
    Brass eye
    The day today
    Psychoville (drama black comedy but I loved it)
    Garth Marengis dark place (maybe an acquired taste but it's done like a documentary interviewing the actors of an old made up 70s show- thought it was class)
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,799
    Not Pnly But Also, and anything with Spike Milligan.
  • Garrymanilow
    Garrymanilow Posts: 13,175
    Psychoville was genius, especially the first series. A really underrated series was The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret. It was kind of like a British Arrested Development but much darker

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  • The Booze Cruise trilogy. Great writing And characterisation despite a couple of characters changing actor/career between the first and second shows. Neil Pearson and Brian Murphy and some sun lotion. Gem

    Brian Murphy lives round the corner from me in Bromley, I pass his house every day(am always reminded of the programme). He still has the nasally voice!
    trying it out now on you tube, pretty good stuff, thx.
  • ElfsborgAddick
    ElfsborgAddick Posts: 29,079

    The Booze Cruise trilogy. Great writing And characterisation despite a couple of characters changing actor/career between the first and second shows. Neil Pearson and Brian Murphy and some sun lotion. Gem

    Brian Murphy lives round the corner from me in Bromley, I pass his house every day(am always reminded of the programme). He still has the nasally voice!
    trying it out now on you tube, pretty good stuff, thx.
    Youtube The Booze Cruise, he was alright in that as well. Came out about five years ago.
  • thx silly billy/elfsborg - already on part 4 of booze cruise on you tube! laaaayyyyzeeeee saturday afternoon....lubbly jubbly, btw, talkn of del boy, wasn't there a charlton connection in only fools?
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,013

    The Booze Cruise trilogy. Great writing And characterisation despite a couple of characters changing actor/career between the first and second shows. Neil Pearson and Brian Murphy and some sun lotion. Gem

    Brian Murphy lives round the corner from me in Bromley, I pass his house every day(am always reminded of the programme). He still has the nasally voice!
    Elfsborg, you must live round the corner from me, because I too live round the corner from Brian Murphy !
  • jac52
    jac52 Posts: 636

    Psychoville was genius, especially the first series. A really underrated series was The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret. It was kind of like a British Arrested Development but much darker

    Never met anyone else who has heard of it. Definitely worth a watch. Will check out your recommendation as well, never heard of it but Wikipedia suggests I'll prob like it.

  • golfaddick
    golfaddick Posts: 33,641
    british leyland
  • I_was_Floyd
    I_was_Floyd Posts: 468

    The IT Crowd

  • seth plum
    seth plum Posts: 53,448
    Rev
  • ValleyGary
    ValleyGary Posts: 37,987
    Just watched a few inbetweeners on sky. If your missing England you can't get better imo.
  • Just watched a few inbetweeners on sky. If your missing England you can't get better imo.

    it grew on me...& love the dad of the short, blonde one who makes occasional appearances - naturally funny man.