Hey Sup Forums I'm from the US but I'm really fond of English comedy. Picture related are some of the shows that I've seen and really enjoyed:
>Black Books
>Shameless
>Fresh Meat
>Spaced
I'm looking for any recommendations that other fans of the genre may have.
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Everything by Chris Morris.
Chris Morris
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Chris Morris (Nathan Barley is his least-funny show, but it's also his most conventional.)
Father Ted since one of its co-creators also co-created Black Books.
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
And you should watch An Idiot Abroad; although Karl isn't a comedian, he's one of the funniest people in Britain, and the show was created by Ricky Gervais --who is a comedian.
Green Wing is good. At least I thought so when it first came out.
Ah yes I've seen An Idiot Abroad already, forgot to mention it. Great show and Karl is hilarious. I also enjoyed the IT crowd for the most part, just thought of it.
For more Karl you should listen to Ricky Gervais' XFM radio show and podcast. Or you could watch The Ricky Gervais Show, the animated cartoon.
Funnily enough, I believe that Chris Morris has an infrequent role in the IT Crowd (I haven't seen the show), and Ayoade (the black guy) stars in Garth Marenghi's Darkplace.
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>The Thick Of It
>PhoneShop
>Peep Show
>Darkplace
>Father Ted
>The Office
>Extras
>I'm Alan Partridge / Knowing Me, Knowing You
>Only Fools & Horses
Monkey Dust
>The Mighty Boosh
>Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
>Fawlty Towers
>The Inbetweeners
>The Office
The IT Crowd is probably my favorite
Father Ted and Black Books are pretty funny.
Most of the GOAT stuff has already been mentioned so I'll reinforce these:
Chris Morris' entire catalogue, mainly Brass Eye
Green Wing
Peep Show
The Thick of It
Father Ted (Irish but hey it's UK)
Alan Partridge
I'm Alan Partridge
Watch this first before anything else.
Brass Eye (as has been mentioned many times)
The Thick of It
Drop The Dead Donkey
Red Dwarf
Father Ted
Peep Show
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
Blackadder.
Garth Marenghis Darkplace
Bottom
The Young Ones
Father Ted
Red Dwarf
The League of Gentlemen
Psychoville
Bottom
Its basically /r9k/ the show
>Its basically /r9k/ the show
That is not a very good recommendation, mate.
Adding to that, the first 3 live shows are pretty good stuff too.
Hooligans island is probably my favourite live performance of any comedy
IT Crowd
The Office
The Thick of It
those 3 are my favoruites
>Have you tried turning it off and on again?
>He was my best friend
>He was a paedo dog!
Did anyone watch Wasted?
It''s pretty comfy and has qts.
Also hit all the marks with me as i'm from a similar old English town so plots like 'Having to go to the OTHER pub that had a refurb', the trek coming back from a night in the city and trying to get really drunk at a shitty old town festival all where spot on.
Started downloading the first season. There's a lot of good recommendations in this thread I'm excited to have some new viewing material.
Yeah, it was pretty good, especially for an E4 comedy. I liked the Eyes Wide Shut party in the last episode, with the guy who had a fetish for being trapped.
I should mention Wasted is HEAVILY inspired by Spaced.
In addition to a lot of whats already been mentioned...
>A Bit Of Fry and Laurie
>Absolute Power
>Absolutely Fabulous
>Dirk Gently
>Not The Nine O'Clock News
>Shooting Stars
>Steptoe & Son
>That Mitchell and Webb Look
>The Smell of Reeves & Mortimer
>The Young Ones
How about some radio comedy
>The Goon Show
>Hancock's Half Hour
>I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue
>Cabin Pressure
>Men From The Ministry
>Round The Horne
>Yes, Minister
>Steptoe & Son
>Does The Team Think?
>The Clitheroe Kid
>Not The Nine O'Clock News
>you now remember when Rowan Atkinson would start his live shows, by sitting in the audience until the show was meant to have started, then standing up and ranting on about how the audience had paid good money to see some rubber faced twat from Not Now The Nine O'clock News, and he didn't even bother to show up
One that always flies under the rader is Ideal. It's a pretty weird show set entirely in a weed dealer's flat, about the people who come and go. There's quite a lot of it for a British show but it's really solid and comfy, with the strongest aspect being the characters.
Apparently they're doing a movie, too.
The detectorists
Bellamy's Britain
Chris Morris was a regular character in the first series, he played the boss of the company
How Not To Live Your Life
More like Sup Forums's future - the show
anyone /Newswipe/ here?
There's a lot of great radio comedies from the UK too:
>The Goon Show
>I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again
>I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue
>Round The Horne
>Yes, Minister
>Steptoe & Son
>Hancock's Half Hour
>The Clitheroe Kid
>Men From The Ministry
>Does The Team Think?
Just watch this
>Father Ted (Irish but hey it's UK)
Don't let them hear you say that mate.
>Peep Show
>Misfits
>Spaced
>IT crowd
>Only Fools
>Father Ted
if you arent just after sitcoms, then check out have i got news for you. even question time can be interesting sometimes, if only to see what kind of fucking inbred embarrassments populate our country for real
very good shout.
also gameswipe
also all the yearly wipes
Mongrels
youtu.be
why do bongs love puppets so much? is that all they can afford to use?
I'm amazed only one user mentioned Blackadder. S2-4 are essential viewing if you're interested in British comedies.
Not quite, it's mostly driven by nostalgia for the kids puppet shows during the wars and beyond which were made with puppets because it's all they could afford.
Used to really enjoy this, then for some reason i just stopped finding it funny.
I've never watched it, but Monkey Dust is meant to be great (and it's animated).
>Jam (all Morris, but this especially)
>I'm Alan Partridge
>Mid Morning Matters
>Garth Marenghi's Darkplace
>Father Ted
You can probably ignore everything else.
This was the sort of puppets used btw.
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brooker lost his sense of irony, though i think 2016 wipe was fuckin good
>ignore The Thick of It
>ignore The Inbetweeners
>ignore Peep Show
>ignore Only Fools and Horses
>ignore Blackadder
user, at least show some taste.
Yeah I forgot The Thick of It, but I take hyper-umbrage with somebody that earnestly enjoys The Inbetweeners telling me to show some taste.
if you want maximum comfy, try The Detectorists
if youre gonna watch the thick of it, start with in the loop. Still pure tucker kino, but with james gandolfini being excellent comic character
you should watch skins, then watch inbetweeners if you want to learn what a shitshow it was to grow up in the uk
What's wrong with The Inbetweeners? Not only is it actually funny, it often accurately portrays teenage life. You don't see accurate portrayals like it often.
Am i the only who watched this?
come on, S1 is great too, even if the style is completely different
I'm not saying S1 is bad - but S2-4 are undeniably 'classics' that shouldn't be overlooked by anyone interested in British comedy.
I'm British, and I watched the first series of Skins as it first aired. I was 16, and it was entirely relatable and equally watchable. Always found The Inbetweeners tedious; reminds me of so many mediocre Year 11 Drama students.
JAAAAAAAAAAAM
Keeping Up Appearances
God I miss this. Why did MDE have to be so shit.
Excellent choice.
the pope running joke from last year was stupid, but made me laugh
2016 wipe was great
I liked it a lot too. Not sure why it isn't popular, it's great
Peep Show is the first show you should watch.
fuck off buswanker
Travel Man is pretty good, Richard Ayoade is a funny guy. Other stuff I didn't see mentioned ITT
The Armstrong & Miller Show
Toast of London
Snuff Box
Life's Too Short
Derek
I also love Count Arthur Strong, but start with the radio show with that one, it's better.