Best British comedy ever?

[Mokujin77]

Spaced (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgM4___Ke0k)...Best British comedy ever?

[xvikingx]

EEEERRRRNNNN!!!
The correct answer is “Faulty Towers”.

[Fudo-Shin]

How bout "The Young Ones"?

Even though I was like pre 10 years old when it was airing in Australia, I used to get a laugh from "Allo Allo", probably because everyone else was laughing. I remember they went to great lengths to avoid the "Gestapo". My Grannie loved "Faulty Towers". I can still remember her laughing at "poor old Basil", as she would often say.

[ahmed61086]

Spaced (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgM4___Ke0k)...Best British comedy ever?

Its pretty good so far, I am just starting up on the 2nd episode.

[Nige]

Spaced (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgM4___Ke0k)...Best British comedy ever?

It's pretty good, i have them all on DVD but i wouldn't say the best.

[xvikingx]

How bout "The Young Ones"?

Ah good call. The Young Ones was good. At least I remember it that way. Have not seen it since I was 14.

[ZealUK]

I do like Spaced. All wrong though.

The correct answer is Brass Eye, perhaps Derek and Clive.

[SmellsLikeBogu]

dont know spaced, but I loved red dwarf :D

[kartoffelngeist]

Guys, you're all wrong...

It's quite obviously Blackadder...

[Mike Molloy]

More specifically "Blackadder II"...

Bishop: Yes, yes, but first, one question: Who is this second figure? Who could you have gotto have performed such deeds, to have gone lower than man has ever gone, to have plunged the depths of degradation just in order to save your filthy life?!!!

[From beneath the covers, Percy wakes and sits up. He is dressed in red leather with chains and assorted items.]

Edmund: Ah, Percy, may I introduce His Grace, the Bishop of Bath and Wells. Your Grace, Lord Percy. Percy, Heir to the Duchy of Northumberland.
Percy: (speaks weakly) Hello. (shakes Bishop's hand) It was lovely working with you.

He-he. My favourite bit...

[dwez]

There's always a Spaced discussion following the mention of Hawk the Slayer, though this one does in fact seem wholly unrelated.

I'm surprised kartoffelngeist did not mention The League of Gentlemen.
Seriously British comedy is a catalogue of greateness, it has such variety how can you possibly combine the absurd genius of Father Ted with say the subtle gentleness of Dinner Ladies. By far the greatest thing about this thread would just be a list including:

Peep show
Nighty Night
Early Doors
The Royle Family
Green Wing
Alan Partridge
Phoenix Nights
One Foot in The Grave
Coupling
The Fast Show
Catherine Tate
Little Britain
Porridge [I still love this]
Plus many, many more and I might add as a personaly Sunday night favorite from when I was a child at Granny and Grandad's for tea - Last of the Summer Wine, it may be cliched, pants and desperate for a culling compared with todays comedy but I think it still deserves it's place on our TV screens. Bathtub anyone?

I once won £25 from the TV Times Letter of the Week for stating there was still good comedy being made, but there are some oldies too.

My absolute favorite comedy has to be Malcolm in the Middle though, but that's US so I guess it doesn't count.

[Fudo-Shin]

The Mighty BOOOOOOSH!!!

[lucian]

Its a hard choice there are so many greats.
First: it aint half hot mum
Joint second: allo allo ,Blackadder's,Red dwarf, Faulty towers, too many more to list really ;)

[Fudo-Shin]

It just backs up my theory that the British are just a bunch of clowns!:D

[kartoffelngeist]

It's a bit on the Scottish side of British, but Still Game is also one of the funniest things I've seen.

[Fonsz]

How about Monty Python then? Surely everyone can remeber the dead parrot and other gems which I have trouble remembering?

[SmellsLikeBogu]

Loved monty python! Nice Woody words!
coupling was great until jeff wasnt in there anymore. loved his theories. just beware of the melty man!

[Kenshi]

Lot depends on your age. I grew up with Blackadder and the Young Ones, then Rab C taught me about real life. Red Dwarf was ace in the beginning too.

Someone lent me the Mighty Boosh recently but - apart from the fighting kangaroo scene - I didnt really laugh. Havent seen Spaced nor more than a single episode of the Office..... I also borrowed a few episode of some police-comedy-series-thing.... was boring.

I really miss the comedy. When this new BBC thing launches I should be able to see it all from over here, right? (assuming its a bbc show)

[xvikingx]

When this new BBC thing launches I should be able to see it all from over here, right?
What's this new BBC thing you speak of? BBC in Japan?

[kartoffelngeist]

The interweb thing? I can't get a lot of the BBC internet stuff over here. don't know about Japan, but I think they try and limit it to UK users (and people who know how to view it through a proxy...).

[Mokujin77]

Sorry George, Spaced was not a BBC offering.
I'm not sure that Spaced was the best British comedy (certainly one of my favourites, though), this thread was born from a drunken pub debate where I was reminded of the paintball episode. Dwez, I realise where the Hawk The Slayer reference comes from now ("Hawk The Slayer's rubbish!"......*SMACK*).

[ScottUK]

Peep Show is very funny, but it pales next to Blackadder II.

The best one? Bob (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cemrcx2uJaM).

[Lloromannic]

That one where one of the princes goes dressed like hitler to a party.

[ScottUK]

No, that was real (http://warshop.cz/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2006/02/prince_harry_nazi.jpg)... :D

[Lloromannic]

yeah, see. I was saying that the royal family was the best british comedy.

[ScottUK]

I have just forwarded your post to HM The Queen. Expect an invasion of your country soon... :D