Best British Sitcom Ever?

[Creator Supreme]

He's marrying Ted Rogers?

[old skool tom]

Black Adder just edges out Bottom the Office and Partridge for me

 

 

Though the majestic Ever decreasing Circles and It Crowd and somehow unheard of Garth Marangi deserve a mention

 

Oh and In The Thick Of It also

[old skool tom]

Black Adder just edges out Bottom the Office and Partridge for me

 

 

Though the majestic Ever decreasing Circles and It Crowd and somehow unheard of Garth Marangi deserve a mention

 

Oh and In The Thick Of It also

[Bjornebye]

Wasnt a sitcom but Modern Toss used to make me cry with laughter. They should make more

[The Golden Eel]

Police Squad, that's a good US one, it's on Gold right now though there's only one episode left. I have the DVD

[Teflon Don]

I suppose everything that was ever any good and/or popular gets revived in some way eventually, but very rarely with successful results:

 

http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2015-08-23/a-new-series-of-blackadder-is-on-the-cards-says-tony-robinson

 

A new series of Blackadder is “on the cards” says Tony Robinson

 

Could Blackadder return from the dead in a new series?

 

When the BBC comedy finished in 1989 with the apparent death of the cast in the trenches of the First World War there has been the occasional reunion - but no series.

 

But now Tony Robinson, the Time Team presenter who played the loveable factotum Baldrick, has revealed that a new series of the comedy written by Ben Elton and Richard Curtis is a distinct possibility.

 

“I do think a new series of Blackadder is on the cards,” the 69-year-old told The S*n. “I have spoken to virtually all the cast about this now.”

 

He joked that one sticking point could be the huge pay demands of Hugh Laurie, the star of US drama House.

 

“The only problem is Hugh’s fee. He’s a huge star now — or so he’d like to think.”

 

He added:  “Expectations for a new series will be high because people not only remember the original, they remember who they were when it was on. It’s a big danger."

 

When asked by RadioTimes.com recently about the show's revival, Robinson appeared more equivocal. 

 

"So do I miss comedy?," he said in an interview to publicise his new Channel 4 show Time Crashers. "I don’t know. Journalists often ask if there’s going to be another series of Blackadder, and how does anyone know that? That’s up to the people who run channels, and not performers. But when they say that, I guess I have a renewed affection for how we all were in those days. But it was in those days, rather than these days."

 

The cast returned in Blackadder Black & Forth in 2000 – but this skit which saw Rowan Atkinson’s Edmund Blackadder explore British history in a time machine was a one-off show made for the launch of the ill-fated Millennium Dome.

 

Atkinson also revived the character on stage at a charity event for the Prince’s Trust in 2012, imagining the dastardly creation as a greedy banker. 

 

The BBC was unable to comment at the time of publication.

[Jairzinho]

It's going to be shite, isn't it?

[PestiRed]

Neither Curtis nor Elton have been funny for a couple of decades, it will be utter shite

 

Btw, the correct answer to the OP is Fawlty Towers and only flowery twats would disagree

[Tony Moanero]

I say what ho old chap.

[Evelyn Tentions]

I like the mum.

You need to watch the opening couple of minutes of "A Dance to the Music of Time". 1997

 

NSFW by the way, no idea how to do the flashy box bizzo.

 

http://www.celebritymoviearchive.com/tour/movie.php/1770

[stringvest]

For me, The Thick Of It, Fawlty Towers, Green Wing, Peep Show and Partridge. All of the list at the top were excellent though.

[Elite]

The Office

[Total Longo]

[Rick Sanchez C-137]

Peep Show is one of my favourites. Faulty Towers too. There are a lot of great shows on that list. Can't quite get off the fence just yet.

[Carvalho Diablo]

Bottom.

[Tony Moanero]

Button Moon was boss.

[fowlerisgod]

Only Fools & Horses, for me.

 

Watched them countless times and still find them just as funny as I did the first time I watched them. So many episodes have me in stitches. I wasn't a huge fan of most of the episodes with Grandad. I thought it massively picked up when Uncle Albert came into it.

 

Love quite a few British Sitcoms in that list, though. Not many classics anymore. 'The Inbetweeners' was probably the first one in a while I loved.

[boots123]

oldie but still good, JUST GOOD FRIENDS

[Sugar Ape]

Bullshit this list. No Bottom but the fucking Vicar of Dibley and Dinnerladies makes it? I demand a recount. Radio four poll based on a 42 strong panel of 'comedy experts'.

 

https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/feck-father-ted-is-pipped-to-crown-of-best-ever-sitcom-38000238.html

 

20 greatest sitcoms ever

1. Fawlty Towers

2. Father Ted

3. I'm Alan Partridge

4. Blackadder

5. Dad's Army

6. Only Fools and Horses

7. Porridge

8. The Royle Family

9. Absolutely Fabulous

10. Dinnerladies

11. The Thick of it

12. The Office

13. Peep Show

14. The Vicar of Dibley

15. The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

16. The Young Ones

17. Gavin & Stacey

18. The Good Life

19. Detectorists

20. Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?

[s(k)aturation]

No "On the Buses"?

 

Pfft.

[tokyojoe]

40 minutes ago, Sugar Ape said:

Bullshit this list. No Bottom but the fucking Vicar of Dibley and Dinnerladies makes it? I demand a recount. Radio four poll based on a 42 strong panel of 'comedy experts'.

 

https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/television/tv-news/feck-father-ted-is-pipped-to-crown-of-best-ever-sitcom-38000238.html

 

20 greatest sitcoms ever

1. Fawlty Towers

2. Father Ted

3. I'm Alan Partridge

4. Blackadder

5. Dad's Army

6. Only Fools and Horses

7. Porridge

8. The Royle Family

9. Absolutely Fabulous

10. Dinnerladies

11. The Thick of it

12. The Office

13. Peep Show

14. The Vicar of Dibley

15. The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin

16. The Young Ones

17. Gavin & Stacey

18. The Good Life

19. Detectorists

20. Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads?

Gavin & Stacey  WTF????

[Ezekiel 25:17]

Dads Army was utter, utter shite, let alone above Only Fools.

[Dr Nowt]

Dinnerladies above The Thick of It and Peep Show.

 

Sure thing.

 

[Dr Nowt]

Sad to see no Nathan Barley. 

[Pureblood]

Red Dwarf by a mile.  Double check and mate, sucker.