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Looking for a good light hearted British Comedy series, any suggestions?

posted 4 years ago by robocop2019 (187)
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I have watched many American comedy series and now I am in mood to watch British comedy for a change. I liked watching IT Crowd and Doc Martin (loved it).

Faulty Towers was also alright but it's bit too old for my liking.

What I absolutely DO NOT enjoy is slapstic comedy.
Believe it or not I do not like to watch Mr. Bean.

I watched first 10 mins of The Office (UK) and didn't feel it was for me. I could be wrong. But I would like to hear your suggestions.

[–] samoanjoes (50655) 4 years ago

Black Books (2000-2004)
All episodes available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-X5oCV7hWgs

[–] robocop2019 (187) 4 years ago

That looks promising. It's really amazing that it's entirely available on YouTube.

[–] samoanjoes (50655) 4 years ago

And it's only 3 seasons (18 episodes), so you don't have to catch up on 15 seasons.

[–] Daisy (3022) 4 years ago

I agree this was a great series.

[–] AndyKing1967 (33656) 4 years ago

I loved this.

[–] ShogunofYonkers (71359) 4 years ago

Keeping Up Appearances is excellent

[–] robocop2019 (187) 4 years ago

1990 right at the cut off mark.
Noted. Thanks : )

[–] BullSchmidt (3189) 4 years ago

I'll second this recommendation. I've probably seen every episode at least a half dozen times, and I'm still watching them.

They did some tweaking after the first year, recasting one character and adding at least one other character. It was already funny before then, but IMO with those changes they hit it just right.

Also, have you seen BritBox -- https://www.britbox.com/ -- if you're into British TV this is worth looking at. Comedies of course, but a lot of other things as well.

[–] robocop2019 (187) 4 years ago

Unfortunately it's only available in US and Canada?

[–] BullSchmidt (3189) 4 years ago

Aggh ... I try to not be USA-centric, assuming that everyone I'm chatting with is from here, but sometimes I screw up. Sorry about that.

[–] NotoriousRio (12927) 4 years ago

If you enjoyed IT Crowd try Father Ted, same writers and even funnier.

The Inbetweeners and Friday Night Dinner are worth a watch also.

[–] AndyKing1967 (33656) 4 years ago

The Inbetweeners is comedy gold.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

One Foot in the Grave

[–] Iffy762 (1331) 4 years ago

I'm not going to suggest A Sharp Intake of Breath or The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs or 'Allo 'Allo or Yes Minister because those are all earlier than your (1990?) cutoff. Even though they are all really funny. You could try Catastrophe, which is in the last couple years, but personally I didn't like it. It was ok I guess.

I'm going to suggest The Detectorists. It's not exactly a sitcom but it's just lovely. In fact, we should all watch it and then talk about it.

[–] Iffy762 (1331) 4 years ago

Also here's a fun video of Stephen Fry on British vs American comedy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k2AbqTBxao

[–] actionkamen (23176) 4 years ago

The Death of Stalin (2017) - The funniest thing I had for awhile. And very British.

[–] Roguemail (1562) 4 years ago

Dinnerladies, written by and starring Victoria Wood.

Set in a factory canteen, its about the various characters that work there. The Northern England (Manchester accents) may be a little difficult at times, but its well worth watching because its brilliantly written by Victoria Wood, and the characters are very memorable.

A few random clips here...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_2tktLOV3I

[–] MonStar (11553) 4 years ago

Coupling 30 min Comedy, Romance TV Series (2000–2004)

[–] tcrum (29605) 4 years ago

Coupling Yes thats what I was thinking. Good show.