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Your Top Twelve British Sitcoms?

posted 14 years ago by TheFilmFreak1
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Mine are as follows:

1. Yes, Minister/Yes, Prime Minister
2. The Good Life
3. Blackadder (all produced media except series 1)
4. Fawlty Towers
5. Black Books
6. Absolute Power
7. The IT Crowd
8. The Thick of It
9. Jeeves and Wooster
10. To the Manor Born (all produced media except 2007 Christmas special)
11. My Family (all produced media from 2000 – 2005)
12. George and Mildred

Additionally, what is your favourite American sitcom?

Mine is:

- Futurama (I am aware it is not a sitcom in the strictest sense, but it's one of the few American television comedy shows I find humourous).

[–] ontheupandup75 14 years ago

1. Porridge
2. On the Buses
3. Blackadder
4. Only fools and horses
5. The Good Life
6. Man about the House
7. George and Mildred
8. Bless this house
9. Bottom
10. Open all hours
11. One foot in the grave
12. Men behaving badly

[–] Gabby9012 14 years ago

1. The Good life
2. Only Fools and Horses
3. Keeping up appearances
4. As Time Goes By
5. Fawlty Towers
6. My Family
7. My Hero (Before James Dreyfuss)
8. Dinnerladies
9. Vicar Of Dibley
10. One Foot In The Grave
11. Waiting for God
12. Likely Lads and Whatever Happened To the Likely Lads.

American Sitcom would have to be Friends.

I much prefer British Sitcoms :).

[–] grendelkhan 14 years ago

This is severely limited by the shows I have seen in the US. However:

1. Fawlty Towers
2. Blackadder
3. Yes Minister/Prime Minister (I consider it one show)
4. Father Ted
5. The Young Ones
6. Are You Being Served?
7. The Good Life/Neighbors
8. Red Dwarf
9. Absolutely Fabulous
10. Vicar of Dibley
11. As Time Goes By
12. Black Books

Favorite American sitcom: The Dick Van Dyke Show.

[–] Hammerfanatic46 14 years ago

1)One Foot in the Grave

2)Blackadder

3)Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads

4)Only Fools and Horses

5)Fawlty Towers

6)Ever Decreasing Circles

7)Steptoe and Son

8)Dads Army

9)The Rise and Fall of Reginald Perrin

10)Father Ted

11)Porridge

12)Rising Damp

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[–] Citizen_Kim 13 years ago

Not in any particular order; could only think of 8 shows, I've only just recently began watching UK sitcoms:

1. Absolutely Fabulous
2. Are You Being Served?
3. Keeping Up Appearances
4. The IT Crowd
5. Men Behaving Badly
6. The Office
7. Father Ted
8. Fawlty Towers...

I'm currently watching "Good Neighbors" - so far, so good.

American Shows:

Modern Family
The Big Bang Theory
How I Met Your Mother
Psych (not classified as a sitcom, but a mystery/ comedy)

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[–] Garply 12 years ago

1. Red Dwarf
2. Blackadder
3. The Good Life
4. Are You Being Served?
5. Fawlty Towers
6. Vicar of Dibley
7. Allo 'Allo!
8. I'm Alan Partridge
9. George and Mildred
10. The IT Crowd
11. Absolutely Fabulous
12. Keeping Up Appearances

American sitcom:
Futurama
The Big Bang Theory