Britains best Sitcom-Yeah right!

11 Mar 2004

Does anyone remember a comedy called 'Hot Metal'? It was tucked away on BBC 2 or Channel 4 and it was after the watershed so not exactly prime time telly. There were only two series of it but I really enjoyed it. Late 80's maybe early 90's. confused

Steve

11 Mar 2004

Quote by Fun365
One that also srings to mind is On the Hour (the spoof news prog). It started out on Radio 4 as The Day Today (or that could be round the wrong way)

This is the NEEEEWWWWSSS! The heady stories TER-Night!
"Portillo's face felt like guts," says girl
Headmaster uses big faced child as sattelite dish
Those are the headlines... God, I wish they weren't.

11 Mar 2004

Best fools and horses moments...well the two best have already been mentioned ....the light fitting and the bar. As much as I love it they should have left it at the final episode where they became millionaires .....the moment when they walked into the bar for the first time to a round of applause from the regulars makes me well up even now(don't know why something about the underdog having his day.) Then, having come fresh from Rodney buying them a Rolls Royce each Del boy, puffing on his cigar says " drinks and sandwiches for everybody on me" Rodney says "no Del you get the drinks I'll get the sandwiches", " No Rodney you got the rolls I'll get the sandwhiches was Dels response ...
simply wonderful!
Also whilst not a rioutous comedy but it did have its moments of wry observed comedy ..was Coupiing

11 Mar 2004

Agree that Coupling is unusually well written (brilliant little plot and other innovative devices) and the actors well cast. Fun.

11 Mar 2004

Quote by MISSCHIEF
oooo yeh forgot that one too ..... loved the early Red Dwarfs

So Misschief: "We feel that you are different, we feel that you have the courage, and dignity it takes, to make it as a dwarfer..." Crosses chopsticks and is covered in various foodstuffs...
Red Dwarf - Legion
Nice to see one other dwarfer on the site smile

11 Mar 2004

So - if you lovely gals (and guys)
are such fans, when are you going
to let old Kryten in on some
swinging action? I have
fully functioning hard parts.

11 Mar 2004

Heres my list, for what its worth, best comedy over the last decade....
Alan partridge
Office
Phoenix nights
Peter Kay (anything)
The Day today
Eddie Izzard
Spaced
League of Gentleman
Ali g (Borat)
Spaced
League of Gentlemen
Trigger Happy
Kevin and Perry
Fast Show
have to say that anything peter kay wins it for me
lol

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12 Mar 2004

Men Behaving Badly had some classic moments....
Fran
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12 Mar 2004

OOO can think of lots and lots but these few are probably top of the list:
League of Gentlemen
Phoenix Nights
Red Dwarf
Black Adder - all of them
Drop the Dead Donkey - only really worked at time of broadcast though
The Good Life
Only Fools and Horses - getting repeated a bit too often I think at the moment.
Porridge
I'm sure I've missed a load off and will be back again smile

12 Mar 2004

Can't believe nobody has mentioned Little Britain-listen for repeats on radio 4 on Tuesdays at
the sound of Tom Baker saying "Britain is the finest country in the world,anyone who disagrees is either a gay,woman or mental", in his overtly theatrical tones never fails to crease me up. lol

don't listen to Meredith cos' she's missed a period

14 Mar 2004

First episode of the third series of Black Books also showed potential that they might reach the heights of the first series. Simon Pegg's new character was excrutiatingly funny (and a carbon copy of my old department manager at Asda).

14 Mar 2004

You could include "Chance In A Million" with an EXTREMELY eccentric Tom Chance, a man who downs his pints in one go and gets through a hamster a week.
Wonderfully well written with some of the comedy built around the ad-break.
Simon Callow and Brenda Blethyn in top form.

15 Mar 2004

Its the only T.V. Poll I've ever entered and my vote had to be for Del Boy. Pick any episode and it will still beat the rest hand down.
As for those of you who mentioned Friends
Its AMERICAN!!!!!!
Billy

16 Mar 2004

My personal rule is they have to make me laugh out loud no matter how many times I watch them.
1. Blackadder.
2. The Office.
3. My Family.
4. Bottom.
The last one appeals to a part of me that has never, ever grown up and probably never, ever will.