What Are Your Favourite Old British Comedies?

[naomi24]

I watched an episode of 'Allo 'Allo the other day and laughed just as much as I did when they were first screened.  Brilliant!  The writing is second to none.  So clever!

[MargoTester]

Zebo that was Adrian Hood along with Big Glenda played by Sue Cleaver who ended up in Corrie as Eileen Grimshaw

[jackthehat]

Ever decreasing circles - I loved it at the time but I haven't revisited it since, so it may not hold up to scrutiny.

Dinnerladies - sublime.

Blackadder II and IV - comedy writing at its' finest.

Keeping up appearances - the earlier series, it went on ust that bit too long.

[andy-hughes]

Early Doors - once again, matchless comedy and pathos mixed.

The plot of the 'real dad', as a stepfather, that really resonated with me.

[MargoTester]

JTH I enjoyed Ever Decreasing Circes too

[Dagman]

Men Behaving Badly and Blackadder Goes Forth.

[Buenchico]

I really miss Not The Nine O'Clock News!

[Togo]

Don't forget Count Arthur Strong. Free Biscuits! 😉

[Buenchico]

Not Only . . . But Also

[barry1010]

I've got the Early Doors series on DVD. One of my favourites

[Togo]

I still sometimes put on an episode of Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps. Will Mellor, Natalie Casey, Sheri Smith, Kathryn Drysdale and the versatile Ralph Little who had been in the brilliant Royle Family and has just finished playing a detective in Murder in Paradise. He was a fair football player too. 

[Canary42]

Chris, that clip of Not the Nine o'clock News was a brilliant spoof of the serious Malcolm Muggeridge interview about Life of Brian which was broadcast after the film went on general release.

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i tend to enjoy more mean spirited humour so i would say 

Not the Nine O'Clock News 

Blackadder

I'm Alan Partridge 

Brasseye

Nighty Night 

Monkey Dust 

there are some others i like that ended years ago but they probably don't count as old 

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my favourite Not the Nine O'Clock News sketch... very rude but very funny 

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for anyone who never caught monkey dust...

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[DTCwordfan]

Agree about Allo Allo - actually I know one of the scriptwriters from it and he has said that it was a blast to work on.

Early Ab Fab - June Whitfield and 'Saffy', Julia Salhawa are brilliant in it as well. 

V of Dibley, Rising Damp - and also a Tom Sharpe fan as Monty P films and some sketches along with the Cambridge Footlights. 'One Michaelangelo to see the Pope' for example:

 

 

[1ozzy]

Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em reminds me of AB, sometimes.

[theshedman]

Never missed an episode of Auf Wiedersen Pet or Rab C. Nesbitt.