Britain's Best Sitcom - Page 2

Lizra · 03-31-2004, 07:32 PM

Green Acres was pretty funny. Arnold Ziffel was great!

Lalaith_Elf · 04-03-2004, 04:12 PM

Father Ted is a British Sitcom - 1st fact: IT WAS IN THE RUN-UP IN THE BEST BRITISH SITCOMS!!!!

2nd fact:

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Production of Father Ted

The show was made by Hat Trick Productions

It was made for Channel 4 television in the UK

It was filmed on location in Ireland, and studio work was at the LWT studios, London

It may be set in Ireland and it may have Irish actors but it's a British Sitcom!

Janny · 04-03-2004, 04:16 PM

I admit I haven't seen much FT, but I like the ideas I've heard. The over 70s football was one I saw, and the speed take off with a milk float that couldnt drop below 5mph is one id love to. But i still dont think its as good as the real FT (wow, i didnt realise that until now... im subconsciously smooth!) fawlty towers.

Lalaith_Elf · 04-03-2004, 04:17 PM

I've never really liked Faulty Towers that much. Though I haven't seen that many episodes. I prefere John Cleese in Monty Python!

brownjenkins · 04-03-2004, 04:33 PM

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Originally posted by Lizra
Green Acres was pretty funny. Arnold Ziffel was great!

arnold the pig!

Mercutio · 12-26-2005, 11:35 PM

I watched all episodes of "Yes, Prime Minister" last spring when I had mono. Great fun! I absolutely loved the series.

I particularly remember the British sausage...offel something...

cee2lee2 · 12-27-2005, 12:11 AM

We only get to see Brit-Coms on PBS. I've liked most that I've seen, especially the Vicar of Dibley. Fawlty Towers is a real classic.

Are You Being Served? seems to be showing continuously along with Keeping Up Appearances. DH is looking forward to The Office since he's been watching the US version. It's supposed to start sometime next month.

Bombadillo · 12-27-2005, 12:35 AM

I've heard of absolutely none of them.

Father Ted is one that I've seen and one that I consider excellent. I think the reason it wasn't on the list of top ten is because of the many silly people who are offended by it.

A while ago, I saw part of a British sitcom on PBS. It's a longshot, but maybe someone can tell me what show this was. I never caught the main point of the episode and I didn't see the beginning or end, but I remember one point in the first half of the episode. A man is walking his big, fat, hairy dog and stops at the corner of someone's driveway, the dog taking a seat on the pavement and him standing by some shrubs. I think he was lighting a cigrarette or looking at a girl. Inside the house outside of which he's stopped, there are two old ladies, and one of them happens to walk past the window and she does a double-take, then exlaims something and says, "someone's left half a camel in our driveway!" It had me rolling on the floor, probably in part because it was on in the wee hours of the morning, but still I want to see more of that show.

Grey_Wolf · 12-27-2005, 03:42 AM

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Originally Posted by sun-star

Mine are:

Blackadder
The Vicar of Dibley (btw, are there only 13 episodes?)
Yes Minister
Coupling

***Jonathan*** · 12-27-2005, 07:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Grey_Wolf

Coupling

Coupling is great fun. I've seen every episode.

Grey_Wolf · 12-27-2005, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Jonathan

Coupling is great fun. I've seen every episode.

Indeed it is.

. I've been contemplating purchasing them on DVD if they're available as such.

03-31-2004, 07:32 PM	#21
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04-03-2004, 04:16 PM	#23
Janny The Blobbit Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Kent, England (Not Oxford! ... yet...) Posts: 1,596	I admit I haven't seen much FT, but I like the ideas I've heard. The over 70s football was one I saw, and the speed take off with a milk float that couldnt drop below 5mph is one id love to. But i still dont think its as good as the real FT (wow, i didnt realise that until now... im subconsciously smooth!) fawlty towers. __________________ Janny's Songs Janny's lyrics and random photographs Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to the small and arrogant oligarchy of those who happen to be walking about. ~ Mercutio... erm, GK Chesterton.

04-03-2004, 04:17 PM	#24
Lalaith_Elf Her Infernal Majesty Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,188	I've never really liked Faulty Towers that much. Though I haven't seen that many episodes. I prefere John Cleese in Monty Python! __________________ "It is a good viewpoint to see the world as a dream. When you have something like a nightmare, you will wake up and tell yourself that it was only a dream. It is said that the world we live in is not a bit different from this." - Yamamoto Tsunetomo

12-26-2005, 11:35 PM	#26
Mercutio Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Narnia Posts: 1,656	I watched all episodes of "Yes, Prime Minister" last spring when I had mono. Great fun! I absolutely loved the series. I particularly remember the British sausage...offel something... __________________ Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're back from Moscow, eh?". Interested in C.S. Lewis? Visit the forum dedicated to one of Tolkien's greatest contemporaries.

12-27-2005, 12:35 AM	#28
Bombadillo "The Bomb" Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: all over the place Posts: 1,601	I've heard of absolutely none of them. Father Ted is one that I've seen and one that I consider excellent. I think the reason it wasn't on the list of top ten is because of the many silly people who are offended by it. A while ago, I saw part of a British sitcom on PBS. It's a longshot, but maybe someone can tell me what show this was. I never caught the main point of the episode and I didn't see the beginning or end, but I remember one point in the first half of the episode. A man is walking his big, fat, hairy dog and stops at the corner of someone's driveway, the dog taking a seat on the pavement and him standing by some shrubs. I think he was lighting a cigrarette or looking at a girl. Inside the house outside of which he's stopped, there are two old ladies, and one of them happens to walk past the window and she does a double-take, then exlaims something and says, "someone's left half a camel in our driveway!" It had me rolling on the floor, probably in part because it was on in the wee hours of the morning, but still I want to see more of that show. __________________ Could it be that one path to enlightenment leads through insanity?

12-27-2005, 12:11 AM	#27
cee2lee2 Elf Lord Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: 2nd star to the left..... Posts: 566	We only get to see Brit-Coms on PBS. I've liked most that I've seen, especially the Vicar of Dibley. Fawlty Towers is a real classic. Are You Being Served? seems to be showing continuously along with Keeping Up Appearances. DH is looking forward to The Office since he's been watching the US version. It's supposed to start sometime next month.

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