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1 posted on 02/25/2016 5:15:42 PM PST by chasio649
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“As Time Goes By” can be seen every Saturday night on PublicTV....at least in my region.


60 posted on 02/25/2016 5:27:37 PM PST by Mollypitcher1 (I have not yet begun to fight....John Paul Jones)
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Funny you should ask, I was just thinking about “The Brittas Empire” the other day. It’s a scream.


61 posted on 02/25/2016 5:27:39 PM PST by JennysCool (My hyprocrisy goes only so far.)
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Bizarre.


62 posted on 02/25/2016 5:27:56 PM PST by mountainlion (Live well for those that did not make it back.)
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English humor is not my cup of tea, no pun intended, but I would sometimes laugh at Benny Hill.

“I like Chinese, they only come up to your knees”, I guess Monty Python had it’s moments.


63 posted on 02/25/2016 5:28:01 PM PST by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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Vera - not comedy but good series.

George Gently - not comedy but good series.

Single Handed - not comedy either, but good series.

Pie in the Sky

New Tricks

Two Fat Ladies

Life on Mars

Broadchurch

Hotel Babylon

The Thin Blue Line

The Last Detective

Hustle

Murdoch Mysteries - Canadian but worth it LOL

Mr & Mrs Murder - Australian setting

The Grand

Lark Rise to Candleford

Duchess of Duke Street

Garrow’s Law

We’ve seen all of these.

Kinda went overboard, huh. LOL


72 posted on 02/25/2016 5:32:56 PM PST by siamesecats (God closes one door, and opens another, to protect us.)
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I'm a big fan of "Dad's Army," partly because I think it stands up over time compared to a lot of the others. I much prefer it to stuff like "It Ain't Half Hot, Mum."

"Are You Being Served," "Fawlty Towers," "Monty Python's Flying Circus," "Keeping Up Appearances" and "Blackadder" are good as well, and I have a soft spot for "The Goodies." I've also come to enjoy "Last of the Summer Wine," but it took me a while to do it.

Not British - but still Commonwealth - is "The Red Green Show" (and "The New Red Green Show"); my son and I prefer the earlier seasons to the later ones, but YMMV.

Mr. niteowl77

75 posted on 02/25/2016 5:34:08 PM PST by niteowl77 (I do not think "Gott mit Uns" on their belt buckles means what you think it means.)
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Benny Hill, without even thinking about it.


78 posted on 02/25/2016 5:36:23 PM PST by txnativegop (Tired of liberals, even a few in my own family.)
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Ripping Yarns, a Michael Palin and Terry Jones series is pretty good if I’m remembering correctly. It’s probably been more than 30 years since I’ve seen it.


80 posted on 02/25/2016 5:37:41 PM PST by FreedomForce
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Peep Show


81 posted on 02/25/2016 5:37:53 PM PST by Organic Panic
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What you are missing is competition.


84 posted on 02/25/2016 5:38:50 PM PST by Defiant (RINOs are leaders of a party without voters. Trump/Cruz are leaders of voters without a party.)
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I am British myself and would recomend you take a look at "It Ain't Half Hot Mum" the setting is a British Army "concert party" in Burma late in WW2 it was on TV from 1974 to 1981. It is never repeated on BBC TV as it is no longer considered "politically correct". Also Hyperdrive a Sc-fi comedy (2006/7) which only ran for two series but is very underrated.

Hyperdrive episode 1

87 posted on 02/25/2016 5:40:58 PM PST by protest1
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Most of the stuff with David Mitchell and Robert Webb. They have a real early program which has the guy who plays Dr. Watson in the newish Sherlock Holmes series opposite Cumberbatch.

On YouTube, I've found a plethora of British game shows and interview programs that are really just excuses for comedians to show off a la Hollywood Squares. There's one called QI hosted by Stephen Fry that's generally funny and informational.

Here's one example of the sort of stuff Mitchell and Webb do:

Watergategate

89 posted on 02/25/2016 5:43:21 PM PST by who_would_fardels_bear
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KEEPING UP APPEARANCES is hilarious. I get it on Saturday Night PBS.


94 posted on 02/25/2016 5:47:54 PM PST by VerySadAmerican
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Black Books is on Netflix.


98 posted on 02/25/2016 5:51:04 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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To the Manor Born ...

The Goode Life ...

The Young Ones ... which requires a certain type of person to really enjoy

103 posted on 02/25/2016 5:54:35 PM PST by BlueLancer (Once is happenstance. Twice is circumstance. Three times is enemy action.)
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I grew up on Monty Python and loved it. I found Red Dwarf when it was all but over and was a lifelong fan. I’ve tried a bunch of other stuff and am just about totally indifferent to it.


108 posted on 02/25/2016 5:56:18 PM PST by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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Man About the House ... it's what Three's Company was based on.  Except the guy is not portrayed as the poofter the US version pushes.

Clochmerle
... You never heard of it, but it's hilarious. 

The League of Gentlemen is a must watch.

The Two Ronnies was good but by now pretty dated.

109 posted on 02/25/2016 5:56:31 PM PST by sparklite2 ( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
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The Fast Show

Harry Enfield and Friends

Goodness Gracious Me!

110 posted on 02/25/2016 5:57:59 PM PST by BlueLancer (Once is happenstance. Twice is circumstance. Three times is enemy action.)
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Here’s a dangerous recommendation. It’s about as crude and lewd as a series about teen-age boys can possibly be, but I thought The Inbetweeners was hilarious.


111 posted on 02/25/2016 5:58:03 PM PST by FreedomForce
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Since it is Throw Back Thursday - The Lavender Hill Mob.


112 posted on 02/25/2016 5:58:10 PM PST by Domestic Church (AMDG ...)
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