Favourite sitcoms by decade

List three of your favourite sitcoms from each decade. If they started in one decade but finished in another (like On The Buses), list in the decade it started in.

1950s -
Hancock's Half Hour (Tony Hancock, Sid James)
Whack-O! (Jimmy Edwards, Arthur Howard, Kenneth Cope)
The Army Game (Geoffrey Sumner, William Hartnell)

1960s -
Dad's Army (Arthur Lowe, John le Mesurier, Clive Dunn)
On The Buses (Reg Varney, Stephen Lewis, Anna Karen)
Steptoe & Son (Harry H Corbett, Wilfrid Brambel)

1970s -
Open All Hours (Ronnie Barker, Sir David Jason, Lynda Baron)
Last Of The Summer Wine (Peter Sallis, Bill Owen, Kathy Staff etc etc)
Are You Being Served? (Mollie Sugden, Frank Thornton, John Inman etc)

1980s -
Only Fools And Horses (Sir David Jason, Nicholas Lyndhurst)
Sorry! (Ronnie Corbett, Barbara Lott, William Moore]
Home To Roost (John Thaw, Reece Dinsdale, Elizabeth Bennett)

1990s -
One Foot In The Grave (Richard Wilson, Annette Crosbie, Doreen Mantle)
Waiting For God (Graham Crowden, Stephanie Cole, Janine Duvitski)
The Vicar Of Dibley (Dawn French, James Fleet, Emma Chambers, Roger LloydPack)

2000s -
Miranda (Miranda Hart, Sarah Hadland, Tom Ellis, Patricia Hodge etc)
Outnumbered (Hugh Dennis, Clare Skinner, Daniel Roche, Tyger Drew Honey)
Life Of Riley (Caroline Quentin, Neil Dudgeon)

2010s -
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POST YOUR TOP THREE FOR EACH DECADE

Quote: Snork @ September 3 2011, 11:05 AM BST

2000s -
Life Of Riley (Caroline Quentin, Neil Dudgeon)

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I love the Internet. People are so ... interesting!

I wouldn't actually say Life Of Riley. I forgot about Not Going Out.

Everyone will be different but for me On The Buses hasn't aged well.

But!

Steptoe isn't just a classic from the 60s - it's a classic from all time! It's absolutely superb

Absolutely. If you want to expand your viewing you should start with becoming more familiar than "a few clips" with Steptoe And Son. Not merely one of the best sitcoms of the 1960s, but one of the best sitcoms. Full stop.

The complete Steptoe And Son box set is just a few pence over £20 on Amazon right now. All 8 series. Buy it. If you don't like it, you can probably get £30 for the thing on eBay afterward! http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B005O05HTU/comedyguide-21/

(Also, no; On The Buses isn't really an example of a great 60s sitcom as it didn't start until 1969, and more typified the humour of the 1970s. Meanwhile, Steptoe And Son ran into 1970.)

And The Likely Lads. Maybe Marriage Lines too, Meet The Wife and Hugh And I.

1960s - Steptoe And Son, Dad's Army, Till Death Us Do Part
1970s - Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads, The Good Life, Open All Hours
1980s - Only Fools And Horses, 'Allo 'Allo!, Blackadder
1990s - Men Behaving Badly, Drop The Dead Donkey, The Vicar Of Dibley
2000s - Not Going Out, Benidorm, My Family

1960s: Till Death Us Do Part
1970s: Fawlty Towers
1980s: Blackadder
1990s: Spaced, The Thin Blue Line, Jeeves And Wooster
2000s: The Office, Lead Balloon, Extras
2010s: Moone Boy, Episodes

Quote: Aaron @ May 31 2013, 5:57 PM BST

The complete Steptoe And Son box set is just a few pence over £20 on Amazon right now. All 8 series. Buy it. If you don't like it, you can probably get £30 for the thing on eBay afterward! http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B005O05HTU/comedyguide-21/

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I can't help feeling this is off topic and a plug...

What is the difference between that package and this one Aaron? http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000VA3J5C/comedyguide-21/
Apart from 145 minutes less material?

As far as I am aware, the only difference is the packaging. The latter release is slightly slimmer, I think.

I have the box set from its original issue, and the quoted run time totals 1676 minutes.

Oh right, thanks for that. Always find it a bit odd how they do that.

1960s
Steptoe And Son
Till Death Us Do Part
Dad's Army

1970s
Fawlty Towers
Porridge
Whatever Happened To The Likely lads?

1980s
Only Fools And Horses
The Young Ones
Blackadder

1990s
The Royle Family
The League Of Gentleman
I'm Alan Partridge

2000s
Peep Show
The Mighty Boosh
The Office

1960s: Steptoe & Son, The Likely Lads
1970s: Fawlty Towers, Porridge, Rising Damp, Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads?
1980s: Only Fools & Horses, Blackadder, 'Allo 'Allo!
1990s: Men Behaving Badly, Father Ted, I'm Alan Partridge, One Foot In The Grave
2000s: The Office, Extras, Lead Balloon

50s Hancock's Half Hour
60s Steptoe And Son
70s Fawlty Towers
80s Blackadder
90s Seinfeld
00s Peep Show