Quote: Aaron @ December 6 2009, 4:35 PM GMTBBC2 hasn't existed since 1997, so that's understandable. It's BBC Two now.
It will always be BBC2 to me 
Smart arse 
Which sitcoms would you recommend? Page 3
Quote: luis kmentt @ December 2 2009, 8:43 PM GMTHi,
Any suggestions of sitcoms to watch?
I can get any. Here is a list of the ones I've already seen (though not complete):Fawlty Towers, Blackadder, Alas Smith and Jones, The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, The Young Ones, Smack The Pony, Kiss Me Kate, The Office, 'Allo 'Allo!, Dad's Army, Absolutely Fabulous, Little Britain, Are You Being Served?, The Fast Show, Hale and Pace, Benny Hill, The Peter Principle, Not The Nine O'clock News, Harry Enfield, The Thin Blue Line, The IT Crowd, Men Behaving Badly, One Foot in The Grave, Paul Merton series, Bottom, Monthy Python's Flying Circus.
OK, having mentioned all those great I saw, here is a list of the ones I didnt watch. What I would appreciate is your comments as which of these are worth buying/downloading based on the quality of its humour. Please NO teenage humour like the style of Red Dwarf, I absolutely dislike those. Well written text lines, timing and comedy talent is what I'm looking for.
So out of these which ones you would suggest and why. Mind you, I checked some video clips preview available on this site and was not convinced, maybe I missed the good parts, so please tell me which of these are REALLY talented comedy lines that are a "must":
Vicar of Dibley
Porridge
Open All Hours
The Good Life
To The Manor Born
The Royle Family
Outnumbered
The Thick Of It
Benidorm (really ??)
The Britta's Empireor else of your choice.
thanks in advance for your inputs
luis
Can't believe there is NO mention of EARLY DOORS, this my friend is a travesty and has to be brought to your attention post haste. You'll laugh your socks off. Unfortunately there were only ever 2 series made..... but I'm making it my mission to contact Craig Cash somehow to complete the 3rd series.
Quote: Tim Walker @ December 2 2009, 8:45 PM GMTYou must watch 'Outnumbered'. Simply one of the finest written and performed sitcoms of the decade, imo. Oh, and welcome to the BCG.
Never a truer word said.
Outnumbered is simply fantastic.
I'd also recommend a few more of my favourites - The Thick of It, Spaced and Drop the Dead Donkey. You could give Green Wing a try - the first series is sublime.
Quote: Aaron @ December 6 2009, 4:35 PM GMTBBC2 hasn't existed since 1997, so that's understandable. It's BBC Two now.
Do you ever get the Radio Times Aaron? If you tried it, you might find shows listed under "BBC1" and "BBC2", for example. Still, what would they know?
Oh, it's published by "BBC Magazines".
No, I don't. And space-saving abbreviations don't count for anything. The channels are BBC One, BBC Two, BBC Three and BBC Four. Thanks for your interest though! 
Quote: luis kmentt @ December 3 2009, 4:03 AM BSTI might give Red Dwarf a second view, first glimpses of red-painted face crashing thru walls in a spaceship was not funny to me when I saw it back in the video cassete days.
I'm completely at a loss as to which episode you are talking about...
Nurse!
Hi there,
I made a list with DVDs I want to watch. I mean: DVDs I think I want to watch. The problem is I don't know which one to see first :-) So I need some advice. Which sitcoms would you recommend? And why? These are my choises until now:
- Bad Teacher
- The Top Secret Life of Edgar Briggs
- The Piglet Files
- The Brittas Empire
- Bluestone 42
- Red Dwarf
- To The Manor Born
- After You've Gone
I know it's a bit of everything, but thanks for your input :-)
Do you mean Bad Education?
How about starting with To The Manor Born? It's a real classic.
Try Ever Decreasing Circles.
Richard Briers at his finest.
THAT........^^^^^^
Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads?. One For The Road episode is fabulous. Moving On is excellent.
This is difficult Luis as English isn't your first language and a lot of British sitcoms make fun of English customs and personality types that non-British people might not understand. Therefore, I'd recommend shows that have a more universal appeal such as
Yes Minister and Yes Prime Minister - from the 1980s this is a gentle satire on government and senior civil servants. Although it's set in the Houses of Parliament in London it would translate well to any country as politicians are pretty much the same. It's very well written and subtle.
I'd also recommend The Thick of It for similar reasons although it's harder edged with a lot of swearing
Porridge is excellent but some of the slang might be hard to understand. For instance the main character Fletcher uses the phrase 'naff off' because the BBC didn't allow the phrase 'f**k off'.
Quote: Alexei Q @ 9th January 2015, 9:52 AM GMTFor instance the main character Fletcher uses the phrase 'naff off' because the BBC didn't allow the phrase 'f**k off'.
Certainly not then!!, but Fletch was the sort of bloke who probably didn't use coarser words anyway - not like today, sadly.
Quote: Hercules Grytpype Thynne @ 9th January 2015, 10:23 AM GMT...but Fletch was the sort of bloke who probably didn't use coarser words anyway - not like today, sadly.
Absolutely agreed. Fletch was a gentleman of the old school who loved old music and despised drugs.