British Comedy Guide

The best of it's kind?

What do tou all think is the best;
sport sitcom
eg. mike basset

pub sitcom
eg. Early Doors

flat share sitcom
eg.men behaving badly, friends

medical sitcom
eg.scrubs,

religeon based sitcom
eg. father ted

and finally

political sitcom
eg. yes minister

and feel free to add another catagory to this :)

sport sitcom
A Prince Among Men (just kidding...can't think of any decent sport-based sitcoms)

pub sitcom
Cheers

flat share sitcom
The Young Ones

medical sitcom
Scrubs

religion based sitcom
Father Ted

political sitcom
Yes Minister

ow of course i forgot cheers the sport one is a brain teaser....

Sport
Trevor's World of Sport (purely because I know no other)

Pub
Time Gentlemen Please

Flat share
?

Medical
Green Wing (although 'medical' is highly debatable)

Religion
The Vicar of Dibley

Political
Yes Minister

Flat Share ~ Spaced

Medical ~ Green Wing

Political ~ The Thick of It

Village Life ~ League of Gents

er, Zoo Based ~ Mighty Boosh.

Village life
The Vicar of Dibley

Authority
The Thin Blue Line

... :/

Quote: Aaron @ January 26, 2007, 11:52 PM

Sport
Trevor's World of Sport (purely because I know no other)

The radio version of Trevor's World of Sport is actually quite good so that'd get my vote for sport - the third series is on the radio now (you can get it via the Listen Again feature on the Beeb website at the time of writing).

Other sports comedies I can think of are:
A Prince Among Men (sort of football. idea knicked off Thomps - thanks!)
The Nineteenth Hole (golf sitcom)
Mike Basset: Manager (football sitcom)
Punch Drunk (1993 boxing sitcom)
Seconds Out (1981 boxing sitcom with Robert Lindsay)
Dick Emery's Grand Prix (1 off special in the 70s)
The Mascot (Comedy Playhouse one off)
The Brittas Empire (swimming and fitness - kinda sport?)

I think there was also a sitcom starring Brian Wilde as a football referee but I can't remember its name. I think it got cancelled before it was even seen?!?

i don't know if this counts but there was a episode of rippin yarns, called golden gorden (i think) and it involved one mans beloved football team being sold to a metal scraper,
"8-1, we lost 8 bloody 1, and four of those were from backpasses"
i f*cking loved rippin yarns, especially this episode and tomkinsons school days.

Ripping! Ripping!

sorry my mistake, i can't of pressed the G button hard enough, maybe it's not working properly, i try it ggggggggg, ,,it works,

Quote: Aaron @ January 28, 2007, 10:31 AM

Ripping! Ripping!

Actually I think you'll find it doesn't have an exclamation mark on the end, it's simply Ripping.

Not that I'm being petty, that would just be crazy...

Anyway, my choices are

sport sitcom
trevors world of sport

pub sitcom
cheers

flat share sitcom
mr don and mr george

medical sitcom
only when i laugh

religion based sitcom
father ted

Quote: monkeybeard @ January 29, 2007, 2:31 PM

flat share sitcom
mr don and mr george

Is that the two from Absolutely?

Quote: zooo @ January 31, 2007, 7:12 PM

Is that the two from Absolutely?

The very same, brilliant spin-off sitcom, especially the first episode "you can run but you can't hide your legs"

sport sitcom
?

pub sitcom
Early Doors

flat share sitcom
Seinfeld (I know they dont share the flat, but they are always there) If that doesnt count then..Peep Show

medical sitcom
Hmm, I can only think of Scrubs and Green Wing at the minute and I dont like Green Wing and haven't seen enough of Scrubs to make an opinion

religion based sitcom
Father Ted

i kind of prfer vicar of dibly to father ted, in the religeon based section, i'm also not a big fan of green wing so scrubs wins that early doors, men behaving badly win through, i have a new flat share favorite, not going out, i loved the pace and some of the jokes were just clever.

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