British Comedy Guide

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SITCOM
Rising Damp Boxset
Fawlty Towers Boxset
Steptoe And Son 6 & 8
Hancock
WHT Likely Lads 1 & 2
Porridge 1 & 2
The Lovers 1 & 2
Citizen Smith 1
Ever Decreasing Circles Boxset
George & Mildred 1
Yes Minister 1
Dad's Army 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Get Some In 1
Some Mothers Do Ave Em 1, 2, 3
The Good Life 1, 2, 3, 4
Father Ted 2
Black Books 1
I'm Alan Partridge 1 & 2
The Office 1 & 2
Extras 1 & 2
The Young Ones 1 & 2
Bottom 2
Black Adder 1 & 2
The Fall & Rise of Reginald Perrin 1 & 2
Rab C Nesbitt 2 & 5

COMEDY DRAMA
Jonathan Creek 1 & 2
Budgie 1 & 2
Lovejoy 1
Randall & Hopkirk 1 & 2
Blott On The Landscape
Porterhouse Blue
Talking Heads

SKETCH AND OTHER
Cook & Moore
Dave Allen
Monty Python 1 & 2
Several Benny Hill Show Annuals
Gervais Politics, Animals

FILMS
Frankie Howerd Boxset
Steptoe & Son Boxset
On The Buses Boxset
2 Peter Sellers Box Sets
Terry-Thomas Boxset
Tony Hancock Boxset
Laurel & Hardy Boxset
Marx Bros Boxset
2 Jaques Tati Films
2 Eric Sykes Films
7 Carry On Films
Several single sitcom spin off films and many other comedy films of which the British made take pride and place

Currently, I've got:

One Foot in the Grave Series 1, 2 and 3 (will be getting all of them)
Open All Hours (all series)
On the Buses series 6
Mr Bean Vol 1
Mr Bean Vol 3
Only When I Laugh Series 1
The Very Best of Tommy Cooper
Charlie Chaplin (City Lights, The Tramp, The Pawnshop - copied from video)

Promos:
Hancock's Half Hour, Steptoe and Son.

Audio cassettes and CDs:
The Best of the Two Ronnies, Ronnie Barker at the Beeb, Victoria Wood, The Best of British Comedy: 80s (including News Huddlines, Victoria Wood As Seen on TV and Not the Nine O'Clock News), Fawlty Towers Series 2 and Alan Bennett's Talking Heads.

Absolutley Fabulous - Everything as well as "The Last Shout"
"Are You Being Served?" Christmas Specials and Movie
"Believe Nothing"
"Blackadder" - Series 1-4 plus "Back and Forth"
"Bottom" 1-3, Live Shows 1-5 and "Guest House Paradiso"
"The Catherine Tate Show" 2
"Class Act" - Seasons 1&2
"The Comic Strip Presents" Complete television series
"The Dame Edna Experience" - 1&2, Christmas specials
"The Dangerous Brothers Present... Dangervision"
"Extras" 1&2
"Father Ted" Series One
"Fawlty Towers" 1&2
"Filthy, Rich and Catflap"
"French and Saunders" - "At the Movies", "Live" and "Still Alive"
"Girls on Top" 1&2
"Jam and Jerusalem" 1&2
"Keeping Up Appearances" 1&2
"Let Them Eat Cake"
"The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle"
"Little Britain" 1&2, "Abroad" and "Live"
"The Mighty Boosh" 1-3. "Live" and "Future Sailors"
"Murder Most Horrid" 1
"The New Statesman" 1,2,3,4 and "Who Shot Alan B'Stard"
"The Office" - Series One
"Sensitive Skin" Series 1&2
"Teenage Kicks"
"The Thick of It" - Series Three
"The Vicar of Dibley" - Series One, Christmas and Easter Specials video.
"The Young Ones" 1&2

It has been a long time - website was banned at work so couldn't log on. I made my collection somewhat bigger the last few months, so here we go:

- Absolutely fabulous (1-5 + absolutely fabulous gay)
- 'Allo 'Allo! (1-9)
- Are you being served? (1-10)
- Bean
- A bit of Fry and Laurie (1-3)
- Blackadder (1-4 + a Christmas carol)
- Black Books (1)
- Bottom (1-3)
- Chef! (1-3)
- Cold Feet (1-5)
- Coupling (1-4)
- Dad's Army (1-6)
- Extra's (1-2 + special)
- The fast schow (1-2)
- Fawlty Towers (1-2)
- Filthy Rich & Catflap (1)
- Gavin and Stacy (1-2)
- The Green Wing (1)
- Hi-de-Hi (1-4)
- How not to live your life (1)
- It ain't half hot mum (1-4)
- The IT-crowd (1-4)
- Keeping up appearances (1-5 + specials)
- Lead Balloon (1)
- The league of Gentlemen (1-3 + special)
- The life and times of Vivienne Vyle (1)
- Little Britain (1-3 + abroad + live + Little Britain USA)
- My Family (1)
- Nighty Night (1)
- Not the 9o' clock news (compilations 1 and 2)
- The Office (1-3 + special)
- Oh Doctor Beeching! (1-2)
- The Omid Djalili Show (1)
- Only fools and horses (1-7)
- Open all hours (1-4)
- Some mothers do 'ave 'em (1-3)
- Yes Minister (1-3 + special)
- You Rang M'Lord? (1-4)
- The thin blue line (1-2)
- The young ones (1-2)

Quote: Danny @ January 12 2010, 9:46 PM BST

I have ordered some bootleg D.V.Ds and am hoping to get them soon. I ordered A Sharp Intake Of Breath The Top Secret Life Of Edgar Briggs .

Hallo there from Greece!First time in your lovely forum! Wave Wave
I am 50 years old,and I remember those two comedies you've referred dear friend Danny!
In my country we don't have any possibility to find old britcoms ,I used to enjoy,in the past!

So could you inform me,how can I order them too??
My English are bad,but I am "dying" to see them again!

Sorry if it is the wrong place!My agony is so big!

And just to ask you Danny,I believe if you are a great fan,of these,you might remember an episode,I will never forget in my life!

I Believe it was on The Top Secret Life Of Edgar Briggs,one of the first episodes 1,2,4,5! I have watch here and there, the other 9 episodes ,but none of them was the one!

The episode I am looking for, was like this:

Some agents have a mission to "help escaping" a russian political refuge,member of a russian ballet theatre[or something]!
But by a mistake the russian team leave the airport,taking a wrong "way" to London,and one of the agents run to a near bar,where the leader was waiting,and start to "scream" to the leader [because of the loud music inside the bar]!
Suddenly the electricity was cut,and the people inside the bar heard the agent who was screaming loud saying this:

'the russians landed to the airport,going to London,and no one can stop them"!!
The people thought about a russian invasion and start to panic!!

Please forgive my bad english! Wave Wave

Hello nikolaos,

Sadly, it's not possible to buy The Top Secret Life Of Edgar Briggs from legal places. Of the 13 episodes made, 9 are often held by private collectors.

From our (not yet published) episode guide to the series, it looks possible that the episode you describe you by episode number 2, titled The Defector.

There is an episode, number 9, The K.G.B., where Briggs is asked to rescue a defecting Russian scientist from the KGB, but I do have that episode myself, and it doesn't look like the scene you describe is in it.

Quote: Aaron @ April 20 2011, 7:52 PM BST

Hello nikolaos,

Sadly, it's not possible to buy The Top Secret Life Of Edgar Briggs from legal places. Of the 13 episodes made, 9 are often held by private collectors.

From our (not yet published) episode guide to the series, it looks possible that the episode you describe you by episode number 2, titled The Defector.

There is an episode, number 9, The K.G.B., where Briggs is asked to rescue a defecting Russian scientist from the KGB, but I do have that episode myself, and it doesn't look like the scene you describe is in it.

Thanks for your answer AARON!Wave
Yes I have notice that here and there,are 9 episodes on the net ,I found them,but the quality is as I describe very bad,so I took a look,and delete them!
Non of the episode,was near to my description!
Well I hope someone have it, in his collection,and will keep me inform,if it is the one I want!
Or if it doesn't,to inform me,which is the real series!
But I am quite sure,because only a few britcoms,appeared in Greek TV ,on those years!
Benny hill
Allo,allo
Yes minister
and the two I have mention!
Also a six episodes amazing series with Ronnie Barker!

Unfortunately the translation of the titles,were so "irrelative" to the British originals,so........
:S

I am waiting for the guide of this series! Wave

THANKS AGAIN!EFCHARISTO POLY!

Hey, I'm new here and thought what better way to introduce myself than to list my collection so far (Been collecting for little over a year). I know there's some American shows in there and some aren't strictly comedies but oh well.

An Idiot Abroad
Arrested Development (1-3)
Big Train (1-2)
Black Books (Complete)
Brass Eye
Curb Your Enthusiasm (1-7)
Are you Dave Gorman
Dave Gorman's Googlewhack adventure
The Day Today
Entourage (1-6)
Extras (1-2)
Father Ted (Complete)
Flight of the Conchords (1)
Garth Merenghi's Darkplace
Genius with Dave Gorman(1)
The Inbetweeners (1-3)
I'm Alan partridge (1-2)
The IT Crowd (1-3)
Jam
The League of Gentlemen
Nathan Barley
The Office (Complete)
Operation Good Guys (Complete)
Spaced (Complete)
Peep Show (1-7)
The Thick Of It (Complete)
30 Rock (1-30)

I'm only 23 which is why my collection is short of programmes from before the mid 90s but any recommendations would be appreciated.

I'm only 23 and my collection is a little short of programmes after 1980! :D

Why not start with Blackadder, Fawlty Towers and Steptoe and Son?

And welcome to the site. :)

Been meaning to get both Blackadder and Fawlty Towers for a while now actually, I've just always tended to get stuff which I havn't seen lots of times before.

Good plan! If you click Shop at the top and go into our recommendations section, there's quite a good selection of choices there. :)

Quote: Aaron @ April 25 2011, 3:53 PM BST

I'm only 23 and my collection is a little short of programmes after 1980! :D

Why not start with Blackadder, Fawlty Towers and Steptoe and Son?

And welcome to the site. :)

And Hancock?

Possibly one that's not too dated like The Blood Donor (I can't believe I just typed that!).

I was going to suggest Hancock, The Likely Lads and Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em next!

Didn't Gold do a play-off between the decades for the best comedy era? Might be worth looking at the respective shortlists for that to see where to start.

They did indeed. When Were We Funniest? ran throughout 2008, IIRC.

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