Whatever Happened To The Likely Lads?
The League Of Gentlemen
The Thick Of It
Rev.
Which sitcom series stopped a bit too early? Page 3
I am going to go with Gimme Gimme Gimme. I thought it had another series in it at least. Surprised it ended after 3 series. Didn't like the ending of it.
Marion & Geoff. Both in terms of number of series (two) and episode length (10 minutes for series one).
Big School, to mention again, I was hoping for more than 2x6 episodes, they were so perfect. Watched'em twice all round.
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Pete vs Life
Nathan Barley
I also think that The IT Crowd could have been Peepshowesque in terms of how many series it ran for.
I feel Coogan could quite easily go back and do another series of 'I'm Alan Partridge' now and it would be just as good!
Personally I think the IT Crowd kinda lost it about 2 series before the end. The final comeback episode, whilst amusing, was a bit of a mess. I really like Linehan and his work though, I just thought it lost its magic a bit before the final shows.
Arthur Matthew's 'Hippies' was way too short lived. Only 6 episodes and each one absolutely hilarious. Sad thing is that another series (or the majority of it) was written by him but never screened.
Another series of The Inbetweeners would be fantastic.
Also One Foot In The Grave would have been great too.
Friday Night Dinner
Harry Enfield & Chums.
The Office definitely had more mileage, Black Books should go on and on because Dylan Moran could see that character right through, and Alan Partridge is still a story unfinished . . .
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A new series is recording right now.
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Nope, I think it finished at just the right time, helping to give it that classic status it has. Don't forget the two series were 13 eps each meaning we got in effect 4.33 series of it relative to all/most other sitcoms. And I'd aver that stopping it there helped C&LF deliver one of the strongest sitcom movies of the lot. Morning btw.
Quote: Ivor Hardy @ 24th January 2016, 9:05 PM GMTThe League Of Gentlemen
The Thick Of It
Rev.
Still haven't seen the top two but wouldn't want to watch any more of Rev. and thought it hit such a shuddering end I don't see how they could revive it. Without more ridiculous biblical imagery we got in Series 3. I'm not sure the writer of Rev. had any kind of handle on sitcom at all and Rev. was more of a mission. Interesting prog though and a specimen bound to be used to by analysts to illustrate what went wrong with the 'sitcom' in the teenies.
Quote: fopdoodle @ 20th February 2016, 1:36 PM GMTThe Office definitely had more mileage, Black Books should go on and on because Dylan Moran could see that character right through, and Alan Partridge is still a story unfinished . . .
Black Books was a really funny one as whilst I adored the show, cast, writers and the premise, and the fact that Dylan Moran is a god, it did have some genuine dips in quality. I too feel like they could have drawn a lot more from it but they needed a more consistent writing team to do this - it greatly suffered from the lack of stability in this fashion in my opinion.
Early Doors
Saxondale
Lead Balloon
The Office (although I thought it ended very well)
Hebburn
Starlings
There was also one with James Buckley, at university? "Off the Hook" if I'm not mistaken.
And yes, as others have mentioned, Him and Her.
Big School
Up The Women
Welcome To Our Village, Please Invade Carefully
To The Manor Born
Miranda
Bluestone 42
And loads of others!
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Camp Bastion was demolished, Bonz.
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Dad's Army, It Ain't Half Hot Mum and 'Allo 'Allo! were all filmed decades after WWII, and each lasted considerably longer.
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