British Comedy Guide
British Comedy Guide

Landmark Sitcom Season

Sitcom Season 2016. Copyright: BBC

A season of programming from the BBC to celebrate British sitcoms. The strand includes new pilots and remakes of a number of notable sitcom formats. The Landmark Sitcom Season begins on Sunday 28th August 2016.

Interview with BBC commissioner Shane Allen

Trailer

Shows

Goodnight Sweetheart. Image shows from L to R: Yvonne Sparrow (Emma Amos), Gary Sparrow (Nicholas Lyndhurst), Phoebe Sparrow (Elizabeth Carling). Copyright: Alomo Productions / BBC TV

Goodnight Sweetheart

Whilst walking around the East End, TV repairman Gary Sparrow is transported back to 1940 where he begins to live a second life.

Are You Being Served?. Image shows from L to R: Mrs Slocombe (Sherrie Hewson), Miss Brahms (Niky Wardley). Copyright: BBC TV

Are You Being Served?

Revival of the sitcom classic set in a department store.

Porridge. Fletch (Kevin Bishop). Copyright: BBC TV

Porridge

Reinvention of the classic Ronnie Barker sitcom Porridge. Fletch's grandson, Fletch, is imprisoned for cyber crimes.

The Coopers Vs The Rest. Image shows from L to R: Toby (Paterson Joseph), Tess (Tanya Franks). Copyright: BBC TV

The Coopers Vs The Rest

Sitcom pilot starring Tanya Franks and Paterson Joseph.

Home From Home. Image shows from L to R: Garth Hackett (Oscar Kennedy), Neil Hackett (Johnny Vegas), Fiona Hackett (Niky Wardley), Little Neil Hackett (Harvey Chaisty). Copyright: BBC TV

Home From Home

Sitcom about a couple achieving their dream of buying a Lake District holiday home.

Fail. Image shows from L to R: Paul (Will Merrick), Claire (Ruby Thomas). Copyright: The Comedy Unit Online

Fail

BBC Comedy Feeds pilot about a young couple living with the man's parents.

Jerk. Image shows from L to R: Tim (Tim Renkow), Tim's Mom (Lorraine Bracco) TV

Jerk

Comedy starring Tim Renkow as a disabled man who is quite the jerk.

JPD. Image shows from L to R: Dee Kartier, Percelle Ascott, Joivan Wade. Copyright: Happy Tramp Productions Online

JPD

Sketch show pilot for the BBC Comedy Feeds strand starring the Mandem On The Wall group.

Limbo. Image shows from L to R: Paul (Sanjeev Bhaskar), Neck (Bekka Bowling). Copyright: Hat Trick Productions TV

Limbo

BBC Comedy Feeds pilot about a group of tutors.

Man Like Mobeen. Mobeen (Guz Khan). Copyright: Cave Bear Productions TV

Man Like Mobeen

Sitcom starring Guz Khan as a man looking after his younger sister in Small Heath.

Pumped. Image shows from L to R: Wendy (James Allenby-Kirk), Fletch (Daniel Cahill), Spunk (Iain Stirling). Copyright: BBC TV

Pumped

Sitcom about three idiots living in an odd Scottish town.

Lost Sitcoms. Alf Garnett (Simon Day). Copyright: BBC TV

Lost Sitcoms

Series recreating episodes from legendary comedy series that are now missing believed wiped.

Our Ex-Wife. Image shows from L to R: Jack (Robert Webb), Hillary (Victoria Hamilton), Sara (Melanie Lynskey). Copyright: BBC TV

Our Ex-Wife

Sitcom pilot starring Robert Webb as a divorcee.

Young Hyacinth. Hyacinth (Kerry Howard). Copyright: BBC TV

Young Hyacinth

Keeping Up Appearances prequel set in the 1950s.

We The Jury. Image shows from L to R: Jen 1 (Sophie Thompson), William (Edward Easton), Mr Martin (David Schaal). Copyright: Big Talk Productions TV

We The Jury

Sitcom by James Acaster about a group of idiots appointed to be the jury on a murder trial.

Motherland. Image shows from L to R: Liz (Diane Morgan), Julia (Anna Maxwell Martin), Kevin (Paul Ready) TV

Motherland

Comedy about middle-class parenthood and juggling kids, school, and other parents.

We Love Sitcom. Ben Miller. Copyright: Phil McIntyre Entertainment TV

We Love Sitcom

Panel-quiz show about sitcoms, tied in to the BBC Landmark Sitcom Season.

Jimmy Carr & The Science Of Laughter: A Horizon Special. Jimmy Carr. Copyright: BBC TV

Jimmy Carr & The Science Of Laughter: A Horizon Special

Jimmy Carr presents an Horizon documentary special on the subject of laughter.

British Sitcom: 60 Years Of Laughing At Ourselves. Copyright: BBC TV

British Sitcom: 60 Years Of Laughing At Ourselves

Documentary celebrating the history of British television sitcom.

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