British Shows my friends make fun of me for but ARE THE BEST
by sarahrogers-54976 | created - 09 Apr 2015 | updated - 09 Apr 2015 | PublicOld New Irish British One-Series Wonder You could possibly watch with your grandparents Honestly, the way I want to raise my future children If anyone really feels these shows- you might be my soulmate !
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1. Keeping Up Appearances (1990–1995)
TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy
A snobbish housewife is determined to climb the social ladder, in spite of her family's working class connections and the constant chagrin of her long suffering husband.
Stars: Patricia Routledge, Clive Swift, Geoffrey Hughes, Judy Cornwell
Votes: 17,886
2. Coronation Street (1960– )
TV-PG | 30 min | Drama, Romance
The world's longest-running television soap, Coronation Street focuses on the everyday lives of working-class people in Manchester, England.
Stars: William Roache, Helen Worth, Barbara Knox, Sally Dynevor
Votes: 6,021
3. Shameless (2004–2013)
TV-MA | 90 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
The lives and relationships of a group of siblings and their estranged father Frank Gallagher on a rough Manchester estate.
Stars: David Threlfall, Rebecca Atkinson, Alice Barry, Nicky Evans
Votes: 18,487
4. Father Ted (1995–1998)
TV-14 | 25 min | Comedy
Three misfit priests and their housekeeper live on Craggy Island, not the peaceful and quiet part of Ireland that it seems to be.
Stars: Dermot Morgan, Ardal O'Hanlon, Frank Kelly, Pauline McLynn
Votes: 43,826
5. Doc Martin (2004–2022)
TV-14 | 46 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
The trials and tribulations of Martin Ellingham, a brilliant but socially challenged doctor who moves from London to the picturesque village of Port Wenn in Cornwall.
Stars: Martin Clunes, Caroline Catz, Ian McNeice, Joe Absolom
Votes: 20,246
6. My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding (2011–2015)
Documentary
Explores the lives and traditions of several Irish Traveller families as they prepare to unite their families in marriage.
Stars: Barbara Flynn, Thelma Madine, Paddy Doherty, Roseanne Doherty
Votes: 384
7. Love/Hate (2010–2014)
18+ | 51 min | Crime, Drama
The story of the organized crime scene of Dublin is revealed, centered on Darren, who wants to stay out of trouble but ends up returning to his old habits and his old gang.
Stars: Tom Vaughan-Lawlor, Killian Scott, Aoibhinn McGinnity, Charlie Murphy
Votes: 8,336
8. '71 (2014)
R | 99 min | Action, Crime, Drama
In 1971, a young and disoriented British soldier is accidentally abandoned by his unit following a riot on the deadly streets of Belfast.
Director: Yann Demange | Stars: Jack O'Connell, Sam Reid, Sean Harris, Paul Popplewell
Votes: 60,186 | Gross: $1.27M
9. Mrs. Brown's Boys (2011– )
TV-MA | 25 min | Comedy
A comedy centered on a loud-mouthed Irish matriarch whose favorite pastime is meddling in the lives of her six children.
Stars: Brendan O'Carroll, Jennifer Gibney, Eilish O'Carroll, Paddy Houlihan
Votes: 9,602
10. The IT Crowd (2006–2013)
TV-14 | 25 min | Comedy
The comedic misadventures of Roy, Moss and their grifting supervisor Jen, a rag-tag team of IT support workers at a large corporation headed by a hotheaded yuppie.
Stars: Chris O'Dowd, Richard Ayoade, Katherine Parkinson, Matt Berry
Votes: 164,491
11. Moone Boy (2012–2015)
TV-14 | 23 min | Comedy
Martin Moone is a young boy who relies on the help of his imaginary friend Sean to deal with the quandaries of life in a wacky small-town Irish family circa 1990.
Stars: Chris O'Dowd, David Rawle, Deirdre O'Kane, Peter McDonald
Votes: 6,639
12. London Irish (2013)
Not Rated | 24 min | Comedy
Take a trip down the local with these highly irreverent drinking buddies in this somewhat amoral comedy of hard-drinking and hard-living.
Stars: Kat Reagan, Sinéad Keenan, Art Campion, Kerr Logan
Votes: 1,544
That was THE BEST ...I wish the BBC weren't so PC about it
13. Killinaskully (2003–2008)
25 min | Comedy
Following the various lives of the towns residents of the rural town of Kilnaskully and the hilarious adventures they go on.
Stars: Pat Shortt, Jack Walsh, Pascal Scott, Joe Rooney
Votes: 259
14. Ballykissangel (1996–2001)
TV-14 | 50 min | Comedy, Drama
An English priest is transferred to a small Irish village.
Stars: Frankie McCafferty, Joe Savino, Deirdre Donnelly, Gary Whelan
Votes: 1,959
15. High Times (2004–2008)
TV-14 | 24 min | Drama
An award winning comedy drama, written by John Rooney. Set in a Glasgow tower block, it tells the story of Rab and Jake, their chaotic lifestyle and their larger than life neighbours.
Stars: John Comerford, Stephanie Robinson, Alison Peebles, Jon Morrison
Votes: 97
Total Classic. Very Glaswegian. Love it to bits!
16.
Screen Two (1985–1998)
Episode:
The Snapper
(1993)
R | 91 min | Drama
20 year old Irish girl Sharon Curly lives at home with her large family. But notoriety in her neighbourhood suddenly arrives when, after a night out on the town, she becomes pregnant and refuses to divulge the identity of the baby's father.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Colm Meaney, Tina Kellegher, Ruth McCabe, Eanna MacLiam
Votes: 6,126 | Gross: $3.32M
ALLLL time favourite I love Tina Kellegher - absolutely brilliant . And the story itself is great.
17. The Commitments (1991)
R | 118 min | Comedy, Drama, Music
Jimmy Rabbitte, an unemployed Dublin boy, decides to put together a soul band made up entirely of the Irish working class.
Director: Alan Parker | Stars: Robert Arkins, Michael Aherne, Angeline Ball, Maria Doyle Kennedy
Votes: 38,814 | Gross: $14.92M
Terrific, really shows the blood, sweat , and tears going into a band at the time . Plu Colm Meaney is in it - I love every bit of even the worst *beep* he come up with *cough* A Belfast Story :P
18. The Van (1996)
R | 100 min | Comedy, Drama
Set in the fictional Dublin suburb of Barrytown, Bimbo is a baker who loses his job after being made redundant. Bimbo then acquires the help of his best friend, Larry, to set up a successful burger van.
Director: Stephen Frears | Stars: Colm Meaney, Donal O'Kelly, Ger Ryan, Caroline Rothwell
Votes: 4,857 | Gross: $0.62M
Really great movie. Love how it's set at the world cup. super perfect!
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