A Comprehensive List Of British TV Comedies
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- StarsJennifer SaundersJoanna LumleyJulia SawalhaThe wild misadventures of Edina "Eddy" Monsoon and her best friend Patsy Stone, who live in a nearly constant haze of drugged, drunken selfishness.
- CreatorDavid CroftJeremy LloydStarsGorden KayeCarmen SilveraVicki MichelleIn France during World War II, René Artois runs a small café where Resistance fighters, Gestapo men, German Army officers and escaped Allied POWs interact daily, ignorant of one another's true identity or presence, exasperating René.
- CreatorJeremy LloydDavid CroftStarsMollie SugdenJohn InmanFrank ThorntonThe misadventures of the staff of a retail floor of a major department store.
- CreatorDerren LittenStarsJake CanusoJanine DuvitskiTony MaudsleyBritish comedy series following holidaymakers at the Solana Resort in Benidorm. Hilarity ensues as guests try to get value for their Euros.
- StarsAdrian EdmondsonRik MayallSteven O'DonnellTwo perpetually bored and broke flatmates waste their days in a futile struggle to get laid, earn cash, and not kill one another.
- CreatorJimmy PerryStarsArthur LoweJohn Le MesurierClive DunnA ragtag group of Home Guard volunteers prepare for an imminent German invasion during World War II.
- StarsDermot MorganArdal O'HanlonFrank KellyThree misfit priests and their housekeeper live on Craggy Island, not the peaceful and quiet part of Ireland that it seems to be.
- CreatorJames CordenRuth JonesStarsJoanna PageMathew HorneAlison SteadmanGavin and Stacey have been continuing their romance on-line and by telephone for the last six months. Now they want to be together but will their friends and family let them?
- StarsJohn CleesePrunella ScalesAndrew SachsHotel owner Basil Fawlty's incompetence, short fuse, and arrogance form a combination that ensures accidents and trouble are never far away.
- CreatorVictoria PileStarsSally BrettonOliver ChrisOlivia ColmanFunky hospital-based sketch-comedy-drama type show.
- CreatorBrian CookeJohnnie MortimerStarsRichard O'SullivanPaula WilcoxSally ThomsettSitcom exploring the trials and tribulations created by one man and two women flat-sharing in the 70s.
- StarsRik MayallAdrian EdmondsonNigel PlanerThe crazy and sometimes surreal comedic adventures of four very different students in Thatcher's Britain.
- CreatorRicky GervaisStephen MerchantStarsRicky GervaisMartin FreemanMackenzie CrookThe story of an office that faces closure when the company decides to downsize its branches. A documentary film crew follow staff and the manager David Brent as they continue their daily lives.
- CreatorJohn SullivanStarsJohn ChallisSue HoldernessDavid RossShifty car salesman Boycie and his wife Marlene leave their council estate in Peckham, London to start a new life in a rambling farmhouse in Shropshire.
- CreatorRonald ChesneyRonald WolfeStarsAnna KarenBob GrantStephen LewisJack-the-lad bus driver and conductor Stan and Jack enjoy the female employees more than their work and Inspector Blake is relentless in his attempts to make their lives a misery.
- StarsWilfrid BrambellHarry H. CorbettFrank ThorntonBritish sitcom about a father-and-son rag-and-bone business in London. The intergenerational divide between the miserly Steptoe and his ambitious son results in comedy, drama, and tragedy.
- StarsSimon PeggJessica HynesJulia DeakinFriends Tim and Daisy, 20-something North Londoners with uncertain futures, must pretend to be a couple to live in the only apartment they can afford.
- StarsBelinda LangGary OlsenJulia HillsFollows the lives of the Porters; a seemingly average family whose world is frequently turned upside-down, due to bad luck and bizarre occurrence.
- StarsSean LockBenedict WongDan MershThe lives of two men sharing a flat in South London.
- StarsWendy CraigValerie LushRobin DaviesSally Harrison is a harassed, well-meaning but scatterbrained young widow doing her best to bring up two boisterous sons.
- CreatorRichard WaringStarsWendy CraigRichard ColemanRobin DaviesNewly remarried Sally Redway (formerly Harrison) finds that her children, now augmented by the daughter of her new husband, may be a little older, but are just as troublesome as before.
- StarsJudi DenchMichael WilliamsSusan PenhaligonPerplexed and unmarried Laura and sweet but inept Mike form an unlikely union after meeting. Despite differences and lack of chemistry, an undefinable connection keeps the stubborn Laura and grinning Mike together.
- StarsGwen TaylorTrevor CooperEmma AmosDeputy Mayor Laura Fitzgerald is informed that the town of Flatby on the coast of England has never actually been conquered. The town wasn't even in the Domesday Book as the area was flooded when the King's survey came to visit. Also, there has never been any official incorporation of Flatby into any country. It follows that Flatby was never officially annexed into the United Kingdom. Taking advantage of the situation, Laura rallies the townsfolk to declare Flatby an independent state, much to the displeasure of the Government in London.
- CreatorJimmy GraftonStarsDickie HendersonFabia DrakeDennis RamsdenThe present in question is a baby elephant called Mini, which ends up living inside Dickie's house. Chaos is ensured as Dickie tries to keep Mini hidden from friends and foe who visit him.
- StarsChris BarrieFrancesca HuntSusie BlakeThe self-centred, egocentric Gary Prince, the man who always knows he is right, has successfully converted his career as a famous, popular England international football star into a business and financial entrepreneur. His next more difficult challenge is to convert this new found success into a knighthood much to the annoyance of his long suffering wife and employees.
- CreatorRonnie TaylorStarsDavid JasonJacqueline ClarkeRichard WilsonBritish sitcom in which happy-go-lucky character Peter Barnes comically and haphazardly tries to deal with the daily frustrations his life throws at him.
- StarsChristopher RyanMike EllesDickie ArnoldSatire on apartheid and prejudice set in a version of Britain where anyone under 5 feet tall was considered a second class citizen and sent to live in tower-block ghettos.
- StarsArthur LoweHarry AndrewsMichael BevisSet in a 1940s English school, Lowe stars in title role as a maths teacher obsessed with the honour of his school, the high cost of pen nibs and the sneaky tactics of his arch-enemy, the school Matron.
- StarsWilliam GauntRichard VernonArthur WhiteComedy about the eccentric members of an exclusive London club.
- StarsChris LangFelix BellRoger BlakeRAF Auchnacluchnie is a nearly abandoned early-warning radar station situated in the highlands of Scotland overlooking a small village.
- CreatorSteven KnightStarsJasper CarrottTeddy SinclairJamil DhillonSitcom about life in a mixed-race Birmingham family as seen through the eyes of a teenager with cerebral palsy.
- CreatorMike BullenStarsRik MayallSian BrookeGemma JonesFollows George's life as a member of a 5 generation extended family.
- CreatorBernard KopsStarsSydney TaflerAdrienne PostaGary WarrenLively comedy/farce involving a family with a 'know it all' teenager.
- StarsBeryl ReidRichard O'SullivanJohn CaterUpon her husband's death, Marigold Alcock inherits his businesses, operating under the grand name of "The Alcock Group of Companies". The companies, whose headquarters are above a strip club in Soho, include entities such as "Alcock's Racing Service Ltd", "Alcock's Marriage Bureau" and "Alcock's Detective Agency". The illiterate Ernest is her office assistant, while her partner is Richard Gander. Gander was given partnership in the company after an "Alcock Continental Coach Tour" went wrong and he arrived as the representative of the tour group to demand their money back.
- StarsNicola PagettJohn DuttinePeter DavisonShy and harmless stationery shop owner Clive Quigley is shocked when, one day, wild and successful hairdresser shop owner Sonia Drysdale burst into his life and tells him the horrible news that Clive's wife, Melissa, is having an affair with Sonia's husband, Dave. The two of them team up to try and put an end to the affair. Clive and Sonia agree to not tell each spouse that they know of the affair but tried every way to stop Melissa's and Dave's meetings. Meanwhile, Clive's behaviour and Sonia's plans makes Clive's assistant in the shop, Mrs. Whales, think that Clive is coming onto her and this annoyed her husband. Also as time goes on, Dave and Melissa's relationship starts to crumble, thanks partly to Clive and Sonia's plans, and that Clive and Sonia are slowly falling for each other...
- CreatorAnna RaeburnLen RichmondStarsMaureen LipmanSimon WilliamsMaria CharlesA successful radio host and advice columnist struggles with her unreliable husband, her interfering mother and constant advances from a co-worker.
- CreatorFred BarronStarsNicholas LyndhurstCelia ImrieRyan SampsonThe daily lives of Jimmy, his two kids and his mother in law whilst his wife is in Africa.
- StarsTyler HenryTheresa KoelewynKathryn SermakAfter years of being Hollywood's go-to medium, Tyler heads out across the country to offer readings to as many of the people on his waiting list as he can, bringing them the hope, healing and closure they are seeking.
- StarsBennu YildirimlarSinem KobalSelma ErgeçThe story of three sisters who live with their father after their mother abandoned them and who experience many changes in their lives while in search for marriage partners and true love.
- CreatorFred BarronStarsJessica HynesGreg WiseRaquel CassidyWelcome to the life of Bex Atwell.
- StarsBen AlexanderTom KennedyJosé FerrerAbout Faces is an American game show.
- StarsTony OllerCarlson YoungSeth GinsbergThe conversations occurring between class periods.
- StarsSteve BrodyShelley LongworthAlice LoweFollow the surreal lives of a group of people who regularly got to a cafe called Angelo's that based in London.
- StarsJames BolamPaula TilbrookSusan BrownAndy is an out-of-work layabout who only wants to have a drink and read the racing news. This leaves his long-suffering wife Flo as the sole breadwinner.
- StarsJohn Gordon SinclairVictor SpinettiGina McKeeA Scottish actor's hilarious efforts in finding work.
- StarsKeith BarronDinah SheridanAngus LennieBritish sitcom about a reformed burglar who runs an all-night bakery.
- StarsRichard BriersBarbara FerrisFrank MiddlemassA country vicar moves with his family to an urban parish.
- StarsRobertson HareWilliam MervynDerek NimmoClerical comedy centered on hapless curate Mervyn Noote.
- StarsMaureen LipmanLisa JacobsMartin ClunesSheila Haddon's husband died 18 months ago, sans life insurance, leaving her with nothing but cherished memories and a hefty mortgage on 'No. 20.' Now Sheila and daughter Monica face the awful prospect of selling their beloved family home. The soft-hearted but independent Sheila doesn't relish the thought of calling on the help of old family friend Richard Beaming - perhaps lodgers will prove the solution to her predicament?
- StarsRik MayallMichael MaloneyEmily BruniBritain's cleverest man and leading moral philosopher, Quadruple Professor Adonis Cnut, tackles some of the world's most pressing problems assisted by his slavelike butler and a beautiful but mentally-unbalanced colleague.
- StarsJune WhitfieldReg VarneyPat CoombsRose Garvey, and her husband Gerald, live next door to her sister Lana Butt, and her husband Harry, in the fictional Larkworthy Road, Muswell Hill, North London. Gerald is an underpaid junior executive, while Harry is a well-paid fitter. The slightly snobbish Gerald makes sure that he and Rose keep up a pretense of doing well even though they are not. Meanwhile, the Butts' relative wealth encourages Lana to put on airs and graces, although Harry remains down to earth.
- StarsJudi DenchGeoffrey PalmerMoira BrookerThe Korean War, and a long lost letter, separate the lives of young lovers Jean Pargetter and Lionel Hardcastle, whose paths cross again by happenstance.
- StarsLayton WilliamsMathew HorneCharlie WernhamComedy series about a teacher who is a bigger kid than the kids he teaches.
- StarsMatthew CrosbyTom ParryBen ClarkSitcom centred around the lives of outrageous flatmates Tom, Ben and Matthew.
- StarsAlexander ArmstrongDoon MackichanSylvestra Le TouzelA situation comedy about the comic adventures of a very reluctant country vet, Nick (Alexander Armstrong) who doesn't particularly like animals, in fact he really hates them! However, they bring him into constant contact with their mainly female owners whom he tries to woo with outlandish offers, unfortunately without much success.
- StarsGwen TaylorSam KellyBenedict SandifordWhether she likes it or not, outspoken, no-nonsense Yorkshire woman Barbara (Gwen Taylor) has become the agony-aunt problem-solver for her extended family. Her husband Ted (Sam Kelly), has the most amazing of adventures while driving his cab every day; her outrageous son-in-law Martin (Mark Benton) seems to investigate the most bizarre news stories for the local television station. Even at work she can't escape; she gets it in one ear from the other receptionist, Doreen (Madge Hindle), whose husband becomes involved in the most perverse of activities, and in the other from her sister Jean (Sherrie Hewson), who positively enjoys relating her latest sexual conquests. Through it all Barbara struggles vainly on, hoping one day for a quieter life.
- StarsIan CarmichaelIan JohnsonBriony McRobertsA wealthy bachelor becomes a foster parent to five children.
- CreatorKayvan NovakTom ThostrupStarsBen MillerNiky WardleyDustin Demri-BurnsTwo men are trapped together under the threat of extradition in a London embassy.
- StarsChristopher GodwinCarmen Du SautoyBarrie RutterMattocks, Fost and Ackroyd are Britain's first three astronauts. They must live in small, cramped space station orbiting the earth. Naturally, these conditions make coexistence difficult for them, but funny to us.
- StarsLeslie CrowtherFabia DrakeDerek FarrIn the sitcom "Big Boy Now!", a middle aged and unmarried male Tony Marchant (Leslie Crowther.
- StarsJeff RawleGeorge A. CooperPamela VezeyBilly is an idealistic young man who is trapped in a boring life. He works in a tedious job in an undertaker's office with a permanently uptight employer, dates a soppy girl who fails to satisfy him emotionally or physically and lives with his parents and grandmother who stifle his personality. To forget about all of this, Billy escapes into his imagination and fantasizes his life away.
- StarsHugh LloydRon FrazerAlistair DuncanHugh arrives in Australia to take possession of his inheritance, which is a "farm" in the Australian Outback which is being run by numerous beautiful women. He is aided and abetted by his half-brother Ron.
- CreatorMaurice GranLaurence MarksStarsLinda RobsonLesley JosephPauline QuirkeComedy series following the lives of sisters Tracey and Sharon who are left to fend for themselves after their husbands are arrested for armed robbery.
- CreatorDylan MoranStarsDylan MoranBill BaileyTamsin GreigBernard Black runs a book shop, though his customer service skills leave something to be desired. He hires Manny as an employee. Fran runs the shop next door. Between the three of them many adventures ensue.
- StarsRowan AtkinsonTony RobinsonStephen FryStuck in the middle of World War I, Captain Edmund Blackadder does his best to escape the banality of the war.
- StarsRowan AtkinsonTony RobinsonTim McInnernyIn the Tudor court of Elizabeth I, Lord Edmund Blackadder strives to win Her Majesty's favour while attempting to avoid a grisly fate should he offend her.
- StarsRowan AtkinsonTony RobinsonHugh LaurieIn the Regency era, Mr E. Blackadder serves as butler to the foppish numskull Prince George amidst the fads and crazes of the time.
- StarsArthur LoweDaniel AbineriGabrielle Daye"Bless Me Father" is a 21-episode British sitcom that ran from 1978 to 1981. A gentle and impish look at Catholic life in post-war suburban Britain, the series follows the adventures and misadventures of the practical-minded veteran Irish priest Fr. Father Duddleswell (Arthur Lowe) as he tries to break in his inexperienced and idealistic young curate Father Boyd (Daniel Abineri). The priests' lives at St. Jude's Parish in London are hilariously complicated by an unflappable and tart housekeeper (Gabrielle Daye), a stern and imperious Mother Superior (Sheila Keith), and a flippant worldling neighbor, Billy Buzzle (David Ryall). Plots revolve around crises that make Catholic parish life both charming and frustrating, e.g., fund-raising and parish bazaars, the seal of confession, complications over funerals, etc.
- CreatorHarry DriverVince PowellStarsSidney JamesDiana CouplandRobin StewartSid and Jean struggle to understand their teen kids' progressive ways. The couple lives in London with protest-loving son Mike and trendy daughter Sally.
- StarsAmanda HoldenJohn ThomsonSophie ThompsonComedy about a touring circus that has become dilapidated and tries to stay afloat despite having rubbish acts and clowns that are dreadful... Erasmus is a petty criminal that has been in prison and has an ongoing feud with the clown 'Geoff' and constantly tries to get rid of him, as well as trying to raise cash in any way. Boyco, the acrobat is eastern European and in love with Lizzie.
- StarsFrank SkinnerConleth HillPaula WilcoxFrank Sandford has big hopes for his pop duo, Blue Heaven, but his home life is less than satisfactory.
- StarsMichael BarrymoreDenis LawsonMarshall LancasterMichael Barrymore returns in his award-winning role as troubled daytime game-show host Bob Martin, a hopeless man who is willing to do anything he must to get what he wants. Still standing behind him is his Quickfire team, led by his campy producer Greg (Denis Lawson).
- CreatorTerry KyanPaul SmithStarsNigel PlanerPolly AdamsTimothy BatesonLaurence Didcott is a new teacher who joins the staff at the Mansion School at the start of the autumn term. The Mansion School has been ticking along nicely for the last 235 years until Didcott turns up to join the French department. His idealized view of what teaching at a public school is all about is dented when his Head of Department, Donald Halifax, informs him that they don't speak French in the French department. the headmaster seems more concerned with fund raising than the pupils' welfare and Didcott soon learns that fees take precedence over education at the Mansion. Didcott's honesty and enthusiasm with staff, pupils and parents alike are to cause him grief in the weeks to come. And the first episode sees him creating problems for the headmaster over delinquent pupil Adam Huntley whose father is on the point of enriching the School Arts Centre funds by a cool twenty thousand pounds.
- CreatorMarty FeldmanBarry TookStarsAlfie BassBill FraserRobert DorningFormer Sergeant Major Claude Snudge meets up with Corporal Bootsie when they both start work at an exclusive Gentlemen's Club.
- CreatorVince PowellStarsRobin AskwithOscar JamesDavid AukerDavid Deacon is a football mad milkman working at Dawsons Diaries, The laughs circle around the fact that he is constantly trying to deliver to the local housewives, and not just dairy products. His misfit work colleagues also seem to interested in doing anything but their job.
- CreatorCarla LaneStarsJean BohtNick ConwayJonathon MorrisThe series set in working-class Liverpool. Meet the Boswells: they're penniless, jobless and with little hope of things improving, but life's never stale.
- StarsKarl HowmanMike WallingJackie LyeJacko is a house painter who "appreciates" women. He sees the best in each one of them and they in turn, like him. Will he find true love? Will he settle down as he gets older?
- StarsWendy CraigGeoffrey PalmerBruce MontagueRia, a happily married suburban housewife, reaches the age when she feels like life is passing her by.
- StarsCraig CharlesRoger GriffithsShaun CurryThe series is set during the 18th century during the Golden Age of Piracy and the Napoleonic Wars, and follows the adventures of a band of less-than-prolific pirates led by the cowardly Captain Butler. The series introduces historical anachronisms, as both Blackbeard and Admiral Horatio Nelson are portrayed in the series for laughs.
- StarsRichard BeckinsaleDavid SwiftPat GormanA young actor, struggling with both his career and his neurotic girlfriend, gets a job in a florist's shop.
- StarsAlison LintottLisa JacksonAndy NymanWhich of the staff are safe at the surreal Kirke University when cuts are imminent? Writer of 'Joy Of Zero', Imogen Moffat looks safe, as does womanizer Matt Beer - vital for seducing the restructuring guru Georgina.
- StarsTommy CannonBobby BallRitzA long-running British TV series showcasing the comedic talents of Tommy Cannon and Bobby Ball through a variety of sketches and performances.
- StarsNeil MorrisseyClaire RushbrookMark WilliamsThe life of a London Cab driver, his wife and the man with whom he shares half ownership of the taxi.
- CreatorTerry KyanPaul SmithStarsMel SmithLouisa RixTony HaaseStruggling writer Colin has the unenviable daytime job of listening to the complaints of the public using British Railways.