British sitcoms worth checking out?

[slackerinabox]

Big fan of the UK comedies Spaced (from the director of Shaun of the Dead) and the Office and wondering if there are other shows worth checking out - any suggestions?

 

[Maleficus]

British TV is horrible.

 

[ChaoZ]

Mr. Bean (really old and not really a sitcom)

 

[glenn beck]

Benny Hill

 

[astralusion]

black books, green wing, peep show...any of those three, i'm sure there are other's i can think of, father ted if you can find it, it's a little older.

 

[Ulfhednar]

It's old, but Fawlty Towers is the funniest thing ever.

 

[everman]

Fawlty Towers is great. Young Ones is funny but really dumb

 

[slackerinabox]

Originally posted by: astralusion
black books, green wing, peep show...any of those three, i'm sure there are other's i can think of, father ted if you can find it, it's a little older.

nice! thanks

 

[funkymatt]

have you seen the IT crowd?

 

[Ronstang]

'Allo 'Allo! is one funny show.

 

[Excelsior]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Thick_of_It

 

[thujone]

The League of Gentlemen
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_gentlemen


one of the funniest and, at times, disturbing things i've ever seen on tv.

it's truly wonderful

 

[astralusion]

the thick of it is rather humorous, capaldi especially

 

[Shawn]

Originally posted by: Maleficus
British TV is horrible.

agreed

 

[SZLiao214]

I love dr. who. It's comedy to me

 

[DanTMWTMP]

as long as there's little or no talking, it's great (mr bean, benny hill). Once they talk, I really can't avoid the arrogance in their accent and their lousy pronounciations. that's what kills it for me.

 

[Allanv]

Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP
as long as there's little or no talking, it's great (mr bean, benny hill). Once they talk, I really can't avoid the arrogance in their accent and their lousy pronounciations. that's what kills it for me.

Thats because its ENGLISH not american

 

[Excelsior]

Originally posted by: astralusion
the thick of it is rather humorous, capaldi especially

Yeah, he is great. It is too bad the show only had 7 epsiodes.

 

[Savarak]

Originally posted by: funkymatt
have you seen the IT crowd?

another vote for this one!

 

[DanTMWTMP]

Originally posted by: Allanv

Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP
as long as there's little or no talking, it's great (mr bean, benny hill). Once they talk, I really can't avoid the arrogance in their accent and their lousy pronounciations. that's what kills it for me.

Thats because its ENGLISH not american

ENGLISH also pronounces Jesus incorrectly. ENGLISH refuses to pronounce anything correctly. it's the thug language of yesteryear. the slang, incorrect form of whatever was proper that was lost in history.

 

[Canai]

Mighty Boosh.






Best show ever.



At least I think so.

 

[Allanv]

Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP

Originally posted by: Allanv

Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP
as long as there's little or no talking, it's great (mr bean, benny hill). Once they talk, I really can't avoid the arrogance in their accent and their lousy pronounciations. that's what kills it for me.

Thats because its ENGLISH not american

ENGLISH also pronounces Jesus incorrectly. ENGLISH refuses to pronounce anything correctly. it's the thug language of yesteryear. the slang, incorrect form of whatever was proper that was lost in history.

how the ****** do you pronounce Jesus incorrectly you arrogant prick

 

[DanTMWTMP]

Originally posted by: Allanv

Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP

Originally posted by: Allanv

Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP
as long as there's little or no talking, it's great (mr bean, benny hill). Once they talk, I really can't avoid the arrogance in their accent and their lousy pronounciations. that's what kills it for me.

Thats because its ENGLISH not american

ENGLISH also pronounces Jesus incorrectly. ENGLISH refuses to pronounce anything correctly. it's the thug language of yesteryear. the slang, incorrect form of whatever was proper that was lost in history.

how the ****** do you pronounce Jesus incorrectly you arrogant prick

Truthful observation and stating it as such != arrogrant prink + namecalling.
correct pronounciation --> Yeh-sua. It got twisted through the ages, and eventually, the name started with the modern J, which is pronounced more like a H in some languages. Jesus came from latin, which was transliterated from greek or hebrew (forgot the details). The Jesu or Jesus was pronounced "Yeh-soo" or "yay-soo" in those days since J was pronounced as such. Some nut decided J should sound like a soft G, and now, we pronounce it "Jesus."

Jesus is probably going "wtf, who's name are they calling? who the hell is jee-sus?"

 

[0roo0roo]

i watch hustle/spooks/the real hustle/life on mars/top gear/click/gadget show. yea i know, not sitcom
first two seasons of coupling were ok i guess that counts as a sitcom
little britain was ok too

 

[Allanv]

Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP

Originally posted by: Allanv

Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP

Originally posted by: Allanv

Originally posted by: DanTMWTMP
as long as there's little or no talking, it's great (mr bean, benny hill). Once they talk, I really can't avoid the arrogance in their accent and their lousy pronounciations. that's what kills it for me.

Thats because its ENGLISH not american

ENGLISH also pronounces Jesus incorrectly. ENGLISH refuses to pronounce anything correctly. it's the thug language of yesteryear. the slang, incorrect form of whatever was proper that was lost in history.

how the ****** do you pronounce Jesus incorrectly you arrogant prick

Truthful observation and stating it as such != arrogrant prink + namecalling.
correct pronounciation --> Yeh-sua. It got twisted through the ages, and eventually, the name started with the modern J, which is pronounced more like a H in a lot of languages. Some nut decided J should sound like a soft G, and now, we pronounce it "Jesus."

Jesus is probably going "wtf, who's name are they calling? who the hell is jee-sus?"

Thank you for explaining it to me, what i read from the other poster was WE bastardised it.

But as observed by the rest of the world through the ages everything gets messed up from its original spelling, but the rest of the world doesnt blame the USA for changing it do they.