What good British Comedies are on DVD?

[Vivian Campbell]

American TV, for the most part, sucks. Because of this, I have been seeking out British comedies. I happened upon “Coupling” and loved it. I also bought “The Office” season 1 and love that show as well. Can anyone suggest any other good Brit-Coms available on DVD that I can buy?

[DLR7884]

I hate British Comedy, but everybody seems to love that show called "Absoutely Fabulous" from the late 80's/early 90's.

DLR7884
I can't stand the fucking accents!

[guwapo_rocker]

Absolutely Fabulous is great.

Buy the whole series and watch from the beginning.

[DrMaddVibe]

Monty Python

The Office

Faulty Towers

Benny Hilll

Mr. Bean

[smaz]

Little Britain is a laugh, as well as Bo Selecta.

The Office is fantastic, search out Ricky Gervais' standup DVDs, firstly Animals, then Politics. Both are a great laugh.

Faulty Towers is good too, and I hear good things about Monty Python.

[DLR7884]

Benny Hill was a great show.

DLR7884
Forgot about that one.

[smaz]

Let us know which ones you get!!!

[flappo]

the goodies , filthy rich and catflap , the young ones etc etc


theyre all fakkin grate

[jojo2371]

public tv seems to play a helluva lot of " are u being served?" and "keeping up appearences"

[jojo2371]

oh and u cant forget about "dr.who" the longest running and cheapest looking sci-fi series ever !!!!! and for all the sci-fi geeks who know the show ,tom baker is david lee roth of that series !!!!!!!!

[Rikk]

LOL... Is ON THE BUSES on DVD yet?:)

[guitarboy5150]

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

[Island Boy]

Monty Python


DING DING DING DING

Thats all you need by the whole series on DVD. :D

[flappo]

blackadder is also grate

avoid series 1 tho

[ELVIS]

Like flappo said...

The Young Ones

Filthy Rich and Catflap

[loss of fools]

red dwarf
the office
monty phyton
alan partridge
faulty towers
not a series but the morcomme and wise shows

[Vivian Campbell]

Thanks guys. I'll have to start saving up a lot of cash to cover all these DVDs :)


Originally posted by smaz
Little Britain is a laugh, as well as Bo Selecta.

The Office is fantastic, search out Ricky Gervais' standup DVDs, firstly Animals, then Politics. Both are a great laugh.

Faulty Towers is good too, and I hear good things about Monty Python.

I will absolutely seek out Ricky Gervais' standup DVDs. The man is a genius.

[Vivian Campbell]

http://homepage.mac.com/elliottday/theoffice/images/guitar/brentholdguitar.jpg

"Free Love" by David Brent

Pretty girl on the hood of a Cadilac, yeah....
She’s broken down on freeway nine.
I take a look and her engine’s started,
I leave her purring and I roll on by....bye bye

Chorus:
Free love on the free love freeway,
The love is free and the freeway’s long...
I got some hot love on the hot-love freeway
I ain’t going home cos’ my baby’s gone

A little while later, see a senorita,
She’s caught a flat trying to make it home,
She says “Por favor, can you pump me up?”
I say “Muchos gracias, adios. Bye Bye.”
Free love on the freelove freeway,
The love is free and the freeway’s long
I got some hot love on the hotlove highway,
Ain't going home ‘cause my baby's gone.

Little while later I see a cowboy crying,
“Hey buddy, what can I do?”
He says “I lived a good life, had about a thousand women.”
I said “Why the tears?”, he says “‘cause none of them was you.”

Free love on the free love freeway,
where the love is free and the freeway is long...
I got some hot love on the hot-love freeway
I ain’t going home cos’ my baby’s gone

[Panamark]

What about "The Two Ronnies"," On the Buses" and "Are you being Served"

Boy you guys are missing all the gems. :p

Kenny Everitt Show was pretty cool at the time too..


GOODIES !!! That rocked, as did the young ones and
anything python or Rowan Atkinson related...

Oh and what about the "Carry on" movies ????

[Panamark]

Oh and two more kinda recent ones,

Blacks Books and Father Ted..

(RIP Father TED)

[smaz]

Originally posted by Vivian Campbell
I will absolutely seek out Ricky Gervais' standup DVDs. The man is a genius.

Go for Animals, his first one. It's much better than politics.

" Panda's think they're goths, with their black eyes. There not goths. There's only one big fat hairy goth, and that's Robert Smith. " - Ricky



(It's something along those lines :))

[Susie Q]

I was going to say Father Ted. We just downloaded the entire 1st season.

Also, Monty Python and the Holy Grail is hilarious! One of my all time favorite classics!

[flappo]

vic reeves !

derek and clive ( peter cook and dudley moore )

bo selecta !!

spitting image !!!

[loss of fools]

porridge and open all hours. ronnie barker is the don.

[FORD]

http://www.tvtome.com/images/shows/0/1/32-1500.gif
Seasons 1-4 available now, 5 & 6 will be released in March.

[flappo]

yeah , that had it's moments

i like the gunslinger episode

[Matt White]

Always loved "The Young Ones"!
MTV showed it in the mid '80's!
Got it on DVD now!

HEAV-Y!!!

[Mr Badguy]

Bottom

I`m Alan Partridge

Father Ted

And the above listed!

[Last_Child]

Monty Python!
Black Adder!
Mr.Bean!
Keeping Up Appearences!
The Young Ones!
Fawlty Towers!

etc.

[LadyTudor2711]

Fawlty Towers is my personal favorite. 70's with John Cleese and Prunella Scales.

Python, of course...

Check out My Hero.

LT

[Dan]

Dad's Army

Father Ted

Only fools and Horses

Benny Hill

[flappo]

the labour party party political broadcast

biggest load of comedians aboot

[Nickdfresh]

Most digital cable companies now carry BBC America also. I have noticed PBS doesn't carry the Brit stuff like they used too.

[ashstralia]

'creature comforts'
1st rate claymation,
using real interviews as
the voice-overs.

'little britain' is genius,
also 'dead ringers'.

[LadyTudor2711]

The new digital cable has BBCAmerica on demand. I think this feature is widely available.

LT

[Reverberator]

Lick my pussy captain Peacock .

[ashstralia]

*insert 'i'm free'! photoshop here.*

[ashstralia]

:)

[EbDawson]

Originally posted by LadyTudor2711
Fawlty Towers is my personal favorite. 70's with John Cleese and Prunella Scales.



"I'm so sorry, he's from Barcelona".

[RogueHorseman]

Most of the great ones have already been mentioned above, with Fawlty Towers, AYBS and Only Fools And Horses being personal faves of mine.... I think the more recent Chef! is very good also, as was "As Time Goes By"... Back in the day, ones such as "Butterflies" and "Steptoe and Son" (yes, the basis of Sanford & Son) were just smashing in my book! :cool:

[RogueHorseman]

http://www.minki.net/aybs/img/cam004-p.jpg

We never did get to see Mrs Slocombe’s infamous pussy—thank God!

[YAWN]

Originally posted by Dan
Only fools and Horses

Good one, Dave! ;)

Dad's Army is fookin' hilarious, too.

[Golden AWe]

Originally posted by flappo
blackadder is also grate

avoid series 1 tho

Did you see the re-union show they did? The one where they traveled with a time machine? It was a grate one...especially the part where they met Robin Hood and his troops...Black Adder spoke to them, and Robin's troops ended up killing robin and black adder stole Marion...(Kate Moss)

People have already mentioned a lot of amazing shows but I must add a more recent show to the list..."The Fast Show". I enjoyed most of it very...very much.

SCORCHIO!!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/images/400/fastshow_3.jpg

[Golden AWe]

"Me and the wife met at university, we fell in love, got married and the kids just happened, and last week I gave Claire her first orgasm.
Which was nice."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/fastshow/quotebox/images/patrick_nice.jpg

[Golden AWe]

"I’ve gone vegetarian now. I mean, I know I had a sausage roll yesterday, but it's not really meat, is it, y'know? I mean, there's no animal called a 'sausage'.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/fastshow/quotebox/images/janine.jpg

[Coyote]

Originally posted by Golden AWe
Did you see the re-union show they did? The one where they traveled with a time machine? It was a grate one...especially the part where they met Robin Hood and his troops...Black Adder spoke to them, and Robin's troops ended up killing robin and black adder stole Marion...(Kate Moss)

People have already mentioned a lot of amazing shows but I must add a more recent show to the list..."The Fast Show". I enjoyed most of it very...very much.

SCORCHIO!!!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/images/400/fastshow_3.jpg

"Republika presente: tottoro mia ken tessera tio. Channel Nine! "

It's a classic... :cool:

[Anonymous]

Why didn't anyone mention 'ALLO 'ALLO? That's one of the all time best, up there with Monty Python, Fawlty Towers and BlackAdder.

[katie]

And also THE YOUNG ONES

[rustoffa]

Matt mentioned The Young Ones being on MTV when MTV was good.

The fucking Vivian one-liners are priceless.

[Grant]

Fawlty Towers - timeless classic!

Monty Python

Blackadder

Yes Minister...and the latter - Yes Prime Minister

Coupling

Allo Allo

Mr Bean

Keeping Up Appearances

[katie]

Originally posted by rustoffa
Matt mentioned The Young Ones being on MTV when MTV was good.

The fucking Vivian one-liners are priceless.

Those shows have been edited by the bbc.
So if anybody has both seris on dvdr from vhs please let me i'm always up for a trade.
my list is here -
http://hometown.aol.co.uk/musictrading5673/myhomepage/rock.html

Katie

[Shaun Ponsonby]

I'm Alan Partridge is a MUST ("A-Ha")

The Young Ones ("Oh, no. Heavy"-Neil)

Bottom

Father Ted ("Tea, father? Ah, Go on. Go on. Go on, go on, go on, go on, go on...GO ON!!!"

Gimme Gimme Gimme

Men Behaving Badly

Red Dwarf ("Smeg")

The Royle Family

Porridge

There was also a comedy-drama called Auf Wiederesen, Pet, but I'd say that it is a very British thing.

[secrets]

Fawlty Towers is priceless get a laugh out of it every time.

The Office is also very funny.

Fast Show was also really good.

The Young Ones I haven't seen in ages.

Ben Elton who wrote it used to be very good at stand up comedy.

Harry Enfield was brilliant originally with Stavros and Loads a Money. Then he got boring.

[jojo2371]

not a comedy but dr.who was good if u like sci-fi

[Shaun Ponsonby]

Blackadder

[Vivian Campbell]

I just bought the Office Season 2 and Special. The comedy is amazing. Also bought Coupling Season 4 a few weeks ago. That was outstandingly average. It ain't Coupling without Richard Coyle.

Shit, this quite a list of stuff to get. I'll be buying stuff for a year just based on the suggestions from this thread. Thanks!

[Reverberator]

ERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR .

[Reverberator]

Fack orf Blakey .

[Reverberator]

Arthur , Oh Arthur .

[Reverberator]

I need a wank .

[Reverberator]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHH

[Shaun Ponsonby]

Oh-Up Pompeii!

Great stuff!!!!


"Woah, Woah and thrice woah!!"

"The Prolouge-it came to pass..." (what is the end of that sentence, cos I don't think he ever finished it).

[secrets]

Has anyone metioned Ali G. That show is very funny especially the one in the US with Borat and Bruno. Too funny.

[secrets]

"I want to do a romance inside of you."

"In Kazhakstan we have many hobbies: disco dancing, archery, rape and table tennis..."

"If you come back with me to my country,(....) I will give you television and remote control..."

"Englishman must have a hobby. Some like to collect the stamp or make jam. But the most fun is to kill a a little animal with a shotgun or rip him up with a wild dog."

"There is land of opportunities in US of A. For man, construction work, taxi driving and accountancy. For woman, as a prostitute."

"We say in Kazakhstan, "Woman who goes with book is like horse without...Saddle.""

"We say in Kazakhstan, "You find me woman with brain, I find you a horse with...Wings.""

"In America, women can vote but horse cannot! It is the other way around in my country."

"I am very strong physique and I can hold a very large woman down for 3 hours...I am strong, I can throw rock at a gypsy from 15 metres. 10 metre if I am chained up."

[Vivian Campbell]

I bought Fawlty Towers. I watched episodes 1-4 so far. Pretty funny.



Originally posted by secrets
"I want to do a romance inside of you."

"In Kazhakstan we have many hobbies: disco dancing, archery, rape and table tennis..."

"If you come back with me to my country,(....) I will give you television and remote control..."

"Englishman must have a hobby. Some like to collect the stamp or make jam. But the most fun is to kill a a little animal with a shotgun or rip him up with a wild dog."

"There is land of opportunities in US of A. For man, construction work, taxi driving and accountancy. For woman, as a prostitute."

"We say in Kazakhstan, "Woman who goes with book is like horse without...Saddle.""

"We say in Kazakhstan, "You find me woman with brain, I find you a horse with...Wings.""

"In America, women can vote but horse cannot! It is the other way around in my country."

"I am very strong physique and I can hold a very large woman down for 3 hours...I am strong, I can throw rock at a gypsy from 15 metres. 10 metre if I am chained up."

I will be buying Ali G and Benny Hill next.