Which of these British television shows have you seen?

The British make some way coolio comedy!

British shows I enjoy include Ab Fab, Only Fools and Horses, One Foot in the Grave, Chef, The Vicar of Dibbley (sp?) and Father Ted (I think that's the title).

I've been thinking of a show I used to watch all the time, the Paul Daniels magic show, that was one of my favorites!

GAWD! All but five of those listed. I think British television is vastly superior to North American television. Fawlty Towers is by far the funniest TV show ever! Nothing else even comes close. Monty Python is great. I used to go out with a woman who loved Butterflies, (some people think I look like Nicholas Lyndhurst). There are lots of other great ones that you didn't list, Red Dwarf for instance. There was a great sketch comedy show on a few years ago called Harry Enfield that was a scream, one of the main players also had a bit part in Ab-Fab as the woman who ran Pats' magazine.

Is "Father Ted" a British show? I'm not sure, but I thought it might be Irish. (?) It is pretty funny! They really take the piss out of the Catholic church.

I think it is, I cant say for sure though.

I agree!!

I've never seen Red Dwarf? What's the premise?

Oh, it is superb! There is only one human in the (original) cast: "Dave Lister", a junior technician (vending machine service worker) aboard the mining ship "Red Dwarf". Due to a complex series of events, he winds up millions of years in the future, aboard the spaceship with his only companions being the hologram of his deceased shipmate "Arnold Rimmer" AKA "Smeghead", an evolutionary descendant of his pet cat "Cat", and a little later an android servant. After a few seasons Dave Lister's love interest (also a former crewmate) joins the cast (I can't remember how they accomplish this feat, some sort of time travel probably). It is a really funny sci-fi comedy cult TV show. It has a HUGE following in the states. I think they even do those PBS marathons like they used to do with Monty Python. They even have Red Dwarf conventions like the Star Trek kind of thing. I'm a little surprised you haven't heard of it.

It does take the piss out of the Catholic church. I was including it because I was thinking of the U.K. Who knows? It's really funny, though.

Sounds absurd! It must be great

I watched Dr. Who once. Couldn't understand why so many people loved it. What shows I really love are Monty Python and Red Dwarf.

I love RD! Did you know there's gonna be a movie? Big screen movie? With, INTERNATIONAL RELEASE?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!? RD has a HUGE following in the States like you said, but it's sems to be centered mainly in Colorado. You can't swing a dead cat with out hitting a Dwarfer round here.

I saw a lot of british tv shows when I was in england, but i cant remember the names of all of them

and The Two Fat Ladies...

Are You Being Served?, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Chef, Mr. Bean, Fawlty Towers, To The Manor Born, Yes, Minister/Yes, Prime Minister, also I have seen Keeping Up Apperances, Are You Being Served? Agian, Blackadder, Blackadder II, Blackadder the Third,and Blackadder Goes Fourth.

You forgot "Heartbeat"!

I loved the Sherlock Holmes series on PBS' Mystery. Jeremy Brett (God rest his soul) was wonderful as Holmes. Also, I really enjoyed The Prisoner, short and bizarre though the series was (I'm sure it was British, but not sure it was BBC - same with Space 1999).

What -- no Blackadder?

Crime Traveller

Isn't "Who's Line is it Anyway" originally from England?
I used to watch the original on Comedy Central (when I still had the channel), but now I watch the one with Drew Carrey.

You did miss a lot of great shows in your list, most have been mentioned already though.

I was doing a web search on the topic last night, and came across it. It is a British show.

I was surprised at how many I checked. Honestly, I can't make out 1/4 of the dialogue, but I still find the very funny. "Smack the Pony" is an excellent show, as well.

The majority of these, and a bunch of excellent other shows not listed, most of which have since been mentioned. One that hasn't come up that definitely deserves mentioning though is the excellent sketch comedy series The Fast Show

I've watched Mr. Bean occaisonally.

Is S Club 7 a british show?

"Whose Line is it Anyway?" is the only British show I watch. It is so funny! Personally, I like the old ones better than the new ones, just because I think Clive Anderson is much more amusing than Drew Carey.

What is The Two Fat Ladies?

I didn't forget it. I've never heard of it. What is it about?

I've never seen it. Care to tell me a bit about it?

Who does that?

I believe it is an American show with a British cast. I could be wrong.

I watched "This Life" on BBCAmerica for a while, and like it.

Cat Weasel

The Two Fat Ladies is a cooking show. For more info see http://foodtv.com/tvshows/twofatladiesindex/0,2252,,00.html

Eastenders is my favourite. I've seen some of the others, but tend not to watch much tv anyway.

Not sure who does The Fast Show sorry, it hasn't been on TV here for a year or two, and I haven't heard it talked about lately so it may have stopped in the UK too. I'm surprised you haven't heard of The Two Fat Ladies: it was a big rater and had a lot of fans, it has been mentioned on SC before too.

Ah yes, I had forgotten about that. One of the few good soapies I thought, though I didn't watch all that much of it.

Another great show not mentioned in this survey yet is Hamish MacBeth, which starred Robert Carlyle, who is in my opinion a brilliant actor.

Additional shows: I've been watching "Goodnight, Sweetheart" on public television, and I've seen a lot of "Allo, Allo".
Oh yeah, I forgot "Red Dwarf", "Blackadder", and the British "Whose Line".

Rab C Nesbitt was great too!

I've only saw like 2 of these...

I've seen one British show (the name escapes me) before and I found that I didn't care for their humor at all.

ah they beat me to it!

that's ok.....

How about Red Dwarf? I like that show. Oh, never mind. You guys mentioned it already.

I hate England

why?

I watch Changing Rooms (and the American Trading Spaces), Antiques Roadshow on BBC, and The House Detectives.

What, you don't list "Black Adder"???

And, wasn't "The Avengers" originally a British show?

I love "keeping up appearances"

the prisoner was also a fantastic brit show

Ab-Fab is my favorite!

You forgot "Keeping Up Appearances" which is a current favorite of mine. I miss "Upstairs, Downstairs" and wish they would run it again.
Here is a question for other SC'ers. Who is your favorite "Dr.Who"
I vote for Tom Baker(#6).
Kate

I've seen absolutly fabulous but thats it.

and Kate...I didn't forget...read the explanation text again...I've never seen either of those shows.

There is a Dr. Who survey!!!! Go here http://surveycentral.org/?S=138976&V=6224

and now there are several episodes of The Prisoner out on DVD, too!

...seen most of them, coz I'm British! :)

I like English mysteries also. I like Are you being served?, Mr. Bean, and some of Benny Hill. Generally, what I have seen, I like.

Monty Python was brilliant! Keeping Up Appearances is extremely dull.

Monty Python's Flying Circus, Benny Hill, Dr. Who.
Not Listed Who's Line is it Anyway & Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy

i live in australia, all channels show like HUNDREDS of british shows

I feel like a telly addict after doing this survey

who's line is it anyway? used to air on comedy central. Loved the original show with Clive Anderson. Not so much a fan of Drew Carry's version.

why do you hate england? I'm english-it rocks! My fave shows are monty python and fawlty towers!

My favorite is not here. Rising Damp. I know it is old, but I still get a good laugh off of it.

Red Dwarf, Are You Being Served, One Foot in the Grave, Black Adder, and of course the long forgotten Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (I actually bought the tapes for this one), along with those I checked

Doctor who is the best! But where's Allo' Allo'?

Well.. I'm back after a long absence. My previous employer put surveycentral on the block list so I've not been here since June.

I'm such a nerd about british TV it isnt true. I ticked all the boxes, although that doesnt mean I like all of them. If anyone has a nagging question about british TV, just ask me. I'll either know or know someone who does. To answer a few of the questions above though:

Although Father Ted was set in an Irish Parochial house, featured an Irish cast and was written by two Irishmen (Graham Lineham and Arthur Matthews), it was commissioned by Channel 4 - a British TV network. The writers felt that they would have more freedom if it was produced over here. It lasted for three series until Dermot Morgan, who played Father Ted, died suddenly after the filming of the third series was completed.

Two Fat Ladies was a cookery show featuring ..erm.. two fat ladies Clarissa Dickson-Wright and Jennifer Patterson (who sadly passed away recently) toured the country on a motorbike and sidecar visiting various places along the way and showing people how to cook proper english food that actually tasted nice, and wasnt stereotypical bland rubbish (although the cuisine was predominantly very fattening and centred around meat - lots of it)

The Fast Show was a comedy sketch show with a blistering pace. The brainchild of Paul Whitehouse (formally a partner to Harry Enfield) and Charly Higson, the idea was that once regular characters were established, the sketch would start, on they'd come, do the catchphrase and then on to the next character. The jokes came thick and ..erm.. fast. Most sketches were under a minute, some under 10 seconds and no section of society was left untouched. From obnoxious beauticians, car salesman that equated selling with sex, an annoying office bore, and more famously two assistants in a menswear store with more than a passing interest in the sexlife of their customers.
It ran for a few series until they got bored (thankfully no one had to die), but there is going to be a christmas special with Johhny Depp (aparently a big fan) playing the part of the unfortunate customer in the menswear store.

Keeping Up Appearances,Are You Being Served& The Vicar

Black Adder! I love that show! Why isn't it on the list?
Hitch Hikers Guide to The Galaxy! I saw only a few episodes. Loved the books.

The English have good shows and bad shows. The Americans have good shows and bad shows. Yes, even the Canadians have good shows and bad shows.

No one country has a market on humour. Humour is based on knowing the background information or the references.

I loved Fawlty Towers, but I had no idea about the cast and who they were and what other things they had done. So, I missed that aspect of the show. Still, I was able to enjoy it.

Did I really write all of that? Just ignore my ranting.

welcome back

1900 House was perty cool too.

Spent far too much time on here ??????

How did you guess? It's probably the same reason they put shockwave.com on the blocklist (I'm a sucker for those daily jigsaws!)

Saw most of these in Australia, where more British TV shows get seen than in the US.
One show not on your list that is one of my favourites is The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

One of my favourites is Keeping Up Appearances

I really enjoy the British sitcoms....

Have you heard of junkyard wars? supposedly that is a british show. It is on the learning channel now. A team of four build something of of stuff from a junkyard. The two teams build the same thing and have a competition the next day. They have built land sail car things, hanggliders, cannons, Ducks (car-boats), fuel efficient cars, and a plane on the episodes I've seen

Yeah, have you noticed how lucky they are in finding building materials? It's a bunch of crap. This one team decided to make a helium balloon and set off to find some kind of fabric and magically found a huge roll of mylar. It's ridiculous.

thanks, i'll give it a whirl

"The Young Ones" is STILL my all-time favorite - now if I could only get the unedited, uncut series on videotape I'd be in HEAVEN!!! Vyvyan - you bastard! :)

I love absolutely fabulous. British comedy is the best except for the sick teeth.

and "Smack the Pony" kicks ( )( ) ass!

Absolutely Fabulous is hilarious! I also love Keeping Up Appearances and British Who's Line? British comedy is great...

They sure do kick ass!!

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Congratulations mandy!

Oh gee...thanx...I didn't know that

Way to go!

That's ok! I will check what your curent rank is.

As of 4th January you are #2!

how are you working this out?

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Sorry about the delayed response I deleted your reply by mistake.

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