FabSwingers.com forum: Best Comedy Ever

By *ntelligent Gent. OP Man
over a year ago

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Nominations please!

(Kick off: Cheers, Seinfeld and Frasier)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Big Bang Theory

Mock The Week

Who's line is it anyway?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Phoenix Nights..... (thread closed due to correct answer)

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By *imon_hydeMan
over a year ago

Stockport

Fawty Towers

Father Ted

Toast

The Detectorists

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Arrested development

Father Ted

Seinfeld

The office

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Detectorists

Fawlty Towers

Only Fools

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

For years it was Only Fools and Horses for me but that mantle has now gone to the sheer class that is Friday Night Dinner.

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By *carlet_woman_xxWoman
over a year ago

somewhere

Newman and baddiel. Monty python

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Father Ted

The Young Ones

Red Dwarf

Bottom (for sheer anarchy!)

Don’t make them like that anymore

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Green Wing

Black Books

Spaced

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By *carlet_woman_xxWoman
over a year ago

somewhere

"For years it was Only Fools and Horses for me but that mantle has now gone to the sheer class that is Friday Night Dinner.

Lovely bit of squirrel Jackie

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Vic and Bob

On the Buses

The Goodys

Goodness Gracious Me

The Fast Show

God those makes me feel old

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Scrubs

Frasier

How I Met Your Mother

Taskmaster

Dave Hitman: Modern Life is Goodish

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By *hrista BellendWoman
over a year ago

surrounded by twinkly lights

Blackadder

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The Green Wing

Black Books

Spaced"

I loved Spaced...I need to watch that again.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"For years it was Only Fools and Horses for me but that mantle has now gone to the sheer class that is Friday Night Dinner.

Lovely bit of squirrel Jackie

Yes! Love Friday Night Dinner!

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By *dam1971Man
over a year ago

Bedford

Cabin Pressure

Round The Horne

I’m Sorry I Haven’t A Clue

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The Green Wing

Black Books

Spaced"

I FORGOT SPACED!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Vic and Bob

On the Buses

The Goodys

Goodness Gracious Me

The Fast Show

God those makes me feel old

I forgot about Goodness Gracious Me! Loved it because of how accurate some of it was

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Vic and Bob

On the Buses

The Goodys

Goodness Gracious Me

The Fast Show

God those makes me feel old

I forgot about Goodness Gracious Me! Loved it because of how accurate some of it was

Just so funny. I think 'Going for an English' is still the funniest thing ever!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"For years it was Only Fools and Horses for me but that mantle has now gone to the sheer class that is Friday Night Dinner.

Lovely bit of squirrel Jackie

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By *carlet_woman_xxWoman
over a year ago

somewhere

"For years it was Only Fools and Horses for me but that mantle has now gone to the sheer class that is Friday Night Dinner.

Lovely bit of squirrel Jackie

Wilson

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

The Office (US)

Fleabag

Life in pieces

Modern Family

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"For years it was Only Fools and Horses for me but that mantle has now gone to the sheer class that is Friday Night Dinner.

Lovely bit of squirrel Jackie

Yes! Love Friday Night Dinner!"
Shitting Shit On It!

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By *ionelhutzMan
over a year ago

liverpool

The office

Blackadder

Partridge

Fawlty towers

Father Ted

The inbetweeners

Peep show

Phoenix nights

Detectorists

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By *carlet_woman_xxWoman
over a year ago

somewhere

"The office

Blackadder

Partridge

Fawlty towers

Father Ted

The inbetweeners

Peep show

Phoenix nights

Detectorists"

Alan partridge classic

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

Frasier

Dad's Army

Fawlty Towers

Friday Night Dinner

Porridge

Cheers

The Inbetweeners

Man Down

The Detectorists

Blackadder

The Young Ones

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By *inaTitzTV/TS
over a year ago

Titz Towers, North Notts

On the telly and in not particular order:

Early Doors - far better than the Royle Family

Detectorists - simply sublime

Nightingales - totally nuts, but so well done

Live Comedy:

Scott Bennett

Simon Lomas

Any of Tom Binns' characters

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man
over a year ago

BRIDPORT

Porridge

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By *carlet_woman_xxWoman
over a year ago

somewhere

"Frasier

Dad's Army

Fawlty Towers

Friday Night Dinner

Porridge

Cheers

The Inbetweeners

Man Down

The Detectorists

Blackadder

The Young Ones "

Man down. Brilliant

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Only fools and horses. Best comedy ever.

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

"The Green Wing

Black Books

Spaced

I FORGOT SPACED!"

Have only just started watching it on Netflix and can't get over the shock of the realisation that Jim from Friday Night Dinner is in it!!

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By *dam1971Man
over a year ago

Bedford

"The Green Wing

Black Books

Spaced

I FORGOT SPACED!

Have only just started watching it on Netflix and can't get over the shock of the realisation that Jim from Friday Night Dinner is in it!!"

Mark Heap. He’s also brilliant in Green Wing

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By *riendly older leggy wifeCouple
over a year ago

london

Steptoe and son

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

STAGED

Wife fell off of the settee last night laughing so hard bless her.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Detectorists

Fawlty Towers

Only Fools "

This

to my taste

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Porridge

Closely followed by:

Only fools...

Dad's Army...

Open all hours(original)...

Going straight...

Young ones...

Blackadder...

Anyone says Mrs Brown's Boys will be shot at dawn

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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago

There and to the left a bit

"The Green Wing

Black Books

Spaced

I FORGOT SPACED!

Have only just started watching it on Netflix and can't get over the shock of the realisation that Jim from Friday Night Dinner is in it!!

Mark Heap. He’s also brilliant in Green Wing"

Had only seen him in Lark Rise To Candleford and similar period dramas before FND

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By *ionelhutzMan
over a year ago

liverpool

"The office

Blackadder

Partridge

Fawlty towers

Father Ted

The inbetweeners

Peep show

Phoenix nights

Detectorists

Alan partridge classic

A-ha

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By *wisted999Man
over a year ago

North Bucks

Recent times

Detectorists and This Country.

So many good old ones.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Only fools n horses... but big bang theory comes close

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Celtic

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By *carlet_woman_xxWoman
over a year ago

somewhere

"The office

Blackadder

Partridge

Fawlty towers

Father Ted

The inbetweeners

Peep show

Phoenix nights

Detectorists

Alan partridge classic

A-ha

The farmer one

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By *wisted999Man
over a year ago

North Bucks

"Celtic"

Op said comedy not tragedy.

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By *etite_delightWoman
over a year ago

BunnyLand

List is long but It starts with Only Fools and Horses... surely

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By *carlet_woman_xxWoman
over a year ago

somewhere

Absolutely

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By *os19Man
over a year ago

Edmonton

Best British comedy for me Only Fools And Horses.Best Comedy ever a combination of British and USA Laurel & Hardy

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By *anfiona2Couple
over a year ago

ramsgate

Blackadder

Bottom

Phoenix nights

Inbetweeners

Only fools

In that order

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By *dinMan
over a year ago

Birmingham

What about Mr Bean

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By *exy studMan
over a year ago

Derby

Mrs brown boy's

Only fool's and horses

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

King of Queens will always be our number 1.. The Office US a close second

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By *aitonelMan
over a year ago

Travelling

Judging by quite a few of the answers above, we will never find out. Because some of them are terrible comedies

Just goes to prove that comedy is very much so very subjective and like most things there just isn't a best. Also there are just different sub genres of comedy - satire, dark, sitcom, old school, slapstick etc. Can't directly compare them.

Yeah, I'm that guy, as most should know by now

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By *etite_delightWoman
over a year ago

BunnyLand

"Judging by quite a few of the answers above, we will never find out. Because some of them are terrible comedies

Yeah, I'm that guy, as most should know by now

Maybe we all want to find out what’s yours?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"On the telly and in not particular order:

Early Doors - far better than the Royle Family

Detectorists - simply sublime

Nightingales - totally nuts, but so well done

Live Comedy:

Scott Bennett

Simon Lomas

Any of Tom Binns' characters

I forgot Detectorists! I feel all warm and fuzzy when I watch it

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By *ionelhutzMan
over a year ago

liverpool

"The office

Blackadder

Partridge

Fawlty towers

Father Ted

The inbetweeners

Peep show

Phoenix nights

Detectorists

Alan partridge classic

A-ha

The farmer one

These are sex people lynn

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

League of Gentlemen!

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By *avhonaWoman
over a year ago

Away with the faeries

The IT Crowd

The Good Life

Green Wing and Spaced listed but they are top for me, too

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By *luebell888Woman
over a year ago

Glasgowish

The 2 Ronnies

Vicar of Dibley

Fawlty Towers

Some Mothers Do 'Ave Em

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By *ionelhutzMan
over a year ago

liverpool

Special mentions to frasier, this country,dear john.

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By *aitonelMan
over a year ago

Travelling

"Judging by quite a few of the answers above, we will never find out. Because some of them are terrible comedies

Yeah, I'm that guy, as most should know by now

Maybe we all want to find out what’s yours?

I'll narrow it down, 99% of shows with a laugh track are terrible because the laugh track attempts to subconsciously trigger the same in the viewer. Even "filmed in front of a live studio audience" often add laugh tracks during editing.

On a personal level the only laugh track comedy I've enjoyed is Fresh Prince of Bel Air, and that is mostly due to how much heart and some of the story lines, less so about the comedy itself.

I generally prefer a more subtle comedy, less "omg wasn't that hilarious" and more grounded like Phoenix Nights (not that I'm saying that is the best). The delivery in the tone and subtext is critical, comedic timing too.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Special mentions to frasier, this country,dear john."

Dear John...was never repeated.?

I thought it was great.

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By *iamondCougarWoman
over a year ago

Norfuck! / Lincolnshire

Ab Fab

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I loved Richard Pryor's stand up. He's the first person I can remember making me laugh so much I couldn't breath

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By *eliWoman
over a year ago

Detectorists

What We Do In The Shadows

Thick of It

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Schitt's Creek although I'm not sure how much of a comedy it is.

(There are more but mentioned above).

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By *ionelhutzMan
over a year ago

liverpool

"Special mentions to frasier, this country,dear john.

Dear John...was never repeated.?

I thought it was great.

It was absolutely brilliant

Very underrated

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Left field Will and Grace

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By *a LunaWoman
over a year ago

South Wales

Pulling

Gameface

Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Family Guy (mainly for Stevie)

Vicar of Dibley

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By *ionelhutzMan
over a year ago

liverpool

The Simpsons.. the 1st 8 sessions

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"The Green Wing

Black Books

Spaced

I FORGOT SPACED!

Have only just started watching it on Netflix and can't get over the shock of the realisation that Jim from Friday Night Dinner is in it!!

Mark Heap. He’s also brilliant in Green Wing"

For my sons birthday we bought him a framed signed photo from Mark Heap and he cried tears of joy when he opened it. Ever so sweet... Jim is a hero in our house, and yes I get likened to Jackie..."blot it Martin, blot it!"

Her x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Bottom, the it crowd, black books

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Detectorists

What We Do In The Shadows

Thick of It

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Schitt's Creek although I'm not sure how much of a comedy it is.

(There are more but mentioned above). "

Oh, I’m glad someone else liked Detectorists. Another one that never gets a mention is Early Doors, it’s low key, naturalistic, bit of a slow burner.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Blackadder

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

Brooklyn 99

New girl

IT crowd

Black books

3rd rock from the sun.

Young ones.

Brooklyn 99 so God I said it twice. Noice

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By *os19Man
over a year ago

Edmonton

"Special mentions to frasier, this country,dear john.

Dear John...was never repeated.?

I thought it was great.

It was absolutely brilliant

Very underrated "
. I believe Dear John was written by John Sullivan the man who wrote Only Fool’s and Horses as well as Just Good Friends I suppose when you written two comedies like that comedy like Dear John is easily forgotten although I agree it’s a decent watch

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

Good

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

Oh.

Futurama.

Rick and Morty.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

South Park, This Country, Early doors (I think that was what it was called)

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By *ionelhutzMan
over a year ago

liverpool

"Special mentions to frasier, this country,dear john.

Dear John...was never repeated.?

I thought it was great.

It was absolutely brilliant

Very underrated . I believe Dear John was written by John Sullivan the man who wrote Only Fool’s and Horses as well as Just Good Friends I suppose when you written two comedies like that comedy like Dear John is easily forgotten although I agree it’s a decent watch"

They did an american version which was awful

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

"Special mentions to frasier, this country,dear john.

Dear John...was never repeated.?

I thought it was great.

It was absolutely brilliant

They did an american version which was awful"

Dear John, always nember the theme song.

What about Shelly that twas quit amusing.

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By *illycarrolCouple
over a year ago

n/cle on tyne

Still Game funniest show ever

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

Not going out?

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By *carlet_woman_xxWoman
over a year ago

somewhere

Still Game funniest show ever

Just started watching. Hilarious

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By *wisted999Man
over a year ago

North Bucks

Game On.

Used to love that back in the day.

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By *ools and the brainCouple
over a year ago

couple, us we him her.

"Game On.

Used to love that back in the day. "

Tangerine candyfloss.

Roundheads and cavaliers.

Martin "TEAAAAAAA"

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By *phroditeWoman
over a year ago

(She/ her) in Sensualityland

Vicar of Dibley

Only Fools and Horses

Allo, allo

Fawlty Towers

Big Bang

in short... all British (and a select handful of American) comedies

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By *a LunaWoman
over a year ago

South Wales

"Game On.

Used to love that back in the day. "

I enjoyed the first series, it wasn’t the same after Ben Chaplin left

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Nighty Night.

Jogging in high heels.

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By *lanor the FairWoman
over a year ago

Birmingham

Big Bang Theory

Only Fools and Horses

Schitts Creek

Alan Partridge

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

'Allo 'Allo

Red Dwarf

South Park

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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago

Dubai & Nottingham

"Judging by quite a few of the answers above, we will never find out. Because some of them are terrible comedies

Yeah, I'm that guy, as most should know by now

Yeah... can’t stand friends or bing bang theory.

Aunty Donna

Brooklyn 99

The office

Derek

Trigger happy TV

Bo Selecta

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Friday Night Dinner (Ch4), and Still Game (BBC). Each episode bears out repeated viewing.

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By *av-RickMan
over a year ago

Nearby

Porridge

Father Ted

Men Behaving Badly

Peep Show

Still Game

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Bottom. Red Dwarf.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"List is long but It starts with Only Fools and Horses... surely

Yes every time but my question is

Grandad or uncle Albert?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"'Allo 'Allo

Red Dwarf

South Park

Yay, you dwarfer

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By *inkyblindersCouple
over a year ago

Wakefield

OFAH

Pheonix nights

Open all hours(original)

Blackadder

Father Ted

Inbetweeners

IT crowd

The league of Gentlemen

Cheers

Eeverybody loves Raymond

Big Bang Theory

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