The Best of British Comedy [old]

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Sketch Artists

A Bit of Fry and Laurie
This comedy sketch show is responsible for making former Cambridge University mates Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie household names. It gleefully combines slapstick, Fry’s love of clever wordplay, and Laurie’s musical parodies.
Show · 5 Seasons
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Alfresco
A joyful sketch comedy with a "post-Python 'anything goes' spirit" (The Guardian) starring Hugh Laurie, Robbie Coltrane, Emma Thompson, and more.
Show · 2 Seasons
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Mr. Bean
Rowan Atkinson's madcap, quirky creation Mr. Bean might be the planet’s most embarrassing man… and one of its most famous characters. Mr. Bean stumbles from one mishap to the next, always finding complex solutions to the simplest of problems.
Show · 1 Season
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Canned Laughter
Rowan Atkinson stars in this touching and amusing comedy about a simple dinner date that takes a turn into the absurd. This comic cavort is often considered an early inspiration for Atkinson's "Mr. Bean" character.
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Not the Nine O'Clock News
Starring Rowan Atkinson, this highly innovative and influential satirical sketch show overflows with sharp wit and style. This compilation has all the best bits and highlights a comedic boldness that stands the test of time.
Show · 1 Season
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300 Years of French and Saunders
Comedy dream team Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders reunite for the first time in ten years for a thirtieth-anniversary show bursting mirth, mayhem, And wigs. Lots and lots of wigs.
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The League of Gentlemen
A unique and grotesquely funny award-winning sketch comedy show written by and starring Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, and Reece Shearsmith.
Show · 3 Seasons
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Psychoville
Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out) co-stars in this award-winning, cliffhanger comedy. A chilling message kicks off a bizarre chain of events that forces five disparate characters to confront their past and the secret that binds them together.
Show · 3 Seasons
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Notorious Bastards!

One Foot in the Grave
Black-humored, bad-tempered, and belligerent, Victor Meldrew might be old and pensioned off but he is not prepared to take life's slings and arrows lying down. Aging gracefully is overrated.
Show · 6 Seasons
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Chef!
Sharp knives and even sharper tongues! Meet Britain's finest, most short-fused chef, Gareth Balckstock.
Show · 3 Seasons
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Are You Being Served?
Set in a huge but rather dusty old department store, follow the comedic mishaps and misadventures of the staff of the retail ladies' and gentlemen's clothing departments at Grace Brothers.
Show · 10 Seasons
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Are You Being Served? Again!
Tripping over double entendres by the cartload your favorite staffers from the Grace Brothers return to try their hand at hotel management in the country.
Show · 2 Seasons
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The New Statesman
Ruthless MP and megalomaniac Alan B'Stard is on the warpath in this Emmy-winning masterpiece of political satire.
Show · 4 Seasons
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Rising Damp
Comedic icon Leonard Rossiter plays stingy landlord Rigsby, who pesters his tenants and is obsessed with spinster Miss Jones.
Show · 4 Seasons
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Homeward Bound

To the Manor Born
Snobbish Audrey fforbes-Hamilton is forced to sell her stately home and decides to show the new owner a thing or two about “nobility”.
Show · 4 Seasons
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Good Neighbors
The Goods leave behind the irritations of the everyday and embrace the simple life, much to the horror of the neighbors next door.
Show · 5 Seasons
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Blandings
Poor Lord Emsworth cannot simply enjoy the comforts of his stately Victorian castle and the company of his beloved pet pig. Rather, he is constantly obliged to entertain eccentric relatives and absurd aristocrats in this lively period comedy.
Show · 2 Seasons
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Keeping Up Appearances
Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced 'bouquet') goes to incredible lengths in her quest for perfection. In marked contrast to Hyacinth's meticulously ordered life, however, the rest of her family are as common as muck.
Show · 7 Seasons
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Rising Damp
Comedic icon Leonard Rossiter plays stingy landlord Rigsby, who pesters his tenants and is obsessed with spinster Miss Jones.
Show · 4 Seasons
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Waiting for God
Refusing to succumb to old age, Tom Ballard and Diana Trent are a pair of seasoned delinquents that cause many headaches. Their uneasy alliance is destined to make life difficult at the Bayview Retirement Village.
Show · 5 Seasons
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Don't Mention the War

Dad's Army
A ragtag British militia are determined to fend off those blasted Nazis at all costs. Who do you think you are kidding, Mr. Hitler?
Show · 9 Seasons
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'Allo 'Allo!
Meet Rene, the most wanted man in Occupied France: women want his body, the Resistance wants his brain, and the Nazis want his sausage!
Show · 9 Seasons
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Blackadder
Rowan Atkinson stars as one of television’s great anti-heroes, the black sheep of England’s past, slyly scheming through a thousand years of history in a timeless comedy classic. [May contain strong language and adult humor, viewer discretion is advised]
Show · 4 Seasons
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(Dys)functional Families

Hold the Sunset
Comedy legend John Cleese stars in this warmhearted Rom-Com. Edith's dreams of retirement to the sun with her long-term suitor Phil are shattered when her 50-year-old son Roger arrives home, seeking to recapture his boyhood happiness.
Show · 2 Seasons
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Mum
Lesley Manville (Harlots) stars in this warm comedy as a woman managing the death of her husband and her daft family. Starting with the funeral in January and ending on New Year's Eve, the story unfolds through the events of a year.
Show · 3 Seasons
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Gavin & Stacey
This massive hit from co-creators James Corden and Ruth Jones is the adorable saga of when Essex boy meets valley girl. Hilarious and tender, the one thing it doesn’t laugh at is love itself.
Show · 5 Seasons
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Edge of Heaven
Welcome to Edge of Heaven, Margate’s 80s inspired B&B. Home to the Taylor-Chatterjee clan: black pudding enthusiast Tandeep, his Wham! loving wife Judy and her two grown-up kids.
Show · 1 Season
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Living the Dream
The Pemberton family swap gloomy Yorkshire for sunny Florida to take over an RV park. But when their best-laid plans become nightmares, they discover that even broken dreams can be mended if family and friends help pick up the pieces.
Show · 2 Seasons
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Mrs Brown's Boys
Starring Brendan O'Carroll as Agnes Brown, the loudest, proudest mother in Ireland. This nosy, meddling matriarch makes her six children miserable with her overwhelming love for them.
Show · 15 Seasons
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Aging Gracefully is Overrated

One Foot in the Grave
Black-humored, bad-tempered, and belligerent, Victor Meldrew might be old and pensioned off but he is not prepared to take life's slings and arrows lying down. Aging gracefully is overrated.
Show · 6 Seasons
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Waiting for God
Refusing to succumb to old age, Tom Ballard and Diana Trent are a pair of seasoned delinquents that cause many headaches. Their uneasy alliance is destined to make life difficult at the Bayview Retirement Village.
Show · 5 Seasons
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Last of the Summer Wine
Unencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, three senior citizens who've never really grown up explore their world in the Yorkshire Dales.
Show · 8 Seasons
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Keeping Up Appearances
Hyacinth Bucket (pronounced 'bouquet') goes to incredible lengths in her quest for perfection. In marked contrast to Hyacinth's meticulously ordered life, however, the rest of her family are as common as muck.
Show · 7 Seasons
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As Time Goes By
Classic romantic sitcom starring Judi Dench and Geoffrey Palmer. Two lovers are reunited after decades apart following a mutual misunderstanding.
Show · 10 Seasons
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Hold the Sunset
Comedy legend John Cleese stars in this warmhearted Rom-Com. Edith's dreams of retirement to the sun with her long-term suitor Phil are shattered when her 50-year-old son Roger arrives home, seeking to recapture his boyhood happiness.
Show · 2 Seasons
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Mr Stink
Chloe sees Mr Stink every day but she’s never spoken to him, which isn’t surprising, because he stinks. But it turns out that there is more to Mr Stink than meets the eye… or nose.
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The Oddballs

The Cleaner
It’s the cops’ job to clean up the city, but it’s Wicky’s job to clean up the crime scenes. BAFTA-winner Greg Davies writes and stars in a truly arresting comedy.
Show · 2 Seasons
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The Brittas Empire
As manager of Whitbury New Town Leisure Centre, well-meaning but oblivious Gordon Brittas believes he’s the oil that keeps the engine running smoothly. Well, he isn’t and he never was. He’s more like a bag of grit.
Show · 5 Seasons
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Don't Forget the Driver
Vigilant coach bus driver Peter Green's life is turned sideways when he stumbles upon a dead body.
Show · 1 Season
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This Time with Alan Partridge
Steve Coogan's legendary broadcaster is back in the big-time when he steps in as a guest presenter for the BBC magazine show - and his performance is as smooth as ever.
Show · 1 Season
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Alfresco
A joyful sketch comedy with a "post-Python 'anything goes' spirit" (The Guardian) starring Hugh Laurie, Robbie Coltrane, Emma Thompson, and more.
Show · 2 Seasons
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
In this cult series based on the best-selling novel by Douglas Adams, join alien Ford Prefect and hapless Earthling Arthur Dent on their bizarre galactic voyage.
Show · 1 Season
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Blandings
Poor Lord Emsworth cannot simply enjoy the comforts of his stately Victorian castle and the company of his beloved pet pig. Rather, he is constantly obliged to entertain eccentric relatives and absurd aristocrats in this lively period comedy.
Show · 2 Seasons
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Psychoville
Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out) co-stars in this award-winning, cliffhanger comedy. A chilling message kicks off a bizarre chain of events that forces five disparate characters to confront their past and the secret that binds them together.
Show · 3 Seasons
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Blackadder
Rowan Atkinson stars as one of television’s great anti-heroes, the black sheep of England’s past, slyly scheming through a thousand years of history in a timeless comedy classic. [May contain strong language and adult humor, viewer discretion is advised]
Show · 4 Seasons
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Inside No. 9
An anthology of comedies crammed with dark, claustrophobic humor and unexpected twists. Inside No. 9 invites you into six very different No 9s, where the ordinary and mundane rub shoulders with the macabre.
Show · 10 Seasons
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Upstart Crow
David Mitchell (Peep Show) stars as a self-important Shakespeare in this funny, fictionalized sitcom about the Bard's beginnings and family life.
Show · 5 Seasons
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Red Dwarf
The Emmy-winning cult comedy favorite, remastered and better than ever. The last surviving human finds that his only companions are a human-evolved cat and a hologram simulation of his deceased bunk-mate.
Show · 13 Seasons
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Cruise of the Gods
Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, and David Walliams star in this affectionate, surprising comedy about former stars of an 80s sci-fi television program, reuniting for a cruise arranged by the show's obsessive fan club.
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Workplace Squabble

Yes, Minister
Restored by BritBox, this sitcom turns red tape into high art. MP Jim Hacker soon learns that politicians come and go, but civil servants are in the Ministry forever.
Show · 3 Seasons
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The Thick of It
Created by Armando Iannucci (Veep), this satire offers a glimpse into the inner-workings of British government. Outside of the spin-doctoring, backstabbing, leaks, coalition rows, backroom deals, and policy U-turns, its a model of efficiency.
Show · 5 Seasons
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W1A
Hugh Bonneville leads this star-studded mockumentary. Ian Fletcher has been hired by the BBC to think big - but he doesn't have time to think at all, as he's faced with endless headache-inducing challenges.
Show · 3 Seasons
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Chef White's
Alan Davies stars as Roland White, the talented executive chef of a country hotel who hasn’t quite been able to maintain his sparkle.
Show · 1 Season
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The Brittas Empire
As manager of Whitbury New Town Leisure Centre, well-meaning but oblivious Gordon Brittas believes he’s the oil that keeps the engine running smoothly. Well, he isn’t and he never was. He’s more like a bag of grit.
Show · 5 Seasons
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The Office
The genre-defining mockumentary from Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, following the insufferable David Brent as he "manages" his team at an unglamorous paper company.
Show · 3 Seasons
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Chef!
Sharp knives and even sharper tongues! Meet Britain's finest, most short-fused chef, Gareth Balckstock.
Show · 3 Seasons
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Not Safe For Work
Razor-sharp comedic drama about a woman who reluctantly relocates to Northampton and joins a highly dysfunctional group of civil servants.
Show · 1 Season
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Twenty Twelve
Hugh Bonneville and Olivia Coleman star in this satire-laced mockumentary series, following the awkward antics of the people struggling to prepare for the Olympic games in London.
Show · 2 Seasons
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The Job Lot
Sarah Hadland (Miranda) and Russell Tovey (Him & Her) star in this ensemble comedy about a West Midlands job centre dealing with work - or the lack of it.
Show · 3 Seasons
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Damned
Jo Brand and Alan Davies star in this poignant comedy about the bored, yet quietly brave, team of social workers fighting to keep Elm Heath Children’s Services afloat.
Show · 2 Seasons
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Yes, Prime Minister
Restored by BritBox. True to the law that says people rise to the level of their incompetence, James Hacker MP has ascended to the highest political office in the land.
Show · 2 Seasons
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The Thin Blue Line
In this comedy from Blackadder creator Ben Elton, Rowan Atkinson stars as a rule-abiding servant of the crown who butts heads with the arrogant, bumbling DI of their small town station.
Show · 2 Seasons
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Are You Being Served?
Set in a huge but rather dusty old department store, follow the comedic mishaps and misadventures of the staff of the retail ladies' and gentlemen's clothing departments at Grace Brothers.
Show · 10 Seasons
Play now Discover more
Are You Being Served? Again!
Tripping over double entendres by the cartload your favorite staffers from the Grace Brothers return to try their hand at hotel management in the country.
Show · 2 Seasons
Play now Discover more