Favorite Britcom

[pagerbear]

[Fenris]

1. 10 Downing Street on any given day

But really, Are You Being Served?

Are you free, Mr. Lucas?

[UnAmericanJoe]

2. If a Britcom

is a British sit-com then by GOD how could you not have listed Fawlty Towers?

[corporatewhore]

3. black adder!!!!!!

[BlackVelvetElvis]

9. Do you have a particular favorite series?

I'm partial to the third. That's the one where Hugh Laurie plays the stupid prince regent and Black Adder is his butler.

[VelmaD]

17. I prefer Blackadder II myself

Mostly for the codpiece. ;-)

[BlackVelvetElvis]

21. Got it

Blackadder II is a close second with me. Very close. The first Blackadder I ever saw was the one where the young woman disguises herself as a boy and become Adder's houseboy. That one got me hooked.

[VelmaD]

23. I love the last ep of Blackadder II...

where Blackadder and Melchett are being held hostage and tortured. The game of charades with the torturer (who doesn't speak any English) to figure out what he plans on doing to them is hilarious.
:-)

[Tummler]

4. Other

The Office
I'm Alan Partridge
The League of Gentlemen
etc.

[pagerbear]

6. OMG!

I saw The League of Gentlemen whilst visiting friends in England last summer and found it hysterical!

[Mistress Quickly]

5. Keeping Up Appearances

I do not know what it is about that show - I LOVE IT.

I am anal about being able to watch it on Sat nights at 9 pm.

SO laughs about me and the show, but he also enjoys it (just not a fanatic like me). There are only a couple of shows I really watch, this is one.



Oh yeah, and Rob is a dingbat.:)

[Coventina]

7. CHEF!

I love, love, LOVE that show!!!!

[ieoeja]

8. I had an absolutely fablous reply.

But I forgot it.

[chiburb]

10. LOL!

I called you on my cell phone and it didn't go through. Must've been a Fawlty Tower.

[frylock]

11. uhhhhhhhhhh.. where are 'the young ones'?

:shrug:

[zonmoy]

12. tossup

between red dwarf and are you being served.

[Brotherjohn]

13. Vicar of Dibley right now... last year it was Keeping Up Appearances.

Really depends on which one I'm watching at the time.

Vicar of Dibley is the best eccentric small town on TV since Northern Exposure.

I don't blame you for not putting older ones in the poll (Fawlty Towers, Monty Python, Young Ones). There are just too many good ones that are more current.

[BlackVelvetElvis]

16. Vicar is a great show

I loved the one where the BBC came to film "songs of praise". Alice screwed up her Bible reading.

[GOPisEvil]

14. Yes, Minister/Yes, Prime Minister.

Classic political satire.

[Love Bug]

15. Red Dwarf!

Followed by Black Adder Goes Forth.

[Whitacre D_WI]

18. Coronation Street.

Bloody hilarious!

[Rowdyboy]

19. Repeats of Keeping Up Appearances are nearly as good

as the first time. Hyacinth, Richard and the rest are a pure delight.

My favorite characters are the never-seen son Sheridan" and his "special Tarquin.

[TheMightyFavog]

20. Where the feck is Father Ted?

End of Line.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

27. These sitcoms are pretty mediocre. Father Ted could kick their arses.

As could Black Books, The Young Ones, Vic and Bob, The League of Gentlemen and The Office.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

31. Can't believe I forgot The Rise and Fall of Reginald Perrin.

[SOteric]

22. Waiting for God

[Braden]

24. another vote for the office

"I have some bad news. There will definately be some layoffs, some of you will lose your jobs. The Good news is I have been promoted.

I see you are still focusing on the bad news part"

[CBHagman]

25. As Time Goes By

With honorable mentions for Last of the Summer Wine, The Vicar of Dibley, and Waiting for God.

[sasquatch]

26. 'Black Books'

Great show

[Screaming Lord Byron]

30. We must've posted at the same time. Great show.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

28. Incidentally. WHERE THE FECK IS FAWLTY TOWERS?

Bit of a glaring omission, doncha think?

[SiobhanClancy]

32. Exactly...

I had to read that list 3 times...could not believe the best one of all wasn't on there:(

[LastKnight]

29. Red Dwarf nt

[IronLionZion]

33. Monty Python's flying circus and Coupling

[joeybee12]

34. AbFab and Blackadder not included???? This poll is a crime!

Two of the greatest programs ever, regardless of the country they originiated in!

[democracy eh]

37. Absolutely Fabulous!

killer

[baldguy]

35. The Thin Blue Line

The OTHER Rowan Atkinson comedy.

[cosmicdot]

36. I would love to see 'To the Manor Born' again

why can't the BBC roll out its archives in great numbers

Brabinger, get the Rolls ready



Audrey fforbes-Hamilton (Penelope Keith) is looking forward to taking sole charge of the Grantleigh Manor estate after the death of her husband.

Unfortunately, the Manor has to be sold to cover outstanding debts.

The new owner is Richard De Vere (Peter Bowles), the Managing Director of a major supermarket chain.

Audrey makes sure she's on hand to keep an eye on him by buying The Old Lodge on the edge of the Manor grounds.