Best ever British sitcom award goes to...........................

[jon1959]

https://www.itv.com/news/2019-04-09/...urite-sitcoms/

Not often you see a 'Top 19' list.

[City123]

Sort of puts “Mrs Brown's Boys voted the best British sitcom of the 21st century” into some sort of perspective regarding the quality of tv programming nowadays, when it doesn’t even get a mention in the best EVER https://www.radiotimes.com/news/2016...-21st-century/

Thick of It, Gavin and Stacey, Peep Show and Detectorists are all fairly recent and are in the top 20

[Trigger]

Only fools is my favourite

Closely followed by red dwarf, particularly the first few series. Banter between the three main characters was very good.

[Elwood Blues]

Yes Minister is another striking omission.

Far better than a fair number on the list in my opinion

[Joe Gillis]

Father Ted?
I've had funnier toothache.

[ToTaL ITK]

Father Ted?
I've had funnier toothache.

you obviously have had a humour lobotomy

https://youtu.be/Z4fBbhyzE9A

[jon1959]

Yes Minister is another striking omission.

Far better than a fair number on the list in my opinion

I agree. Sir Humphrey is up there with Basil Fawlty.

'Yes (Prime) Minister' or 'The Vicar Of Dibley'......? Seems like a 'comedy expert' fail to me.

[Joe Gillis]

you obviously have had a humour lobotomy

https://youtu.be/Z4fBbhyzE9A

I've just watched the whole painful 4 minutes of that.
Seriously, did that make you laugh?
Feck me!

[Harry Monk]

I must be a miserable git. There's only one or two of them I find remotely funny.

[Malckent]

Early Doors.

[bobh]

Yes Minister is another striking omission.

Far better than a fair number on the list in my opinion

[life on mars]

what a show that was steptoe and son has surprisingly not been mentioned either

Yes that's a shock , but perhaps not from a politically correct paper and climate .

[life on mars]

Oooh love that still watch , and listen to them n 4x , classy clever comedy .

[Fancydan]

Yeah I would tend to agree.
On a different note, I absolutely loved father Ted when it was first on, but I saw an episode recently and it seemed like it has dated badly. Maybe I just wasn't in the mood, or i had seen it too many times, but it had definitely lost something.

Mrs brown's boys in the other hand is awful from the start

I don’t get Mrs Browns boys success, I don’t think I know anyone who likes it!

[jon1959]

Yes that's a shock , but perhaps not from a politically correct paper and climate .

Is the Radio Times magazine really a hotbed of political correctness?

[life on mars]

Is the Radio Times magazine really a hotbed of political correctness?

I thought this thread started from a Guardian article?

[stan butler]

Think George and Mildred leaves them all in the slipstream of comedy ,quickly followed by On the Buses.

[jon1959]

I thought this thread started from a Guardian article?

A Guardian article reporting on a Radio Times list.

[Divine Wright]

They should probably call it “Best of English Comedy” really. It’d be more accurate.

[Rjk]

They should probably call it “Best of English Comedy” really. It’d be more accurate.

Are there any glaring omissions from the rest of Britain?

[rs3100]

Are there any glaring omissions from the rest of Britain?

Rab C Nesbitt?

[Divine Wright]

Are there any glaring omissions from the rest of Britain?

It just seems like a thoroughly English thing. I don’t see the harm in calling it what it is and it’s fine for non-english people to enjoy it or identify with it.

I guess this fella has never seen Cmon Midfield so to give it the impression that it’s inclusive of all cultures on our island would be false.

It’s as if Britain only covers English-speaking islanders. Like the only ones who really belong to the homogeneous culture are english speakers. As if those of us who speak other languages are periferal and unwanted by the mega-mass.......oh wait.....

[Rjk]

It just seems like a thoroughly English thing. I don’t see the harm in calling it what it is and it’s fine for non-english people to enjoy it or identify with it.

I guess this fella has never seen Cmon Midfield so to give it the impression that it’s inclusive of all cultures on our island would be false.

It’s as if Britain only covers English-speaking islanders. Like the only ones who really belong to the homogeneous culture are english speakers. As if those of us who speak other languages are periferal and unwanted by the mega-mass.......oh wait.....

It is shit though

[lardy]

It just seems like a thoroughly English thing. I don’t see the harm in calling it what it is and it’s fine for non-english people to enjoy it or identify with it.

I guess this fella has never seen Cmon Midfield so to give it the impression that it’s inclusive of all cultures on our island would be false.

It’s as if Britain only covers English-speaking islanders. Like the only ones who really belong to the homogeneous culture are english speakers. As if those of us who speak other languages are periferal and unwanted by the mega-mass.......oh wait.....

Do you know they didn't consider Cmon Midffild?

[Divine Wright]

Do you know they didn't consider Cmon Midffild?

I’ll tweet the writer if you want but I think we both know it’d be wasting everyone’s time.

What would be the big deal with calling it English sitcoms ?