r/sitcoms • u/noonereally7 • 10d ago
Britcom recommendations please
Loved Friday night dinner, here we go and IT crowd. Outnumbered, Seth lets flats was also good. Any recommendations for something similar
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u/toebone_on_toebone 10d ago
Have you seen Catastrophe?
Derry Girls is Irish but it is fantastic.
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u/wkomorow 10d ago
In terms of pure sitcom comedy, Keeping up Appearances, Vicar of Dibly, Are You Being Served. Old school comedy, Dad's Army, Open All Hours. Darker Comedies Moving On, Damned. If you are looking for pure comedy beyond sitcom, game shows, especially Would I lie to you is hirarious.
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u/tjrich1988 10d ago
Can’t leave out “Only Fools and Horses” for classics. Del Boy and Rodney are hilarious.
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u/ComasArentFun 10d ago
Red Dwarf
Peep Show
Man Down
Green Wing
Cuckoo
Catastrophe
Inbetweeners
Smoking Room
Big Boys
15 Storeys High
Toast of London
Phoenix Nights
Father Ted
Black Books
Him & Her
Ideal
Mongrels (Puppets, but very British humour)
There is so much more as well.. You're in for a lot of treats, but then the occasional one that makes you think "What the fuck is wrong with these people?!"
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u/jalisee 10d ago
"Fresh Meat" is very good. Student house sharing and trying to fit it.
If you can find "Raised By Wolves", it's hilarious. There is another show with the same name, so look for the one starring Helen Monks as Germaine. [Raised By Wolves] (https://youtu.be/hPL37RpxOuk?is=vJRMCx8R8HbUuLih)
"The Green Wing" is off the wall funny.
"The Cafe"has lots of funny characters, in sometimes, heart breaking situations.
"Mum" stars Leslie Manville and she's great.
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u/thirdometer 10d ago edited 10d ago
Benidorm
The Job Lot
The Inbetweeners
Bad Education
Extraordinary
Trollied
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u/nerdyjorj 10d ago
Spaced is probably the high water mark - it's very spirituality similar to Community but with a more British twist. Same people who did Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz.
Black Books and Father Ted were both written by the same person who made IT Crowd. He's an awful terf now so pirate them. Great writer though.
Green Wing is without exaggeration the single greatest (and weirdest) sitcom in a medical setting (yes, better than MASH and Scrubs).
Peep Show is one of the few British sitcoms that have a significant back catalogue, all of which is absolute gold.
You'd probably like Gavin and Stacey too - wasn't my jam personally but I can see why other people like it (similar to Seth lets Flats).
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u/Alert_Foundation1621 10d ago
Motherland. Ghosts (uk version is so much better) Laid Extraordinary Sisters Detectorists.
There are a lot of really good ones. Those are the ones that just came to mind.
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u/TheTerrificDoctor 10d ago
The Inbetweeners?