Best UK show?

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Keep your eyes open for a brand-new comedy- "The thick of it". It'll be considered one of the greats a few years from now.

The greatest UK drama serial is "Edge of darkness".

The best one-off drama was "Threads", which was also the most harrowing TV movie ever.

[Hueij]

Originally posted by Lazarus and the Gimp
The greatest UK drama serial is "Edge of darkness".

If this is the serial about a cop and a CIA agent then you may be right

[Az]

"Are you being served?"

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

Originally posted by Hueij

If this is the serial about a cop and a CIA agent then you may be right

That's the bunny. The final two episodes saw my jaw repeatedly hitting the floor.

[child of Thor]

I loved the 'League of Gentlemen', it had an evil monty pythonesque thing going on. Still its like marmite as a few friends of mine hated it?

But i also enjoy all the others that have been mentioned here. I think we can make good TV in the uk(sadly we also produce a load of dross too).

Oh yeah and my mum converted me to watching the 'Vicar of Dibley'(like a feminsit version of the excellent Father Ted) - she did a simular move about 15years ago by playing the 'Archers' radio soap at meal times

[Gibsie]

Vicar of Dibley- one of the finest comedies to come out of Britain in the last decade <--as decided by monkeys

[Traianvs]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison
Oh, where to start. Imran's are cult British TV but there are others which are not as well known outside of the UK. Anyone heard of 'Only Fools And Horses' or 'One Foot In The Grave' when it comes to sitcoms?

I think those are broadcasted here too.
Lots of good shows, but I liked Blackadder most, and The fast Show was great (the first season, the second was okay too, but after that it was so horribly not funny)


And Pekka, I don't understand why you like Coupling.. That show is so.... crap? On top of that the actors behave like idiots..

[our_man]

Probably "Blackadder". Followed by "Monty Python's". "Faulty Towers" is good, as is "Father Ted".

- but with Father Ted above Monty Python.

[alva]

And Pekka, I don't understand why you like Coupling.. That show is so.... crap? On top of that the actors behave like idiots..

The last season was bad, but the ones before were brilliant.


Not one mention for little Brittain? Has that been to the US yet? I'm really interested to see how that will be received.

[Vince278]

Originally posted by Provost Harrison
Oh, where to start. Imran's are cult British TV but there are others which are not as well known outside of the UK. Anyone heard of 'Only Fools And Horses' or 'One Foot In The Grave' when it comes to sitcoms?

One Foot in the Grave was okay. It played here until last year. My wife thinks I had alot in common with the old pensioner.

[Vince278]

Originally posted by Verto
Red Dwarf, Keeping Up Appearances, Mr. Bean

Still see Keeping Up Appearances here. That show needs an ugly American to give that annoying woman a reality check.

[Maquiladora]

UK programs (or comedies as this thread seems to be) that are good, in no particular order:

The Day Today
Brass Eye
Knowing Me, Knowing You (with Alan Partridge)
I'm Alan Partridge
Big Train
Spaced
League of Gentlemen

[Evil Knevil]

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Originally posted by Lazarus and the Gimp
Keep your eyes open for a brand-new comedy- "The thick of it". It'll be considered one of the greats a few years from now.

The greatest UK drama serial is "Edge of darkness".

The best one-off drama was "Threads", which was also the most harrowing TV movie ever.

In The Thick Of It had a few moments and the byzantine plot was very entertaining. But it lacked one crucial quality; jokes. Just compare it with Yes, Minister and you'll see many, many more funny lines in 10 minutes of that show than the whole 30mins of the new show.

Have to agree with you about Threads though. I watched on TV when I was a nipper, and got myself a download just last month. It hasn't aged as much as I expected. For the first 30mins you're begging for the war to start. Then around the time the milk-bottles melt, you start feeling guilty, or want everything to be normal again.
I burnt it on to DVD to test it about 2 weeks ago and took it downstairs at about 2am to see if it worked. Me and my flatmates ended up watching all of it, in one horrible go. Similarly I could recommend "When the Wind Blows", by the same guy who did 'The Snowman', except it's not about one welsh choirboy's love for a sack of water, but a cartoon about Nuclear war. With a soundtrack by Bowie and Roger Waters. Yikes.

Originally posted by alva
Not one mention for little Brittain? Has that been to the US yet? I'm really interested to see how that will be received.

Terribly. Little Britain is repetitive, has one joke character sketches that drag on for far too long, unlike the Fast Show, which would say the catchphrase and then piss off. It relies on sick and urine jokes, borderline racism and it's own media driven sense of importance.



EK's hot picks... Brass Eye, The Day Today, the Power of Nightmares, Blackadder, Kenny Everett, Peep Show (S2) and Not the Nine O'Clock News.

[Vince278]

Originally posted by Evil Knevil
Terribly. Little Britain is repetitive, has one joke character sketches that drag on for far too long, unlike the Fast Show, which would say the catchphrase and then piss off. It relies on sick and urine jokes, borderline racism and it's own media driven sense of importance.

Should do well over here.

[DaShi]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Probably "Blackadder". Followed by "Monty Python's". "Faulty Towers" is good, as is "Father Ted".

Father Ted is Irish you limey imperialist!