HomeUnited KingdomLove Peep Show, IT Crowd, The Inbetweeners…but can’t get on with Spaced, Friday Night Dinner, or Toast of London…any recommendations?
15 Stories High – Sean Lock (RIP)’s massively underrated sitcom.
There’s two types of people; those who don’t like Friday Night Dinner and normal functioning healthy people who contribute to society
Black Books is pretty good, Father Ted is excellent. I really enjoy Darkplace too.
Phoneshop
Nighty Night
Plebs is very underrated imo, basically the Inbetweeners but set in ancient rome
Ludwig!
Not going out? the office UK? Motherland?
Inside Number Nine
Derry Girls
Back
Fleabag
Man Down if you like Greg Davis (can be hit and miss but has its good points)
Zapped
Fresh Meat for sure
Derry Girls is very good
I’m Alan Partridge (and yes, he got a second series)
Although I do love Spaced, I think it captured a point in history, and unless you were of that age at that time, I don’t think its aged well
Black Books
Green Wing
Man Like Mobeen
15 Stories High
Man Down (the early ones with Rik Mayal)
Derry Girls is a bit like The Inbetweeners, but a (mostly) female version.
Flowers
Try Garth Marenghi’s Dark place as it is Richard Ayoade’s, Matthew Holness’ and Matt Berry’s first ever comedy series. It is also only 6 episodes long so it a short series to binge watch when you are bored.
Some girls.
Teen girl soccer comedy.
Like inbetweeners.
The inbertweeners movies are great too.
Jam
Big Train
No mention of Stath Lets Flats so far. Disappointed.
Monkey Dust
Upstart crow.
I think the closest UK sitcom staples to the ones you mentioned are: * Derry Girls * Father Ted * Black Books * I’m Alan Partridge * Red Dwarf * Green Wing * The Mighty Boosh * Big Train (sketch show) * The Thick of It (sweary political satire) * Brasseye / The Day Today (news satire)
Other options: * _The Smoking Room_ (with Robert Webb), but it’s a little outdated following the indoor ban! * _Operation Good Guys_ was a great pre-Office docu-style sitcom about a police station * _Catastrophe_ was a really funny modern sitcom because both Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan were both so loveable, and it had heart. * _Ted Lasso_ is a specific vibe with a feelgood sports film-esque sense of positivity. The 3rd season fell off, but the first two are so fun and wholesome it might as well be offered on prescription. * _Flight of the Conchords_ (from New Zealand) has a dryness with Peep Show style awkward protagonists, plus music * _Ludwig_. Not a sitcom, but a new 6-part lighthearted-ish whodunit cop drama starring David Mitchell
Flight of the Conchords.
These are the British shows in my comedy folder, hopefully a couple stick out.
15 Storeys High After Life Ghosts Here We Go How Not to Live Your Life Not Going Out Plebs Red Dwarf The Blackadder The Cleaner The Completely Made Up Adventures of Dick Turpin The Detectorists The Mighty Boosh The Office The Young Ones Yonderland
Edit: forgot Fawlty Towers.
Give Spaced another try.
Seriously though, the first few episodes are probably the weakest.
People just do nothing
If you can find it, The Smoking Room.
Seemingly forgotten even among British TV lovers. It’s like an office-based Royle Family, stars Robert Webb and is utterly fantastic.
Ideal
Stella Street
League of Gentlemen
Nathan Barley. Paved the way for TikTok
This country
“People just do nothing” I thought was very good , I also recently got into curb your enthusiasm and for a US show I loved it, but the Mrs hates it with a passion so I don’t know
Alan Partridge
Black Books? Green Wing?
A selection I love that don’t always get many, if any, recommendations:
* Motherland (BBC) * Early Doors (BBC) * Hull Raisers (C4) * Home (C4) * Alma’s Not Normal (C4) * Big Boys (C4) * Phoenix Nights (C4) * Peacock (BBC) * White Gold (BBC but now on Netflix) * Mandy (BBC) * Starstruck (BBC) * Him & Her (BBC) * Pulling (BBC) * Ladhood (BBC)
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[Cowards](https://m.imdb.com/title/tt1366310/) is an excellent sketch show, only a few episodes though unfortunately.
What We Do In The Shadows is top tier.
15 Stories High – Sean Lock (RIP)’s massively underrated sitcom.
There’s two types of people; those who don’t like Friday Night Dinner and normal functioning healthy people who contribute to society
Black Books is pretty good, Father Ted is excellent. I really enjoy Darkplace too.
Phoneshop
Nighty Night
Plebs is very underrated imo, basically the Inbetweeners but set in ancient rome
Ludwig!
Not going out? the office UK? Motherland?
Inside Number Nine
Derry Girls
Back
Fleabag
Man Down if you like Greg Davis (can be hit and miss but has its good points)
Zapped
Fresh Meat for sure
Derry Girls is very good
I’m Alan Partridge (and yes, he got a second series)
Although I do love Spaced, I think it captured a point in history, and unless you were of that age at that time, I don’t think its aged well
Black Books
Green Wing
Man Like Mobeen
15 Stories High
Man Down (the early ones with Rik Mayal)
Derry Girls is a bit like The Inbetweeners, but a (mostly) female version.
Flowers
Try Garth Marenghi’s Dark place as it is Richard Ayoade’s, Matthew Holness’ and Matt Berry’s first ever comedy series. It is also only 6 episodes long so it a short series to binge watch when you are bored.
Some girls.
Teen girl soccer comedy.
Like inbetweeners.
The inbertweeners movies are great too.
Jam
Big Train
No mention of Stath Lets Flats so far. Disappointed.
Monkey Dust
Upstart crow.
I think the closest UK sitcom staples to the ones you mentioned are:
* Derry Girls
* Father Ted
* Black Books
* I’m Alan Partridge
* Red Dwarf
* Green Wing
* The Mighty Boosh
* Big Train (sketch show)
* The Thick of It (sweary political satire)
* Brasseye / The Day Today (news satire)
Other options:
* _The Smoking Room_ (with Robert Webb), but it’s a little outdated following the indoor ban!
* _Operation Good Guys_ was a great pre-Office docu-style sitcom about a police station
* _Catastrophe_ was a really funny modern sitcom because both Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan were both so loveable, and it had heart.
* _Ted Lasso_ is a specific vibe with a feelgood sports film-esque sense of positivity. The 3rd season fell off, but the first two are so fun and wholesome it might as well be offered on prescription.
* _Flight of the Conchords_ (from New Zealand) has a dryness with Peep Show style awkward protagonists, plus music
* _Ludwig_. Not a sitcom, but a new 6-part lighthearted-ish whodunit cop drama starring David Mitchell
Flight of the Conchords.
These are the British shows in my comedy folder, hopefully a couple stick out.
15 Storeys High
After Life
Ghosts
Here We Go
How Not to Live Your Life
Not Going Out
Plebs
Red Dwarf
The Blackadder
The Cleaner
The Completely Made Up Adventures of Dick Turpin
The Detectorists
The Mighty Boosh
The Office
The Young Ones
Yonderland
Edit: forgot Fawlty Towers.
Give Spaced another try.
Seriously though, the first few episodes are probably the weakest.
People just do nothing
If you can find it, The Smoking Room.
Seemingly forgotten even among British TV lovers. It’s like an office-based Royle Family, stars Robert Webb and is utterly fantastic.
Ideal
Stella Street
League of Gentlemen
Nathan Barley. Paved the way for TikTok
This country
“People just do nothing” I thought was very good , I also recently got into curb your enthusiasm and for a US show I loved it, but the Mrs hates it with a passion so I don’t know
Alan Partridge
Black Books? Green Wing?
A selection I love that don’t always get many, if any, recommendations:
* Motherland (BBC)
* Early Doors (BBC)
* Hull Raisers (C4)
* Home (C4)
* Alma’s Not Normal (C4)
* Big Boys (C4)
* Phoenix Nights (C4)
* Peacock (BBC)
* White Gold (BBC but now on Netflix)
* Mandy (BBC)
* Starstruck (BBC)
* Him & Her (BBC)
* Pulling (BBC)
* Ladhood (BBC)
PEOPLE JUST DO NOTHING…. The rest are irrelevant.
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