British Comedy TV Series I've Seen (Past & Present)
These are all the ones I've seen that I really liked or half way liked.
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- CreatorsMarty FeldmanBarry TookStarsAlfie BassBill FraserRobert DorningFormer Sergeant Major Claude Snudge meets up with Corporal Bootsie when they both start work at an exclusive Gentlemen's Club.The majority of the surviving episodes of series 1 & 2.
- StarsWilfrid BrambellHarry H. CorbettFrank ThorntonBritish sitcom about a father-and-son rag-and-bone business in London. The intergenerational divide between the miserly Steptoe and his ambitious son results in comedy, drama, and tragedy.
- StarsJames BolamRodney BewesBartlett MullinsTerry and Bob have been friends since childhood. Bob is the sensible one, trying hard to get on with his job and life. Terry is the wild one, always ready to lead Bob astray.Only the surviving episodes
- CreatorJohnny SpeightStarsWarren MitchellAnthony BoothUna StubbsA working-class Cockney bigot with biased and ill-informed opinions of everything shares them bluntly and carelessly.Mainly series 4-7 in color
- StarsRonnie CorbettRosemary LeachHenry McGeeNo That's Me Over Here sees Ronnie battling the relentless forces of time while struggling to keep his place in a ruthless suburban status race. Bewildered by office politics, rapidly losing the fight to retain his non-fattening centre, and belittled at every opportunity by his patronising neighbour, he's the kind of chap who gets dressed up only to be unceremoniously brought down.Only series 3
- CreatorsRonald ChesneyRonald WolfeStarsAnna KarenBob GrantStephen LewisJack-the-lad bus driver and conductor Stan and Jack enjoy the female employees more than their work and Inspector Blake is relentless in his attempts to make their lives a misery.
- StarsSpike MilliganEric SykesKenny LynchA Pakistani-Irish worker faces culture shock and racism after moving to England, working at a novelty factory and living with his manager.
- CreatorsHarry DriverVince PowellStarsIrene HandlWilfred PicklesBarbara MitchellThe series gently charts the relationship between Yorkshireman Walter Bingley and Londoner Ada Cresswell, septuagenarians who meet while Ada is visiting her late husband's grave.
- CreatorsHarry DriverVince PowellStarsSidney JamesDiana CouplandRobin StewartSid and Jean Abbott struggle to understand their teenage children's progressive ways. The couple live in London with protest-loving son Mike and trendy daughter Sally.
- CreatorsHarry DriverVince PowellStarsJack SmethurstRudolph WalkerNina Baden-SemperA white working-class socialist has his world turned upside down when an educated black man moves in next door.
- StarsJames BolamRodney BewesBrigit ForsythReturning from the Army, Terry finds his best mate Bob is marrying Thelma, Terry's former partner. Their lives intertwine as Terry reintegrates, challenging the relationships between the three.
- StarsMichael CrawfordMichele DotriceJessica ForteAccident-prone Frank Spencer fails to navigate the simplest tasks of daily life, while also trying to look after his wife and baby.
- StarsJimmy JewelLarry MartynCharlie HawkinsTommy is an older man in the Autumn of his years who takes young boy Charlie under his wing.
- CreatorsJeremy LloydDavid CroftStarsMollie SugdenJohn InmanFrank ThorntonThe misadventures of the staff of a retail floor of a major department store.Minus the pilot
- StarsLeslie PhillipsJan HoldenYolande TurnerPR man Henry loves his wife, but can't help being a serial womanizer. In order to keep his marriage together, he leads a double life, but never manages to avoid the most awkward, farcical situations imaginable.
- CreatorRoy ClarkeStarsPeter SallisJane FreemanKathy StaffThree old men from Yorkshire who have never grown up face the trials of their fellow town citizens and everyday life and stay young by reminiscing about the days of their youth and attempting feats not common to the elderly.
- StarsRonnie CorbettRosemary LeachDavid WarwickRonnie Corbett finds himself a publican when screen wife Rosemary Leach inherits "The Prince of Denmark".
- StarsClive DunnPriscilla MorganEdward HardwickeSam Cobbett's home is to be demolished and he is forced to stay with his daughter and son-in-law, with hilarious results. Somehow, he can't pull himself into the 1970's much to his son-in-law's dismay.
- StarsBob HoskinsJohn ThawPat AshtonHouse burglar George Dobbs returns home from three years in prison to find his best friend has moved into his house with his wife. But loving them both in different ways, he doesn't have the heart to turn either of them out.
- CreatorsRonald ChesneyRonald WolfeStarsStephen LewisPat CoombsDerek GriffithsThis short-lived sequel to On the Buses (1969) saw Blakey move to Spain with his sister.
- StarsLeonard RossiterDon WarringtonFrances de la TourPopular sitcom set in a seedy bedsit lorded over by the mean, vain, boastful, cowardly, racist landlord Rigsby. In each episode, his conceits are debunked by his long-suffering tenants.
- StarsRonnie BarkerBrian WildeFulton MackayThe prison life of Fletcher, a criminal serving a five-year sentence, as he strives to bide his time, keep his record clean, and refuses to be ground down by the prison system.
- CreatorVince PowellStarsKen JonesSheila FayAlison SteadmanBilly Clarkson tries to settle back into family life after being away for two years.
- StarsRichard BriersFelicity KendalPenelope KeithTom Good quits the rat race, and with wife Barbara turns the garden of their Surbiton house into a smallholding. Their neighbours, snobbish Margo Leadbetter and her conventional husband Jerry, feel variously amused, offended and impressed.
- CreatorsConnie BoothJohn CleeseStarsJohn CleesePrunella ScalesAndrew SachsHotel owner Basil Fawlty's incompetence, short fuse, and arrogance form a combination that ensures accidents and trouble are never far away.
