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- {{short description|British short-lived science fiction comedy-drama television series}} {{Use British English|date=November 2015}}6 KB (717 words) - 11:52, 12 December 2022
- '''''Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps''''' is a British television [[sitcom]] that ran from 26 February 2001 to 24 May 2011.<ref>{{ An eighth series was confirmed by Mellor in an interview in the ''[[Metro (British newspaper)|Metro]]'' on 21 April 2008, in which he said that they would be14 KB (1,916 words) - 11:08, 24 August 2024
- Throughout film, television, and radio, '''British comedy''' has become known for its consistently peculiar characters, plots, ...cal cartoons." |source=—[[Punch and Judy]] showman Glyn Edwards.<ref name="British seaside">{{cite news|title=Punch and Judy around the world|url=https://www.12 KB (1,929 words) - 07:58, 11 September 2024
- '''''Barbara''''' is a [[Television in the United Kingdom|British]] [[sitcom]] starring [[Gwen Taylor]] in the title role. A pilot was broadc *{{British Comedy Guide|tv|barbara|Barbara}}10 KB (1,372 words) - 11:06, 14 February 2023
- ...1929 – 6 November 2007) was an English actress who had a long career on [[British television]]. She became well known in her later years for playing [[Nana M ...''[[Al Murray]]'' in the sitcom ''[[Time Gentlemen Please]]'' in the early 2000s. Her film roles were few, but she appeared in the film version of ''[[For t8 KB (1,265 words) - 18:02, 2 September 2024
- '''''As Time Goes By''''' is a British [[romantic comedy|romantic]] [[British sitcom|sitcom]] which aired on [[BBC One]] from 12 January 1992 to 14 Decem ...(actor)|Paul Chapman]]), who once accidentally declined an [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/astimegoesby/23 KB (3,347 words) - 10:20, 25 August 2024
- {{Short description|Group of British comedians}} | nationality = British20 KB (2,960 words) - 11:06, 10 January 2023
- '''''The Inbetweeners''''' is a British [[coming-of-age]] [[television in the United Kingdom|television]] [[teen si ...Awards]], the programme also won the award for Outstanding Contribution to British Comedy.39 KB (5,294 words) - 22:21, 19 March 2023
- ...ated in comments about football. The phrase originates in the practice of British theatres from around 1870 of allowing customers who paid a little extra to The series has no laughter track which was unusual for sitcoms at time. There is little diegetic music but the pub regulars often spontane15 KB (2,391 words) - 11:07, 24 August 2024
- | creator = [[Maurice Gran]]<br>[[Laurence Marks (British writer)|Laurence Marks]] '''''Believe Nothing''''' (2002) is a British sitcom starring [[Rik Mayall]] as Quadruple Professor Adonis Cnut, the clev16 KB (2,444 words) - 11:06, 10 January 2023
- '''''The Vicar of Dibley''''' is a British [[television sitcom|sitcom]] which originally ran on [[BBC One]] from 10 No In ratings terms, it is among the most successful British programmes in the digital era, the Christmas and New Year specials entering23 KB (3,168 words) - 22:54, 24 August 2024
- '''''The IT Crowd''''' is a British [[sitcom]] originally broadcast by [[Channel 4]], written and directed by [ .../news/story/000001205 |title=IT Crowd Night planned for October |publisher=British Comedy Guide |date=22 July 2013 |access-date=12 September 2013}}</ref> ''Th35 KB (5,010 words) - 16:06, 25 August 2024
- ...d/6841|publisher=UKTV Gold|access-date=28 August 2012}}</ref> and [[Drama (British TV channel)|Drama]]. The complete series was released on DVD in November 20 ...INNERLADIES|url=http://www.sitcom.co.uk/dinnerladies/index.shtml|publisher=British Comedy Guide|access-date=29 August 2012|archive-date=27 May 2012|archive-ur33 KB (4,878 words) - 07:52, 14 March 2023
- ...publisher=BBC|access-date=15 November 2017}}</ref> He became well known to British television viewers in the early 1960s as the easygoing Detective Sergeant S ...Peter Sallis]] who was unavailable. He was a frequent voiceover artist for British TV commercials and [[public information films]].13 KB (1,875 words) - 08:43, 6 February 2023
- ...long here--> English [[character actress]], known for her roles in [[BBC]] sitcoms, including as Annie Brandon in ''[[I Didn't Know You Cared]]'' (1975–1979 ...|One by One]]'' as Gran Turner and ''[[The Lenny Henry Show]]''. In [[38th British Academy Film Awards|1984]], Liz Smith received a BAFTA Award for Best Suppo26 KB (3,791 words) - 14:49, 27 January 2023
- '''''To the Manor Born''''' is a [[w:BBC television|BBC television]] [[w:British sitcom|sitcom]] that first aired on [[w:BBC One|BBC1]] from 1979 to 1981. ...y of its episodes, especially the series 1 final episode, the most watched British television programme (excluding live events) of the 1970s.41 KB (6,391 words) - 08:58, 27 December 2022
- '''''The Royle Family''''' is<!-- not "was", see WP:TVLEAD --> a [[British sitcom]] produced by [[Granada Television]] for the BBC, which ran for thre ...], ''The Royle Family'' was placed 19th. The series has also won several [[British Academy of Film and Television Arts|BAFTA]] awards.61 KB (8,616 words) - 07:58, 22 August 2024
- ...d across much of the British broadcast media, including [[w:British sitcom|sitcoms]] and [[w:radio comedy|radio comedy]], such as ''[[I'm Sorry I Haven't a Cl ...entertainment/archive/2014/01/thats-what-she-said-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-2000s-best-bad-joke/283259/|access-date=2021-05-10|website=The Atlantic|language=22 KB (3,471 words) - 17:34, 31 December 2022
- '''''The Green Green Grass''''' is a [[BBC television]] [[British sitcom|sitcom]], created and initially written by [[John Sullivan (writer)| ...Boycie and his family were running away to the countryside. Music for most sitcoms, such as ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]''<ref name="LOTSW">{{cite episode|ti38 KB (5,872 words) - 14:08, 25 August 2024
- '''''The Young Ones''''' is a [[British sitcom]] written by [[Rik Mayall]], [[Ben Elton]], and [[Lise Mayer]], star ...mes of its writers and performers. The show became a notable icon of 1980s British popular culture, and it received its own game and a home-media release whil47 KB (6,918 words) - 23:04, 28 August 2024