TV Comedy
Television comedy had a presence from the earliest days of broadcasting. The situation comedy, or sitcom, has been the most common, successful and culturally significant type of television comedy. As the name suggests, these programs feature recurring characters placed in humourous situations. Since the early 1950s with "I Love Lucy" in the US and "Hancock's Half Hour" in Britain, sitcoms have always had a special place in the hearts of viewers and gathered highly devoted followers, as the familar characters often become beloved. Below you may scroll though time to your fondly remembered telly programs. For Alice's motherlode of Television, stay with "Television Shows".
Pictured: Ricky Gervais as The Brentster in the BBC's brilliant 'The Office'.
Blackpool (2004)
8.2/10
Director: Coky Giedroyc, Julie Anne Robinson
Starring: David Morrissey, David Tennant, Sarah Parish, Steve Pemberton, David Bradley, Jo...
It's a musical, a murder mystery and a black comedy all rolled into one! Set in the famous English seaside resort this fabulous BBC series follows th... Read more
Blandings: Series 1 (2013)
6.9/10
Starring: Jennifer Saunders, Mark Williams, Timothy Spall, Tim Vine, Jack Farthing
1929. Blandings Castle is dysfunction junction, the home of a chaotic family struggling to keep itself in order. Clarence Emsworth, ninth earl and mas... Read more
Bless Me, Father: The Complete Series (1978)
7.6/10
Director: David Askey
Starring: Arthur Lowe, Daniel Abineri
This 1970s sitcom stars Arthur Lowe as veteran priest Father Charles Duddleswell, and Daniel Abineri as Neil Boyd, his new curate and protege. Their a... Read more
Bless This House (1972)
6.2/10
Director: Gerald Thomas
Starring: Sid James, Terry Scott, June Whitfield, Diana Coupland
Sid Abbott (Sidney James) and his pal Trevor (Terry Scott) have a hobby - home-brewing. Their latest creation is brandy, which is secretly stashed in... Read more
Bligh (1992)
6.1/10
Director: Ted Emery, Kendal Flanagan, Amanda Smith
Starring: Gina Riley, Magda Szubanski, Michael Veitch, Peter Moon, William McInnes
The year is 1806, nobody has any money, the government is a joke and conmen are running the place. Full of adventure, romance and plenty of sheep this... Read more
Blott on the Landscape (1985)
7.8/10
Director: Roger Bamford
Starring: David Suchet, George Cole, Geraldine James, Simon Cadell, Julia McKenzie
An adaptation of Tom Sharpe's comic tale in which an MP attempts to get a motorway built through his wife's ancestral home in order to get rid of a ho... Read more
Blue Remembered Hills (1979)
Director: Brian Gibson
Starring: Colin Welland, Michael Elphick, Robin Ellis, John Bird, Helen Mirren, Janine Duv...
Dennis Potter takes a fresh and funny look at childhood, as seven children spend a day out in the Forest of Dean in 1943. The freshness comes from th... Read more
BoJack Horseman (2014)
8.5/10
Starring: Will Arnett, Aaron Paul, Alison Brie
A humanoid horse, BoJack Horseman -- lost in a sea of self-loathing and booze -- decides it's time for a comeback. Once the star of a '90s sitcom, in... Read more
Bored to Death: Season 1 (2009)
7.9/10
Starring: Jason Schwartzman, Ted Danson, Heather Burns, Zach Galifianakis
Meet Jonathan Ames (Jason Schwartzman): writer, romantic, unlicensed private detective. After his girlfriend leaves him and breaks his heart, Jonathan... Read more
Bored to Death: Season 2 (2010)
7.9/10
Starring: Jason Schwartzman, Ted Danson, Heather Burns, Zach Galifianakis
When we last dropped in on Jonathan Ames - New York writer, romantic, unlicensed private detective - he was taking a pounding in the boxing ring while... Read more