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'.
Bread: Series 1 and 2 (1986)
6.2/10
Director: Susan Belbin
Starring: Jean Boht, Jonathon Morris, Ronald Forfar, Nick Conway, Gilly Gorman, Peter Howi...
Meet the Boswells, a working-class family barely scraping by with the help of Social Security payments and the occasional odd job. Standing firm at t... Read more
Bread: Series 3 and 4 (1987)
6.2/10
Starring: Jean Boht, Jonathon Morris, Ronald Forfar, Nick Conway, Gilly Gorman, Peter Howi...
More dramas with the working class (though not often 'working') Boswell family of Liverpool. Matriarch Nellie (Jean Boht) struggles to keep her rauco... Read more
Britain's Greatest Comedy Heroes (2009)
Starring: Kenneth Williams, Leonard Rossiter, Ronnie Barker, Sid James
Enjoy some of the best moments ever written for TV and film as performed by four of Britain's best loved comedy performers: Ronnie Barker, Sid James,... Read more
Bro' Town: Series 1 (2004)
Starring: Oscar Kightley, Shimpal Lelisi, Mario Goa, David Fane
New Zealand's first prime time animation series comes to DVD. Vale, Valea, Jeff da Maori, Sione and Mack are mates living in the fictional suburb of... Read more
Bro' Town: Series 2 (2005)
Starring: Oscar Kightley, Shimpal Lelisi, Mario Goa, David Fane
The popular boys from Morningside return with seven brand new episodes: 'Zeelander'; 'Survival of the Fattest'; 'Half-Caste Away'; 'A Chicken Roll At... Read more
Bro' Town: Series 3 (2006)
Starring: Oscar Kightley, Shimpal Lelisi, Mario Goa, David Fane
In the 3rd series the boys deal with a Canadian in 'In My Mother's Den'; it's Halloween in 'Know Me Before You Haunt Me'; Dad joins the prestigous Mor... Read more
Bro' Town: Series 4 (2007)
Starring: Oscar Kightley, Shimpal Lelisi, Mario Goa, David Fane
Vale, Valea, Jeff da Maori, Sione and Mack return for the fourth series of New Zealand's popular animated adult sitcom. Episodes include 'Sons for th... Read more
Bro' Town: Series 5 (2008)
Bro' Town returns for it's fifth and final series! Watch as the boys get to grips with religious cults, weird men's groups , perhaps even a visitation... Read more
Broad City: Season 1 (2014)
8.4/10
Starring: Abbi Jacobson, Ilana Glazer
"Broad City" follows two women throughout their daily lives in New York City, making even the smallest and most mundane events hysterical and disturbi... Read more
Broad City: Season 2 (2015)
8.4/10
Director: Michael Blieden, John Lee
Starring: Abbi Jacobson, Ilana Glazer
Broad City is an odd couple comedy about two best friends navigating their twenties in New York City where their adventures always lead down unexpecte... Read more