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'.
Hamish MacBeth: Series 2 (1996)
7.8/10
Starring: Robert Carlyle, Anne Lacey, James Young, David Ashton, Brian Alexander, Mona Bru...
One hotel, one general store, one doctor and one lawman - PC Hamish Macbeth (Robert Carlyle). Many a baffling mystery and outrageous scam lurk behind... Read more
Hamish Macbeth: Series 3 (1997)
7.8/10
Director: Mandie Fletcher, Nicholas Renton, Jonas Grimas
Starring: Robert Carlyle, Shirley Henderson, James Young, Brian Alexander, David Ashton, M...
Hamish Macbeth (Robert Carlyle) returns for the third and final series as the highland PC in charge of keeping the peace in the remote village of Loch... Read more
Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 1 (1957)
8.6/10
Director: Duncan Wood
Starring: Tony Hancock, Sid James, Kenneth Williams, June Whitfield, Dick Emery
Adapted from the equally successful radio programme of the same name, this early British sitcom still sets the standard for those made today. This DVD... Read more
Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 2 (1959)
8.6/10
Starring: Tony Hancock, Sid James, Hattie Jacques, Kenneth Williams
The yardstick against which all subsequent British sitcoms have been measured, many failing to measure up. The brilliant Tony Hancock translated his... Read more
Hancock's Half Hour: Volume 3 (1959)
8.6/10
Starring: Tony Hancock, Sid James, Patricia Hayes
The late, great Tony Hancock is at his best in these ten episodes from 1959, with Sid James as the perfect foil. Collected from Series 5, Tony and Si... Read more
Hancock: The Very Best of (1961)
6.4/10
Director: Duncan Wood
Starring: Tony Hancock
A compilation of five of the best episodes from "Hancock's Half Hour". "The Bedsitter" - It's a dull day, with Hancock endlessly picking up and settin... Read more
Hardware: Series 1 (2003)
7.1/10
Director: Ben Kellett
Starring: Martin Freeman, Ryan Cartwright, Peter Serafinowicz, Ken Morley, Susan Earl, Ell...
Written by Simon Nye, the creator of "Men Behaving Badly", this BAFTA nominated series stars Martin Freeman (The Office). Set in a local hardware shop... Read more
Harry Wild: Series 1 (2022)
7.2/10
Starring: Jane Seymour, Stuart Graham, Amy Huberman
A recently retired English professor discovers a real knack for investigation and cannot help but interfere with the cases assigned to her police dete... Read more
Harvey Birdman - Attorney at Law: Volume 2 (2004)
8/10
Starring: Voices Of, Gary Cole, Thomas Allen, Stephen Colbert, John Michael Higgins, Paget...
Harvey and his dedicated legal crew are back, defending the rights of cartoon characters everywhere. Sort of. Familiar faces featured in this volume... Read more
Harvey Birdman - Attorney at Law: Volume 3 (2008)
8/10
Here It Is! Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law, The Third DVD! You read right: The Third DVD! How many shows can say they've got three DVDs - I'm sorry?... Read more