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'.
Jeeves and Wooster: Series 3 (1992)
8.4/10
Starring: Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Robert Daws, Julian Firth, Pip Torrens
The perfectly cast Fry and Laurie are back in series three as the comic mayhem spreads across the Atlantic. Wooster flees the idea of marriage, but he... Read more
Jeeves and Wooster: Series 4 (1993)
8.4/10
Starring: Hugh Laurie, Stephen Fry, Robert Daws, Richard Braine, Joesph Mydell
The perfectly cast Fry and Laurie return to the iconic swing-time roles of P.G. Wodehouse's aristocratic Wooster and the ever-dependable Jeeves. Serie... Read more
John Cleese: The Strange Case of the End of Civilization as We Know It (1977)
6.6/10
Director: Joseph McGrath
Starring: John Cleese, Arthur Lowe, Stratford Johns, Connie Booth
John Cleese is the descendant of Sherlock Holmes while Arthur Lowe plays the 'bionic' grandson of Doctor Watson in this hilarious send up where nothin... Read more
Julie Walters and Friends (1991)
8.5/10
Director: Alasdair Macmillan
Starring: Alan Bennett, Julie Walters, Victoria Wood
Julie Walters and Victoria Wood star in this classic Christmas sketch show from 1991. Included in this witty hour of comedy are new characters, from a... Read more
Kath and Kim: Series 1 (2002)
Director: Ted Emery
Starring: Jane Turner, Gina Riley, Glenn Robbins, Peter Rowsthorn
Join Kath & Kim as they open their mock-colonial front door to the cameras, in this fly-on-the-slice-of-life comedy series! Kath is a fortysomething e... Read more
Kath and Kim: Series 2 (2003)
Starring: Jane Turner, Gina Riley, Magda Szubanski, Glenn Robbins
Look at moiye, look at moiye, look at moiye. Look out peoples! Kath and Kim, the suburban nightmare living the suburban dream, are back in 2003. Big t... Read more
Kath and Kim: Series 4 (2005)
Director: Ted Emery
Starring: Gina Riley, Glenn Robbins, Peter Rowsthorn, Magda Szubanski, Jane Turner, Matt L...
Look out peoples! Kath and Kim, the suburban nightmare living the suburban dream, are back with the complete fourth series. Epponnee-Rae is celebratin... Read more
Kath and Kimderella (2012)
Director: Ted Emery
Starring: Gina Riley, Magda Szubanski, Peter Rowsthorn, Richard E Grant, Jane Turner, Glen...
The Kath & Kim Filum: A ritzy fairytale of fashion, pashin' and revolution! Fountain Lakes' foxiest ladies turn more than just heads when they go on a... Read more
Keeping Up Appearances: Christmas Specials (2005)
7.8/10
Director: Harold Snoad
Starring: Patricia Routledge, Clive Swift, Josephine Tewson, Judy Cornwell, Geoffrey Hughe...
Hyacinth Bucket is at her snobby best in these 4 Christmas Specials. 1991: Hyacinth gets poor Richard into a Father Christmas outfit, then has to conf... Read more
Keeping Up Appearances: Series 3 and 4 (1992)
7.8/10
Director: Harold Snoad
Starring: Patricia Routledge, Clive Swift, Josephine Tewson, David Griffin, Geoffrey Hughe...
In marked contrast to Hyacinth's meticulously ordered life, the rest of the family is frightfully common. In Series Three, Hyacinth reveals that the o... Read more