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'.
People Like Us: Series 1 (1999)
8.3/10
Director: John Morton, Willy Smax
Starring: Chris Langham
An inspired, award-winning spoof documentary series, pre-dating 'The Office' that follows hapless (and virtually unseen) filmmaker Roy Mallard (the br... Read more
People Like Us: Series 2 (2001)
8.3/10
Director: John Morton, Willy Smax
Starring: Chris Langham
'Documentary' filmmaker Roy Mallard (Chris Langham) is back on the job in the second series of this wicked fly-on-the-wall spoof, spending a day in th... Read more
Petticoat Junction: 10 Classic Episodes (1963)
7.1/10
Starring: Bea Benaderet, Pat Woodell, Jeannine Riley, Edgar Buchanan
Running on CBS from 1963 to 1970 this popular series set in the laid-back town of Hooterville follows Kate, the widowed owner of the Shady Rest Hotel... Read more
Phineas and Ferb: The Daze of Summer (2007)
8/10
Super-smart and seriously funny stepbrothers Phineas and Ferb come up with unusually exciting ways to spend the lazy, crazy "daze" of summer - like se... Read more
Phyllis Diller: Hilarious Highlights from Her Classic TV Show (2005)
7.2/10
Starring: Phyllis Diller
With her outrageous costumes and wildly teased hair, Phyllis Diller was a pioneer among female comediennes. This compilation of classic highlights fro... Read more
Please Sir! - Series 1 & 2 (1969)
Director: Mark Stuart
Starring: Lindsay Campbell, Erik Chitty, Richard Davies, Noel Howlett, Deryck Guyler, John...
John Alderton is Bernard Hedges, the optimistic young teacher assigned to teach the uncontrollable students in class 5C at Fenn Street Secondary schoo... Read more
Police Squad!: The Complete Series (1982)
8.5/10
Director: David Zucker, Georg Stanford Brown, Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, Joe Dante, Paul Krasny, Reza Badiyi
Starring: Georg Stanford Brown, Dick Clark, William Conrad, William Duell, Robert Goulet,...
Finally on DVD, all six episodes of the hysterical TV-cop spoof that inspired the hit movie 'The Naked Gun'. Leslie Nielsen is Detective Frank Drebin... Read more
Popetown (2005)
5.3/10
Starring: Voices Of, Matt Lucas, Ruby Wax, Kevin Eldon, Jerry Hall, Mackenzie Crook
 Imagine "Father Ted" meets "South Park" complete with superstar voices, some of the hottest animators around and a script that will make you fall of... Read more
Porridge (1979)
8.3/10
Director: Dick Clement
Starring: Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale
This full-length feature based on the classic British TV series stars Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale as two prisoners who want nothing more than... Read more
Porridge: Series 1 (1974)
8.3/10
Director: Anon
Starring: Ronnie Barker, Richard Beckinsale
Six episodes of cynicism, self-preservation and bare-faced cheek as Fletcher (Ronnie Barker) takes on the Slade prison system. Also starring Richard B... Read more