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'.
Porterhouse Blue (1987)
7.7/10
Director: Robert Knights
Starring: David Jason, Ian Richardson, John Sessions, Charles Gray, Barbara Jefford
Based on the best-seller by great British satirist Tom Sharpe, this TV classic stars David Jason and Ian Richardson as two men battling over the futur... Read more
Portlandia: Season 1 (2011)
7.8/10
Starring: Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein
A short-based comedy series starring Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein. Each episode's character-based shorts draw viewers into "Portlandia", the cre... Read more
Portlandia: Season 2 (2012)
5.8/10
Starring: Heather Graham, Kyle MacLachlan, Steve Buscemi, Selma Blair, Fred Armisen, Jason...
Welcome back to Portlandia. Starring Fred Armisen and Carrie Brownstein, Season Two takes viewers on a trip into the creators' dreamy rendering of Por... Read more
Private Schulz (1981)
7.8/10
Director: Robert Chetwyn
Starring: Billie Whitelaw, Michael Elphick, Ian Richardson
Set during World War II, 'Private Schulz' tells the tale of a conman involved in a plot to destabilise the British economy by flooding the country wit... Read more
Pushing Daisies: Season 1 (2007)
8.4/10
Starring: Lee Pace, Anna Friel, Chi McBride, Jim Dale, Ellen Greene, Swoosie Kurtz, Kristi...
Meet Ned, a lonely pie maker whose touch can reanimate the dead, but there's a hitch. If Ned touches the person again, the miracle is reversed. If he... Read more
Pushing Daisies: Season 2 (2008)
8.4/10
Starring: Anna Friel, Ellen Greene, Jim Dale, Swoosie Kurtz, Kristin Chenoweth, Field Cate...
In this season, Papen County's Pie Maker with a witching finger for waking the dead, and his alive-again love Chuck, have more on the menu than a Terr... Read more
Pygmalion / Androcles and the Lion (1973)
Director: Cedric Messina
Starring: Lynn Redgrave, James Villiers, Ronald Fraser, Billy Connolly, Anna Calder-Marsha...
Perhaps Shaw's most well-known play, 'Pygmalion' stars Lynn Redgrave in the Eliza Doolittle role being taught her Ps & Qs by professor Henry Higgins.... Read more
Queer As Folk: Season 2 (2001)
8.3/10
Director: Bruce McDonald, David Wellington, Jeremy Podeswa, John Greyson, Alex Chapple, Michael DeCarlo
Starring: Michelle Clunie, Thea Gill, Gale Harold, Randy Harrison, Scott Lowell, Peter Pai...
The complete second season of the groundbreaking and critically-acclaimed series continues to follow the lives of Brian, Michael, Justin, Emmett, Ted,... Read more
Queer Duck: The Movie (2006)
5.1/10
Director: Xeth Feinberg
Starring: Voices Of, Kevin Michael Richardson, Billy West, Jackie Hoffman, Tim Curry, Andy...
Based on Showtime's hilariously bent three-minute cartoon series, this feature-length no-holds-barred comedy/musical extravaganza comes from four-time... Read more
Red Dwarf IX: Back to Earth (2009)
Director: Doug Naylor
Starring: Chris Barrie, Craig Charles, Danny John-Jules, Jeremy Swift, Robert Llewellyn, S...
Kochanski's dead and the crew are hurled through a portal and discover they're just characters from a TV series. Knowing they will die in the final ep... Read more