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'.
South Park: Season 9 (2005)
8.7/10
Director: Matt Stone, Trey Parker
What began as a construction-paper film short evolved into a veritable pop-culture phenomenon for Trey Parker and Matt Stone's outrageous animated com... Read more
South Park: The Hits - Volume 1 (2010)
8.7/10
Director: Matt Stone, Trey Parker
Starring: Matt Stone, Trey Parker
"People always ask us, "What's your favourite episode?" And we'd say, "It's so hard. It's like choosing between your children." But we'd have no probl... Read more
South Park: The Hits - Volume 2 (2010)
8.7/10
Director: Matt Stone, Trey Parker
Starring: Matt Stone, Trey Parker
"People always ask us, "What's your favourite episode?" And we'd say, "It's so hard. It's like choosing between your children." But we'd have no probl... Read more
Space Ghost Coast to Coast: Volume 1 (1994)
8/10
Director: etc , Matt Banker
Starring: Weird Al Yankovic, Judy Tenuta, Timothy Leary, Bob Denver, Adam West, Carol Chan...
The original Adult Swim series is a spoof of late night talk shows, with clapped-out superhero, Space Ghost, in the David Letterman role. In outer sp... Read more
Spaced (1999)
8.6/10
Director: Edgar Wright
Starring: Simon Pegg, Jessica Hynes, Nick Frost, Mark Heap, Bill Bailey
Friends Tim and Daisy, 20-something North Londoners with uncertain futures, must pretend to be a couple to live in the only apartment they can afford. Read more
Sports Night: Season 1 (1998)
8.3/10
Director: Various
Starring: Felicity Huffman, Josh Charles, Robert Guillaume, Peter Krause, Joshua Malina, S...
Finally available, the first ever series from Aaron Sorkin (creator of 'The West Wing' and 'Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip') sees his intelligent, fast... Read more
Sports Night: Season 2 (1999)
8.3/10
Starring: Felicity Huffman, Josh Charles, Robert Guillaume, Peter Krause, Joshua Malina, S...
Finally available, the first ever series from Aaron Sorkin (creator of 'The West Wing' and 'Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip') sees his intelligent, fast... Read more
Stark (1993)
6.5/10
Director: Nadia Tass
Starring: Ben Elton, Colin Friels, Jacqueline McKenzie, Deborra-Lee Furness, Bill Hunter,...
Ben Elton stars in his own adaptation of his first and best-selling novel, filmed entirely in Australia. He plays CD, a layabout whose obsession with... Read more
Steptoe and Son: Series 2 (1962)
7.9/10
Starring: Wilfrid Brambell, Harry H Corbett
Wilfrid Brambell and Harry H. Corbett return as Albert and Harold Steptoe, in the complete second series of this classic 60s comedy. Father and son ar... Read more
Steptoe And Son: Series 3 (1964)
7.6/10
Starring: Harry H Corbett, Wilfrid Brambell
All seven episodes from the third series of the classic BBC television comedy about the father and son who run a junkyard and scrap metal business. In... Read more