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'.
The Goodies ...At Last ...Back for More, Again! (2010)
Starring: Bill Oddie, Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor
In 1970, the Goodies unleashed their legendary blend of surreal storylines, strikingly topical satire, slapstick and general lunacy on an unsuspecting... Read more
The Goodies: The Final Episodes (1981)
7.9/10
Director: Bob Spiers
Starring: Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor
Without any of the constraints of standard sitcoms, The Goodies (Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor) were free to indulge in an anarchic arr... Read more
The Goodies: The Tasty Box (1975)
7.9/10
Starring: Graeme Garden, Bill Oddie, Tim Brooke-Taylor
The dynamic trio are back! No task is too difficult, too ridiculous or even too easy! Together they save the Tower of London, take over Parliament us... Read more
The Gravy Train (1990)
8.1/10
Director: David Tucker
Starring: Ian Richardson, Alexei Sayle, Christoph Waltz, Judy Parfitt
Wet-behind-the-ears, idealistic Hans Dorfmann (Christoph Waltz) arrives in Brussels, fired with enthusiasm for a united Europe, to serve an ambitious... Read more
The Gravy Train Goes East (1991)
7.8/10
Director: James Cellan Jones
Starring: Francesca Annis, Judy Parfitt, Ian Richardson, Christoph Waltz
Following on from 'The Gravy Train', the bumbling Hans Dorfmann (Christoph Waltz) returns, this time to help newly-liberated Balkan state 'Slaka' join... Read more
The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole (1987)
8/10
Starring: Gian Sammarco, Lulu, Stephen Moore, Beryl Reid, Bill Fraser, Doris Hare
Continuation of the rites of passage comedy-drama about spotty teenager Adrian Mole. Set in the early eighties, Adrian's Mum (now played by Lulu) and... Read more
The Gunston Tapes (1991)
Director: John Eastway
Starring: Garry McDonald
The very best of the ABC TV Norman Gunston shows... Remember the interviews with Warren Beatty, Keith Moon, Hugh Hefner, Muhammad Ali and a live allig... Read more
The High Life: Series 1 (1994)
8.1/10
Director: Angela deChastelai Smith
Starring: Alan Cumming, Forbes Masson, Siobhan Redmond, Patrick Ryecart
Hilariously over-the-top and camp Scottish sit-com written by and starring Alan Cumming and Forbes Masson, friends from their days at the Royal Scotti... Read more
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981)
8.1/10
Director: Alan J W Bell
Starring: Simon Jones, David Dixon, Sandra Dickinson, Mark Wing-Davey, Peter Jones
This is the story of 'The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy'. Perhaps the most remarkable - certainly the most successful - book ever to come out of the... Read more
The Inbetweeners: Series 1 (2008)
8.3/10
Starring: James Buckley, Simon Bird, Joe Thomas, Blake Harrison, Emily Head
The Inbetweeners is a 6-part series which offers a comedic take on growing up in middle class suburbia, a place where there are no teen pregnancies, n... Read more