Critics sneered at Rik Mayall and Ade Edmondson's flat-share losers but audiences loved their anarchic sitcom with its double ...
Thanks to BritBox, there are plenty of amazing British sitcoms to watch. Some of the best sitcoms of all time originated in the UK, and while some are still relatively unknown, others have found huge ...
The 1990s were a golden age for British sitcoms, with some of the best-loved and most enduring comedies of all time airing ...
No need to convince me — British comedy is pure gold. Wit, understated humor, and self-deprecation add to the quintessential British tendency to laugh at one's misfortunes. Rarely brash, English ...
The British sitcom has long been the subject of media academics. From the famous Monty Python group, to Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant's groundbreaking The Office, and Phoebe Waller-Bridge's ...
Comedy producers have been told to locate their “funny bones” when pitching shows to the BBC by the most powerful person in British comedy commissioning. Jon Petrie, who runs BBC comedy, set out his ...
American TV bosses obviously didn’t learn many lessons from “Episodes,” the Showtime/BBC co-production which brilliantly skewered the habit of adapting British sitcoms, and removing all nuances, ...
O Christmas Tea: A British Comedy will be at the Gateway Theatre on Friday, Nov. 14 at 3 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, Nov ...