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japfles · 12-17-2001, 11:23 AM

So, which one gets your vote?

DarleneIllyria · 12-17-2001, 03:08 PM

Mr. Bean

bweir · 12-19-2001, 10:09 PM

Keeping Up Appearances hands down!!!

JethroSimpson · 12-24-2001, 07:20 AM

I think Fawlty Towers is the funniest follwed by Only Fools And Hoarses and Vicar Of Dibley.

wren · 12-25-2001, 07:13 PM

Keeping up Appearances for sure!!! Patricia Routledge is absolutely hilarious!!! She is always 'singing at' Emmet.

Fresh Prince · 03-17-2002, 07:39 PM

Only Fools And Horses
THE BEST

izzy · 04-20-2002, 08:05 AM

eesh, this is hard!
um, i like many but at the moment id say The Royale Family, which none of guys have probs heard of so maybe ill go for Red Dwarf instead!

iz

Plata · 04-20-2002, 05:10 PM

Mr. Bean is by far the best british sitcom ever made! My second favorite is Last Of The Summer Wine. Has anyone ever seen it? There was once a hilarious scene in the show where these guys were carrying a bathtub over their heads and a moose head or something was sticking out. And, as they ran down a street some cops in a car saw them. It was really moronic, but funny.

Tourmaline · 04-21-2002, 09:28 AM

Definitely "Blackadder" - one that has stood the test of time consistently.

Pepper · 05-10-2002, 06:03 PM

Absolutey Fabulous

Marvo301 · 06-25-2002, 01:36 AM

My favorite britcom is called 'Allo, allo. It centers around a fellow named Rene who runs a cafe in France circa WW II. The officers of the occupying german army eat regularly at the cafe and Rene befriends them in order to get extra suger and butter rations for the cafe. At the same time the French underground uses the cafe as a hiding place for downed british airmen. So Rene must keep the germans from finding out about the british airmen and must keep the french underground from finding out about his friendship with the germans. Well all this is going on Rene is having affairs with each of the two young waitresses who work for him since he doesn't much care for his wife. The radio Rene uses to contact the Allies to arrange safe passage home for the airman is located upstairs under the bed of his bedridden mother in-law. This show comes from the same producers who created Are You Being Served?

80sTrivia · 06-25-2002, 04:33 PM

Another vote for Keeping Up Appearances, here!!! I've watched each episode countless times but I still get a kick out of Hyacinth's antics!!!

17Mar59 · 06-29-2002, 09:24 PM

Are You Being Served?
That show had tremendously great writing and acting.

Fonz327 · 07-12-2002, 02:05 AM

Are you being served was the best ever, but it lost some big fire with the losses of Mr Lucas and Grainger

hec · 07-14-2002, 01:31 AM

YEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!
Someone remembers Allo Allo!!! I'd say the best HAS to be "Last of the Summer Wine"-- you can't beat the ongoing battles between Nora Batty and the dear departed Compo!!! [Although, I must say, my favorite Britcom is still "Waiting for God"...]

12-17-2001, 11:23 AM	#1
japfles The Japster Frequent Poster Join Date: May 10, 2001 Location: Durham, UK Posts: 145	The Best Britcom Ever? So, which one gets your vote?

12-19-2001, 10:09 PM	#3
bweir Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 23, 2001 Posts: 293	the BUCKET residence Keeping Up Appearances hands down!!!
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12-25-2001, 07:13 PM	#5
wren The Lady Frequent Poster Join Date: Aug 02, 2001 Location: Quebec, Canada Posts: 232	Keeping up Appearances for sure!!! Patricia Routledge is absolutely hilarious!!! She is always 'singing at' Emmet.
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04-20-2002, 08:05 AM	#7
izzy Member Forum Hawk Join Date: Apr 20, 2002 Location: england Posts: 4	theres so many to choose from! eesh, this is hard! um, i like many but at the moment id say The Royale Family, which none of guys have probs heard of so maybe ill go for Red Dwarf instead! iz
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06-25-2002, 04:33 PM	#12
80sTrivia Member Forum Celebrity Join Date: May 23, 2002 Posts: 21,715	Another vote for Keeping Up Appearances, here!!! I've watched each episode countless times but I still get a kick out of Hyacinth's antics!!!
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12-17-2001, 03:08 PM	#2
DarleneIllyria Gone Forum Star Join Date: Oct 15, 2000 Posts: 19,086	Mr. Bean

12-24-2001, 07:20 AM	#4
JethroSimpson Member Senior Member Join Date: Aug 01, 2001 Location: England,UK Posts: 1,080	I think Fawlty Towers is the funniest follwed by Only Fools And Hoarses and Vicar Of Dibley.

03-17-2002, 07:39 PM	#6
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04-20-2002, 05:10 PM	#8
Plata Member Senior Member Join Date: May 16, 2001 Location: Regina,Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 1,201	Mr. Bean is by far the best british sitcom ever made! My second favorite is Last Of The Summer Wine. Has anyone ever seen it? There was once a hilarious scene in the show where these guys were carrying a bathtub over their heads and a moose head or something was sticking out. And, as they ran down a street some cops in a car saw them. It was really moronic, but funny.

04-21-2002, 09:28 AM	#9
Tourmaline Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Mar 10, 2002 Location: West Midlands, UK Posts: 71	Definitely "Blackadder" - one that has stood the test of time consistently.

05-10-2002, 06:03 PM	#10
Pepper Member Occasional Poster Join Date: May 10, 2002 Location: San Jose, Ca. Posts: 21	Absolutey Fabulous

06-25-2002, 01:36 AM	#11
Marvo301 I'm NOT a Blockhead! Forum Celebrity Join Date: May 17, 2002 Location: The Great White North Posts: 21,453	My favorite britcom is called 'Allo, allo. It centers around a fellow named Rene who runs a cafe in France circa WW II. The officers of the occupying german army eat regularly at the cafe and Rene befriends them in order to get extra suger and butter rations for the cafe. At the same time the French underground uses the cafe as a hiding place for downed british airmen. So Rene must keep the germans from finding out about the british airmen and must keep the french underground from finding out about his friendship with the germans. Well all this is going on Rene is having affairs with each of the two young waitresses who work for him since he doesn't much care for his wife. The radio Rene uses to contact the Allies to arrange safe passage home for the airman is located upstairs under the bed of his bedridden mother in-law. This show comes from the same producers who created Are You Being Served?

06-29-2002, 09:24 PM	#13
17Mar59 Member Frequent Poster Join Date: Jan 03, 2002 Location: washington state Posts: 475	Are You Being Served? That show had tremendously great writing and acting.

07-12-2002, 02:05 AM	#14
Fonz327 Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Jul 12, 2002 Location: Georgia Posts: 30	Are you being served was the best ever, but it lost some big fire with the losses of Mr Lucas and Grainger
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07-14-2002, 01:31 AM	#15
hec Brain Like a Garage Occasional Poster Join Date: Jul 14, 2002 Location: God's Icebox Posts: 7	YEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSS!!! Someone remembers Allo Allo!!! I'd say the best HAS to be "Last of the Summer Wine"-- you can't beat the ongoing battles between Nora Batty and the dear departed Compo!!! [Although, I must say, my favorite Britcom is still "Waiting for God"...]
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