Looking for some good comedies. I looked at the top shows on Brit Box (streaming channel in the US), and most of them are police procedurals! I think the first comedy is Gavin & Stacy, which I haven’t seen but isn’t there something newer? My wife and I have enjoyed Coupling and Inbetweeners. Any suggestions?
“Back” is Mitchell and Webb’s new show and pretty good, but anything with those two is great British comedy.
“Dick Turpin” on Apple has Noel Fielding, and he comes with a gang of Brits in everything. So not technically British, but a lot of Brits.
A lot of British comedy these days seems to be quiz/talk shows. Taskmaster has every season on YouTube, and the others like 8 out of 10 cats, or the Big Fat quizs get uploaded pretty quick to a couple different grey areas channels.
I really like British TV, but I never got Brit Box because, like you said it’s almost all police procedures. They don’t have everything even tho it’s advertised like they do.
I really enjoyed “Extraordinary”. It has a lot of the same feel as coupling, maybe mixed with a bit of “Misfits”.
Speaking of which, “Misfits” first couple seasons are pretty great as well.
Really enjoyed Extraordinary (on Hulu in the US). Will have to check out Misfits.
Excellent! Make sure it’s the UK version of Misfits. There was a truly terrible attempt to make a US version.
There is a bunch on Amazon Prime - Spaced (Simon Pegg/Nick Frost) is a bit weird but I like it. There’s also Black Books and (I think) Green Wing.
But yeah, Brit Box is awful unless you like cop shows and people in fancy dresses
League of Gentlemen is quite a fun dark comedy. Not everyone’s cup of tea though, which is fair. Same with inside no. 9, made by the same cast, but is a bit more modern and drama-like.
I liked Detectorists! I’m not sure if it’s entirely comedy though, it’s partly slice-of-life as well.
