1 | British [[SitCom situation comedy]] series, or "Britcoms", differ from other countries' sitcoms by being much, ''much'' [[ShapedLikeItself more British]]. |
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3 | Britcoms are often quite bawdy, playing against the stereotype of BritishStuffiness. The typical Britcom takes a negative worldview, with the lead characters usually [[LoserProtagonist lonely, miserable, doomed to failure]], just plain weird, or [[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist flat-out unlikable]]. |
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5 | The standard length for a UK TV "season" (called a "series" in the UK) is [[BritishBrevity 6 to 8 episodes]]. British shows tend to be written by just one or two people, often long term collaborators such as [[Series/SteptoeAndSon Galton and Simpson]] or [[Series/TheOfficeUK Gervais and Merchant]]. |
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7 | UK production companies will usually let a show end when it's over, rather than [[FranchiseZombie running successful franchises well into the ground]]. Thus, ''Series/FawltyTowers'' was a major hit and still ended in two series. There are exceptions such as ''Series/LastOfTheSummerWine'', which lasted for 37 years, [[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10218448.stm ending in 2010]]. |
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9 | Some British sitcoms have also become popular in Ireland, [[http://obritanada.wordpress.com/2011/05/09/the-comforting-sound-of-british-sitcoms/ Canada]], [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_sitcom#Australia Australia]], [[http://www.comedycentral.co.nz/shows/british-block/ New Zealand]] or [[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1581253/BBCs-Allo-Allo-TV-sitcom-sold-to-Germany.html mainland Europe]]. There have been several [[ForeignRemake American remakes]] of Britcoms, [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_sitcom#United_States including a few successful ones:]] ''Series/SanfordAndSon'', ''Series/AllInTheFamily'' and ''Series/{{The Office|US}}''. Americans can sometimes see UK sitcoms on Creator/{{PBS}} stations, Creator/AdultSwim, Creator/{{HBO}}, [[Creator/TheBBC BBC]] America or Creator/{{IFC}}. |
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11 | Expect to see a lot of BlackComedy, DoubleEntendre, {{Understatement}}, CringeComedy, TheComicallySerious, {{Surrealism}}, {{Deadpan Snarker}}s, RefugeInAudacity and BritishHumour. |
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13 | Examples are, naturally, numerous: |
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15 | !!Examples: |
16 | [[index]] |
17 | * ''Series/TwoPointFourChildren'' |
18 | * ''Series/FifteenStoreysHigh'' |
19 | * ''Series/AbsolutelyFabulous'' |
20 | * ''Series/AbsolutePowerBBC'' |
21 | * ''Series/AfterLife2019'' |
22 | * ''Series/AfterYouveGone'' |
23 | * ''Series/AllAboutMe'' |
24 | * ''Series/AllGasAndGaiters'' |
25 | * ''Series/AlloAllo'' |
26 | * ''Series/AlmasNotNormal'' |
27 | * ''Series/{{Ambassadors}}'' |
28 | * ''Series/AnnuallyRetentive'' |
29 | * ''Series/AreYouBeingServed'' |
30 | * ''Series/TheArmyGame'' |
31 | * ''Series/AsTimeGoesBy'' |
32 | * ''Series/BabesInTheWood'' |
33 | * ''Series/{{Babylon|2014}}'' |
34 | * ''Series/{{Back}}'' |
35 | * ''Series/BackToLife'' |
36 | * ''Series/BadEducation'' |
37 | * ''Series/{{Barbara}}'' |
38 | * ''[[Series/BoSelecta The Bear's Tail]]'' |
39 | * ''Series/TheBennyHillShow'' |
40 | * ''Series/BestOfFriends1963'' |
41 | * ''Series/BigTop'' |
42 | * ''Series/BirdsOfAFeather'' |
43 | * ''Series/BirdsOnTheWing'' |
44 | * ''Series/{{Blackadder}}'' |
45 | * ''Series/BlackBooks'' |
46 | * ''Series/BlessMeFather'' |
47 | * ''Series/BlessThisHouse'' |
48 | * ''Series/{{Bluestone 42}}'' |
49 | * ''Series/{{Boarders}}'' |
50 | * ''Series/TheBookGroup'' |
51 | * ''Series/{{Borderline}}'' |
52 | * ''Series/{{Bottom}}'' |
53 | * ''Series/BoyMeetsGirl'' |
54 | * ''Series/{{Brass}}'' |
55 | * ''Series/{{Bread|1986}}'' |
56 | * ''Series/{{Breeders}}'' |
57 | * ''Series/BrianPern'' |
58 | * ''Series/TheBrittasEmpire'' |
59 | * ''Series/{{Bull|2015}}'' |
60 | * ''Series/{{Butterflies}}'' |
61 | * ''Radio/CabinPressure'' |
62 | * ''Series/CarryOnLaughing'' |
63 | * ''Series/CarShare'' |
64 | * ''Series/{{Catastrophe}}'' |
65 | * ''Series/CharleysGrants'' |
66 | * ''[[Series/Chef1993 Chef!]]'' |
67 | * ''Series/{{Chelmsford123}}'' |
68 | * ''Series/ChewingGum'' |
69 | * ''Series/{{Chickens}}'' |
70 | * ''Series/CitizenSmith'' |
71 | * ''Series/{{Clarence}}'' |
72 | * ''Series/TheCleanerUK'' |
73 | * ''Series/{{Clone}}'' |
74 | * ''Series/CmonMidffild'' |
75 | * ''Series/{{Cockroaches}}'' |
76 | * ''Series/ComeBackMrsNoah'' |
77 | * ''Series/TheCompletelyMadeUpAdventuresOfDickTurpin'' |
78 | * ''Series/CoogansRun'' |
79 | * ''Series/CoppersEnd'' |
80 | * ''Series/{{Coupling}}'' |
81 | * ''Series/TheCreatives'' |
82 | * ''Series/{{Cuckoo}}'' |
83 | * ''Series/TheCultureVultures'' |
84 | * ''Series/DadsArmy'' |
85 | * ''Series/DearJohn'' |
86 | * ''Radio/DeepTrouble'' |
87 | * ''Series/DefendingTheGuilty'' |
88 | * ''Series/DerryGirls'' |
89 | * ''Series/{{Desmonds}}'' |
90 | * ''Series/{{Detectorists}}'' |
91 | * ''Series/DoctorInTheHouse'' |
92 | * ''Series/DontHugMeImScared" |
93 | * ''Series/{{Drifters}}'' |
94 | * ''Series/DropTheDeadDonkey'' |
95 | * ''Series/EarlyDoors'' |
96 | * ''Series/EverDecreasingCircles'' |
97 | * ''Series/Extraordinary2023'' |
98 | * ''Series/{{Extras}}'' |
99 | * ''Series/TheFallAndRiseOfReginaldPerrin'' |
100 | * ''Series/FatherTed'' (set in Ireland and created by Irish people, but produced by Channel 4) |
101 | * ''Series/FawltyTowers'' |
102 | * ''Series/FiddlersThree'' |
103 | * ''Series/FilthyRichAndCatflap'' |
104 | * ''Series/AFineRomance'' |
105 | * ''Series/{{Fleabag}}'' |
106 | * ''Series/ForeignAffairs1966'' |
107 | * ''Series/{{Fortysomething}}'' |
108 | * ''Series/FreshMeat'' |
109 | * ''Series/FridayNightDinner'' |
110 | * ''Series/FriendsAndNeighbours1954'' |
111 | * ''WesternAnimation/FullEnglish'' |
112 | * ''Series/GameOn'' |
113 | * ''Series/GavinAndStacey'' |
114 | * ''Series/GeorgeAndMildred'' |
115 | * ''Series/GetSomeIn'' |
116 | * ''Series/GettingOn'' |
117 | * ''Series/{{Ghosts|UK}}'' |
118 | * ''Series/GimmeGimmeGimme'' |
119 | * ''Series/GirlsOnTop'' |
120 | * ''Series/TheGnomesOfDulwich'' |
121 | * ''Series/TheGoodLife'' |
122 | * Half of ''Series/TheGoodies'' |
123 | * ''Series/GoodnightSweetheart'' |
124 | * ''Radio/GoodnessGraciousMe'' |
125 | * ''Series/GrandmasHouse'' |
126 | * ''Radio/TheGoonShow'' |
127 | * ''Series/TheGreatOutdoors'' |
128 | * ''Series/GreenWing'' |
129 | * ''Series/TheHappyApple'' |
130 | * ''Series/HiDeHi'' |
131 | * ''Radio/HancocksHalfHour'' |
132 | * ''Series/Hardware2003'' |
133 | * ''Series/HelpImATeenageOutlaw'' |
134 | * ''Series/HimAndHer'' |
135 | * ''Series/HoldTheSunset'' |
136 | * ''Series/{{Hounded}}'' |
137 | * ''Series/HowDoYouWantMe'' |
138 | * ''Series/HowNotToLiveYourLife'' |
139 | * ''Series/{{Hyperdrive}}'' |
140 | * ''Series/IfItMovesFileIt'' |
141 | * ''Series/ImAlanPartridge'' |
142 | * ''Radio/InAndOutOfTheKitchen'' |
143 | * ''Series/InForAPenny'' |
144 | * ''Series/TheInbetweeners'' |
145 | * ''Series/InsideGeorgeWebley'' |
146 | * ''Series/InsideNo9'' |
147 | * ''Series/TheIrishRM'' |
148 | * ''Series/IsItLegal'' |
149 | * ''Series/TheITCrowd'' |
150 | * ''Series/ItAintHalfHotMum'' |
151 | * ''Series/ItsAwfullyBadForYourEyesDarling'' |
152 | * ''Series/JamAndJerusalem'' |
153 | * ''Series/JustAGigolo'' |
154 | * ''Series/JustGoodFriends'' |
155 | * ''Series/KeepingUpAppearances'' |
156 | * ''Series/{{KYTV}}'' |
157 | * ''Series/{{Ladhood}}'' |
158 | * ''Series/TheLastOfTheBaskets'' |
159 | * ''Series/LastOfTheSummerWine'' |
160 | * ''Series/LeadBalloon'' |
161 | * ''Series/TheLeagueOfGentlemen'' |
162 | * ''Series/LetThemEatCake'' |
163 | * ''Series/LoveThyNeighbour'' |
164 | * ''Series/MadAboutAlice'' |
165 | * ''Series/ManAboutTheHouse'' |
166 | * ''Series/{{Mandy}}'' |
167 | * ''Series/MarleysGhosts'' |
168 | * ''Series/MaxAndPaddysRoadToNowhere'' |
169 | * ''Series/MayToDecember'' |
170 | * ''Series/MenBehavingBadly'' |
171 | * ''Radio/TheMenFromTheMinistry'' |
172 | * ''Series/MindYourLanguage'' |
173 | * ''Series/Miranda2009'' |
174 | * ''Series/MissJonesAndSon'' |
175 | * ''Series/{{Mongrels}}'' |
176 | * ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' |
177 | * ''Series/{{Motherland}}'' |
178 | * ''Series/MrBean'' |
179 | * ''Radio/MyFirstPlanet'' |
180 | * ''Series/MySpyFamily'' |
181 | * ''Radio/{{Newfangle}}'' |
182 | * ''Series/TheNewStatesman'' |
183 | * ''Series/NextOfKin'' |
184 | * ''Series/{{Nightingales}}'' |
185 | * ''Series/NoAppointmentNecessary1977'' |
186 | * ''Series/NoHeroics'' |
187 | * ''Series/NotGoingOut'' |
188 | * ''Series/{{The Office|UK}}'' |
189 | * ''Series/OhDoctorBeeching'' |
190 | * ''Series/TheOldGuys'' |
191 | * ''Series/OnTheBuses'' |
192 | * ''Series/OnTheHouse'' |
193 | * ''Series/OneFootInTheGrave'' |
194 | * ''Series/OnlyFoolsAndHorses'' |
195 | * ''Series/OpenAllHours'' |
196 | * ''Series/{{Outnumbered}}'' |
197 | * ''{{Radio/Party}}'' |
198 | * ''Series/PeepShow'' |
199 | * ''Series/{{Pets}}'' |
200 | * ''Series/PhoneShop'' |
201 | * ''Series/{{Plebs}}'' |
202 | * ''Series/PleaseSir'' |
203 | * ''Series/{{Porridge}}'' |
204 | * ''Series/{{Pramface}}'' |
205 | * ''Series/APrinceAmongMen'' |
206 | * ''Series/PrivateSchulz'' |
207 | * ''Series/QueenOfOz'' |
208 | * ''Series/RabCNesbitt'' |
209 | * ''Series/RaisedByWolves2013'' |
210 | * ''Series/RedDwarf'' |
211 | * ''Series/ReggiePerrin'' |
212 | * ''Series/{{Rev}}'' |
213 | * ''Series/RisingDamp'' |
214 | * ''Series/TheRobinsons'' |
215 | * ''Series/RogerAndValHaveJustGotIn'' |
216 | * ''Series/RoomAtTheBottom1967'' |
217 | * ''Series/RootIntoEurope'' |
218 | * ''Series/TheRoyleFamily'' |
219 | * ''Series/Sally4Ever'' |
220 | * ''Series/SamsGame'' |
221 | * ''Series/TheScotts'' |
222 | * ''Series/{{Searching}}'' |
223 | * ''Series/SemiDetached'' |
224 | * ''Series/SexEducation'' |
225 | * ''Series/ShineALight'' |
226 | * ''Series/SirensUK'' |
227 | * ''Series/SoHauntMe'' |
228 | * ''Series/SomeGirls'' |
229 | * ''Series/SomeMothersDoAveEm'' |
230 | * ''Series/{{Sorry}}'' |
231 | * ''Series/{{Spaced}}'' |
232 | * ''Series/StateOfTheUnion'' |
233 | * ''Series/SteptoeAndSon'' |
234 | * ''Series/SuburbanShootout'' |
235 | * ''Series/SurgicalSpirit'' |
236 | * ''Series/{{Sykes}}'' |
237 | * ''Series/TerryAndJune'' |
238 | * ''Series/TheThickOfIt'' |
239 | * ''Series/TheThinBlueLine'' |
240 | * ''Series/ThisCountry'' |
241 | * ''Series/ThisWayUp'' |
242 | * ''Series/TillDeathUsDoPart'' |
243 | * ''Series/TimeGentlemenPlease'' |
244 | * ''Radio/TimeSpanner'' |
245 | * ''Series/{{Timewasters}}'' |
246 | * ''Series/ToastOfLondon'' / ''Series/ToastOfTinseltown'' |
247 | * ''Series/ToTheManorBorn'' |
248 | * ''Series/TheTrainNowStanding'' |
249 | * ''Series/TheTrip'' |
250 | * ''Series/{{Trollied}}'' |
251 | * ''Series/TheTroubleWithYouLilian'' |
252 | * ''Series/TwoPintsOfLagerAndAPacketOfCrisps'' |
253 | * ''Series/TwoUpTwoDown'' |
254 | * ''Series/UncleBBC'' |
255 | * ''Series/UpPompeii'' |
256 | * ''Series/TheUpperCrusts'' |
257 | * ''Series/UpstartCrow'' |
258 | * ''Series/UpTheWomen'' |
259 | * ''Series/TheVicarOfDibley'' |
260 | * ''Series/{{Vicious}}'' |
261 | * ''Series/WaitingForGod'' |
262 | * ''Series/{{Watching}}'' |
263 | * ''Series/WeAreLadyParts'' |
264 | * ''Series/{{Whites}}'' |
265 | * ''Series/TheWindsors'' |
266 | * ''Podcast/WoodenOvercoats'' |
267 | * ''Series/TheWrongMans'' |
268 | * ''Series/YesMinister'' |
269 | * ''Series/YouMeAndThem'' |
270 | * ''Series/YouRangMLord'' |
271 | * ''Series/{{Youngers}}'' |
272 | * ''Series/TheYoungOnes'' |
273 | * ''Series/YoureOnlyYoungTwice1971'' |
274 | [[/index]] |
275 |
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