| 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: |
| 14 | ---- |
| 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/LastOfTheSummerWine'' |
| 159 | * ''Series/LeadBalloon'' |
| 160 | * ''Series/TheLeagueOfGentlemen'' |
| 161 | * ''Series/LetThemEatCake'' |
| 162 | * ''Series/LoveThyNeighbour'' |
| 163 | * ''Series/MadAboutAlice'' |
| 164 | * ''Series/ManAboutTheHouse'' |
| 165 | * ''Series/{{Mandy}}'' |
| 166 | * ''Series/MarleysGhosts'' |
| 167 | * ''Series/MaxAndPaddysRoadToNowhere'' |
| 168 | * ''Series/MayToDecember'' |
| 169 | * ''Series/MenBehavingBadly'' |
| 170 | * ''Radio/TheMenFromTheMinistry'' |
| 171 | * ''Series/MindYourLanguage'' |
| 172 | * ''Series/Miranda2009'' |
| 173 | * ''Series/MissJonesAndSon'' |
| 174 | * ''Series/{{Mongrels}}'' |
| 175 | * ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus'' |
| 176 | * ''Series/{{Motherland}}'' |
| 177 | * ''Series/MrBean'' |
| 178 | * ''Radio/MyFirstPlanet'' |
| 179 | * ''Series/MySpyFamily'' |
| 180 | * ''Radio/{{Newfangle}}'' |
| 181 | * ''Series/TheNewStatesman'' |
| 182 | * ''Series/NextOfKin'' |
| 183 | * ''Series/{{Nightingales}}'' |
| 184 | * ''Series/NoAppointmentNecessary1977'' |
| 185 | * ''Series/NoHeroics'' |
| 186 | * ''Series/NotGoingOut'' |
| 187 | * ''Series/{{The Office|UK}}'' |
| 188 | * ''Series/OhDoctorBeeching'' |
| 189 | * ''Series/TheOldGuys'' |
| 190 | * ''Series/OnTheBuses'' |
| 191 | * ''Series/OnTheHouse'' |
| 192 | * ''Series/OneFootInTheGrave'' |
| 193 | * ''Series/OnlyFoolsAndHorses'' |
| 194 | * ''Series/OpenAllHours'' |
| 195 | * ''Series/{{Outnumbered}}'' |
| 196 | * ''{{Radio/Party}}'' |
| 197 | * ''Series/PeepShow'' |
| 198 | * ''Series/{{Pets}}'' |
| 199 | * ''Series/PhoneShop'' |
| 200 | * ''Series/{{Plebs}}'' |
| 201 | * ''Series/PleaseSir'' |
| 202 | * ''Series/{{Porridge}}'' |
| 203 | * ''Series/{{Pramface}}'' |
| 204 | * ''Series/APrinceAmongMen'' |
| 205 | * ''Series/PrivateSchulz'' |
| 206 | * ''Series/QueenOfOz'' |
| 207 | * ''Series/RabCNesbitt'' |
| 208 | * ''Series/RaisedByWolves2013'' |
| 209 | * ''Series/RedDwarf'' |
| 210 | * ''Series/ReggiePerrin'' |
| 211 | * ''Series/{{Rev}}'' |
| 212 | * ''Series/RisingDamp'' |
| 213 | * ''Series/TheRobinsons'' |
| 214 | * ''Series/RogerAndValHaveJustGotIn'' |
| 215 | * ''Series/RoomAtTheBottom1967'' |
| 216 | * ''Series/RootIntoEurope'' |
| 217 | * ''Series/TheRoyleFamily'' |
| 218 | * ''Series/Sally4Ever'' |
| 219 | * ''Series/SamsGame'' |
| 220 | * ''Series/TheScotts'' |
| 221 | * ''Series/{{Searching}}'' |
| 222 | * ''Series/SemiDetached'' |
| 223 | * ''Series/SexEducation'' |
| 224 | * ''Series/ShineALight'' |
| 225 | * ''Series/SirensUK'' |
| 226 | * ''Series/SoHauntMe'' |
| 227 | * ''Series/SomeGirls'' |
| 228 | * ''Series/SomeMothersDoAveEm'' |
| 229 | * ''Series/{{Sorry}}'' |
| 230 | * ''Series/{{Spaced}}'' |
| 231 | * ''Series/StateOfTheUnion'' |
| 232 | * ''Series/SteptoeAndSon'' |
| 233 | * ''Series/SuburbanShootout'' |
| 234 | * ''Series/SurgicalSpirit'' |
| 235 | * ''Series/{{Sykes}}'' |
| 236 | * ''Series/TerryAndJune'' |
| 237 | * ''Series/TheThickOfIt'' |
| 238 | * ''Series/TheThinBlueLine'' |
| 239 | * ''Series/ThisCountry'' |
| 240 | * ''Series/ThisWayUp'' |
| 241 | * ''Series/TillDeathUsDoPart'' |
| 242 | * ''Series/TimeGentlemenPlease'' |
| 243 | * ''Radio/TimeSpanner'' |
| 244 | * ''Series/{{Timewasters}}'' |
| 245 | * ''Series/ToastOfLondon'' / ''Series/ToastOfTinseltown'' |
| 246 | * ''Series/ToTheManorBorn'' |
| 247 | * ''Series/TheTrainNowStanding'' |
| 248 | * ''Series/TheTrip'' |
| 249 | * ''Series/{{Trollied}}'' |
| 250 | * ''Series/TheTroubleWithYouLilian'' |
| 251 | * ''Series/TwoPintsOfLagerAndAPacketOfCrisps'' |
| 252 | * ''Series/TwoUpTwoDown'' |
| 253 | * ''Series/UncleBBC'' |
| 254 | * ''Series/UpPompeii'' |
| 255 | * ''Series/TheUpperCrusts'' |
| 256 | * ''Series/UpstartCrow'' |
| 257 | * ''Series/UpTheWomen'' |
| 258 | * ''Series/TheVicarOfDibley'' |
| 259 | * ''Series/{{Vicious}}'' |
| 260 | * ''Series/WaitingForGod'' |
| 261 | * ''Series/{{Watching}}'' |
| 262 | * ''Series/WeAreLadyParts'' |
| 263 | * ''Series/{{Whites}}'' |
| 264 | * ''Series/TheWindsors'' |
| 265 | * ''Podcast/WoodenOvercoats'' |
| 266 | * ''Series/TheWrongMans'' |
| 267 | * ''Series/YesMinister'' |
| 268 | * ''Series/YouMeAndThem'' |
| 269 | * ''Series/YouRangMLord'' |
| 270 | * ''Series/{{Youngers}}'' |
| 271 | * ''Series/TheYoungOnes'' |
| 272 | * ''Series/YoureOnlyYoungTwice1971'' |
| 273 | [[/index]] |
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