Old TV shows from the UK (the office, commercial, sitcom, episode)
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I'll add Some Mothers Do Ave Em
The Two Ronnies
No, Honestly
My dad liked Benny Hill because it was very much like a televised vaudeville/burlesque show
Space 1999 was more like an American/British Hybrid
Dramas not mentioned that are some of my favorites: The Onedin Line (yes it was shown in the US) and Callan, a thinking man's spy thriller with a great opening sequence.
Don't know if they'll be as good as the original ones though.
It would be really hard to match the original shows. Some times I can catch an old "Are you being served" here on PBS and always get a real belly laugh out of it.
The Jersey-based (Channel Islands) crime drama "Bergerac", the series John Nettles did before "Midsomer Murders".
Watched all of it after I had seen all of Midsomer Murders, a few yrs. back when Nettles left the show.
Recently re-watched all of "Rumpole of the Bailey" (lighthearted yet literary legal drama) & it was still good, decades later. Same w/Insp. Morse.
There are also plenty of older Britcoms that I've enjoyed:"Butterflies", "No Place Like Home", "The Good Life/Good Neighbors", "To the Manor Born"-
and Dave Allen At Large back in the 1970s, with his sketches and editorializing-and far out theme music...
I'll add Some Mothers Do Ave Em
The Two Ronnies
No, Honestly
My dad liked Benny Hill because it was very much like a televised vaudeville/burlesque show
Space 1999 was more like an American/British Hybrid
Dramas not mentioned that are some of my favorites: The Onedin Line (yes it was shown in the US) and Callan, a thinking man's spy thriller with a great opening sequence.
Benny Hill,...classic! I doubt that skit would be done today.
Old mother Riley was a real oldie , after mother Riley died turned out she was a man , now a modern show Mrs Browns boys , mrs brown is also a man , the show is so funny .
I finally watched (actually am finishing Season 4 so two more Seasons to go plus a couple of specials) of Men Behaving Badly. This show is so well written and acted, often laugh out loud funny, no wonder it lasted for many years. I had watched most of the Doc Martin shows which got me interested in Martin Clunes. MBB are all free on youtube, at least as of this minute so don't delay.
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