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Tour's Best Britcoms
Monday, March 10th, 2008 01:26 amYou may recall (or may heard of) a little poll back in 2004 that the BBC did, known as Britain's Best Sitcom. At long last I have finalised my list of top 100 British sitcoms, which I present to you now.
Please note the definitions: all are produced in the UK; all are sitcoms (although one was originally more of a sketch show which morphed into sketch/sitcom hybrid), so no comedy-dramas such as Jeeves and Wooster or Auf Wiedersehen, Pet; all are aimed at the adult/family viewership, so no children's sitcoms such as Maid Marian and her Merry Men. Nor does it include any sitcoms that never made it past the pilot episode (ie no Mirrorball).
I know there will be wild disagreements of the "How can _______ be so low down the list?" variety. In compiling this list, I'm going on what I've seen of the programme. In some cases I've seen less than a whole episode, while others I know all the words off by heart. In many cases I haven't seen the programme in question for twenty years or more, others get bumped up the list somewhat on the merits of familial comfort rather than sitcom craftsmanship. I've no doubt that if I was more familiar with many of the programmes lower down the list - the newer ones in particular - I would have placed them higher, but I have to go on what I've seen. Conversely, some programmes are so striking that they're pretty highly listed when I've only seen a couple of episodes.
So here goes:
( Obviously, Number One is Blackadder )
So... there you are. I'd be interested to hear your lists/views.
Please note the definitions: all are produced in the UK; all are sitcoms (although one was originally more of a sketch show which morphed into sketch/sitcom hybrid), so no comedy-dramas such as Jeeves and Wooster or Auf Wiedersehen, Pet; all are aimed at the adult/family viewership, so no children's sitcoms such as Maid Marian and her Merry Men. Nor does it include any sitcoms that never made it past the pilot episode (ie no Mirrorball).
I know there will be wild disagreements of the "How can _______ be so low down the list?" variety. In compiling this list, I'm going on what I've seen of the programme. In some cases I've seen less than a whole episode, while others I know all the words off by heart. In many cases I haven't seen the programme in question for twenty years or more, others get bumped up the list somewhat on the merits of familial comfort rather than sitcom craftsmanship. I've no doubt that if I was more familiar with many of the programmes lower down the list - the newer ones in particular - I would have placed them higher, but I have to go on what I've seen. Conversely, some programmes are so striking that they're pretty highly listed when I've only seen a couple of episodes.
So here goes:
( Obviously, Number One is Blackadder )
So... there you are. I'd be interested to hear your lists/views.
