What's been the UK comedy series of the decade?

[Badgers]

It was good, but nowhere near as good as 1, although the episode in Camden may be the second greatest Spaced episode after the clubbing one.

So what you are saying is that you want to fight me?

 

[skyscraper101]

Sorry misread its only for UK comedy.

Supprised no mention of Phoenix Nights by anyone else.

 

[girasol]

honourable mentions for nighty night, pulling and green wing.

There was a 'Pulling' special on a couple of nights ago.

very funny

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

So what you are saying is that you want to fight me?

Yeah. In slow motion.

 

[skyscraper101]

There was a 'Pulling' special on a couple of nights ago.

very funny

Damn missed it!! Must download.

That was the last episode ever of Pulling

 

[killer b]

Supprised no mention of Phoenix Nights by anyone else.

phoenix nights was excellent actually... forgot about that. his decent sitcoms get rather overshadowed by his risible stand-up...

 

[Badgers]

Yeah. In slow motion.

Great scene that!!

 

[Clair De Lune]

For me , Early Doors , it was as good as early Royle Family . Constantly funny , intelligently written , anyone who has spent time in a similar pub will identify with the characters , all very believable . The two policemen just had to walk in and it would make me smile.

My dad recommended this to me recently so I downloaded it. Can see exactly why he likes it, seen as he spends half his life in the pub
To be fair, I liked it too, apart from the title music which had me jumping up quick to turn off.

 

[weltweit]

The many and various adventures of BlackAdder and Baldrick.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

Great scene that!!

And then that wanker gets beaten up for real

 

[onenameshelley]

black books never fails to make me laugh, eating scrambled egg with a comb out of a shoe... pure genius. But i also love Green wing as well.

 

[Badgers]

eating scrambled egg with a comb out of a shoe

customer: Look, there's no other way to say this, but i didn't come in here to be insulted.

Bernard: Well, i didn't ask for the job of insulting you. In another life, we could have been brothers. Running a small, quirky taveria in sicily. Maybe we would have married the local twins instead of wasting each other's time here in this dump. But it was not to be. So hop it.

:d

 

[fogbat]

I'm torn between Black Books and Peep Show

Black Books edges it for me, but those two are probably the best on the list.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

I really should have done this as an open thread and done the poll after

 

[fogbat]

I'd like to add acknowledgment for 15 Storeys High, too. Excellent series that was never as popular as it deserved to be.

 

[Voley]

Black Books from that lot.

Customer: You know, I'm probably getting a lot of secondary smoke from you.
Bernard: Don't worry about it. Get me a drink sometime.

 

[sojourner]

Another vote for Black Books here

 

[machine cat]

garth marenghi's darkplace

 

[kained&able]

peepshow as mighty boosh is inconsistent and i aint seen black books.


dave

 

[g force]

Black Books edges it for me, but those two are probably the best on the list.

Pretty much my view.

 

[sojourner]

I tried to watch the Mighty Boosh again the other week. I got through one whole episode, started the second, and just thought 'fuck it, this is too fucking shite to waste any more time on'

 

[Biglittlefish]

The Thick of it - Black books

 

[Stoat Boy]

Pulling. A absolute classic and a disgrace that they have not given it another series.

 

[bluestreak]

Oooh yeah, Darkplace. Definitely a deserving candidate for an honourable mention but not as funny as Black Books, Barley, or The Thick Of It.

 

[tangentlama]

Green Wing

 

[skyscraper101]

Token mention for Bo Selecta as well.

 

[Griff]

Pulling. A absolute classic and a disgrace that they have not given it another series.

I never watched it at all, but found myself in front of the telly the other night watching the 'special' and laughing quite a bit.

A bit of a catch-up is needed on the series of 'Pulling'.

 

[nick h.]

The Peter Serafinowicz show is up there.

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

I've downloaded Black Books and have Pulling and Green Wing downloading now

 

[sojourner]

I've downloaded Black Books

Never seen it RD?

In for a treat