Ghosts
Ghosts, 2019
A surprise instant hit from the writers of Horrible Histories. Ghosts is a sitcom deliberately aimed at a pre-watershed audience. It boomed from a modest 2.5 million viewers on it's premier to 5...
The One…..
The Ones - Series One ?
Comedy has seen a huge resurgence in the last decade with comedians playing to sell out audiences in huge arenas and TV desperately trying to find the next classic sitcom.
Regular vi...
My Family
My Family, 2000
Many see My Family as the modern day equivalent of 1970’s comedy ‘Butterflies’ Head of the house hold Ben is a Dentist, wife Susan can’t cook, dysfunctional family, all sound familiar ?
It w...
Beast
Alexander Armstrong A "Beast"?
Not quite. Beast was the name of the BBC sitcom based in a vet's surgery that starred Alexander Armstrong. Beast ran for twelve episodes, two series of six, between 2000 and 200...
The Worst Week Of My Life
The Worst Week Of My Life, 2004
A sort of comedy of errors based around the premise that anything that can go wrong, usually does. The worst week of My Life ran for two series between 2004 and 2005. It retur...
Porridge – 2016
It's 2016, And We Are Getting A Fresh Helping Of - Porridge
Another Sitcom, another revival
As part of the BBC's Landmark Comedy Season, under the section "brand new episodes of classic sitcoms" came this o...
The Return Of ‘Allo ‘Allo !
The Return Of 'Allo 'Allo ! 2007
The Return Of 'Allo 'Allo ! was a one off special filmed in Manchester before a live audience on 22nd March 2007.
Written by the show's original writers David Croft and Jere...
A Tricky Situation For This Young Couple
Boy Meets Girl, 2015
Just when I thought that perhaps writers were struggling to come up with ideas for a good sitcom, came this hilarious sitcom about a very tricky subject - Transgender.
For years many pe...
Fleabag
Fleabag, 2016
Fleabag is a British Comedy Drama that ran for two series across three channels. Originally co-produced by Two Brothers Pictures with Amazon Studios, for digital channel BBC Three.
The series...
Lee Evans – So What Now?
So what now ? 2001
So What Now? So was this a natural successor to Some Mother’s Do ‘Ave ‘Em ? Co-written by and starring Lee Evans, as himself,the show came in for it's fair share of criticism. However look...