Laurel And Hardy
Laurel And Hardy
You can't have a section dedicated to US comedy that was popular here in the UK without perhaps one of the greatest comedy double acts of all time: Laurel And Hardy.I often feel lucky that...
Soap
Soap, 1977
Soap was an American sitcom that found popularity in the UK during the mid 80's.The show originally aired in the USA from 1977 to 1981, running for 4 series. It was picked up in the UK by Chann...
Bewitched
Bewitched, 1964
This US sitcom aired for 8 series over 254 episodes in the USA from 1964 to 1972. It became a popular fixture in the UK when in the 1960's the BBC began showing episodes. These were repeated ...
Steptoe And Son USA
Steptoe And Son, 1965, Sanford And Son, 1972
By 1965 Steptoe And Son was a huge success in the UK. Writers Ray Galton and Alan Simpson were invited to the USA by Joseph E. Levine to create an American version...
ALF
ALF, 1986
Hugely popular here in the UK. ALF was the US sitcom that ran for 99 episodes over four series, between 1986 and 1990. However 3 episodes ran for 60 minutes but were divided into two parts for broa...
Mork And Mindy
Mork And Mindy, 1978
Mork and Mindy was the hit US sitcom that became extremely popular in the UK.The series was a spin off from a hugely popular episode of another US sitcom that proved popular in the UK ...
It’s Sergeant Bilko
The Phil Silvers Show, 1955
The Americans were doing sitcom long before us and many of their sitcoms have been massively popular here in the UK.The Phil Silvers Show, often referred to as Sergeant Bilko is...
How To Irritate People
How To Irritate People, 1968
How To Irritate People was a one off TV show made in 1968. It featured a host of top class writers and was the brainchild of David Frost.The show was made in the UK for the Am...
Diff’rent Strokes
Diff'rent Strokes, 1978
Diff'rent Strokes was a hugely successful American Sitcom that was also very popular in the UK, where it went out on a Tuesday afternoon at the end of ITV's Children's programming.B...
Cheers, 1982
Cheers, 1982
One of the most popular American sitcoms to air on UK TV screens, in fact it still finds regular repeats around the various digital stations today - Cheers.Cheers was the hit US sitcom, develo...