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Dene
04-12-2003, 14:51
See here (http://www.ananova.com/entertainment/story/sm_844160.html?menu=) -- could be a lot of fun.

Not sure what I'd plump for: if it's UK sitcoms only, either Rising Damp or Only Fools and Horses.... probably.
Silent Bob
04-12-2003, 15:19
Wonder if Russ Abbot's 'Married For Life' (uk version of - Married With Children) will get a mention. :lol:
TheCookieMonster
04-12-2003, 15:20
Father Ted or Spaced for me to be a little bit different ;)
Symo
04-12-2003, 15:21
The Good Life.
Arch Stanton
04-12-2003, 16:29
What's the odds on Fawlty Towers winning...?
LooNaTiK
04-12-2003, 16:29
Blackadder Goes Forth or Bottom or The Office or Fawlty Towers

LooN
Paul Lynock
04-12-2003, 16:48
Two Pints of Lager and packet of Crisps... :lol: :gag:
ianmgibbs
04-12-2003, 19:58
The Young Ones, Bottom or Fithy Rich & Catflap
jpig
04-12-2003, 21:39
Another one for Fawlty Towers here.

And then mayber The Office.

Anyone want to run a sweep as to how many ITV shows will get in? I'll take one (Rising Damp).
Fred2002
04-12-2003, 23:28
I'd like to see The Gaffer in there somewhere. Trouble is the award will probably go to some diatribe of codswallop such as My Family (an award winner don't forget) or even worse Absolutely Fabulous.

Don't get your hopes up about this.....
Dxfatass
04-12-2003, 23:42
My vote would go to Yes (Prime) Minister. Seems to get overlooked in the general debates over sitcoms but in my view contained everything a sitcom should and went beyond, and also adapted real political whispers into the story. Fantastic show from start to finish. :notworthy
tj_director
04-12-2003, 23:57
the second series maybe could have been stronger, and it might not have the massive episode list of others, but i hope Father Ted is rated highly .. its an all out classic of British comedy :)
joconnor
05-12-2003, 00:16
Spaced by a country mile.
Sam
05-12-2003, 07:18
Fawlty Towers or The Office for me. Father Ted should also be in the running.
avid fan
05-12-2003, 08:38
I hope Coupling is highly rated.

Oh, and that thing with Martin Freeman and Reg Holdsworth from Coronation St.

:nuts: :nuts:
Guiness
05-12-2003, 18:07
I voted for a bunch of shows including Only Fools And Horses but when i submitted it the results said i had voted for Only When i Laugh instead. A friend submitted a list and got the same result. I hope they fixed that or we can expect OWIL to rank unfairly highly.
kjn6371
05-12-2003, 18:17
Porridge for me.
FBI
05-12-2003, 18:25
Sorry of course

"Language Timothy!!"

:lol:
Shoom
05-12-2003, 21:36
The Young Ones
The Good Life
The Comic Strip (Bad News, The Beat Generation )
I'm Alan Partridge
Rising Damp
Hancock's Half Hour
Paul and Pauline Calf (only 3 made)
Minder
Hamburger3
05-12-2003, 21:46
Originally posted by avid fan
I hope Coupling is highly rated.

Oh, and that thing with Martin Freeman and Reg Holdsworth from Coronation St.

:nuts: :nuts:

Hardware.

It was not the worst sitcom on itv by a long way.
JayX
05-12-2003, 23:53
most of the people i know of my age (18-22) who've seen coupling really really like it. my housemate and i watched all 3 series' within about a week recently. sure they rely on the same jokes all the time but jeff (not reappearing :( ) is such a great character, it doesn't matter if everyone else is utter tosh.

the american version was horrific mind.

black books, spaced for my choices over the last few years.

red dwarf, fawlty, bottom, father ted, blackadder prolly being my other favorites. don't mind a bit of ab fab either, sometimes can be really funny.
Paul Lynock
05-12-2003, 23:56
Originally posted by avid fan
I hope Coupling is highly rated.

Yeah, true that... I've only just started watching the repeats on BBC2 over the last couple of weeks- and it's, quite simply, fantastic! One of the funniest sitcoms I've seen for years- especially that episode with the girl from Israel :lol: :lol:

Fawtly Towers of Only Fools and Horses will win though- it's pretty obvious tbh...

EDIT: Nobody's mentioned The Royle Family, Phoenix Nights of the League of Gentlemen yet- all of them are classic comedy :thumbs:
Nirvana
06-12-2003, 12:36
League of Gentlemen :clap: :clap:
snowball
29-03-2004, 08:54
what a joke the programme was. OFAH won predicatably .. Blackadder should have won IMHO as they knew when to end it i.e. at the top :)

Also, this idea of 'ambassadors' selling thee favourite comedy was BBC2 at its worst. It was cheap and it was tacky and the people who write/act in those top ten comedies were no where to be seen

Cheap, tacky, crash TV... and it was on BBC2
:suspect: