TV Comedy
Television comedy had a presence from the earliest days of broadcasting. The situation comedy, or sitcom, has been the most common, successful and culturally significant type of television comedy. As the name suggests, these programs feature recurring characters placed in humourous situations. Since the early 1950s with "I Love Lucy" in the US and "Hancock's Half Hour" in Britain, sitcoms have always had a special place in the hearts of viewers and gathered highly devoted followers, as the familar characters often become beloved. Below you may scroll though time to your fondly remembered telly programs. For Alice's motherlode of Television, stay with "Television Shows".
Pictured: Ricky Gervais as The Brentster in the BBC's brilliant 'The Office'.
Being Eve: The Complete Series (2001)
8.2/10
Starring: Fleur Saville, Stephen Lovatt, Alison Bruce, Tandi Wright
Made in New Zealand this award-winning teen comedy/drama series focuses on the life of 15-year-old philosopher, Eve Baxter as she tries to understand... Read more
Being Human: Series 1 (2008)
7.8/10
Starring: Aidan Turner, Lenora Crichlow, Russell Tovey
A vampire, a werewolf and a ghost share a house in Bristol and do their best to live their lives as normally as possible despite their strange and dar... Read more
Being Human: Series 2 (2010)
8.8/10
Starring: Aidan Turner, Lenora Crichlow, Russell Tovey
Returning for a gripping second series, vampire Mitchell (Aidan Turner), werewolf George (Russell Tovey), and ghost Annie (Lenora Crichlow) encounter... Read more
Being Human: Series 3 (2011)
7.5/10
Starring: Russell Tovey, Aidan Turner, Lenora Crichlow
In the third series of "Being Human", our supernatural heroes move to Wales to continue their quest to live like normal human beings and soon realise... Read more
Believe Nothing (2003)
7.8/10
Director: John Stroud
Starring: Michael Maloney, Rik Mayall, Emily Bruni
This bold and bizarre comedy series sees Rik Mayall as the irresistible, brilliant and bored Professor Adonis Cnut, the cleverest man in Britain. Aid... Read more
Benny Hill's World Tour: New York (1991)
Director: Dennis Kirkland
Starring: Benny Hill
British comedy legend, Benny Hill, hits the mean streets of New York with all the blundering enthusiasm you might expect from Captain Tuttle. Along t... Read more
Benny Hill: The Best Of (1974)
7.7/10
Director: John Robins
Starring: Benny Hill, Henry McGee, Bob Todd
Benny Hill has been making audiences laugh since the early '50s with his own inimitable band of humour. This special compilation contains some of the... Read more
Bernard Shaw Collection: Vol. 2 (1972)
Director: William Slater, Cedric Messina, Ronald Smedley
Starring: Maggie Smith, Tom Baker, Charles Gray, James Villiers, Helen Mirren, Prunella Sc...
Bernard Shaw sits among the great playwrights of the English language; this collection brings together five of his classic plays as adapted by the BBC... Read more
Better Call Saul: Season 4 (2018)
7.8/10
Starring: Giancarlo Esposito, Bob Odenkirk, Jonathan Banks, Patrick Fabian, Michael Mando,...
In this critically acclaimed dramas fourth season, his brother's death catalyzes Jimmy McGill's transformation into Saul Goodman. In the wake of his l... Read more
Better Call Saul: Season 5 (2020)
7.6/10
Starring: Giancarlo Esposito, Bob Odenkirk, Jonathan Banks, Patrick Fabian, Michael Mando,...
The fifth season picks up where the fourth left off, also taking place in 2004, four years before Saul Goodman meets Walter White and Jesse Pinkman. T... Read more