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'.
Steptoe And Son: Series 5 (1970)
7.6/10
Starring: Harry H Corbett, Wilfrid Brambell
This is an episode list of the British sitcom Steptoe and Son. All episodes were originally shown on what is now known as BBC One, although the statio... Read more
Steptoe And Son: Series 6 (1970)
7.6/10
Starring: Harry H Corbett, Wilfrid Brambell
This is an episode list of the British sitcom Steptoe and Son. All episodes were originally shown on what is now known as BBC One, although the statio... Read more
Steptoe And Son: Series 4 (1965)
7.6/10
Starring: Harry H Corbett, Wilfrid Brambell
All seven episodes from the fourth series of the classic BBC television comedy about the father and son who run a junkyard and scrap metal business, p... Read more
Hogan's Heroes: Season 2 (1966)
7.9/10
Starring: Bob Crane, Werner Klemperer, John Banner, Robert Clary, Richard Dawson, Ivan Dix...
A top 10 show in its first season (a top 20 show in its second), Hogan's Heroes, like Gilligan's Island, got little love from critics during its seven... Read more
Doc Martin: Series 3 (2009)
7.7/10
Director: Ben Bolt
Starring: Ian McNeice, Martin Clunes, Caroline Catz, Joe Absolom, Stephanie Cole
A haemophobic surgeon from London moves to a Cornish village where he becomes the local GP. His social awkwardness and secret fear of blood lead to ma... Read more
For The Love Of Ada (1970)
7.5/10
Starring: Irene Handl, Wilfred Pickles, Mollie Sugden
Irene Handl and Wilfred Pickles are two senior citizens who find that as romance blossoms, so too does emotional turmoil. The series gently charts the... Read more
My Favourite Martian: Season 3 (1963)
Starring: Ray Walston, Bill Bixby
First airing in 1963, one of the first sitcoms with a 'fantasy' premise, joining ranks with 'Mister Ed', and followed later by 'Bewitched' and 'I Drea... Read more
Laverne and Shirley: Season 1 (1976)
8.3/10
Starring: Cindy Williams, Penny Marshall, Michael McKean, David Lander
It is not often that the spin-off of a top-rated TV sitcom becomes even more popular than its "parent" program, but that's just what happened with thi... Read more
Family Guy: Season 7 (2008)
8.2/10
Starring: Seth Green, Rachael MacFarlane, Mila Kunis, Seth MacFarlane
After years of diablolical plotting, Stewie delivers on his most prized threat and kills Lois. Or does he? Plot twists, random interludes and inapprop... Read more
Sorry!: Series 2 (1982)
7.4/10
Director: David Askey
Starring: Ronnie Corbett, Barbara Lott, William Moore
Ronnie Corbett (The Two Ronnies) plays Timothy Lumsden, a part specially written for him, and has turned him into one of the best-loved comic figures... Read more