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'.
Big School: Series 1 (2013)
6.8/10
Starring: Frances de la Tour, David Walliams, Catherine Tate, Philip Glenister
Chemistry teacher Mr Church is in his 40s, unsuccessful both in love and in engaging 30 teenage kids in his madcap experiments. Everything changes whe... Read more
The Big Bang Theory: Season 7 (2013)
8.2/10
Starring: Johnny Galecki, Kaley Cuoco, Jim Parsons, Simon Helberg, Kunal Nayyar, Mayim Bia...
In this season, Leonard and Penny make a big decision about their relationship, Sheldon takes a new direction in life and Raj finally finds some roman... Read more
Blandings: Series 1 (2013)
6.9/10
Starring: Jennifer Saunders, Mark Williams, Timothy Spall, Tim Vine, Jack Farthing
1929. Blandings Castle is dysfunction junction, the home of a chaotic family struggling to keep itself in order. Clarence Emsworth, ninth earl and mas... Read more
The Moaning of Life (2013)
8.2/10
Starring: Karl Pilkington, John Montgomery
As if being sent around the world three times already by Ricky Gervais in An Idiot Abroad wasn't enough, everyone's favourite 'round-headed buffoon' i... Read more
Orange Is the New Black: Season 1 (2013)
8.2/10
Starring: Kate Mulgrew, Jessica Pimentel, Taylor Schilling, Danielle Brooks, Joel Garland,...
The story of Piper Chapman, a woman in her thirties who is sentenced to fifteen months in prison after being convicted of a decade-old crime of transp... Read more
The Spoils of Babylon (2013)
6.9/10
Starring: Haley Joel Osment, Tim Robbins, Tobey Maguire, Val Kilmer, Will Ferrell, Jessica...
6-part comedy mini-series that spoofs the epic and overly melodramatic television sagas that were commonplace in the 1980s. Patriarch Jonas Morehouse... Read more
Veep: Season 2 (2013)
8.2/10
Starring: Anna Chlumsky, Gary Cole, Kevin Dunn, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Tony Hale, Reid Scott...
Emmy-winning comedy series created by Armando Iannucci (Oscar nominee for co-writing "In the Loop") that takes a sharp, satirical look at the insular... Read more
Californication: Season 6 (2013)
8.3/10
Starring: David Duchovny, Natascha McElhone, Stephen Tobolowsky, Maggie Grace, Tim Minchin...
The penultimate season. Hank (David Duchovny) collaborates on a musical with a rock star (Tim Minchin) while taking up with his beautiful muse (Maggie... Read more
Girls: Season 2 (2013)
6/10
Starring: Alex Karpovsky, Lena Dunham, Allison Williams, Jemima Kirke, Zosia Mamet, Adam D...
Following the New York City adventures of a group of twenty-something women, the series focuses on Hannah Horvath (Lena Dunham) and her complicated we... Read more
Robot Chicken: DC Comics Special (2013)
7.9/10
Superman! Batman! Wonder Woman! For more than 75 years, the DC Comics Universe has been home to the world's most iconic superheroes! Robot Chicken! It... Read more