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Audi10 Fri 15-Apr-22 13:30:18

My favourites were Keeping up Appearances! Steptoe & Son & On the buses! Which were yours!

ixion Fri 15-Apr-22 13:39:01

Bread

Grandmabatty Fri 15-Apr-22 14:14:17

The good life. The High Life which only ran for eight episodes but I found it hilarious. It started Alan Cummings, Forbes Masson and Siobhan Redmond. Very Scottish so might have been local to me.

mayisay Fri 15-Apr-22 14:20:54

Another fan of Keeping Up Appearances. I've been watching re-runs recently, and still find them very funny. Only Fools and Horses, and also anything with Ronnie Barker. They beat "new comedy" which I don't find funny at all!

Kate1949 Fri 15-Apr-22 14:28:57

My absolute favourite as mentioned on here before was Man About The House with lovely Richard O'Sullivan. We watched repeats recently and it's was so nostalgic, especially the girls' fashions.

BBbevan Fri 15-Apr-22 14:32:10

Ever Decreasing Circles. Richard Briers as Martin, was fabulous

toscalily Fri 15-Apr-22 14:34:06

mayisay I agree they don't do comedy like they used to do, so much now is really course & vulgar, loads of swear words and even unpleasantness. My favourites were Only fools, Keeping Up Appearances, Dad's Army, To the Manor Born & The Good Life. Not sitcoms but for good humour you can't forget Eric & Ernie and The Two Ronnies.

MayBee70 Fri 15-Apr-22 14:34:27

Peter Egan was on Facebook the other day doing some sort of appeal. He’s still gorgeous!

MiniMoon Fri 15-Apr-22 14:34:44

Definitely Keeping up Appearances.
Also, To the Manor Born
Ever Decreasing Circles
Bread
Terry and June.

MayBee70 Fri 15-Apr-22 14:37:10

Butterflies was a favourite of mine. And, more recently, My Family. The earlier Likely Lads. I loved James Bolam. And The Liver Birds. Oh and Kate and Allie.

Kim19 Fri 15-Apr-22 14:41:42

Butterflies & Liverbirds for me. Anyone remember a Sunday evening series called Telfords change' with Hannah Gordon?

Grannyeggs Fri 15-Apr-22 14:43:03

I loved The fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin- loved Leonard Rossiter. Also Dads Army, the Liver birds and Steptoe and Son. I think they were all better than the ones dished up today- although it’s possibly my age shockshockshowinggrinshock

FarNorth Fri 15-Apr-22 14:50:03

Prisoner Cell Block H
The Newcomers
The Forsyte Saga
Upstairs Downstairs

FarNorth Fri 15-Apr-22 14:50:52

Oops, they weren't comedies blush

Kandinsky Fri 15-Apr-22 14:51:46

George & Mildred.

Audi10 Fri 15-Apr-22 14:51:59

Oh no! I had forgotten Only Fools & Horses! One of the best ever

Namsnanny Fri 15-Apr-22 14:52:04

Just good friends
Seinfield
Frasier
The Kominsky method (with the lovely Alan Arkin)

Grammaretto Fri 15-Apr-22 14:53:11

Porridge, One foot in the grave, the Good Life (back in the day)
Rising Damp and anything with Leonard Rossiter and Frances de la Tour.
Yes Minister.
Butterflies.
Little Britain.
The Office.

I never got/get the Royle Family, Bread or Mrs Brown's Boys.

Grammaretto Fri 15-Apr-22 14:54:42

Yes, Only Fools and Horses Mayisay

Grammaretto Fri 15-Apr-22 14:55:45

Farnorth grin

Grammaretto Fri 15-Apr-22 14:56:40

Is there anything new worth watching? I could do with a good laugh

MayBee70 Fri 15-Apr-22 15:06:48

Grammaretto

Is there anything new worth watching? I could do with a good laugh

I’m trying to think if there are any these days. I did like Lead Balloon but even that was a few years ago now.

Boz Fri 15-Apr-22 15:14:10

Grandmabatty

The good life. The High Life which only ran for eight episodes but I found it hilarious. It started Alan Cummings, Forbes Masson and Siobhan Redmond. Very Scottish so might have been local to me.

I Love The High Life; have the CD's. Who can forget Cummings and Massom doing Torvil and Dean along the empty plane.
Must have Scottish blood for my favourite is R.C. Nesbit and Tales of Para Handy. Great Stuff. It must be Gregor Fisher.

Grandma70s Fri 15-Apr-22 15:20:13

Keeping Up Appearances, To the Manor Born and Yes Minister are still funny. I liked Butterflies at the time, but now I find Ria very wet and feeble! The two layabout teenage sons are very funny, though. Ever Decreasing Circles has kept well.

I think the portrayal of women has changed, so Ria is a pain, as is Barbara in The Good Life. I didn’t find this at the time.

Mrsluckhurst Fri 15-Apr-22 15:21:25

I discovered Still Game a few years ago, had never heard of it before, absolutely hilarious, me & dh have watched it so many times but we still laugh hysterically at some of the scenes.
Love all the old classics Hi de Hi, Dad's Army, One Foot In The Grave etc, all great to watch when you need cheering up! grin