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A Britcom is a [[Sit Com]] [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|made in the UK]]. Britcoms differ from other countries' sitcoms by being much, ''much'' [[Captain Obvious|more British]]. |
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Britcoms are often quite bawdy, playing against the stereotype of [[British Stuffiness]]. The typical Britcom takes a negative worldview, with the lead characters usually lonely, miserable, doomed to failure or just plain weird. |
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The standard length for a UK TV "season" (called a "series" in the UK) is [[British Brevity|6 to 8 episodes]]. British shows tend to be written by just one or two people, often long term collaborators such as Gaulton and Simpson. |
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UK production companies will usually let a show end when it's over, rather than [[Franchise Zombie|running successful franchises well into the ground]]. Thus, ''[[Fawlty Towers]]'' was a major hit and still ended in two series. There are exceptions such as ''[[Last of the Summer Wine (TV)|Last of the Summer Wine]]'', which lasted for 37 years, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment_and_arts/10218448.stm ending in 2010]. |
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US remakes of Britcoms are usually [[Lighter and Softer]] and more [[Hollywood Homely]], with less scope to make characters into [[Butt Monkey|Butt Monkeys]] or have unhappy endings for episodes. Americans can [[No Export for You|sometimes]] see Britcoms on [[Adult Swim]], [[PBS]] stations or BBC America. |
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Expect to see a lot of [[Black Comedy]], [[Double Entendre]], surrealism and [[Refuge in Audacity]]. |
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Examples are, naturally, numerous (but feel free to start making lists). |
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* [[Two Point Four Children (TV)|Two Point Four Children]] |
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* [[Fifteen Storeys High (TV)|Fifteen Storeys High]] |
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* [[Absolutely Fabulous (TV)|Absolutely Fabulous]] |
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* [[Allo Allo (TV)|Allo Allo]] |
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* [[Are You Being Served? (TV)|Are You Being Served]] |
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* [[As Time Goes By (TV)|As Time Goes By]] |
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* [[Blackadder (TV)|Blackadder]] |
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* [[Black Books (TV)|Black Books]] |
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* [[Bottom (TV)|Bottom]] |
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* [[The Brittas Empire (TV)|The Brittas Empire]] |
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* [[Cabin Pressure (Radio)|Cabin Pressure]] |
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* [[Chef (TV)|Chef]] |
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* [[Citizen Smith (TV)|Citizen Smith]] |
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* [[Coupling (TV)|Coupling]] |
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* [[Dad's Army (TV)|Dads Army]] |
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* [[Dear John (TV)|Dear John]] |
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* [[Desmonds (TV)|Desmonds]] |
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* [[Drop the Dead Donkey (TV)|Drop the Dead Donkey]] |
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* [[Extras (TV)|Extras]] |
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* [[The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (TV)|The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin]] |
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* [[Father Ted (TV)|Father Ted]] |
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* [[Fawlty Towers (TV)|Fawlty Towers]] |
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* [[Filthy Rich and Catflap (TV)|Filthy Rich and Catflap]] |
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* [[A Fine Romance (TV)|A Fine Romance]] |
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* [[Fortysomething (TV)|Fortysomething]] |
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* [[Friday Night Dinner (TV)|Friday Night Dinner]] |
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* [[Getting On (TV)|Getting On]] |
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* [[The Good Life (TV)|The Good Life]] |
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* Half of [[The Goodies (TV)|The Goodies]] |
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* [[Goodnight Sweetheart (TV)|Goodnight Sweetheart]] |
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* [[Goodness Gracious Me (Radio)|Goodness Gracious Me]] |
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* [[Grandma's House (TV)|Grandmas House]] |
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* [[The Great Outdoors (TV)|The Great Outdoors]] |
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* [[Hi De Hi (TV)|Hi De Hi]] |
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* [[Hancocks Half Hour (Radio)|Hancocks Half Hour]] |
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* [[Him and Her (TV)|Him and Her]] |
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* [[How Not to Live Your Life (TV)|How Not to Live Your Life]] |
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* [[I'm Alan Partridge (TV)|I'm Alan Partridge]] |
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* [[The Inbetweeners (TV)|The Inbetweeners]] |
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* [[The IT Crowd (TV)|The IT Crowd]] |
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* [[It Aint Half Hot Mum (TV)|It Aint Half Hot Mum]] |
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* [[Keeping Up Appearances (TV)|Keeping Up Appearances]] |
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* [[Knowing Me Knowing You With Alan Partridge (Radio)|Knowing Me Knowing You With Alan Partridge]], [[I'm Alan Partridge (TV)|I'm Alan Partridge]] |
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* [[KYTV (TV)|KYTV]] |
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* [[Last of the Summer Wine (TV)|Last of the Summer Wine]] |
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* [[Lead Balloon (TV)|Lead Balloon]] |
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* [[Let Them Eat Cake (TV)|Let Them Eat Cake]] |
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* [[Man About the House (TV)|Man About the House]] |
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* [[May to December (TV)|May to December]] |
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* [[Men Behaving Badly (TV)|Men Behaving Badly]] |
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* [[Miranda (TV)|Miranda]] |
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* [[Mongrels (TV)|Mongrels]] |
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* [[My Spy Family (TV)|My Spy Family]] |
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* [[The New Statesman (TV)|The New Statesman]] |
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* [[No Heroics (TV)|No Heroics]] |
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* [[Not Going Out (TV)|Not Going Out]] |
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* [[The Office (TV)|The Office]] |
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* [[The Old Guys (TV)|The Old Guys]] |
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* [[On the Buses (TV)|On the Buses]] |
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* [[One Foot in The Grave (TV)|One Foot in The Grave]] |
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* [[Only Fools and Horses (TV)|Only Fools and Horses]] |
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* [[Open All Hours (TV)|Open All Hours]] |
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* [[Outnumbered (TV)|Outnumbered]] |
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* [[Peep Show (TV)|Peep Show]] |
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* [[Phone Shop (TV)|Phone Shop]] |
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* [[Please Sir (TV)|Please Sir]] |
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* [[Porridge (TV)|Porridge]] |
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* [[Pramface (TV)|Pramface]] |
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* [[Private Schulz (TV)|Private Schulz]] |
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* [[Rab C Nesbitt (TV)|Rab C Nesbitt]] |
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* [[Red Dwarf (TV)|Red Dwarf]] |
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* [[Rev (TV)|Rev]] |
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* [[Roger and Val Have Just Got In (TV)|Roger and Val Have Just Got In]] |
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* [[The Royle Family (TV)|The Royle Family]] |
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* [[Sirens (TV)|Sirens]] |
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* [[So Haunt Me (TV)|So Haunt Me]] |
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* [[Some Mothers Do Ave Em (TV)|Some Mothers Do Ave Em]] |
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* [[Spaced (TV)|Spaced]] |
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* [[Steptoe and Son (TV)|Steptoe and Son]] |
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* [[Sykes (TV)|Sykes]] |
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* [[The Thick of It (TV)|The Thick of It]] |
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* [[The Thin Blue Line (TV)|The Thin Blue Line]] |
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* [[To the Manor Born (TV)|To the Manor Born]] |
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* [[The Trip (TV)|The Trip]] |
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* [[Trollied (TV)|Trollied]] |
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* [[Two Pints of Lager and A Packet of Crisps (TV)|Two Pints of Lager and A Packet of Crisps]] |
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* [[Up Pompeii (TV)|Up Pompeii]] |
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* [[The Vicar of Dibley (TV)|The Vicar of Dibley]] |
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* [[Waiting for God (TV)|Waiting for God]] |
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* [[Whites (TV)|Whites]] |
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* [[Yes Minister (TV)|Yes Minister]] |
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* [[You Rang M Lord (TV)|You Rang M Lord]] |
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* [[The Young Ones (TV)|The Young Ones]] |
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{{reflist}} |
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[[Category:index]] |
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[[Category:Britcom]] |
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Latest revision as of 04:33, 24 March 2014
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