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Fear the Walking Dead(2015-2023)

3.8/5 (with 2,350 votes)

What did the world look like as it was transforming into the horrifying apocalypse depicted in "The Walking Dead"? This spin-off set in Los Angeles, following new characters as they face the beginning of the end of the world, will answer that question.

The Eric Andre Show(2012-)

TV-MA
| 11min per episode | Comedy
4.0/5 (with 63 votes)

A comedic talk show from an alternate reality featuring unstable hosts, a variety of celebrities—both real and fake—and unusual studio action.

Directed by Kitao Sakurai, Andrew Barchilon

Harry Hill's TV Burp(2002-2012)

30min per episode | Comedy
2.9/5 (with 9 votes)

Harry Hill's TV Burp is a British television comedy programme that ran for 11 years from 2001 to 2012. It was produced by Avalon Television for ITV and hosted by comedian Harry Hill. The show presents a look at the week's television, including extracts from TV shows with added sketches, observational voice-overs, and guest appearances. The show is based on clips of the previous week of programming on television, frequently reinterpreting actions or lines of dialogue in a humorous way, or pointing out how views of props or sets amusingly resemble other objects, and often lightheartedly or sarcastically commenting on the actual intended content of the programme. To produce the show, Hill and his programme associate writing team, including Brenda Gilhooly, Paul Hawksbee, Dan Maier, Joe Burnside and David Quantick, watch significant amounts of television, much on preview tapes. Clips from a variety of shows across most channels are included in the show, with soaps, dramas and popular-factual series being the most commonly represented genres. The clips are shown outside of the context of their original programme and only limited information about the scene is given, as the focus of the show's treatment is on the often unintentional humour which can be derived from the scene. The show was filmed at Teddington Studios, Greater London, in Studio 1 for series 1 to 8. From series 9 to 11, the studio has been the BBC Television Centre in London.

The Comic Strip Presents(1982-2016)

30min per episode | Comedy
3.7/5 (with 7 votes)

The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, who came to prominence in the 1980s. They are known for their television series The Comic Strip Presents... which was labelled as an example of alternative comedy. The core members are Adrian Edmondson, Dawn French, Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer, Peter Richardson, Jennifer Saunders and Alexei Sayle with frequent appearances by Keith Allen, Robbie Coltrane and others.

Monty Python's Flying Circus(1969-1974)

TV-14
| 30min per episode | Comedy
4.1/5 (with 286 votes)

A British sketch comedy series with the shows being composed of surreality, risqué or innuendo-laden humour, sight gags and observational sketches without punchlines.

The Mighty Boosh(2004-2007)

30min per episode | Comedy, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
3.8/5 (with 64 votes)

A British comic fantasy containing humour and pop-culture references. Episodes often featured elaborate musical numbers in different genres, such as electro, heavy metal, funk, and rap. The show has been known for popularising a style called "crimping"; short acappella songs which are present throughout all three series.

Directed by Paul King - With Julian Barratt, Noel Fielding, Michael Fielding, Rich Fulcher, Dave Brown

Black Books(2000-2004)

TV-PG
| 25min per episode | Comedy
4.0/5 (with 227 votes)

Black Books centres around the foul tempered and wildly eccentric bookshop owner Bernard Black. Bernard’s devotion to the twin pleasures of drunkenness and wilful antagonism deepens and enriches both his life and that of Manny, his assistant. Bearded, sweet and good, Manny is everything that Bernard isn’t and is punished by Bernard relentlessly just for the crime of existing. They depend on each other for meaning as Fran, their oldest friend, depends on them for distraction. Black Books is a haven of books, wine and conversation, the only threat to the group’s peace and prosperity is their own limitless stupidity.

Check It Out! with Dr. Steve Brule(2010-2016)

TV-14
| 12min per episode | Comedy
4.0/5 (with 29 votes)

See Dr. Steve learn about restaurants, spend time with his family, conquer his fears, and more. Featuring guest appearances by Jan Skylar, Wayne Skylar, and David Liebe Hart.

The Young Ones(1982-1984)

TV-14
| 29min per episode | Comedy
3.9/5 (with 59 votes)

The misadventures of four lunatic students who live in a shared student house. There's Rik, the overblown political one addicted to Cliff Richard, Vyvian the experimental scientific one/part-time anarchist, Neil the worried hippy, and Mike the ladies' man (at least he is in his mind).

I Think You Should Leave with Tim Robinson(2019-)

TV-MA
| 17min per episode | Comedy
3.5/5 (with 43 votes)

There is no such thing as an ordinary interaction in this offbeat sketch comedy series that features a deep roster of guest stars.

The League of Gentlemen(1999-2002)

30min per episode | Comedy
3.8/5 (with 50 votes)

The League of Gentlemen is a British comedy television series that premiered on BBC Two in 1999. The show is set in Royston Vasey, a fictional town in Northern England based on Bacup, Lancashire. It follows the lives of dozens of bizarre townspeople, most of whom are played by three of the show's four writers—Mark Gatiss, Steve Pemberton, and Reece Shearsmith—who, along with Jeremy Dyson, formed the League of Gentlemen comedy troupe in 1995. The series originally aired for three series from 1999 until 2002 followed by a film in 2005. A three-part revival mini-series was broadcast in December 2017 to celebrate the group's 20th anniversary.

One Foot In the Grave(1990-2000)

30min per episode | Comedy
3.8/5 (with 35 votes)

One Foot in the Grave is a BBC television sitcom series The series features the exploits of Victor Meldrew and his long-suffering wife, Margaret. The programmes invariably deal with Meldrew's battle against the problems he creates for himself. Living in a typical household in an unnamed English suburb, Victor takes involuntary early retirement. His various efforts to keep himself busy, while encountering various misfortunes and misunderstandings are the themes of the sitcom. The series was largely filmed on location in Walkford, near New Milton in Hampshire, although several clues show that the series may have been set in Hampshire – possibly Winchester. Despite its traditional production, the series supplants its domestic sitcom setting with elements of black humour and surrealism.

Directed by Sydney Lotterby - With Richard Wilson
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The New Statesman(1987-1992)

30min per episode | Comedy
3.7/5 (with 20 votes)

The New Statesman is a British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the Conservative government of the time.

Spaced(1999-2001)

TV-14
| 27min per episode | Comedy
4.0/5 (with 193 votes)

Spaced: the anti-Friends, in that it examines the lives of common 20 somethings, but in a way that is more down to earth and realistic. Here we have Daisy and Tim; two 'young' adults with big dreams just trying to get by in this crazy world. They are thrown together in a common pursuit of tenancy, which they find by posing as a couple. The house has a landlady and an oddball artist living there. The series explores the ins and outs of London living.

Toast of London(2013-2015)

30min per episode | Comedy
3.7/5 (with 37 votes)

Steven Toast, an eccentric middle-aged actor with a chequered past, spends more time dealing with his problems off stage than performing on it.

Directed by Michael Cumming - With Matt Berry, Doon Mackichan, Robert Bathurst, Harry Peacock, Tim Downie, Shazad Latif, ...

Upright Citizens Brigade(1998-2000)

TV-14
| 30min per episode | Comedy
3.7/5 (with 8 votes)

The Upright Citizens Brigade is an improvisational comedy and sketch comedy group that emerged from Chicago's ImprovOlympic in 1990. The most recent incarnation consists of Matt Besser, Amy Poehler, Ian Roberts, and Matt Walsh. The original incarnation of the group consisted of Besser, Ali Farahnakian, Drew Franklin, Adam McKay, Roberts, Rick Roman, and Horatio Sanz. Other early members included Neil Flynn, Armando Diaz, and Rich Fulcher.

Time Gentlemen Please(2000-2002)

30min per episode | Comedy
3.6/5 (with 6 votes)

The Pub Landlord’s rules are a pint for the fella and a glass of white wine or fruit based drink for the lady. It might be the 21st century but the landlord’s gaff is the last bastion of all things normal. He ain’t interested in change. It’s just the way things are, and don’t you or anybody else go questioning it.

Bottom(1991-1995)

TV-14
| 30min per episode | Comedy
4.0/5 (with 56 votes)

Richie Richard (socially awkward, sexually inexperienced) and Eddie Hitler (carefree alcoholic) are two social outcasts living on the dole. Trapped together in a squalid flat in Hammersmith, London they are perpetually skint, bored and sexually frustrated. They spend their days scheming, bickering, and being nasty and sadistic to each other.

Father Ted(1995-1998)

TV-14
| 24min per episode | Comedy
4.1/5 (with 138 votes)

A crazy comedy about three rather strange parish priests exiled to Craggy Island, a remote island off the Irish west coast.

Psychoville(2009-2011)

TV-MA
| 30min per episode | Comedy, Mystery
3.4/5 (with 36 votes)

Psychoville is a British dark comedy television . Pemberton and Shearsmith each play numerous characters, with Dawn French and Jason Tompkins in additional starring roles.

Directed by Matt Lipsey - With Eileen Atkins

Big Train(1998-2002)

30min per episode | Comedy
3.6/5 (with 22 votes)

Twisted and original sketch show from the minds of Graham Linehan and Arthur Mathews, starring Simon Pegg, Kevin Eldon and Mark Heap.

Do Not Adjust Your Set(1967-1969)

30min per episode | Comedy
3.6/5 (with 4 votes)

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Tim and Eric's Bedtime Stories(2014-2017)

TV-14
| 11min per episode | Comedy
3.7/5 (with 14 votes)

Tim and Eric's dark comedy anthology series.

Look Around You(2002-2005)

30min per episode | Comedy
4.1/5 (with 13 votes)

LOOK AROUND YOU. Look around you. Just look around you. What do you see? A tree. A weather-vane. A discarded lollipop-wrapper. A traffic shop. All of these things, and any other things you may care to mention, have one thing in common. Can you work out what it is?

'Allo 'Allo!(1984-1992)

TV-PG
| 30min per episode | Comedy, War & Politics
3.9/5 (with 97 votes)

The misadventures of hapless cafe owner René Artois and his escapades with the Resistance in occupied France.

KO One(2005-2018)

3.3/5 (with 5 votes)

Gifted with special powers, fighting skills and slick hair, the rowdy KO One navigates tough friendships and high school romance.

The Day Today(1994)

29min per episode | Comedy
4.1/5 (with 25 votes)

A spoof of the British news - including ridiculous stories, patronising vox pops, offensively hard-hitting research and a sports presenter clearly struggling for metaphors. Adapted from Radio 4 series 'On The Hour'.

Shooting Stars(1993-2011)

30min per episode | Comedy
3.7/5 (with 9 votes)

Shooting Stars is a British television comedy panel game broadcast on BBC Two as a pilot in 1993, then as 3 full series from 1995 to 1997, then on BBC Choice from January to December 2002 with 2 series before returning to BBC Two for another 3 series from 2008 until its cancellation in 2011. Created and hosted by double-act Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer, it uses the panel show format but with the comedians' often slapstick, surreal and anarchic humour does not rely on rules in order to function, with the pair apparently ignoring existing rules or inventing new ones as and when the mood takes them.

Uncle Grandpa(2013-2017)

2.2/5 (with 39 votes)

The adventures of Uncle Grandpa who is out to help every child and adult in the world through the power of imagination. With his mystical R.V. and eternal optimism, Uncle Grandpa is always ready to greet the day - and everyone he meets - with his signature, "Good Mornin'."

Directed by Peter Browngardt

Tim and Eric Nite Live!(2007-2008)

25min per episode | Comedy, Talk-Show
4.1/5 (with 2 votes)

Tim and Eric Nite Live! was an American television series, which premiered November 8, 2007 on SuperDeluxe. The talk show stars Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim, creators of Tom Goes to the Mayor and Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!, and consists of a variety of strange segments often featuring Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job! regulars such as David Liebe Hart and James Quall. It also repeatedly features Awesome Show regular Richard Dunn in a sidekick/father-figure type role. The show has seen many guests in its short internet-only SuperDeluxe exclusive run from such actors, singers and comedians as John Mayer, Zach Galifianakis, Bob Odenkirk, Will Forte, Rainn Wilson, and Jonah Hill.

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