![]() I should have done that for all of these shows to make it easier for people to discover stuff that might be of interest to them, but know that as a pessimist my tastes tend to run to the darker side, and I often have an appreciation for the surreal and absurd. Plus many Channel 4 shows have been so good (ITV was superb), but we don't get lots of them (at least we got dramas such as Utopia on Space).Īnyway, love to have the recommendations keeping on coming in - be good to have little descriptions to come with them or links to youtube clips etc. I used to get BBC Canada, but it's not as good as BBC in the UK and has Canadian content requirements. I wish we had better services for British TV here. Rant, I hate Coronation Street and it seem like our public national broadcaster has been consistently showing it longer than I've been alive (hated that show as a child, and I hate it just as much now), and I wish they showed better British fare.Īlready since I made the topic, my list would be rather different (and yes, again, Black Mirror is not a comedy, but is listed as a dramedy in a British comedy guide, so I thought it would be mildly humorous to add it to the list). I hate it when shows seem to finish prematurely - more episodes are not ordered or when they are cancelled, and maybe cause my tastes are generally not that mainstream, it seems to happen quite a lot (Utopia and In the Flesh being prime examples). Although too limited in various cases, where I really wanted another series/ season. One things I often like about Brit series is that the runs are more limited than successful American ones. If I love something I tend to want to watch as much as possible in a short time. When it comes to comedy, like most series, I prefer to binge watch. The terrific Nathan Barley was mentioned in another comedy thread here and I could see that it would appeal to my dark tastes. ![]() That led me to League of Gentlemen and Inside No. I discovered Psychoville since googling found it when doing a search for dark shows such as the mind-blowing for me Utopia and Black Mirror, plus black dramedies such as Misfits. Brass Eye was thanks to discovering The Day Today, which I loved, on youtube, which I discovered because I was looking for an episode of the Onion series Today Now. The Thick of It I watched because of Peter Capaldi joining Doctor Who largely. After getting turned on to AD/BC: A Rock Opera, I looked for more Matt Berry stuff (so Darkplace followed by Man to Man with Dean Learner, followed by Snuff Box and Toast of London because of Matt Berry, followed by my big interest in Matt Berry's music - listened to The Pheasant ten times yesterday). I discovered Extras and The Office on TV, as well as Black Books, and watched some Little Britain there (wish I'd put Big Babies in its place which I watched on BBC Kids). ![]() So this bloggy topic sort of represents that. Currently comedy is not so much my thing, although I am looking forward to the upcoming dramedy "Inside No. Commonly the way I discover music, TV, film, novels, podcasts, documentaries and other items of interest is I find one thing I like which leads me to discover other related media. I used to have BBC iPlayer, which helped, and I've had to look to other means to see most of these shows. Since I live in Canada, not many of these have I noticed on TV, and our Netflix has a limited Britcom selection. I've come across the name, but on the surface of it it didn't seem like one that I would have been particularly into at the time. The Brits are great at doing the comedy of embarrassment (Extras being a very good example). I watched a clip off youtube from Outnumbered, which was a painfully awkward and uncomfortable talk between father and son, which definitely resonated with me as a father, so I will look into it more.
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