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Moss: "You'd best put seat belts on your ears, Roy, 'cause I'm about to take them for the ride of their lives!"
Kingdom.
Stephen Fry stars as a small town solicitor in the eccentric town of Market Shipborough. It ran for three seasons from 2007 - 2009 and is thoroughly charming.
This sounds dope
Derry Girls
Black Books!
Bernard: [selling a book] Enjoy. It's dreadful, but it's quite short.
Best show
Was going to say this, if no one else did
Love this one
Red Dwarf
Stoke me a clipper, I'll be back for Christmas.
Spaced.
Friday Night Dinner.
Blackadder.
Mike: Arenβt you coming in with me? Tim: Iβm not your dad, Mike! Hereβs your sandwiches. Iβll pick you up at five.
Upstart Crow is an excellent "period comedy" too.
Coo - I'm a big David Mitchell fan and never even heard of this. Thank you.
Corner Gas - itβs my happy place!
Oscar Leroy: [reading a book] This title is misleading. Are they going to kill a mockingbird or not?
Coupling
The Mighty boosh
Spaced
Peep show
Coupling is a fucking gem. I've still never been able to bring myself to watch the final season that has no Geoff though.
Peep Show is hilarious, but I would be loathe to call it βcharmingβ. Itβs mostly a βguy showβ I think.
Kimβs Convenience
Schittβs Creek
Probably not what you're looking for, but it just occured to me that Ted Lasso might be the closest modern show to this sort of cosy/wholesome British sitcom.
Also if you want something really on the nose, I seem to remember enjoying Rev:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rev._(TV_series)
Edit: bonus recommendation for The Royle Family
Said it before i could!
If you're sticking with that period of English comedy. Vicar of Dibley
Detectorists was awesome.
Detectorists is a masterpiece. Everything about that show is warm-hearted. Not even Lance and Andy's rivalry with Simon and Garfunkel ever turns truly nasty.
- Doc Martin
- Father Brown
- Not Going Out
- My Family
Why do the British seem to make so many of this type of show?
Sunday evenings.
Father Browne is a daytime show.
Wilfred (AU).
Mork and Mindy.
My name is earl.
Kath and Kim (AU).
Flight of the Conchords.
Mike and Molly.
Him & Her
As "Spaced" has already been mentioned, "Wasted" hits the same spot. Sadly it's only six episodes.
Abbott elementary
Midsomer Murders is reeeeally light intrigue in a charming setting. I could watch it all weekend, but I'm all caught up.
Only Fools And Horses
I downloaded this to show my Canadian SO, which has bedn delightful! We then caught Nicholas Lyndhurst voicing a hemulen in the Moomin kids show. I just wish I could show him young David Jason too, but we'll get there ...
Alan Partridge
Gavin and Stacy