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Great British SitComs (13 titles)

I wouldn't regard some of these as sitcoms but until a more appropriate buzzword comes along I'll have to make do, some of these shows are so very dark & yet so very funny

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Green Wing - Series 1

In a toss up between TV surgeons, who would you rather operate on you House or these guys?

Green Wing - Series 1 (3 discs) on DVD (2006)
Starring: Oliver Chris, Olivia Colman, Sally Bretton
Director: Tristram Shapeero, Dominic Brigstocke
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All nine episodes of the off-beat hospital comedy series, starring Tamsin Greig. New surgical registrar Dr Caroline Todd (Greig) starts her first day at work, and soon realises that her colleagues are more than a little eccentric, including sexually deviant surgeon Alan (Mark Heap), misogynistic ..read more »
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Green Wing - Series 2

Green Wing - Series 2 (3 discs) on DVD (2006)
Starring: Oliver Chris, Olivia Colman, Sally Bretton
Director: Tristram Shapeero, Dominic Brigstocke
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All eight episodes from the second series of the off-beat hospital comedy, starring Tamsin Greig. New surgical registrar Dr Caroline Todd (Greig) starts her first day at work, and soon realises that her colleagues are more than a little eccentric, including sexually deviant surgeon Alan (Mark Heap),..read more »
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Green Wing Special

Green Wing Special on DVD (2006)
Starring: Oliver Chris, Julian Rhind-Tutt, Michelle Gomez
Director: Tristram Shapeero, Dominic Brigstocke
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This one-off special episode of the BAFTA winning hospital drama returns to the wards and sees the dysfunctional team's drama-fraught lifestyle continue apace. Caroline (Tamsin Greig) is now engaged to Guy (Stephen Mangan), while Mac (Julian Rhind-Tutt) has very little time to live. Gripped by ..read more »
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Pulling - Series 1

Dark, occasionally unwatchable but brilliant, shame on the BBC for not making that third series

Pulling - Series 1 on DVD (2008)
Starring: Di Botcher, Gary Lilburn, Ian Drysdale
Director: Tristram Shapeero
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All six episodes of the BBC sitcom about three friends living in South London. When Donna (Sharon Horgan) dumps her dull-as-dishwater fiance, Karl (Cavan Clerkin), just before their wedding, it isn't such a big deal for her. It is for Karl, though, and the heartbreak, injustice and indignity of it ..read more »
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Pulling - Series 2

Pulling - Series 2 on DVD (2009)
Starring: Andrew Brooke, Sharon Horgan, David Armand
Director: Tristram Shapeero
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All six episodes from the second series of the hit British comedy starring Sharon Horgan, Tanya Franks and Rebekah Staton. Donna (Horgan) and Karl (Cavan Clerkin) fall out when she finds out he is selling 'their' house, meanwhile Tanya (Juliet Cowan) sets her sights on him. Louise (Staton) is angry ..read more »
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Nighty Night - Series 1

It was always a toss up as to whether Jill Tyrell, Pauline Fowler or Peggy Mitchell was the vilest woman on TV, I think Jill Tyrell wins hands down

Nighty Night - Series 1 on DVD (2004)
Starring: Rebecca Front, Felicity Montagu, Kitty Fitzgerald
Director: Tony Dow
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Complete first series of the dark BBC television comedy. Beauty salon owner Jill (Julia Davis) is on a mission to find a man. Pretending that her hospitalised husband is dying, she joins the 'Lassoo the Moon' Dating Agency. When her dates don't come up to scratch, she sets her sights on her ..read more »
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The League Of Gentlemen - Series 2

The League Of Gentlemen - Series 2 on DVD (2000)
Starring: Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton, Mark Gatiss
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Series two of the cult comedy hit which follows the twisted lives of those who dwell in Royston Vasey. Pauline has taken a new job at a fast food restaurant; Tubbs and Edward are using somewhat eccentric means to find a wife for David; Hilary Briss continues to peddle his 'special stuff'; and Papa ..read more »
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The League Of Gentlemen - Series 3

The League Of Gentlemen - Series 3 on DVD (2002)
Starring: Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton, Mark Gatiss
Director: Steve Bendelack
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The complete third series of the popular comedy. Pauline is released from HMP Clitclink with dreams of opening a pen shop called 'Her Nibs' while Geoff travels to London to become a stand-up comedian but it's more than just his act that bombs and Alvin, tired of the 'sexploits' at his B?, escapes ..read more »
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The League Of Gentlemen - Series 1

The League Of Gentlemen - Series 1 on DVD (1999)
Starring: Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton, Mark Gatiss
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The League of Gentlemen welcome you to Royston Valley, the bleak provincial town populated by bizarre and eccentric characters ranging from Local Shop owners Tubbs and Edward (it's a local shop for local people) to pre-op transsexual Barbara and never-was-been pop star Les McQueen. The complete, ..read more »
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Bottom - Series 1

puerile, childish, not for those of a nervous disposition, makes me laugh like a drain

Bottom - Series 1 on DVD (1991)
Starring: Adrian Edmondson, Rik Mayall
Director: Ed Bye
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Six revolting episodes from the series starring notorious comedy duo, Adrian Edmondson and Rik Mayall. Episodes included are: 'Smells'; 'Gas'; 'Contest'; 'Apocalypse'; 'Bottoms Up'; and 'Accident'.
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