Foyle's War

[MooseMom]

Ooooh, wobbly cameras...can you spell "s-e-a-s-i-c-k?"  Urp.

I've actually never seen any of the CSI stuff as I am eagerly awaiting "CSI Slough" or "CSI Peoria"...

Sadly, BBCAmerica is mostly crap.  We will get whole evenings with nothing save "Top Gear", which I used to like but not 6 hours straight of it.  We do get some of the BBC's good stuff, but the programming schedule is difficult to follow, so I end up getting my BBC fix off of Netflix.  I was hoping to get iBBCplayer, but no joy.

[MooseMom]

Poppy I like British comedies, too.  I am a big fan of One Foot in the Grave; I don't buy many DVDs anymore since I use Netflix, but I made a point of buying all of that series.  I liked Clatterford; the UK has some wonderful comediennes.  BBCAmerica is showing...oh, I can't remember the name...the series about the Welsh girl marrying the guy from Essex...Gavin and Stacy, that's it.  I've watched the first series and have recorded the second.  Are there any other British comedies that you can recommend?  Maybe we'll get them on BBCA or maybe even Netflix.  Thanks!

[murf]

Have bought the entire series of Dad's Army and Poirot. Used to watch them on my computer at hemo.

[Ken Shelmerdine]

If you want the best of British comedy then 'Only Fools and Horses is a must have. Probably the best british sit-com ever with the exception of Fawlty Towers.

[ChickenLittle56]

There was a series from the BBC that played on PBS network's Masterpiece Theatre. I can't remember the name but the time was the Middle-ages and character was a friar who went around the country side solving murders. I loved this show whenever it came on the tv. 

[Poppylicious]

Poppy I like British comedies, too.  I am a big fan of One Foot in the Grave; I don't buy many DVDs anymore since I use Netflix, but I made a point of buying all of that series.  I liked Clatterford; the UK has some wonderful comediennes.  BBCAmerica is showing...oh, I can't remember the name...the series about the Welsh girl marrying the guy from Essex...Gavin and Stacy, that's it.  I've watched the first series and have recorded the second.  Are there any other British comedies that you can recommend?  Maybe we'll get them on BBCA or maybe even Netflix.  Thanks!

Wow.  I have only just realised you posted this.  I didn't intentionally ignore your question; sometimes I just forget to check threads where I've already posted.  My most humble apologies.

 

Okay, The Inbetweeners is amazingly funny ... it's about four boys at sixth-form and is a trifle rude.  The IT Crowd (I think the American's have got their hands on this and made their own version, but I could be wrong), and Lead Balloon (a sitcom with Jack Dee - quite dry in its humour, but if you know Jack Dee you'll realise that it's very 'him'.)  Those are the first three that I thought of. 

[MooseMom]

I love the IT Crowd!!!!   I've seen the first two series on Netflix and am anxiously awaiting the third to be available.  I was crushed to discover too late that a rather obscure cable channel in the US aired the third series; I was able to record only the very last episode, but I don't want to watch it without seeing the other five eps, so I'll just wait until it is released on DVD (which should be fairly soon).  Moss just kills me...that hair!  Yeah, I love that show.

I've heard of the Inbetweeners, so it must be showing here somewhere...I'll see if it is available on Netflix.

I have always liked Jack Dee, but I've not heard of Lead Balloon.

ChickenLittle, I know the show you're thinking of, but I can't remember the name offhand;  that's gonna bug me.  But the friar was played by Derek Jacobi, I believe.

[Poppylicious]

ChickenLittle, I know the show you're thinking of, but I can't remember the name offhand;  that's gonna bug me.  But the friar was played by Derek Jacobi, I believe.

Cadfael?

[MooseMom]

YES, poppy, that's him!  Thank you!

[ChickenLittle56]

Thank you Poppy also, I totally love that show. I would look at the tv guide to see if that show was on. Of all the shows that BBC put out that one caught my attention. The way Cadfael would solve the murder mysteries using deductive reasoning based on the evidence at the scene. He used tools that was available back then. I hate to be the person who did the crime because his punishment would be in most cases worse that what was done to the victim.