British comedies have set themselves apart from the
TV shows of other countries by providing consistently quirky characters, settings and plots for many years. One of the most notable is the
seventies show
Monty Python's Flying Circus, a sketch comedy show that introduced us to such
comedy luminaries as
John Cleese,
Eric Idle, and
Terry Gilliam. Other sketch shows include
French and Saunders,
Alas Smith and Jones[?],
Rutland Weekend TV[?] and
Spike Milligan's
Q series.
As well as sketch shows, the situation comedy is another genre of peculiarly British humour. Popular British sitcoms have included Absolutely Fabulous, The Young Ones, Murder Most Horrid, Fawlty Towers, and Are You Being Served?.
See Also
List of British comedians, List of Comedies