@@Retrochild1979 Actually they didn't have time and had to be out of the studio by the end of the day, to top it all off they didn't really know how they were going to film it and cobble some footage together at the last minute. once they were able to review the footage they were struggling figure out how to make anything of it until they tried playing in slow motion and fading to the field of poppies
@@theseventhnight The timing part of your comment is incorrect. There is a Blackadder documentary which clearly explains this. The producers asked them to refilm but Rowan came on the radio and said they wouldn't do it. They claimed it was too terrifying to do it so they refused.
Blackadder is great, but it bugs me because people seem to think it's a history documentary. It's not meant to be accurate (especially in Blackadder Goes Forth), it's satirical and exaggerated. It's like a lot of the Hollywood movies, people think they're watching a documentary and quote them in real life arguments.
The whole way through Blackadder Goes Forth (the first time) I felt very uncomfortable, because although it was hilarious, it was also dealing with something so utterly terrible. That ending made it all OK, and now I can enjoy it properly. And yes, cry at the end. Every time!
You know they could only do that ending the one time because that one time felt too real to the cast and put the war into perspective for them, and what all those real men went through, and after that first time, they couldn’t face doing it again. It was a one take shot. 😢
You can start Doctor Who from 2005 Season 1 with Christopher as The Doctor. You can always go back if you enjoy it. I'm shocked BBC Merlin wasn't on that list even as an honourable mention, that series was incredible.
If you're going to start Doctor Who, do it right - with Classic Who. Tom Baker was my first Doctor, and he's still the best. Of the modern Doctors, I prefer David Tennant.
@@Shan_Dalamani I can't sit through the Classic Who, and I was a massive fan of the reboot up until Chibnall took the writing position, then I completely stopped watching.
@@Shan_Dalamani It just isn't entertaining to me, it makes me cringe a lot, so I couldn't sit through it. Obviously everyone has different tastes, but if someone is to have similar tastes to mine it's better to get sucked in with new WHO, but if you enjoy it, take a trip to the Classic WHO afterwards. I wasn't a fan of Clara either, her series was when it became less about the Doctor and all about her almost as though Moffat was making the writing worse to prepare people for Chibnalls disaster.
I don't know what criteria they used for their picks 7 years ago, but the BBC did some of the greatest documentaries ever made. David Attenborough is a legend. If you talk to people in the TV Drama business, they would probably say that "I Claudius" was the most ground breaking TV series in 1976.
I still believe that Allo, Allo would also deserve a mention in this list. The writing and the way it plays with accents is amazing. A show with French, British and Germans all speaking english, and they don't seem understand each other - and you as a viewer start to believe it!
My favourite all time comedy show. So many great catch phrases. I grew up watching it with my parents and couldn't help but feel kind of embarrassed when the saucy scenes came on. Also watched some reruns recently and it hasn't aged, still hilarious.
The multi series documentaries featuring Sir David Attenborough must be on this list. After all, the naturalist has been making them for about 70 years now, his first series having begun in 1954. His latest was shown in May 2023.
“Yes Minister” ran for three series and it’s sequel “Yes, Prime Minister” ran for two series. They had, undoubtedly, some of the finest comedy writing and acting ever put on screen. The battle between elected Ministers and unelected Civil Servants was ripe for a sitcom. Some often said that much of what appeared in the show was based on events that had happened within the government for real. I’d always recommend watching these shows.
Out of all these shows i recommend watching Blackadder, it stars Rowan Atkinson, Huge Laurie, Stephen Fry and Tony Robinson, it is some of the funniest stuff you will ever watch.
I'm not sure about the funniest but it's a great way to get exploded to some big British household names like Atkinson, Robinson, Fry, Laurie, Mayall et al
and Tim McInnerny was in all of them in the first 3 he played his best friend and in the last, he hated his guts I guess in each reincarnation he wised up
QI (stands for 'quite interesting') is a general knowledge panel show that can be absolutely hilarious. Panellists answer questions and get points when correct or points deducted if they are wrong. There is a lot of very funny innuendo and double entendre as well, There is no prize at the end, except bragging rights but it is also very informative and I have learned quite a lot watching it.
@@sharonmartin4036 i just googled it they've done 20 series which is t so u should be next if they have a series this year. you don't get alot of okie dokie any more lol
I went to watch *Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit* in a cinema in Houston, Texas when it first came out. We were the only ones laughing in the whole place. Loved being scared during Doctor Who with William Hartnell and then Patrick Troughton. Jon Pertwee was good too, and Tom Baker was a giggle.
The fact that The bloody *Office* is on the list and Only Fools... got an honourable mention is insane. I can name ten shows better than The bloody Office. Keeping Up Appearances, Birds of a Feather, Allo Allo, Red Dwarf, One Foot in the Grave, *Father Ted* this was Channel 4, not BBC! A fact I totally forgot and thank you to Polyglot85 for the reminder. However, it's well worth a watch because it is hysterically funny! Absolutely Fabulous, Bread, Brittas Empire, Vicar of Dibley, Dad's Army, Steptoe and Son. This list needs to go stand in a corner and hide for all eternity.
Only fools and Horses British comedy had hardly a mention, one of the best British inventions since the wheel, a must see series. Nearly every Britons has the boxed set!. Its set in a small roughshod area of London, kitchen sink drama, hilarious!! With two of the best British actors, David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst, unforgettable iconic part of British history! Please it deserves more.
I'm fortunate to be a Canadian, and have seen most, if not all of these shows, broadcast on the CBC.The CBC is not the BBC, and unfortunately does have adverts interrupt the shows, but it does tend to balance out the large number of American shows simulcast on other more commercial Canadian TV networks with other English language shows. I grew up on Monty Python, Black Adder, and Dr. Who, and are that richer for it. Not to mention growing up with British culture, how at home I have felt each and every time I've been to Britain.
Keeping Up Appearances should have been on the list. Good grief, do you suppose Tyler is Sheridan's long-lost adopted son? (at least some of his videos give his last name as "Bucket" - I wonder if he knows it's supposed to be pronounced "bouquet"?). There are many BBC shows on PBS. I specifically subscribed to BBCEarth so I could binge-watch David Attenborough documentaries and others as well (I'm partial to Brian Cox; he explained the physics of a waterfall so I understood it).
Blackadder is the surname of the main character played by Rowan Atkinson. The four series started in the middle ages, before moving to the Tudor age, the Georgian age and finally WW1
Martin Freeman was also in The Office. Only Fools and Horses is considered the best comedy series ever. David Tennant is the best Dr Who he is returning in November for the 60th anniversary it is 3 episodes. The best episodes to watch are with these actors:- Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker and David Tennant. Blackadder is his name it starred people like Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Brian Blessed and Miranda Richardson, I preferred the first series. Sherlock is fabulous, it keeps all the feelings of the stories even though it is in the modern world, all the actors are first class. My additions are "One Foot in the Grave". " Merlin". "Poldark". " Horrible Histories".
i think every doctor has at least one good episode but id add christopher ecclestons nineth doctor onto that list (it also evens them out between new who and classic who :)
One of the interesting things about Dr Who is that writers and editors they very often incorporated issues going on in society at the time such as Strikes, pollution, media take over, wars there was even an episode about over taxing the population. Another interesting fact is that due to budget restraints especially early on they had to invent and develop special effects and sound effects and technology this later was used and modified into the what we see in big movies globally it is why there are many british people in the credits for the technical crews on many films., for example they used CSO which later became green screen technology. The very first episode also coincided with the Kennedy Assassination.
There's a more recent WatchMojo UK list of greatest ever BBC programmes in which It does feature. I think that the WatchMojo list he's watching is about seven years old.
Shame you skipped over "Only fools and horses". That's one of the most popular comedies ever, (along with quite a few of the others). To actually understand it and appreciate it, you should watch a couple of episodes. Black Adder. Again, one of the funniest shows ever, but 4 different series, each in it's own timeline. Doctor Who started off as a childrens show back in the 60s, with a limited budget and crap special effects. But as the children watching and enjoying it grew up, so did the program.
Only Fools & Horses clips are are a perfect introduction to British comedy. It's crazy how good it was from start to end (yes there are better and worse episodes like with anything). Ep 1 with the poker game is a classic.
@@Joshua-fi4ji See, I absolutely hate OFAH. Don't ask me why, it just doesn't do it for me, at all. I find it a bit cringey. Blackadder - now you're talking!
Also, those people who complain about the TV Licence never seem to imagine what WOULDN'T have appeared on our TV's over the years without the money available - from Attenborough Wildlife Documentaries, period dramas and all the comedies mentioned during this video etc.!
@@stewedfishproductions7959yes I noticed the bots working overtime during COVID. Working overtime to tell us that 1) BBC and BBC News specifically were lying and a waste of taxpayer money - even though they were reporting the exact same things as everyone else? 2) All 2 million people who work for the NHS were lying about COVID's existence and were "in on it" 😅
@@stewedfishproductions7959Bollocks… It’s not the licence fee we have a problem with its the woke arseholes that decide what we need to watch ..Auntie is no longer …it’s now a guardian readers paradise .at least with the oh so de classe itv you get a few minutes break from the diversity shite being heaped down one’s throat..🙄🇬🇧
@@stewedfishproductions7959 Ever since I lived in Canada for a number of years and returned, I have never complained about the BBC licence. Honestly, most of us don't know how lucky we have it.
@@cthutu Your words make me happy! I cannot tell you the number of Brits who DO complain and NOT realise what the BBC means in terms of output - that's radio, TV and other ways too. So many TV programmes started on the radio before being transferred and becoming household 'names'. Also, FYI, I have been to Canada many times times over the years and my (2) sisters/brothers-in-law, nieces/nephews etc. are Canucks.
I'm almost jealous of you. You've got the whole joy of Top Gear ( with Jeremy, Richard and James) ahead of you. From trying to get a mini metro into space to driving to the north pole, its brilliant!
It was a Reliant Robin that they used as the basis for the space launch "because it already has a pointy nose". Their Bridge on the River Kok adventure driving up through Myanmar/Burma has to be an utter classic. Hopefully things there get sorted so I can nip over the border from Thailand and explore the Shan State, which looks absolutely stunning - God's Garden, as Jeremy called it.
The Eclectic Beard has started watching Dr. Who. He's watching Classic Dr. Who from the start with William Hartnell as the Doctor & is also watching the modern Dr. Who with Christopher Ecclestone as the Doctor. He absolutely loves the shows. Just jump in, you soon get to know the characters.
If you have the chance of seeing all/a lot of Blackadder, jump at it. Binge watch it with a company of good friends or alone. It's brilliant, intelligent, hilarious British humour at it's best.
From the description of what you like, Tyler, I'd recommend a series called Red Dwarf, a hilarious comedy set on a spaceship 3 million years in the future. They had one of the most original concepts ever, a whole episode where everything went backwards including movement & time.
One BBC comedy show that wasn't mentioned is 'Allo 'Allo, that was very popular in several countries and ran for 9 seasons from 1982-92. It was light second world war parody with lots of catchphrases and thick foreign accents.
My favourite show is ⭐️ "Are you being served". The "Strumpfs" (German for socks) mentioned, was from the "German Week" episode. Where the "Grace Bros" department store sells only german clothes for a week. And the vendors dress up in Lederhöschen (at least John Inman does), while the women wear Dirndls. Mrs S. looking like a cross eyed newt. Half Heidi... half Pippi Longstocking... 🤣🤪 Worth mentioning ; ⭐️ "Open all hours". ⭐️ "Keeping up appearances" + ⭐️"Heartbeat" They might not all be of BBC stock, but who cares ! Love from Norway 🤗🇳🇴
If your wanting to start on watching Dr who, best is to start from the revival of the show which stars Christopher Eccleston as the 9th Doctor. Most people who haven't seen the originals start there. Same for me, as you watch the revived portion of the show it does explain many things about the older Doctor's without you having to watch them (You might miss some cameos or references but it wont ruin the experience at all), although like me and like many others I became such a fan that I wanted to go back to watch the originals. It may take time to get used to the logic but it wont take much time to love the character design and development, each rendition of the Doctor and each companion and even the people they meet along the way are all unique with their own story's to tell and in some crucial cases, their own story's to hide.
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" and its sequel "Smiley's People" are two of the best espionage dramas ever written, starring Sir Alec Guinness (Obi Wan Kenobi in SW). "Yes Minister" & "Yes Prime Minister" are both superbly written intelligent comedy on political life, it mocks the entire system without being left or right in outlook. Missing off here is another intelligent and immensely funny political comedy. "The Day Today" was set in a newsroom was very subversive and quite brilliant.
Try [slow horses]. MI5 discarded agents hidden away and solve the spy rings against the odds. Mainly using brains. Based on the same theme very good. 2 series.
Can say that I'm English myself and love watching top gear, despite not being a car enthusiast myself. Is very funny and entertaining, highly reccomend it
Blackadder had 4 seasons, each set in different periods of time in English history. The actors play certain characters in the first series, and in further series, they play the originals' descendants. There have also been a couple of short episodes set in a couple of other times.
QI is my absolute favorite, I have it on background all the time. It's a panel show so you can start anywhere, recommend you pick it up later, like series N or O. As for Blackadder, it was voted by British public as Britain's #2 best sitcom of all time and having the #1 series finale. I hope you try them both!
"Only fools and horses" gets it title from the line from the title music "only fool and horses work" - it's a sitcom about "wheeler dealer" brothers trying to become millionaires using brains rather than graft, with lots of "get rich quick" schemes. It's really well written and I reckon it would be considered a "British staple" - with many Christmas specials!
Dr Who is by far one of the best BBC dramas you won't regret watching it. I saw it from Jon Pertwee onwards. My favourites doctors in order of appearance are Tom Baker, Peter Davidson, Christopher Eccleson and David Tennant. All the other doctors were good too. There are many brilliant BBC comedies and dramas that should have been on the list. Call the Midwife (12 seasons), Only Fools and Horses should have been in the top five not as an afterthought mention. Dad's Army, Casualty (37 seasons) Silent Witness ( 26 seasons). Line of Duty. Poldark. There have been lots of mini series dramas that have been popular too. Pride and Prejudice with Colin Firth (6 episodes). I could go on.
@@lilpils2081 Yes, absolutely. That fandom is still alive and well, making fan videos and writing fanfiction (I'm currently reading one that's 166 chapters and counting).
With Black Adder, in the first series he played "The Black Adder" (15th century), second series was set in the reign of Elizabeth I (early 1600s), the third was set during the Regency (early 1800s), and the last was set during World War I. Top Gear is basically a car show but a chaotic one (the Mythbusters analogy is good). Their motto is "Brilliant but rubbish", which fits it perfectly. The classic trio of presenters - Clarkson, Hammond, and May - were the perfect team. "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" was a brooding espionage thriller series; "The Young Ones" was an anarchic comedy about four student flatmates; "Only Fools and Horses" and "Are You Being Served?" are classic sitcoms, the first revolving around a chancer who's always coming up with dodgy moneymaking schemes, and the other about the staff of the clothes department of a stuffy department store. "QI" is a panel show - four comedians asked impossible trivia questions - most of the fun of the show is the comedians riffing on the question rather than actually trying to answer it. With Doctor Who, start with the rebooted version with the Christopher Eccleston series and go on from there. The older series are good, but the production values were very low so they'd probably seem dated and stagey to a modern audience.
You should do Doctor Who reactions dude. Start with the first modern series in 2005. You don't need to have seen any episodes before. It's the perfect jumping on point.
I remember watching the very first episode of Dr Who (An unearthly Child) and was 'hooked' from then on. So I have fond memories for William Hartnell and still recall some of the 'lost episodes' with giant 'ants' or the Doctor & companions shuffling along a tiny cliff edge with 'spikes' coming out of holes in the cliff wall !!! I was 'nearly 6 years old (5 years & 10 months to be precise - LOL) - It was Saturday 23 November 1963 and I had to 'beg' my mum to let me watch it, as she wasn't sure if it would be OK for a child... Anyway, that was it and loved the series since then. ☺
Yes he does. The Show didn't begin in 2005 and it scrapped most of the canon from the original. It's rubbish. He needs to see the original show as it should be.
@@stewedfishproductions7959I remember the first episode too! I used to hide, if not behind the sofa behind a cushion on the sofa from the Daleks! Went off it as I grew up, seemed dull compared to Star Trek but have really enjoyed it since its reboot in 2005
Here are some more BBC programmes from the past (and present) which you might enjoy: Sky At Night, Top Of The Pops, University Challenge, Only Connect, Generation Game, Onedin Line, In The Night Garden, Blue Peter (especially the Valerie Singleton, John Noakes and Peter Purves era,) Horizon, Old Grey Whistle Test, Last Of The Summer Wine, It Ain''t Half Hot Mum, Dad's Army, Vision On, Red Dwarf and ANYTHING with David Attenborough. Have fun watching these - you will not regret it.
"University Challenge" was based an American program called 'College Bowl' (1953-1970) sponsored by General Electric. College Bowl aired on Sunday afternoons, which was a 'prestige' (i.e., not money-making) slot at the time. The format was pretty much identical.
The 'black & white' doctor in the doctor who clip was Patrick Troughton. His son played cricket for England and his grandson, Harry Mellors, played Dudley Dursley in Harry Potter. If you want to see Doctor Who I recomend starting with the 21st century reboot with Christopher Eccleston. Also the Sara Jane mysteries and Torchwood are spin off series of Doctor Who.
I enjoyed both parts of this reaction Tyler. Keep up the good work. Dr Who was a firm favourite of mine, and I remember the first episode airing on 23 November 1963, the day after one of those dates that will live in immortal memory. You should check out some of the early episodes, they were way ahead of their time.
The Young Ones was aired on American MTV when I lived there, it was awesome! I also really liked the series/movies by The Comic Strip. Much of that, if not all, is available on UA-cam, so just dig in!
Blackadder series 4 was funny and poignant at the same time... just wonderful. And only fools and horses was a phenomenon of its day, watched by millions
I'm a Brit, and I also 'go crazy over' Sherlock! Hands down the best BBC drama ever. Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman are both amazing, but my absolute favourite character is Moriarty (played by Andrew Scott). He's incredible. You have to watch it!!
I find the choice that the BBC did! Only Fools and Horses should have been in the top 5 at the very least! My first doctor I ever saw was the one shown in B&W Patrick Troughton! I still love that show! Someone mentions the newer versions to start and that is certainly a good place! Have fun as it is fantastic!
"The Young Ones" was a slapstick comedy show based around the adventures of four students living in some particularly squalid student digs in London. It had a strong absurdist streak that owed a lot to Monty Python (but then what modern comedy doesn't?) It also had a very short run (2 seasons of 6 episodes each) but is rightly considered one of the true classics of British comedy. Quite a few popular comedians of the day had guest slots. Alexei Sayle had a regular spot as their insane Eastern European landlord and the various members of his extended family. They also had a band do a musical number each episode, because under BBC rules at the time that meant it qualified as a variety show rather than a sitcom and therefore got a bigger budget!
The best stepping on points for Doctor Who are usually when a new actor takes over the role. "New Who" is probably the most accessible for someone with little previous knowledge so Christopher Eclestone's first episode would a very good place, but David Tennant's or Matt Smith's first episodes are also good places to start.
The Eleventh Hour hooked me. Before that, I was one of those people going ' whaddya mean it's a screwdriver? How is that a screwdriver? It doesn't work on wood?? Wtf is the point?' 😂
Absolutely agree. Start with "Rose" and work your way through, if you have the staying power! You'll Lough, cry, and everything in-between. Hopefully you'll start to love it!
@@JBond-zf4dj There actually is an episode in which they use the screwdriver as a screwdriver. It's one of the Fifth Doctor stories, and he tells Nyssa to unscrew something.
I cannot believe only fools is not number 1. Widely considered and consistently voted as the best comedy of all time. Pulled in insane viewers for its specials and Christmas shows. Yet not only is it not number 1 it's just an honorable mention. What???
Tyler, one of your fellow American reactors (The Eclectic Beard) has recently started watching Dr Who. He does two reacts a week one is classic Dr Who where he started from the 1st episode back in 1963, and the other is new Dr Who where he started from the 1st episode of the new era. He loves it, try it you might just enjoy it.
Totally agree, can't believe it was only an honorable mention. Then again, it is a Watch Mojo list😂 I also think it was more geared towards shows Americans might know. Obviously OFAH would be in there if they asked people from the UK what their top 10 BBC shows are.
Couple of important points. That famous Mr Bean which you probably have heard of - As with Hollywood stars, etc. he simply didn't click his fingers and say "hey presto, I'm gonna be a star personality all of a sudden". In his younger years, he had roles in a number of British TV sitcom type comedies. By the time of Mr Bean's launch, he was starting to get on in years as a well known comedy actor (at least to the Btitish). One of my favourite British comedies of all time is "keeping up appearances". It is so typically British in every way imaginable, exaggerated to the point of exintrisity. Finally - American comedy. It hasn't really been able to keep up with the high standards set by Sex and the City, and the likes of the Laurel and Hardy era. Many of us think the background laughter in many shows is done by recording "voice overs" as we often are at a loss to understand what is the joke in question.!
Doctor Who celebrates its 60th anniversary in November. David Tennant played the 10th Doctor and is returning as the 14th Doctor in the anniversary stories. The 15th Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) will begin his run at Christmas You can start from the beginning with William Hartnell in 1963 followed by Patrick Troughton or go to colour with Jon Pertwee in 1970. The 4th Doctor began in 1974 and is one known well by Americans as the series started broadcasting in the States in 1976 on PBS. This Doctor with the long scarf has featured in The Simpsons. Classic Who finished in 1989 with a one off film produced by Americans set in San Francisco as a pilot for a new series in 1996 but wasn’t picked up. Modern who started in 2005 (another good starting point for new viewers with the story Rose staring Christopher Eccleston followed by David Tennant, Matt Smith, Peter Capaldi and Jodie Whittaker. These were all broadcast by BBC America. The BBC has made a deal for screening right with Disney+ so from November every country outside the UK will show the programme on the streaming service. For UK viewers it will continue to be shown on the BBC.
@@anthonybartlett6924 Your loss. There were some good historical-era stories in the first two Doctors' eras. To the best of my knowledge, William Russell (Ian Chesterton, one of the First Doctors' first companions) is still alive. It would be nice if the 60th anniversary at least mentioned him.
Start with Series 1 (the new show that came in 2005) and go from there with Doctor Who. If it doesn't fully pull you in, then jump ahead to Series 5 and try again there (new showrunner, new Doctor, new companion, so they make sure to introduce enough to pull new viewers in - I started with series 5 personally and later went back and watched series 1-4)
you rearly should look into only fools and horses it is a classic show, am amazed there was no Attenborough show there rearly should be he is a British institution
If you're looking for a few more modern British shows, I'd highly recommend: Killing Eve (BBC & Netflix), Line of Duty (BBC), Inside Man (BBC & Netflix), The Bodyguard (Netflix), and Good Omens (Prime Video) - to get you started! They're all epic dramas (apart from Good Omens which is its own thing). Enjoy!
There's an episode of the fab US series Castle where Nathan Fillion mentions Doctor Who with great affection, and an episode of Criminal Minds where Penny has a Dalek on her console, so I'm pretty sure Dr Who has made it's way to many American hearts ☺ 💕. Everyone in Britain has a favourite Dr Who, and mine is David Tennant. Curiously, David married the daughter of Peter Davidson, who was also Dr Who. Anyway, well done Tyler, really enjoy your videos ☺.
Add to that, the episode about the Doctor's daughter, who was played by his RL wife. Fun fact: Peter Davison married Sandra Dickinson, who played Trillian in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Davison had a part in one episode.
If you want to start Doctor Who i recommend starting from the reboot which is 2005 onwards. My personal fav doctor is Matt Smith but everyone adore David Tennant's Doctor and they were both part of the reboot
Dr Who... a self described 'madman with a box'. 😃 I vaguely remember watching the first few seasons - I was only ten when it started - but then life happened and I lost track for a while. I came back to it when Christopher Ecclestone took over and am still along for the ride - but I really miss David Tennant 😒
You have got to find the Faulty Towers series. I live in Canada and every time a tv station airs the show the majority of Canadians will watch it and rematch it. I’ve seen the series a dozen times and will watch it again. The show is also very popular in Australia and New Zealand.
Start with new Who 2005 onwards with the 9th doctor (Christopher Eccleston) Surlock Homes is great, but if you obessed with House MD then you get the reverence House is Homes & Wilson is Watson Can't believe the comedy show The Last Of The Summer Wine isn't on the list. It's the UK's longest running sitcom starting from 1973-2010 Also gotta watch Porridge (Ronnie Barker) & Dad's Army
Well, that shows I never cheated but,of course, Dr.Who and Top Gear.. I was imitating Daleks in 1963,in my school playground when William Hartnell was The Doctor. Best Doctor? Tom Baker or David Tennant, IMO. How David Attenborough is not there is ridiculous and though I was born in the era AND area where Only Fools was set,I thought it was overrated:) Best Comedies? Yes, Minister, Blackadder Goes Forth, Alan Partridge, Fawlty Towers, and The Office, and mention for FLEABAG..
The different "Blackadder" series focused on Prince Edmund Plantagenet, The Black Adder, and his descendants over the centuries. The four main time periods were: 1)The end of the Plantagenet Reign / the beginning of the Tudor Reign (The Black Adder) 2) The Elizabethan Period (Blackadder II) 3) The Georgian Era (Blackadder the Thrid) 4) World War I (Blackadder Goes Forth) If you manage to track down the huge box set, they also have numerous specials, including The English Civil War, The Victorian Period (Blackadder's Christmas Carol), and "Blackadder Back and Forth," a massive time-travel special. All highly recommended. I'd love to see your reaction to BBC3 comedies "Monkey Dust" and "Mongrels."
I am American and an Anglophile. I love British television, movies, novels, literature, countryside,etc. There are two networks you can subscribe to. One is Acorn. I can’t think of the other. Sorry. One covers the older stuff and the other more modern shows. Sherlock was brilliant. The acting first class.
This can not be in order of popularity, if it is it’s not done by the public or Only fools and horses would be NUMBER 1 hands down. It’s iconic way above any other comedy. Who on Earth compiled this ridiculous list!!!!
That is a varied list and I am enjoying your reactions ☺️ I can't believe I have never seen 'Blackadder'...not one episode; and no, I don't know what a 'strumpf' is either...!
Top gear is the one to watch, especially road trips. All they do is take the absolute piss out of each other crash into each other mad stunts its awesome
it was good until Jeremy Clarkson landed that punch. bloody good. as a non car owner/driver, it was Sunday evenings. blowing up caravans, the time when JC wondered why there were no cars 'hearing aid coloured' - which is still funny today! it was all crazy and chaotic. and let's not forget 'the stig'. until that punch, it was awesome. the comedy deliveries were spot on.
I cant believe they didn't include 'Bottom', 'Some Mothers do Ave em', 'One Foot in the Grave', 'Keeping Up Appearances' and 'Vicar of Dibley!' Those are my some of my all time favourite shows! Craaazy! I love that you know and like Wallace and Gromit tho! It's amazing and also one of my favourites! ❤
For Top Gear, you need to make sure you start with the Clarkson/Hammond (Hamster)/May (Captain Slow) incarnation. The Young Ones was another of those classic 'just a couple of series' shows based around a group of mis-matched students sharing a house. Oddly, they managed to get their budget from the Variety section of the BBC by means of having live bands suddenly appear part-way through (Motorhead, Madness, Dexy's Midnight Runners all turned up). I would also suggest trying to find "Coupling" - there were 4 series - which was beautifully written and performed as well as being utterly hilarious. For something darker, but still with hunour, there is "Being Human" . . . A ghost, a vampire and a werewolf sharing a house while trying to live normal lives.
The fact that the iconic series Only Fools and Horses only got an honorable mention and that series such as any documentary by David Attenborough or even Eastenders or Coronation Steet were left off completely, suggests this is a list put together by someone who has only watched BBC shows which have popped up internationally. There are so many more highly popular BBC shows...Red Dwarf, One Foot in the Grave, Merlin, The Vicar of Dibley, Spooks, Little Britain, Top of the Pops, Blue Peter (raised several generations of children) Death in Paradise, Allo Allo, Call the Midwife, Jonathan Creek, Life on Mars, Quatermass...I could go on...there is a reason the BBC has been producing popular shows for nearly 90 years
Cannot recommend any of these shows highly enough - all brilliant in their own way, however, how Only Fools and Horses is only an honourable mention when it could easily be argued to be #1 is beyond me... The BBC has a long history of making excellent television programs - shame it has lost its way so much these days...
Love sherlock. Great show. Only fools and horses is a great comedy. Loved QI when Stephen Fry was in it. Wallace & Gromit + chicken run are some of the best stop motion out there.
'Only Fools and Horses' should have been on the list. It was one of the most popular (possibly the most popular) and successful British comedy shows ever produced. It was certainly up there with Blackadder. Another very popular historical comedy show was 'Allo' Allo!' which was a very strange take on Word War 2, specifically in France during the German occupation.
Blackadder was how I fell in love with history as a child. It ignited a spark that my own children now follow. Pure comedic genius
That final scene 😢
@@wightwitch - Right. what a way to end a comedy series....going over the top to death in WW1.
And to think it was done because the actors were too emotional to do a retake so the producers had to cobble together an ending. Wonderful
@@Retrochild1979 Actually they didn't have time and had to be out of the studio by the end of the day, to top it all off they didn't really know how they were going to film it and cobble some footage together at the last minute. once they were able to review the footage they were struggling figure out how to make anything of it until they tried playing in slow motion and fading to the field of poppies
@@theseventhnight The timing part of your comment is incorrect. There is a Blackadder documentary which clearly explains this. The producers asked them to refilm but Rowan came on the radio and said they wouldn't do it. They claimed it was too terrifying to do it so they refused.
The ending of blackadder goes forth - always makes me cry - done so well and hits right in the feels.
and all of us....
It certainly did, after all the Blackadder series it ends in the fields of Flanders as did so many others History and futures....
Blackadder is great, but it bugs me because people seem to think it's a history documentary. It's not meant to be accurate (especially in Blackadder Goes Forth), it's satirical and exaggerated.
It's like a lot of the Hollywood movies, people think they're watching a documentary and quote them in real life arguments.
The whole way through Blackadder Goes Forth (the first time) I felt very uncomfortable, because although it was hilarious, it was also dealing with something so utterly terrible. That ending made it all OK, and now I can enjoy it properly. And yes, cry at the end. Every time!
You know they could only do that ending the one time because that one time felt too real to the cast and put the war into perspective for them, and what all those real men went through, and after that first time, they couldn’t face doing it again. It was a one take shot. 😢
You can start Doctor Who from 2005 Season 1 with Christopher as The Doctor. You can always go back if you enjoy it. I'm shocked BBC Merlin wasn't on that list even as an honourable mention, that series was incredible.
I was going to say that! It was so brilliantly written, previous knowledge isn't necessary 💚💚
If you're going to start Doctor Who, do it right - with Classic Who. Tom Baker was my first Doctor, and he's still the best. Of the modern Doctors, I prefer David Tennant.
@@Shan_Dalamani I can't sit through the Classic Who, and I was a massive fan of the reboot up until Chibnall took the writing position, then I completely stopped watching.
@@Vortiporius_ What's your problem with Classic Who?
I stopped watching the reboot after Clara failed to die when she was supposed to. I loathe her.
@@Shan_Dalamani It just isn't entertaining to me, it makes me cringe a lot, so I couldn't sit through it. Obviously everyone has different tastes, but if someone is to have similar tastes to mine it's better to get sucked in with new WHO, but if you enjoy it, take a trip to the Classic WHO afterwards. I wasn't a fan of Clara either, her series was when it became less about the Doctor and all about her almost as though Moffat was making the writing worse to prepare people for Chibnalls disaster.
I don't know what criteria they used for their picks 7 years ago, but the BBC did some of the greatest documentaries ever made. David Attenborough is a legend. If you talk to people in the TV Drama business, they would probably say that "I Claudius" was the most ground breaking TV series in 1976.
I still remember "I,Claudius" - what a wonderful drama.
What about " line of duty"?
I Claudius. When Patrick Stewart had hair. A great series.
lol its a watch mojo moment there a bit famous for being clickbaity or just over all bad
Omg David Attenborough, is a national treasure, I feel privileged to even live in the same country and era as him ❤❤❤
I still believe that Allo, Allo would also deserve a mention in this list. The writing and the way it plays with accents is amazing. A show with French, British and Germans all speaking english, and they don't seem understand each other - and you as a viewer start to believe it!
My favourite all time comedy show. So many great catch phrases. I grew up watching it with my parents and couldn't help but feel kind of embarrassed when the saucy scenes came on. Also watched some reruns recently and it hasn't aged, still hilarious.
It's brilliant. But Leclaire needs to brush up on his disguises. It's like Rene points out, "We'd never have guessed it was you".
@@andrewvalentine6977 Thank god I bought the complete DVD set some years ago. May be I do a binge watch again soon.
@@TerryTheNewsGirl Yes, and still nobody understands what the 2 British air men say...
I agree!
The multi series documentaries featuring Sir David Attenborough must be on this list. After all, the naturalist has been making them for about 70 years now, his first series having begun in 1954. His latest was shown in May 2023.
100% agree David Attenborough is an absolute legend
When was this made and why not included when should have been
Morden day doctor who David Tennant was far by the best one
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@@knowlzer The best of the nuWho Doctors, yes. Tom Baker will always be THE best.
“Yes Minister” ran for three series and it’s sequel “Yes, Prime Minister” ran for two series. They had, undoubtedly, some of the finest comedy writing and acting ever put on screen. The battle between elected Ministers and unelected Civil Servants was ripe for a sitcom. Some often said that much of what appeared in the show was based on events that had happened within the government for real. I’d always recommend watching these shows.
I used to yhink yhey were funny - both the writing and the acting are brilliant. But now I think it is too realistic to be funny.
Dr Who was innovative as a children's programme in the 60s and 70s, but it is extremely tired now, and also panders yo Wokism, so has self-destructed.
Sherlock: I like the original 'Sherlock Holmes', starring Basil Rathbone.
The books were even funnier IMHO.
@@marieparker3822ITVs Sherlock Holmes series with Jeremy Brett was the most faithful to the source material.
Out of all these shows i recommend watching Blackadder, it stars Rowan Atkinson, Huge Laurie, Stephen Fry and Tony Robinson, it is some of the funniest stuff you will ever watch.
❤️ Baldrick
I'm not sure about the funniest but it's a great way to get exploded to some big British household names like Atkinson, Robinson, Fry, Laurie, Mayall et al
and Tim McInnerny was in all of them in the first 3 he played his best friend and in the last, he hated his guts I guess in each reincarnation he wised up
The best Top Gear was the one with the cow on the top of the car. It was so funny
Miriam Margolyes, Miranda Richardson, Robbie Coltrane ...
QI (stands for 'quite interesting') is a general knowledge panel show that can be absolutely hilarious. Panellists answer questions and get points when correct or points deducted if they are wrong. There is a lot of very funny innuendo and double entendre as well, There is no prize at the end, except bragging rights but it is also very informative and I have learned quite a lot watching it.
Each series concentrates on a letter of the alphabet.i think their up to u?
@@sarablack2547 I think you are correct. It's either U or V.
@@sharonmartin4036 I think maybe v is next?🤷🏻♀️
@@sarablack2547 Okie dokie. Lol.
@@sharonmartin4036 i just googled it they've done 20 series which is t so u should be next if they have a series this year.
you don't get alot of okie dokie any more lol
Only Fools being just an honourable mention is a travesty.
Totally agree!!
Yes,shouldn't be there at all and I am from within 2 miles of Peckham and that was my era..lol
Best comedy ever, I can still see them as batman and robin.....pmsl....or the chandelier....
No mention of Open all Hours or Porridge either! Yes, these shows are from way back, but they always had huge audiences! And they are classics!
David Jason alone should have put that at the top
I went to watch *Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit* in a cinema in Houston, Texas when it first came out. We were the only ones laughing in the whole place.
Loved being scared during Doctor Who with William Hartnell and then Patrick Troughton. Jon Pertwee was good too, and Tom Baker was a giggle.
The fact that The bloody *Office* is on the list and Only Fools... got an honourable mention is insane. I can name ten shows better than The bloody Office. Keeping Up Appearances, Birds of a Feather, Allo Allo, Red Dwarf, One Foot in the Grave, *Father Ted* this was Channel 4, not BBC! A fact I totally forgot and thank you to Polyglot85 for the reminder. However, it's well worth a watch because it is hysterically funny! Absolutely Fabulous, Bread, Brittas Empire, Vicar of Dibley, Dad's Army, Steptoe and Son. This list needs to go stand in a corner and hide for all eternity.
Some mothers do 'ave 'em! Michael Crawford. The two Ronnies.
The Office is much better than OFAH. Overrated
@@Retrochild1979 How are the property prices in Cuckoo Land?!
These are top BBC shows, so Father Ted wouldn't make the list as it was on Channel 4
@@Polyglot85to90 Oh yes!! I'll edit that now :D
Only fools and Horses British comedy had hardly a mention, one of the best British inventions since the wheel, a must see series. Nearly every Britons has the boxed set!. Its set in a small roughshod area of London, kitchen sink drama, hilarious!! With two of the best British actors, David Jason and Nicholas Lyndhurst, unforgettable iconic part of British history! Please it deserves more.
Well, its kind of like the story in the show - they are always just one step away from the great breakthrough.
I'm fortunate to be a Canadian, and have seen most, if not all of these shows, broadcast on the CBC.The CBC is not the BBC, and unfortunately does have adverts interrupt the shows, but it does tend to balance out the large number of American shows simulcast on other more commercial Canadian TV networks with other English language shows. I grew up on Monty Python, Black Adder, and Dr. Who, and are that richer for it. Not to mention growing up with British culture, how at home I have felt each and every time I've been to Britain.
Have you watched Only Fools and Horses? That should have been at no. 1 spot on the list. Absolute classic.
We also had Coronation Street on CBC. I'm not sure if you're from Ontario but TVO would also play Robot Wars and Red Dwarf too.
I suggest you google "Only Fools And Horses Dasani water" You'll find an interesting video by Tom Scott
Big fan of their panel shows...have you seen Taskmaster? The NZ and Aussie versions are good too. Canadian one came out in french tho.
Keeping Up Appearances should have been on the list. Good grief, do you suppose Tyler is Sheridan's long-lost adopted son? (at least some of his videos give his last name as "Bucket" - I wonder if he knows it's supposed to be pronounced "bouquet"?).
There are many BBC shows on PBS. I specifically subscribed to BBCEarth so I could binge-watch David Attenborough documentaries and others as well (I'm partial to Brian Cox; he explained the physics of a waterfall so I understood it).
Blackadder is the surname of the main character played by Rowan Atkinson.
The four series started in the middle ages, before moving to the Tudor age, the Georgian age and finally WW1
In the original series, it was his nickname, not his surname.
Martin Freeman was also in The Office. Only Fools and Horses is considered the best comedy series ever. David Tennant is the best Dr Who he is returning in November for the 60th anniversary it is 3 episodes.
The best episodes to watch are with these actors:- Jon Pertwee, Tom Baker and David Tennant.
Blackadder is his name it starred people like Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Brian Blessed and Miranda Richardson, I preferred the first series.
Sherlock is fabulous, it keeps all the feelings of the stories even though it is in the modern world, all the actors are first class.
My additions are "One Foot in the Grave". " Merlin". "Poldark". " Horrible Histories".
So glad you mentioned Horrible Histories :)
i think every doctor has at least one good episode but id add christopher ecclestons nineth doctor onto that list (it also evens them out between new who and classic who :)
@@lilpils2081 Chris Eccleston definitely needs to be added onto that list
Fun fact: Tony Robinson who played Baldrick in blackadder ended up a presenter of an archaeology series called Time Team.
He was in Maid Marion's Merry Men, too, I think.
@@TerryTheNewsGirl Yeah as The Sheriff of Nottingham
@@TerryTheNewsGirl Yeah as The Sheriff of Nottingham.
Baldrick was hilarious!
I love Time Team
The Tardis is NOT a phone booth but mimics a police box.
One of the interesting things about Dr Who is that writers and editors they very often incorporated issues going on in society at the time such as Strikes, pollution, media take over, wars there was even an episode about over taxing the population. Another interesting fact is that due to budget restraints especially early on they had to invent and develop special effects and sound effects and technology this later was used and modified into the what we see in big movies globally it is why there are many british people in the credits for the technical crews on many films., for example they used CSO which later became green screen technology.
The very first episode also coincided with the Kennedy Assassination.
Due to budgetary constraints the beginning of Jon pertwee (3rd doctor) was all earth based to save on sets
How on earth did 'only fools and horses' not make the top 10!
There's a more recent WatchMojo UK list of greatest ever BBC programmes in which It does feature. I think that the WatchMojo list he's watching is about seven years old.
Shame you skipped over "Only fools and horses". That's one of the most popular comedies ever, (along with quite a few of the others). To actually understand it and appreciate it, you should watch a couple of episodes.
Black Adder. Again, one of the funniest shows ever, but 4 different series, each in it's own timeline.
Doctor Who started off as a childrens show back in the 60s, with a limited budget and crap special effects. But as the children watching and enjoying it grew up, so did the program.
Only Fools & Horses clips are are a perfect introduction to British comedy. It's crazy how good it was from start to end (yes there are better and worse episodes like with anything).
Ep 1 with the poker game is a classic.
@@Joshua-fi4ji See, I absolutely hate OFAH. Don't ask me why, it just doesn't do it for me, at all. I find it a bit cringey. Blackadder - now you're talking!
The best thing about the BBC is that they don't have adverts so we can watch a programme from beginning to end without interruption.
Also, those people who complain about the TV Licence never seem to imagine what WOULDN'T have appeared on our TV's over the years without the money available - from Attenborough Wildlife Documentaries, period dramas and all the comedies mentioned during this video etc.!
@@stewedfishproductions7959yes I noticed the bots working overtime during COVID. Working overtime to tell us that
1) BBC and BBC News specifically were lying and a waste of taxpayer money - even though they were reporting the exact same things as everyone else?
2) All 2 million people who work for the NHS were lying about COVID's existence and were "in on it"
😅
@@stewedfishproductions7959Bollocks… It’s not the licence fee we have a problem with its the woke arseholes that decide what we need to watch ..Auntie is no longer …it’s now a guardian readers paradise .at least with the oh so de classe itv you get a few minutes break from the diversity shite being heaped down one’s throat..🙄🇬🇧
@@stewedfishproductions7959 Ever since I lived in Canada for a number of years and returned, I have never complained about the BBC licence. Honestly, most of us don't know how lucky we have it.
@@cthutu
Your words make me happy! I cannot tell you the number of Brits who DO complain and NOT realise what the BBC means in terms of output - that's radio, TV and other ways too. So many TV programmes started on the radio before being transferred and becoming household 'names'. Also, FYI, I have been to Canada many times times over the years and my (2) sisters/brothers-in-law, nieces/nephews etc. are Canucks.
I'm almost jealous of you. You've got the whole joy of Top Gear ( with Jeremy, Richard and James) ahead of you. From trying to get a mini metro into space to driving to the north pole, its brilliant!
It was a Reliant Robin that they used as the basis for the space launch "because it already has a pointy nose". Their Bridge on the River Kok adventure driving up through Myanmar/Burma has to be an utter classic. Hopefully things there get sorted so I can nip over the border from Thailand and explore the Shan State, which looks absolutely stunning - God's Garden, as Jeremy called it.
@@sameebah Thanks for the correction, you're right. I'm still slightly jealous of Tyler as he's got all that joy ahead of him.
I couldn't imagine a worse fate. Cars are so boring to me.
The Eclectic Beard has started watching Dr. Who. He's watching Classic Dr. Who from the start with William Hartnell as the Doctor & is also watching the modern Dr. Who with Christopher Ecclestone as the Doctor. He absolutely loves the shows. Just jump in, you soon get to know the characters.
If you have the chance of seeing all/a lot of Blackadder, jump at it. Binge watch it with a company of good friends or alone. It's brilliant, intelligent, hilarious British humour at it's best.
It does help to know some of the history the show is parodying, to get all the jokes.
From the description of what you like, Tyler, I'd recommend a series called Red Dwarf, a hilarious comedy set on a spaceship 3 million years in the future. They had one of the most original concepts ever, a whole episode where everything went backwards including movement & time.
Yes! Brilliant show.
One BBC comedy show that wasn't mentioned is 'Allo 'Allo, that was very popular in several countries and ran for 9 seasons from 1982-92. It was light second world war parody with lots of catchphrases and thick foreign accents.
My favourite show is ⭐️ "Are you being served".
The "Strumpfs" (German for socks) mentioned, was from the "German Week" episode.
Where the "Grace Bros" department store sells only german clothes for a week.
And the vendors dress up in Lederhöschen (at least John Inman does), while the women wear Dirndls.
Mrs S. looking like a cross eyed newt.
Half Heidi... half Pippi Longstocking... 🤣🤪
Worth mentioning ;
⭐️ "Open all hours".
⭐️ "Keeping up appearances" + ⭐️"Heartbeat"
They might not all be of BBC stock, but who cares !
Love from Norway 🤗🇳🇴
If your wanting to start on watching Dr who, best is to start from the revival of the show which stars Christopher Eccleston as the 9th Doctor.
Most people who haven't seen the originals start there. Same for me, as you watch the revived portion of the show it does explain many things about the older Doctor's without you having to watch them (You might miss some cameos or references but it wont ruin the experience at all), although like me and like many others I became such a fan that I wanted to go back to watch the originals.
It may take time to get used to the logic but it wont take much time to love the character design and development, each rendition of the Doctor and each companion and even the people they meet along the way are all unique with their own story's to tell and in some crucial cases, their own story's to hide.
Definitely 2005 onwards 😊
"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" and its sequel "Smiley's People" are two of the best espionage dramas ever written, starring Sir Alec Guinness (Obi Wan Kenobi in SW). "Yes Minister" & "Yes Prime Minister" are both superbly written intelligent comedy on political life, it mocks the entire system without being left or right in outlook. Missing off here is another intelligent and immensely funny political comedy. "The Day Today" was set in a newsroom was very subversive and quite brilliant.
Agree on "Tinker Tailor ..." and "Smiley's People" along the same lines is "The Sandbaggers" which is what I am currently watcing.
Try [slow horses]. MI5 discarded agents hidden away and solve the spy rings against the odds. Mainly using brains. Based on the same theme very good. 2 series.
@@davidleverton3898 The Sandbaggers is superb. A great example of what can be done with a small budget but great writing.
I think Tyler would struggle with them as gratification isn't instant?
Can say that I'm English myself and love watching top gear, despite not being a car enthusiast myself. Is very funny and entertaining, highly reccomend it
Surprised Only Fools and Horses isn't number one, probably the most beloved British show
Sherlock and doctor who will forever have a special place in my heart❤😂
Same. I’m planning on rewatching Sherlock soon.
Blackadder had 4 seasons, each set in different periods of time in English history. The actors play certain characters in the first series, and in further series, they play the originals' descendants. There have also been a couple of short episodes set in a couple of other times.
There was also a reverse version of a Christmas Carol where the Blackadder was so nice and persecuted
QI is my absolute favorite, I have it on background all the time. It's a panel show so you can start anywhere, recommend you pick it up later, like series N or O. As for Blackadder, it was voted by British public as Britain's #2 best sitcom of all time and having the #1 series finale. I hope you try them both!
"Only fools and horses" gets it title from the line from the title music "only fool and horses work" - it's a sitcom about "wheeler dealer" brothers trying to become millionaires using brains rather than graft, with lots of "get rich quick" schemes. It's really well written and I reckon it would be considered a "British staple" - with many Christmas specials!
Dr Who is by far one of the best BBC dramas you won't regret watching it. I saw it from Jon Pertwee onwards. My favourites doctors in order of appearance are Tom Baker, Peter Davidson, Christopher Eccleson and David Tennant. All the other doctors were good too. There are many brilliant BBC comedies and dramas that should have been on the list. Call the Midwife (12 seasons), Only Fools and Horses should have been in the top five not as an afterthought mention. Dad's Army, Casualty (37 seasons) Silent Witness ( 26 seasons). Line of Duty. Poldark. There have been lots of mini series dramas that have been popular too. Pride and Prejudice with Colin Firth (6 episodes). I could go on.
merlin shouldve been on this list aswell
@@lilpils2081 Yes, absolutely. That fandom is still alive and well, making fan videos and writing fanfiction (I'm currently reading one that's 166 chapters and counting).
With Black Adder, in the first series he played "The Black Adder" (15th century), second series was set in the reign of Elizabeth I (early 1600s), the third was set during the Regency (early 1800s), and the last was set during World War I. Top Gear is basically a car show but a chaotic one (the Mythbusters analogy is good). Their motto is "Brilliant but rubbish", which fits it perfectly. The classic trio of presenters - Clarkson, Hammond, and May - were the perfect team. "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" was a brooding espionage thriller series; "The Young Ones" was an anarchic comedy about four student flatmates; "Only Fools and Horses" and "Are You Being Served?" are classic sitcoms, the first revolving around a chancer who's always coming up with dodgy moneymaking schemes, and the other about the staff of the clothes department of a stuffy department store. "QI" is a panel show - four comedians asked impossible trivia questions - most of the fun of the show is the comedians riffing on the question rather than actually trying to answer it. With Doctor Who, start with the rebooted version with the Christopher Eccleston series and go on from there. The older series are good, but the production values were very low so they'd probably seem dated and stagey to a modern audience.
You should do Doctor Who reactions dude. Start with the first modern series in 2005. You don't need to have seen any episodes before. It's the perfect jumping on point.
I remember watching the very first episode of Dr Who (An unearthly Child) and was 'hooked' from then on. So I have fond memories for William Hartnell and still recall some of the 'lost episodes' with giant 'ants' or the Doctor & companions shuffling along a tiny cliff edge with 'spikes' coming out of holes in the cliff wall !!! I was 'nearly 6 years old (5 years & 10 months to be precise - LOL) - It was Saturday 23 November 1963 and I had to 'beg' my mum to let me watch it, as she wasn't sure if it would be OK for a child... Anyway, that was it and loved the series since then. ☺
yes please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes he does. The Show didn't begin in 2005 and it scrapped most of the canon from the original. It's rubbish. He needs to see the original show as it should be.
Just make sure you stop watching before it turns into a pile of woke trash 😂😂
@@stewedfishproductions7959I remember the first episode too! I used to hide, if not behind the sofa behind a cushion on the sofa from the Daleks! Went off it as I grew up, seemed dull compared to Star Trek but have really enjoyed it since its reboot in 2005
Here are some more BBC programmes from the past (and present) which you might enjoy: Sky At Night, Top Of The Pops, University Challenge, Only Connect, Generation Game, Onedin Line, In The Night Garden, Blue Peter (especially the Valerie Singleton, John Noakes and Peter Purves era,) Horizon, Old Grey Whistle Test, Last Of The Summer Wine, It Ain''t Half Hot Mum, Dad's Army, Vision On, Red Dwarf and ANYTHING with David Attenborough. Have fun watching these - you will not regret it.
"University Challenge" was based an American program called 'College Bowl' (1953-1970) sponsored by General Electric. College Bowl aired on Sunday afternoons, which was a 'prestige' (i.e., not money-making) slot at the time. The format was pretty much identical.
The 'black & white' doctor in the doctor who clip was Patrick Troughton. His son played cricket for England and his grandson, Harry Mellors, played Dudley Dursley in Harry Potter. If you want to see Doctor Who I recomend starting with the 21st century reboot with Christopher Eccleston. Also the Sara Jane mysteries and Torchwood are spin off series of Doctor Who.
William Hartnell was shown in b&w also. He was the first doctor.
I enjoyed both parts of this reaction Tyler. Keep up the good work. Dr Who was a firm favourite of mine, and I remember the first episode airing on 23 November 1963, the day after one of those dates that will live in immortal memory. You should check out some of the early episodes, they were way ahead of their time.
'The Young Ones' was brilliant. and hilarious. along with 'Only Fools and Horses'.
Last episode of Blackadder 4th season (Blackadder goes forth) is the best TV-series ending ever made.
The Young Ones was aired on American MTV when I lived there, it was awesome!
I also really liked the series/movies by The Comic Strip.
Much of that, if not all, is available on UA-cam, so just dig in!
I forget to thank you for posting so many fascinating critiques…sending you a thank you from Canada
Blackadder series 4 was funny and poignant at the same time... just wonderful. And only fools and horses was a phenomenon of its day, watched by millions
I'm a Brit, and I also 'go crazy over' Sherlock! Hands down the best BBC drama ever. Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman are both amazing, but my absolute favourite character is Moriarty (played by Andrew Scott). He's incredible. You have to watch it!!
I find the choice that the BBC did! Only Fools and Horses should have been in the top 5 at the very least! My first doctor I ever saw was the one shown in B&W Patrick Troughton! I still love that show! Someone mentions the newer versions to start and that is certainly a good place! Have fun as it is fantastic!
"The Young Ones" was a slapstick comedy show based around the adventures of four students living in some particularly squalid student digs in London. It had a strong absurdist streak that owed a lot to Monty Python (but then what modern comedy doesn't?) It also had a very short run (2 seasons of 6 episodes each) but is rightly considered one of the true classics of British comedy. Quite a few popular comedians of the day had guest slots. Alexei Sayle had a regular spot as their insane Eastern European landlord and the various members of his extended family. They also had a band do a musical number each episode, because under BBC rules at the time that meant it qualified as a variety show rather than a sitcom and therefore got a bigger budget!
Yeah they even had Motörhead on the show. 🤘😎
The best stepping on points for Doctor Who are usually when a new actor takes over the role. "New Who" is probably the most accessible for someone with little previous knowledge so Christopher Eclestone's first episode would a very good place, but David Tennant's or Matt Smith's first episodes are also good places to start.
The Eleventh Hour hooked me. Before that, I was one of those people going ' whaddya mean it's a screwdriver? How is that a screwdriver? It doesn't work on wood?? Wtf is the point?' 😂
Absolutely agree. Start with "Rose" and work your way through, if you have the staying power! You'll Lough, cry, and everything in-between. Hopefully you'll start to love it!
@@JBond-zf4dj There actually is an episode in which they use the screwdriver as a screwdriver. It's one of the Fifth Doctor stories, and he tells Nyssa to unscrew something.
@@Shan_Dalamani 😂😂 that's awesome
Only Fools only getting an honourable mention, that is just criminal. This was the best British sitcom of all time. Scandalous!
I cannot believe only fools is not number 1.
Widely considered and consistently voted as the best comedy of all time.
Pulled in insane viewers for its specials and Christmas shows.
Yet not only is it not number 1 it's just an honorable mention. What???
Tyler, one of your fellow American reactors (The Eclectic Beard) has recently started watching Dr Who. He does two reacts a week one is classic Dr Who where he started from the 1st episode back in 1963, and the other is new Dr Who where he started from the 1st episode of the new era. He loves it, try it you might just enjoy it.
Only Fools & Horses should be number 1. The most loved British comedy of all time & the repeats that are shown are still popular today
Totally agree, can't believe it was only an honorable mention. Then again, it is a Watch Mojo list😂 I also think it was more geared towards shows Americans might know. Obviously OFAH would be in there if they asked people from the UK what their top 10 BBC shows are.
Not for me, but Luther wouldn’t be on my list either
Not in my opinion, and that is whole thing about comedy.
Absolutely Fabulous, Royle Family, keeping up appearances!! My favourites!!!!!!!!!!
Start with Blink - if you want a great overview of Dr Who - its a fantastic episode. Scary, funny and really well written.
I always thought Sally Sparrow, played by Carrey Mulligan, should have been his new companion.
Couple of important points.
That famous Mr Bean which you probably have heard of -
As with Hollywood stars, etc. he simply didn't click his fingers and say "hey presto, I'm gonna be a star personality all of a sudden".
In his younger years, he had roles in a number of British TV sitcom type comedies.
By the time of Mr Bean's launch, he was starting to get on in years as a well known comedy actor (at least to the Btitish).
One of my favourite British comedies of all time is "keeping up appearances".
It is so typically British in every way imaginable, exaggerated to the point of exintrisity.
Finally - American comedy.
It hasn't really been able to keep up with the high standards set by Sex and the City, and the likes of the Laurel and Hardy era.
Many of us think the background laughter in many shows is done by recording "voice overs" as we often are at a loss to understand what is the joke in question.!
Doctor Who celebrates its 60th anniversary in November. David Tennant played the 10th Doctor and is returning as the 14th Doctor in the anniversary stories. The 15th Doctor (Ncuti Gatwa) will begin his run at Christmas You can start from the beginning with William Hartnell in 1963 followed by Patrick Troughton or go to colour with Jon Pertwee in 1970. The 4th Doctor began in 1974 and is one known well by Americans as the series started broadcasting in the States in 1976 on PBS. This Doctor with the long scarf has featured in The Simpsons. Classic Who finished in 1989 with a one off film produced by Americans set in San Francisco as a pilot for a new series in 1996 but wasn’t picked up. Modern who started in 2005 (another good starting point for new viewers with the story Rose staring Christopher Eccleston followed by David Tennant, Matt Smith, Peter Capaldi and Jodie Whittaker. These were all broadcast by BBC America. The BBC has made a deal for screening right with Disney+ so from November every country outside the UK will show the programme on the streaming service. For UK viewers it will continue to be shown on the BBC.
i saw 2 episodes of dr who with patrick troughton never watched that shite again.
@@anthonybartlett6924 watch the Modern ones from 2005 to present day MUCH MUCH better
@@anthonybartlett6924 Your loss. There were some good historical-era stories in the first two Doctors' eras.
To the best of my knowledge, William Russell (Ian Chesterton, one of the First Doctors' first companions) is still alive. It would be nice if the 60th anniversary at least mentioned him.
Blackadder is a must watch. no excuses.
are you being served is a good one, loved that show. totally recommend it.
How did red dwarf not make the list
My thoughts exactly! The “small rouge one” should have easily been in the list 😉👍🏻
Start with Series 1 (the new show that came in 2005) and go from there with Doctor Who. If it doesn't fully pull you in, then jump ahead to Series 5 and try again there (new showrunner, new Doctor, new companion, so they make sure to introduce enough to pull new viewers in - I started with series 5 personally and later went back and watched series 1-4)
you rearly should look into only fools and horses it is a classic show, am amazed there was no Attenborough show there rearly should be he is a British institution
No Attenborough is treasonable.
If you're looking for a few more modern British shows, I'd highly recommend: Killing Eve (BBC & Netflix), Line of Duty (BBC), Inside Man (BBC & Netflix), The Bodyguard (Netflix), and Good Omens (Prime Video) - to get you started! They're all epic dramas (apart from Good Omens which is its own thing). Enjoy!
Only fools only got an honourable mention 😂😂😂 Who compiled this list? Only fools and horses is number 1 by a long way.
Also worth mentioning the yearly charity event "Red nose day" that usually does a mash up or cross over combining a few of the shows listed!
They missed out "Dad's Army" a comedy about platoon of Home Guard (civil degence) during WW2. It is still shown regularly today.
Yes, you are right, I completely forgot than one. It is still shown and bizarrely doesn’t seem to have “dated”. But then classic comedy never does.
'Only Fools and Horses' is only an 'honourable mention'?! i was expecting it to be No.1!
There's an episode of the fab US series Castle where Nathan Fillion mentions Doctor Who with great affection, and an episode of Criminal Minds where Penny has a Dalek on her console, so I'm pretty sure Dr Who has made it's way to many American hearts ☺ 💕. Everyone in Britain has a favourite Dr Who, and mine is David Tennant. Curiously, David married the daughter of Peter Davidson, who was also Dr Who. Anyway, well done Tyler, really enjoy your videos ☺.
Don't know what you're on about
Can't stand doctor who
Add to that, the episode about the Doctor's daughter, who was played by his RL wife.
Fun fact: Peter Davison married Sandra Dickinson, who played Trillian in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Davison had a part in one episode.
If you want to start Doctor Who i recommend starting from the reboot which is 2005 onwards. My personal fav doctor is Matt Smith but everyone adore David Tennant's Doctor and they were both part of the reboot
Dr Who... a self described 'madman with a box'. 😃 I vaguely remember watching the first few seasons - I was only ten when it started - but then life happened and I lost track for a while. I came back to it when Christopher Ecclestone took over and am still along for the ride - but I really miss David Tennant 😒
You have got to find the Faulty Towers series. I live in Canada and every time a tv station airs the show the majority of Canadians will watch it and rematch it. I’ve seen the series a dozen times and will watch it again. The show is also very popular in Australia and New Zealand.
Start with new Who 2005 onwards with the 9th doctor (Christopher Eccleston)
Surlock Homes is great, but if you obessed with House MD then you get the reverence House is Homes & Wilson is Watson
Can't believe the comedy show The Last Of The Summer Wine isn't on the list. It's the UK's longest running sitcom starting from 1973-2010
Also gotta watch Porridge (Ronnie Barker) & Dad's Army
The two Ronnies! 👍👍🤣🤣. Dave Allen too.
Definitely need to check out some of these shows. They are amazing.
I won't cheat but 3 of The Top 4 have to be Only Fools/David Attenborough:Planet Eart and Blackadder.
Yes, why on earth is David Attenborough not number 1? Not even a mention. He is a National Treasure.
Well, that shows I never cheated but,of course, Dr.Who and Top Gear..
I was imitating Daleks in 1963,in my school playground when William Hartnell was The Doctor. Best Doctor? Tom Baker or David Tennant, IMO.
How David Attenborough is not there is ridiculous and though I was born in the era AND area where Only Fools was set,I thought it was overrated:)
Best Comedies? Yes, Minister, Blackadder Goes Forth, Alan Partridge, Fawlty Towers, and The Office, and mention for FLEABAG..
The fact that Only Fools and Horses was only a mention discredits the entire video. Shocking.
Everyone too old to remember the Goon show?
The different "Blackadder" series focused on Prince Edmund Plantagenet, The Black Adder, and his descendants over the centuries. The four main time periods were:
1)The end of the Plantagenet Reign / the beginning of the Tudor Reign (The Black Adder)
2) The Elizabethan Period (Blackadder II)
3) The Georgian Era (Blackadder the Thrid)
4) World War I (Blackadder Goes Forth)
If you manage to track down the huge box set, they also have numerous specials, including The English Civil War, The Victorian Period (Blackadder's Christmas Carol), and "Blackadder Back and Forth," a massive time-travel special. All highly recommended.
I'd love to see your reaction to BBC3 comedies "Monkey Dust" and "Mongrels."
I can't believe they didn't mention Coronation Street. Even the Queen loved that one.
Coronation Street is not a BBC show. It was ITV (Granada, specifically), so it doesn't count for this list. Sorry.
Be fair I am surprised EastEnders wasn't mentioned
I am American and an Anglophile. I love British television, movies, novels, literature, countryside,etc. There are two networks you can subscribe to. One is Acorn. I can’t think of the other. Sorry. One covers the older stuff and the other more modern shows. Sherlock was brilliant. The acting first class.
This can not be in order of popularity, if it is it’s not done by the public or Only fools and horses would be NUMBER 1 hands down. It’s iconic way above any other comedy.
Who on Earth compiled this ridiculous list!!!!
I agree and another fact that wasn't mentioned, is that Top Gear and The Grand Tour, are two of the most viewed shows in the World.
It's a MOJO list, of shows they've seen
That is a varied list and I am enjoying your reactions ☺️ I can't believe I have never seen 'Blackadder'...not one episode; and no, I don't know what a 'strumpf' is either...!
Wtf only fools and horses only a mention? Im off to give watch mojo a piece of mind
I’m not into cars at all, but Top Gear was always such a joy to watch! The list is missing another comedy gem: Absolutely Fabulous!
Top gear is the one to watch, especially road trips. All they do is take the absolute piss out of each other crash into each other mad stunts its awesome
it was good until Jeremy Clarkson landed that punch. bloody good. as a non car owner/driver, it was Sunday evenings. blowing up caravans, the time when JC wondered why there were no cars 'hearing aid coloured' - which is still funny today! it was all crazy and chaotic. and let's not forget 'the stig'.
until that punch, it was awesome. the comedy deliveries were spot on.
I cant believe they didn't include 'Bottom', 'Some Mothers do Ave em', 'One Foot in the Grave', 'Keeping Up Appearances' and 'Vicar of Dibley!' Those are my some of my all time favourite shows! Craaazy! I love that you know and like Wallace and Gromit tho! It's amazing and also one of my favourites! ❤
No mention of Porridge, the greatest sitcom of all time.
For Top Gear, you need to make sure you start with the Clarkson/Hammond (Hamster)/May (Captain Slow) incarnation.
The Young Ones was another of those classic 'just a couple of series' shows based around a group of mis-matched students sharing a house. Oddly, they managed to get their budget from the Variety section of the BBC by means of having live bands suddenly appear part-way through (Motorhead, Madness, Dexy's Midnight Runners all turned up).
I would also suggest trying to find "Coupling" - there were 4 series - which was beautifully written and performed as well as being utterly hilarious.
For something darker, but still with hunour, there is "Being Human" . . . A ghost, a vampire and a werewolf sharing a house while trying to live normal lives.
Only fools and horses is arguably the best British comedy ever made! Just being a mention is simply an insult!
The fact that the iconic series Only Fools and Horses only got an honorable mention and that series such as any documentary by David Attenborough or even Eastenders or Coronation Steet were left off completely, suggests this is a list put together by someone who has only watched BBC shows which have popped up internationally. There are so many more highly popular BBC shows...Red Dwarf, One Foot in the Grave, Merlin, The Vicar of Dibley, Spooks, Little Britain, Top of the Pops, Blue Peter (raised several generations of children) Death in Paradise, Allo Allo, Call the Midwife, Jonathan Creek, Life on Mars, Quatermass...I could go on...there is a reason the BBC has been producing popular shows for nearly 90 years
How didn’t Only Fools and Horses get the number 1 spot. Who did this list?
It says a lot when many of these shows were showcased during our 2012 Olympic Ceremony.
You spotted Martin Freeman this time but failed to see him in The Office, check again...
Blackadder, was set during the Dark Ages, Elizabethan Times, Georgian Times stars the actor from The US show House, and World War 1 the Somme.
Cannot recommend any of these shows highly enough - all brilliant in their own way, however, how Only Fools and Horses is only an honourable mention when it could easily be argued to be #1 is beyond me... The BBC has a long history of making excellent television programs - shame it has lost its way so much these days...
Love sherlock. Great show.
Only fools and horses is a great comedy.
Loved QI when Stephen Fry was in it.
Wallace & Gromit + chicken run are some of the best stop motion out there.
Only fool and horses should have been no.1, absolutely the funniest show ever
'Only Fools and Horses' should have been on the list. It was one of the most popular (possibly the most popular) and successful British comedy shows ever produced. It was certainly up there with Blackadder. Another very popular historical comedy show was 'Allo' Allo!' which was a very strange take on Word War 2, specifically in France during the German occupation.
Only Fools and Horses WAS on the list ... 14:33
I'm gonna say this now, if Horrible Histories isn't on here I'm gonna be very frustrated. (CBBC is definitely still BBC!)
There were so many great British shows, Keeping Up Appearances, Red Dwarf, Waiting For God, As Time Goes By