Top 20 Worst British Comedies
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- Опубліковано 4 чер 2023
- We can't believe these got made. For this video, WatchMojoUK counts down the Top 20 Worst British Comedies. Featuring shows like Citizen Khan, Married For Life, Hard Cell, and many more infamous Britcoms. Let us know in the comments what's your British comedy guilty pleasure?
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Mrs Browns boys resonates with the Irish more than tbe British it seems. The traits possessed by Mrs Brown and some of the other characters are quite relatable for many Irish people, hence older episodes are still on telly. Albeit the modern christmas specials are complete dirt, the first few series and the movie were good. Too bad they don't know when to leave well enough alone.
Before announcing 'heil honey I'm home' as the number one worst sitcom. Or saying it was cancelled. I would of researched it.
Because It wasn't 1) a sitcom or 2) cancelled. It was a one off parody of a typical sitcom that was part of a Channel 4 comedy showcase. It was only ever done as and intended as a one off, not a series, it was part of a showcase made up of various episodes of different comedy, one off shows. something infact that channel 4 still do today.
The episode hasn't been banned either, like it sometimes gets suggested on videos on UA-cam similar to this. It is still on Channel 4s streaming service. It was meant as a parody of sitcoms, and a satirical statement about how bad late 80s and early 1990s sitcoms had gotten, and it was not commissioned as anything other than this.
@@Spud607 the original Mrs brown's boys that he did that were like mini films were amazing, but the sitcom the BBC made are dire. And if they were making a joke about it in the show, they would probably have Chris Rea guest star on the show just so they could make a diarreah joke (as in 'dire rea') that is the calibre of comedy that show deals in.
@Parl Kilkington the first episodes are just the mini films in BBC format, hence why their actually decent. Pretty much everything that followed after D'movie (which wasn't bad to be fair) is complete crap.
Extreme miss on this video
My takeaway from this list - don't hire Amanda Holden for ANYTHING. Imagine being a judge on Britain's Got Talent when your own talent is questionable 😂
Agreed.
She was amazing in Wild at Heart
If she ever needs a job, I will give her one....and even supply the knee pads.😇
It’s never been her “talent” she has been hired for,its her looks,
@@jimosullivan1389 I don't think she's cut out for a career in ice hockey , either . But it's a kind and considerate offer , nontheless .
I still can't believe "Heil Honey, I'm Home" was an actual sitcom which somehow managed to air an entire episode. Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun as a wacky 50's sitcom couple? Would could POSSIBLY go wrong?!
I think it's brilliant. The should of aired more episodes, maybe even a couple of seasons
It actually sounds funny he deserves to be made a joke of after what he did to people
Originally I thought it was an American sitcom.
I think there was another hilter show that came out as well.. think he got frozen or something and awakens in a century 😅
It wasn't a 'real sitcom' and it wasn't cancelled either. It was intended and made as a one off parody of sitcoms and how bad they had become, and the premise behind it was if a sitcom was made today about the worst person who ever lived, what would it be like? And it was part of one of the varied channel 4 comedy showcase series, it was NOT cancelled, it wasn't banned or any of the other things that they say about it on these types of videos. It's still up on channel 4s streaming service. That's how 'banned' it is. It was made as a piss take pure and simple, as a one off episode.
I've gotta be real, the Hitler one has potential, in certain circumstances. If there was a sketch show that had parodies of different kinds of TV shows, and you sprinkled it in every other episode, it would be a classic bit. As a full TV show, I don't even think people would be bothered about it being offensive, just that the schtick would wear thin quickly.
you mean like 'Springtime for Hitler (and Germany)'??
Ello Ello is basically the same sort of comedy !
So it seems like Mrs. Brown is the U.K.'s Madea. It makes sense now why they starred in a movie together, "Madea's Homecoming."
It's an Irish show nothing to do with uk only produced by bbc
It's not that bad, for WatchMojo to say it's hated by the UK and not most or a little is a bit of a push...
@@mrjoshdeakin The show also won a BAFTA award as well...
I remember The Royal Bodyguard vividly, the BBC made a MASSIVE deal of it over the Christmas season with so many repeated adverts, and I, like everyone else, CRINGED at it when it came out in New Year's!
Whenever a show gets that much plugging, you just know it’s going to be crap.
...and it was.
Yes, David Jason was everywhere, saying how fantastic it was. You just knew that it would be awful - and it was worse than that…
Amanda Holden’s agent must use Jedi mind control to get her shows commissioned
more like jedi throat control
Her shows were commissioned on her back
Idk this woman, but from the comments I’m gonna assume she’s the UK’s Amy Schumer.
Good thing Mrs Browns Boys technically isn’t a “British comedy”. 🤣
Edit: It’s a co-production between the BBC in Scotland, Irish broadcaster RTÉ and Brendan O’Carroll’s independent company BOC-PIX. The episodes are broadcast in Republic of Ireland first before they are broadcast in the UK.
It's a UK-ROI co-production.
@@andrewq159 exactly
It’s hilarious!!
@@bearnunnemaker5453 it was at first but Mrs browns boys got very repatitive and predictable in the end I think it had run it's course
It is unfortunately. It's made by a British TV production company for a British TV channel and created by a Northern Irishman
As an American, I legitimately thought Mrs. Brown's Boys was a favorite over there lol. And I absolutely did not know it started in 2011! Thought it might have been in early 2000s.
It looks like it was made in the 70s. It has high viewing figures, but millions of people strongly dislike it. It's easily the most disliked UK sitcom.
It is a favourite over here. Nobody knows why. My best guess is it's because its on the BBC and old people like the BBC and like laughing at men in drag (we had a lot of that in comedy in the 1970s
Well alot of people love it here..my gran that passed away years back loved it..i like it too...its kinda the whole family, and messege thing..even got a gameshow..i guess we scots get it..while eng has no clue
It feels like it's longer, I know. It's a very divisive comedy, you either love it or you hate it with a passion (like I do). For me personally, the jokes are just not funny and I don't like the set up or the way it's filmed
For all the many things this country has to be embarrassed for, that show is in the top five
Isaac Newton explained the concept of gravity, Albert Einstein explained the theory of relativity, but no one will ever explain the popularity of Mrs Brown's Boys.
Obviously it speaks for itself,being so popular,not only in the UK but abroad as well.
@@stephanbutler7988 Still doesn't make it funny though...
The new series of bad education deserves to be here
Fresh Meat is dubious at best.
Oh hell yes it's so bad the first 3 were hilarious and even the film was funny but the new ones are terrible apart from Fraser he was still brilliant
I actually loved the first couple of series of citizen Khan. I live just outside the Birmingham area and can relate to the humor of it 😂
so you can relate to a lack of humour, interesting
In Citizen Khan Adil Ray did a pretty good job of reworking some of the aspects of those 'dubious' 70s sitcoms such as It Aint Half Hot Mum (a particular favourite) and Mind Your Language (and referencing Citizen Smith) without turning them into the BBC's politically correct fodder of more recent years. (Mrs Browns Boys on the other hand should be disposed of like the worst nuclear waste! But then it all comes down to personal taste.)
@@beatxt Christmas has become a nightmare now, it's either garbage like Mrs Brown, Miranda or ice skating, x factor rubbish.
I don't watch TV , but at Christmas with the family and all it's very hard to ignore. Rather get monopoly out or play charades
Only woke people dont like Citizen Khan its a great series its funny, Comedy isnt allowed to be funny these days because someone will be offended Sod the Woke
@@davidrenton or you don't live in Birmingham or been there so you don't understand the humor of the show
Royal bodyguard was a real disappointment. David Jason also developed Arkwrights stammer in the reboot of Open All Hours, which baffled me, so I turned it over!😂
Citizen Khan, excellent show, my friends who are of Pakistani origin said the best way to describe it is like the Royle Family, we all have that dad, that uncle, that neighbour, they said they could relate the dad to an uncle or family friends, I imagine most of the complaints came from non Muslims or non Pakistani people, just a thought. It's not particular brand of comedy, but it was more funny than offensive.
Well said. Lefties complain at a lack of representation, then when a minority group gets their own show, lefties complain that it's racist. Tossers..
yeah exactly, surprised this show was considered the 'worst of all time', the first 2 seasons were very good, later seasons became stale though.
Can anyone explain to me what makes Amanda Holden worthy of judging anyone's talent?
Ask Simon how good she is at head maybe
I waas wondering who hd more prsothetic in that clip of the show about her and her gran
She has two qualifications - her right tit and her left tit.
I think she is a very obliging lady
Mrs Browns Boys should be number 1.
If 'Heil Honey I'm Home' had existed within some sort of sketch show, The Fast Show for example, it would have made perfect sense. People probably would have understood it's satirical take on nuclear family sitcoms...just my opinion 😅
I think the appeal of Mrs. Brown's Boys is how they keep outtakes in the show and the cast's reactions to flubs and bloopers.
It makes it seem like the whole cast is having fun, which lets the audience have fun.
I think you put that perfectly.
I can't imagine it any other way.
Whilst I wouldn't call myself a fan of the show I did enjoy the first to seasons, it quickly became repetitive.
I remember a bloke trying to tell us a bit from the programme, and not managing it as he kept on cracking up, so I gave it a watch.
Every time I've watched I've just thought, "meh".
Maybe I would bother to watch it if I was stuck in a room and there was not much else on, but I just can't see the appeal.
@@pineapplepenumbra That is one of my top ten comedy programmes. I do have the advantage of appreciating and understanding Dublin humour.
@@frankmurray1549 What else is in your top 10?
I would find it hard to compile such a list, as there are so many great comedies.
@@pineapplepenumbra Porridge, Only fools and horses, Minder, One foot in the grave, Fawlty Towers, Black Adder, Yes Minister/Yes Priminister, Rising Damp, Mrs Browns Boys, Open all hours.
How is Miranda not in this Top 20???
Was that even a sitcom? I suppose so. I saw it more as a sketch show. The woman who played the mother was someone my sister knew decades ago.
hilarious when miranda fell over
@@Fredkitchens Every time, every time.
"Mrs Brown's Boys" is a mixed bag for me. Some storylines or dialogue can be humorous, but it's otherwise just passable to me. I remember the uproar that occurred when the BBC cut away from airing a repeated Christmas episode to report Nelson Mandela's passing, which just seemed ludicrous to me.
Cutting to a newsflash to report the natural death of a retired nonagenarian is ridiculous. It wasn't even important enough for a banner at the bottom of the screen.
@@andrewq159 Nelson Mandela was an extremely important and much-admired person. I'm sure Brendan O'Carroll and the cast of Mrs Brown's Boys would have had no problem with a newsflash of this nature interrupting one of their episodes.
@@jackieyoungman7970 Nothing bad happened as a result of his death. He wasn't assassinated when he was president, causing riots & a new election. He died naturally in his 90s.
I honestly really like it! 😅
@@andrewq159 Call it divine intervention. Trying to save millions of people from the god awful tripe that is Mrs Brown's Boys. 😂
Brendan O'Carroll has it written in his BBC contract that he gets the Christmas day 10PM slot every year up to at least 2026
I unironically and unapologetically enjoy Mrs. Brown’s Boys, and I will continue to do so. It never fails to lift my spirits when I’m feeling down. But what do I know, I’m only Canadian.
Mrs Brown's Boys has been a comedic breath of fresh air in my life.
Same here. Not Canadian. Good God no. The mere thought of it! Enjoying Mrs. Brown's Boys I mean.
I'm sure it's not everyone's cup of tea. But then, you could say the same about most TV or even films I reckon.
Honestly agree I love mrs browns boys it’s the one show on the bbc that me and my granddad watch together and laugh our arses off but I can understand it’s not for everyone but me personally love it
To me its the lowest of the low. Crude, low-brow, broad, outdated humour, that belongs in a 1970s pantomime. There's nothing funny about it to me, but I understand its personal taste. To each their own.
I enjoyed the first three series... Especially the first, Hell I own them on DVD... But I must admit that as it has wore on its has got weaker... Not every show can last as well as Only Fools and Horses!
This video talks about "comedies from 50 years ago" as if that's the kiss of death. The fact is that people still watch the hits of that era for a reason. Shit is shit and gold is gold, whatever the era.
Mr's Browns Boys is No 1. Absolutely Shocking!
So even Sir David Jason can be in a bad British Sitcom once in a while.
Witch one
@@drasonmeerrkat2617 Firstly it's 'Which' not 'Witch' And second it's The Royal Bodyguard.
Open All Hours.
@@genwoolfe Nope I don't agree with that.
It seems he forgot how to act in his later years.
Mrs Browns Boys is Irish. Not British, blame them 😂
It was Made by BBC Scotland in Glasgow.
@@dasreicht it’s a joint production with RTE (Ireland’s equivalent of the BBC) and originated on there
Please don't blame us. It's horrific
It's so dated. Just think of Sid James in a dress and with an Irish accent. That's Mrs Brown's Boys. But, you Brits seem to love that shit!!
@@MartyMolloyI'm Irish 😂
Some people might not agree with me, as it appeared to be popular, but I would have put _'Bread'_ from the 1980s in there. I hated that show.
All the controversy of "Hail Honey I'm home' came from the tabloid newspapers. It was shown on BSB's first week when the only viewers it had were on cable (as the dishes weren't ready AGAIN) so those who did see were minuscule in the least.
This video has been really educational . I was unaware that " Citizen Khan " and " Mrs. Brown's Boys " were comedies .
they were and never will be a comedy.
@@beawalker9201 Yes , I know that now . How could I have been so foolish ? Thank goodness there are intelligent folk like you around , to put us thickies right .
🤣🤣🤣 Brilliant
At least Mrs Brown’s Boys we can blame on the Irish!
Or that Mrs brown's boys was British 🤔
Yeah thin blue line is brilliant..rowan and David haig are quite wonderful in that..its actually a good homage comedy to some older cop shows 😅
Surprised that Benidorm didn’t qualify.
True story: I was sat at the bar in The Tap and Spile boozee in Birmingham. My mate and I got chatting to some bloke who said he had written a comedy show for the BBC and was going to be famous. His name was Adil. We wished him well in his endeavours. If I could turn back time, I would have thrown him in the canal the pub is conveniently situated right next to.
Davina McCall is a very good presenter, but awful as an interviewer & actress.
you said it!
She's not good as a presenter either. Tv's Mrs shouty woman
she's not even a good presenter
Hardwicke House was brilliant! Yes, it was outrageous but I like that in comedy. Of course it's not going to be to everybody's taste but then nothing will be. It broke boundaries and people were uncomfortable with that. Those that complained were probably those who would have been perfectly happy for sitcoms to forever be nice and 'safe' like Terry & June.
I watched it on UA-cam (I didn't know about it at the time) and quite enjoyed it.
Being a 14 yr old at Secondary school at the time this originally aired, my school was more Hardwicke House than Grange Hill, and I think this applied to many across the UK at the time.
Pervy teachers and underage shenanigans made this more a drama than a comedy at times.
When I’m feeling low, I stick on a DVD in my player with Mrs. Brown’s boys, so hilarious big laughs turn My down mood into in a mood. Thank you Mrs. Brown’s boys❤
I'm in total agreement.
Totally agree it is hilarious
I own a couple of the series and a couple of live special DVD's myself. It's absolutely brilliant belly laughing comedy.
i adore it too lol
Yeah it shouldn't be on here, there's a lot of new comedy's that r shit
I like to think of Mrs Browns Boys as an Irish show not a UK show.... makes me feel better about it.
I heard this in the voice of Alan Gordon Partridge! Who in my opinion would have been the BEST Bond!
On that note... Here is Thunderball by... errrr... the Welsh one! 😉👍
Miranda should have been on this list or at least got an honorable mention
Absolutely. Completing unfunny.
Agreed.
Agreed about as funny as having a root canal in an electric chair.
How could you guys forget So Haunt Me? I'm American and we got that horrible show about a very stereotypical Jewish old woman ghost haunting a young family. Oddly enough, she sounded American.
Trying to remember the last time I finished one of your videos. I honestly thought the list was nearly finished then number 14 popped up. How do you make them seem so long. It’s like waiting to clock out at work
I thought that heil honey I’m home was just a joke and everyone knows russ abbot and Amanda Holden are comedy cancer
Hardwicke House, I went out and watched the whole thing just to satisfy my curiosity.... My God, absolute horse manure of the highest order... not only set in a school but seemingly written by school kids, not very bright school kids at that.... It's not anarchic or controversial, it's just awful. The script is that bad that they can't even make obvious things like toilet humour work, Pam Ferris gets lumbered with the dated "Frumpy Lesbian Teacher" role, although it's unfair to pick on her character as all the characters are badly written clichés, even a cameo from Rik and Ade couldn't make it funny, their comic ability just about raising a smirk before being dragged back down by the awful script!
my only complaint is Mrs Browns Boys wasnt higher
I thought The Wright Way was good! I'd forgotten about it until seeing this video, but I definitely remember enjoying watching it at the time. The titular character was played by David Haig, who also appeared in another favourite of mine - The Thin Blue Line. Mina Anwar was in both too!
@trance-trousers. Loved The Thin Blue Line ! Everybody was great in that.
Hated it sorry. Even Rowan Atkinson wasn’t funny somehow
The Wright Way was, imho, appalling rubbish. Hey, let’s have a right-on twist - his daughter has a girlfriend! Now criticise it if you dare! And having worked for a local authority, it was about as realistic as The Thin Blue Line (which I liked). Note to all script-writers - NO-ONE in a local authority has their own office except for the Chief Exec. EVERYONE else, including directors, has to share.
Number 20: “this show is dire and should never see the light of day again”- 1 episode was released to the public… you can find dire controversial episodes in many beloved sitcoms too
Number 19- “the stereotyping of British Pakistanis and the mocking of Muslims”- the show was written by British Pakistanis and Muslims….
Number 18- all you’ve commented on was Felicity’s accent… the actual comedy content may have been strong…
Number 17- At least I can agree with you on this one
Number 16- “a throwback to 1970s sitcoms that are only looked back at positively thanks to nostalgia”- many 70s sitcoms frequently finish top in these top 10 lists…
Number 15- I agree on Married For Life- Married With Children was funny enough and was shown here anyway
Number 14- Never seen Mad About Alice but looks terrible. However I can’t fairly comment until I’ve seen it.
Number 13- “Culture clash comedy grew tiresome”- really? You could say that about Desmond’s, famously one of the best sitcoms… culture clash is just a genre of comedy… you could make the argument that any genre of comedy would grow tiresome if you watched it enough. “It tried to make a British estate being run by a black woman a strong source of content but that fell flat quickly”- the casual racism in this video is much more unfunny than half these sitcoms.
Number 12- “juvenile curse words”- as if any of the panel shows you rave about on this channels don’t rely on that as a source of humour either?
Number 11- “the show focuses heavily on gross humour and innuendos”- like most sitcoms then? “It feels like a sitcom from 50 years ago”- and what’s wrong with that? Fifty years ago you had Dad’s Army, Steptoe and Son, Porridge, Fawlty Towers etc… the comedy snobbery is unbelievable- a show doesn’t last 10 years if it doesn’t have a loyal fanbase. It’s slapstick.
Number 10- “the show feels like it came out in the early 2000s”- the same decade that brought us Spaced, Black Books, and the IT Crowd? Yet you’re using it as a criticism.
Number 9- “the annoying and very immature characters”- yes because the Inbetweeners characters were the height of sophistication, weren’t they? It’s a show focused on teenagers, of course the characters will be annoying and immature. Ridiculous criticism.
Number 8- Brighton Belles I can agree on, a lazy remake
Number 7- “be prepared for shocking uncomfortable humour”- if it’s shocking and uncomfortable is that not good comedy? “Viewers were outraged the remaining episodes weren’t shown”… isn’t that a sign viewers were interested in it? Comedy is supposed to push boundaries… more importantly, it’s supposed to make people laugh- it’s not supposed to be a moral lecture.
Number 6- “the role was written for Jim Davidson which should give you an idea of its quality”… it was written *for* Jim Davidson, not *by* Jim Davidson… I’m starting to think WatchMojo hasn’t actually watched any of these sitcoms to be able to rank them the worst.
Number 5- the Holden Girls- this one I can agree on- utter tripe.
Number 4- “the show reused old jokes”, aka a running gag… your Holy Grail of sitcoms The Inbetweeners had plenty of them too…
Number 3- never watched it, can’t comment, but “it was made for UK Friends fans but without relatability or comedy”… yes because Friends was so side splittingly funny… who doesn’t know someone as dim as Joey?
Number 2- the biggest issue was presenting it as a sitcom rather than more of a drama with comedic elements.
Number 1- this feels more like a Family Guy sketch than its own sitcom, though I’m strangely intrigued by it- it’s absolutely tasteless though. “Other historical figures that were *said* to be parodied”- did WatchMojo just admit they didn’t watch any of these sitcoms before ranking them on a list?….
Shouldn't you be calling LBC to complain about 5G masts and how the ULEZ turned your cat into a drug addict?
I find 'Orrible to be a very ironically fitting title for the quality of the No. 17 title.
@@himoffthequakeroatbox4320 never listened to LBC…
I'm surprised "Mind Your Language" didn't make it to the list. Apart from the nonsensical premise of teaching the very basics of English to people who can obviously already speak English well (albeit with exaggerated foreign accents), the show's so full of stupid, cringy racism and innuendoes that I managed to watch just one episode before quitting. The characters are all shallow and keep repeating the same phrases (think Manuel from "Fawlty Towers" or most of the characters from "Allo, Allo"), the teacher is young and clueless, his boss is old, ugly and abusive, the French and Swedish female students are blonde bimbos, their Italian classmate is in love with them both, the Chinese student is obsessed with praising communism etc etc.
Mrs Brown's Boys is classed as an Irish comedy because the show is supposed to be based in Ireland and the majority lf the cast are Irish
It's filmed in Scotland so can be clasded as British too
Its an Irish-British comedy
I think it's fair to let the Irish have it, I love the Irish but they should never have done this to us.
The show was funded by the BBC making it a British show and placing the blame firmly with the British license payer.
Citizen Khan was brilliant!!!
Exactly 💯
I agree
Before the end of this video I was wondering why 'Mrs Brown's Boys' was not number one. Then at the end it all made sense.
Mrs Browns Boys only at Number 11.. The Top 10 cannot possibly be as bad, (as you can tell, as i type this I don't know)
I like Mrs. Brown’s Boys. Judge me all you want, I couldn’t care less. Everyone has different taste.
I’m not even British and I knew “Heil Honey, I’m Home” was #1.😒 Also, what’s with Amanda Holden starring in so many bad comedies? It seems like she should fire her agent NOW! 😅
I'm not British either but I strongly assumed that show would top this list, and I was right.
it's not that no one like her
Its a real shame about Mrs Brown’s Boys. If they had stopped after series 2, it would be remembered very fondly. However, after series 3, it just got so so so repetitive and just not funny anymore. A real shame.
There's a very good reason why everything Amanda Holding starred in was terrible: She has f**k all talent.
Last time I checked mrs browns boys isn’t British comedy…..
I am still perplexed as to how anyone could watch Mrs Browns Boys? I watched one episode once, lasted about 5 minutes. Utterly awful, bottom-tier humour and terribly written.
As an American, I've only seen a few of these shows. Although I agree with most of the shows that I've seen being godawful, I do love Mrs. Brown's Boys. Yes, it's raunchy, yes it's silly, but it's damn funny. I know why it's been on the air for so long.
Watch Mojo does no research its all made up.
You can’t even sell Mrs Browns Boys at a bootfair, you end up giving them away, every car has a set
sounds like they were popular if every car has a set.
How many of these “comedies” involve Amanda Holden? Lol
Disappointing to see Mrs Brown's Boys not at No1.
I take it back, 'Heil Honey I'm Home' is a worthy winner. I should really watch to the end before I comment!
A couple of worthy mentions. 'Curry and Chips', where Spike Milligan dons the boot polish once again to play an 'Irish Pakistani' (or was it a Pakistani Irishman?) called 'Kevin O'Grady'. It also starred Eric Sykes and Kenny Lynch. The other is 'Up the Elephant and Round the Castle'. Essentially Jim Davidson playing the character of Jim Davidson.
Anything with Jim Davidson
With a young marina sirtis as his girlfriend
My rule of thumb is if a comedy is aired on BBC 1 or ITV, then avoid it, especially during "prime time". BBC 2, BBC 4 and Channel Four might be worth watching. Got to be after the watershed though.
That seems to be the consensus. As for Channel Five, it could be hit or miss, but it's more misses than hits in my experience.
Mrs browns boys is actually Irish it was originally filmed in Dublin obviously it’s my fav along with citizen khan bc some of my fav actors/ actresses were in it
There was another awful comedy around 1986 called 'Help' it was on at Prime Time when the first 6 parts was on. A while later they made another 6 which were aired in the afternoon. One of the McGann brothers was in it. At the time I was friends with one of the actors who played one of the leads. As far as I know he hasn't been in anything since.
That ran for two series on BBC1 in 1986 and 1988; I don't think it was ever reshown though too.
Starred Jake Abraham who was in Lock Stock, 51st State amongst others. According to IMDB, he was listed as 'Jack Abraham' in Help's credits.
(Now before the Internet, that would've bugged me for weeks, trying to put a name to his face 😂)
I think it was set in Liverpool, just like Bread, Brookside of course and many other series then too at the time?
@@brucedanton3669 It was yes. The theme tune was The Beatles' song of the same name.
Thank you for the highlighted reply! That is what I remember of course-though it is a long time ago now I guess really.
Mrs Brown's boys is an Irish comedy, so that is one of your list.
Ulster, part of Britain. Always will be.
Citizen Khan & Mrs. Brown’s Boys are the only ones I’ve heard of. I literally never heard of any of the other ones.
In defense of Hardwicke House: I was in my early 20s at the time and I quite enjoyed it! It was very edgy, which, at that time, was a good thing.
Mrs Brown's Boys...oh dear god...no comment.
I remember a comedy (I don't remember the name) about two competing antique dealers. Although they didn't particularly like each other, the daughter of one was married to the son of the other. In one episode, the two take a flight to Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada to visit their recently-emigrated children. They take a taxi when they arrive in Vancouver, and the cab driver was speaking with a poorly spoken New York accent. I was stunned. That accent is not spoken anywhere in Canada, nor in the western US. It would be like a character in Glasgow speaking cockney.
the show was called "Never the Twain", and I thought it was really good.
Yes that was made by Thames and used to be on ITV then so too!@@trevorcorker929
@@trevorcorker929 It starred Windsor Davies and Donald Sinden.
It was shite.
I used to like Home to roost with John thaw and reece dinsdale
I absolutely love Mrs Brown's Boys, although I think the post-COVID Christmas episodes have far fallen short of all the others and maybe it's now time for Brendan O'Carroll & Co to hang up their hats. The first time I ever saw Mrs Brown's Boys, I was just in hysterical laughter from start to finish. For me, there is much more than just humour in Mrs Brown's Boys in that I find the storylines to be interwoven and complex and I like the acting. Great characterisation too and some wonderful off the cuff adlibs. For me it incorporates many different styles of humour in one bag.
I love it to but I think it lost it a bit after the other Rory left the show.
@@rtaylor7384 I agree.... I also thing it lost a fair bit more in the post-Covid episodes.
I don't like the the new actor who play's Grandad. He made Grandad character like a right bully... :/
A few years ago, the Mrs Brown's Boys DVD was the top seller in the ASDA Xmas DVD chart.
I had more of a laugh, when I had my colonoscopy.
Isn't Mrs Brown's boys Irish? One thing I've learned in life....is that the Irish DO NOT like to be called a part of the UK.
Karl Howman, who played Charlie on Babes In The Wood, was also Mulberry in the show of the same name. My local PBS station played it a few times over the years. I didn't recognize his face but I sure recognized his voice!
16:46 I thought that was Ann Widdicombe 😂
So many shows I never knew existed... and with good reason!
Heil Honey I'm Home sounds like a sitcom something Alan Partridge would have come up with. And i've no heard of a lot of these shows, and others i'd almost forgotten about. Spike Milligan was guilty of several dodgy characterisations (Kevin O'Grady, the half Pakistani/half Irish character in Curry & Chips for one). One i'm surprised doesn't get a mention here is Teenage Kicks, Adrian Edmondson's spectacularly bad sitcom from about 15 years ago. It got such bad reviews I think ITV stopped showing it after two episodes. And whilst you state that you understandably have no idea how Mrs Browns Boys had so many series made, what about 'Birds of a feather'?. A show that had me reaching for the off switch thirty years ago. That series was written by the same guys who wrote the infinitely superior The New Statesman for Rik Mayall, a show that had the minerals to take potshots at corrupt and arrogant politicians.
I remember watching The Royal Bodyguard and squirming in my seat from the sheer cringe. When he popped an empty crisp bag and spooked a horse, I felt embarrassed for David Jason.
I did like Russ Abbots cover of Joy Division's Atmosphere.
I’m pretty sure that even a hundred years from now, “Heil Honey I’m Home” will still be firmly in the #1 spot of lists of bad comedies, bad tv executive decisions, and Reasons You Shouldn’t Make Major Decisions While Clearly Under the Influence.
People thought "The Producers" was funny, as well as Monty Python's Nazi Boarders sketch. So why wouldn't people think "Heil Honey I'm Home" might work out as a comedy?
Lowkey shocked The Gemma Factor didn't show up on here
The royal bodyguard was not that bad to be no.2
It was dire. Unbelievably dire.
Mrs Browns boys resonates with the Irish more than tbe British it seems. The traits possessed by Mrs Brown and some of the other characters are quite relatable for many Irish people, hence older episodes are still on telly. Albeit the modern christmas specials are complete dirt, the first few series and the movie were good. Too bad they don't know when to leave well enough alone.
Love the show! Does that mean I have an Irish sense of humor?? I’m American by the by. 🤪🤪🤪
@bearnunnemaker5453 theres a difference between laughing at it because you can and laughing at it because you actually understand/ relate to it 🤪🤪😂😂😂
But Father Ted was hugely popular on both sides of the Irish Sea - the difference being Father Ted was actually funny.
@@CycolacFan that's a bit different though. Father Ted was making fun of the more popular aspects of Irish life, the catholic church and was more generalised. Mrs Brown isn't. I can guarantee a lot of Brits that watch Mrs Brown don't even realise Finglas is a real place.
It's because 90% of the characters on it are unlikable. That buster guy makes me cringe.
Mrs Brown Boys was good when it started but it’s just not funny anymore, it’s bordering cringe
The royal Bodygaurd was a one off for xmas. it wasn't meant to be a series.
I think “My Family” deserves at least an honorable mention!
Agreed, the jokes were just not that funny
I think it was OK for the first series or two but then declined sharply.
@trickygoose2, especially during the last series - it felt like such an anticlimax when Abi decided to become a nun instead of getting together with Roger.
imo it was ok for all series’s except series 3 and series 4, that’s when it went downhill for me but then started to regain it’s sparkle. And yes before anyone asks, it is my favourite sitcom, mainly because Daniela Denby-Ashe is perfect eye candy in it 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
She was a right slag in it remember 1 episode mom and dad track her down to uni and she's being shafted then while at the door hiding the view from her parents another man says co.e back to bed janey she is a right ride.😂😂😂
I don’t mind Citizen Khan, never been one of my favourites but more watchable than some with some funny moments
Are you sure ‘Heil Honey, I’m Home’ wasn’t just an Alexi Sayle sketch?
For me, Hard Cell was saved by the brilliant twist at the end.
To tell the truth I don't mind Mrs. Brown's Boys and kinda like it, sure it's not comedic for most people but it has a charm for those who has a family like the Browns also sometimes we need some comedy that can be seen as lowbrow as a way to unwind from the stress of the world which can be said for some of the other comedies on this list.
His talented and his sister who plays the neighbor is fine. The rest of the cast are bloody dreadful.
Just skipped to #1 to see if "Heil, Honey! I'm Home" was there...and it didn't disappoint 😊
simply can't get worse than that!
@@WatchMojoUK It was on Galaxy remember British Satellite Broadcasting what ever happened to the Sports Channel ?
A friend of mine once told me Mrs. Brown's boys was her favourite comedy. I wonder how she is doing after all these years.
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As if you have friends.
@@faithpearlgenied-a5517 you got me there
Mrs Browns boys is hilarious! My family absolutely loves it 🤷🏻♀️ even before it became a sitcom.
Grownups, Badults, I'm with stupid, A Prince among men, Chickens, All about me, Drifters, Some Girls, Lunch Monkeys.
People who enjoy Mrs Brown's Boys, deserve to be judged harshly. Down with this sort of thing.
Careful now.
5:48 American versions of British programmes like Shameless, the office/the Inbetweeners were ABSOLUTELY AWFUL.
I completely agree.
@CourtneyPieck. Why did US TV try The Office ? They didn’t get the joke in the first place. The characters were incapable of excitement, and close to brain-dead. Americans are positive, they like Hope and triumph over failure. This was a Hell of nothingness. Only the Brits could see it as hilarious. For Americans it’s all very, very sad. They might get stupid David Brent: he had private ŷdreams of being Area Manager. But he was sacked , very politely. Life ( or Death, as we call it) just carried on as before. Brilliant.
They also did a comedy Dear John,a very funny British comedy and their version was a bit rubbish
Try Payne,American remake of fawlty towers.,deeply unfunny.
@@MrRailjunkieno you dont sheep
Kinda shocked James corden isnt on the list as he is a just one big joke himself
Mrs Brown's Boys is fun, the cast seem to be having fun, it is a good time.
So no stereotypes, sexism, innuendos, toilet, uncomfortable or gross humor.
So no comedy then?
No wonder we don't have comedies in 2023.
If someone can't be funny without relying on these, they should give up on comedy. While I do partially agree that comedy is too strictly policed these days, it's also tiring to hear the same overdone rubbish, such as multiple "comedians" using the same unoriginal transphobic tropes.
@@Naruya23 you can have lilly singh and Hannah Gadsby
I'll stick with Richard Pryor, Eddie Murphy, Ricky Gervais, David Chappelle, Bill Burr, George Carlin and Bill Hicks
@@Naruya23aka you got no sense of humour
Father Ted should be on here too, and Mind Your Language, and Love Thy Neighbour, and...and...and...
How have I never heard of the English remake of Married With Children?!
That melting pot comedy looks absolutely class 😂 Shame it not shown on tv nowadays
With less wokoids in the world, it would be 🤔