British comedy is no longer funny Page 25

Quote: Ben700 @ January 22 2013, 4:09 PM GMT

Quite a lot I'm looking forward to.

https://www.comedy.co.uk/features/new_british_tv_comedy_for_2013/

Definitely a few to look forward to there, 'It's Kevin' being one to watch out for I'd say.

New Graham Linehan sitcom, too.

Quote: Matthew Stott @ January 22 2013, 10:28 PM GMT

New Graham Linehan sitcom, too.

Which one's that?...being lazy now.

Count Arthur Strong.

That looks very promising.

Plenty on that list to look forward to: Funny Business, Alternative Comedy Experience, It's Kevin, Weekly Wipe With Charlie Brooker, Set List, Family Tree, and The Secret Dude Society.

Quote: zooo @ January 22 2013, 1:22 PM GMT

If only the kids on Outnumbered were cutting their dicks off and injecting heroin instead of being so darn middle class, maybe you'd find it a lot funnier?

That's an absolutely fantastic idea. I quite like the idea of a series starting out as light hearted sitcom and then slowly descending into a dark gritty and moving drama. It would certainly take the audience on an unexpected journey.

Quote: dinkyboo @ January 30 2013, 11:51 PM GMT

That's an absolutely fantastic idea. I quite like the idea of a series starting out as light hearted sitcom and then slowly descending into a dark gritty and moving drama. It would certainly take the audience on an unexpected journey.

Then you'll love the final season of Roseanne, which turns out to have been a fantasy concocted by the lead character to distract her from her husband having died of a heart attack at their daughter's wedding.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLLMNwiIMPY

Quote: dinkyboo @ January 30 2013, 11:51 PM GMT

That's an absolutely fantastic idea. I quite like the idea of a series starting out as light hearted sitcom and then slowly descending into a dark gritty and moving drama. It would certainly take the audience on an unexpected journey.

That is kind of what they did in the final season of One Foot In The Grave. It was not a fantastic idea.

Quote: David Bussell @ January 31 2013, 9:01 AM GMT

Then you'll love the final season of Roseanne, which turns out to have been a fantasy concocted by the lead character to distract her from her husband having died of a heart attack at their daughter's wedding.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLLMNwiIMPY

Spoiler! :O

Quote: garyd @ January 31 2013, 1:56 PM GMT

Spoiler! :O

Also, Bruce Willis was a ghost all along!

Quote: David Bussell @ January 31 2013, 9:01 AM GMT

Then you'll love the final season of Roseanne, which turns out to have been a fantasy concocted by the lead character to distract her from her husband having died of a heart attack at their daughter's wedding.

I hated that.

Quote: David Bussell @ January 31 2013, 2:10 PM GMT

Also, Bruce Willis was a ghost all along!

So it should have been called 'Died Hard'?

Good stuff here, although starts out a bit dodgy at the top of the list. Count Arthur.. reminds me of Harry Worth. Very promising though, that list.

Quote: dinkyboo @ January 30 2013, 11:51 PM GMT

That's an absolutely fantastic idea. I quite like the idea of a series starting out as light hearted sitcom and then slowly descending into a dark gritty and moving drama. It would certainly take the audience on an unexpected journey.

Or even into a Jam style surreal, terrifying madness.