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  3. Landmark Sitcom Season
Sitcom Season 2016. Copyright: BBC.

Landmark Sitcom Season

A season of programming from the BBC to celebrate British sitcoms. The strand includes new pilots and remakes of a number of notable sitcom formats. The Landmark Sitcom Season begins on Sunday 28th August 2016.

Interview with BBC commissioner Shane Allen

Trailer

Shows


Goodnight Sweetheart. Image shows from L to R: Yvonne Sparrow (Emma Amos), Gary Sparrow (Nicholas Lyndhurst), Phoebe Sparrow (Elizabeth Carling). Copyright: Alomo Productions / BBC.TV

Goodnight Sweetheart (1993)

Whilst walking around the East End, TV repairman Gary Sparrow is transported back to 1940 where he begins to live a second life.

Guide

Are You Being Served?. Image shows from L to R: Mrs Slocombe (Sherrie Hewson), Miss Brahms (Niky Wardley). Copyright: BBC.TV

Are You Being Served? (2016)

Revival of the sitcom classic set in a department store.

Guide

Home From Home. Image shows from L to R: Garth Hackett (Oscar Kennedy), Neil Hackett (Johnny Vegas), Fiona Hackett (Niky Wardley), Little Neil Hackett (Harvey Chaisty). Copyright: BBC.TV

Home From Home (2016)

Sitcom about a couple achieving their dream of buying a Lake District holiday home.

Guide

Motherland. Image shows from L to R: Liz (Diane Morgan), Julia (Anna Maxwell Martin), Kevin (Paul Ready).TV

Motherland (2016)

Comedy about middle-class parenthood and juggling kids, school, and other parents.

Guide

We Love Sitcom. Ben Miller. Copyright: Phil McIntyre Entertainment.TV

We Love Sitcom (2016)

Panel-quiz show about sitcoms, tied in to the BBC Landmark Sitcom Season.

Guide

British Sitcom: 60 Years Of Laughing At Ourselves. Copyright: BBC.TV

British Sitcom: 60 Years Of Laughing At Ourselves (2016)

Documentary celebrating the history of British television sitcom.

Guide

Lost Sitcoms. Alf Garnett (Simon Day). Copyright: BBC.TV

Lost Sitcoms (2016)

Series recreating episodes from legendary comedy series that are now missing believed wiped.

Guide

Porridge. Fletch (Kevin Bishop). Copyright: BBC.TV

Porridge (2016)

Reinvention of the classic Ronnie Barker sitcom Porridge. Fletch's grandson, Fletch, is imprisoned for cyber crimes.

Guide

Young Hyacinth. Hyacinth (Kerry Howard). Copyright: BBC.TV

Young Hyacinth (2016)

Keeping Up Appearances prequel set in the 1950s.

Guide

Jimmy Carr & The Science Of Laughter: A Horizon Special. Jimmy Carr. Copyright: BBC.TV

Jimmy Carr & The Science Of Laughter: A Horizon Special (2016)

Jimmy Carr presents an Horizon documentary special on the subject of laughter.

Guide

Our Ex-Wife. Image shows from L to R: Jack (Robert Webb), Hillary (Victoria Hamilton), Sara (Melanie Lynskey). Copyright: BBC.TV

Our Ex-Wife (2016)

Sitcom pilot starring Robert Webb as a divorcee.

Guide

We The Jury. Image shows from L to R: Jen 1 (Sophie Thompson), William (Edward Easton), Mr Martin (David Schaal). Copyright: Big Talk Productions.TV

We The Jury (2016)

Sitcom by James Acaster about a group of idiots appointed to be the jury on a murder trial.

Guide

The Coopers Vs The Rest. Image shows from L to R: Toby (Paterson Joseph), Tess (Tanya Franks). Copyright: BBC.TV

The Coopers Vs The Rest (2016)

Sitcom pilot starring Tanya Franks and Paterson Joseph.

Guide

Jerk. Image shows from L to R: Tim (Tim Renkow), Tim's Mom (Lorraine Bracco).Online

Jerk (2016)

Comedy starring Tim Renkow as a disabled man who is quite the jerk.

Guide

Fail. Image shows from L to R: Paul (Will Merrick), Claire (Ruby Thomas). Copyright: The Comedy Unit.Online

Fail (2016)

BBC Comedy Feeds pilot about a young couple living with the man's parents.

Guide

Limbo. Image shows from L to R: Paul (Sanjeev Bhaskar), Neck (Bekka Bowling). Copyright: Hat Trick Productions.Online

Limbo (2016)

BBC Comedy Feeds pilot about a group of tutors.

Guide

Man Like Mobeen. Mobeen (Guz Khan). Copyright: Cave Bear Productions.Online

Man Like Mobeen (2016)

Sitcom starring Guz Khan as a man looking after his younger sister in Small Heath.

Guide

Pumped. Image shows from L to R: Wendy (James Allenby-Kirk), Fletch (Daniel Cahill), Spunk (Iain Stirling). Copyright: BBC.Online

Pumped (2016)

Sitcom about three idiots living in an odd Scottish town.

Guide

JPD. Image shows from L to R: Dee Kartier, Percelle Ascott, Joivan Wade. Copyright: Happy Tramp Productions.Online

JPD (2016)

Sketch show pilot for the BBC Comedy Feeds strand starring the Mandem On The Wall group.

Guide

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