# I love this British shit and I move move to England! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [April 28, 2021, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-british-shit-and-i-move-move-to-england/940998 "2021-04-28T22:41:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Smid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@Smid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smid)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-british-shit-and-i-move-move-to-england/940998/161 "2021-05-06T08:29:39Z")
I notice that [fourble.co.uk](http://fourble.co.uk) seems to have lost a few of its shows recently, Alexi Sayle’s recent BBC radio programme, and Hitchhikers radio and book audio now gone. So grab them when they are good. Here’s my recommended gems: The Day Today/ Iannucci offshoots (directed those and Veep and The Death of Stalin) Blue Jam Armando Iannucci’s Radio One Music Shows The Chris Morris Music Show On The Hour Alan Partridge, Nomad Duos Fist of Fun Lee & Herring’s Radio 1 Show That Mitchell and Webb Sound Richard Herring’s Objective Armstrong & Miller Lionel Nimrod’s Inexplicable World Great ones Cliche & Son Of Cliche (the radio prelude to Red Dwarf, with the original Rimmer sketches) Limmy’s World of Glasgow (great Scottish comic of recent years) The Mark Steel Solution, Revolutions and Lectures (superb comic who does very educational and funny historical lectures used by the Open University) The Absolutely Radio Shows (I cannot recommend these enough, they became a TV series, Scottish and Welsh comedy) Classics Derek and Clive (Very sweary Peter cook and Dudley Moore) The Goon Show Hancock’s Half Hour ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-british-shit-and-i-move-move-to-england/940998/162 "2021-05-06T08:54:16Z")
One not mentioned so far - I think. Drop the dead donkey ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-british-shit-and-i-move-move-to-england/940998/163 "2021-05-06T12:25:33Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > Look Around You (bizarre spoof on educational TV) Ah! I love “look around you”. In our house whenever something needs pointing at, a pencil must be used. Robert Popper was the co-creator and is another intrinsically linked the the list I gave. If you have the time I highly recommend his book [“The Timewaster Letters”](https://www.amazon.com/Timewaster-Letters-Robin-Cooper/dp/1843171694) Utterly insane. One more to add to the list is “[quacks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quacks_(TV_series))” a series set in the world of 19th century medicine. Great cast but sadly only 6 episodes ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2021, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-british-shit-and-i-move-move-to-england/940998/164 "2021-05-06T13:40:03Z")
> The Burkiss way Eric Pode from Croydon! And if I recall correctly, Brian Perkins in his most grave newsreader tones (there was a thing for calm and urbane sounding announcer/newsreaders to turn up in comedy shows saying the most out-of-character things) : “It was me: I let the dogs out.” (That dates it rather). ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2021, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-british-shit-and-i-move-move-to-england/940998/165 "2021-05-08T20:36:44Z")
Being human was a brilliant show, that managed a complete cast change very well. ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2021, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-british-shit-and-i-move-move-to-england/940998/166 "2021-05-08T21:08:02Z")
And an honourable mention for **Horrible Histories** , ostensibly a kids show, and the same cast’s **Yonderland** and **Ghosts**. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2021, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-british-shit-and-i-move-move-to-england/940998/167 "2021-05-09T09:12:23Z")
Watching ‘Secrets of the Great British Castles’ or some such on Netflix. The long and short: As bad as we are today, we are little angels compared to the cruel, lying bloodthirsty ‘christians’ that that were the Lords and Knights and wannabe Kings of England, Scotland, Ireland, Crueland and Disemboweland. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2021, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-british-shit-and-i-move-move-to-england/940998/168 "2021-05-09T09:31:48Z")
> [@Banksiaman](#): > > And an honourable mention for **Horrible Histories** , ostensibly a kids show, and the same cast’s **Yonderland** and **Ghosts**. Absolutely worth a mention not least because you’ll see many of the “histories” cast dotted amongst many of the other shows mentioned in this thread. [Here’s a little ditty](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vC6okzIKQvg) from the HH team to get you going. It gives you a flavour, light-hearted and informative. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2021, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-british-shit-and-i-move-move-to-england/940998/169 "2021-05-09T13:42:01Z")
Has anyone mentioned _ **The Good Life** _ (aka _ **Good Neighbors** _)? Felicity Kendall, mmmmmmmm! 🥰 ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-british-shit-and-i-move-move-to-england/940998/170 "2021-05-10T05:31:24Z")
Started Absolutely Fabulous. And stopped right away. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 9:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-british-shit-and-i-move-move-to-england/940998/171 "2021-05-10T09:12:17Z")
> [@Banksiaman](#): > > And an honourable mention for **Horrible Histories** , ostensibly a kids show, and the same cast’s **Yonderland** and **Ghosts**. Oh god yes. HH is brilliant (it’s still going AFAIK, but with a new cast) but the original core ensemble are excellent. _Yonderland_ is likewise weird and wonderful and Muppety; _Ghosts_ is a bit more sitcom-y but the same cast puts in strong performances nonetheless. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-british-shit-and-i-move-move-to-england/940998/172 "2021-05-10T14:56:11Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Has anyone mentioned _ **The Good Life** _ (aka _ **Good Neighbors** _)? > > Felicity Kendall mmmmmmmm! 🥰 _The Good Life_\*, yes. Used to watch that on PBS. Felicity Kendall was adorable. I especially remember a scene in which Tom, her husband, has sneakily done some freelance work for his old employer, to raise money to take her away on a vacation. They’re in the hotel restaurant, and when the waiter comes to take their order, they spontaneously pretend to be a boss and secretary sneaking away for an illicit weekend. “Yes, Mr. Douglas.” “Don’t use my name! I told you to only call me that upstairs in the bedroom!” “Sorry, Mr. Douglas!” Over the weekend, I finally binge-watched _Derry Girls_. Really liked it, but I can’t quite buy into all the hype about it being utterly brilliant and innovative. It’s a teen comedy, with the protagonists getting into and out of trouble. There’s some exaggeration for comic effect – the snarky teacher, the Cloudcuckoolander mother of the Cloudcuckoolander daughter, some slightly far-fetched situations. But the writing is sharp and clever, the characters are nicely realized, and it’s nice to see a series about teenage girls (Catholic schoolgirls, no less) where they are not sexualized. Nor are they cynical snarkers or wise, grounded foils for the useless adults; they’re awkward, silly, not-as-mature-as-they-think-they-are teenagers. The showrunner and lead writer Lisa McGee describes them as “a gang of dicks”. The cast is really solid, as well. Saoirse-Monica Jackson is almost Jim Carrey-esque in her ability to contort her face to convey expressions. She’s also not afraid to make herself look ugly or awkward, to tell the story. \*I remembered it as _Good Neighbors_, too, but Google tells me otherwise. It might have been renamed for broadcast on PBS, because I remember it with the American spelling of “neighbor”. Or maybe the Illuminati changed it when they changed the ending of _Big_, the spelling of _Berenstein Bears_, and faked Nelson Mandela’s death. (According to a worried dude over in MPSIMS, they’ve also moved South America and changed the _Dogs Playing Poker_ painting. Odd priorities, the Illuminati seem to have.) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-british-shit-and-i-move-move-to-england/940998/173 "2021-05-10T15:09:56Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > \*I remembered it as _Good Neighbors_ , too, but Google tells me otherwise. It might have been renamed for broadcast on PBS, because I remember it with the American spelling of “neighbor”. Wikipedia says: > [@](#): > > In the United States _The Good Life_ was retitled _Good Neighbors_ to avoid confusion with a short-lived American sitcom of the same name Same show, but with a different title when it was broadcast on PBS. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-british-shit-and-i-move-move-to-england/940998/174 "2021-05-10T16:26:26Z")
Yes, I actually remember the American series. An average married couple became household servants for a millionaire so they could live in luxury. It starred Larry Hagman, Donna Mills, and David Wayne, all of whom went on to _ **Dallas** _ and its spinoffs. ---
**Author:** ![Mk\_VII](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Mk\_VII](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mk_VII)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2021, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-british-shit-and-i-move-move-to-england/940998/175 "2021-05-19T21:49:21Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > n the United States _The Good Life_ was retitled _Good Neighbors_ to avoid confusion with a short-lived American sitcom of the same name For the same reason, _Motherland_ was renamed _Fort Salem_ here. ---
**Author:** ![SciFiSam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@SciFiSam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SciFiSam)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2021, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-british-shit-and-i-move-move-to-england/940998/176 "2021-05-20T01:34:40Z")
Pretty sure Motherland and Motherland: Fort Salem are unrelated shows. The Salem one seems to be all-American, not a renamed British show. I’m kinda amused by the British show Motherland being called Fort Salem though - man, you’d get a lot of confused viewers! ---
**Author:** ![Tarataratara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Tarataratara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarataratara)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2021, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-british-shit-and-i-move-move-to-england/940998/177 "2021-05-30T19:23:46Z")
Give Episodes a look. It was on Netflix last time I watched it. It is an American-British comedy. Very funny. [Episodes (TV series) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Episodes_(TV_series)) ---
**Author:** ![LVBoPeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/858c86/32.png) [@LVBoPeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVBoPeep)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-british-shit-and-i-move-move-to-england/940998/178 "2021-05-31T15:57:08Z")
Episodes is excellent- I was never a Friends fan and had no idea that Joey was funny. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2021, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-british-shit-and-i-move-move-to-england/940998/179 "2021-05-31T17:02:06Z")
I like to watch the “Scenes we’d like to see” segment of the show _Mock the Week_. ---
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I’ve been watching _Inspector Morse_. On season four, and I’ve started eating cheeses and pickle sandwiches. They’re great! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-british-shit-and-i-move-move-to-england/940998.md?page=8) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-love-this-british-shit-and-i-move-move-to-england/940998.md?page=10)