# Name this Britcom, please.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-britcom-please/334065>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [December 4, 2005, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-britcom-please/334065 "2005-12-04T19:08:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-britcom-please/334065/1 "2005-12-04T19:08:14Z")

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Anyone remember this show? It was on UK TV about two years before Seinfeld, and had a very similar format. The adventures of a stand up comic. Each episode started and ended with an excerpt from his stand up routine, which were based on the events in the episode. It was a lot funnier than Seinfeld too, (i.e. it was slightly amusing).

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**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-britcom-please/334065/2 "2005-12-04T19:54:50Z")

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[Joking Apart](http://www.jokingapart.co.uk/main.htm), with Robert Bathurst as the comic?

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**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2005, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-britcom-please/334065/3 "2005-12-04T20:51:09Z")

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Yes, I think that’s it.

My mistake, it seems to have been created a few months after Seinfeld, though probably shown in the UK before Seinfeld was.