# UK Dopers: I have some questions on CONTEMPORARY Brit sitcoms **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 26, 2002, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-dopers-i-have-some-questions-on-contemporary-brit-sitcoms/120902 "2002-07-26T09:25:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-dopers-i-have-some-questions-on-contemporary-brit-sitcoms/120902/21 "2002-07-26T13:00:57Z")
Oh…I just remembered reading the other day that **Trigger Happy** is starting in the US this month…at least I’m pretty sure it’s this month… I miss that…_ **HEELLOOOOOOOO !!!** _ ---
**Author:** ![Sparrow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Sparrow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparrow)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-dopers-i-have-some-questions-on-contemporary-brit-sitcoms/120902/22 "2002-07-26T13:25:18Z")
What about “One foot in the grave”? Slightly similar to Waiting for God in that it’s about pensioners, but much, much darker. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-dopers-i-have-some-questions-on-contemporary-brit-sitcoms/120902/23 "2002-07-26T14:48:45Z")
They re-made One Foot in the Grave in the US as Cosby or something like that starring … well i think you can guess. From what I saw of it, it did’t have the egde that the original had. ---
**Author:** ![Lao\_Tsu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lao\_Tsu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lao_Tsu)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-dopers-i-have-some-questions-on-contemporary-brit-sitcoms/120902/24 "2002-07-26T15:33:02Z")
Father Ted is running on my local PBS station. Initially, I was a little offput by it, but now I’m addicted. Was this a big hit it the UK? The episode with all the priests on the plane, and Duncan and the shiny red button was hysterical. The Cosby sitcom didn’t hold a candle to One Foot in the Grave, and it did definitely lack the bitterness of the original. It seems to me that PBS is rather reticent to embrace more recent Brit Coms. Sure they show As Time Goes By repeatedly and for good reason, but I just can’t see my local affiliate running Bottom. Too bad. Gobshite!! ---
**Author:** ![manwithaplan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@manwithaplan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manwithaplan)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-dopers-i-have-some-questions-on-contemporary-brit-sitcoms/120902/25 "2002-07-26T16:10:14Z")
Pretty much all my favourites have been covered (are they making another series of **The Office**?) but **Gimme, Gimme, Gimme** is another one that’s worth watching, even if it is a bit hit and miss. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-dopers-i-have-some-questions-on-contemporary-brit-sitcoms/120902/26 "2002-07-26T16:18:35Z")
Yep new series of _The Office_ on the way. Don’t know when though. ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-dopers-i-have-some-questions-on-contemporary-brit-sitcoms/120902/27 "2002-07-26T16:21:18Z")
Oh and for anyone interested here’s the official site with clips included. [The Office](http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/theoffice/) ---
**Author:** ![Mockingbird](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c68b51/32.png) [@Mockingbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mockingbird)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2002, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-dopers-i-have-some-questions-on-contemporary-brit-sitcoms/120902/28 "2002-07-26T16:28:46Z")
I wish there would be more episodes of **The Vicar of Dibley** and **The Mrs. Bradley Mysteries**. Those shows were really great, IMHO. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-dopers-i-have-some-questions-on-contemporary-brit-sitcoms/120902.md?page=1)