Only Fools and Horses - First shown on our British TV sets in 1981, with the last episode broadcasted in 1991. Within 1996 an edition entitled "Time On Our Hands" still retains the record for highest UK viewers for a British sitcom, which over a third of the UK's population tuned into, 24.3 million viewers. Over time, Only Fools has picked up awards from the BAFTA, the National Television Awards and the Royal Television Society.. In 1984, David Jason revealed that Jason wasn't his true surname and that he had been asked to change it because there had previously been an actor registered as David White back then.
Dad's Army - Was voted forth in the British Broadcasting Corporation survey to unearth Britain's Best Sitcom in 2004 and came positioned 13th in the 100 Greatest British Television Programs by the British Film Institute in 2000. During the course of the 9 series that were originally broadcasted in 1968 and ended inside 1977, the popular British program continues to be infamous for its extremely amusing quotations including "Don't panic" and "You stupid boy" which are still mentioned nowadays. As we know, the TV program was set on the English south coast in the fictive settlement of Walmington-on-sea, but the majority of the external scenes were really filmed in the small town of Thetford, Norfolk.
The Inbetweeners - During 2008, the same year the opening The Inbetweeners series 1 was shown on British TV, the comedy sitcom won two prizes, Best New British TV Sitcom and Best New TV Comedy. During that same time, Simon Bird who played Will won a different prize for Best Male Comedy Newcomer and then by 2009 also won Best Television Comedy Actor. In 2010, the TV program had been broadcasted on 14 other television networks worldwide. The Inbetweeners Movie is currently being shown in numerous cinemas around the UK. The motion picture has already smashed box office records through producing 13.2 million inside it's first few days of screening.
Fawlty Towers - During 2000, The British Film Institute voted for the top 100 British television shows ever shown on television which Fawlty Towers won the award. Written for the BBC by John Cleese who plays a hotel manager called Basil Fawlty and John's spouse back then, Connie Booth. In a TV interview John Cleese told viewers about how he stayed the night in a hotel just like Fawlty Towers which had a hot-tempered hotel manager, which is where he came up with the material to write 2 series of this classic British show. John also claims how the major factor in Basil's hilarious actions is due to his character being terrified of on screen wife Sybil Fawlty, which is why he reacts to awkward situations in the way that he does.
The Office - Written by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, this British sitcom was first broadcasted during July 2001 on the BBC. The program was nearly scrapped inside it's initial series thanks to its low viewer ratings but was able to become one of the most successful British sitcoms of all time. The sitcom is at this moment being shown in around eighty countries all over the world as well as has been translated for broadcast on Chilean, Hebrew and Quebec TV.
Dad's Army - Was voted forth in the British Broadcasting Corporation survey to unearth Britain's Best Sitcom in 2004 and came positioned 13th in the 100 Greatest British Television Programs by the British Film Institute in 2000. During the course of the 9 series that were originally broadcasted in 1968 and ended inside 1977, the popular British program continues to be infamous for its extremely amusing quotations including "Don't panic" and "You stupid boy" which are still mentioned nowadays. As we know, the TV program was set on the English south coast in the fictive settlement of Walmington-on-sea, but the majority of the external scenes were really filmed in the small town of Thetford, Norfolk.
The Inbetweeners - During 2008, the same year the opening The Inbetweeners series 1 was shown on British TV, the comedy sitcom won two prizes, Best New British TV Sitcom and Best New TV Comedy. During that same time, Simon Bird who played Will won a different prize for Best Male Comedy Newcomer and then by 2009 also won Best Television Comedy Actor. In 2010, the TV program had been broadcasted on 14 other television networks worldwide. The Inbetweeners Movie is currently being shown in numerous cinemas around the UK. The motion picture has already smashed box office records through producing 13.2 million inside it's first few days of screening.
Fawlty Towers - During 2000, The British Film Institute voted for the top 100 British television shows ever shown on television which Fawlty Towers won the award. Written for the BBC by John Cleese who plays a hotel manager called Basil Fawlty and John's spouse back then, Connie Booth. In a TV interview John Cleese told viewers about how he stayed the night in a hotel just like Fawlty Towers which had a hot-tempered hotel manager, which is where he came up with the material to write 2 series of this classic British show. John also claims how the major factor in Basil's hilarious actions is due to his character being terrified of on screen wife Sybil Fawlty, which is why he reacts to awkward situations in the way that he does.
The Office - Written by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, this British sitcom was first broadcasted during July 2001 on the BBC. The program was nearly scrapped inside it's initial series thanks to its low viewer ratings but was able to become one of the most successful British sitcoms of all time. The sitcom is at this moment being shown in around eighty countries all over the world as well as has been translated for broadcast on Chilean, Hebrew and Quebec TV.
About the Author:
The biographer for this piece of writing has been a devotee of UK TV sitcoms from when she was a schoolboy. The UK humor is known all over the world as well as being something that can usually be pulled off by a proper British person. The writer is also a massive fan of The Inbetweeners Movie.
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