All British Comedy Explained… to Abigoliah Schamaun, by Tom Salinsky
Episode 9: Season One Explained
For our next set of shows, we’ll be looking at some classic SITCOMS all of which became firm favourites with the public.
1. Fawlty Towers. Still the yardstick by which other sitcoms are measured.
2. The Good Life. By far the best of the “French windows” genre.
3. Absolutely Fabulous. Ripped through the world of fashion and PR like a hurricane and gifted us indelible comedy characters.
4. The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin. The Good Life’s weirder, darker suburban cousin, anchored by the majestic Leonard Rossiter.
5. Hancock’s Half Hour. The root of the sitcom family tree, as vital to the form as The Goons was to surreal sketch comedy.
6. The Vicar of Dibley. What’s Saunders without French? And this shows that a sitcom all the family can enjoy doesn’t have to be toothless or timid.
7. Yes (Prime) Minister. Urbane and sharply satirical, but it never forgets to be breathtakingly funny.
8. Dad’s Army. Everybody’s favourite, and the start of the ensemble sitcom.
That’s our plan for the next eight episodes. We do hope you can join us. We’ll start with Fawlty Towers from which we’ll watch the fourth episode of the first series “The Hotel Inspectors”, and the fourth episode of the second series “The Kipper and the Corpse”.
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All British Comedy Explained is produced by The Spontaneity Shop. If you enjoy this podcast, why not check out The Guilty Feminist with Deborah Frances-White, Tom’s other podcast Best Pick all about movies, or Abigoliah’s other podcast Neurodivergent Moments.
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