to think Little Britain wouldn't be allowed today

[Tobythecat]

Just came across some old Little Britain clips on Youtube. I'm really shocked! The amount of racism, disablist and sexist stuff. It was only back in 2007 I think that the filming ended so it wasn't that long ago at all! There is no way this would be allowed on tv now, surely?!

Men behaving badly could be quite funny.

I liked the Brittas Empire too.

We watched an episode of bread recently and it hasn’t aged well. However, yes minister/prime minister is still very funny.

Yeah, let's just all watch Mrs Brown's Boys instead...

LB was and still is funny.

Bitty?

Soon there will be nothing left to laugh about.

I think this about a lot of shows when I watch them, the Royle family and the constant fat jokes about Cheryl (who looking back wasn't even that fat!), The Fast Show 'Suits you Sir' amongst other sketches. I am glad that I've lived in a time when we are allowed to laugh at stuff that's a little bit irreverent.

@TumblingTumbleWeeds what an odd view of the UK you have! I take it you don't live here?

A few years ago I was housebound for three weeks due to illness and I got sucked into watching reruns of Goodnight Sweetheart. It was preposterously brilliant. Its treatment of gay characters hasn't aged well however!

There must be few programmes that would survive the forensic examinations of those desperate to find 'offence'.

Brush Strokes was repeated a year or two ago on the “Drama” channel and Brittas Empire is repeated on ‘’Gold” on and off. Still love “One Foot in the Grave” and “Bottom”.

@tillytrotter1 Dinnerladies maybe?

I LOVE Goodnight Sweetheart! I binge watch it on a fairly regular basis! Did you see the recent one-off special? I thought that was clever because Gary's surprised on seeing an openly gay couple in the (modern day) street, which recognised that attitudes to homosexuality have changed drastically even in 15 years or whatever it's been.

Porridge is genius, bits of it have dated but the most of it is beautifully done.

Now its Quantum Leap.

Oh I was so pleased to find that on Forces TV although the stuff on Forces TV hasn't improved much. In Gibraltar in the 70s everything from the UK had to be flown in, Match of the Day on Monday, etc. If the weather was bad they would show Hogan's Heroes, still our standing joke when the weather's bad!

@BackToTheOIdHouse

Sorry, my last post was for you, in case the OP is wondering what I'm on about!

Gosh some of us grew up with Love Thy Neighbour, Benny Hill and the Black & White Minstrels.

Put Little Britain in the shade.

@tillytrotter1 Dinnerladies maybe?

I loved Dinnerladies and Victoria Wood timed it perfectly, too many programmes drag on for series after series.

All the "its PC gone mad" lot will be all over this thread. But if you are mainly funny through racism or sexism you are a piss poor comedian.

Mrs Brown's Boys was voted the best sitcom of the 21st Century by the British public. Further proof, if it was needed, that the great British public shouldn't be allowed to vote for stuff

Well, quite.

I saw an episode of Allo Allo the other week. It was one of the later ones with the unfunny Italian but it was generally very funny. Love Blackadder. Ever decreasing circles was good too RIP Richard Briars. My mum had a crush on Peter Egan.

Never liked Little Britain though the computer says no sketches had a point.

Loved it, along with 'League of gentlemen,' "Reeves and Mortimer', "Gimmee. Gimme, gimme', ' Harry Enfield' '-'IT crowd'

Glad there is still some un PC stuff left
'The Windsors'
'People just do nothing's
'This Country'
And totally un PC 'Lunatics'

I love pretty much anything Rik Mayall did, ESPECIALLY the Live Bottom Shows and the ad-libbing with Ade, never laughed as much in my life! absolute legends both of them!

Father Ted, Two Ronnies, One foot in the Grave, and Fawlty Towers are my other faves.

I think Black Books was the last one I loved. Nothing since has come close to that for me.

I love all of these!

Drop the dead donkey, anyone ?

Papa Lazarou in blackface to be fair that was horrific at the time. Part of the creepiness of that character was the fact that nobody but a complete mentalist would even consider walking around in blackface - it added to the air of “unhinged menace”. You were not meant to aspire to being like Papa Lazarou.

Not it wouldn't and we're all the better for it

DDTD was superb!

The miserable-faced bitchy researcher . . . with her pet tarantula called Sally after the snooty news presenter was my favourite.

Mrs Brown's Boys was voted the best sitcom of the 21st Century by the British public

People like Coldplay and voted for the Nazis. You can't trust people.