Why are so many sitcoms set in London/Home Counties?

[caravanette]

Terry and June
Ever Decreasing Circles
A Fine Romance
My Family
Home to Roost
No Place Like Home
Fresh Fields

Citizen Smith

Why tho???

The actors accents also are invariably RP

Omg you're not wrong! 8 in the last 40 years. Get on Twitter!

I’ve never heard of any of those but if I had to guess I’d say easy accessibility (most actors/producers etc centred around there) and easy availability of studios in London and pinewood in bucks?

Actually I’ve definitely watched My Family!

Have I woke up in 1980?

I assume that they are written in the HC and most actors can do a HC accent.

FWIW I live in the HC and only know Terry and June. My experience is that everyone is from the HC or a small area of the North like Manchester and never in between

There's more - howbout

Cuckoo Waltz
You Must be the Husband
Up the Elephant and Round the Castle
George and Mildred
Chintz
...
and many more

Wtf are they?! Literally only heard of my family.

dirtyrottenscoundrel

I still living circa 1981 and I'm having a Raleigh bike for Christmas.......

Probably because , in the past, the media was very london-centric. Locally produced , therefore cheaper to make.

That's because the original writer of the sitcom is from that area or lives there.

orangeteal

I am 94 yrs old......

(For the benefit of Private Eye readers....)

More wine -
I definitely think The Times is London centric - I think much of the media is London Centric

I have never heard of most of your list!!

Our favourites are Gavin and Stacey and Royle Family (and we live in the HC and have RP accents!)

oh I was young in the 80’s too!
Loved Citizen Smith, although funnily enough, one of my fav sitcoms from that era was Rab.C.Nesbit ( if you could call that a sitcom? )

And The good life - that’s the right time period...

Most TV is London centric and the SE has a large population and a higher percentage of privileged people with access to influence and money/time.

Northern sitcoms tend to be very working class.

It’s definitely easier to make film & tv in the SE due to the workforce.

2.4 Children- that was my era! Loved that show!

Only Fools
Not going out
Reginald something??

Shastabeast you make some good points

What makes me laugh is the way working class people are portrayed in Terry and June when they make a token appearance!!

@ShastaBeast yes! 2 pints of lager etc!

Or one pint? However many?!

Likely Lads in my opinion wasn't dyed in the wool working class iyswim because Rodney Bewes character was upwardly mobile

My era is 1979 - 1986 inclusive

ReginaldPerrin??

I give you

Last of the Summer Wine

Open all Hours

Bread

The Liver Birds

@caravanette that's the one, I saw the martin clunes remake lol.