BBC television sketch shows

Monty Python's Flying Circus

Series Age rating: 11 Year: 1969 IMDB Rating: 8.8

A British sketch comedy series with the shows being composed of surreality, risqué or innuendo-laden humour, sight gags and observational sketches without punchlines.

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Horrible Histories

Series Age rating: 6 Year: 2009 IMDB Rating: 8.7

Based on the best-selling children's books and liberally splattered with guts, blood and poo, a group of British comedians offer an anarchic and unconventional take on some of history's most gruesome...

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The League of Gentlemen

Series Age rating: 14 Year: 1999 IMDB Rating: 8.4

The League of Gentlemen is a British comedy television series that premiered on BBC Two in 1999. The show is set in Royston Vasey, a fictional town in Northern England based on Bacup, Lancashire. It f...

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A Bit of Fry & Laurie

Series Age rating: 11 Year: 1989 IMDB Rating: 8.3

A British comedy television series with turns of phrase and elaborate wordplay, written by and starring former Cambridge Footlights members Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie.

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Goodness Gracious Me

Series Age rating: 15 Year: 1996 IMDB Rating: 8.3

Goodness Gracious Me is a BBC English language sketch comedy show originally aired on BBC Radio 4 from 1996 to 1998 and later televised on BBC Two from 1998 to 2001. The ensemble cast were four Britis...

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The Young Ones

Series Age rating: 11 Year: 1982 IMDB Rating: 8.2

The Young Ones is a British sitcom, broadcast in Great Britain from 1982 to 1984 in two six-part series. Shown on BBC2, it featured anarchic, offbeat humour which helped bring alternative comedy to te...

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The Fast Show

Series Age rating: 13 Year: 1994 IMDB Rating: 8.2

The Fast Show is a multi BAFTA award winning sketch comedy show written and produced by Paul Whitehouse and Charlie Higson.

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That Mitchell and Webb Look

Series Age rating: 15 Year: 2006 IMDB Rating: 8

A comedy sketch show featuring David Mitchell and Robert Webb.

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Victoria Wood As Seen On TV

Series Age rating: n/a Year: 1985 IMDB Rating: 8

A British comedy series starring comedian Victoria Wood with Julie Walters, Celia Imrie, Duncan Preston, Susie Blake and Patricia Routledge. The show was televised on BBC Two between 1985 and 1987 and...

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