Britcom

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A Britcom is short for British Sitcom, It is a situation comedy show produced in the United Kingdom . This is what they are called especally in the United States and Australia, where they have cult followings. Some of them like Till Death Do Us Part and Steptoe and Son were remade as American comedy TV shows (All in the Family and Sanford and Son).

[edit] Some famous Britcoms

• Absolutely Fabulous
• 'Allo 'Allo!
• Are You Being Served?
• As Time Goes By
• Birds of a Feather
• Blackadder
• Black Books
• Bless This House
• Bottom
• Bread
• The Brittas Empire
• Butterflies
• Chef!
• Citizen Smith
• Coupling
• Dad's Army
• Dinnerladies
• Drop The Dead Donkey
• Ever Decreasing Circles
• The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin
• Father Ted (although the characters and settings were Irish)
• Fawlty Towers
• Fresh Fields
• Gimme Gimme Gimme
• The Good Life
• Goodnight Sweetheart
• Hancock's Half Hour
• Hi-De-Hi!
• It Ain't Half Hot Mum
• Just Good Friends
• Kiss Me Kate
• Keeping Up Appearances
• Last of the Summer Wine
• The League of Gentlemen
• The Likely Lads
• Little Britain
• Men Behaving Badly
• Mr. Bean
• My Family
• My Hero
• The Office
• One Foot in the Grave
• Only Fools and Horses
• Open All Hours
• Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights
• Porridge
• Rab C Nesbitt
• Red Dwarf
• Rising Damp
• The Royle Family
• The Smoking Room
• Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
• Spaced
• Steptoe and Son
• The Thin Blue Line
• Till Death Us Do Part
• To The Manor Born
• 2point4 children
• Two's Company
• The Vicar of Dibley
• Waiting for God
• Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister
• The Young Ones