Top Ten WORST British Sitcoms

[@monkeymanbob]

Gimme Gimme Gimme is a stone cold classic. Still holds up today.

[@Toastrackman]

So does my toilet.

[@peterpandemonium3032]

@@Toastrackman Hah! It's funny because it's a toilet! What a witty retort!Worthy of Oscar Wilde! Bravo.

[@bappybumbam]

Agreed . Gimme gimme gimme was a good show .

[@newforestpixie5297]

Damn site funnier than Gavin & Stacey ( assuming that show is classed as comedy ) 😁

[@ChristianMcAngus]

I guess it's either love it or hate it - at least it wasn't dull.

[@aamc]

I recently rewatched Gimme x3, Seasons 1 and 2 are excellent, but the 3rd season does flag. FWIW I think the series really captures the spirit of the 90s

[@DM-it2ch]

If you think of Gimme Gimme Gimme as a piss-take of sitcoms, and how they'd be if they were based on real people, it's brilliant. And if you want to see the very worst sit-com in history, look at Miranda.

[@nicolacarroll2767]

👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@antmerritt]

Yes! Miranda is awful!

[@marksaxby607]

Worst 'Sitcom' is Mrs Brown's Boys, imo - Miranda is more of a pastiche of sitcoms, but I can see it's not for everyone.

[@darthwiizius]

@@marksaxby607 Miranda was one of those, always naff, vehicles based on "highlighting" one performer's comedy chops over the actual situation or comedy parts of a sitcom, and distract from the lack of acting skills of said "star". That one with Lee Mack also springs to mind in recent times but I suppose the ones with Jim Davidson really kicked off the "format".

[@sicks6six]

@@darthwiizius how about the classic "mam it's the dust bin men" the BBC has a long tradition of giving licence payers money to people with zero talent for script writing or acting providing they went to the same schools, Eton, Cambridge, Oxford, etc etc. . .

[@davidbgreensmith]

I'm surprised Up the Elephant and Round the Castle, and Mrs Brown's Boys didn't make this list.

[@bramleydragon]

Mrs brown's is complete crap. Can't believe so many idiots love it.

[@simonm7133]

Mrs Brown's Boys has been surprisingly successful. Whilst being critically panned it certainly scored high ratings. There was outrage when in 2011 it was nominated for a BAFTA for best TV scripted comedy and apoplexy when it actually won the award the following year. There was also much gnashing of teeth in 2014 when it won National Television Awards for best comedy. Hey, it's not my cup of tea but it must have something to have got the awards it has.

[@Charlietwice]

Mrs browns boys, absolute dross

[@powderedground78]

Mrs Brown's Boys isn't British though. However, I guess it's produced by the Beeb? It is horrendous

[@bramleydragon]

@@powderedground78 I think it's filmed in Scotland.

[@barrietite495]

I enjoyed Gimme Gimme Gimme and the occasional glimpse of Beth Goddard, who I liked the look of. (Don't tell her, she'll be creeped out)

[@fus149hammer5]

She's nice👍😋

[@jonathanwalker8730]

I don't want to creep her out either. But my days, she was hot.

[@alanclarke6035]

Agree a very pretty lady

[@DKGCustom]

'Mrs Browns Boys' - utter shit for a future retrospective

[@strawman3030]

Gimme Gimme Gimme was actually excellent and has no place on a worst list

[@paulrichards6894]

the 3rd series was awful but the first 2 were brilliant

[@Niala8419]

Dreadful I thought 😬. Not the worst but definitely rank.

[@paulrichards6894]

@@Niala8419 you are outvoted by about 30 to 1 judging by the chat

[@stupot5364]

Absolutely!!! Great sit co Gimme Gimme Gimme!!! Replace it on this list with Mothers Boys!!! Now that is CAK in any era.

[@hatherway]

Loving the comments about Gimme! One of the best sitcoms at the time and ground breaking in stupidity and representation of a classic odd couple. 10/10. Kathy Burke is an amazing actress and comedian. Such a shame she stood down from acting for the most part.

[@napoleonsolo1705]

Is it a coincidence that the narrator always has negative views about sitcoms that contain gay characters…….?

[@dougiehawes916]

A good cast made it bearable. Had great moments and lines at times. My favourite "you're so far back in the closet you're in fucking Narnia".

[@TFOOS]

I absolutely adore the sitcom Dear Ladies - written by and starring two gay men. I know what you are suggesting and you are wrong.

[@ticketyboo2456]

@@napoleonsolo1705 Yeah I think his opinions on puffs and soft southerners are pretty clear lol...

[@METALUNICORNLTD]

Have you seen Nil By Mouth?

[@bujin1977]

I saw Jasper Carrott in the video pic and thought you were going to list The Detectives. There would have been hell to pay! 😆

[@davidprice5563]

I liked The Detectives (episodes on it's original run are a bit foggy - but thanks to Yewtube >the comedy still holds up stronger than concrete.)

[@Toastrackman]

Jasper is old school classic.

[@sargonsblackgrandfather2072]

Hell toupee

[@jimwright2652]

How good was the detectives. . Two of them had me in stitches every episode.

[@alexbernard8907]

It was a good one developed from sketches in one of Jasper's stand up sketch shows on BBC one and both Robert Powell and George Sewell who played the parts in the comedy sketches reprised their roles for the sitcom,

[@MaxAmmoNeeded]

I’m embarrassed to say I used to love gimme x3 😂 best quote of the show was Linda saying to Tom “when men look at me they don’t think cat, they think dog” 😅

[@thebasementfilmgroup]

Don't be embarrassed - it was an award winning show - obviously didn't fit with some people's idea of comedy. Perhaps those who didn't like it were far more interested in "classics" like "liveth neighbour" where racism was ramp.... perhaps the world wasn't ready for a potty mouthed Linda and her Gay flat mate. I enjoyed it for different reasons - when I was at Uni I knew a girl like Linda who lived with a gay guy- and they were exactly like these two - it was almost written about their lives lol

[@evelynwilson1566]

I think it's more about whether you find characters who are grotesques funny. There's no doubting that Gimme, Gimme, Gimme was popular though, so the world was definitely ready for it but that sort of humour is always going to be very divisive, regardless of the sexuality or personality of the characters. I was slobby and foul mouthed young woman in the nineties but I really hated Kathy Burke's character, she seemed to have no likeable qualities at all she was completely repulsive and selfish. The guy just seemed to be acerbic, with no other characteristics. The whole comedy just seemed to come from people being vile to each other. Then again, I was never a fan of Basil Fawlty or Alf Garnett... UK sitcoms in the nineties were not great, we seemed to do better at panel and sketch shows, like Goodness, Gracious Me and Chewin' the Fat, while the U.S was giving us crackers like Friends, Will and Grace, Frasier and in the early nineties, Roseanne.

[@lyndonmaddison5860]

I also was surprised to see this one on the list. Though overly cliched, I found it mostly very funny.

[@paulbrown6464]

Don’t agree with this being on the list, Kathy Burke is a legend

[@63mckenzie]

Yeah, it was funny.

[@michaeldignan4607]

Gimme Gimme Gimme was fabulously funny. Some of Burke's lines were off the scale.

[@gulagbean289]

Gimme Gimme Gimme is amazing, what you on about?

[@simonsmith7755]

Each to their own, the first two series of Gimme were so good. Fantastic leads and horribly funny scripts. Third when it moved to BBC1 not so much.

[@Joemama55122]

Mrs Brown's Boys for me

[@garypeacock5919]

I wouldn't even class it as a comedy.

[@honestchris7472]

That was absolutely terrible, far too predictable to ever be funny.

[@pennyboulton9676]

I agree the first three seasons was brilliant

[@matthewhendy5785]

By far.

[@Clem_Fandango11]

That's a comedy??

[@PoutingTrevor]

I loved Gimme Gimme Gimme and have fond memories of watching it. It was ridiculous, but that was the point. I'm also fairly sure it was the basis for Will and Grace, so it was quite influential.

[@millerhxc]

I like Gimme Gimme Gimme. I watch an American KZbinr who's done a few reactions to it, and he really enjoys it. It's sort of a cult classic now. I watched All About Me. As someone who ended up working with people with disabilities, I've often thought about that show but can never remember any specifics.

[@millerhxc]

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[@patrickeffiom97]

I'm surprised it is in this list because it does have a cult following.Never did anything for me but I am aware some people did like it.I'm surprised Doctors Daughters is not here.

[@pferreira1983]

My condolences on watching All About Me. 😄

[@chickenminute8195]

Gimme, Gimme, Gimme, was well loved at the time. Not sure it belongs in the worst category.

[@Bungle-UK]

No idea what Gimme x 3 is doing on this list - it’s ace! That said, it goes off the boil in the third series.

[@fannycraddock99]

These all slipped under my radar with the exception of 'Gimmie' which still makes me laugh - sometimes!

[@DukeOfKidderminster]

Anything by Carla bloody Lane.

[@Toastrackman]

Like Bread.

[@solophiesoterica]

Facts

[@witterth]

Amen!!!!

[@jimmythebantam]

Ben Elton’s series The Wright Way about a council Health and Safety was just awful. Got panned by the critics

[@robmortimer4150]

That was easily my choice. Like he’d tried to do Thin Blue Line again but forgotten the jokes.

[@fus149hammer5]

He should have given up after Capt Blackadder went over the top that was simply brilliant and Upstart Crow is underrated but the rest? 💩

[@Philliben1991]

Good shout!

[@BobHowler]

I remember The River. Each episode ended with someone falling in the river. That was it.

[@merman1974]

Have to say, Oh Doctor Beeching wasn't that bad. And I liked Gimme Gimme Gimme and All About Me.

[@anthonylonghurst5217]

Gimme gimme gimme. Sorry wrong there. Brilliantl.

[@Alb_01]

I'm surprised to see 'Gimme Gimme Gimme' on this list. I know comedy is subjective, but with many, many sitcoms that have come and gone (some v briefly because they flopped so badly) this show has become a classic and many wanting it to return. I don't know anyone else that has rated it the worst sitcom or even one of the worst.

[@markthomas9568]

I still love gimme gimme gimme

[@dalebrown4724]

Me to loved it

[@davidsmith5319]

Strane coming across this just now, my wife and I just started to watch The River again last night on DVD, we both think the casting was perfect. He has a very low key voice in comparison to her Scottish voice. We Love it. The same can be said for Oh Doctor Beeching, we watch this often if we want something gentle and funny to watch. Love all the cast and have even been to the station where it was filmed Gimme Gimme was amazing, funny and vulgar at the same time BLOODY GREAT, most of the others were gentle, mild comedies that could be viewed by all the family. In this day and age all of them would upset some minority group who feel they were being hard done by. What amazes me is how so many "comedians" can swear and be completely vulgar using the F word constantly {amongst other things] and people don't bat an eyelid or complain. To be honest we watch them but after a while it gets a bit strained, you can only swear so many times be fore it gets boring. Interesting video, never heard or seen Divided We Fall.

[@DaveyMulholland]

I guess it's lucky for you that you aren't some minority.

[@LNER162]

I honestly like Oh Doctor Beeching. Honestly a really underrated show in my opinion. 👍🏻

[@probro9898]

Sorry - I'm not over ranting yet. People pay far too much notice of these silly smug little know-it-all "critics", who have never had a creative thought in their lives, who decide the life and death of people who actually stick their necks out to create something worthy of criticism. They destroyed a wonderful sit-com like "Chalk" (David Bamber as a crazy headteacher) with their snotty comments, not to mention "Oh Doctor Beeching" (which I for one loved!). There were some glorious victories though: "Bottom" (with Edmondson and Mayall) won public acclaim despite the tomtittery of one little snot who thought it witty to say that the writers were "scraping the BOTTOM of the barrel". Give that boy one star point for effort!

[@dougiehawes916]

My Family - they had a go at being the first British sitcom to use a panel of writers like American sitcoms, then became the reason why we have never bothered since.

[@robertsmith1012]

My family ran for 10 seasons plus specials gotta be something there

[@fus149hammer5]

Not Going Out seems to follow that trend too. "Must have a gag every 15 seconds and must feature pointless exterior aerial shots of nowhere in particular for no apparent reason."

[@dougiehawes916]

@@robertsmith1012 yes, a horrendous lack of taste in the British population.

[@keithsolley]

it was great while Kris Marshall was in it,then went rapidly downhill after he left

[@benhemmings3852]

I prefer a British series to an American season

[@amysmileyreid95]

I’m sorry but you’re totally wrong about Gimme Gimme Gimme. It’s brilliant

[@Goldie644]

I quite enjoyed The River, and even went so far as to buy it on DVD :) Maybe it just matched my sense of humour

[@kinkyspannertwister6843]

ditto.

[@gingernutpreacher]

Thought it was ok but I was a kid

[@EddiePedalo]

It had a certain charm. I remember enjoying it.

[@fus149hammer5]

David Essex? His acting is so wooden he's at risk of catching dutch elm disease. It's so bad that when he was in Eastenders he made the rest of the cast look positively Shakespearean!

[@ianfryer8386]

I loved The River too. It was charming rather than laugh out loud funny. Perhaps they should have dropped the laugh-track and called it a sit-charm.

[@brantnuttall]

11:36 I have to admit, I did laugh at Richard's delivery of that line. He was a great actor.

[@GordonHeaney]

True, he was great in other stuff, just clearly had a poor script to work with here

[@joshuakohlmann9731]

He was indeed...and, as his chilling performance in Inspector Morse shows, a great serious actor too.

[@cisium1184]

I was going to say the same thing: I laughed and immediately thought, "well that's not so bad." I would have given the series a chance despite the reviews just on the strength of Briers alone.

[@probro9898]

It's impossible not to laugh at Richard Briars. I totally loved him, even in his poorer roles.

[@chriscoughlan5221]

@@cisium1184 here here!!!

[@TheEulerID]

If it had Sally Geeson in it, then I would watch it no matter what. I was therefore a bit puzzled why she is not credited as appearing in the Spooner's Patch in either IMDB or Wikipedia despite being in this clip. However, it appears that she only appeared in the pilot, which is where that extract must be from. As it is, her last screen credit is for Bless This House in 1976, the year in which she married and then went on to have a family. I assume that's why she did not appear in the series as she'd given up acting by then.

[@Marty2011uk]

Carol Hawkins is my favorite.

[@TheEulerID]

@@Marty2011uk they appeared together in Carry On Abroad

[@TheEulerID]

@WOOF ! She is, and her sister Judy is a well known film actress.

[@TheKnobCalledTone.]

Gimme Gimme Gimme was meant to be terrible... and was brilliant at it. So no, I respectfully disagree with that one. Then again I can't take any "Worst British Sitcoms of all time" list seriously if Mrs Brown's Boys is nowhere to found on it.

[@robertsmith1012]

i loved gimme gimme gimme

[@CaitiffPrimogen]

I gave Oh Doctor Beeching a pass because it was clearly just for keeping the Hi Di Hi mob off the streets, and letting them save for retirement ;)

[@fus149hammer5]

True. By then the Perry/Croft/Lloyd magic had worn out.

[@paulhirst7602]

Agreed, Doctor Beeching was terrible...the previous vehicle for Shane, Holland, and Pollard " You Rang M'lord " was at least passable, but this show stank.

[@andrewyoung1904]

​@@fus149hammer5 unpopular opinion=the croft perry magic all went into dads army and everything since was rubbish. i hated hi de hi and as for you rang m'lord...

[@fus149hammer5]

@andrewyoung1904 personally speaking It Ain't Arf Hot Mum was even better but we won't be seeing that on the telly any time soon. I'll content myself with the box set.

[@quantisedspace7047]

@@paulhirst7602 Who remembers "All Along The Watchtower" by Perry/Croft/Lloyd ?

[@jaynesheehy5237]

No way is Gimme, Gimme, Gimme a bad sitcom. It's bloody BRILLIANT!!

[@paulrichards6894]

would make a best top 10

[@CycolacFan]

Notice how every reviewer thinks they’re being original by branding a sitcom ‘the worst ever made.’ Ironic how they then accuse others of lazy and unfunny writing…

[@papalazarou6674]

Miranda and Mrs Brown's boys should have been on the list Both absolute crap, and about as funny as this years electricity bill's

[@lloroshastar6347]

A sitcom I used to like that everyone else seemed to hate was Hyperdrive, starring Nick Frost and Miranda Hart. Although most of the criticisms I read just said it was 'trying to be Red Dwarf'. I didn't think that was true, they were just both sci-fi sitcoms. Still I do recognise I am a minority in liking that one.

[@aphelanofficial]

That’s a show I remember, but didn’t see much of. Feels like everyone has forgotten about it, which I guess is understandable because Miranda Hart nor Nick Frost were quite household names at that time. Worth a revisit I’m sure!

[@Benjiesbeenbetter.]

I loved Hyperdrive. It always struck me as how Star Trek would have been with a modern day British crew. The hopeless leader promoted way beyond his abilities, the bitter underling who thought he could do better, even though he obviously couldn't, and the half arsed crew just there because they weren't anywhere else.

[@lloroshastar6347]

@@Benjiesbeenbetter. Thank you, it does feel great to be validated lol

[@Benjiesbeenbetter.]

@lloroshastar6347 I know! Nobody I know even watched it.

[@I_Don_t_want_a_handle]

It could have gone a long way with the writers having a bit more practice ... and hart didn't fall down once. She was actually funny in this.

[@mister-matic]

I love gimme gimme gimme one of my favourite sitcoms

[@dantemedici8179]

Gimme Gimme Gimme is amazing lol

[@philb4462]

For me, Constant Hot Water deserves a place on this list. Most bad sitcoms at least let me know where the jokes are and therefore where I'm supposed to laughter even if I don't. In Constant Hot Water, I wouldn't even have been able to tell where the jokes were if it wasn't for the laugh track. Somebody would say something, there would be a burst of canned laughter, and I would think "Was that a joke? How was that supposed to be funny, even theoretically?"

[@johnsmith8410]

I liked Gimmee Gimeee Gimmee, what was wrong with it

[@TBMartin]

I'm shocked you added "Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie" and not "Heil Honey I'm Home!'.

[@spana123321]

Heil Honey I’m home👍👍👍👍

[@fus149hammer5]

I think it's because that it never got off the ground it only got one episode out before being shot in the head, poisoned and then taken outside, covered in petrol set alight before being buried in a shallow grave.

[@TBMartin]

@@fus149hammer5 Granted they only aired one episode but that's how bad it was, so worthy in my opinion to be included in this list. More so than "Gimme Gimme Gimme", love that camp show.

[@TFOOS]

Heil Honey I'm Home was covered recently: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4TKlZqhZrt3gKM&ab_channel=70stv80stv90stv-TheFootOfOurStairs

[@Gmackematix]

Heil Honey I'm Home was just an experimental pilot show on a satelite channel that didn't get commissioned. I have watched it and it captures the dated US sitcom vibe with a deliberately bad taste premise quite well but isn't quite funny enough to justify that premise. It certainly isn't one of the worst, but the Hitler next to Jews premise creates easy shock value for people making "worst" lists.

[@SkunkMantraTechnoSkunk]

Loved Gimme Gimme Gimme. As he says on a Episode Fuck a Duck xd And i liked my family but after NICK left it went down hill.

[@savagetop10s63]

Up the elephant and round the castle was AWFUL

[@AchtungEnglander]

Gimme Gimme Gimme is a work of genius given what's happening today.

[@Turnbull50]

I agree but my most hated sitcom was Bread.

[@EddiePedalo]

IMO the first couple of seasons of Bread were fantastic, but by the end of it's run it did descend into a tedious dirge of cliques and catchphrases.

[@Edgel-in6bs]

Oh Dr beeching wasn't *awful* it was just dull and banal. Nothing here worse than Mrs browns boys.

[@lucaschapman2188]

Gimme Gimme was Ace ( the first 2 series anyway) .

[@RUSH2112RUSH]

I know this will likely fall on deaf ears, so to speak, but I absolutely hate, detest, loathe Open all Hours, to this day I shudder when I think of it, it truly was/is the worst programme, of any type, I've ever seen, it was diarrhoea for the eyes.

[@wendythomson2542]

You must be mad, Gimme Gimme Gimme was brilliant

[@Tecstar70]

Have to disagree about gimmex3. Deffo not up there with the big classics but great performances.

[@martryan2060]

Anything with Sharon Horgan and Dawn french the most useless actors I have seen . But people are afraid to tell them . I think Mrs Brown boys could have a complete channel of awfulness.

[@markdaly1903]

handsdown the worst sitcom ever made is the Brittas empire. someone thought it was so funny that they kept extending its run.

[@ghtqwrrt871]

Gimme gimme gimme =genius.All about me=utter woke garbage and easily the worst ever. You missed Duck Patrol as a close second

[@fus149hammer5]

Woke before the term was coined.

[@davidgilfillan]

The Royal Bodyguard, David Jason starred as a Johnny English clone minus the jokes

[@TFOOS]

That's a new one on me I'll have to look it up

[@RichardPhillips1066]

God that was bad , really really bad, and I'm not fussy I even laughed at oh doctor beaching, at times

[@evonneokafor]

Even Jason hates that, and I don't blame him.

[@avabeckett9550]

It was the very worst. Terrible.

[@alexjohnston8889]

I actually like Gimmie, gimmie gimmie, it's the silly camp carry on humour I like, it's not going to top any lists fawlty towers it is not but I enjoyed it. I couldn't stand anything with Penelope Keith in posh upper class boring comedy, to the Manor born is the most unfunny thing ever, didn't much like the good life either.

[@barnabyhughes5643]

You certainly have missed some real stink bombs: Here's my list- 'Mulberry' (with that jack the lad actor who popped up in Minder and The Sweeney on a few occasions; Karl Howman), 'On the Up' ( An embarrassing outing for Dennis Waterman.....he even wrote the feem toon), 'Relative Strangers' (Matthew Kelly's unconvincing portrayal of the father of a cocky teenager, played by the late Mark Farmer) , 'Curry and Chips' (Refreshingly politically un-correct but unfunny and a waste of Spike Milligan's comic genius), 'Bless this House' (As far as sitcoms are concerned, Sid James only nailed it in Hancock's Half Hour) and that awful vehicle for Tessa Peake Jones; 'So Haunt Me'. Perhaps next time, you can do a top 30 or 40 list as there are so many.

[@2760ade]

Waterman didn't only write the feem toon, he sung the feem toon as well if I remember?! Amazed you remember most of the other sitcoms you mention, I've not given them any thought for years!!

[@sleepytyphlosion5660]

I'll admit, it's a bit weird seeing "Gimme Gimme Gimme" on there, seeing as it was number 48 on the list of Britain's Best Sitcoms in 2004.

[@Toastrackman]

48? That's bad, there probably wasn't 48 sitcoms on tv at that time.

[@sleepytyphlosion5660]

@@Toastrackman It was out of a list of 100 sitcoms. I'm personally annoyed that The Brittas Empire, my favorite sitcom, is only one place above it.

[@sleepytyphlosion5660]

@@Toastrackman It also didn't have to be current - I think Blackadder was the most popular and it had been over for years by 2004.

[@jahno7154]

@@Toastrackman Anywhere in the top 100 best sitcoms is a great sitcom. If you see the list you would be amazed the quality sitcoms there is below 50 .

[@judigbr9430]

Great video, mate :) Very few I remember, but if the snipets you showed were anything to go by, that's all the better for me ;)

[@TFOOS]

Some best left forgotten

[@Old_Scot]

I loved Gimme Gimme Gimme, mostly because of Kathy Burke and James Dreyfuss. I confess I actively avoided Oh Dr Beeching (sometimes the title is enough of a warning). I have no memory of any of the rest of them. Now that BBC and ITV have their miserable soap operas on four nights a week, the era of the family-friendly sitcom has ended and the era of pre-watershed murder and adultery is with us. Be careful what you wish for?

[@tardistime6857]

I like gimme gimme gimme

[@john4592]

No way Gimme Gimme Gimme should be on this list. Hilarious show.

[@this0033]

I'm 78 this year, and having seen this (I only remember 'The River), I'm glad that I had better things to do than become a couch potato.

[@jamesrobinsons8086]

Worst sitcom ever was the Royle family ! I've had funnier migraine headaches 😩

[@Johnno9989]

Yay, somebody who agrees with me on that show.

[@Toastrackman]

Yea I could never understand why people enjoyed watching other people watching tv lol

[@dalebrown4724]

Sorry guys it was a brilliant, but each to there own

[@cambs0181]

All About Me, I remember this. When I came to find out it got a second series, I thought the writers must have been well connected at the BBC for them to get a second chance. Gimme Gimme Gimme, wasn't the best sitcom ever, but it was okay for the later series. The one you missed was Big Top. It starred Amanda Holden and Tony Robinson. It was absolute crap!

[@Sasahara-Lafiel]

I was looking to see if someone remembered the travesty of Big top! :D

[@davidjames579]

@@Sasahara-Lafiel Amanda Holden said she did it to prove she had the right to judge performers on Britain's Got Talent. Er.......

[@Sasahara-Lafiel]

@@davidjames579 Yeah, "you're almost as bad as me, it's a no!" :D

[@davidjames579]

@@Sasahara-Lafiel She was barely Holden it together. I should write for local newspapers.

[@minicle426]

Duck Patrol? Richard Wilson and a pre-Dr Who David Tennant couldn't salvage it.

[@TFOOS]

Next video 👍

[@thefrecklepuny]

"Bottle Boys, Bottle Boys, Up with the larks, Who cares if it's raining, Who cares if it's dark." Thought that would've been No1. Or was it too obvious? P.S. I liked Gimme, Gimme, Gimme!.

[@TFOOS]

Would have been on the list but its been on a recent video already. Will likely re-surface though at some point: kzbin.info/www/bejne/inWzgWechp6XrdU

[@steveread4021]

Why is the Office not here? Maybe it's one for a list of most over rated sitcoms ever.

[@brantnuttall]

6:35 is that the OXO dad?

[@davidcoombsbestmegadethalb9780]

I love Gimme gimme gimme

[@fus149hammer5]

Yup. Well spotted.

[@davidcarrol110]

Babes In The Wood featuring Denise Van Outen from 1998 is the most appalling sitcom ever.

[@TVGreats]

Gimmie Gimmie Gimmie was dire

[@samc5019]

I remember something called Conjugal Rites, and thinking it was atrocious. I haven't dared watch it again since then, though, so maybe it's actually a hidden gem.

[@ChrisHopkinsBass]

To be fair, Johnny Speight also wrote Curry and Chips which was pretty terrible as well

[@markkaminski4496]

Curry and Chips was great. Was just a comedy that could not be made today , but had the brilliant Spike Milligan and Eric Sykes in it , so was bound to be controveral, the same for 19th Hole.

[@stephenreeds3632]

Lasted one series and that was generous.

[@markkaminski4496]

@@stephenreeds3632 Still was a lot better than the rubbish made nowadays.

[@grahamariss2111]

Some of them no doubt deserve bad reviews, but what we must remember is that Dad's Army got panned by the critics when it was first released, being accused of being out of date and unfunny, yet over half a century later still frequently pulling in the biggest sit comedy audienceof the week..

[@tracysteele7652]

The one that I hated the most was on the buses it was funny at all and all the canned laughter was annoying all it was was the inspector saying I hate you butler

[@jennifersivewright3117]

You are right. It was depressing . That dreary house, the ugly old men who had the nerve to criticise Olive. Yuk.

[@jonathanwalker8730]

"Confused broth of joke-free zone" pretty much sums up my entire life.

[@markthomas2577]

I liked the Jasper Carrot and Meera Syal show and 'Gimme' was brilliant !

[@Gazowen-qz5xy]

Also bread when they replaced joey and Aveline

[@garypeacock5919]

Hi-di-hi tops my list, no contest I'm afraid.

[@tentringer4065]

Jasper carrot really does look like a tortoise.

[@FatNorthernBigot]

My dad had to explain who Dr Beeching was, when I watched Oh Dr Beeching. I wish I hadn't asked, as he was clearly a massive bar steward who didn't care about grinding Britain to a halt.

[@bryemycaz]

Thats not the worst of it, he was employed by Ernest Marples who was transport minister at the time. His "Wife" owned a road building company. Massive conflict of interest there.

[@FatNorthernBigot]

@@bryemycaz so it was both short-sighted and corrupt. 🤬

[@kylereece1979]

The Original Married with Children was great at the time. Al Bundy was a classic character, who got as much as he gave from his wife. It was a rock n' roll sitcom that was out to be the opposite of the squeaky clean, morale teaching goody two shoes US family sitcom. Dysfunctional family sitcom at its best. I never saw the Russ Abbot remake, but yeah, safe to say the transitions didnt work!

[@himoffthequakeroatbox4320]

There's a multi part one where Bill Oddie plays a long lost relative. Awesome stuff.

[@dinogoldie9716]

The truly awful sitcoms are the ones too generic to even remember, let alone merit the effort of forming an opinion. They're the ones whose titles are usually laboured puns on the protagonist's surname.

[@Toastrackman]

The Good Life was popular in its day.

[@63mckenzie]

Most are these are comedic gems compared to the crap they put out today.

[@pferreira1983]

All About Me is politically correct rubbish without a laugh in sight, filled with a family of characters who aren't so much annoying but painfully boring in having to meet a checklist. So basically...produced today left wing newspapers and SJWs would call it a fantastic BBC comedy! 😂

[@seymourskinner2533]

Don’t care about ratings , hated allo allo.

[@trevorwilliams6404]

Since you had one from the 2000s. The one I was thinking before it started was the royal bodyguard with David Jason

[@kinkyspannertwister6843]

I just felt embarrassed for David Jason for agreeing to be in it and for me because i watched it. UTTER CRAP

[@fus149hammer5]

It was terrible. It was David Jason does Mr Bean does James Bond. Oh hang on that had already been done that was Johnny English!

[@dalebrown4724]

So true it was terrible, I would think why are you doing this rubbish

[@RichardPhillips1066]

I think it's the worst comedy show I've ever watched , the Chuckle brothers was more funny and that was a silly show for kids

[@shellbell1705]

@@RichardPhillips1066 "To me, to you!" 🤣

[@Clem_Fandango11]

Whoever thought making a UK version of Married With Children was a good idea needs to never be allowed in television again. Remaking something as successful as that would never work.

[@ginge210873]

Gimme is a classic. Enough said.

[@Toastrackman]

Vulgar snd crude.

[@dalebrown4724]

It was brilliant 👏

[@steveh31]

So you put in the wonderful Gimme Gimme Gimme and no mention of Brighton Belles or Slinger's Day.

[@TFOOS]

Covered those in other videos kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4TKlZqhZrt3gKM&ab_channel=70stv80stv90stv-TheFootOfOurStairs

[@anicecupoftea8303]

Gimme, Gimme, Gimme was ok in its first series.

[@BobHowler]

My friend and I used to watch All About Me because it was so insanely bad. We used to compare notes on how bad it was. We probably got the most joy out of it.

[@Dim4323]

I like gimme gimme gimmie

[@bluelady4183]

Gimme gimme gimme! NOT!!!

[@12crepello]

"The River" was not actually set on a river. It was filmed at the lock and lock keepers cottage at Wootton Rivers on the Kennet & Avon Canal in Wiltshire.

[@dalebrown4724]

I loved gimme x3 it was so funny 😁