Top 10 Best Comedy Series

With the BBC Best British Sitcoms vote now complete, I thought it an appropriate time to pay tribute to my personal favourite top 10 comedy shows - only mine includes American shows too - just to be different! These are in no particular order by the way. Oh and beware, it's very long (the review I mean!) ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES The winner of the Best Sitcom vote and deservedly so in my opinion. Derek Trotter ( Del to his mates) is a wheeler dealer South London market trader who can "smell a fiver in a force 10 gale". He lives in a high rise flat in Peckham with dopey younger brother Rodney and ... more

I love to laugh, and I have to thank my lovely dad for my weird and wacky sense of humor, and for bringing me up with comedy shows that would be classed as 'before my time'. I believe that the old ones are the best. Classics in some cases, which is why I often get referred to as 'the old one' - even at 18. Many of my colleagues were surprised when I joined in a conversation about comedy shows, and so the nickname has stuck at work as well as at home. I don't see myself as, (as the case may be) 'old at heart', but just a fan of classic comedy, especially BritCom, which can be funny without ... more

Nobody can deny the importance of laughter. A light-hearted look at the world can make all the difference between how we handle difficult times, break-ups, work stresses, illness, arguments and disappointments. Part of entertainment is about escape and what better escape than to a place that looks just like real life, except that there is fun, there is comedy, there is warmth in everything? Comedy programmes don’t only make us laugh, they open our hearts to a way of looking at our reality less seriously, eliminating stress and bringing smiles, mirth and optimism. Of course, every comedy show ... more

Top Ten TV Sitcoms. Love TV comedy but until I started compiling this list I didn't realise how many good ones where actually out there, or have been out there. Anyhow here is my top 10: 1. Porridge. My all time favourite. Norman Stanley Fletcher, You have pleaded guilty to the charges brought by this court, and it is now my duty to pass sentence. You are a habitual criminal who accepts arrest as an occupational hazard and presumably accepts imprisonment in the same casual manner. We therefore feel constrained to commit you to the maximum term allowed for such offences. You will go to prison ... more

As it’s my first review as bens nanny I should like to thank you for all your lovely comments and it’s good to be back. I am at a bit of a loose end as to what to do my reviews on now ,as I used to have Lou to give me ideas. Getting back to the subject in hand what an earth could I do a review on I found this ,and thought yea ,that could be interesting I suppose. So here’s my review on my top ten comedy classics. A bit long winded so try to keep awake its well worth it I promise….. Number 1; That has to be Porridge. For those of you that have never heard of it was a series that it was created ... more