Top 10 WORST British Comedies

[@WatchMojoUK]

10 WORST Things the BBC Has Ever Done
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[@Mishima505]

Britain’s ten worst sitcoms:
1: Mrs Brown’s Boys
2: Mrs Brown’s Boys
3: Mrs Brown’s Boys
4: Mrs Brown’s Boys
5: Mrs Brown’s Boys
6: Mrs Brown’s Boys
7: Mrs Brown’s Boys
8: Mrs Brown’s Boys
9: Mrs Brown’s Boys
10: Honey for Tea

[@gulfstream7235]

You might have missed Mrs Browns Boys

[@pauldicken1694]

Mrs browns boys is a comedy???..learn sumat new every day

[@danielmoran9902]

Absolutely. Total crap.

[@nicksmpsn6546]

I feel part of a gang now. I was beginning to think I was the only person that hates Mrs Brown's Boys.

[@kookytoots6755]

Little Britain

[@wstine79]

"Brighton Belles" proves that Britsh remakes of American shows can be just as bad as American remakes of British shows.

[@AtheistOrphan]

*Brighton.

[@jwb52z9]

It wouldn't have failed if they hadn't used the exact same scripts.

[@electricleg207]

Very true the US versions of Steptoe ,Fawlty Towers etc were dire.

[@sirjedisentinel]

@@electricleg207 and yet one of the most successful sitcoms of all time-- All in the Family-- was a remake of a British series (Till Death Us Do Part)

[@dovetonsturdee7033]

@Fur Q 136 episodes over more than 5 years.

[@nickcastings1568]

I didnt believe there could ever have been ten worse comedies than Citizen Kahn or Mrs Browns boys, I stand corrected.

[@JiminyCricket8899]

Dont be too hard on yourself Nick,those two shows are absolute shite to be fair,my migraines have more laughs.

[@mockbattles]

This Is Jinsy.

[@thebasedgodmax1163]

citizen kahn was funny to me as a kid, not sure how it'd hold up. always hated mrs brown boys tho

[@alanmawson9601]

@@JiminyCricket8899 About as funny as a fire in an orphanage 🤣

[@petersyme7083]

Being Scottish I am ashamed that Mrs Brown is filmed in Glasgow.

[@johnmcdonald219]

What is Amanda Holden famous for????? Apart from BGT where she judges other peoples talents despite the fact she has none herself.

[@poochie81]

She was slightly famous before BGT I remember seeing her in the newspaper because when she was married to Les Dennis she cheated on him with Neil Morrissey lol

[@babyvonvon440]

She was in wild at heart but I must say it got better after she left.

[@jadew7568]

Just for being a bit of a slag. She was on Blind Date and never looked back…

[@donaldellis3609]

Look at me Amanda holding, yuk.

[@fus149hammer5]

She started in 'The Grimleys' set in a early seventies Birmingham Comprehensive school with Noddy Holder playing 'Noddy Holder' the music teacher. She played Miss Titley, one of the teachers.
She was ........😍😍😍

[@TheRuddster95]

The actor playing Hitler was in the legendary Father Ted lingerie episode 😂 "it's Ireland's biggest lingerie store I understand"

[@hihowareyouthen]

Ah stop, that's him?! Well, you learn something new everyday

[@TheRuddster95]

@@hihowareyouthen "ah it's yourself"

[@mixtapesfrommylatepartner]

"Don't forget the pancakes on Jif lemon day"

[@Joemama55122]

What a joik!

[@Joemama55122]

I love both shows tbh 😂

[@andrewjones575]

Mrs Brown's Boys is even worse than all these. Enjoying it relies heavily on finding a middle-aged man swearing whilst wearing a dress to be hilarious. I guess you didn't include it because it's inexplicably popular.

[@AtheistOrphan]

I just can’t understand it’s popularity. It’s awful.

[@racheljackson4428]

nasty piece of work.

[@peterwright6721]

Mr's Brown's Boys is hilarious, just shows you morons have no sense of humour.

[@jeffreylawrence6928]

Oh yes it’s shite…

[@AJARyan-yn2uv]

I’d rather watch Heil Honey than that shite. At least Heil Honey tried something different.

[@shilohstore6086]

As an American going through the comments all I know for sure is the worst show is something called Miss Brown's Boys 😂

[@garthvader9916]

YES. YES. VERY VERY YES. EXTREMELY DEFINITELY YES.

[@michaelmarron8441]

It's more that it keeps getting new series commissioned and is astonishingly popular according to viewing figures

[@harrydavey9884]

Its genuinely the worst thinf of all time. I believe he collaborated with Tyler Perry and his own 'man pretending to be an old lady' gimmick to make a movie. My understanding is that talentless morons stick together.

[@robertprees603]

@@michaelmarron8441 its dreadful and how it has lasted ill never know.

[@TheJonesdude]

Yea, It's Irish you see. Some people just can't hold in their contempt

[@vannessar32]

Miranda and Mrs Brown's Boys takes some beating for unfunny rubbish.

citizen kahn and sam's game..

[@JoeBleasdaleReal]

Amanda Holden AND Leigh Francis in the same show is the ultimate red flag

[@markythompson]

Thank you for referring to him as Leigh Francis and not Keith Lemon.
More people should do this.

[@joehartley06]

@@markythompson that Keith Lemon bloke is very funny

[@mariewalker4010]

Keith lemon the most unfunny person on tv

[@apemoon1731]

I liked it 👍🏻😁

[@JonBowe]

@@markythompson I wonder if he will apologize for dressing up as a woman, like he has for other characters he has portrayed?
Maybe he will fade in to obscurity, one can only hope.

[@dinodar8765]

“When you think of Davina Mcall, you remember she’s a great presenter” Speak for yourself

[@ZuluRomeo]

I too remember her failed chat show "Davina"

[@ButtChinsAreHereToStay]

In my top 10 celebrities........... why? list.

[@dinodar8765]

@Grandson Of Cherve Yeah I totally agree, Dead Set was awesome!

[@andrewq159]

@@ZuluRomeo She's a good presenter, but a bad interviewer.

[@darkwoods1954]

Never could stand her.

[@v8cool168]

The problem is when you use an actor like David Jason, it doesn't matter how good or well known Delboy was ,if the script is unfunny, the actor will be unfunny. Having David Jason, won't make a TV show funny.

[@johnsurrey7426]

I remember him saying at the time that it was going to be a great comedy. I wonder why? But it seems that you never know whether a ‘comedy’ will be a hit until it’s broadcast. OFAH was a flop until it was repeated. There is no magic formula.

[@mrwhite7361]

Still open all hours was also an unfunny david Jason shit house. He's no Ronnie barker that's for sure.

[@johnsurrey7426]

You’re right, it’s appallingly bad. Not remotely funny. I suppose the cast did it for the money.

[@stephenguppy8886]

Jason is so overrated. He is a one-trick pony if ever there was one.

[@johnsurrey7426]

He was OK in Open All Hours (the original, of course) and brilliant in OFAH. But otherwise… When he was in A Touch Of Frost, you couldn’t help thinking of Del
Boy - you couldn’t take his serious acting, er, seriously.

[@lesleyhawes6895]

I am happy to say I missed all of these apparently dreadful " comedies ", so I can continue to bask in the memories of the hundreds of really good ones I've seen.

[@poke125]

Tbh I didn't even know these awful shows existed

[@warreng675]

Me too

[@grahvis]

Ditto.

[@lukebale8550]

I will defend Hardwick House after seeing the series on TH-cam. The later unaired episodes are so much better than the ones shown and has a cameo from Rik and Ade as well so win win

[@JennA-uf6lo]

I want to know if anyone involved with “Heil Honey I’m Home” managed to keep their jobs, starting with the suit who greenlit it in the first place.

[@dealgood]

i think it was made and broadcast as a joke.

[@davepoole9520]

It was really intended as a satire but people like to make out it was a serious concept.

[@lachlanmclennan2188]

That's something I 100% would've done if I was months from quitting/retiring

[@ZuluRomeo]

The most amazing thing about the Heil Honey disaster? It was only shown on Galaxy, a satellite TV channel run by British Satellite Broadcasting (a wannabe rival to Sky that ended up being consumed by it forming BSkyB).
Imagine being so bad that it was cancelled after 1 episode was shown on a long forgotten satellite TV channel that hardly anybody had access to and barely even knew about.

[@gulfstream7235]

Gotta say I'd give it a watch just to see how bad it is....

[@BlookbugIV]

Premise you could see working as a sketch on something like Not the Nine O'Clock News. But they were out of their tree imagining they could stretch their sendup to a full episode, let alone an entire series. Brings a smile to my face knowing this insanity happened though.

[@SIRDKA]

I want to see it!

[@VengaboysRbackINtown]

Heil Honey I’m Home was simply before it’s time. Had it been released years later it would have been a ratings smash! It is delightfully savage biting satire.

[@philcooper279]

You win some, you lose some, that's life.

[@brianfinlay756]

All of these show are an example of what happens when you try to take a mildly amusing 2 minuets comedy sketch, and turn it into a tv show.

[@ZuluRomeo]

Does anyone remember a sitcom in the late 90s called Grown Ups? It’s not to be confused with a similarly named sitcom in the 2000s. It was about grown adults who were friends together and go through all the usual sitcom relationship tropes, but the conceit is that they all behaved like children.
It was awful. It only lasted some 6 episodes.

[@ParallelSyntax]

That was the mid 2000’s. Came after the shitshow that was the last season of 2 pints and a packet of crisps.
Written by the same lass that did 2 pints and basically tried to rehash the concept but with an even worse setting and terrible typecasting.
It was pretty awful but idk about it being in a top 10.

[@markant9534]

The assistant director on "nan" is a friend of my sister and she said he told her Tate was a nightmare to work with, the ranger at my volunteer site said she would walk past him while he was working and scream and shout at ton sacks in the path, she`s an arse.

[@jacksmales4973]

To be fair the very idea of Heil Honey should have set alarm bells ringing even before it was commissioned.

[@andrewjones575]

It satirises powerful people, which is what many comedies do. Why should Hitler be off-limits? Osama bin Laden & Vladimir Putin aren't.

[@jacksmales4973]

@@andrewjones575 True but I don't think its very tasteful even by the standards back then

[@jacksmales4973]

@Burnt Herb I was born tail end of the 80s so I don't remember 🤣🤣

[@jacksmales4973]

@Burnt Herb Although I think there are some things that should not be made comedy of I do agree what you say about people being offended too easily. There's not a lot you can say now without someone up in arms about it

[@simonmoore2380]

@@jacksmales4973 why does comedy have to be tasteful? Basil Fawlty carrying a corpse around wasn’t exactly tasteful but it would generally be regarded as a classic. I don’t know how funny the jokes were but I can’t see any reason why you can’t have Hitler as a character being made to look ludicrous in a comedy. Why was “Springtime for Hitler” in Mel Brooks’ “The Producers” not equally slated? This is less a case of a very offensive comedy and more one of giving the most predictable critical response.

[@uptownkittydc]

I liked Hard Cell🤓 There were a few parts that I thought went too far but I still found her show entertaining

[@ProjectFlashlight612]

Bo Selecta was not only the worst UK comedy, but the worst thing ever.

[@gordonbeattie4864]

I'm amazed 'The Melting Pot' wasn't mentioned, but then again only a pilot was broadcast. A series was made but never broadcast.
It was written by, and starred Spike Milligan who, just as in his 1969 LWT series 'Curry and Chips', blacked-up along with John Bird to play father and son illegal Asian immigrants who arrive at a boarding house ran by an Irish coalman played by Frank Carson. The other residents tenants include a black Yorkshireman, a Chinese Cockney and a Scottish Arab, along with the usual racist bigots you'd see in this kind of show.
Why the BBC commissioned the Pilot is a mystery, why they gave the go ahead for a full series is totally insane. The Pilot still exists as well as the full unbroadcast series. It was lurking about on Dailymotion for a while but was even removed from there.

[@c0mpr3nd3]

One you could have added was The Cup.
Made in the early 2010s it was a mockumentry series that followed an under 12s football team from Bolton. The main character was the father of the joint top scorer who was a factory worker that had dreams of his son playing for Wanderers. His rival was the father of the teams other top scorer who was a gynaecologist from India. The ideas and performances were there but the humour wasn't. Not sure if the Beeb even played the full series.

[@stingersplash]

I actually remember watching that. It's about football so I'd put it above these 10.

[@rachelbichener9219]

Big Top should be on here. It felt like a kids' show that someone had tried to turn into a teatime sitcom by adding some innuendo.

[@stingersplash]

The fact Mrs Brown's Boys and Citizen Khan aren't here are remarkable. Other than Heil Honey I've seen none of these and hadn't heard of some...Holden Girls? That totally passed me by thankfully. Amanda Holden used to be good. Kiss Me Kate and The Grimleys she was great in because she hadn't become a household name.

[@TheJonesdude]

Yea the one about the Irish family and the one about the Asian family. Some people just can't hide their racism

[@pauladams1915]

The fact I've never heard of any of these before says something. Also, Ben Elton had another flop when he wrote a sitcom for the band Madness.

[@jonmurray2350]

I managed to find 12 minutes of this. Written by Ben Elton & Richard Curtis. Painful stuff, really cringeworthy.

[@krashd]

@Stefano Pavone The last thing of his I liked was Upstart Crow and that was only two or three years back, it had David Mitchell and Mark Heap and was actually pretty good in my opinion.

[@BillyJango]

Paul Adams - Are you serious? That sounds dreadful. What was it called??

[@jonmurray2350]

@@BillyJango Madness The Pilot. 12 minutes of it is available on youtube.

[@BillyJango]

@@jonmurray2350 I have just watched it. Oh dear it is so shit. Thank you for the info mate. I never knew it existed!

[@edwardwilliammorris1340]

Amanda Holden is useless at everything ( including being a wife once she's got what she wants ) 🤣🤣

[@dovetonsturdee7033]

I expect her existence serves some sort of purpose, although I doubt anyone has yet worked out what it might be.

[@5340robert]

Quite like Amanda Holden myself. Leigh Francis is about as funny as being kicked in the nuts though

[@Conquistador75]

I’d never heard of her to until she left light entertainment legend Les Dennis for one trick pony Neil Morrissey.

[@stephenbrookes7268]

Apparently she did a very good spit roast.

[@hihowareyouthen]

Hi Les!

[@andrewjones575]

Leigh Francis was good as Avid Merrion & sometimes as Keith Lemon, but The Holden Girls is by far the worst of his work.

[@mash83]

Now he's just hocking gambling websites, just about the worst advert you can do

[@mash83]

@Stefano Pavone the whole Keith Lemon character took him down

[@Fatwreckman]

Am I the only person that didn't completely hate Hard Cell?
It isn't going to be in anyone's top 10 of all time lists, but it wasn't exactly complete dogshit either.

[@stingersplash]

I think most haven't watched it because its Catherine Tate. Never liked her sketch show but I'd say recency bias is why its here.

[@giuseppeianniello1998]

Basically “Mrs. Brown’s Boys” is the parallel of “Teen Titans Go”
Both feature insulting characters and very dumb stories & writing, but for some reason it’s still on air disrespecting the audience

[@daisybuttercup6801]

Mrs Browns boys should be in this list

[@racheljackson4428]

why?

[@daisybuttercup6801]

@@racheljackson4428 because it’s absolutely puerile. Swearing to get laughs.

[@daisybuttercup6801]

@@racheljackson4428 try Curb your Enthusiasm , where the swearing is hilarious.

[@johnmalin1676]

@@racheljackson4428 Cause its a load of crap. Not even funny

[@rileymartin2202]

Hard Cell is amazing the writing, acting and plot are brilliantly executed it’s easily one of my favourite shows

[@helenaw3819]

yeah I was surprised to see it on the list, the plot twist at the end had me SHOOK

[@rollinstone5217]

Well, thanks to your recommendation I will give it a try via Netflix. I like Catherine Tate, so I’m pretty sure I will enjoy it. Thanks 👍!

[@Gmackematix]

I didn't think it was brilliant, but the ending was quite surprising and I could certainly name at least a couple of dozen obscure sitcoms that were worse than Hard Cell.

[@harrybarker4370]

I liked it

[@nelchid]

"Heil honey I'm home" When satire becomes "Shatire!"

[@z0mgHD]

Coming of age was soo funny!
One of my favourites growing up

[@waynehough13]

I liked it too and was popular enough to last 3 series so it feels a bit harsh to include it in this list

[@L1am21]

Same people who dont like 2pints fuck em!

[@stephenwilson04]

Yeah, I really liked it too.

[@KennethBarr1957]

Whoever thought up Heil Honey thought he was Mel Brooks. He is not Mel Brooks.

[@ragingpagan8847]

Mrs brown’s boys is awful gives the Irish sense of humour a bad name. Unlike father Ted that’s was a brilliant show 🤩

[@philcooper279]

I am sure the Provos, liked Fa

[@philcooper279]

Start again, I am sure the Provisional IRA liked Father Ted, along with their friends at the BBC and Channel 4.

[@ragingpagan8847]

@@philcooper279 wouldn’t know I’m an Ulster man can’t stand the IRA

[@philpalmer8044]

I went to watch filming of Bottle Boys at what was then LWT at the now closed ITV studios. It was terrible.

[@andrewsmith2757]

You didn't video them all did you? Also, can you remember the episode name of the one you went to see?

[@steventhomas9461]

How hasn't Mrs browns Boys not made this list

[@ButtChinsAreHereToStay]

Because it's like marmite.

[@myoldmate]

I fully agree.
I tried to watch it but the curling of my toes became to painful.

[@mikestevens5837]

Completely agree an ugly guy dressed up as an ugly woman,utter crap....

[@ellenday2155]

Strictly speaking it’s Irish but I agree it’s terrible

[@themilkguzzler2467]

You know this list is justified when you get to the end and you're not annoyed that Mrs Brown's Boys didn't make it

[@schindlerteejay94]

Heil Honey ain’t just bad, it’s just plain PTSD fuel for veterans of the war.

[@andrewjones575]

It's lighthearted & fun.

[@schindlerteejay94]

@@andrewjones575 Back then it was.

[@richardgoffin-lecar1951]

As my father (ex USAAF) would have said, "If you can't laugh at the bastards, they've won". I take your point, though.

[@spana123321]

Neil Honey is funny, it just came out at the wrong time and now is a bad time because we’re not allowed to laugh at anything😞

[@spana123321]

Heil Honey is ahead of its time.

[@Battismore-Blue]

I bet this was hard work , narrowing it down to 10

[@markflowers7214]

Heil Honey, I'm Home had everything that Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder hoped Springtime For Hitler would be!

[@cdrain68]

All I can say is "Come back Mrs Noah" makes all of these shows look good

[@leopold7562]

Ah, poor old Leigh Francis. Trying so hard to be a character comedian, but ending up as a poor man’s Sacha Baron Cohen. The only one of his creations to gain any traction at all was Keith Lemon, and sadly he’s milked that one to death, then somewhere far beyond. And it’s weird, as Keith was only ever really an incidental character in Bo Selecta in the first place.

[@L1am21]

Keith lemmon was a Easter egg on bo selecta series 1 dvd his come along way.

[@AtheistOrphan]

I must admit to being a bit disappointed with the BBC’s recent ‘Witchfinder’.

[@garethmorgan3665]

Yeah, me too. I really love Tim Key from Mid Morning Matters but gave up on The Witchfinder half way through .

[@barbarakirk3064]

Jessica Hynes was wasted as the assistant character to Tim Key's wannabe witchfinder.

[@dodge59]

the 10 worst british comedies still have to be better than the 10 best so called US comedies

[@Chartail1]

I didn't mind hard cell with tate, sure it wasn't here best but she is so good as acting as completely different people! I was though waiting for NaN to turn up in jail 😂

[@frankbrodie5168]

"Tate's first go at a sitcom.." Er.. I assume you mean writing a sitcom. She was in the Office US for a couple of seasons that I recall. And was wonderful in it.

[@allisonday893]

And Big School with David Walliams

[@philcooper279]

Let us be honest with ourselves, the best days of British sitcoms are over, the same as British pop music. Nothing last forever.

[@lesleyfarrington4809]

There was an awful one staring Diana Dors called Queenie's Castle

[@booth2710]

what about 'the phone shop' really couldn't stand that attempt at representing Britain a a nation of people who can't speak any amount of English

[@DavidDoom95]

Top 5 Worst British Comedies:
5. Coming of Age
4. Brighton Belles
3. Bo Selecta!
2. The Holden Girls
1. Full English (2012)

[@rainbowlady1532]

While I love some of her characters--Nan, Lauren Cooper aka Am I Bovverred?!, the annoying work colleague, Aga Saga Woman, Moo Shepherd the Brummie dog trainer, Drunk Estate Agent, Bernie the Nurse and Sandra Kemp from Gingers For Justice--but Catherine Tate has always been hit & miss with me.
Sometimes she can be naturally funny, yet other times she does come across as attention seeking and ridiculous, such as when she was one of the panellists on Never Mind The Buzzc*cks (the Dr Who special). She irritated the hell out of me.

[@andrewjones575]

Most of her characters have one strange characteristic &/or one catchphrase, which quickly becomes too repetitive. As herself she hasn't a clue, so on panel shows she's lost.

[@Liverpoolfcthebest]

The only funny charecter for me was nan he'll I even liked the nan series but now she been butchered up too after the horrendous nan film came out I'm sorry but it was awful it had maybe 1 or 2 funny moments but it was an appalling film

[@rainbowlady1532]

Completely agree.

[@rainbowlady1532]

I think they should have just left Nan in sketch show format.
Personally I think the only sketch show characters who weren't butchered once they made the leap from small screen to big screen are Kevin and Perry.

[@Liverpoolfcthebest]

@@rainbowlady1532 yh they still get them the same

[@stephenchecksfield632]

My thought was that bread by Carla Lane was not particularly funny

[@gazowen7310]

The early years with the first Joey once he left then it was crap

[@fus149hammer5]

This must be the only time you'll see the words 'Carla Lane' and 'Funny' in the same sentence.

[@stephenchecksfield632]

@@fus149hammer5 exactly my exact thoughts too to be honest not Carla lanes best example of a sitcom even Butterflies written by herself was only marginally funnier but for bread omg it was absolutely dire

[@rewdwarf123]

The trouble with that is I had more empathy for the woman working for the DSS.

[@danielwilliamson6180]

I've seen a couple of bad unfunny British comedies such as The Smoking Room. Gavin and Stacey. The Office. Extras. The Mighty Boosh. Come Fly With Me. Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire etc.

[@stingersplash]

I've seen all of those, heck own them all. You realise no laughter track doesn't make something unfunny? Also I think you're the only other person I know that remembers Krod Mandoon. But it shouldn't be in the same sentence as The Office.

[@danielwilliamson6180]

@@stingersplash I only watched it cos Matt Lucas was in it.

[@danjames4086]

The Mighty Boosh?? It's one of those shows you either 'get' or don't. I felt the same about it, until I'd watched a few and then started to appreciate it.

[@andrewgibson395]

The Old Guys should have been on the list, pathetic southern English remake of Still Game with the accents and setting changed and the humour removed.

[@liamgillett9068]

Still game is terrible anyway

[@andrewjones575]

Martin Clunes' 2019 sitcom Warren should be on this list. Its not funny at all & its protagonist is highly unlikeable, who has no positive qualities. It's not believable that someone so unpleasant would choose to become a driving instructor, nor that he could be successful at it. We're supposed to believe that he chose a LTR with a single mother whom he dislikes, and that she would choose him. Also, that he would move from Dorset to Preston, which he dislikes, because she wants to live near to her parents. Though the first ep had almost 6m viewers, none of the rest had good viewing figures. E2 had far less than half, so most viewers of e1 thought it so bad that they didn't watch any more.

[@simon9174]

Warren was great

[@andrewjones575]

@@simon9174 In what way(s)?

[@smartin469]

Reminds me of Mel Smith and Colin's Sandwich - not an especially likeable character which means the comedy is up against it from the off.

[@louispks]

I honestly thought Jim Davidsons Up The Elephant and Round the Castle would be number 1. 1980s comedy which was about as funny as the Holocaust.

[@Panda-rz3jf]

Leigh Francis had less silicon on his face than Amanda Holden. And yeah, why isn't Mrs. Brown's Boys on this list? The only person I know who watches it is my Great Aunt Kath, and she loves it. She's 91, though.

[@serendipitylovejoy4724]

Ghosts. It’s like some children’s telly “comedy” show with the same actors only at 8:30pm & even less funny. I keep expecting Mr Tumble to show up on it.

[@senianns9522]

I'm lucky to have missed all these 'gems' as I have lived overseas since 1982. However the program that makes me cringe is 'Mrs. Browns boys' That show belittles the Irish ! I feel embarrassed for the good folk of Ireland---how this crudity is funny? I'm lost!

[@paulturton9755]

I've got to stand up for Coming of Age. Yes it is rude, crude and vulgar.... but I love it. It still brings a smile to my face and Joe Tracini as DK is fantastic

[@AnilSubhrai]

Same! I thought the show was brilliant. All the characters had some really funny one liners. Plus I still laugh at Matthew Earley’s (Wilberforce DeWilde) impression of Brian Blessed in season 3.
“Gordonson Aive” (Gordon’s Alive) 😂😂

[@simonmoore2380]

Yes, I really liked it too. It can’t have been THAT unpopular - the BBC ran it for two series didn’t they?

[@AndRewUK24]

A Two Pints of lager and a Packet of crisps wannabe sitcom. It tried so hard to emulate the success of BBC three most successful sitcom.
The last 2 television series when it becomes a lot better.

[@mikeMCSG]

I'd have included two from the mid-eighties, "No Place Like Home" and "Lame Ducks". Both execrable.

[@stephenreeds3632]

I misremembered No Place Like Home. One of the worst I've seen.

[@AR-zr1om]

How is Mrs browns boys not on here. Cannot stand that show

[@andrewjones575]

I guess because it inexplicably has millions of fans. It's probably the worst sitcom I've ever seen.

[@bramleydragon]

I totally agree with you. But wouldn't it be classed as Irish?

[@sabate1194]

@@andrewjones575 I managed around 10 minutes of one episode and that was enough for me, beyond terrible.

[@andrewjones575]

@@sabate1194 I watched a whole ep - one of the worst things I've ever seen.

[@andrewjones575]

@@bramleydragon It's British & Irish; BBC & RTÉ.

[@JayJones-oh1hu]

Hard Cell - I enjoyed it. Was it the funniest thing ever? No. However it's Catherine Tate doing what Catherine Tate does. I enjoyed the characters and the plot twist at the end was jawdropping

[@The_Republic_of_Ireland]

Thought this was worst comedians, was wondering why Michael Macintyre was nowhere to be seen

[@kingbolo4579]

I saw the title and came for Hardwicke House, and, yes, here's Hardwicke House.

[@jamesrobinsons8086]

Can I add The Upper Hand & Absolutely Fabulous to the list? Both about as funny as being kicked repeatedly in the groin.

[@davidcross47]

What? No mention of John Cleese’s dreadful ‘Hold The Sunset’?

[@diogenesagogo]

Agree. Absolutely dreadful.

[@DocRobertable]

Agreed. A-list cast. Z-list scripts

[@zapkvr]

I'm excited

[@smartin469]

Had to Wiki this but I see it did make it to two series?

[@rogershore3128]

Surprised you left out the Molly Sugden dire sitcom "Come Back Mrs Noah"...... and the even worse "My Hero" with Ardal O'Hanlon easily the two worst comedies after your number one to grace UK TV screens.... Both Laughter free zones and an embarrassment to everyone involved.

[@zapkvr]

thank you

[@clouddog2393]

I've forgotten about 'my hero' you are right absolutely appalling!

[@rogershore3128]

@@clouddog2393 Wasn't there even a dire remake of the classic Married with Children for UK TV?

[@fus149hammer5]

​@@clouddog2393 Believe it or not 'My Hero' got worse AFTER Ardal O' Hanlon left he was replaced by James Dreyfus. The only good character was Mrs Raven the sadistic Doctors receptionist.

[@jwb52z9]

"Come Back Mrs. Noah" never aired in the US, but "My Hero" was popular when it aired on American educational TV around the nation.

[@itookallthenames]

This is one of the most interesting mojo lists I’ve seen. I haven’t heard of ANY of them in Australia

[@zapkvr]

then you haven't been paying very close attention

[@fus149hammer5]

Lucky you!😂👍

[@frankbrodie5168]

My top 10 worst sitcoms would go something like the. - 1) Bread. 2) Bread, a different episode. 3) Bread. Any other episode. 4-10. Repeat as necessary. "EY! EY! Loooook at me.. I'm a scouse chancer on the dole. But I'm loveable right..?" er.. No..

[@fus149hammer5]

👍👍👍👍😂

[@1916jamesconnolly]

I'd prefer "Heil Honey I'm home' to that Miranda sitcom. That was about as funny as lung cancer.

[@michaelmcfadden1622]

Agree, what a load of keeck

[@jwb52z9]

Miranda is popular among Americans who saw it. Just don't watch the American attempt at what they called a remake. You wouldn't realize they even tried to remake Miranda by the show they came up with starring Mayim Bialik.

[@markrichards9638]

Thankfully I was living abroad when this litany of crap hit the screens - what you showed was truly awful. I was in the UK (c. 2005) to see the first episode of a show called 'The Life of Riley' which was depressingly awful as well. There appear to be a lot of unfunny people writing comedy scripts.

[@mogadon7]

Heil honey Im Home - OH NO, I LEFT ZEE GAS ON IN THE KITCHEN...the Goldenstiens are in there !

[@stephenhumphrey7935]

Writing comedy now is just a box ticking exercise.

[@StephenLyons-tl8ie]

"Heil honey, I'm home" should have run and run.

[@clemfandango619]

Netflix isn't British. So you can scratch that one off.

[@mattylamb9194]

heil Honey I'm Home isn't British either

[@MormonHoldem]

I remember watching the pilot for Embassy a BBC sitcom that was so bad they didn't show the rest of the series. Apart from that Big Top was bad, I also hated The Thin Blue Line and Gimme Gimme Gimme but they were very popular

[@GonzoShitcock]

Who would have thought...
a sitcom about Hitler being offensive???

[@apemoon1731]

'The Producers' was brilliant though.

[@GonzoShitcock]

@@apemoon1731 Yes that's the exception

[@jonathanfraser321]

Watch the Great Dictator with Charlie Chalin playing Aenoid s Hynkel- no pries for guessing who he was satirising . You could make a comedy abut Hitler buafter t leaving out WW2 and the concentration camps there's not much material

[@pedropelaez]

How bad could coming of age be if it was 3 series with 23 episodes?

[@franklingoodwin]

The Holden Girls is proof that while Britain's Got Talent - Amanda Holden doesn't 😂

[@TheJtyork420]

I tried to watch old British comedies and what used to bother me the most is the insane use of the laugh track. When everything is sarcastic its basically going off the whole time and drove me nuts. It's like how kids shows r in America with the laugh track use.

[@fus149hammer5]

I remember 'Mash' being broadcast on BBC 2 Thursday nights at 9pm and the show was transmitted without the canned laughter. It was sublimely brilliant. The gallows humour really shone through.
I always believed that 'Blackadder Goes Forth' should have had no laughter track.
After all, "killing 20,000 of our own men a day just so that Field Marshall Haig can move his drinks cabinet 10 yards closer to Berlin" doesn't need false laughter.
The subject matter for that comedy or for 'Mash doesn't warrant fake laughs. The humour in both is just wonderful.

[@fus149hammer5]

The other problem is timing. Watch someone say something funny and note the other actor mentally counting to five before replying so that the laughter whether from a machine or studio audience doesn't drown out their lines.
No real people talk like that.
Take the laughter track out and most comedies fall apart.

[@cosmikdebris6055]

@@fus149hammer5 I totally agree. I cannot understand why people think shows like The Big Bang Theory are so funny. It's like they were written by 5 year olds!

[@benji.B-side]

'Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps' was head numbing and terrible.

[@AtheistOrphan]

I quite liked the early episodes, it was clearly trying to be a ‘Lads’ comedy’ in the same mould as Men Behaving Badly but soon ran out of steam.

[@z0mgHD]

Omg ! It's a classic 😛 grew up watching that and we all thought it was hilarious

[@z0mgHD]

Although.. I must admit the last season was a flop, unfortunately

[@waynehough13]

yet it lasted for 9 series so clearly some people liked it 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@jonmurray2350]

Good call. A total mystery to me where the humour was in this.

[@VengaboysRbackINtown]

The country just was not ready for Hardwick House back then. If it was released years later it would have been a ratings smash! It was savage, biting and simply genius! Hardwick House is an under appreciated gem!

[@peezebeuponyou3774]

Never heard of it, but it was the only clip I actually laughed at. I was thinking the same thing- it looks like it fell foul of the Mary Whitehouse brigade.

[@bikerchick261]

What? No 'Rhona'? No 'The Fitz?' No 'Next of Kin?' I'm sure we could go on...

[@tomhammond3495]

I watched every episode of Coming of Age and The Wright Way. Both enjoyable enough for me to continue watching.
The worst comedies I've ever seen that were not included on this list were Mrs Brown's Boys and Come Fly With Me.

[@RogbodgeVideo]

I think the Wright Way failed because David Haig looked to weird without a mustache!

[@stephenmarsland6739]

I don't know how 'The Wright Way' was set, as I've never seen it heard of it, but David Haig's character in 'The Thin Blue Line' was my favourite character that told people to stop fanning about. Was it a continuation of that character? If not it should have been.

[@simon9174]

Come fly with me is n absolute classic

[@Orion3741]

The best British comedy sitcom of all time was Fawlty Towers. Two series. Twelve episodes. Co-written by former Python, John Cleese, and his then-wife, Connie Booth.

[@zapkvr]

Utter bullshit. The best British comedy is The young ones

[@Orion3741]

@Macavity : no. Fawlty Towers is no. 1. In 2022. I loved it for being un-PC.

[@MrRailjunkie]

@@zapkvr I love The Young Ones too but Faulty Towers is genius.

[@andrewq159]

@Macavity How has it dated?

[@Orion3741]

@@andrewq159 : I'm sticking to my guns on this one. Back in those days you had un-PC artists like John Cleese. And Don Rickles. Thank goodness we still have Jeremy Clarkson, who even laughs at himself.

[@martinburke362]

MOST BRITISH COMEDIES ARE TOP TEN WORST COMEDIES THESE DAYS, BUNCH OF MIDDLE CLASS PONCES TRYING TO MANUFACTURE IDEAL SITUATIONS AND AVOID ANYTHING THEY DEEM TO BE CONTROVERSIAL, LIKE COMEDY!!!

[@dinogoldie9716]

I see your picks and raise you:
Babes in the wood
Badults
Grownups
Mad about Alice
Citizen Khan
Up the elephant and round the castle
A Prince among men
'orrible
TLC
The house that Jack built
Just a gigolo
Full English
Mr Charity
Drifters
Some Girls

[@avtomad722]

I was expecting/waiting for 'Mrs Brown's Boys' to be number one

[@Jaggybabs]

Katherine Tate is awful she completely ruined the office

[@romainsavioz5466]

poor you

[@angusgafraidh2255]

How could you miss "Duck Patrol" and "Babes In The Wood" ?

[@this0033]

I don't remember watching any of these, perhaps that's a bonus.

[@paulwhite1040]

95% of 'comedy' after the year 2000 could be chosen for this list

[@tomhammond3495]

No chance. Most of the best UK comedy was created after the year 2000.

[@rewdwarf123]

@@tomhammond3495 Really? I can only think of Red Dwarf and that started in the eighties.

[@mattylamb9194]

@@rewdwarf123 - I like Still Game

[@rewdwarf123]

@@mattylamb9194 Oh yes. I did enjoy that.

[@paultapner1896]

I am amazed you didn't mention Hyperdrive. BBC2 science fiction sitcom starring Nick Frost and Miranda Hart that ran for two seasons. The misadventures of the crew of the spaceship Camden Lock. It aired so long ago I didn't have i player or tv catch up back then. It got a tuesday night showing and a sunday night repeat. I wasn't able to watch the former. Read terrible reviews of it. But thought oh shows take a while to get going sometime let's give it a go.
So i watched the repeat.
The main joke was that the characters were incompetent and useless because they were British. I am not a nationalist at all but that was faintly annoying somehow. Then it started making jokes about alien genitals. Ten mins into it's first episode. That's just desperate. I lasted till fifteen mins then gave up. I somehow doubt the other eleven and a half episodes were any better.
Also: I never watched it, but there was a show called A perfect state. About a small north eastern town declaring independence. The first episode went out 8.30pm on a thursday on a bbc1. Then the rest all aired 4.30pm bbc1 sunday afternoon. I can but wonder what it was like and how it did to get moved into a graveyard slot after one episode.

[@ianz9916]

I liked Hyperdrive even if it was silly. It definitely got better as it went on and was successful enough to get a DVD release.

[@douglasfreeman3229]

You are judging the whole series after viewing the first 15 minutes of part One? Is that correct? Get a grip. I hope you didn't do this with Blackadder.

[@tds1952]

The Holden Girls was okay. Showed that Amanda Holden could do comedy and laugh at herself. Big Top was dire.

[@speakz6935]

I've never seen any of those, they do look terrible; the worst British sitcom I remember watching is 'My Hero'; 'My Family' was also lame, but strangely both of those shows kept going for many years.

[@gazowen7310]

Nearest and dearest the good life are overrated from may to December is poor

[@AtheistOrphan]

The recently-ended Steve Coogan series ‘Chivalry’ was billed as a comedy but I failed to see any humour in it at all.

[@andrewjones575]

That's mostly drama. It had very low viewing figures, so it's unlikely to return.

[@garethmorgan3665]

Saw the first episode , too. Coogan is a genius and I love Alan Patridge but it makes me uncomfortable how well he plays unlikeable characters...

[@arbrento73]

I love Steve Coogan but I was massively disappointed with Chivalry. I’ve felt pretty disappointed with most of his films too.

[@terrortower666]

Young Offenders and Mandy should be on here. Absolute bollocks

[@adriantownsend2317]

... Truthfully, Leigh Francis, is the most embarrassingly, unfunniest man on Earth! I could never figure how Celebrity Juice gets the plaudits it does (can only assume that, until recently, it was down to Holly Willoughby and the things she was asked to do!). Amanda Holden could do very well if someone gave her a decent comedy series! She has a lot of talent to bring to the right project!