British Sitcoms: What Don’t You Like? 📺

Never watched Only Fools. Hated Some Mothers Do Ave Em - I just can't imagine what on earth anyone saw in it - and also dislike Not Going Out.

Thinking about it, I suppose NGO has some similarity with Some Mothers, in that an apparently sensible woman is shacked up with an idiot. Just not funny.

nanna8 I still love Python, especially The Holy Grail and I adore Terry Jones.
We don’t get many reruns of Python here

Ooh Jane! 👋 We posted at exactly the same time! x

I’m going out on a limb here and say that I find MBB slightly entertaining in that it’s like a pantomime, and is quite clever in the ‘breaking the fourth wall’ thing.
If you view it from a post modern perspective it helps.

Having said that, I’d never watch it through choice.
DH quite likes it, but he’s not exactly discerning

Isn't it funny how many of us dislike Mrs Browns Boys? (I dislike it too)

Yes- Mrs. Brown’s boys. What are they thinking? Terrible show. I used to like John Cleese but it is dated now and not funny anymore. Same applies to Monty Python- really great in its day, not now, so why do they keep offering it up ? Comedy is a funny thing, humour changes quite quickly when you think about it.

Nell yes, Not Going Out is dreadful. Really disappointing

I am Irish and never found Mrs Browns boys even vaguely amusing, I don’t know anyone that does.
Who on earth watches it?

I think Lee Mack is a great comedian but I was very disappointed when I tried watching his sitcom Not Going Out.

Mrs Brown's Boys is dire, though I had a good belly laugh when "she" fell backwards with a ladder and Christmas tree collapsed on top of her.

Galaxy

Mrs Browns Boys
The Vicar of Dibley

I’m glad it’s not just me with TVOD.

Dickens re Dawn French.
I just don’t understand my animosity towards her.
I think that she’s very beautiful and she also reminds me a lot of one of my best friends, even down to the West Country accent.
There seems something a bit off or fake about her.
The magnificent Liz Smith didn’t like her either, I wonder why…

I also really don’t like Lenny Henry , and I really, really want to as he’s a working class Dudley lad done good

Most of above and Keeping Up Appearances & It Ain't Alf Hot Ma - loathed them both

As I said on the "other thread", not having lived in the UK, I missed out on all the TV of the 1980s and 1990s. The later stuff I could catch up with via the internet.

When I do see some of the legendary sitcoms from those decades now, they don't seem very funny, really. I suppose you had to be there at the time. They hit the spot back in the day and have gained cult status since. I see that happening with the sitcoms that I DO remember from the 1960s and 1970s. Many of those are really cringeworthy!

Children maybe?

Who is watching Mrs Browns Boys?, am sure I remember a thread on MN where everyone hated it.

Definitely Mrs Brown's Boys - as funny as toothache!

Dickens I agree with all of yours. Plus Mrs Brown's Boys and another old one, Love they Neighbour.
I used to like Ever decreasing circles. When I watched it again I was horrified at the way Martin treated his wife. He was most unlikeable

Mrs Browns Boys
The Vicar of Dibley

Mrs Brown’s Boys
Ever Decreasing Circles (put me off Richard Briars forever);
On the Buses
Steptoe and Son
The Royale Family
Hi de Hi
Love Thy Neighbour

On the Buses
The Young Ones
Steptoe & Son
Mrs Brown’s Boys

Auntieflo

Fawlty Towers. Can't stand John Cleese.

Same for me, I thought I was the only person in the country who didn't like it, everyone else seems to think it's hilarious

Mrs browns boys never found it funny at all

Fawlty Towers. Can't stand John Cleese.

On the Buses
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em
Til Death Do Us Part
Mrs Brown's Boys
Are You Being Served?

Most of the above plus:
Father Ted
Some Mothers do Have 'em