Movies and TV shows like Last of the Summer Wine

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Last of the Summer Wine (1973)
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Last of the Summer Wine (1973)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Unencumbered by wives, jobs or any other responsibilities, three senior citizens who've never really grown up explore their world in the Yorkshire Dales. They spend their days speculating about their fellow townsfolk and thinking up adventures not usually favored by the elderly. Last of the Summer Wine premiered as an episode of Comedy Playhouse in 1973. The show ran for 295 episodes until 2010. It is the longest running comedy Britain has produced and the longest running sitcom in the world.
Style: sitcom, humorous, talky, realistic, witty, semi serious, clever, contemplative, philosophical, slapstick comedy
Plot: friendship, elderly, small town, countryside, retirement, social relations, unemployment, veteran, library, british, working class, childhood friend, trio, pub, english countryside, friends, infidelity, wandering, unhappiness, rural area, village life, aging, introspection, buddies, inventor ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 90s, 70s, 21st century, contemporary, 1990s
Place: yorkshire, northern england, england, europe, united kingdom

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, sitcom, realistic and semi serious films and TV series with plots about british humour, friends, friendship, society, workplace, family relations and couples mostly in Comedy and Drama genres. Some movies like Last of the Summer Wine: Father Ted (1995), Jam & Jerusalem (2006), Keeping Up Appearances (1990), British Men Behaving Badly (1992), The Vicar of Dibley (1994). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Father Ted (1995)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 25 min.
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Story: A crazy comedy about three rather strange parish priests exiled to Craggy Island, a remote island off the Irish west coast.
Style: surreal, sitcom, semi serious, not serious, realistic ...
Audience: kids
Plot: priest, clergy, bishop, friendship, catholic priest, against the odds, family relations, family life, conservative, eccentric family, small town, workplace ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: ireland, fictional island, europe
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Jam & Jerusalem (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Jam & Jerusalem is a British sit-com that aired on BBC One from 2006 to 2009. Written by Jennifer Saunders and Abigail Wilson, it starred Sue Johnston, Jennifer Saunders, Pauline McLynn, Dawn French, Maggie Steed, David Mitchell, and Sally ...
Style: uplifting, witty, semi serious, humorous, sincere ...
Plot: british, friendship, family relations, village life, village, english countryside, friends, best friend, social relations, gender, family life, strong female presence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, england, britain
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Keeping Up Appearances (1990)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Keeping Up Appearances is a British sitcom created and written by Roy Clarke for the BBC. Centred on the life of eccentric, social-climbing snob Hyacinth Bucket, the sitcom follows her obsessive and determined attempts to impress in middle class ...
Style: sitcom, hilarious, game show, funny, realistic ...
Plot: snob, englishwoman, working class, humour, cooking show, young adult, young heroes, satire, women, sketch, family relations, upscale ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: england, europe
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British Men Behaving Badly (1992)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Men Behaving Badly is a British sitcom that was created and written by Simon Nye. It follows the lives of Gary Strang and his flatmates, Dermot Povey and Tony Smart. It was first broadcast on ITV in 1992. A total of six series were made along with a ...
Style: sitcom, talky, humorous, not serious, witty ...
Plot: friendship, roommate, lifestyle, socially awkward, self involved, irresponsible, friends, slacker, couple relations, loser, misfit partners, singleness ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: england, europe, london, united kingdom
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The Vicar of Dibley (1994)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Reverend Granger is assigned as the Vicar of the rural parish of Dibley, but she is not quite what the villagers expected.
Style: sitcom, retro, light hearted, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot: english countryside, church, christmas, friendship, small community, religion, small town, religious, women power, professional, girl power, everyday life ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: england, europe, britain
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Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (1973)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? is a British sitcom which was broadcast between 9 January 1973 and 9 April 1974 on BBC1. It was the colour sequel to the mid-1960s hit The Likely Lads. It was created and written, as was its predecessor, by Dick ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, realistic, semi serious
Plot: marriage, working class, friends, veteran, social climbing, friendship, middle class, homecoming, factory worker, workplace, grownups, buddies ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: northern england, england, europe
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The Likely Lads (1964)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Likely Lads is a British sitcom created and written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, and produced by Dick Clement. Twenty episodes were broadcast by the BBC, in three series, between 16 December 1964 and 23 July 1966. However, only eight of ...
Style: sitcom, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Plot: working class, friendship, friends, workplace, buddies, society, workplace situations, factory worker, old woman, dysfunctional relationship, electrician, separation ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: northern england, europe, england
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Ladies of Letters (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Two middle-age crazy English widows become best friends via letters, over many misadventure-filled years. Having met under a table at a wedding, when both were drunk with merriment, misunderstanding comes naturally to them. The ladies and their kin ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, witty, sitcom, realistic
Plot: parents and children, friends, family relations, best friend, aging, friendship, lifestyle, suburbs, strong female presence, suburban life, elderly
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
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41%
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Early Doors (2003)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: A sitcom set in a small pub in Manchester, “The Grapes”, where daily life is bound up in the issues of love, loneliness, and blocked urinals. Regular drinkers Joe and Duffy pass the time with landlord Ken and his police officer cronies.
Style: sitcom, realistic, semi serious, humorous, talky
Plot: everyday life, old friend, society, buddies, workplace, working class, workplace situations, slacker, friends, gossip and rumors, owner, pub ...
Time: 21st century
Place: northern england, europe, england
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Max and Paddy's Road to Nowhere (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Max And Paddy's Road To Nowhere is the much-loved sequel to Peter Kay's critically-acclaimed comedy series, "Phoenix Nights". Written by and starring Peter Kay and Patrick McGuinness, this six-part comedy/drama series is the ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, feel good, witty, semi serious ...
Plot: motor home, friendship, friends, on the road, buddies, lifestyle, odd couple, social relations, disorder, profanity, silly humor, partner ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: england, britain
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Open All Hours (1976)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Open All Hours is a BBC sitcom written by Roy Clarke and starring Ronnie Barker as a miserly shop keeper and David Jason as his put-upon nephew who works as his errand boy. It ran for 26 episodes in four series, which premiered in 1976, 1981, 1982 ...
Style: sitcom, contemplative, humorous, realistic, semi serious
Plot: humour, cooking show, nephew, uncle, storekeeper, customer, nurse, miser, working class, bicycle, workaholic, generation gap ...
Time: 80s, 70s, 20th century
Place: northern england, yorkshire, england, europe
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Boomers (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 28 min.
TV show
Story: Sitcom following the ups and downs of three retired couples living in Thurnemouth, 'Norfolk's only West-facing resort'.
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, sitcom, feel good ...
Plot: couples, couple relations, friendship, friends, elderly, aging, uninvited guest, friend, retired, resort, british humour
Time: 21st century
Place: england
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Citizen Smith (1977)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Citizen Smith is a British television sitcom. The show was written by John Sullivan, who later wrote Only Fools and Horses. The pilot was transmitted on 12 April 1977 in the Comedy Special series of one-off plays, and the series proper ran from 3 ...
Style: sitcom, not serious, witty, humorous, realistic
Plot: marxism, unemployed, political humor, friendship, failed attempt, rebelliousness, friends, urban, unemployment, rebellion, radical, society ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: london, europe, england
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Desmond's (1989)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Desmond's was a British television situation comedy broadcast by Channel 4 from 1989 to 1994. With 71 episodes, Desmond's became Channel 4's longest-running sitcom. The first series was shot in 1988, with the first episode broadcast ...
Style: sitcom, touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Time: 80s, 20th century, 90s
Place: london, england, britain
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The New Statesman (1987)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story: The New Statesman is a British sitcom of the late 1980s and early 1990s satirising the Conservative government of the time. It was written by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran at the request of, and as a starring vehicle for, its principal actor, Rik ...
Style: sitcom, dark comedy, political, surreal, semi serious ...
Plot: politics, satire, political satire, greed, sketch, conservative, parliament, politician, british politics, campaign, workplace romance, workplace intrigue ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 80s
Place: yorkshire, northern england, europe, england
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The Trip (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 172 min.
TV show
Story: The Trip is a television sitcom series first broadcast on BBC Two and BBC HD in the United Kingdom. The series stars Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon as fictionalised versions of themselves undertaking a restaurant tour of northern England. The partly ...
Style: sitcom, realistic, semi serious, humorous, cynical ...
Plot: travel, comedian, food, actor, actor's life, artists and showbiz, impersonating, fame, career, buddies, odd couple, friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, yorkshire
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Sykes (1972)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Sykes is a British sitcom that aired on BBC 1 from 1972 to 1979. Starring Eric Sykes and Hattie Jacques, it was written by Sykes, who had previously starred with Jacques in Sykes and A... and Sykes and a Big, Big Show. Forty-three of the 1970s ...
Style: sitcom, realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot: twins, brother, sister, social relations, soccer, family relations, nosy, neighbor, british humour
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: england
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The Great Outdoors (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Great Outdoors was a British television sitcom. The show follows the friendships of a misfit rambling club in Southern England in which patronising group-leader Bob becomes embroiled in a battle of wills against new arrival and deputy ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, sitcom, captivating, realistic ...
Plot: ego clash, friendship, self discovery, family relations, rivalry, parents and children, buddies, on the road, couples, couple relations, wilderness, social relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
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Rising Damp (1974)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Rising Damp is a British sitcom produced by Yorkshire Television for ITV. ITV originally broadcast the programme from 1974 through 1978. It was adapted for television by Eric Chappell from his well-received 1971 stage play The Banana Box The series ...
Style: sitcom, not serious, humorous, realistic, witty
Audience: kids
Plot: racist, conservative, liberal, interracial friendship, social differences, couples, social misfits, womanizer, wooing, slum, bachelor, sketch ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: england, northern england, africa, yorkshire, europe ...
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The Good Life (1975)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 28 min.
TV show
Story: The Good Life is a British sitcom produced by the BBC that ran from 1975 to 1978. It was written by Bob Larbey and John Esmonde. In 2004, it came 9th in Britain's Best Sitcom. In the United States, it aired on various PBS stations under the ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, realistic, semi serious, witty ...
Plot: christmas, mathematics, humour, cooking show, farm, conservative, housewife, snob, married couple, husband wife relationship, goat, high society ...
Time: 70s
Place: europe, england
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Drifters (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: Comedy series about three young women living in Leeds who've graduated, had a year out, and are now struggling to find a job they're passionate about, a place to live that is half decent and a boyfriend they actually like. A sitcom about ...
Style: sitcom, semi serious, realistic, humorous, captivating ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: adolescence vs adulthood, lifestyle, female friendship, roommate, twentysomething life, friendship, friends, best friend, women, young adult, strong female presence, love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, northern england, yorkshire
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39%
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Black Books (2000)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Black Books centres around the foul tempered and wildly eccentric bookshop owner Bernard Black. Bernard’s devotion to the twin pleasures of drunkenness and wilful antagonism deepens and enriches both his life and that of Manny, his assistant. ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, talky, not serious, offbeat ...
Audience: family friendly, teens
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Time: near future, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: england, london, europe
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Are You Being Served? Again! (1992)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 26 min.
TV show
Story: Grace & Favour is a British sitcom sequel to the long-running series Are You Being Served? It aired on BBC1 for two series from 1992 to 1993 and marked the return of Are You Being Served? creators and writers Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft.
Style: sitcom, humorous, semi serious, realistic, double entendre
Plot: countryside, partner, disorder, social relations, estate, staff, retired, unlikely partners, nothing goes right, human nature, workplace, family business ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: england, europe, united kingdom
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Dinnerladies (1998)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 34 min.
TV show
Story: Dinnerladies is a BBC sitcom written by and starring Victoria Wood that chronicles the antics of a group of workers in a canteen in the north of England. Bren tries to maintain a semblance of order in amongst the chaos, while dealing with the ...
Style: sitcom, semi serious, humorous, realistic, comfort
Plot: workplace, mother, staff, handyman, christmas, working class, manager, workplace situations, factory, love and romance, up and down relationship, factory worker ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 2000s
Place: northern england, england, europe, manchester, yorkshire
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The Royle Family (1998)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: British comedy series focusing on the lives of a working-class family in Manchester who love the TV.
Style: sitcom, semi serious, realistic, talky, humorous
Plot: working class, christmas, voodoo, sketch, family relations, social commentary, couples, slacker, temperamental, suffering, couple relations, society ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: manchester, northern england, england, europe
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One Foot in the Grave (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: One Foot in the Grave is a BBC television sitcom series written by David Renwick. The show ran for six series, including seven Christmas specials, two Comic Relief specials, over an eleven-year period, from early 1990 to late 2000. The latter Comic ...
Style: sitcom, laugh out loud, funny, dark comedy, surreal ...
Plot: misery, sketch, cooking show, young heroes, dark humor, retirement, couples, disorder, suffering, family relations, retired, elderly ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 80s
Place: europe, england
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I'm Alan Partridge (1997)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 29 min.
TV show
Story: I'm Alan Partridge is a BBC situation comedy starring Steve Coogan, of which two series of six episodes each were produced — the first in 1997 and the second in 2002. The series followed the titular Alan Partridge, a failed television ...
Style: sitcom, laugh out loud, hilarious, realistic, not serious ...
Plot: satire, radio, sketch, humour, everyday life, celebrity culture, hotel, fan, hapless, showbiz, guest, comeback ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place: europe, england
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This Country (2017)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 21 min.
TV show
Story: The lives of cousins Kerry and Kurtan in the rural village of Cotswolds.
Style: sitcom, mockumentary, humorous, light, feel good ...
Plot: rural setting, small town, brother sister relationship, grownups, friendship, countryside, society, identity crisis, adolescence, nature, youth, aspiration ...
Place: britain, england
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Getting On (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Darkly comic series about life on a hospital ward and a nursing team who have to get on with the job despite challenges thrown up by the modern NHS.
Style: sitcom, not serious, humorous, realistic, witty ...
Plot: hospital, satire, elderly, nurse, medical, friends, friendship, doctors and patients, workplace situations, retirement home, power relations, workplace ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, england
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Barbara (1995)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 27 min.
TV show
Story: Barbara is a British sitcom starring Gwen Taylor in the title role. A pilot was broadcast in 1995, and three series were then televised from 1999 to 2003. It was made by Central Television, and filmed at their Lenton Lane studios in Nottingham in ...
Style: sitcom, realistic, semi serious, offbeat, humorous
Plot: family relations, couples, perversion, couple relations, society, suburban life, family life, eccentric family, suburbs, workplace situations, male female relationship, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 90s
Place: yorkshire, england, northern england
⇓ similarity ⇓
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