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Porridge (1974)
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Porridge (1974)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Porridge is a British situation comedy broadcast on BBC1 from 1974 to 1977, running for three series, two Christmas specials and a feature film also titled Porridge. Written by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais, it stars Ronnie Barker and Richard Beckinsale as two inmates at the fictional HMP Slade in Cumberland. "Doing porridge" is British slang for serving a prison sentence, porridge once being the traditional breakfast in UK prisons. The series was followed by a 1978 sequel, Going Straight, which established that Fletcher would not be going back to prison again. Porridge was voted number seven in a 2004 BBC poll of the 100 greatest British sitcoms.
Style: sitcom, clever, humorous, realistic, witty, talky, semi serious, fun
Audience: kids
Plot: prison, warden, christmas, convict, imprisonment, judge, sketch, theft, thief, friends, security guard, prison life, blackmail, manipulation, dentist, disorder, troublemaker, buddies, naivete, dishonesty, cons and scams, rules and policies, prisoner, criminal, cell ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: england, europe
Keyword: sketch show, bbc, scottish

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, sitcom and semi serious films and TV series with plots about british humour, disorder, friends, workplace, buddies, workplace situations and satire mostly in Comedy, Crime and War genres. Some movies like Porridge: Open All Hours (1976), Lovesick (2014), Doing Time (1979), Dad's Army (1968), The Two Ronnies (1971). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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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Lovesick (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: After finding out he has an STI, Dylan must get back in touch with every girl he has ever had sex with to let them know the bad news.
Style: sitcom, feel good, humorous, not serious, light ...
Plot: friendship, sexually transmitted disease, buddies, down on your luck, disorder, farce, humour, sexual relations, male female relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, couple relations, illness ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, glasgow scotland
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Doing Time (1979)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Times are hard for habitual guest of Her Majesty Norman Stanley Fletcher. The new prison officer, Beale, makes MacKay look soft and what's more, an escape plan is hatching from the cell of prison godfather Grouty and Fletcher wants no part of ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, witty, clever ...
Plot: prison, prison escape, prisoner, escape, anti hero, partner, friends, disorder, troublemaker, buddies, confined, nothing goes right ...
Time: year 1979, 70s, 20th century
Place: england, europe
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Dad's Army (1968)
Genre: Comedy, War
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Introducing the Walmington-On-Sea home guard. During WW2, in a fictional British seaside town, a ragtag group of Home Guard local defense volunteers prepare for an imminent German invasion.
Style: sitcom, humorous, hilarious, slapstick, not serious ...
Audience: kids
Plot: world war two, soldier, sergeant, captain, volunteer, british military, seaside town, war, military, warden, disorder, hapless soldier ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century
Place: england, europe, united kingdom
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The Two Ronnies (1971)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
TV show
Story: The Two Ronnies is a British sketch show which aired on BBC1 from 1971 to 1987. It featured the double act of Ronnie Barker and Ronnie Corbett, the "Two Ronnies" of the title.
Style: sketch comedy, witty, humorous, sitcom, not serious ...
Plot: sketch, humour, disorder, odd couple, partner, singer, joke, comedy team, singing, duo, fast talker, song ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 80s
Place: england
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Raffles (1975)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Raffles was a 1977 television adaptation of the A. J. Raffles stories by Ernest William Hornung. The series was produced by Yorkshire Television and written by Philip Mackie. The episodes were largely faithful adaptations of the stories in the ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot: thief, school, dishonesty, criminal heroes, theft, master criminal
Time: 20th century, 70s, 1900s, edwardian era
Place: england, london
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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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Big Train (1998)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Big Train is a surreal British television comedy sketch show created by Arthur Mathews and Graham Linehan, writers of the successful sitcom Father Ted. The first series was broadcast on BBC Two in 1998, while the second, in which Linehan was not ...
Style: sketch comedy, sitcom, surreal, absurd, fast ...
Plot: sketch, humour, comedian, absurdism, silly humor, disorder, satire, british, social satire, absurd humor, surrealism, irreverence ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place: europe, england
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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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Dead Boss (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Helen Stephens is wrongly sentenced to 12 years in prison for murdering her boss Eric Bridges, the managing director of Entirely Tiles. Although she is sure that it will only be a matter of time before this mistake is rectified, everyone around her ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, not serious, captivating, dark comedy ...
Plot: prison, false accusation, life turned upside down, fish out of water, prison life, murder, confined, silly humor, disorder, misfit, warden, strong female presence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
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The Wrong Mans (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 29 min.
TV show
Story: Comedy thriller about two well-meaning idiots who become entangled in a hideous world of crime, conspiracy and corruption.
Style: exciting, humorous, suspenseful, hilarious, laugh out loud ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: mistaken identity, buddies, wrong place wrong time, partner, escapades, life turned upside down, blackmail, comedy of errors, dishonesty, mafia, investigation, satire ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
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The Invisibles (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The Invisibles is a British 2008 comedy drama series created and written by William Ivory for the BBC. It was produced by Company Pictures, shot in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Style: humorous, captivating, entertaining, light, semi serious ...
Plot: heist, thief, parents and children, unlikely criminals, dishonesty, escapades, friends, criminal, family relations, couples, rivalry, love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
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Twenty Twelve (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Twenty Twelve is a BBC television comedy series written and directed by John Morton. Starring Hugh Bonneville, Jessica Hynes and Amelia Bullmore, the programme is a spoof on-location documentary following the organisation of the 2012 Summer Olympics ...
Style: sitcom, mockumentary, semi serious, humorous, talky ...
Plot: satire, workplace situations, nothing goes right, boss and employee, secretary, disorder, power relations, team, olympics, boss, workplace, loner ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, london, europe
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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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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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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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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 Thin Blue Line (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Thin Blue Line is a British sitcom starring Rowan Atkinson set in a police station that ran for two series on the BBC from 1995 to 1996. It was written by Ben Elton.
Style: humorous, sitcom, detective, not serious, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: police station, police, sergeant, goofy hero, partners against crime, workplace, nothing goes right, incompetent police, working undercover, cop, odd couple, acid ...
Time: future, 90s, 20th century
Place: england, europe, britain
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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 ...
Style: sitcom, talky, humorous, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot: friendship, elderly, small town, countryside, retirement, social relations, unemployment, working class, trio, veteran, library, pub ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 90s, 70s, 21st century
Place: yorkshire, northern england, england, united kingdom, europe
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Minder (1979)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Minder is a British comedy-drama series about the London criminal underworld. Initially produced by Verity Lambert, it was made by Euston Films, a subsidiary of Thames Television and shown on ITV. The show ran for ten series between 29 October 1979 ...
Style: comedy drama, sitcom, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot: urban, police, con men, fight, money, bodyguard, boxer, cop, city, dealer, scheme, small time ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 70s, 90s
Place: london, england, europe
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Yes Minister (1980)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Set principally in the private office of a British Cabinet minister in the Department of Administrative Affairs in Whitehall, Yes Minister follows the ministerial career of The Rt Hon Jim Hacker MP, played by Paul Eddington. His various struggles to ...
Style: sitcom, political, realistic, witty, clever ...
Plot: minister, british politics, secretary, government official, workplace situations, satire, british government, politician, power relations, state affairs, boss and employee, politics ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 80s
Place: england, britain, united kingdom, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Morecambe & Wise Show (1968)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
TV show
Story: The Morecambe & Wise Show is the third TV series by English comedy double-act Morecambe and Wise. It began airing in 1968 on BBC 2, specifically because it was then the only channel broadcasting in colour, following the duo's move to the ...
Style: sketch comedy, not serious, realistic, humorous, witty ...
Audience: kids
Plot: sketch, silly humor, partner, disorder, friends, odd couple, artists and showbiz, comedy team, duo, celebrity guests
Time: 70s, 60s, 20th century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin (1976)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Disillusioned after a long career at Sunshine Desserts, Perrin goes through a mid-life crisis and fakes his own death. Returning in disguise after various attempts at finding a 'new life', he gets his old job back and finds nothing has ...
Style: sitcom, dark comedy, surreal, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot: midlife crisis, satire, workplace, suburbs, faked death, middle class, marriage, depression, character on the edge, power relations, disorder, dull life ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Operation Good Guys (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Operation Good Guys is a British mockumentary, a fly-on-the-wall documentary series about an elite police unit's bid to snare one of Britain's most powerful crime lords. It was first screened on BBC Two from 1997 - 2000. Blurring the line ...
Style: mockumentary, humorous, sitcom, detective, realistic ...
Plot: police investigation, law enforcement, undercover, workplace, police detective, right hand man, disorder, police station, incompetent police, working undercover, workplace situations, accountant ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: europe, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: Famous DJ Alan Partridge gives us an insight into what happens behind the microphone at North Norfolk digital radio.
Style: not serious, clever, humorous, talky, realistic ...
Plot: workplace, goofy hero, artists and showbiz, media, workplace situations, disorder, radio station, recording studio, satire, humour, newscaster, radio show ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
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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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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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Crims (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Straight-laced Luke inadvertently finds himself sentenced to two years in Young Offender Institution Sunnybank View after becoming a bank robber’s getaway driver, along with the bank robber in question, his girlfriend’s brother and so-called ...
Style: realistic, not serious, humorous
Plot: prison, juvenile delinquency, prison life, fish out of water, youth, unlikely criminals, disorder, young adult, profanity, misfit, friends, boy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
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Steptoe and Son (1962)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Steptoe and Son is a British sitcom written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson about a father and son played by Wilfred Brambell and Harry H. Corbett who deal in selling used items. They live on Oil Drum Lane, a fictional street in Shepherd's Bush, ...
Style: sitcom, dark comedy, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Audience: kids
Plot: working class, son, father, family business, love hate relationship, melancholy, business, partner, odd couple, lifestyle, reluctant partners, society ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 70s
Place: england, europe, london, united kingdom
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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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