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Asylum (2015)
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
After a year in the El Rican embassy under the threat of extradition to America, Dan is bored, depressed and has little hope of getting out - his only chance is to push his case in an interview with the Guardian. The embassy staff are struggling to attract people to the annual embassy ball, as Dan is old news and nobody wants to come. Rafael decides to offer sanctuary to another international fugitive, a childlike, internet pirate called Ludo Backslash.
Style:
humorous, not serious, realistic, sitcom, touching, feel good, captivating, tense, suspenseful, exciting
Plot:
politics, media, odd couple, misfit partners, misfit, confined, disorder, workplace, embassy, political satire, state affairs, computers and web, whistleblower
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
england, london
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, sitcom and not serious films and TV series with plots about workplace, disorder, workplace situations, british humour, satire, friendship and family relations mostly in Comedy, Family and Action genres. Some movies like Asylum: Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em (1973), Mr. Bean (1990), White Van Man (2011), PhoneShop (2009), The Wright Way (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em is a BBC situation comedy, written by Raymond Allen and starring Michael Crawford and Michele Dotrice. It was first broadcast in 1973 and ran for three series, ending in 1978.
The series follows the accident-prone ...
Style:
sitcom, not serious, realistic, humorous, melancholic ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
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Mr Bean turns simple everyday tasks into chaotic situations and will leave you in stitches as he creates havoc wherever he goes.
Style:
humorous, not serious, sitcom, feel good, light ...
Audience:
teens, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 25 min.
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sitcom, humorous, not serious, realistic, feel good ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england, london, europe
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Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
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Style:
sitcom, humorous, captivating, feel good, light ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
england, northern england, europe
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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PhoneShop is a British sitcom that was first broadcast on Channel 4 as a television pilot on 13 November 2009, as part of the channel's Comedy Showcase season of comedy pilots. It was then followed by a six-episode series that was commissioned ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, captivating, entertaining, light ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england, london
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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The Wright Way was a British television sitcom written by Ben Elton which began airing on BBC One on 23 April 2013. It concerns a health and safety manager, his staff, and his family. Widely panned by critics, it was cancelled after only one series ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, feel good, captivating, light ...
Plot:
workplace, obnoxious boss, family relations, boss and employee, obsession, office, single parent, disorder, personal safety, power relations, rivalry, manager ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
sitcom, humorous, feel good, light, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
When Broughty Ferry’s MP is decapitated in a car crash, the resulting by-election receives an unlikely candidate. Local cheeseburger tycoon Bob Servant launches an eccentric campaign, managed by hapless right-hand man Frank.
Style:
not serious, humorous, realistic, feel good, dark comedy ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 24 min.
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Style:
humorous, captivating, realistic, not serious, suspenseful ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 26 min.
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Nathan Barley is a Channel 4 sitcom written by Charlie Brooker and Chris Morris, starring Nicholas Burns, Julian Barratt, Charlie Condou and Claire Keelan. The series of six weekly episodes began broadcasting on 11 February 2005 on Channel 4. ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, parody, not serious, biting ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
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Story:
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Style:
humorous, sitcom, witty, not serious, talky ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england, london, europe
Similarity:
25%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Australia
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Style:
humorous, not serious, light, captivating, feel good ...
Plot:
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Country: USA
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Style:
sitcom, humorous, political, feel good, light ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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23%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
sitcom, cynical, humorous, semi serious, mockumentary ...
Plot:
politics, political satire, satire, state affairs, stupidity, british politics, british government, workplace, workplace situations, politician, society, government official ...
Time:
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Place:
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23%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
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Style:
sitcom, humorous, light, feel good, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 23 min.
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Style:
semi serious, suspenseful, humorous, captivating, hilarious ...
Plot:
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Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
england
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22%
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Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
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Style:
sitcom, realistic, humorous, not serious, exciting ...
Plot:
workplace situations, escapades, farce, comedy of errors, nothing goes right, disorder, goofy hero, hapless soldier, danger, workplace, anti hero, royal family ...
Time:
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Place:
england, europe
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
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Style:
sitcom, dark comedy, not serious, humorous, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
sitcom, semi serious, captivating, humorous, realistic
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england, europe, london
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
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Style:
sitcom, humorous, light, feel good, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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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, disorder, power relations, secretary, team, olympics, boss, workplace, loner ...
Time:
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Place:
england, london, europe
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
sitcom, humorous, not serious, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
sitcom, parody, not serious, humorous, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Attention, comedy fans: NOT THE NINE O'CLOCK NEWS is the real thing. This is scathing, no-holds-barred Brit humor at its best. Rapid-fire skits starring Rowan Atkinson (Mr. Bean) are as politically incorrect as they are side-bustingly funny, ...
Style:
sketch comedy, humorous, sitcom, political, parody ...
Plot:
satire, sketch, political satire, news, disorder, artists and showbiz, media, media satire, silly humor, british, entertainment, fake news report ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
england, europe, united kingdom
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
Cuckoo is every parent's worst nightmare - a slacker full of outlandish, New Age ideas. Ken is the over-protective father of a girl who's impulsively married an American hippie on her gap year.
Style:
sitcom, humorous, not serious, feel good, light ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
england
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20%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
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Style:
sitcom, humorous, not serious, realistic, witty ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
sitcom, humorous, feel good, captivating, light ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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