British humour movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant british humour movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out humorous, sitcom, realistic, witty, not serious and hilarious films and TV shows about / with british humour, satire, humour, british, sketch, variety, disorder, farce, friendship and misfit plots mostly in Comedy, Crime and Drama genres shot in UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as british humour: Mum (2016), Mr. Bean (1990), Agatha Raisin (2014), Friday Night Dinner (2011), Fawlty Towers (1975), Last of the Summer Wine (1973), The Catherine Tate Show (2004), Live at the Apollo (2004), Gavin & Stacey (2007), Death in Paradise (2011).
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
A comedy about a mother at a milestone in her life. We follow her and her family through a year of new beginnings as she rebuilds her life following the death of her husband. Mum is joined by her supportive life-long friend Michael. Through a year ...
Style:
sitcom, melancholic, light, humorous, captivating ...
Plot:
mother, death of husband, brother sister relationship, bereavement, eccentric family, love and romance, family drama, new life, female protagonist, grief, british, parent child relationship ...
Time:
2010s
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149K
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
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:
stupidity, nothing goes right, misfit, goofy hero, fish out of water, love, ruse, sketch, lonely, storytelling, humour, new year's eve ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 80s
Place:
london, britain, europe, england, united kingdom
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Burnt out on office politics, Agatha Raisin retires early to a picturesque village in the Cotswolds and soon finds a second career as an amateur detective investigating mischief, mayhem, and murder in her deceptively quaint town.
Style:
detective, witty, feel good, ironic, captivating ...
Plot:
amateur detective, amateur sleuth, private investigation, female detective, sleuth, suburbs, murder, homicide detective, investigation, crime investigation, private detective, rural setting ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Two siblings share their Friday night dinners at their parents home and, somehow, something always goes wrong.
Style:
sitcom, not serious, humorous, realistic, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
family dinner, eccentric family, comedy of errors, parents and children, socially awkward, disorder, couple relations, marriage, family gatherings, grandparent and grandchild, satire, teen angst ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, europe
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111K
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Fawlty Towers is a British sitcom produced by BBC Television that was first broadcast on BBC2 in 1975 and 1979. Twelve episodes were made. The show was written by John Cleese and his then wife Connie Booth, both of whom also starred in the ...
Style:
sitcom, hilarious, humorous, not serious, witty ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
farce, owner, snob, cockney, british, hotel, married couple, tourist, couples, monty python, humour, disorder ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1975
Place:
england, britain, europe, seattle
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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:
small town, countryside, old man, friendship, elderly, british, trio, pub, working class, library, retirement, social relations ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 70s, 90s, 2010s ...
Place:
northern england, england, united kingdom, yorkshire, europe
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The Catherine Tate Show is a British television sketch comedy written by Catherine Tate and Aschlin Ditta. Tate also stars in all but one of the show's sketches, which feature a wide range of characters. The Catherine Tate Show airs on BBC Two ...
Style:
humorous, not serious, witty, realistic, sketch comedy ...
Plot:
comedian, lifestyle, youth, working class, best friend, workplace, social misfits, society, workplace situations, humour, girl power, women power ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 33 min.
TV show
Story:
A British stand-up comedy programme performed from the Hammersmith Apollo Theatre in west London.
Style:
satirical, entertaining, captivating, funny, ironic ...
Plot:
comedian, humour, satire, female comedian, live performance, stand up comedy, sarcasm, comedy club, theater, mature, improv, dark humor ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 29 min.
TV show
Story:
Gavin is an ordinary boy from Billericay, Essex. Stacey is an ordinary girl from Barry Island, South Wales. They’ve spoken on the phone every day at work for months but they’ve never actually met… until now.
Style:
sitcom, semi serious, feel good, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
friendship, couple relations, separation, family life, couples, honeymoon, lifestyle, buddies, marriage, dating, newlyweds, pub ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
england, wales, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, France
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Detective Inspector Richard Poole is transferred to Sainte Marie, an island in the Caribbean. Totally unsuited to the Caribbean way of life, Richard hates the sun, sea and sand and isn't used to the Sainte Marie style of policing. Working with ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, semi serious, stylized, crime drama ...
Plot:
police detective, law enforcement, police investigation, lifestyle change, investigation, island, whodunit, suspicion, murder, multiple suspects, coworker, investigator ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
caribbean, fictional island
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Genre: Comedy, War
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Bluestone 42 is a comedy drama about a British bomb disposal detachment in Afghanistan. So what’s the average working day for a hero? Make your keen young colleague deal with the boring paperwork? Wind up your fellow employees? Flirt with the new ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, sitcom, dark comedy
Plot:
military, bomb, army, military life, commander, life risking, squad, homoerotic friendship, war on terror, soldier, sergeant, verbal byplay ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
afghanistan, middle east
Is relevant?
39K
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The adventures of the last human alive and his friends, stranded three million years into deep space on the mining ship Red Dwarf.
Style:
sitcom, sexy, stylized, witty, not serious ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
spaceship, space travel, space, friendship, slacker, isolation, adventurer, space and aliens, robot, androids and robots, escapades, captain ...
Time:
future, distant future, 20th century, 2010s, 80s ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Captain Crowther's lot is not a happy one! Five of his crew have to be replaced and at such short notice before the voyage begins there isn't much to choose from. Not only does he get the five most incompetent shipmates ever to sail the ...
Style:
not serious, parody, entertaining, melancholic, light ...
Plot:
carry on, cruise ship, sea, cruise, escapades, goofy hero, drunk, sea voyage, vacation, disorder, workplace situations, nothing goes right ...
Time:
60s
Place:
mediterranean sea
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
Harry Hill's TV Burp is a British television comedy programme that ran for 11 years from 2001 to 2012. It was produced by Avalon Television for ITV and hosted by comedian Harry Hill. The show presents a look at the week's television, ...
Style:
witty, not serious, humorous, parody, light hearted ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
media satire, satire, entertainment, pop culture, irreverent, sketch, pun, mockery, variety show, media, british, comedian ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
england
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights is a British sitcom about The Phoenix Club, a working men's club in the northern English town of Farnworth, Greater Manchester. The show was written by Neil Fitzmaurice, Peter Kay and Dave Spikey, produced by ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, semi serious, realistic, lighthearted
Plot:
working class, workplace situations, workplace, workplace problem, disability, sketch, irreverent, nightclub, partner, staff, owner, singer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
northern england, england
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Dan is a childish idiot trapped in an adult’s life, whose world is at near collapse.
His girlfriend Naomi is fast running out of patience with his inability to navigate the simplest of life tasks. He has two uniquely dysfunctional friends and a ...
Style:
sitcom, light, feel good, entertaining, humorous ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
socially awkward, breakup, school, father son relationship, absurdism, man child, teacher, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, british, school teacher, humiliation, embarrassment ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
england
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Bo' Selecta! is a British sketch show written and performed by Leigh Francis, which lampoons popular culture and is known for its often surreal, abstract toilet humour.
Style:
sketch comedy, controversial, absurd, dark comedy, mockumentary ...
Plot:
toilet humor, satire, impersonation, mockery, media satire, irreverent, sketch, entertainment industry, young adult, humour, camp, sexual humor ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
britain
Is relevant?
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, light, humorous, feel good ...
Plot:
rural setting, small town, brother sister relationship, grownups, friendship, identity crisis, countryside, society, adolescence, youth, nature, cousin ...
Place:
britain, england
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Bless this house is a British sitcom starring Sid James and Diana Coupland that aired on ITV from the 2nd February 1971 to the 22nd April 1976. It was written by Derek Collyer, David Comming, B.C. Cummins, Harry Driver, George Evans, Dave Freeman, ...
Style:
sitcom, family comedy, light hearted, period piece, retro ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids
Plot:
generation gap, teenage rebellion, parenting, nostalgia, suburban life, youth culture, working class, father and son, family values, father and daughter, husband and wife, artist ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
london
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 29 min.
Story:
A documentary on the life and career of Norwich's finest broadcaster, Alan Partridge. In the programme, Alan is asked tough questions about his divorce, Toblerone addiction and his autobiography 'Bouncing Back' by formidable ...
Style:
mockumentary
Plot:
satire, tv host, newscaster, celebrity culture, character study, media satire, celebrity interview, humiliation, embarrassment, autobiography, self delusion, vanity ...
Time:
2000s
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Facejacker is a Channel 4 comedy series which started on 16 April 2010. It follows the similar show Fonejacker. Kayvan Novak adopts various disguises, including several characters heard in Fonejacker. To promote the show, Novak appeared at Channel ...
Style:
hilarious, satirical, funny, entertaining, humorous ...
Plot:
satire, humour, prank, british, social satire, disguise, sketch, hidden identity, imitation, improv, pop culture, hidden camera ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
london
Is relevant?
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, humorous, clever, talky, realistic ...
Plot:
workplace, satire, goofy hero, artists and showbiz, media, workplace situations, disorder, radio station, recording studio, british, talk show, deadpan ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
england
Is relevant?
20K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of a young group of siblings pretty much abandoned by their parents, surviving by their wits - and humor - on a rough Manchester council estate. Whilst they won't admit it, they need help and find it in Steve, a young middle class lad ...
Style:
humorous, emotional, realistic, sensual, erotic ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, alcoholic father, family problems, white trash, working class, gay teenager, social misfits, alcohol abuse, gay, single father, parents and children, siblings relations ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
england, northern england, manchester, europe
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
Jeeves and Wooster is a British comedy-drama series adapted by Clive Exton from P.G. Wodehouse's "Jeeves" stories. The series was a collaboration between Brian Eastman of Picture Partnership Productions and Granada Television.
It ...
Style:
witty, humorous, clever, hilarious, multicultural ...
Plot:
servant, butler, valet, master and servant, master servant relationship, domestic servant, boss and employee, bachelor, friendship between men, aristocracy, mishap, power relations ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, 1920s
Place:
england, london, usa, europe
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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:
food, comedian, travel, actor, artists and showbiz, actor's life, career, impersonating, fame, odd couple, buddies, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, yorkshire
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Genre: Comedy, History
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Philomena Cunk is on a festive mission to track down the true meaning of Christmas, and find out exactly what it wants. It's an insightful documentary which takes her on a journey from pagan winter festivals and the nativity story, via ...
Style:
mockumentary, parody, satirical, ironic, absurd ...
Plot:
christmas, holiday, deadpan, irreverent, nativity, tradition, winter, interview, social commentary, religion, folklore, humour ...
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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, nothing goes right, workplace, incompetent police, working undercover, sarcasm, cop, acid ...
Time:
future, 90s, 20th century
Place:
england, europe, britain
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
During the Regency period, the insane King George III's stark raving mad son, George, is the Prince Regent of Wales. Vulgar and staggeringly slow-and-dim-witted, George exhausts the country's money and would surely be dead by know were it ...
Style:
humorous, sitcom, period piece, funny, controversial ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
satire, royal family, dandy, humour, robbery, stupidity, duel, assistant, owner, power relations, dark humor, disorder ...
Time:
18th century, regency period, 20th century, 19th century, 1800s ...
Place:
britain, england, europe, london, france
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
"In 2007, Stewart Lee was voted the 41st best stand-up of all time in an official Channel 4 poll, apparently better than Lenny Bruce but not as good as Jim Davidson. But what real difference does this accolade make? His TV pilot has been ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, witty, ironic, dark comedy ...
Plot:
stand up comedian, stand up comedy, satire, live performance, comedian, social relations, deadpan, monologue, family relations, social satire, stereotypes, dark humor ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
britain
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Richie and Eddie escapes from the island and try to get to the bar to have a drink, only to find themselves trapped in a underground chamber and Richie thinks they've been abducted by aliens.
Style:
slapstick, cult classic, offbeat, slapstick comedy, live comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
comedy duo, farce, male friendship, misadventure, dark humor, chaos, improv, surrealism, escape attempt, isolation, social satire, two friends ...
Time:
2000s, year 2001
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