Katherine Parkinson's Top 10 Comedy Picks
From the inspiration of Patricia Routledge to a celebrity crush, the Bafta-nominated star of sitcom Here We Go shares her favourite comedies
- Gareth McLean
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1990
Sitcom
Comedy
PG
Sitcom starring Patricia Routledge as social-climbing snob Hyacinth Bucket. Other regular characters include long-suffering husband Richard and sisters Violet, Daisy and Rose.
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1981
Sitcom
Comedy
12
British sitcom following the misadventures of Peckham market trader Derek 'Del Boy' Trotter, played by David Jason, and his younger brother and apprentice Rodney (Nicholas Lyndhurst).
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2014
Comedy
Crime/detective
18
An anthology of darkly comic tales written by and starring Steve Pemberton and Reece Shearsmith, with each one taking place in a different residence behind a door marked number 9.
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1996
Sitcom
Comedy
12
American sitcom about New York sportswriter Raymond (Ray Romano), who makes light of every situation and tries to avoid taking on any kind of responsibility at home.
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1997
Sitcom
Comedy
15
Comedy series with Steve Coogan. Failed TV presenter Alan Partridge has been reduced to working the graveyard slot on Radio Norwich, but he desperately wants to return to TV in any capacity.
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1987
Comedy
15
Sketch show written by and starring Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. It features a mix of bickering banter between the pair, movie spoofs, musical pastiche and special guests.
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1978
Sitcom
Comedy
PG
Ria Parkinson's husband Ben and her grown-up sons take her for granted in this sitcom. She becomes increasingly dissatisfied and strikes up a friendship with a lonely executive, Leonard.
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1986
Sitcom
Comedy
12
British sitcom exploring the fortunes of John Lacey (Ralph Bates) after his wife leaves him for his best friend.
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1988
Sci-fi
Sitcom
PG
Sci-fi comedy about the last human alive and his friends, set in a vessel known as Red Dwarf, which belongs to the Jupiter Mining Corporation. Craig Charles and Chris Barrie star.
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1982
Drama
Sitcom
PG
Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft's British sitcom set in the Second World War charting the misadventures of womanising cafe owner Rene Artois (Gorden Kaye) in a town in Nazi-occupied France.
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Authors
Gareth McLean
Gareth McLean has been writing about television for nearly 30 years. As a critic, he's reviewed thousands of programmes. As a feature writer, he's interviewed hundreds of people, from Liza Minnelli to Jimmy Savile. He has also written for TV.
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