More BBC Political Satire Suggestions?

[bakedjake]

Based on suggestions from here [webmasterworld.com] and talking to others, after "Yes, Minister" I've seen:

Yes, Prime Minister
House of Cards (Was excellent!)
A Very British Coup

Also, in the process of obtaining/watching:

The Thick of It
Lovejoy (not political, but recommended to me, and so far very good!)
Black Adder
Only Fools and Horses

Any other suggestions? I'm a fan of 80s style BBC comedy and political satire.

[johnhh]

Twenty Twelve - satire on organising Olympic Games - now on BBC 2 - prob on DVD some time.

Said to be a copy of a similar Australian series

[telegraph.co.uk...]

[johnhh]

Also try Spooks (BBC series) - last series about to be shown in the UK in the autumn. English take on the special relationship.

[Leosghost]

"Open all hours"..and any "spitting image" from the eighties that you can find..and yes all the "black adder " you can lay your hands on.. and just in case you haven't seen any of his early work ..Billy Connolly

[graeme_p]

Not sticking entirely to the 80s:

Fawlty Towers
Goodness Gracious Me
The Good Life
Keeping Up Appearances
To the Manor Born
The Young Ones
The New Statesman

[Leosghost]

Ah yes The Young Ones ;-) ..definitely.

[graeme_p]

I have been watching The New Statesman clips on Youtube, and it is SCARY that it is even funnier now, than it was then.

[tangor]

As noted elsewhere, Americans are not invited to comment, though Benny Hill (and all his American Ripoffs) is a favorite! :)

[lexipixel]

There's a good bit of small town / town meeting political satire in "The Vicar of Dibley", (but the entire show cracks me up).

...and I'm an American (so ha!)

[Status_203]

For political satire, look up "The Long Johns" - John Bird & John Fortune

[piatkow]

They do it better on radio of course, I don't know if any recordings of Week Ending are available that was the best. For recent stuff The Now Show and The News Quiz (ignore the TV rip offs) are excellent. For the best of British humour it has to be I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue, especially the earlier ones when Willie Rushton was still alive (I doubt if an American can pick up the rules of Mornington Crescent though). A little earlier and look out for Round the Horn and Beyond Our Ken and before that The Goon Show of course. With the repeats on 4Extra my kids come up with catch phrases from the Goons (late 50s)

The pictures are better on radio as well

[Leosghost]

^^^ agree with every word he said ;-))

[graeme_p]

I doubt if an American can pick up the rules of Mornington Crescent though

That is NASTY. You will not understand why unless you understand the rules of Mornington Crescent. It is quite tough - I did know one British man who confessed to not understanding Mornington Crescent, so it not always easy, even for us.

[ChanandlerBong]

also worth mentioning the 2009 movie "In The Loop" made by the same guys who made "The Thick Of It" and including most of the same cast.

[imdb.com ]

[johnhh]

Just starting watching House of Cards again. I had forgotten about the rat !

Could add "Our Friends in the North" to someones list ... and "Chancer" .. great British Drama set in various political times.

[g1smd]

Ah, I was going to mention "In the loop" as well.

It was on the box only a few weeks ago as it happens.

[johnhh]

Just finished watching the House of Cards trilogy - forgot he got ( deleted as spoiler ) in the end.

Now watching last series of Spooks .. can't belive they killed off .. ( Watch it on BBC iplayer )

Understand BBC iplayer will be ( or is) a app for less than the UK TV licence fee for peeople outside the UK.

[bakedjake]

HoC was amazing.

The Thick of It was amazing.

I have Spooks teed up. Watching Lovejoy at the moment.

[Marketing Guy]

Mitchell & Webb's sketch show is pretty good (and Peep Show, their sitcom is excellent). From the 90's = Absolutely Fabulous and French & Saunders are both pretty good too.

[johnhh]

Anyone remember "Capital City" ? which for some reason, only Series One is available on DVD.

<aside>Goodness Gracious Me - I used to hate that programme !</aside>

Anyone for "Porridge" ...

[Old_Honky]

Brass Eye was one of the funniest satire programs ever. Created by Chris Morris. I still chuckle when I remember the program about drugs where they invented a fictional drug (from eastern Europe) called "Cake" and fooled guilible MPs and celebrities into making appeals about it which were filmed for a fictional TV campaign. One MP was so convinced he actually asked a question about "Cake" in Parliament. If I remember correctly Cake acted on a part of the brain known as "Shatner's Bassoon".

[johnhh]

That be a certain William Shatner ? Sorry just finished Boston Legal - I now know , sort of, the difference between Democrats and Republicans.

Any similar series I could watch ?