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This is a four-part BBC comedy series, which premiered on BBC Two on 19 December 2011. It is a parody of the works of Charles Dickens, drawing its title from Bleak House and The Old Curiosity Shop.

Linda and Tom share a flat in London and Tom is trying to become an actor without much success. He and Linda are both lonely people desperate to find love with somebody. Linda often throws herself at any man who crosses her path.

A new comedy series following the tourist team of Wow Wales, who are tasked with selling Wales to the world.

Frankie sets off on a stand-up tour of Scotland. On four trips to four gigs, he meets a heady mix of people and places, filtering his nation's past and present through his unique mind.

This award-winning and often ground-breaking Asian sketch show unexpectedly also attracted mainstream audiences in the UK, with innovative sketches and hilarious comic creations mainly centered around the way that traditional Indian culture interacts with life in Britain today.

The masterminds behind the cult favorite Garth Marenghi's Darkplace offer up this parody of the late night talk show. Celebrity guests make appearances on this series and are interviewed by their very own entertainment agent, Dean Learner.

A seven part Britsh series based on the movie 'Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels'. Guy Ritchie (writer) continues the story of these four young men as they continually try to make it big in London's organized crime rings and continually get screwed and end up surviving on luck alone.

Avid Merrion is the star of this quirky and crude piece of brilliance that has swept Great Britain by storm. The programme spoofs celebrities from Michael Jackson to Craig David to Mel B. Avid does this by using rubber masks which genuinely look like the characters he is portraying. This makes for a hilarious show which has spawned 2 or 3 spin offs.

Jason Manford hosts a panel game based around complaining.

Popular sitcom set in a seedy bedsit lorded over by the mean, vain, boastful, cowardly landlord Rigsby. In each episode, his conceits are debunked by his long suffering tenants.

Running from 1969 to 1973, with three spin-off movies, 'On the Buses' was made by London Weekend Television. Stan Butler lives at home with his overbearing mother, his frumpy sister Olive and his lazy brother in law Arthur. Stan works as a bus driver for the Luxton & District Bus Company, with his conductor Jack. The bane of their lives Inspector 'Blakey' Blake who is often checking up of them and threatening them with the sack for lateness and untidyness.

Ross Noble travels the length and breadth of the UK, the whole time been put in scenarios controlled by his followers on Twitter.

George Sunday is a mild-mannered shopkeeper who has an "alter ego". Whenever danger threatens, he changes into the superhero "Thermoman" and rushes off to save the world. One day, Thermoman saves Janet Dawkins from certain death when she falls into the Grand Canyon. He takes a fancy to her and decides that he wants to get to know her better. He tries to get to know her as "George", since he doesn't want her to know about his "alter ego". Things don't go quite according to plan, however. George soon has to reveal to Janet that he's really Thermoman. She accepts him anyway and the two end up living together.

Dad's Army is Britain's favourite sitcom but three of the original 80 episodes have been lost. Now, using the original scripts by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, those three episodes have been recreated as faithfully as possible and come to the screen for the first time since 1969.

The makers of "Wallace & Gromit" bring you this collection of animated film shorts, which takes audio interviews of people on the street and uses them as voice tracks for stop-motion animals.

The inner workings of a successful PR firm - lying for a living.

As we all stay home, Russell Howard gets his video conferencing working as he talks to those on the frontline, as well as his fellow celebrities.

Dave Gorman is joined each week by a celebrity guest as they try and uncover the brilliant ideas hidden deep within the minds of the British public. The six-part series originated as a radio show for BBC Radio 4 and is currently in its first series.

This was one of the most popular sketch shows of the nineties. Featuring loads of hilarious chracters and sketches, including Harry Enfiled, Kathy Burke, and Paul Whitehouse among others.

This is a British comedy television series, starring Jasper Carrott, Robert Powell, and George Sewell. It aired on BBC One, and was a spoof of police dramas. It was written by Mike Whitehill and Steve Knight.The Detectives originated from a five-minute sketch that first appeared on Jasper Carrott's sketch/stand-up show Canned Carrott. Because of its success, it was turned into a television series. There were a few differences from the sketch to the TV series, such as Dave Briggs being married in the sketch (to Brenda), yet both he and Louis are single and hopeless at romance in the series, and according to one plotline both virgins.Jasper Carrott and Robert Powell play the bumbling detective constables Bob Louis and David Briggs. They were hopeless at their job, to the despair of their "super" Frank Cottam (played by Sewell). However, they usually ended up solving their cases and retaining their jobs, though they came close to being fired on occasion. Louis was more downbeat, whereas Briggs tried to emulate the gung-ho cops shown on TV and in film.

The series featured former The Young Ones stars Nigel Planer, Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson as its three title characters respectively. It was written by Ben Elton with additional material credited to Mayall.

In this one-off special, Charlie Brooker returns to our screens for the first time since his Bafta-winning 2016 Wipe to take a look at life under lockdown. As well as coverage of the crisis itself, Charlie also explores what the public have been watching to while away the hours. Guest contributors joining him, from a safe distance, include the ever-insightful Philomena Cunk and Barry Shitpeas. If nothing else, it will give you something to do for half an hour.

This compilation show presented by Richard Hammond takes a look back at Top Gear's most famous creations from the past 21 seasons. Relive many of the greatest and boldest endeavors in all their splendor, including the Train-Cars, James' Caravan Airship, the Hammerhead Eagle-i Thrust and the Hovervan.

Comedian Rosie Jones takes celebrity friends on thrilling outings around Britain, gorging on culture, learning local traditions and seeking excitement in the unlikeliest of places.

Set entirely in the smoking room of a nondescript company, this comedy series brings together various colleagues with (seemingly) only one thing in common: their love of nicotine.