British Comedy Classics

Not Only But Also Peter Cook & Dudley Moore - At The Art Gallery
In 1962 the BBC showed a pilot for Not Only But Also. But it wasn’t until 1965 the BBC commissioned the show with Peter Cook and Dudley Moore. It was an instant success.
Peter Cook is widely regarded by many critics as [...]

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The Office - Handicap Tests

The Office was one of those watershed moments in the history of British comedy.  It was original and superbly scripted.  Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant managed to make classic comedy from a fly-on-the-wall documentary-style comedy that will never be surpassed.
In this scene Gareth Keenan (Mackenzie Crook) explains to David Brent (Ricky [...]

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Last of the religious weekend clips, again featuring Rowan Atkinson as a vicar,  in this clip talking about God and homosexuality.

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Following this weekends religious theme, here is a clip from the Vicar Of Dibley.
This is from the final show of the last series. At the end of each show the vicar played by Dawn French would tell a joke to her none too bright assistant, played by Emma Chambers.

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Todays clip is again religion related, featuring Rowan Atkinson in the Not The Nine O’Clock News sketch, Songs Of Praise.

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