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Canadian and British TV

I like British comedy, but I don't like their sound quality. Most documentaries and series produced by BBC sound have a one noted splash pink noise treble and an overzealous bass hump. Other British films have a dried out no bass no treble sound.
 
Plus a few more! I forgot about the wonderful quiz shows.
Never Mind The Buzzcocks is a classic music/comedy program that's been on for many years.
Mock The Week is current political and social satire at its best.
QI is Stephen Fry & Co. being quintesentially clever and witty.

I don't know if BBCAmerica airs any of these programs but you can find past episodes (and sometimes new ones) on YouTube.
 
Amcrebelfan said:
I wish there was a way to watch canadian and british tv here. I wouldn't even mind it online. I do get BBCA but that is it. I love Trailer park boys and Top Gear, Dr Who. I don't get why they wouldn't do that it's more viewers for the show.
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YouTube can be a treasure trove of British television. Netflix also offers many British programs for viewing. No doubt Canadian programs are available on both as well.
 
I'm a fan of "This is Wonderland" which CBC cancelled of course. "Kids in the hall" was good, "Made in Canada" was hilarious from what I can remember. Slings and arrows is a good one too. I also enjoyed Mike Bullard's late night show when it was on. This hour has 22 minutes was funny, but should have been put to sleep ages ago.

I also like the Holmes On Homes, and Holmes Inspection shows on HGTV. I'm also surprised at how popular they are in the states.
 
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The IT Crowd - a pair of socially awkward geeks get a new manager who knows nothing about computers (some familiar) and spends her time dreaming about shoes. Written by Graham Linehan of "Father Ted" fame.

Bottom - another pair of socially awkward guys. The humour can be a bit lavatorial at times, but the cartoon level of violence is amazing. Where else can someone have their legs cut off with a chainsaw, not bleed to death, and then go for a (shaky) walk on them a few minutes later after they've been sewn back on?

Teachers - a bunch of High School teachers that behave worst than their students. Smoking in the toilets, being late for class, getting drunk on school nights, fighting and playing pranks with each other. All set to a new-age rock soundtrack so good, I had to make a "teachers" compilation CD.

Rab C Nesbitt - a drunk Scotsman with an insightful social commentary. He and his mates live for a "swally" at their local watering hole, stop off at the chip shop for a midnight snack, only to return home to find their wife waiting for them with a rolling pin.

Steptoe and Son - the idea for Sanford and Son, this show follows two rag-and-bone men (junk collectors). The episode where the son buys a snooker (billiard) table that take up the whole front room is priceless.
 
jason9945 said:
Gags.

Just for laughs can be decent, although I find most canadian comics are hacks with the same material used over and over and over. I'm pretty sure Brett Butt Ron James are still using their original routines :thumbsdn:
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I've never found Brett Butt all that funny. The love given to Corner Gas makes no sense to me. Ron James is OK, but I agree he recycles a lot. How many times does he need to re-write those "take a deep breath and ramble" complaint bits.
There are a lot of non-Canadian comics on as well.

I'm on the fence with Mike Holmes. I'm a carpenter/cabinet maker and like the way he calls BS with construction practices in this country. I'm all for spending a little more money to get a better result. But dealing with people that watch his show and want all the best/priciest material but don't want to pay for it can be a real PIA. Certainly a good show for anybody considering doing a major renovation.
 
eteller said:
Take Brent Butt out of it, it's still a funny show, and the eye candy is nice too.
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That's what I'm told, but every time I watched it I found that I didn't really laugh all that much. But that's OK, taste in comedy is a lot like taste in music, to each his own.:thmbsp:
 
Ok, I found a few new ones (to me) via good ol' Netflix:

Robson Arms (CA comedy), not great but worth a view

Doc Martin (UK dramedy), only watched one episode so far, was amusing at the least.
 
Worf101 said:
Just caughte "Downton Abbey" on DVD and felt it to be the best thing I've seen in years.

Worf
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+1, fantastic show with great production values, terrific writing, splendid acting, intrigue and deep character development, you wind up caring about these people!

I wasn't sure I liked it at first and didn't make it through Ep1 in one sitting, but then a friend of mine told me I really needed to take a second look, I've managed to watch season one and half of season two in one week, it's hard to turn it off!
 
British crime and mystery dramas...Lewis, Inspector George Gently, DCI Banks, Dalziel and Pascoe and from previous years, Inspector Morse...all of them make American low-grade pap like CSI and NCIC look like...low-grade pap!
 
Canada: Rick Mercer, little mosque on the prairie, Mr. D

England: the peep show

Really liking bored to death right now; but that's american
 
AbFab
Red Dwarf
Dr. Who
Torchwood
Are you being served?
Fawlty Towers
Brother Cadfael
Sherlock Holmes
Benny Hill
Black Adder
 
I can remember back in the 70s I would watch Man About The House, Bless Me Father and On The Buses. Space 1999 was pretty cool for its time.

I miss First Wave, and the made for TV version of War Of The Worlds.
 
Looking for a show. It was british i believe. It was just some guy sitting on a chair/stool telling stories and jokes. He was always smoking and i think he was missing a hand or something. lol. I was real young so that last part may have been my imagination, thanks.
 
LLB9977 said:
Looking for a show. It was british i believe. It was just some guy sitting on a chair/stool telling stories and jokes. He was always smoking and i think he was missing a hand or something. lol. I was real young so that last part may have been my imagination, thanks.
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That sounds like Dave Allen (Irish) - a very talented man.
 
Here's a good Canadian series to check out:

Puppts Who Kill

It's a comedy series about a half-way house for evil puppets. Puppets who lie, cheat, and kill. And Dan Barlow, who runs the half-way house and looks after the "residents".
 
71Challenger said:
I can remember back in the 70s I would watch Man About The House, Bless Me Father and On The Buses. Space 1999 was pretty cool for its time.

I miss First Wave, and the made for TV version of War Of The Worlds.
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There is an interesting thing about Space 1999, the crew that did the special affects on this show went on to establish Industrial Light and Magic. What I have always found strange about 1999 is here was all of the futuristic high tech and yet they used clip boards with paper and pens. The original 1969 Star Trek didn't use paper and pen.
 
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