List of British dark comedies

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British dark comedy refers to a British comedy containing gloomy or disturbing elements. [1] Two of the most successful British dark comedies are The League of Gentlemen and One Foot in the Grave , coming in at number 41 and number 10 respectively in the BBC Britain's Best Sitcom poll. [2]

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TV shows

1990s

2000s

2010s

See also

References

  1. ↑ "dark comedy - definition of dark comedy by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia". Thefreedictionary.com. Retrieved 2011-05-31.
  2. ↑ "Britain's Best Sitcom - Top 11 to 100". BBC. Archived from the original on January 12, 2004. Retrieved 2011-05-31.
  3. ↑ "Comedy - Dawn French Profiles". BBC. Retrieved 2011-05-31.
  4. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0397150/usercomments?start=10%5B%5D%5B%5D
  5. ↑ "Human Remains on". Tv.com. 2008-03-26. Retrieved 2011-05-31.
  6. ↑ "Press Office - Ideal: What the Press said about Ideal (series 1)". BBC. 2006-02-22. Retrieved 2011-05-31.
  7. ↑ Metzger, Richard (2009-03-26). "Darkly Surreal UK Comedy Masterpiece "Jam"". Boing Boing. Retrieved 2011-05-31.
  8. ↑ "Radio 7 Programmes - On the Town with the League of Gentlemen, A Guest at the Dentons". BBC. 2010-08-27. Archived from the original on July 19, 2012. Retrieved 2011-05-31.
  9. ↑ "Entertainment | Monkey Dust wins animation award". BBC News. 2004-03-19. Retrieved 2011-05-31.
  10. ↑ "nightynight". Mikefs.co.uk. Archived from the original on February 20, 2004. Retrieved 2011-05-31.
  11. ↑ "Psychoville - BBC2 Sitcom - British Comedy Guide". Comedy.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-05-31.
  12. ↑ Wednesday 8 August 2007 15.05 BST guardian.co.uk (2007-08-08). "Whisky... !: why BBC3 should re-open its Snuff Box | Media | guardian.co.uk". Guardian. Retrieved 2011-05-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  13. ↑ "The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle". Metacritic .
  14. ↑ "Black Mirror on". comedy.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-04-07.
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