British Comedy

This is just so that it has a slightly more permanent home than IB; you know the drill, more people see it there, but a topic which took me hours to collect good videos for deserves more. Don't hurt me, rather just delete it if necessary.

Inspired by gentlemen topic; just in the hope that (some) Americans don't only like Monty Python, here are some of my favourite comedians.

Darker humour


Slightly friendlier humour:



I've left out some other greats just because it's almost 3am, feel free to add more. You can easily search for longer compilations + gigs in parts on Youtube; enjoy. :]

I fucking love Eddie Izzard and Monthy Python.

Update from the other topic. I almost wish I'd excluded Eddie Izzard now though...him and Monty Python pretty much are British comedy in the US, it seems. :P The point of this topic really is to share some stuff you wouldn't have seen, and the interest is in seeing if anyone likes it. :]

Red Dwarf, classic space sitcom



Trigger Happy TV - Dom Joly masterminding tricks on the public. There was a US version after the British one gained some US success, but methinks it failed without him.



Balls of Steel - was a group of unknown comedians competing to pull off extreme stunts; includes The Annoying Devil and Neg's Urban Sports, but there were loads of participants (easily found on Youtube).

I love other british comedy then Monty Python and Eddie Izzard, those are just my favorites.

Off topic: I'm not from the US

Yes British comedy is a favorite .

Eddie Izzard, Monty Python but there's also Dylan Moran & Bill Bailey
who did Black Books together, awesome show and they are great stand ups to.
And Rowan Atkinson deserves some love to.

Sorry GreenZero, but you can probably understand the frustration when you make a topic to advertise other comedians, and the same names come up. :P

Fille, I love Bill Bailey and Dylan Moran, I just couldn't find any good stand-up clips. Bill Bailey does amazing surreal comedy and is a fantastic musician (on the subject of surreal comedy, Ross Noble is another master), and Dylan Moran...pretty much a drunk Irishman ranting. Which is awesome.

Yes drunk Irish ranting is sweet indeed

And and now when we are talking about Irishmen there is Roy (Chris O'Dowd) in IT crowd.
It is pretty funny, but a lot more on the lighter side of comedy
then say black books, but still funny.

I understand what you mean. While im posting i can say some other people i like Simon Pegg, Sacha Baron Cohen and Rowan Atkinson.

Yes i know that they are also pretty famous but good nontheless.



That Ace Rimmer, What a guy was awesome.

yes Simon Pegg is another favorite of mine, at least as far as movies
goes. I like pretty much every movie he stars in.

specially in:
Shaun of the Dead
Hot Fuzz
Run, Fat Boy, Run

and he made a sweet Scotty in Star Trek

ah good ol low brow british comedy no other country in the world will you find such an original type of humor