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Plot Summary:
The Book Group is a comedy drama that aired on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom between 2002 and 2003 and ran for two series. It was written and directed by the American-born Glasgow resident Annie Griffin, who also wrote and directed Festival. It was the winner of two BAFTA Scotland awards. In January 2006, it was announced that screenwriter Andrew Davies would make a feature film adaptation of The Book Group for Film 4, but the project was never started.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, sitcom, talky, sex comedy
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Robson Arms (2005)
Plot Summary:
Robson Arms is a Canadian television series that began airing on CTV on June 17, 2005 and ended on June 30, 2008. Robson Arms is a co-production between Vancouver-based Omni Film Productions Limited and Halifax's Creative Atlantic Communications. The show is a comedy-drama anthology organized around the Robson Arms, an apartment building in Vancouver, at the fictional address of 951 Pendrell Street. Each of the show's episodes focuses principally on a different tenant of the building, although the core cast members interact in minor roles throughout the series. The show was created to fulfill a licensing requirement of CTV's Vancouver station, CIVT, which originally promised, as an independent station, to produce 20 episodes of an anthology series entitled The Storytellers. Only ten such episodes were produced. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission did not agree that CIVT's new network programming supplanted this commitment and asked the station to fulfill its promise. CTV believed the anthology would be more successful as a series with common characters, and Robson Arms was the result. Two of the show's regular cast members, Gabrielle Miller and Fred Ewanuick, appeared in this series concurrent with their continuing roles in another CTV production, Corner Gas.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 490
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, touching, sitcom, anthology, realistic
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Brassic (2019)
Plot Summary:
A group of working-class friends finding unconventional ways to win at life in northern suburbia. These lads have dealt, scammed, bribed and conned their way through adolescence, but now, on the brink of adulthood, their dealing and stealing is catching up with them and a whole load of trouble is heading their way.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: realistic, talky, humorous, funny, dark comedy
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W817 (1999)
Plot Summary:
The show is about 6 students living together in a student house.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 512
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Belgium
Duration:
Plot tags: cult classic, humorous, realistic, sitcom, semi serious
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Little Crackers (2010)
Plot Summary:
Little Crackers is a series of Christmas short films featuring stars of British and Irish comedy.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 182
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 15 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual
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Sykes (1972)
Plot Summary:
Sykes is a British sitcom that aired on BBC 1 from 1972 to 1979. Starring Eric Sykes and Hattie Jacques, it was written by Sykes, who had previously starred with Jacques in Sykes and A... and Sykes and a Big, Big Show. Forty-three of the 1970s colour episodes were remakes of scripts for the 1960s black and white series, such as "Bus" based on 'Sykes and a Following' from 1964 and the episode "Stranger" with guest star Peter Sellers based on 'Sykes and a Stranger' from 1961. Sykes had the same premise as Sykes and A... with Sykes, Jacques, Richard Wattis and Deryck Guyler reprising their former identical roles. The series was brought to an end by the death of Hattie Jacques of a heart attack on 6 October 1980.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 338
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Early Doors (2003)
Plot Summary:
A sitcom set in a small pub in Manchester, “The Grapes”, where daily life is bound up in the issues of love, loneliness, and blocked urinals. Regular drinkers Joe and Duffy pass the time with landlord Ken and his police officer cronies.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, realistic, semi serious, talky
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Pé na Cova (2013)
Plot Summary:
An eccentric family from the suburbs of Rio de Janeiro, earns their living from the deaths of others: they own a funeral home.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 137
Genere: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, sitcom, semi serious, captivating, light, entertaining, realistic, queer cinema
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Mapp & Lucia (2014)
Plot Summary:
1930s comedy drama based on EF Benson's novels, about the rivalry between two women in a quaint village.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 787
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration:
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, witty, historical drama, period piece
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Gavin & Stacey (2007)
Plot Summary:
Gavin is an ordinary boy from Billericay, Essex. Stacey is an ordinary girl from Barry Island, South Wales. They’ve spoken on the phone every day at work for months but they’ve never actually met… until now.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 29 min
Plot tags: sitcom, sentimental, feel good, semi serious, touching, humorous, realistic, captivating, dark comedy, clever
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DTLA (2012)
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DTLA is a gay-themed television series which premiered October 24, 2012. The series was created, and is co-produced and directed by Larry Kennar. It follows a group of friends in Downtown Los Angeles under the slogan: One City, Seven Lives / Old Friends, New Stories. The main seven characters are Lenny, Bryan, Sara Jane, Matthew, Marky, Kai, Stefan.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 434
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: realistic, humorous, psychological, captivating, erotic, sensual, touching, semi serious
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HAPPYish (2015)
Plot Summary:
Thom Payne is a 44 year-old man whose world is thrown into disarray when his 25 year-old "wunderkind" boss arrives, saying things like "digital," "social" and "viral." Is he in need of a "rebranding," or does he just have a "low joy ceiling?" Maybe pursuing happiness is a fool's errand? Happiness after all is pretty high bar. In a world as absurd as ours, maybe the best anyone can hope for is happyish.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, cynical, semi serious, dark comedy, captivating, psychological, funny, satirical, offbeat
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Life Begins (2004)
Plot Summary:
Life Begins is a British television drama first broadcast on ITV between February 2004 and October 2006, starring Caroline Quentin and Alexander Armstrong, Anne Reid and Frank Finlay.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 255
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, captivating, sitcom
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Grafters (1998)
Plot Summary:
Grafters was a British drama–comedy programme originally broadcast in the UK on ITV from 27 October 1998 to 20 December 1999 for 16 episodes over two series. Grafters was based around the Purvis brothers Joe and Trevor, who along with their younger cousin Simon run a successful building business. The show regularly received ratings of over 9 million viewers and at the time was among ITV's most popular drama series. Rumours of a revival surfaced in 2006, but no further episodes have been made.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 208
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious
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In with the Flynns (2011)
Plot Summary:
In with the Flynns is a British sitcom created by Caryn Mandabach, produced by Caryn Mandabach Productions, and broadcast by the BBC. The first series began broadcast on 8 June 2011 for six episodes on BBC One and in high definition on BBC One HD in the United Kingdom. It is an adaptation of the American series Grounded for Life. Set in Manchester in northern England, the series stars Will Mellor as Liam Flynn, Niky Wardley as his wife Caroline, and Nadine Rose Mulkerrin, Daniel Rogers, and Lorenzo Rodriguez as their children, Chloe, Steve, and Mikey. Other characters include Liam's brother Tommy and Liam and Tommy's father Jim. Originally given the working title of Meet the Doyles, this was changed during production. The theme song is "For Anyone" by the band Beady Eye. On 22 December 2011, Will Mellor confirmed in an interview that the show had been given a second series, which was filmed and broadcast in 2012. Taping took place at the new MediaCityUK in Salford and the second series, of six episodes, began on BBC One on 17 August 2012. On 30 October 2012, it was reported that BBC One had cancelled In With The Flynns.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 204
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, feel good, light, captivating, realistic, not serious
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Boomers (2014)
Plot Summary:
Sitcom following the ups and downs of three retired couples living in Thurnemouth, 'Norfolk's only West-facing resort'.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 434
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 28 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, sitcom, light, feel good
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The Board (2006)
Plot Summary:
Ten years after hanging their diploma on the wall, four friends who graduated together from a business management school reach a conclusion: while they believed that their academic training would be the corner stone of their lives, that is not the case.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 384
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration:
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, atmospheric, captivating, semi serious
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The Great Outdoors (2010)
Plot Summary:
The Great Outdoors was a British television sitcom. The show follows the friendships of a misfit rambling club in Southern England in which patronising group-leader Bob becomes embroiled in a battle of wills against new arrival and deputy group-leader Christine, who is determined that things should be done her way. She previously lived and rambled in Barnstaple and appears to perhaps be autistic and have an obsessive-compulsive personality disorder. The show comprised three episodes, first airing on Wednesdays between 28 July and 12 August 2010 on BBC Four.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 145
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, sitcom, captivating, offbeat, realistic, talky, stylized
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Physics or Chemistry (2008)
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Física o Química was a Spanish television series made by Antena 3. The first episode premiered on 4 February 2008. Before its televised broadcast, Física o Química was released on cell phones in Vodafone live! and on the official website of Antena 3. After the success of the first season, which ended on 31 March 2008, Antena 3 announced the filming of a new season which would feature more episodes and few cast changes. The second season premiered on 8 September 2008, with guest appearances by Michel Brown and María Casal, among others; it ended on 8 December 2008. The third season premiered on 13 April 2009 and included new characters portrayed by Óscar Sinela, Sandra Blázquez, Miriam Giovanelli, Adrián Rodríguez, Irene Sánchez and José Manuel Seda, and the entry of character actor Álex Barahona who had already appeared on the show, thus compensating for the departure of Michel Brown, Andrés Cheung, Karim El-Kerem and Xavi Mira. Antena 3 confirmed the filming of the fourth season with Adrián Rodríguez as a regular character and the return of Leonor Martín. Física o Química started its seventh season with the departure of Nuria González, Úrsula Corberó, Angy Fernández and José Manuel Seda. Filming began on 28 February 2011. In May 2011 the series was cancelled due to a fall in viewing figures. On 1 June 2011, the death of a main character caused considerable outcry on the Antena 3 website.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: realistic, erotic, sentimental, humorous, semi serious, sensual, queer cinema
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Mutual Friends (2008)
Plot Summary:
Martin's comfortable world is upturned by his friend's mid-life crises, beginning with his best friend's suicide, and the secret affair he had with Martin's wife.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 254
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, sentimental, realistic
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Jack & Jill (1999)
Plot Summary:
A lighthearted romantic comedy about post-collegiate life, love and career in New York City.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sitcom, talky, sexual
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The Sale of Paradise (2012)
Plot Summary:
Many immigrants, when they arrived in Spain, thought they had found paradise, soon thwarted all their dreams of prosperity. Many of them then decided to return to their land, but not so simple. In a pension match various immigrants end up discovering that deportation is the only way to return to his country.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 76
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, surreal, light, offbeat
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Free Agents (2009)
Plot Summary:
Free Agents is a romantic black comedy starring Stephen Mangan, Sharon Horgan and Anthony Head. Originally a pilot for Channel 4 in November 2007, the series began on 13 February 2009. It spawned a short lived US remake, which was cancelled after just 4 episodes aired, although 4 more were later released on Hulu.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 396
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, witty, talky, sitcom, dark comedy, hilarious, fast
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Moving Wallpaper (2008)
Plot Summary:
Moving Wallpaper is a British satirical comedy-drama television series set in a TV production unit. It ran on ITV for two series in 2008–2009. The subject of the first series was the production of a soap called Echo Beach, each episode of which aired directly after the Moving Wallpaper episode about its production. The second series was based around the production of a "zombie show" called Renaissance. Ben Miller confirmed in May 2009 on his Twitter account that no further series will be made. The title, "Moving Wallpaper", is a disparaging term applied to uninspiring TV shows, or to television in general, referring to the perception that modern television viewers are "mindless absorbers of images", as if staring at wallpaper.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 311
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: semi serious, clever, humorous, realistic, witty, talky
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Ladies of Letters (2009)
Plot Summary:
Two middle-age crazy English widows become best friends via letters, over many misadventure-filled years. Having met under a table at a wedding, when both were drunk with merriment, misunderstanding comes naturally to them. The ladies and their kin act out the events in the letters: in their homes, prison or wherever else they land, revealing the hilarious, venomous, or empathetic truth, between their ever-increasing lines. Based on a 13 year long BBC 4 radio series.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 244
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, witty, sitcom, semi serious
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Drifters (2013)
Plot Summary:
Comedy series about three young women living in Leeds who've graduated, had a year out, and are now struggling to find a job they're passionate about, a place to live that is half decent and a boyfriend they actually like. A sitcom about making terrible decisions, but having a brilliant time doing it. The show focuses on Meg, her eccentric cousin Bunny and their friend Laura as they discover that life might just be a bit tougher than they had imagined. From demeaning Promotions jobs complete with mad outfits to pursuing the men of their dreams - yet dating the men of their nightmares - the girls face '#FML-worthy' disasters in both their work and personal lives.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: sitcom, realistic, semi serious, humorous, touching, captivating, dark comedy
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Still Game (2002)
Plot Summary:
Cult Scottish comedy about the lives of two OAP's (Old Age Pensioners) Jack and Victor and their views on how it used to be in the old days and how bad it is now in the fictional town of Craiglang.
IMDB Rating: 8.9
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Fresh Meat (2011)
Plot Summary:
A group of six students about to embark on the most exciting period of their lives so far: university!.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, semi serious, feel good, light, entertaining, erotic, dark comedy, sensual, realistic
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Rodney (2004)
Plot Summary:
In the middle of real, everyday America, Rodney Hamilton's life revolves around two things: His family and his thankless job at a fiberglass plant.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 679
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, realistic, semi serious
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Gates (2012)
Plot Summary:
Gates is a British comedy television series shown on the Sky Living channel. The first series of 5 episodes ran from 14 August to 11 September 2012. The show was originally due to be broadcast on Sky One but was delayed in order to launch on Sky Living as part of the channel's push into more female skewed comedy. The Show was filmed in Enfield, North London in August 2011 therefore making the show heavily delayed from its initial broadcast.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 203
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration:
Plot tags: humorous, sitcom, light, feel good, captivating, realistic, not serious
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State of Grace (2001)
Plot Summary:
State of Grace is an American comedy-drama series that ran for two seasons on the Fox Network's Fox Family channel during 2001 and 2002.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 741
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sentimental, touching, humorous, semi serious, retro, sitcom, realistic