The Brittas Empire is a British sitcom created and originally written by Andrew Norriss and Richard Fegen. Chris Barrie plays Gordon Brittas, the well-meaning but incompetent manager of Whitbury New Town Leisure Centre. The show ran for seven series and 53 episodes — including two Christmas specials — from 1991 to 1997 on BBC1. Norriss and Fegen wrote the first five series, after which they left the show. The Brittas Empire enjoyed a long and successful run throughout the 1990s, and gained itself large mainstream audiences. In 2004 the show came 47th on the BBC's Britain's Best Sitcom poll, and all series have been released on DVD. The creators Andrew Norriss and Richard Fegen often combine farce with either surreal or dramatic elements in episodes. For example in the first series, the leisure centre prepares for a royal visit, only for the doors to seal, the boiler room to flood and a visitor to become electrocuted. Unlike the traditional sitcom, deaths were quite common in The Brittas Empire.
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Alice is an American sitcom television series that ran from August 31, 1976 to March 19, 1985 on CBS. The series is based on the 1974 film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. The show stars Linda Lavin in the title role, a widow who moves with her young son to start her life over again, and finds a job working at a roadside diner on the outskirts of Phoenix, Arizona. Most of the episodes revolve around events at Mel's Diner.
Former 1960s flower children Steven and Elyse Keaton raise their conservative son Alex, daughters Mallory and Jennifer, and later, youngest child Andrew.
Young, urban newlyweds Paul and Jamie Buchman try to sustain their marital bliss while sidestepping the hurdles of love in the '90s.
Family Affair is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from September 12, 1966 to September 9, 1971. The series explored the trials of well-to-do civil engineer and bachelor Bill Davis as he attempted to raise his brother's orphaned children in his luxury New York City apartment. Davis' traditional English gentleman's gentleman, Mr. Giles French, also had adjustments to make as he became saddled with the responsibility of caring for 15-year-old Cissy and the 6-year-old twins, Jody and Buffy. The show ran for 138 episodes. Family Affair was created and produced by Don Fedderson, also known for My Three Sons and The Millionaire.
Introducing the Walmington-On-Sea home guard. During WW2, in a fictional British seaside town, a ragtag group of Home Guard local defense volunteers prepare for an imminent German invasion.
Sledge Hammer! is an American satirical police sitcom produced by New World Television that ran for two seasons on ABC from 1986 to 1988. The series was created by Alan Spencer and stars David Rasche as Inspector Sledge Hammer, a preposterous caricature of the standard "cop on the edge" character. Al Jean and Mike Reiss, best known for their work on The Simpsons, wrote for the show and worked as story editors.
Joanie Loves Chachi is an American television spin-off of the American sitcom Happy Days that was originally broadcast on ABC from March 23, 1982 to May 24, 1983. It stars Erin Moran and Scott Baio as the titular Joanie Cunningham and Chachi Arcola, respectively.
Six friends grow and learn at Bayside High.
Living With Fran is an American sitcom that debuted on The WB in April 2005 that starred Fran Drescher. The show last aired on March 24, 2006.
This English follows the East End working-class Garnett family, headed by patriarch Alf, a reactionary working-class man who wields racist and anti-Socialist views. His long-suffering wife Else manages to keep things in control... for the most part. Their progressive daughter Rita lives with them, as does her Irish husband Mike, who, with an array of liberal worldviews, often quarrels with his father-in-law. It inspired the American show "All In The Family" and several other international variations on the same theme.
That's My Bush! is an American comedy television series that aired on Comedy Central from April 4 to May 23, 2001. Created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, best known for also creating South Park, the series centers on the fictitious personal life of President George W. Bush, as played by Timothy Bottoms. Carrie Quinn Dolin played Laura Bush, and Kurt Fuller played Karl Rove. Despite the political overtones, the show itself was actually a broad lampoon of American sitcoms, including lame jokes, a laugh track, and stock characters such as klutzy bimbo secretary Princess, know-it-all maid Maggie, and supposedly helpful "wacky" next-door neighbor Larry.
Charles, a 19-year-old student at the fictional Copeland College in New Brunswick, New Jersey, works as a live-in babysitter in exchange for room and board.
My World and Welcome to It is an American half-hour television sitcom based on the humor and cartoons of James Thurber. It starred William Windom as John Monroe, a Thurber-like writer and cartoonist who works for a magazine closely resembling The New Yorker called The Manhattanite. Wry, fanciful and curmudgeonly, Monroe observes and comments on life, to the bemusement of his rather sensible wife Ellen and intelligent, questioning daughter Lydia. Monroe's frequent daydreams and fantasies are usually based on Thurber material. My World — And Welcome To It is the name of a book of illustrated stories and essays, also by James Thurber. The series ran one season on NBC 1969-1970. It was created by Mel Shavelson, who wrote and directed the pilot episode and was one of the show's principal writers. Sheldon Leonard was executive producer. The show's producer, Danny Arnold, co-wrote or directed numerous episodes, and even appeared as Santa Claus in "Rally Round the Flag."
A building contractor navigates the ups and downs of life and work with his eccentric family members and employees.
Sitcom about the lives and loves of five twenty-somethings in Runcorn.
Veronica 'Ronnie' Chase is the 'Queen of Romance.' Founder of a successful lingerie empire, and best-selling author of self-help romance books, Ronnie has it all ... money, success, sex appeal and a philandering husband. How she will find true happiness without jeopardizing her business will be her biggest challenge yet.
On her sixteenth birthday, Sabrina Spellman discovers she has magical powers. She lives with her 600-year-old aunts Hilda and Zelda as well as talking cat Salem in the fictional town of Westbridge, Massachusetts.
Green Acres is an American sitcom starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from New York City to a rural country farm. Produced by Filmways as a sister show to Petticoat Junction, the series was first broadcast on CBS, from September 15, 1965 to April 27, 1971. Receiving solid ratings during its six-year run, Green Acres was cancelled in 1971 as part of the "rural purge" by CBS. The sitcom has been in syndication and is available in DVD and VHS releases. In 1997, the two-part episode "A Star Named Arnold is Born" was ranked #59 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time.
The New Odd Couple is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from 1982–1983, and was an updated version of the 1970s television series The Odd Couple. The New Odd Couple was the second attempt to remake a series of one of Neil Simon's plays with a primarily African-American cast. The first was Barefoot in the Park.
The adventures of a late-20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J. Fry, who, after being unwittingly cryogenically frozen for one thousand years, finds employment at Planet Express, an interplanetary delivery company in the retro-futuristic 31st century.
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6 episodes • 1991
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laying the Foundations | Jan 3, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Opening Day | Jan 10, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Bye Bye Baby | Jan 24, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Underwater Wedding | Jan 31, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Stop Thief | Feb 7, 1991 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Assassin | Feb 14, 1991 | 0.0 |
7 episodes • 1992
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Back from the Dead | Jan 2, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Temple of the Body | Jan 9, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 3 | An Inspector Calls | Jan 16, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Set in Concrete | Jan 23, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Mums and Dads | Jan 30, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Safety First | Feb 13, 1992 | 0.0 |
| 7 | New Generations | Feb 20, 1992 | 0.0 |
6 episodes • 1993
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Trial | Jan 7, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 2 | That Creeping Feeling | Jan 14, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Laura's Leaving | Jan 21, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Two Little Boys | Jan 28, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Sex, Lies and Red Tape | Feb 4, 1993 | 0.0 |
| 6 | The Stuff of Dreams | Feb 11, 1993 | 0.0 |
8 episodes • 1994
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not a Good Day ... | Jan 10, 1994 | 0.0 |
| 2 | The Christening | Jan 17, 1994 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Biggles Tells a Lie | Jan 24, 1994 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Mr Brittas Changes Trains | Jan 31, 1994 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Playing With Fire | Feb 7, 1994 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Shall We Dance? | Feb 14, 1994 | 0.0 |
| 7 | The Chop | Feb 28, 1994 | 0.0 |
| 8 | High Noon | Mar 7, 1994 | 0.0 |
8 episodes • 1994Avg: 1.0Golden Era
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Old, Old Story | Oct 31, 1994 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Blind Devotion | Nov 7, 1994 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Brussels Calling | Nov 14, 1994 | 0.0 |
| 4 | The Lies Have It | Nov 21, 1994 | 1.0 |
| 5 | The Boss | Nov 28, 1994 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Pregnant! | Dec 5, 1994 | 0.0 |
| 7 | UXB | Dec 12, 1994 | 0.0 |
| 8 | The Last Day | Dec 19, 1994 | 0.0 |
7 episodes • 1996
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Back with a Bang | Feb 27, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Body Language | Mar 12, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 3 | At the Double | Mar 26, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 4 | A Walk on the Wild Side | Apr 2, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 5 | We All Fall Down | Apr 9, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Mr. Brittas Falls in Love | Apr 16, 1996 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Snap Happy | Apr 23, 1996 | 0.0 |
8 episodes • 1997
| # | Episode | Air Date | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Elephant's Child | Jan 6, 1997 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Reviewing the Situation | Jan 13, 1997 | 0.0 |
| 3 | http://etc. | Jan 20, 1997 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Wake Up the Lion Within | Jan 27, 1997 | 0.0 |
| 5 | The Disappearing Act | Feb 3, 1997 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Gavin Featherly RIP | Feb 10, 1997 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Exposed | Feb 17, 1997 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Curse of the Tiger Women | Feb 24, 1997 | 0.0 |