Best comedy TV shows

The story of an office that faces closure when the company decides to downsize its branches. A documentary film crew follow staff and the manager David Brent as they continue their daily lives.

A failed television presenter, now presenting a programme on local desperately tries to revive his broadcasting career.

Larry David stars as an over-the-top version of himself in this comedy series that shows how seemingly trivial details of day-to-day life can precipitate a catastrophic chain of events.

Five friends with big egos and small brains are the proprietors of an Irish pub in Philadelphia.

Three petty felons have a documentary made about their life in a trailer park.

Andy Millman is an actor with ambition and a script. Reduced to working as an extra with a useless agent, Andy"s attempts to boost his career invariably end in failure and embarrassment.

Tommy, an ex-roadie, runs a pest control biz in Stevenage post-divorce. He lives with Magz and mentors his assistant Raymond, seeing himself as a maverick dispensing wisdom.

The life of a public school epitomized by disobedient student Jonah Takalua, self-absorbed private school exchange student Ja"mie King, and megalomaniac drama teacher Mr. G.

Surreal British comedy in which Vince Noir and Howard Moon have adventures filled with oddball characters while working as Zoo Keepers, before pursuing a musical career and running a second-hand shop.

A mockumentary on a group of typical office workers, where the workday consists of ego clashes, inappropriate behavior, tedium and romance.

Level-headed son Michael Bluth takes over family affairs after his father is imprisoned. But the rest of his spoiled, dysfunctional family are making his job unbearable.

Mark and Jez are a couple of twenty-something roommates who have nothing in common - except for the fact that their lives are anything but normal. Mayhem ensues as the pair strive to cope with day-to-day life.

The misadventures of club owner Brian Potter who is determined to make The Phoenix Club the best working men"s club in Greater Manchester.

Controversial spoof of current affairs television, and the role of celebrity in the UK.

Bernard Black runs a book shop, though his customer service skills leave something to be desired. He hires Manny as an employee. Fran runs the shop next door. Between the three of them many adventures ensue.

A British sketch comedy show where people in ordinary situations suddenly find themselves in absurd situations.

Friends Tim and Daisy, 20-something North Londoners with uncertain futures, must pretend to be a couple to live in the only apartment they can afford.

Bret and Jemaine are Flight of the Conchords, a folk-rock band from New Zealand living in New York City in search of stardom.

The continuing misadventures of neurotic New York City stand-up comedian Jerry Seinfeld and his equally neurotic New York City friends.

This parody series is an unearthed 80s horror/drama, complete with poor production values, awful dialogue and hilarious violence. The series is set in a Hospital in Romford, which is situated over the gates of Hell.

Nathan Fielder uses his business degree and life experiences to help real small businesses turn a profit. But because of his unorthodox approach, Nathan"s genuine efforts to do good often draw real people into an experience far beyond what they signed up for.

The fractured domestic lives of a nihilistic mad scientist and his anxious grandson are further complicated by their inter-dimensional misadventures.

The absurd antics of an Indiana town"s public officials as they pursue sundry projects to make their city a better place.

Former Senator Selina Meyer finds that being Vice President of the United States is nothing like she hoped and everything that everyone ever warned her about.

The Minister for Social Affairs is continually harassed by Number 10"s policy enforcer and dependent on his not-so-reliable team of civil servants.