British humour
British humour has a reputation for being puzzling to non-British speakers of English. Nonetheless, many UK comedy TV shows which use it as a basis have been internationally popular.
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Some themes which underpin twentieth-century British humour were:-
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- Smut and innuendo with sexual and scatological themes, typified by
- the seaside postcards of Donald McGill,
- the humour of Benny Hill,
- the series of Carry On films, and
- the comic magazine Viz .
- Disrespect to members of the establishment and authority typified by
- Beyond the Fringe, stage revue from the 1960s
- Private Eye, satirical magazine
- Spitting Image TV puppet comedy lampooning the famous and powerful
- Discworld, a series of fantasy books written by Terry Pratchett, heavy with irony criticizing all sorts of aspects in Society.
- The Absurd, typified by
- The Goon Show,
- Monty Python.
- The banality of everyday life, as seen in
- Hancock's Half Hour
- The Office
- The War between parents/teachers and their children. Typified by
- the Beano and The Dandy comics of publisher D C Thomson.
- The Just William books by Richmal Crompton.
- The British class system especially pompous or dim-witted members of the upper / middle classes. Typified by
- the Jeeves and Wooster books of P. G. Wodehouse, and
- the Dad's Army comedy TV series
- Fawlty Towers comedy TV series.
- You Rang M'Lord? comedy TV series
- The embarrassment of social ineptitude. Typified by
- Mr Bean comedy TV series starring Rowan Atkinson
- Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em comedy TV series starring Michael Crawford.
- Alan Partridge
- Harsh Sarcasm including extensive use of double entendres
- Blackadder
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