Little Britain: The Complete Collection (2004)

Freaking hilarious, I still laugh when I think about it.

Freaking hilarious, I still laugh when I think about it. You know something is good when you can still laugh about the lines or characters way after you finished watching it. Lot of the skits would offend a tiny minority of loud uptight Americans, only because those are the types that are always looking for something to complain about. Anyway the non-PC material doesn't really offend the characters they portray. In fact the characters become beloved by the viewers. I would say I am a cross between Bubbles Devere and Carol Beers. Ehh ehh ehh ehh.

This show is one of my favorite funny british shows along with others that I always highly recommend to my friends and tell them just give the show a chance to get to know the characters and what is going on if you can't get into it right away, but once you do, you won't regret it and will watch it over and over again. Try these comedy dvds: AbFab Absolutely Fabulous - Absolutely Everything, The Vicar of Dibley The Vicar of Dibley - The Immaculate Collection, French & Saunders French & Saunders Collection, The Thin Blue Line The Thin Blue Line - The Complete Line-Up, Father Ted Father Ted - The Holy Trilogy, Only Fools and Horses Only Fools and Horses: The Complete Collection, Alan Partridge I'm Alan Partridge - Series 1(and Knowing Me, Knowing You Knowing Me, Knowing You with Alan Partridge - The Complete Series), The Office (the original British version) The Office - The Complete Collection BBC Edition (First And Second Series Plus Special), Coupling Coupling - The Complete Seasons 1-4... Alan Partridge season 2 is not on region 1 dvd yet, and the british show called Dad is not on dvd yet. Others are bit out there like The League of Gentlemen and The Young Ones, Full Bottom or Blackadder Goes Forth. Rik Mayall is in the last three, what an adorable cutie who is so funny even when doing standup.

People ask me how I know about these shows. Well sometimes you catch them on PBS or BBC America or you try them via renting from Netflix, which I love because I never would have known or seen some great dvds without them. July 5, 2008

Great laugh! Wonderful off beat British Humor

Watched bits of this in London Last year and when i got back to the states i had to find it to see more! June 13, 2008

Hysterical !

I recently made a trip to Britian, and caught this show while I was over there. When I got back to the States, I was quoting lines from the show constantly - (i.e. "I'm a lady, you see" or "I know, I want that one"). So I decided to buy this DVD set. I hesitated about being the complete set, but I am so happy I did - hours and hours of enjoyment. May 15, 2008

yeah but no buts; funny

Contains all 3 seasons, LB-live, LB-abroad, the radio shows and lots of extras -- like some TV spots they did on other shows while developing their ideas.

The shows consist of short skits with storylines that flow over each other, between episodes and series. First season they were still learning how to translate the radio show to TV and which characters were going to work, but still funny. Seasons 2 and 3 are better.

Probably helps if you are familiar with english culture. Lots of sight gags and double entendres. If you like more word-play then Black Adder might be a better selection.

Where The League of Gentlemen is dark-sureal comedy, I think of LB as bright too-real comedy. April 28, 2008

Great British TV!!

If your looking for great British comedy, look no further. Eventho there are only 3 seasons of the show, there is enough extra content in the set to make a 4th seasons worth of comedy. April 23, 2008

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