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Some sitcoms come to a natural end after a long run. Others are not so lucky and get cut short in their prime. And then Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps runs for 80 episodes. Here are 10 of the best comedies that ended far too soon… Raised By Wolves This … >
The final episode of Red Dwarf XI is as funny as it is frustrating. In ‘Can of Worms’, the crew run into a female felis sapien – i.e. a lady version of Cat. However, Cat’s dream-come-true isn’t all that she appears to be… The gang discover that she’s actually a polymorph (a shapeshifting creature, for … >
The fifth episode of Red Dwarf XI is enjoyable enough, but perhaps the weakest of the season so far. ‘Krysis’ sees Kryten suffer a mid-life crisis and worry that he hasn’t accomplished enough in the almost three million years since his creation. The rest of the crew track down another mechanoid, in an attempt to show … >
In ‘Officer Rimmer’, an act of cowardice committed by Rimmer gets mistaken for an act of bravery and results in him being promoted to the rank of officer. Naturally the power goes right to his head, to the annoyance of the rest of the crew, and access to a high-tech bio-printer gives Rimmer the ability … >
The third episode of Red Dwarf’s latest season might be the best so far of the show’s Dave era. In ‘Give and Take’ an encounter with an unhinged, high-tech medi-bot leaves Lister without any kidneys. As Kryten is a mechanoid and Rimmer a hologram, the Cat is the only one capable of donating a kidney … >
The second episode of the long-running sci-fi sitcom’s latest season doesn’t quite live up to its premise. In ‘Samsara’ the crew find an escape pod, but discover that its two human passengers, Barker and Green, have been mysteriously vaporised just moments earlier. They explore a nearby crashed ship in search of answers, only for Lister … >
The boys from the Dwarf are back in this ambitious, enjoyable opener to the long-running sci-fi comedy’s eleventh season. ‘Twentica’ sees the gang travel back in time to an alternative version of 1950s America, in which technology – including mechanoid Kryten and hologram Rimmer – has been outlawed by time-hopping Simulants wanting to control the … >
Absolutely Fabulous and The Office are the latest British sitcoms to have made the move from TV to film, with Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie and David Brent: Life on the Road arriving in cinemas this summer. Adapting a British TV comedy for the big screen is something that’s been done many times before… with varying degrees … >
The American version of The Office is a classic example of a remake done right. The show managed to carve out its own identity, while retaining similarities to the BBC original, and it ran for nine seasons, receiving a lot of acclaim along the way. But this is a rare example, as American remakes of … >
From Big Night Out and sketch shows in the 1990s, to Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) in the 2000s and House of Fools in more recent years – as well as their anarchic quiz show Shooting Stars – Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer are one of the UK’s most successful comedy double acts. But Catterick has been … >