1. Peep Show – Racial sausage incidents, rainbow ribbons, email hacking, butt-shaped yoghurt spillages: made even funnier by the fact I know a real-life Jeremy. Still, it’s a jollier portrayal of flat-sharing than my place.
2. Corrie – Cilla and Les’s disastrous Hawaiian night (anything with Cilla and Janice shouting), the Barlows appearing on an atrocious TV game show (Liz hitting on the scandal-hir, Deayton-esque presenter was genius), every other line of dialogue: comedy gold.
3. Arrested Development – Took a few weeks to get into it (the break-neck scene-switching, fake flashbacks and flashforwards and seemingly twee Ron Howard narration were initially off-putting), but this deliciously evil sitcom has really taken off. Even the Christmas episode climaxed in an escaped felon dressed as Jesus being probed with a stun gun.
4. Little Britain – Goes without saying, doesn’t it. Sebastian and the PM are still not funny, and Emily’s friend Florence is a pointless addition, but still more laughs than any sketch show in recent years. Matt Lucas is the true star – Vicky Pollard, Marjorie Dawes and Dafydd steal the show, though mini-Dennis Waterman is a wonderfully demented invention.
5. Nighty Night (even meaner/funnier with every viewing), Harry Hill (he may have run out of original material, but no one takes the mick out of TV better), Corrie’s Oliver Twist spoof (superbly done), Betty Eagleton (how did Emmerdale cope in her absence?)
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