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Barbara (ITV, 1995-2003, 29 episodes) |
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 Gwen
Taylor played Barbara, a 52-year-old opinionated Yorkshirewoman, who ruled
over her cabbie husband Ted (Sam Kelly) and nouveau-riche sister Jean (Sherrie Hewson).
Writers: Mark Bussell/Rob Clark/Ramsay Gilderdale/Graham Mark Walker |
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Birds of a Feather (BBC,
1989-1998, 102 episodes) |
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 Pauline
Quirke and Linda Robson starred as two sisters living together in suburban
Chigwell while their errant husbands served time for armed robbery.
principal writers: Laurence Marks/Maurice Gran/Gary Lawson/John Phelps/Sue Teddern/Geoff Rowley |
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Black Books (C4, Assembly Film TV Prods, 2001, 12
episodes) |
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 Bernard (Dylan Moran) is the alcoholic and misanthropic owner of a run-down London bookshop. He loathes customers and prefers to spend time drinking with friend Fran (Tamsin Greig). When fate leads him to hire Manny (Bill Bailey) as a shop assistant, bizarre adventures ensue.
Writers: Graham Linehan/Dylan Moran |
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Blackadder (BBC, 1983-1999, 26 episodes) |
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 The
history of scheming Edmund Blackadder (Rowan Atkinson) and his downfalls from
dark age to present day delighted viewers throughout near 20-years of broadcast.
The cast included Brian Blessed, Stephen Fry, Miranda Richardson and Tony
Robinson, who made famous the catchphrase "I have a cunning plan".
Writers: Rowan Atkinson (Series 1 only)/Richard Curtis/Ben Elton |
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Bless This House (ITV, 1971-1976, 65 episodes) |
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Cheery but frustrated Londoner Sid James tries
to live up to his title of head of the household, despite the contrary views
of his wife (Diana Coupland), son (Robin Stewart), and daughter (Sally Geeson).
Neighbours Trevor and Betty (Anthony Jackson & Patsy Rowlands) frequently
pop in to stir up the troubled waters.
Writers: various, inc. Carla Lane, Vince Powell, Harry Drive, Dave Freeman, & Jon Watkins |
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Bottom (BBC, 1991-1995, 18 episodes) |
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 Adventures in the sordid life of two of the world's most repellent bachelors. Double act Ade Edmondson and Rik Mayall wrote and performed the series which touched the anarchic, violent slapstick of their stage act.
Writers: Rik Mayall/Adrian Edmondson |
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Brass (ITV, 1983-1990, 32 episodes) |
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 The
wealthy Hardacre family (headed by a cigar-toting Timothy West) spar with
the down-at-heel Fairchilds who work for them in the Lancashire town of Utterley.
With plenty of cleavage and inter-family relationships on display the show
was a bawdy hit.
Writers: John Stevenson/Julian Roach |
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Bread (BBC, 1986-1991, 74 episodes) |
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 Nellie
Boswell (Jean Boht) is the strong matriarch of an 'archetypal' Catholic Liverpudlian
family. She holds together her wayward family as they duck and dive their
way through life in Eighties Britain, struggling to earn a crust. The show
generated huge audiences after a shaky start.
Writer: Carla Lane |
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Brittas Empire, The (BBC, 1991-1997, 53 episodes) |
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 Chris
Barrie starred as the annoying, anally-retentive, leisure centre manager Gordon
Brittas in this 1990s classic. The ineffectual staff of the duller-than-dull
Whitbury Leisure Centre were plunged weekly into bizarre and outrageous plots.
Principal Writers: Richard Fegen/Andrew Norriss |
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Butterflies (BBC, 1978-1980, 29 episodes) |
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 Ria
Parkinson (Wendy Craig) is an attractive but ageing housewife, worried her
life has not been as fulfilling as she'd hoped. Cooking for sons Andrew Hall
and Nicholas Lyndhurst, plus Dad Geoffrey Palmer is no longer enough, so she
allows herself to be wooed by wealthy businessman Leonard.
Writer: Carla Lane |
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