🚫 Countdown of the Top 20 WORST British Sitcoms EVER! 😱 | Avoid These TV Disasters!🇬🇧 

Language Timothy ...sorry was funny in the 1980s when I was a youngster 😂

Mrs Brown's Boys should be no. 1. It's possibly the worst thing I've ever seen on TV

Mrs Brown definitely awful 😢

Absolutely Fabulous? My Family? Are you insane? I mean, you don’t even go into any detail for any of them, you just say “It’s bad.”

With you on Mrs Browns Boys. It was always shite (or SHOITE) as you would call it.

Can't agree with you about Count Arthur Strong or Vicious- both brilliantly funny and superbly acted.

I do agree about Mrs brown its utter rubbish ...

AdFab was hilarious. One of the best sitcoms ever

Ab fab was hilarious ffs 😂 sorry was brilliant

I think Citizen Khan, Vicious and All About Me are examples of someone having a progressive idea for a sitcom but not having any real humourous ideas to back it up. In Vicious, Sir Ian McKellen and Derek Jacobi are such big names it's not made much difference to their reputations in the acting world but I think it's a shame that Jasper Carrott's tail end of his tv career more or less ended with All About Me.

What a bright, vital and charismatic presentation. Thanks algorithm.

I never got AbFAb. It's all lovely darling lovey darling. Joke got boring!

I think you should revisit "sorry" because it is quite a bit better than made out to be here, it isn't top tier or anything but is well written and has genuine pathos, Ronnie Corbett is fantastic in the role also.

Was expecting "Heil Honey, I'm Home" to be number one, but it didn't even get a mention.

No mention for Come Back Mrs Noah? A shameful, shameful waste of the talents of the great Molly Sugden, and proof that even Jeremy Lloyd and David Croft could churn out an absolute clunker given a chance.

Ever decreasing circles i found more depressing than funny, probably as the characters leading sad lives.

I thought Slingers Day was surprisingly good.

sorry disagree with SORRY brilliant comedy

I was ready to tear you apart on your choices but apart from as time goes by i wholeheartedly agree with you on the rest....

How on earth did you not find funny Ab Fab,and Sorry,they were hilarious and made me laugh then and still do today when watching replays.❤

Hold the sunset is a deserved winner in this list of losers. What was Cleese thinking??

Duck patrol with Richard Wilson, im still scared by watching an episode of this turkey.

Another one Gavin and Stacey 🤮🤮

Great stuff. I glad to say I never bothered with a single episode of any of them. Never bothered with the soaps either.

I agree, they were all shite

I agree with all your choices!

#1 - Only Fools and Horses. ...Hold back the angry mob, put down the pitchforks. I'm not talking about the immortal show we all love. I'm talking about the 2001 revival series which nobody loves. It's merely three episodes, but they destroyed the entire legacy of the show and ruined the historic 1996 finale which was one of the most beloved endings to a series, ever. When something ends on such a high and on completely the right note, you don't come back out for an encore. The audience may demand it, but it'll only disappoint. And boy, did OFAH disappoint in 2001. It felt completely wrong, the reversal of their fortunes was actually depressing. By the third, and now surely final ever instalment, in 2003, it had completely derailed. The last half of that episode even abandons being a sitcom. Most fans cope with the crushing destruction of the show's legacy by ignoring the existence of those three episodes. And you can enjoy the stuff prior, if you do that. But the reality is, they do exist. History was rewritten, those are now the shoddy trilogy of episodes which ended the show, not the iconic 1996 Christmas specials. You can't forget how disappointing they were. For the devastating impact it had, Only Fools and Horses 2001 to 2003 is my clear pick of worst sitcom ever.

You've given me a few things to watch/rewatch.

Mrs Browns Boys 20th? Shane at 19? Surely this list is back to front. Nothing could be worse than either of these. And sorry to be pedantic , but Timothy Lumsden was 48 when Sorry was binned in 1988 as he couldn't have stayed 41 for seven years

Good list glad you said ab fab. Maybe and you said a re watch of as time goes by is on order as I saw some of the earlier episodes recently. I thought the was pretty good.

What about "Her Majesty's Pleasure " (1968)? Only ran for one 6-episode season, the first ever sitcom set in a prison (7 years before Porridge!) Made by Granada.

To be fair to My Family.... You're right that towards the end it turned shite. The two leads, Robert Lindsay and Zoe Wanamaker both refused to film two episodes because the writing was so crap. But reading about it's creation is quite interesting. It was the BBC attempting to create an American style show. With a writers room and showrunner. Starting production before the last episode of the series was filmed, which is the standard in America. With an experiment to see how this could work for other genres.... As it turns out. Not great. British tv works best when all episodes are filmed before broadcast.

Haven't seen most of these. I thought My Family was okay at first then by the third series I didn't find it that funny anymore, from series 3 onwards they were lucky if they had 3 good episodes per series. Agree on Mrs. Brown's Boys, Hold The Sunset and Sorry. Mrs. Brown and Hold The Sunset are boring and Sorry is so cruel it just makes me feel sad.

People are forgetting about Home To Roost, The Upper Hand, Duty Free, Brighton Belles and the American version of Fawlty Towers (Payne) all really shocking,

I have to disagree with one or two of the choices picked in this list. So I think maybe the title of this piece should of been prefixed with the word "My." Enjoyed being reminded of the old shows.

As time goes by should not only be #1....it should be minus #1 it was so dull. If it had not been advertised as a comedy I doubt I'd have even realised it was supposed be one. Given a choice between watching that dirge or watching paint dry, I'd be reaching for the Dulux paints colour charts.

is it a good thing ive never heard ANY of these?

Lenny Henry's chef and Desmond's should be on that list. Not count Arthur.

Can't argue with most of your choices - though I actually think 'Sorry!' is really funny. One you have missed out though is Jim Davidson's 'Up The Elephant and Round the Castle' which is so poor and unfunny it should exist in its own separate universe of bad sitcoms.

When Mrs Browns Boys came out at first i really enjoyed it , but it got a bit played out the same thing every week My Family which was good but it ended it ran its course and remember other comedy Romany Jones featuring Jimmy Beck from Dads Army which only went one series he was still the same character as he did in Dads Army the spiv

There are some brilliant, very successful shows on your list. This just proves that humour is a matter of taste.

Aside from Mrs. Brown's Boys and As Time Goes By, I've never heard of everything else on this list.

I mainly agree with your selection of the worst sitcoms ever although I have to admit I quite like Sorry and Mrs Brown's Boys. A few of these sitcoms I've never even heard of.

My Family was one of the best sitcoms ever, it did suffer when Nick left but still held it's head way above a lot of the crap around now.

Other rubbish sitcoms 'The Spice of Life' and 'Life without George'. I also never found 'Shelley' funny.

I enjoyed My Family, All About Me, and My Hero. Though I do believe My Family reduced in quality after Nick left, and My Hero shouldn't have subbed Ardal O' Hanlon. Citizen Khan should be much higher on the list. It's humour is outdated and characters unrelatable. I am surprised Mad About Alice starring Jamie Theakston and Amanda Holden didn't make it on the list.

No mention of Spooner's Patch, which I found to be almost unwatchable at the time, a seriously bad sitcom.

Ab fab was too funny for you. Your list as would any list be, pure IMO stuff. Wouldn't be surprised to see Faulty Towers here or other middle class stuff like the Good Life.

Was going to subscribe but you included Sorry! Sorry but no, it was very underrated

My Hero was funny until Ardal left

Sam's Game was absymal

I had a hunch ' all about me' would appear on the list

Rings on their Fingers should be on your list. It was a middle class sitcom about young professionals with a mortgage living on a modern private estate, written by the same and targeting the same. It was terrible. AbFab was brilliant, Sorry was cringe-makingly funny, and Bottle Boys was good fun. Never watched the rest. All ABout Me was unwatchable politically correct woke before its time shite. One episode was more than enough.

Sorry & odd man out should not be there other than that I ageee

I rather liked Citizen Khan. Certainly not great, but funny enough, five or six laughs per show. And nothing objectionable good while you eat you dinner telly.

Most I agree with except I enjoyed 'As time goes by' I enjoyed that one

Count Arthur Strong was ok..Dont remember the Wright way.

I was surprised that Barbara wasn't in the list.

2:51 to speak out against the always self-appointed idea of so-called "community leaders", and the racist idea that minority communities have them, has been important ever since the 1985 inner city riots. The media invented them and wanted to portray communities as spoken for by them, as a control and manipulation of how they were heard

What about Devenish,with Dinsdale Landen.

My family is awesome as time goes by is great love it

Odd Man Out and Curry and Chips were hilarious. There is something wrong with you if you don't find these funny.

My fave was achtung mr milk man only did one series

...I have found Slinger's Day has grown on me over the years, however Frank Skinner is probably best forgotten at the best of times. He is one of the world's unfunniest men! Denise Van Outen equally one of the unfunniest women around! My Family had it's moments but Adil Ray has been living on the woeful Citizen Kahn for far too long, heaven knows how he got a presenting gig on GMB!

What about constant hot water? That was shite!

Ab Fab lasted 20 years! That says something and most of it was really funny. Ok Curry & Chips was naff but it had a great UK comedy cast including Spike Milligan so why it's at No.2 is just plain bizarre. If we want a real stinker for the list, what the hell happened to 'Queenies Castle'? Dismal viewing beyond compare

I don't mind telling you, if Last of the Summer Wine was on this list I would have gone feral with fury. And I believe that the Inbetweeners should have been no 1. That had precious little humour in the programme. It wun awards why? The scripts were dreadful.

Where's Holding The Baby?

I never found..last of the summer wine funny...( I was too young ) .but, Are you being served...,now I wait for the backlash,

I agree with all of these, all awful, however you seem to be reading your script, and your brummie accent, whilst genuine is quiet grating. The word, five, does not have an o in it. Foive is not a word.

Ronnie Corbett in sorry 😮 no offence but Ronnie Corbett was poor in this without Ronnie Barker i thought Ronnie Corbett was lost and just not as funny 😊

Very good video again I remember a few of them Mrs Browns used to be good but it’s had its day and I remember my hero my partner used to like it but I always thought it was rubbish

I agreed with all of these up until As Time Goes By. It's one of my favourite tv shows ever but I understand anyone not liking it. Its target audience is probably mostly retired older people and it's not for everyone it's always described as gentle comedy so that definition rules out a whole mass of people right there. Jefrey Palmer and Judy Dench make it one of the best sitcoms ever in my opinion.

My Family was terrible. The only likeable character was the son. It was the Terry and June of the modern era. Vicious was just nasty and cruel. O quite liked as Time Goes By. Judi Dench was good in it. Oh my god, French and Fresh Fields were awful cliched crap and a real waste of both stars. I remember liking Babes in the Wood. You never hear about Karl Howman now. Ab Fab was ok in small doses. I preferred those shows Jennifer Saunders did with French and Saunders where they sent up Hollywood films and tv shows.😂 I have to say you have missed out the worst one, an absolute travesty of a show, the nightmare that was Up The Elephant and Round the Castle.

Comedy is subjective. What some people may find funny, others do not. Having said that, I think the majority would agree that "comedies" like Mrs Browns Boys and Citizen Kahn are some of the worst pieces of trash ever to put on British TV. A lot of the later ones I've never even heard of, but then, British comedy just isn't as good as it was in 70s, 80s, 90s and to a lesser extent the early 2000s. I grew up on Ab Fab. One of my favourites. I agree with My Family. I loved S1-5 and yes, it was better with Nick in it. Once he left it definitely went downhill and went on for 5 years too long. My Hero....I remember loving that when it was on. Though I'd probably not find it as funny as I did back then. As Time Goes By is kinda a classic. Not one I'd watch a lot but I remember enjoying what little I saw of it.

Your forgetting Citizen Khan, Bloody awful, never the twain,

But most are pathetic, some I have never even heard of, so must be atrocious.

Count Arthur Strong is in the top ten funniest sitcoms ever. It's ace.

Don’t agree with you about Sorry - thought it was funny

this is just a list of sitcoms and every one slagged off- give over-- sorry was one of the best sit coms in the 80s, slingers day was good to see bruce forsyth act and as time goes by was brilliant and gentle-- french fields wasnt as good as fresh fields but it was not that bad

Agree with all of them mate, bar Sorry. Which I loved

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Mrs. Brown's Boys can be dreadful but there's always a few big laughs to be got in any episode. Even if you hate it . Which is more than you get from a entire series of other sitcoms

Just goes to show. Comedy is a broad church in this country. There's room for disagreement on them all...except Mrs Brown's Boys, which was absolute sh*te. If you disagree with me, you're either lying, blind or mad.

Not having access to a TV since 1999, I believe it was the correct choice....

your too young to see all of these

My Family bland? Quite the opposite, every scene made me laugh, every episode was amazing, not sure what your talking about. It has the most amazing vibe, probably my favourite sitcom

Are you being served. Dire

9:29 9:32 9:38 9:50

Ever decreasing circles made my eyes bleed

... Absolutely Fabulous was definitely one for the female viewers, much like Fleabag! You won't find many blokes embracing it. Men Behaving Badly was one I found extremely tiresome! But then like so much in the entertainment industry, it's all subjective!

My Family has no likeable characters apart from Nick the others are just sarcastic, narcissistic or even thick like Abi and Roger.

My family stopped being funny years before it actually ended. My hero was crap from the very first episode and gradually got worse the longer it went on. Bottle boys should never have been made and must never never be broadcast again it's shite.

_As time goes by_ , give it another go, it shouldn't be on this list. All said I'd shuffle your list around but no other major changes.

1# Mrs. Brown's Boys "I'm even Embarrassed Just Writing it Down"

Last of the summer wine was the most unfunny thing on tv for far too long

Okay, a few, like Slinger's Day, Sorry and Don't Drink The Water are fair game, but Ab Fab and My Family? Seriously? Tell me, are you a failed writer or a failed actor? That is all that critics ever are.

'Absolutely Fabulous' deserves a higher placing. Surprised not to see 'Little Britain', 'The Mighty Boosh' and 'The League Of Gentlemen'. Plus 'Miranda'. Why anyone finds the sight of Miranda Hart falling over every two minutes side-splittingly hilarious is a mystery. And Peter Kay should be included because one of his shows mocked a disabled person. I wrote to him to complain but he did not bother to reply.

Sorry, mate…AbFab was f**king hilarious!