10 British Shows They Couldn't Make Today 

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Yeah Little Britian doesn't count as a sitcom, It's more like a sketch show than a sitcom.

0:45 - It's not a sitcom; it's a sketch show.

Brass Eye was fucking brilliant. Wish Chris Morris would make more shows.

Brass Eye was the best satire ever put to screen. Never will be matched.

Naked attraction, what were they thinking?

I'm so glad that the The Office and Little Britain came out when they did, i loved growing up on them

I think including "The Office" for the reason they did is stretching it a bit🎩

Brass Eye was and still is fantastic and was years ahead of its time.

Brass Eye was genius, exposed a lot of f-wits. The late 90s and early 2000s British TV was hilarious. Who remembers, 'The Real McCoy's or, 'Goodness Gracious Me'? Lol

Little britain and Come Fly With Me were and still are brilliant. No one has a sense of humour anymore.

Loved Little Britain back in the day, everyone at the time was watching it too. Literally had no idea that anyone was offended by it until the internet and social media blew up and started seeing people moaning about how x, y, z sketch wasn't funny just offensive. I was so perplexed at the time I just couldn't understand why people were taking a dumb sketch show so personally, re-watching it now though I'm almost surprised wasn't _more_ controversial 😂

To be honest, the thing I remember most of Brainiac: Science Abuse weren't really the women (to be completely honest, I almost completely forgot that it had those segments) but more so that depending on the type of salts you shove in high quantities into caravans, you get impressive colorful explosions AND that thermite is pretty disturbing (something I was recently reminded off when I was reading one of the Final Destination novels where it was used to off a character...)... But frankly, you could still make Brainiac today, perhaps make it a bit more scientific (there is a lot of cool looking experiments you still do) and less breast-centric but it can be done. A show (though not British, it is Belgian) that I don't see anyone making today would be M!LF, which was short for Men Liberation Front and was meant to be poke fun at feminism and the idea of the new man in a satirical, be it at times incredible juvenile, way and since people nowadays simply don't seem to get satire anymore, anyone involved would like be burned at the stake for it if made today.

The point that these are comedy shows deliberately pushing the envelope of acceptability seems to have been missed completely

Surprised you didn't include The Tube. Not quite sure who thought having bands on live TV at teatime. Despite that it managed over 100 episodes.

absolutlely loved 'the-word' when it aired, radical and would leave with a lasting impression, i can still recall some of the things on that as if it was yesterday ! Brasseye another favourite, especially the 'cake' and 'padeophile', risky, brave comedy. Not like the crap we get now, come to think of it, do i watch *any* comedy on broadcast TV anymore - not an iota !!

I really don't think the Office should be on this.

Absolutely love little Britain and still do.

Little Britain is the best show ever lol😂

The blind date shell suits 😂

My takeaway from this is that TV companies have been incompetent at pitching shows for a long time. It was always clear that most of those shows were badly conceived all along. Little Britain, the Office and Blind Date were all great though.

I used to watch Braniac as a child... where were my parents? 😂😂😂😂

I could never find Lucas or Walliams funny.

My sister and I had all the Mini Pop records when we were little, we never saw the show though.

You didn't need to work in an office to get the humour of The Office, it was always more about the people than the work itself.

Not sure how balls of steel on channel 4 got missed, you are what you eat by gillian mckeith also had a similar concept to fat families. Jeremy kyle would never work and im surprised given 2/3 suicides that love island is still going

Mini Pops ended up in Canada too. My childhood friend had a cassette tape and played it nonstop. Like nonstop. The madness of that tape only stopped when it mysteriously went missing (…another friend stole it and buried it in the backyard).

You forgot one of the best British shows of all time, Absolutely Fabulous.

You definitely couldn't make The Office today... Well, apart from the multiple international versions that are still currently being made today!

Remember Jon walking over custard?

The Word was a legendary show that launched the careers of groups like Oasis and Jamiroquai, who had their first appearances on the show. Plus the legendary interviews with MC Hammer and Snoop Dogg being attacked by Emu. The _I'll Do Anything To Be On TV_ segments were a bit rank but there was the other segment where kids were having wild parties while they thought their parents were away. I'll hear nothing negative said about The Word.

Think you've missed the point about Brainiac: Science Abuse. It wasn't all about scantily clad women it was more about how fast John Tickle can run across a pool full of custard or how potent thermite is. It took light-hearted questions and smashed them together with actual science and a fun editing style to create a brilliant comedic effect, it was genius. You've honed in on one particular theme and by doing so you're tainting the shows legacy. It's as if you're making out it's just some backwards show for 'lads' and 'blokes' who just wanted to see something raunchy.

My big problem with Little Britain is that they basically recycle the same jokes and punchlines over and over again, with the only difference being they changed the location. There's only so many times you can have Matt Lucas high dive into a pool before it stops being funny.

FATHER TED was brutal

Anyone who finds Brass Eye offensive smokes cake.

Not including The Inbetweeners in this list was a major crime

Number 4 & 3 would actually be revived by Channels 4 & 5 for right wing working class audiences & easily reel in everyone who doesn’t really care much about what’s going on in the world as reality type media often does until even overweight people start to preach like Steven Miller. Also the media outlets that shall not be named would go out of their way to make an expansion channel to revive some of these

Little Britian was hysterical.

Just like all of these TV Shows on this list that can NEVER GET MADE TODAY; Brynhildr in the Darkness(2014) can NEVER GET MADE TODAY either due the cultural impacts. Despite that; Brynhildr in the Darkness(2014) is getting popular again on Social Media and its still going strong TODAY. Brynhildr in the Darkness(2014) is still my FOREVER ALL-TIME FAVORITE no matter what.

Just about any comedy series from the 1970s and 1980s couldn't be made today. Someone would be offended by something.

Loved Little Britain and still do yeah it's product of time but still good times loved Lou and Andy.

the one show with the adults hiding in the house for as long as possible looks staged af

What about every single 70s comedy sitcom?

Little Britian was not offensive - It was just not funny.

Love little Britain and always will.

was there a usa version of Brainiac because that show looks familiar and I don't know why

Ricky Gervais Derek due to its discriminatory to learning disabilities.

Little Britain was fifteen minutes of comedy crammed into three series and a live show.

Little Britain was superb. No apology needed from Lucas & Walliams.

Yet we have the same and much much worse now on RU-vid, Tik tok etc etc and not much is said….least with tv your parents had some element of control. Social media on a personal device is a different kettle of fish!

Quite surprised Prank Patrol wasn't included

Brass Eye was freaking hilarious

If anything, comedy ages badly. Something funny becomes popular because its relatable. Given how different my world is from my parents, a lot of the comedy my dad found funny in the 80s wouldn't land the same way with me, and that's ok. It'll be the same way if I have kids. I'm curious to see how the world changes as I get older.

How about The Black and White Minstrel Show?

I quite enjoyed Little Britain and Hider in the House! Back then I was a child and didn’t know any better and I found it funny!

I LOVED supersize vs Superskinny, fat families and secret eaters. But I'm Anorexic so while I don't agree with making fun of the larger people at all, the shows were super triggering.

Brasseye was HYSTERICAL.

WTF? Hider in the House? That's so creepy!

this comment section basically boils down to regular people saying "i loved brass eye!" and people with a sub 100 IQ saying "i loved little britain!"

In my opinion, one show or remake in this case, that should NEVER have been made is Trapped Ever After. Taking what is essentially CBBC'S answer to The Traitors or Among Us 15 years before they became popular, and turning it's atmosphere into a Stephen King novel? NO! Why did they even get it on TV? It's Nightmare Fuel for anyone who watches it, even for a second.

Where is the channel 4 show jam

8:26 they're very uncomfortable when the Brainiac host said like that's very inappropriate and illegal in public ... that show could be fined or arrested for sexual harassment 😠... one of them is *SMILING IN UNCOMFORT* ... again...don't do this on camera or ever again in public ... don't ever do it in public ..... PLEASE????

Brass eye was comedy genius and everyone who got outraged by it were just played like fiddles. Little Britain I never had much of an interest in.....but seeing it was brave enough to punch down makes me want to see it. Because comedy is just that.

So someone took the TV Show Minipops and turned it into KIDZ BOP in America and they've sold millions upon millions albums branding it a kids version of safe pop music with no cursing...

Sky 1 should have a video of its own strange shows

The Office represents all bad work, bad bosses and bad colleagues... not just an 'office'

Little Britain was great. They came over here in Australia for theatre show

I can imagine Love Island will be added to lists like this in the future.

Chris Morris should do a Brass Eye Covigeddon special. Or, actually perhaps Covid reporting was pretty much a Brass Eye special.

I think even if you liked those shows back in the day I don’t think the likes of LB would return with everything being so woke it wasn’t my most favourite of sketches and it was a bit too much at times but I don’t think Williams and Locus set out to make fun of people Xx

8:54 Which head is he talking about, the big one or the little one?

The examples listed is no doubt part of the reason why nostalgia exists, the 80s and 90s was my time for watching TV shows (surprised Eurotrash never got a mention!). As an honourable mention would include the sitcom Game On starring Samantha Janus too (for those who remember some of the jokes featured), but the examples listed I'd say are more anti-woke pro-progressive than out-and-out offensive compared to what's available nowadays targeting very young people within the education system!

Little Britain is absolutely HILARIOUS!!! I loved Come Fly With Me just as much!!

You know, as much as I want to argue with their comment about The Office, it is actually kind of true. The job format has changed extensively since the pandemic (and maybe even before that). At least I can still re-watch it and not feel guilty.

It ain't half hot mum, dad's army and a lot of 60s to mid 90s will not work.

Anything with the lovely Chawner family?

Braniac was fun. I remember being 9 and it usually followed The Simpsons on Sky in the evenings. Good times.

The Word was shown but absolutely nothing wrong just a couple of girls singing a Kylie song, and the random fact that it had one dodgy fan. Am I missing something?

I would say Monty Python would do well on this list lol, if you think about it - how many of their classic skits could get past broadcaster screening tests now a days?

Brainiac Science Abuse was quality when Richard Hammond was hosting it.

The Office is apparently removed from reality?? Have you ever even worked in an actual office?

There was one problem with a little Britain there was a urinated see which made me laugh, so much kind of reminds me of princess, Aurora

The segmant "I'll do anything to be on Television" in The Word wouldn't be able to air today simply because people will post anything to be famous on the internet.

Supersize V Superskinny was so biased and degrading. Especially the waspish comments from Liza Tarbuck towards the supersizers. Especially when she's hardly slim

The Word was a great show, featuring New bands and good interviews, we knew it was outrageous at the time that's why we watched it.

Little Britain and Come Fly with Me are more like scretches. I wish they still had them though. Society is so hypersensitive now. I loved it.

Did you ever see the p take The Day Today did, over 30 years ago if Minipops and the like?

I don't think there's any comedy on TV today, due to this innate fear that someone, somewhere and at some point in the future _might_ possibly get offended by something said, (in jest, no less), on it. Apparently, we're not allowed to find things funny, (particularly in regard to ourselves), any more. Because, that's all it would take. Seeing the funny side of things rather than living as a perpetual victim, scared of how the world might perceive us, and complaining about it when it gets too close for comfort. The infantilising effect where no-one is allowed to say anything even remotely interpreted as disparaging about anyone else, (particularly pertaining to race, gender and sexuality), as it could possibly be interpreted as hurting their feelings. The irony being that it's not even the people within these groups who complain, but some sanctimonious offended by proxy individuals/advocacy group, who have to make a noise every now and then, otherwise no-one would know they existed, not to mention risking their, no doubt, well-paid jobs paid for by the public purse, no less.

Loved Brass eye.

I think that people need to stop whining and realize how funny some of these shows are

I have never heard a single person complain about Brainiac: Science Abuse, so no idea why you put it on this list

The Word was brilliant. I never missed an episode... L7 anyone?

Mind your language is a big shout out.

South Park is all of these shows combined into one yet it’s still tolerated today, how these other shows which are far less politically incorrect get banned and SP doesn’t is pure absurdity.

Nothing to apologise for with little britain. Superb comedy and still is.

I was watching tv when these shows were broadcast. I hated all of them, except for The Office and Brass Eye.

Love thy neighbor. Which I still watch here on RU-vid it's almost like a all-in-the-family lots of racist black jokes and white jokes but yet is still highly entertaining the American version of the show which lasted one season seems to be lost because I can't find one episode

I love rude crude humor. I think people need to lighten up Abit and stop being offended by everything.. saying that little Britain sucked donkey balls! Same jokes over and over

1:28 Is that Giles from Buffy the Vampire Slayer?

From Blind Date to Married at First Sight, that's progress!