The 1970s
British TV comedy was king during the Seventies, serving up shows like Are You Being Served?, Citizen Smith, Fawlty Towers, Porridge, Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, Rising Damp, The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, The Liver Birds and The Last of the Summer Wine. There was also the zany The Goodies and the perennially popular The Two Ronnies). But British comedy would never be the same again after Monty Python's Flying Circus.

Continuing in the anti-war vein of its filmic namesake, M*A*S*H (starring Alan Alda as Army surgeon Hawkeye Pierce) proved incredibly popular with viewers in the US and around the world, proving that programs with pronounced liberal themes could still be hugely successful.

The 1980s
In the 1980s a range of highly successful and, in some cases, long running British sitcoms developed. There was Carla Lane's long-running Bread , and Yes, Minister was successful enough for Paul Eddington (the Minister) to return as the Prime Minister in Yes, Prime Minister in 1986 and 1988. Hi-De-Hi! ; 'Allo, 'Allo and Only Fools and Horses were long running series' that, like Dad's Army and Fawlty Towers, continue to be regularly repeated.

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