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British dark comedy refers to a British comedy containing gloomy or disturbing elements.[1] Two of the most successful British dark comedies are The League of Gentlemen and One Foot in the Grave, coming in at number 41 and number 10 respectively in the BBC Britain's Best Sitcom poll.[2]

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1990s[edit]

2000s[edit]

2010s[edit]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ "dark comedy - definition of dark comedy by the Free Online Dictionary, Thesaurus and Encyclopedia". Thefreedictionary.com. Retrieved 2011-05-31.
  • ^ "Britain's Best Sitcom - Top 11 to 100". BBC. Retrieved 2011-05-31.
  • ^ "Comedy - Dawn French Profiles". BBC. Retrieved 2011-05-31.
  • ^ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0397150/usercomments?start=10 [user-generated source]
  • ^ "Human Remains on". Tv.com. 2008-03-26. Retrieved 2011-05-31.
  • ^ "Press Office - Ideal: What the Press said about Ideal (series 1)". BBC. 2006-02-22. Retrieved 2011-05-31.
  • ^ Metzger, Richard (2009-03-26). "Darkly Surreal UK Comedy Masterpiece "Jam"". Boing Boing. Retrieved 2011-05-31.
  • ^ "Radio 7 Programmes - On the Town with the League of Gentlemen, A Guest at the Dentons". BBC. 2010-08-27. Retrieved 2011-05-31.
  • ^ "Entertainment | Monkey Dust wins animation award". BBC News. 2004-03-19. Retrieved 2011-05-31.
  • ^ "nightynight". Mikefs.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-05-31.
  • ^ "Psychoville - BBC2 Sitcom - British Comedy Guide". Comedy.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-05-31.
  • ^ Wednesday 8 August 2007 15.05 BST guardian.co.uk (2007-08-08). "Whisky... !: why BBC3 should re-open its Snuff Box | Media | guardian.co.uk". Guardian. Retrieved 2011-05-31.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • ^ "The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle". Metacritic.
  • ^ "Black Mirror on". comedy.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-04-07.

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