Talk:Britain's Best Sitcom

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[edit] not shocking

Yes the top 10 were all BBC made but is that quite so shocking when you consider that something like 60% of British sitcom production is completed by them (plus of course it used to be much higher!). Whilst Father Ted was great don't forget it was a bit of a cult show.

[edit] is it really true?

"top ten programmes were all their own productions". In the strict TV meaning of "production" (i.e. the company that made the programme) Dibley was made by Tiger Aspect [1] as was at least the last (worst) part of Blackadder (same page). So I think the article should say "were all shown on the BBC" not "were all their own productions". -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 00:14, 11 May 2004 (UTC)

I agree, but think that "were all first shown on the BBC", or "were all produced to be shown on the BBC" would be better to distinguish Blackadder, say, from imports such as Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, or if the BBC showed other British shows from other networks. I don't know that the BBC have done this, although other channels have (UK gold in particular). Another alternative is "are all BBC shows", but that's more vague. Silverfish 11:00, 11 May 2004 (UTC)

I think I like your last suggestion best (as otherwise the more precise we get, the more ungainly the resulting prose). -- Finlay McWalter | Talk 13:24, 11 May 2004 (UTC)