Farce
Farce is a comedy that seeks to entertain an audience through situations that are highly exaggerated, extravagant, ridiculous, absurd, and improbable.
Farce is also characterized by heavy use of physical humor; the use of deliberate absurdity or nonsense; satire, parody, and mockery of real-life situations, people, events, and interactions; unlikely and humorous instances of miscommunication; ludicrous, improbable, and exaggerated characters; and broadly stylized performances.
Farce is also characterized by heavy use of physical humor; the use of deliberate absurdity or nonsense; satire, parody, and mockery of real-life situations, people, events, and interactions; unlikely and humorous instances of miscommunication; ludicrous, improbable, and exaggerated characters; and broadly stylized performances.
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- StarsJohn CleesePrunella ScalesAndrew SachsHotel owner Basil Fawlty's incompetence, short fuse, and arrogance form a combination that ensures accidents and trouble are never far away.
- CreatorTom PatchettPaul FuscoStarsMihaly 'Michu' MeszarosPaul FuscoMax WrightWhen an ugly creature, who loves eating cats, crash-lands into the Tanner family's garage, they treat him as a guest and allow him to live with them as he comments on the stupidity of mankind.
- CreatorJim AbrahamsDavid ZuckerJerry ZuckerStarsLeslie NielsenAlan NorthEd WilliamsSight gags, puns and non-sequiturs ensue as bumbling Sgt. Det. Lt. Frank Drebin and his colleagues at Police Squad solve various puzzling cases.
- CreatorKim BassStarsKenan ThompsonKel MitchellKen ForeeKenan and Kel: two best friends who live in Chicago are always dragged down by Kenan's get rich quick schemes while orange soda-loving buddy Kel is dragged along but tends to mess things up.
- CreatorJeremy LloydDavid CroftStarsMollie SugdenJohn InmanFrank ThorntonThe misadventures of the staff of a retail floor of a major department store.
- CreatorCris ColeStarsBen ChaplinMichael ImperioliRomany MalcoA group of guys travel to Belize to see an old friend, when things take an unexpectedly dark turn.
- CreatorBen FalconeStarsMelissa McCarthyBen FalconeUsman AllyA tech-support employee becomes the unwitting messenger of God.
- CreatorJimmy PerryStarsArthur LoweJohn Le MesurierClive DunnA ragtag group of Home Guard volunteers prepare for an imminent German invasion during World War II.
- CreatorWoody AllenStarsWoody AllenMiley CyrusElaine MayCrisis in Six Scenes is a comedy that takes place in the 1960's during turbulent times in the United States and a middle class suburban family is visited by a among us who turns their household completely upside down.
- CreatorJackie GleasonStarsJackie GleasonArt CarneyAudrey MeadowsA bus driver and his sewer worker friend struggle to strike it rich while their wives look on with weary patience.
- CreatorCasper ChristensenFrank HvamStarsFrank HvamCasper ChristensenMia LyhneThe socially awkward misadventures of Frank Hvam, his girlfriend Mia and his best friend Casper.
- StarsZakir KhanVyom SharmaKumar VarunRonny's lie of working for his 'Chacha', the MLA has come true. He now sets his sights on fighting the Parshad (Councilor) Election. However, when Chachaji makes it clear that the ticket will stay with the present Parshad.
- CreatorLeslie RayDavid Steven SimonMarlon WayansStarsShawn WayansMarlon WayansJohn WitherspoonThe wacky escapades of brothers Shawn and Marlon Williams, along with their wise but eccentric father.
- CreatorChris ThompsonRobert L. BoyettThomas L. MillerStarsTom HanksPeter ScolariDonna DixonTwo young single ad men must disguise themselves as women to live in the one apartment they can afford.
- StarsMichael CrawfordMichele DotriceJessica ForteAccident-prone Frank Spencer fails to navigate the simplest tasks of daily life, while also trying to look after his wife and baby.
- StarsBastian PastewkaSonsee NeuMatthias MatschkeA show about the fictional everyday adventures of real-life comedian Bastian Pastewka. He experiences funny, strange, and embarrassing moments that he often causes by his lies.
- CreatorRoberto Gómez BolañosStarsRoberto Gómez BolañosCarlos VillagránRamón ValdésAn accident-prone superhero seems to cause more problems than the villains he faces.
- CreatorLena DunhamJenni KonnerStarsJennifer GarnerDavid TennantJuliette LewisA man's camping trip with his wife and friends spirals out of control. A U.S. adaptation of the British series, 'Camping'.
- StarsErnest BorgnineJoe FlynnTim ConwayThe misadventures of a misfit PT boat crew during World War II.
- StarsLee Yi-kyeongKim Jung-hyunJung In-sunWith big dreams of financing their own film project, three struggling young men join forces in a guesthouse venture that is anything but profitable.
- CreatorHenry LewisJonathan SayerHenry ShieldsStarsHenry ShieldsBryony CorriganCharlie RussellA series of brand new, hand-crafted, half hours of theatrical catastrophe as The Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society undertake more (overly) ambitious endeavours.
- CreatorMatt TarsesStarsKyle BornheimerErinn HayesNancy LenehanU.S. version of the BBC series "The Worst Week of My Life", in which a young couple get quickly acquainted with their soon-to-be in-laws.
- CreatorRonald ChesneyRonald WolfeStarsAnna KarenBob GrantStephen LewisJack-the-lad bus driver and conductor Stan and Jack enjoy the female employees more than their work and Inspector Blake is relentless in his attempts to make their lives a misery.
- StarsPaul ChuckleBarry ChuckleJimmy PattonCrazy antics ensue when Barry and Paul Chuckle get into various exaggerated situations.
- CreatorJim Field SmithGeorge KayStarsStephen Campbell MooreJJ FeildJim HowickA group of obnoxious friends struggle to survive the Stag Weekend from hell, as a deer-stalking expedition in the Scottish Highlands quickly turns messier than expected.
- CreatorErik HultkvistRikard UlvshammarStarsAdam GodleyLisa HenniLia BoysenBritish and Swedish police join forces to solve a case.
- StarsLee Thompson YoungKerry DuffRyan Sommers BaumAfter spending years in California working as the TV action hero Silverstone, Jett Jackson decides to move the show to his hometown hoping to pursue a more normal life.
- CreatorMark BussellJustin SbresniStarsBen MillerSarah AlexanderAlison SteadmanMel and Howard's wedding is one week away. Howard experiences a series of humiliating disasters in the week leading up to the ceremony.
- CreatorDavid CroftJimmy PerryStarsPaul ShaneRuth MadocJeffrey HollandComic goings-on in this series. Ted's the camp comic but is always on the lookout for a way to make money. Gladys has her eye on the boss, and Peggy wants to swap her mop and cleaner's outfit for a 'yellow coat.'
- StarsWindsor DaviesMelvyn HayesDonald HewlettThe comic adventures of a group of misfits who form an extremely bad concert party touring the hot and steamy jungles of Burma entertaining the troops during World War II.
- StarsJack BennyEddie 'Rochester' AndersonDon WilsonThe comic misadventures of the "skinflint" comedian and his friends.
- StarsJasper CarrottRobert PowellGeorge SewellIn the never ending, high tech war against crime, Detective Constables Bob Louis and David Briggs are the Scud missiles of the police arsenal of intuition, hunches and inspired guesses... all of them hopelessly wrong.
- CreatorLeonardo FasoliMaddalena RavagliStarsTony SperandeoHoward Thomas RaySalvatore FicarraAfter two hapless TV technicians stumble upon a murder scene, every step they take to avoid becoming suspects lands them in deeper trouble.
- CreatorGerald SanoffStarsMatt BorlenghiRod CrawfordToby ProctorThere is a brand new class of screw-ups at the Police Academy (1984). They face danger and try not to let their stupidity get in the way as they fight crime, often without even knowing it.
- StarsFredde GranbergSara SommerfeldMarko LehtosaloA Swedish show concerning the fates of some dorky Swedish Vikings. The show is mainly about a viking called Lill-Snorre and his friends, including Tyke Mörbult who has a below average IQ, to put it mildly. How will they survive? A small group of friends, in a small village called Midgård.
- CreatorKeith AkushieStarsCharlotte RitchieTom StourtonStella GonetSiblings living together and the various crazy situations that ensue when they interact with other people.
- StarsThomasin McKenzieRowan WittDevon TerrellIt follows Vivian Cunningham, who winds up helping people who come too close to the edge as she endures her own comedic catastrophes like accidentally burning down her brother's vegan food truck with a vape.
- StarsRobert LindsayMike GradyHilda BraidWolfie Smith is an unemployed dreamer from Tooting. He leads a small group called the Tooting Popular Front with aspirations to create a communist Britain. However, as a result of being disorganised, his chances range from slim to none.
- StarsRolv WesenlundAud SchønemannHenki KolstadMarve is a middle-aged bachelor living alone, with his mother. Marve has extraordinary opinions about life, and when everything seems to go wrong despite his best intentions. But he is proud to be a leader at work - in a storage.
- CreatorMark FrostDavid LynchStarsIan BuchananNancye FergusonMiguel FerrerIn the 1950s, a group of television performers attempt to put together a live variety program and often find disastrous results.
- CreatorFreddy SybornStarsJack WhitehallRosie PerezChristian Ochoa LaverniaA mysterious accident, missing money, dodgy deals and looted treasure propel a bookish Briton into a partnership with a tough, female, bounty hunter from New York in this comedy action/adventure series.
- CreatorCraig DeeringAllen MurphyStarsAllen MurphyCraig DeeringLars HeemskerkAllen drags his best friend Craig into creating a web show with the hopes of making it famous.
- CreatorDavid CrossStarsHeather GrahamStephen ManganJo HartleyA philandering travel writer attempts to balance his two family lives.
- CreatorSam JayLangston KermanJak KnightStarsSam JayLangston KermanJak KnightFour casino employees in a dead-end job in middle America attempt to find self-worth in their bad ideas.
- CreatorAdrian PoyntonStarsGeorgia TennantWill MellorJoel FryOllie is a helpless handyman who is somewhat hindered by his lazy, freeloading right-hand-man Darren. This series follows the pair's hilarious capers as they leave a trail of destruction after every job.
- StarsDavid JasonGeoffrey WhiteheadTim BentinckA former soldier is brought out of retirement and put in charge of Royal security but he turns out to be the worst possible appointment as he is totally out of his depth.
- StarsIan TurpieAmanda KellerPaul FenechA hilarious comedy that parodies the people, the politics and the outrageous events of a working class business.
- CreatorLance KrallRory RosegartenStarsLance KrallAnna VocinoSarah BakerA satirical take on a dysfunctional LA radio station led by the clueless yet popular host Lance, who interviews celebrities while displaying oblivious humor.
- StarsBud SpencerPhilip Michael ThomasRenato ScarpaBob (Bud Spencer) and Joe (Philip Michael Thomas) are two tender hearted inmates imprisoned in a maximum security prison in Latin America. They constantly try to escape to no avail, but the persistent "work" eventually bears fruit as fortune smiles upon them: they manage to take two monk's robes and take refuge disguised as Father Bear and Father Zechariah. This is how their series of hilarious adventures begins.
- StarsMichael ElphickIan RichardsonCyril ShapsThe Time - WWII, the place - Germany. The Germans have a plan to destroy the British economy by flooding the country with forged £5 notes. Private Schultz is coerced into organizing a gang of unwilling volunteers.
- CreatorVicente EscriváStarsCarlos IglesiasÁngel de Andrés LópezCarmen RossiManolo and Benito, two masons of minor works, always seem to destroy the work for those who have been hired. They're not malicious; they're just inept.
- StarsJan Josef LiefersMartina GedeckCristina do RegoArthur is a total loser. He lost his right hand in an accident, he lost his job and his marriage is on the rocks. He plans to do away with his wife so he can collect her life insurance and make a new start with his lover. However, nothing goes to plan and Arthur's life descends ever further into chaos.
- StarsDavid McPhailPaul McLaughlinJason HoyteMr Gorsmby is the most politically incorrect relief teacher available. He also happens to be the ONLY relief teacher available. Gormsby is asked to babysit the worst class at the worst boys school in New Zealand. What could possibly go wrong?
- CreatorTonci KozulZoran LazicStarsStojan MatavuljRobert UgrinaNenad CvetkoTwo bumbling police detectives operate (often very miserably) in a wacky village called Svetkovina.
- StarsZachary LeviJaime KingJoBeth WilliamsTV series based on the British sitcom chronicling the week leading up to a couple's wedding.
- StarsJakub ZácekDavid NovotnýPetr VancuraSatirical comedy that with merciless exaggeration tells the story of a fictitious Czech flight to the Moon. While the situation of our heroes in space looks pretty hopeless, back on Earth they already know something isn't entirely as it should be with the fulfillment of the sponsorship agreement.
- StarsPeter BowlesBryan MurrayAnna ManahanWhen sent to Ireland as magistrate, Major Yeates discovers the justice system must bend to suit local needs, where not everything is as it seems.
- StarsTimo KahilainenHeikki VihinenEsko RoineThe venerable professor Volmari Kuulapää dictatorially leads his motley crew of out-to-lunch doctors, patients and staff through idiotical operations and outrageous happenstances with the motto "Never mind healing the patients, as long as they pay their bills." Look out for guest starring prominent Finnish TV-actors. A series by the team from the series "Kummeli".
- StarsAlban LenoirAlexandre PhilipBenoît MoretOn D-Day, four idiots who will unintentionally change the course of history are parachuted into the heart of France. Clumsy, somewhat cowardly, yet charming, they form the most peculiar unit of the US Army: they are Lazy Company.
- StarsRonnie BarkerJosephine TewsonPhyllida LawClarence is a myopic delivery man who retires to the countryside, and goes from one mishap to another due to his short-sightedness
- StarsJohnny VaughanRicky GroverWilliam BoydePaul Clark is a cab driver and wannabe small-time criminal, assisted by his best friend and partner in crime, Sean, whom amusingly misapprehends the sticky kerfuffle they always seem to to get themselves into, with his less than average intelligence, sparking an abundance of more problematic endeavors, which end up with the wrong result. These two oddities; Sean who has a pathological compulsion of lying accompanied by boasting about his scams with "mastermind- criminal acquaintances" and Sean's aggressive but never could be regressive nature only exacerbates their problems. They spend most of their time, either boasting or moaning about them with a pint in the local pub; run by Tim, who is constantly deceptive, with their friends getting a great kick from their mishaps.
- StarsDavid FenwickPaul OldhamPaul WyettSet Just before WW2, this involves the younger lives of some of the Last of the Summer wine characters. Norman Clegg's father is played by Peter Sallis who plays Norman Clegg in Last of the summer wine.
- StarsDavid BamberAmanda BoxerMartin BallThis comic series tells the extremely chaotic adventures of the long suffering staff and pupils of Galfast High School.
- CreatorSimon NyeStarsPatrick BarlowImelda StauntonRichard LumsdenA British comedy series following the misadventures of an incompetent lawyer and his bumbling staff at a small law firm, including eager young Colin, timid Bob, and stern Stella.
- StarsPhil CornwellPeter SerafinowiczKevin EldonBarry and Garry run a pub in the West End of London. Each week their friend, certified cockney geezer Dodgy Phil, comes up with scheme to attract more punters. For example, turning the pub into a Michael Caine-themed restaurant, or making it a pub-cum-bookshop. Usually this ends in disaster and the pub is destroyed. In the meantime numerous film references are dropped
- CreatorRon ClarkTim ConwayStarsTim ConwayJoe RegalbutoBilly BartyAce Crawford is an incompetent gumshoe whose reputation as an ace detective is maintained by a progression of wild accidents and dumb luck. He is assisted by Toomey, a CPA who truly believed his mystique. Ace's favorite hangout is a wharfside bar run by Inch, mainly because his romantic foil, Luana, is a singer there.
- CreatorMichael GreenStarsKeith BarronReece DinsdaleSam KellySquire Haggard, the womanising, destitute former friend of the Prince of Wales, optimistically searches for rich men "willing" to part with their money, and rich, beautiful women willing to part with their virtue. His handsome son, Roderick, a typical Regency Buck, falls in love very easily, and the objects of his desire just happen to be very beautiful Ladies of Quality, who are heiresses to large fortunes. Squire Haggard, desperate to restore the family fortune, often uses his son in his 'get rich, quick' schemes - however, Roderick's foolishness usually brings his father's schemes undone. Their sly underhanded servant, Grunge, despises his 'put upon' position in life and, through guile and other means, has actually been able to acquire more wealth than his master. This money, however, is often at stake through the Squire's involving Grunge in his plots.
- CreatorPeter LearmouthStarsColin WellandRoy KinnearDavid KellyGeyser (Colin Welland), Wobbly Ron (David Kelly) and Eric (James Wardroper) are a useless shower of handymen who worked for Joe Jones Limited because no-one else would employ them The action concerns their many inept efforts to perform their work.