Want to have your ribs tickled this Halloween? Then how about adding an assortment of classic British sitcoms to your spooky season watchlist.

From My Family and The IT Crowd to Psychoville and Mrs. Brown’s Boys, the Brits have served up a bunch of comedies which feature episodes that would be ideal for some Halloween viewing. Want to give them a go? Then keep reading for a list.

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List of British sitcoms suitable for Halloween

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Below is a list of British sitcoms suitable for Halloween. This list includes episodes centred around Halloween, as well as episodes that contain a spooky or supernatural theme, such as a creepy Christmas episode of The League of Gentlemen.

The sitcoms and episodes include:

  • Steptoe and Son – ‘Seance in a Wet Rag and Bone Yard’: Series 8, Episode 6 (1974)
  • Rising Damp – ‘Things that Go Bump in the Night’: Series 2, Episode 7 (1975)
  • Home to Roost – ‘High Spirits’: Series 3, Episode 3 (1987)
  • Bottom – ‘Terror’: Series 3, Episode 2 (1995)
  • 2point4 Children – ‘The Lady Vanishes’: Series 6, Episode 2 (1996)
  • Birds of a Feather – ‘Ghost’: Series 9, Episode 1 (1998)
  • The League of Gentlemen – ‘Yule Never Leave!’: Christmas Special (2000)
  • My Family – ‘Friday the 31st’: Series 4, Episode 8 (2003)
  • The IT Crowd – ‘The Haunting of Bill Crouse’:  Series 1, Episode 5 (2006)
  • The Green Green Grass – ‘The Departed’: Series 4, Episode 6 (2009)
  • Off the Hook – ‘Halloween’: Series 1, Episode 5 (2009)
  • Psychoville – ‘Halloween Special’ (2010)
  • Gary: Tank Commander – ‘Spooky Dooky’: Series 3, Episode 6 (2012)
  • Not Going Out – ‘Halloween’: Special (2019)
  • Motherland – ‘The Purge’: Series 2, Episode 4 (2019)
  • Mrs. Brown’s Boys – ‘Halloween Special’ (2021)

Seek out the above episodes and have yourself a few laughs this Halloween.

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