Lesson 4 Styles of Sit Com

Objectives : develop understanding

of different sit com styles and
audience pleasures

Keywords : satire, intertextual
references, surreal, traditional,
realism, documentary
Repetition and Difference
Steve Neale : 'genres are instances of repetition
and difference

What do you think he means?
Why are difference and repetition necessary?
Starter Rearrange
Classic Death of Rebirth
The Office Not Going Out Peep Show
Porridge Fawlty Towers Only Fools and Horses
The Royle Family My Family
Youtube clips
The Office
My Family
Outnumbered
Only Fools and Horses
Peep Show
Father Ted
Blackadder
Yes Minister
Spaced
Men Behaving Badly
The League of Gentlemen
Sitcom Styles
Sitcom Repetition Difference Overview
Only Fools and
Horses
Spaced
My Family
Father Ted
The League of
Gentlemen
The Office
The I.T Crowd
Knowledge Assessment
What range of situation comedies can be found
on British television?