Best Irish comedy series

The life of Gumball Watterson, a 12-year old cat who attends middle school in Elmore. Accompanied by his pet, adoptive brother, and best friend Darwin Watterson, he frequently finds himself involved in various shenanigans around the city, during which he interacts with various family members: Anais, Richard, and Nicole Watterson, and other various citizens.

A crazy comedy about three rather strange parish priests exiled to Craggy Island, a remote island off the Irish west coast.

Mrs. Brown's Boys is a British-Irish award winning sitcom created by and starring writer and performer Brendan O'Carroll. The show is based on O'Carroll's stage plays about the character Agnes Browne, which were developed from books and straight-to-DVD films. The sitcom continues the stories of Agnes, now with the shortened surname "Brown", and her family who are played by real life close friends and family of O'Carroll's. After being slated by critics, the show has become a ratings success in both Ireland, where it is set, and the United Kingdom, where it is recorded. On 29 December 2012 the show began its third series. Mrs Brown's Boys is a co-production among BBC Scotland, BocPix and RTÉ.

Martin Moone is a young boy who relies on the help of his imaginary friend Sean to deal with the quandaries of life in a wacky small-town Irish family in the 1980's.

Coming-of-age drama about lovable rogues Conor and Jock as they navigate their awkward teenage years, hatching plans and adventures to help distract from their tough home lives and their inability to stay out of trouble at school.

When Elvira’s editor informs her that she will be paid per article, she begins murdering people to avoid going broke. Her plans are shaken when she falls for the crime reporter.

Memorial photographer Brock Blennerhasset makes a living out of photographing the dead in Victorian Ireland. When a series of murders threatens to sully Blennerhasset's reputation, a tenacious detective drags him into an investigation of Dublin's criminal underbelly.

Frank is a 33-year-old catastrophe; a misanthropic fantasist in arrested development who’s convinced that the world owes him. He's also our hero. He has a tenuous hold on reality, a single room in his mother’s home, an ex he can’t get over and a loyal best friend, Doofus. This is the hilarious story of a man’s hapless search for respect. We don’t want him to succeed, but it’s fun to watch him try.

In the series, when Shiv Sheridan returns to Dublin after years of partying in London, she is sober and full of good intentions – but being back with her family makes staying on ‘the dry' much harder than she expected. As Shiv tries to navigate this new phase of her life, so must her family and they all have issues they don't want to face.

Based on the award-winning stage play, "My Left Nut" is a three-part coming of age comedy drama about friendship, family, grief and testicles. The series follows school-boy Mick and his journey after discovering a swelling on his testicle. He can't tell his dad; he died seven years ago. He can't tell his mum Patricia; she's got a million other things on her plate. He can't tell his schoolmates; there's an upside to rumours about the bulge in your trousers… And it’s not like it’s going to complicate things between Mick and his first girlfriend anyway, right?

In a small town in West Ireland, we following the misadventures of five hapless men down on their luck, trying to leave their backwards rural home town and attempt to reach America and sample modern civilization.

A darkly comic drama about two young women, as one of them starts to spiral out of control. Aisling used to getting her own way and Danielle, never one to hog the spotlight, is only too happy to go along with it. But things are changing. Reality is about to hit them, and hit them hard

Using his trademark wit, host Graham Norton oversees 10 comedic stars, brought together to make each other laugh by using every unpredictable comedic tool in the box … without cracking a smile themselves. As the clock counts down and the tension rises, whoever can outlast their competitors will be crowned the winner and win a grand prize of €50,000 for their charity of choice.

Bridget & Eamon are the typical unhappily married 80s Irish couple. They live somewhere in the Midlands with their indeterminate number of children. Chain-smoking Bridget has notions. She wants the lifestyle from the pages of Woman's Way but wouldn't want to think about how much it would cost to heat South Fork.

Two women, one born in Canada and the other in Ireland, discover they are half-sisters and embark on a road trip to find their alcoholic father.

Orderly, structured Joy is dealing with a messy breakup when a new work assignment forces her to look for happiness in the most unusual places.

Gogo Matsumoto an 11-year old aloof martial arts prodigy, along with her half-demon older sister; Nono, her mama; Mama, and her cool pet frog; Coolfrog, competes in a martial arts tournament pitting humans against demons from another realm

The show follows the Walshes, a tight-knit family living in the fictional West Dublin suburb of Strollinstown.

Killinaskully is an Irish television comedy which details the bizarre goings-on in a fictitious Irish village called Killinaskully located in the hills of Ireland. It was actually filmed on location in the villages of Killoscully and Ballinahinch in County Tipperary, the title being a fusion of these two placenames. The show's humour comes from the unusual characterisations of traditional, stereotypical rural Irish folk. The show was chiefly written by the comedian, Pat Shortt, who also performed many of his own roles

Skunk and the other valley animals, led by Panda, thwart Dragon's efforts to overtake their valley with his Ninja Monkey minions. Panda sees Skunk as crucial to saving the valley and endeavors to teach Skunk, who often tries to circumvent laborious Kung Fu training, only to learn the value of the initial lesson from the consequences of his actions.

Five students of the Rescue Bots Training Academy from Cybertron—Hot Shot, Whirl, Medix, Hoist and Wedge—learn to respond to emergency situations and become heroes.

This is an Irish show involving two potty-mouthed puppets, Podge and Rodge. The puppets tell scary stories that include bad language and sexual innuendo. It is produced and broadcast by RTE television. The show stars Ciaran Morrison as Rodge and Mick O'Hara as Podge.

Kevin is stuck in a boring holiday park with his family, when he discovers a video-tape from an obscure 1980s TV show. When he plays the video he accidentally unleashes a strange creature known as the Pooka into the world. The Pooka causes chaos and Kevin gets the blame. His family don’t believe him when he tells them it’s the creature’s fault.

The show is a satirical and often surreal examination of subjects close to the hearts of the Irish people. It takes the form of a fake anthropological documentary as if made by British television. Each show explores one subject from it's history through to the present covering 6 or 7 topics (or subheadings) using voxpops and informed opinion to inspire comedy sketches and unflinching rants from numerous created characters. The third series is performed by comedians David McSavage, John Colleary, Pat McDonnell and Dermot McMorrow among others. The topics we are covering this year range from Media and Politics to Christmas and Family.

Ireland's best stand-up comedians take to the stage at the comedy club in Dublin.

Colm Meaney presents a celebration of Roddy Doyle's trilogy about Dublin family the Rabbittes and the film adaptations of the books, The Commitments, The Snapper and The Van.

After the tragic death of his wife, Sam struggles to raise his three young daughters by himself as they all cope with their loss. That is, until Sam's irresponsible and narcissistic half-brother, Zein, moves in "to help" and never leaves.

The Podge and Rodge Show is an Irish chat show, broadcast and produced by RTÉ, featuring the popular Podge and Rodge as hosts. For the first three seasons they were joined by Lucy Kennedy as a co-host but for the first half of the fourth season they were joined by guest hosts including Michelle Heaton, after Kennedy took insult to being called "every name under the sun from bisto to an ugly Gráinne Seoige". Following a mid-season hiatus, Caroline Morahan took on the role of permanent co-host in February 2009.

After brute passionate, Angela moves dispel to the little town in which she grew happening. This is her chance to reassess things and next her liveliness intervention in the region of track, if her connections don't infect every.

Tony Cantwell stars in this brand-new sitcom chronicling one man’s struggle making it in comedy while wrestling with the emotional journey of getting an ADHD diagnosis in Ireland.

The Commute is a new half-hour comedy from Dave Coffey (Dan & Becs) about three couples living on the edge of Dublin's commuter belt. In this unique show, all the action takes place in the cars of the three featured couples as they travel to and from work every day. On these seemingly endless car journeys, each couple discusses their relationships, hopes, dreams and whether to get a cheap bottle of wine in for dinner that evening. Through these three separate journeys we get a look at three very different relationships that are each going nowhere, slowly. They're trapped in commuter belt hell, in negative equity, in jobs they dislike, with mounting debt, and only each other for company. Suzanne (Joanne McNally) and Craig (Greg Spring) are unlikely homeowners, completely mismatched in ambition. She's restless and frustrated, he's laid back and easy going; and, yet, they're a great team. They share a wry sense of humour that will ensure they go the distance, no matter what. Fergal (Chris Tordoff) and Niamh (Áine McKevitt) are unmarried, much to the continuing frustration of Fergal. His only ambition in life is to have a big family. He's acutely aware that the house they bought, which was supposed to be the first rung on the property ladder, is too small for them. Niamh uses this, and their debts, as an excuse to hold off on the marriage and kids, for a little while longer. Johnny (Eric Lalor) and his younger girlfriend, Jenny's (Eva-Jane Gaffney) relationship is based largely on lust and jealousy. They got together while Johnny was still with his wife, Marie. Now that he's divorced, and Johnny and Jenny have moved in together, they have to work harder to keep the spark going in their relationship. It can pretty get pretty ugly.

Paths to Freedom was a popular comedy on the Irish television network RTÉ Two. The shows stars two characters, Jeremy and Rats, who have both recently been released from a Dublin prison. The show takes the format of a mockumentary, with a fly-on-the-wall camera crew following the two characters, who are from thoroughly different backgrounds, as they try to reintegrate back into society. There were six episodes of the show produced, the first airing on November 1, 2000, and the final episode airing one month later. The series was followed-up by a movie based on the character Rats, Spin the Bottle. The show was written by Michael McElhatton, and directed by Ian Fitzgibbon.

Scorchio is the brand new hidden camera show which pranks Irish holidaymakers having fun in the Majorcan sun. Targeting everywhere from beaches to bars, bus tours to boat parties, Scorchio’s cast of fresh new Irish talent unleash their host of crazy characters on to unsuspecting tourists promising lots of lols on one of Ireland’s favourite holiday islands From the 18 to 23 year olds who swarm to Santa Ponsa for a week of booze and banter a to the moms and dads enjoying a relaxing week catching rays, nobody is safe when the Scorchio crack squad of pranksters are on the prowl – the sun-seekers may think a high factor is enough to keep them from going red on the beach but their about to get burnt in a way they never expected!

In the Name of the Fada was a show that aired on RTÉ from 13 March to 17 April 2008, documenting Irish-American comedian Des Bishop and his pursuit of fluency in the Irish language. The show was a 6-part mini-series in which Bishop spends a year living in Tír an Fhia, which is one of many Gaeltacht regions in Ireland. Bishop aims to be able to perform a stand-up comedy act as Gaeilge by the end of the stay. The theme tune is Floating by Jape.

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Take a trip to a zoo like no other as Jürgen and his oddball gang of gorillas reveal a secret world of talking animals. From beat boxing tortoises to humany penguins, vegetarian lions to miniature maniac monkeys – anything is possible at The Zoo Paignton Zoo Wild Planet Trust, Devon,

Bachelors Walk was a comedy-drama based around three single men living in a house in Dublin’s Bachelors Walk. The drama was shot in and around Dublin. The programme was first broadcast on RTÉ on 1 October 2001. The drama revolves around Barry (Keith McErlean) looking for a get-rich-quick scheme, Raymond (Don Wycherley) the film critic and Michael (Simon Delaney) the would-be barrister. After a run of three series and an absence for three years, "Bachelors Walk" concluded for a one-off Christmas special which aired on St. Stephen's Day 2006 on RTÉ Two.

Candid camera show in which unsuspecting members of the Irish public as well as some celebrities are accosted by such bizarre characters as the irascible Jake Stevens, Clifford the Orangemen and the desperate bride. All comic roles are played by comedians P.J. Gallagher, Maeve Higgins and Patrick McDonnell.

C.U. Burn is an Irish language television comedy broadcast on the Irish language television channel TG4. It tells the tales of the County Donegal undertakers Charlie and Vincie Burn who run a turf-fueled crematorium. They are rivalled by another group of more professional undertakers led by Frank Doyle. The show revolves around the hapless Charlie Burn (the C.U. Burn of the title) whose misendeavours often lead to much chaos while his long-suffering brother Vincie Burn simply requests a quiet life. Pádraig assists at the crematorium and Pádraig's sister Máiréad is the recurring love interest of Charlie.

Irish Pictorial Weekly is a satirical four-part sketch show that will air on Thursdays, from 29 November. With Ireland lurching from one display of incompetence to the next, the programme will look at the country's political and media culture using a range of sketch formats and media manipulation. The writing and performing team - including Barry Murphy, Gary Cooke, Paul Howard, John Colleary, Alan Shortt, Eleanor Tiernan, Colm Tobin and Tara Flynn - has been involved in the highest level of Irish comedy and satire in recent years (Apres Match, Ross O'Carroll-Kelly, The Savage Eye, etc). Working together, the team has already created two successful radio pilots on RTE Radio 1 in the last six months.

Damo and Ivor are a comedy duo act from Ireland, composed of two contrasting Dublin stereotypes, both portrayed by Andrew Quirke. The characters first appeared on Republic of Telly in 2011. Their musical parody, "Everybody's Drinkin'" debuted at sixth position in the Irish Singles Chart in April 2011 after the music video was shown on the programme. On September 16, 2013 their television show, Damo and Ivor debuted on RTE Two.

The Mario Rosenstock Show is a new topical sketch show airing on RTÉ Two featuring many of Mario Rosenstock's much-loved characters from the world of sports, politics & entertainment. The series will also have its own radio show segment, featuring a variety of 'guest' presenters, a setting mirroring an environment all too familiar to Mario. Characters like Gay, Joe Duffy, Daithi O Sé, Miriam O'Callaghan, Vincent Browne and Ursula Halligan make regular appearances. And of course, there are plenty of politicians: Enda Kenny, Eamon Gilmore, Joan Burton, Michael Noonan, Mick Wallace, Ming Flanagan, Willie O'Dea, Michael Martin, Leo Varadkar, Bertie Ahern and Michael D. The series will also feature non-celebrity characters, who comment on the world of politics, sports and entertainment from the perspective of the man on the street.

This brand new six part series follows the adventures of Irish-American writer and comedian Des Bishop as he moves to China for a year in order to learn mandarin and eventually attempt to perform a one-man stand up comedy show for a Chinese audience. There are a couple of problems though - the locals are unaware of the subtleties of western style comedy and are laughing for all the wrong reasons.

The Panel is a talk show which takes a satirical look at Irish news stories which have broken over a weeks period. Each week different Irish comedians are invited to take part in the show's unique brand of journalism and interviewing of special guests. It is based on the Australian programme The Panel, produced by Working Dog Productions for Network Ten. The theme song was "Waterfall" by The Stone Roses.

The story of a group of ragtag Irish teens who set up a band to escape their dysfunctional rural town... squatting in a disused post office, embezzling money from 1916 centenary funds, falling in and out of love and becoming 'internet famous' along the way.

Multiple award winning drama series written by Eugene O'Brien, produced by David Collins, Ed Guiney and Peter Norris, and directed by Declan Recks and Charlie McCarthy. Pure Mule is set in modern rural Ireland, in a midlands market town. Each of the six episodes of the original series (which first aired on RTE in 2005) focuses in on one particular character from Friday evening to Monday morning.

Three twenty-something siblings live together in a hectic house in modern day Dublin.

Comedy fetauring a Pat Shortt as Mattie Dwyer. Season 1 sees Mattie transferren from a sleepy country beat to a busy city Garda Station. Mattie is partnered with feisty detective sharon Kelly ( Lesley Conroy ) Season 2 sees MAttie promoted to Sargent in the rural village of Kilcumman.

In Kerry, Ireland, a candidate for political office forms an alliance with an unlikely partner when his campaign is not going according to plan.

Republic of Telly is a TV review and magazine programme on Irish public broadcaster, RTÉ Two. Presented by comedian Kevin McGahern, the programme is intended as a satirical examination at television, mocking various Irish and British TV channels, including sketches and special guests making an appearance from the shows. An added feature of the show is its correspondents Jennifer Maguire and Bernard O'Shea. Maguire conducts vox pops and celebrity interviews, whereas O'Shea conducts "live on the spot reports"

The series follows the life of Aifric whose wacky family have just moved to a new town in the West of Ireland. The 14yr old wants nothing more than to fit in but feels her family will not make it easy for her. Her mother is a new-age hippy who has banned television, while her father is a wannabe rock star, not to mention her annoying little brother.

The Fear is a new six episode risqué hidden camera show, in which unsuspecting members of the Irish public are accosted by bizarre characters all over the country. Including the Irrational Zookeeper (Jennifer Maquire) who informs the visitors of ridiculous animal "facts". The Russian Street Walker Irinka (Hilary Rose) who just wants to make sure her army of "girls" are taken care of whilst trying to make a life for herself in this country. The Naked Man (Ross Browne) is...well..a naked man on a mission. And our forever lost American tourist Bobby Benderman (Chris Tordoff) drives people mad with his misinterpretations of Ireland. They've stormed across Ireland pranking the public and spreading the Fear. Tune in Monday nights at 9:30pm on RTÉ Two.

Gaybo Laughs Back is a new six part series that features some of the biggest names in Irish and international comedy. From legends of laughter like Billy Connolly, Peter Sellers and Spike Milligan to home grown greats like Tommy Tiernan, Niall Tobin, Dylan Moran and Graham Norton through to classic moments from the likes of Emu, Dustin The Turkey and THAT Boyzone clip in its full uncut glory. Always a huge part of The Late Late these comedy gems also prove Gay’s long held theory that you never can tell where the laughs will come from. Along with the giants of comedy we’re joined by Charlie Bird, Jimmy Magee and a step dancing legend that might just be the highlight of the entire series.

Not so long ago, Irish comedy meant Paddy jokes and old codgers dressed as leprechauns. Then something happened. Maybe it was the Celtic Tiger. Or maybe it was boredom. Whatever it was, Irish comedy exploded in the nineties, and now comedy writers and comedians from Ireland rank amongst the very best in the English-speaking world. How did this transformation come about? Who were the funny men and women who found Ireland's new voice? And what the hell were they on about? Combining rare and priceless performances from the archives with contemporary interviews with the comedians themselves, the series is an opportunity to laugh again at the jokes and stories that defined a generation.

A relationship drama series set in Drogheda, Ireland which centres on the lives and loves of the young Kirwan family.

For the past ten years Setanta de Paor has been acting director of an obscure Irish language organisation called ACT (An Chomhairle Teanga). Setanta is a mild mannered man who has always believed in the path of least resistance. A conciliator par excellence who has got where he is by keeping his head down. But now, in the downturn, ACT has come under scrutiny and threat of closure. The appointment of a new minister who went to school with Setanta and always disliked him makes matters worse. Setanta and his team push the various projects they’ve been funding into the spotlight in an effort to justify their existence. The projects range from intense young filmmakers to passionate promoters of the Ulster Scots language and culture to very unorthodox GAA stars and volatile sean-nós singers. And if that was not enough, the temperature gets turned up when Setanta inherits a parrot reputed to be able to recite every word of the famous, but unread, Irish novel "Cré na Cille" Throughout it all, Setanta struggles manfully to hold it all together helped, and more often hindered, by his staff and the cultural sacred cows they have chosen to fund.

Next Week's News is an Irish comedy, panel show similar to BBC's Mock The Week, presented by Bernard O'Shea, which is scheduled to air every Monday night at 9.30 PM on RTE Two. The show is filmed in front of a live studio audience in the O'Reilly Theatre in Dublin. The programme made its television debut on New year's eve night 2013 under the name 'Next Year's News', and was presented by Eoghan McDermott, where they disguised possible news headlines of 2014 and looked back at the year past. The show's two 'team captains' are comedians PJ Gallagher and Neil Delamere with teammates including former Republic of Telly presenter Dermot Whelan and Cork comedian Chris Kent.

A sunday League Manager of a Team in dublin has to take the ropes as a manger and lead his team to the Final, from training players to sunday league games its a comedy you cant miss.

Belfast-set comedy series about best mates and colleagues, Catholic Tommy and protestant Dougy, who own and run the Safe And Sound garage

Marty Morrissey & Bernard O’Shea have decided to go on a mission – their mission is to find out what the Modern Man of the 21st Century is all about. They meet with Bernard Brogan who sets them up on their quest. The humorous adventure eventually brings them to New York City where they discover the world of social media influencing – but will they make it big in The Big Apple?

Zig and Zag host an irreverent programme featuring TV bloopers, home video shockers, celebrity guests and brand-new, hidden-camera stunts.

Teresa’s world is turned upside down by the arrival of glamorous murder suspect, Amanda Menton. Amanda is Fieldstown’s only local celebrity, having been accused of the murder of her lover, infamous west Dublin gym boss and gangster Max ‘The Mandroid’ Murphy. Having (temporarily) escaped conviction for murdering Max, Amanda arrives at the Centre to run a Women In Business course – and kicks off a no-holds barred struggle for power– watched on by the motley crew of staff.

A contemporary comedy drama series set against the background of one of Ireland’s most famous - and notorious - sporting and social festival – Galway Race Week. The rich backdrop of Ireland’s most successful race meeting is the perfect setting for the unfolding drama of dodgy schemes, misplaced dreams, wanton excesses & outright sin. The seven deadly sins, Pride, Gluttony, Envy, Lust, Sloth, Wrath and Greed are all present and incorrect in this darkly humorous saga and each sin is themed in one of the episodes. During race week, the characters paths interconnect and merge as each one embarks on a personal odyssey. By the end of this week, the characters have influenced and profoundly changed each other’s lives and some will find their entire existence has been altered forever. Broadcast in the Irish language on TG4

Andrew Maxwell presents Smoke and Mirrors, a new series featuring an eclectic mix of stand-up comedy and vaudeville acts. Drawing on Andrew’s successful live stage show – The Fullmooners, Smoke and Mirrors features stand-up by Andrew along with performances by some of his stage show regulars such as Lady Carol of the Moontacula, a jazzy blues queen who sings rock covers while playing a ukulele, breakdancers and stand-up by comedians such as Adam Bloom, Craig Campbell, Glenn Wool and Steve Hughes.

Hosted by Deirdre O'Kane, Nicky Byrne, Baz Ashmawy, Jennifer Zamparelli, and Eoghan McDermott RTÉ Does Comic Relief will feature an array of memorable performance from the likes of Dara O'Briain, Hozier, Amy Huberman, Chris O'Dowd, Normal People’s Paul Mescal and Daisy Edgar Jones, Andrew Scott, The Derry Girls, Waterford Whispers News, Anne Doyle, Saoirse Ronan, Nathan Carter, Zig & Zag, Christy Moore and many, many more...

Follows Saville Row textile pattern designer Kate, who lives in the quaint village of Blexford, England next door to her father Mac, who is long-divorced from Kate’s mother Delilah, a globe-trotting American always on an adventure. When not at work, Kate looks after Mac, who’s recovering from a motorbike accident and is inclined to spend his days sitting in his recliner. Her best friend Laura signs her up for The 12 Dates of Christmas – a holiday-themed matchmaking program in the days leading up to the holiday featuring carefully curated, yuletide dating experiences, in an attempt to get Kate out of her rut.