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All British Comedy Explained

Abigoliah Schamaun and Tom Salinsky

Tom Salinsky explains all of British television comedy to Abigoliah Schamaun, one show at a time.

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  • 22 episodes
  • fortnightly
  • Avg 58 min
  • English

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  • S2 · E3
    March 19 · 51 min

    2.3 Absolutely Fabulous Explained

    All British Comedy Explained… to Abigoliah Schamaun, by Tom Salinsky 2.3: Absolutely Fabulous. Released 19 March 2026. Jennifer Saunders’s wild hedonistic comedy series hit television screens like a tidal wave and made instant stars of Jane Horrocks and Julia Sawalha while introducing legends Joanna Lumley and June Whitfield to whole new generations. We watched series 1 episode 4 “Iso Tank”, and series 5 episode 3 “Panickin’”. Next time we’ll experience a rather different version of suburban angst than Tom and Barbara’s goats and cabbages with The Fall and Rise of Reginald Perrin, series 1 episode 1, and series 2 episode 4. Here’s a long list of social media systems where you can find the podcast and us. The podcast JOIN OUR PATREON https://patreon.com/BritishComedyPod https://substack.com/@allbritishcomedy Mailing list: http://eepurl.com/jnPC56 allbritishcomedy@gmail.com https://allbritishcomedy.com https://www.youtube.com/@AllBritishComedyExplained https://www.instagram.com/britishcomedypod https://www.tiktok.com/@britishcomedypod https://bsky.app/profile/allbritishcomedy.bsky.social https://www.threads.com/@britishcomedypod https://www.facebook.com/groups/allbritishcomedy Abigoliah Schamaun https://abigoliah.com https://www.youtube.com/Abigoliah https://www.instagram.com/abigoliah https://www.tiktok.com/@abigoliah Tom Salinsky https://kingsheadtheatre.com/whats-on/in-the-print-8y4s https://tomsalinsky.co.uk https://www.facebook.com/tomsalinsky https://www.instagram.com/tomsalinsky https://www.tiktok.com/@tomsalinsky1972 https://bsky.app/profile/tomsalinsky.bsky.social https://www.threads.com/@tomsalinsky All British Comedy Explained is produced by The Spontaneity Shop. If you enjoy this podcast, why not check out The Guilty Feminist with Deborah Frances-White, Tom’s other podcast Best Pick all about movies, or Abigoliah’s other podcast Neurodivergent Moments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  • S2 · E2
    March 5 · 54 min

    2.2 The Good Life Explained

    All British Comedy Explained… to Abigoliah Schamaun, by Tom Salinsky 2.2: The Good Life. Released 5 March 2026. In many ways the quintessential domestic BBC sitcom from the 1970s, but there’s a richness to the characters and a snap to the performances which elevates this one. There’s a reason it keeps being repeated. We watched “Say Little Hen” from the first series and the classic “The Wind-Break War” from the third series. Next time we will be watching Jennifer Saunders’s extraordinary Absolutely Fabulous, series 1 episode 4 “Iso Tank”, and series 5 episode 3 “Panickin’”. Here’s a long list of social media systems where you can find the podcast and us. The podcast JOIN OUR PATREON https://patreon.com/BritishComedyPod https://substack.com/@allbritishcomedy Mailing list: http://eepurl.com/jnPC56 allbritishcomedy@gmail.com https://allbritishcomedy.com https://www.youtube.com/@AllBritishComedyExplained https://www.instagram.com/britishcomedypod https://www.tiktok.com/@britishcomedypod https://bsky.app/profile/allbritishcomedy.bsky.social https://www.threads.com/@britishcomedypod https://www.facebook.com/groups/allbritishcomedy Abigoliah Schamaun https://abigoliah.com https://www.youtube.com/Abigoliah https://www.instagram.com/abigoliah https://www.tiktok.com/@abigoliah Tom Salinsky https://kingsheadtheatre.com/whats-on/in-the-print-8y4s https://tomsalinsky.co.uk https://www.facebook.com/tomsalinsky https://www.instagram.com/tomsalinsky https://www.tiktok.com/@tomsalinsky1972 https://bsky.app/profile/tomsalinsky.bsky.social https://www.threads.com/@tomsalinsky All British Comedy Explained is produced by The Spontaneity Shop. If you enjoy this podcast, why not check out The Guilty Feminist with Deborah Frances-White, Tom’s other podcast Best Pick all about movies, or Abigoliah’s other podcast Neurodivergent Moments. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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