Hmm, in no particular order, 10 comedies/comedians I can think of who would be "up there"

Bill Hicks
Red Dwarf
Mike Harding
Monty Python
Brass Eye / Christopher Morris
The Office
The Royle Family
Stephen Fry
Blackadder (though the 4th season is the one I remember best, I barely recall the first season)
Bill Bailey


I do find QI to be outrageously funny, though I couldn't call it a comedy.

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