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Sitcoms/episodes set entirely in one location

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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 4,129
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    One set or few set episodes are called 'bottle shows' - cheap to make (but doesn't mean bad).

    One Foot in The Grave - in a car on a motorway.

    Did 'My Family' have one all in a tube train as a Christmas special?

    I know it's cheating a bit but this link has a superb list:-

    http://www.cookdandbombd.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=29610.0
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    LenitiveLenitive Posts: 4,263
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    The Smoking Room never left the Smoking Room.

    What I came here to say. So underrated, that series!
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    Andy BirkenheadAndy Birkenhead Posts: 13,450
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    Steptoe and Son rarely left the house / yard
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    djleekeedjleekee Posts: 1,622
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    The one that springs to mind for me is Time Gentlemen Please.

    Most episodes set entirely in the pub. But there was one episode where the whole episode was set in the hospital (and was one of my favourites!)

    Cant beleive Sky 3+1 arent showing repeats of it!
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    James FrederickJames Frederick Posts: 53,184
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    I suppose when you think about it most sitcoms while they do have other locations must be set 90% in a main base more often than not the family home/workplace

    Are You Begin Served? rarely left the department and even when they did it was usually just to another part of the store .

    On The Buses was mostly either in the Bus Depot or in the Butler household very rare it wasn't one of those 2 locations
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    warszawawarszawa Posts: 4,437
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    steveh31 wrote: »
    Rising Damp

    Mainly, but i remember Rigsby taking Miss Jones to a restaurant once.
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    jrmswfcjrmswfc Posts: 5,644
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    Alan Partridge's 'Mid Morning Matters'
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    James FrederickJames Frederick Posts: 53,184
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    Does stuff like Hi-De-Hi count as it rarely left the camp but the camp was big so has many different locations
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    woot_whoowoot_whoo Posts: 18,030
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    I suppose when you think about it most sitcoms while they do have other locations must be set 90% in a main base more often than not the family home/workplace

    Are You Begin Served? rarely left the department and even when they did it was usually just to another part of the store .

    On The Buses was mostly either in the Bus Depot or in the Butler household very rare it wasn't one of those 2 locations

    This is very true - even dramas like Upstairs, Downstairs had many episodes which never left the confines of the house in which they were set. However, some shows occasionally take it further and confine episodes to one room or small set.
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    James FrederickJames Frederick Posts: 53,184
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    Only When I Laugh (sitcom based in a Hospital) rarely left the ward and a lot of eps just had the 3 men in bed talking they may have gone to the table sometimes
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    warszawawarszawa Posts: 4,437
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    Game On didn't go out much.
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    VerenceVerence Posts: 104,605
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    woot_whoo wrote: »
    There was also a Bottom set in a tent, into which a flasher kept exposing himself (leading to an unfortunate moment as Eddie and Richie quickly attempted to zip the door up). I believe this was also the episode in which they were petrified that they would be attacked by Wombles because they were camping on Wimbledon Common. :D

    Eddie: Where's my sleeping bag??

    Richie: Well the last I heard she was in Chiswick!!!


    Most episodes of Nightingales the C4 sitcom about security guards starring Robert Lindsay, David Threlfall and James Ellis were set in one room
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    woot_whoowoot_whoo Posts: 18,030
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    Only When I Laugh (sitcom based in a Hospital) rarely left the ward and a lot of eps just had the 3 men in bed talking they may have gone to the table sometimes

    I've only seen one episode of the Jo Brand sitcom, Getting On, but I'm sure it was confined to the one hospital ward.
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    James FrederickJames Frederick Posts: 53,184
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    warszawa wrote: »
    Game On didn't go out much.

    I have not watched that in about 16 years but wasn't that even part of the plot that one of them was agoraphobic so never left the flat
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    VerenceVerence Posts: 104,605
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    I have not watched that in about 16 years but wasn't that even part of the plot that one of them was agoraphobic so never left the flat

    He did on a couple of occasion though
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    warszawawarszawa Posts: 4,437
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    Verence wrote: »
    He did on a couple of occasion though

    He was briefly in a band.
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    James FrederickJames Frederick Posts: 53,184
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    In one of the On The Buses episodes apart from about 30 seconds at the end it's set entirely on the bus (even those 30 seconds they are stood just outside of the bus)
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    butterworthbutterworth Posts: 17,878
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    The Office (UK version) or The Office (US Version Seasons 1 - 2) rarely left The Office....
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    Steven OliverSteven Oliver Posts: 2,185
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    One episode of Porridge ("A Night In", from the first series) was set entirely in Fletcher and Godber's prison cell.
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    Steven OliverSteven Oliver Posts: 2,185
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    Does stuff like Hi-De-Hi count as it rarely left the camp but the camp was big so has many different locations

    Technically, no since some episodes featured the staff visiting locations away from the camp,
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    FroodFrood Posts: 13,180
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    Many episodes of Cheers never leave the Bar/Office - certainly in the early series..
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    cnbcwatchercnbcwatcher Posts: 56,681
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    There was another episode of One Foot In The Grave where Victor was all alone for some reason and he never left the house. It was called The Trial.
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    Jason100Jason100 Posts: 17,222
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    There was another episode of One Foot In The Grave where Victor was all alone for some reason and he never left the house. It was called The Trial.

    Which gave us that hilarious plant in toilet scene! :D
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    FlannerzFlannerz Posts: 207
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    Some of the early Red Dwarfs they don't leave the ship
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    HarrisonMarksHarrisonMarks Posts: 4,360
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    I seem to remember a Rab C. Nesbitt episode set in a police cell which was a monologue by Fisher. Timothy Spall was the reluctant cellmate who ended up hanging himself while Rab ranted on - very impressive acting without a single line.
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