Recommend Some British Television Shows

As an American, my television watching scope is rather limited to what's available. A couple months back, I was flipping through Wikipedia and discovered the Mighty Boosh. It was a very charming show but I'm getting close to the end of series. (There's only 20 episodes in total). So, I was wondering if there's any similar shows I could get into.

The Office... the British version. Only on 2 seasons, but at times it's much better than the US version... you just have to like British humor.

The I.T. Crowd, Peep Show, Garth Marenghi's Dark Place, Snuff box, Nathan Barley -  There are some cameos by Noel Fielding and Julian Barrett (Barrett is actually one of the main characters in Nathan Barley) in most of that stuff and a whole lot of shared cast between them. There isn't all that much that's too similar to the Mighty Boosh though because that's pretty weird, it's definitely worth checking out the radio show if you really enjoyed it though!  
 
EDIT: also! Brass Eye! 

There really aren't many, if any, good British TV shows. Luther is probably the best thing I've seen in years.

 Garth Marenghi's Darkplace 

The first two seasons of Robin Hood were good, Gavin and Stacey if you're looking for another another comedy, Skins and of course the inevitable recommendation of Doctor Who.

Brass eye and The Day Today is all you need to know...oh and The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer

Black Books for your comedy fix, Being Human for your comedy/drama/horror fix.

Spooks, Hustle, Black Books, Peep Show and Extras

Father Ted

Black Books, Skins, Misfits, Hustle, Monty Python's Flying Cirkus

The british version of Coupling is hilarious.

Comedy

The IT Crowd, Red Dwarf (Sci-Fi Comedy, possibly my favourite TV Show ever), Black-Adder, The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy (based of the Radio/Book series), The Young Ones (80's Sitcom about a anarchic group of students, worth watching just for the "Bambi" which has them going on University Challenge).

Panel Show

QI, Mock the Week

Drama

Doctor Who, Sherlock, Johnathan Creek (A Mystery show about an inventor of magicians tricks solving 'impossible' crimes/situations)

There more but I cant think of them off the top of my head.

Black Books, Spaced, Blackadder, Peep Show.

" Father Ted "

For comedy:

Green Wing (like Scrubs, but funny all the time, none of that relationship melodrama shit or preachy messages, and way more surreal)

Inbetweeners (hilarious school comedy)

No Heroics (Superheroes and classic British humour!)

Peep Show (So excellent funny and innovative with its first-person camera comedy; helps if you're a fan of David and Mitchell)

Fawlty Towers. There is only one season, but it's great. It's on Netflix instant play.

" There really aren't many, if any, good British TV shows. Luther is probably the best thing I've seen in years. "

" There really aren't many, if any, good British TV shows. "

Men behaving Badly

The absence of Life on Mars and Ashes to Ashes is pretty much unforgivable. That said it's not at all like the Mighty Boosh, which I personally hated, so it may well not be for you. 
From a comedy standpoint, @Lucidforest gives a good accounting of it, to which I would add The Two Ronnies and Only Fools and Horses if you feel like getting a little more classic with it.

" Black Books, Peep Show "

" Father Ted "

" Monty Python's Flying Circus "

"Comedy

• The IT Crowd and Red Dwarf (Sci-Fi Comedy, possibly my favourite TV Show ever), 

• Black-Adder, 

• The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy (based of the Radio/Book series), 

• The Young Ones (80's Sitcom about a anarchic group of students, worth watching just for the "Bambi" which has them going on University Challenge).

Panel Show

QI and Mock the Week.

Drama

Doctor Who"

" Fawlty Towers. There is only one season, but it's great. It's on Netflix instant play. "

" There really aren't many, if any, good British TV shows. Luther is probably the best thing I've seen in years. "

Spaced, Green Wing, Black Books, IT Crowd, Father Ted, Red Dwarf, How Not To Live Your Life, Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, Peep Show, Mighty Boosh.
 
Edit: How did I forget the League of Gentlemen? that too.

The Office, Spaced.

" @Steve_C said:

" Father Ted "

Father Ted is Irish!! "

So, I've reached the second page of my notepad already. I feel like I've missed out on a lot.

" So, I've reached the second page of my notepad already. I feel like I've missed out on a lot. "

" Father Ted "

I think Top Gear is one of the best shows on TV in the world right now.

" Fawlty Towers. There is only one season, but it's great. It's on Netflix instant play. "

" @Dylabaloo said:

" @Steve_C said:

" Father Ted "

Father Ted is Irish!! "

It had an Irish setting, yes. It was a British production for Channel 4, a UK channel. "

" @HandsomeDead said:

" There really aren't many, if any, good British TV shows. Luther is probably the best thing I've seen in years. "

Complete and utter blasphemy. "

The League of Gentlemen is pretty good if you are into weird dark humour, the same with Psychoville.
 
The Mitchell and Webb look is a pretty great sketch show in my opinion, the  Peter Serafinowicz show was also really good though I think there is only 6 episodes which is kind of a shame.
 
Catterick was a another short series but it had a similar sort of bizarre style to the boosh if not totally that over the top, Vic and bob's other series Shooting Stars is much more over the top in style though.
 
Look around you is another good show, though it changes quite a lot between the first and second series from being a fake teaching aid series to more of a gadget show, but both still have some hilarious moments. 
 
Also QI is pretty amazing.

" I think Top Gear is one of the best shows on TV in the world right now. "

" @HandsomeDead said:

" There really aren't many, if any, good British TV shows. Luther is probably the best thing I've seen in years. "

Complete and utter blasphemy. "

Not really. Most of the shows people like are over a decade old and things like Mock The Week and QI are clever shows for dumb people. It's even worse with Dr. Who which is a kids' show on at prime time. When you have channels like BBC and ITV whose schedules revolves around soaps, mini series which revolve around a family in crisis and not much else, I can't see how you can champion it over American TV. Sure, a lot of American network TV is bad but there's at least new shows on every Autumn and considering the charge involved for the BBC Channels, there's nothing there comparable to HBO, AMC or even FX and TNT. The only thing that's consistent are the documentaries. "

That Mitchel and Web Look and A Bit of Fry and Laurie for Sketch comedy(Though Fry and laurie is real old)
Black Books, IT crowd(Mostly for Moss) and Father Ted for comedy series'.
QI and Would I lie To You? for panel stuff comedy.
Dr. Who and Torchwood can be good.
There is other stuff but I watch less than 3 hours of television a week so I cannot remember.

Black books, peep show, the inbetweeners, spaced, the i.t crowd - Great comedy 
Top Gear, Sherlock, Doctor Who, Torchwood - Also worth a look. 
 
edit: oh god, i forgot QI. My favourite T.V program ever.

Father Ted, Peep Show, Vicar of Dibley, The Inbetweeners...uhm...As for just comedy check out things like QI, Mock the Week and Would I Lie to You.

The UK Office. It's pretty short compared to the US equivalent. Not quite stretching over 7 seasons or anything... It's also pretty different aswell which most don't expect when going in from the US to the UK version. More adult, darker humour too. Plus David is sometimes just plain annoying instead of goofy funny.

" I think Top Gear is one of the best shows on TV in the world right now. "

Doctor Who

The trouble for the UK is that America does drama so well, and so often, that when a Life on Mars, Ashes to Ashes or Sherlock comes along, as fantastic as it it, you know that in the US they've got a couple of equally great shows running at the same time. Also, ITV does some absolutely awful TV, bringing the entire nation down with it.
 
Still, Life On Mars (UK), Ashes to Ashes (in that order) and Sherlock should be on your list for Drama. 
Blackadder II, III and IV (1st isn't all that great), Fawlty Towers, The Office (funnier than the US, but much shorter), Extras, I'm Alan Partridge, Brass Eye, The Day Today and Peep Show for comedy.
 
If you're into detective shows and mystery, Poirot and Miss Marple may be the only 2 shows ITV produce that I watch, and they're very good.
 
@marioncobretti said:

" I look at stupid ITV and BBC dramas and cannot find anythign that comes even close the quality of something like Mad Men. "

Go with the classic
 
 

Inbetweeners, Spooks, Mock the Week, Misfits, Top Gear, That Mitchell and Web look, Extras, Ricky Gervais' The Office, Peep show, Never Mind the Buzzcocks.

There isn't any serious / drama TV that even comes close to anything HBO makes.  There are a handful of comedies (all well covered above) but they may perhaps be too British for you to get much out of.  The Inbetweeners is amusing.
 
We're good at documentaries, if you're into those.