A British sitcom is a situation comedy programme produced for British television . Although styles of sitcom have changed over the years they tend to be based on a family, workplace or other institution, where the same group of contrasting characters is brought together in each episode. Unlike American sitcoms, where twenty or more episodes in a season is the norm, British sitcoms are typically produced in one or more series of six episodes. Most such series are written by one or two people (who also originally conceived the show).
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