Crisps, sitcom The Royle Family, sitcom Monty Python's Four Yorkshiremen and Working-class playwright sketches Lovable rogue The lovable rogue, often from the impoverished working class, trying to 'beat the system' and better himself, typified by: Arthur Daley in Minder The Andy Capp, cartoon strip created by Reginald Smythe The Likely Lads, TV series Steptoe and Son, sitcom TV series Rising Damp, sitcom TV series Open All Hours, sitcom TV series Only Fools and Horses, comedy TV series (1981–2003) starring David Jason as Del Trotter The Flashman Papers, books Alan B'stard in The New Statesman, TV series Norman Wisdom Porridge, sitcom TV series Blackadder, comedy TV series Red Dwarf, science fiction comedy TV series and novels Black Books, sitcom TV series on Channel 4 The Fast Show, notably Chris the Crafty Cockney sketch Spaced Billy Connolly, comedian and actor Embarrassment of social ineptitude The embarrassment of social ineptitude, typified by: Mr. Bean, comedy TV series starring Rowan Atkinson The Office, comedy TV series starring Ricky Gervais Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, comedy series starring Michael Crawford Alan Partridge, comedy TV series starring Steve Coogan Count Arthur Strong, radio show Extras One Foot in the Grave, comedy TV series, 1990 to 2000 Peep Show, TV series Miranda, BBC TV comedy series from 2009, starring Miranda Hart The Inbetweeners, Channel 4 comedy series detailing the last years of sixth form for a group of average teenage boys Citizen Khan, a sitcom about a British Asian family in Birmingham Derek Uncle, starring comedian and actor Nick Helm Race and regional stereotypes The An Englishman, an Irishman and a Scotsman joke format is one common to many cultures, and is often used in English, including having the nationalities switched around to take advantage of other stereotypes. These stereotypes are somewhat fond, and these jokes would not be taken as xenophobic. This sort of affectionate stereotype is also exemplified by 'Allo 'Allo!, a programme that, although set in France in the Second World War, and deliberately performed in over-the-top accents, mocked British stereotypes as well as foreigners. This also applies to a lot of the regional stereotypes in the UK. Regional accent and dialect are used in such programmes as Hancock's Half Hour, Auf Wiedersehen, Pet and Red Dwarf, as these accents provide quick characterisation and social cues. Although racism was a part of British humour, it is now frowned upon, and acts such as Bernard