2009, 2012–) Brittas Empire, Chris Barrie sitcom set in a leisure centre about an annoying manager on BBC1 (1991–1997). The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer, variety show of sketches and songs in the surrealist genre of comedy on the BBC (1993–1995). Shooting Stars, panel game show with seemingly no rules on BBC2 (1993–2011). Big Train, sketch show with absurd situations performed in a realistic, deadpan style on BBC2 (1998–2002). The Mighty Boosh, comic fantasy containing non-sequiturs and pop-culture references (1998–2009, 2013). The League of Gentlemen, sitcom about the eccentric inhabitants of a fictional northern village Royston Vasey, shown on BBC2 (1999–2002, 2017). Also macabre. Black Books, sitcom about a bookshop owner, flavoured with surreal and nonsensical elements on Channel 4 (2000–2004). The Armando Iannucci Shows, comedy sketch show utilising surrealism (2001). Green Wing, experimental sitcom using surrealism, sped-up/slowed-down camera work and ethereal, dream-like sequences on Channel 4 (2004–2007). Macabre Black humour, in which topics and events that are usually treated seriously are treated in a humorous or satirical manner, typified by: Nighty Night, a TV series about a sociopathic beauty therapist who fakes her husband's death in order to steal her disabled neighbour's husband Jam, an unsettling TV sketch comedy with an ambient music soundtrack Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, a horror comedy revolving around the supernatural, and is set in a hospital in the 1980s Murder Most Horrid, a TV series in which Dawn French plays murderesses and victims. Snuff Box, a sketch show about a hangman (Matt Berry) and his assistant (Rich Fulcher), who make jokes or light-hearted conversation while hanging men. Death at a Funeral, a 2007 black comedy film. Kind Hearts and Coronets, a film about a man murdering his way to a hereditary position, starring Alec Guinness in numerous roles. Four Lions, a 2010 film satirising Jihadi terrorists within British Society. Inside No. 9, a black comedy, drama anthology series. (2014-) Surreal and chaotic Vic Reeves Big Night Out (1990 and 1991) a parody of the variety shows which dominated the early years of television, but which were, by the early 1990s, falling from grace. Bottom (1991–1995) noted for its chaotic humour and highly violent slapstick. The Young Ones (1982–1984), a British sitcom about four students living together. It combined traditional sitcom style with violent slapstick, non sequitur plot-turns and surrealism. Humour inherent in everyday life The humour, not necessarily apparent to the participants, inherent in everyday