In addition to Hitch-hiker, classic comedy that still tells you something about the British mindset (and with which you might already be familiar, but...) includes:
Yes, Minister (and Yes, Prime Minister) Red Dwarf (particularly the earlier series, although they didn't win any awards until season six...)
Going further back, there's also the Goons and (less well-known, but featuring some people you'll be familiar with from ISIHAC) the Goodies. Thinking of aged audio, are you familiar with Flanders and Swann?
We can lend DVDs of YM and RD, and CDs of Flanders and Swann, but don't have much Goons or any Goodies. This is possibly a lack I should do something about fixing, now I come to think of it.
If you want to understand Brits of a certain age (er, people like me), it might help to watch some Dangermouse, too. One of those series that simply couldn't have been made anywhere else; nowhere except Britain would someone come up with a villain who tries to conquer the world using explosive custard. (Some of the later series are less good, but there are many fantastic moments even in those.) I have a complete DM boxed set, too.
Drop the Dead Donkey, set in a fictional newsroom, is very good on 1990s references - and the repeats have a little summary of the key real-life events of the preceding week to explain the topical references. Whether that's available on DVD I'm not sure.
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Yes, Minister (and Yes, Prime Minister)
Red Dwarf (particularly the earlier series, although they didn't win any awards until season six...)
Going further back, there's also the Goons and (less well-known, but featuring some people you'll be familiar with from ISIHAC) the Goodies. Thinking of aged audio, are you familiar with Flanders and Swann?
We can lend DVDs of YM and RD, and CDs of Flanders and Swann, but don't have much Goons or any Goodies. This is possibly a lack I should do something about fixing, now I come to think of it.
If you want to understand Brits of a certain age (er, people like me), it might help to watch some Dangermouse, too. One of those series that simply couldn't have been made anywhere else; nowhere except Britain would someone come up with a villain who tries to conquer the world using explosive custard. (Some of the later series are less good, but there are many fantastic moments even in those.) I have a complete DM boxed set, too.
Drop the Dead Donkey, set in a fictional newsroom, is very good on 1990s references - and the repeats have a little summary of the key real-life events of the preceding week to explain the topical references. Whether that's available on DVD I'm not sure.