Community follows Jeff Winger, a disbarred lawyer forced to enrol at Greendale Community College after his fraudulent degree is exposed.

There he finds himself surrounded by an unlikely cabal in his study group, each carrying their own failures, insecurities and ambitions.

Greendale Community College becomes a peculiar world of eccentric personalities, strange traditions and increasingly elaborate circumstances, where ordinary situations regularly descend into surreal chaos.

Jeff struts into Greendale with complete confidence in his own superiority, viewing the study group as little more than a temporary inconvenience while attempting to preserve his carefully constructed persona.

Over time, the group he initially dismisses becomes central to his life, forcing Jeff to confront the limitations of his own curated identity.

The friendships formed within the group gradually become the driving force of the series, providing a human dimension beneath its constant genre experiments and escalating absurdity.

Community built its reputation by repeatedly challenging the conventions of the sitcom format.

Episodes shift between genres with remarkable confidence, moving from a Goodfellas homage to the ever-favourite Rambo-eqsue paintball episodes, or even to a tribute to My Dinner with Andre.

These departures often reflected the personalities and perspectives of the characters themselves, particularly Abed, whose encyclopaedic knowledge of film and television influenced the way he interpreted events around him and gave the series perhaps its most self-aware moments.

The ensemble cast is consistently strong, but Jim Rash’s Dean Craig Pelton remains one of the series’ finest creations.

Chevy Chase’s Pierce Hawthorne, selfish, vain-glorious and frequently offensive, is another defining presence.

Pierce is often deliberately unpleasant, an ageing millionaire whose archaic views, cruel remarks and penchant for harassment make him one of the group’s most difficult members to tolerate.

Yet Chase’s timing and unpredictability ensure that Pierce remains one of the show’s most memorable sources.

Community was admittedly at its strongest during its early seasons under Dan Harmon’s direction.

His departure after the third season significantly affected the show’s rhythm, with the fourth season struggling to reproduce the balance of eccentric humour and character-driven storytelling that had defined the series.

The later exits of Chevy Chase, Donald Glover and Yvette Nicole Brown changed the chemistry of the original group, although the show continued to produce the occasional flashes of its earlier brilliance.

Years after its original broadcast, Community has developed into one of television’s most enduring cult comedies.