any Brittas Empire fans?
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Possibly one of my fave sitcoms of all time. It ran for a good seven series throughout the 1990s and all were good, apart from series 6 which can be forgiven. Some classic disatrous episodes, most of which are being shown on UK Gold. It had a great set of characters too, my favourite being Colin and Carol, the receptionist who keeps her babies in a draw. Would like to hear from other fans of the series and reminise. This is the sort of comedy you wouldnt get nowadays.
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It was absolutely dreadful.
Carol the receptionist is one of the all-time outstanding British sitcom characters, nervously calling Mr Brittas "Mssbrss" and slamming her babies in desk drawers: excellent.
Favourite episode:
Such a shame that modern sitcoms don't have the imagination and freshness that many older shows have.
I sat there watching and this woman came on screen, she is one of the lead actors, and all the way through I was saying "what he hell is she off"....now I'm quit good at this game but good grief this had me stumpt next epissode .....what the hell is she off....and on and on.
So Googled her name and she was Laura Lancing of the Brittas Empire
the sensible one
Anyway - yes, I loved that show! Just such surreal comedy. Something you really don't see today!
Some very good actors in that show!
The receptionist is the character that sticks in my mind the most. Really funny.:D
some of the stories, well actually all of the stories are madness, love it lol the cow giving birth in there the same time as carol. and when he gets wheeled about by colin when his feet are set in concrete lmao
ahh love it. nearly finished the box set now im on series 7
Realised other day it was a very similar mix to Fawlty Towers - farce, hotel/leisure centre, incompetent male in charge, dominant capable female/s clearing up man's disasters all the time, put upon staff etc etc. Though with added in Tom & Jerry brutality!
I loved Helen the put upon pill popping, unfaithful wife. A sublime performance by Pippa Haywood who is one of the few cast members to crop up again on TV afterwards. It was certainly the last decent thing Chris Barrie ever did - and I so include the tail end of Red Dwarf.
Did he not play a retired footballer in the rather weak BBC sitcom 'A Prince Among Men' just after Brittas?
(He's currently presenting "Britain's greatest machines", for anyone who needs their CB fix, over on Nat Geo on Thursdays).
Out of interest, what was wrong with series 6? Is it worth avoiding?
I've seen bits of series 6 and 7 on Sky, and it feels very different. I haven't seen the last episode, but I believe it has an awful, cop-out ending.
I'm watching The Grand at the moment! (as mentioned in a post, above). It's brilliant stuff. I've just got to the end of series one: Julia St John is really excellent. Last year, I met Pippa Hayward (Mrs Brittas): I got an autograph and said how much I enjoyed The Brittas Empire. She was very happy to be remembered for it.
tele addict that was such a good episode LOL loved how he came out at the end with the children awww
The cruise ship idea mooted around a few years back seems good. Even Mr Brittas set in a biscuit factory would probably be worth watching.