Episodes – BBC2 – Mondays 10pm

NoEntry2k · 10/01/11 - 14:51

Anyone looking forward to this tonight? It’s a BBC and Showtime co-production starring Mat LeBlanc, Stephen Mangan and Tamsin Greig.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-12127298

Looks promising to me.

Chickens hit · 10/01/11 - 15:03

I am. I like what I've seen in the trailer especially Matt Le Blanc and I was never a big fan of Friends.

Is it loosely based on the experience of those writers behind Coupling (forget who they were tbh) and their disastrous attempt to work with NBC?

MoreTears · 10/01/11 - 15:03

I have seen the first and second episode of Episodes (somebody apparently leaked them on to the net). I really enjoyed them. They elicited, from me, wry smiles rather than belly laughs, but that's well and good. It is an inherently interesting concept.

MoreTears · 10/01/11 - 15:09

Chickens hit wrote: »

Is it loosely based on the experience of those writers behind Coupling (forget who they were tbh) and their disastrous attempt to work with NBC?

No, the BBC got involved as a co-producer, but two Americans came up with the idea for the show and got the US subscription channel Showtime to pick it up. One of the creators is David Crane, who was involved in creating Friends (thus the involvement of Matt LeBlanc in this). It is not like Americans are oblivious to the fact that a lot of American attempts to remake British shows have produced junk.:)

gemmaovwales03 · 10/01/11 - 15:19

I'm going to give this a try it looks good

There's so much on tonight don't fail me now sky+!

Crazyeyeskiller · 10/01/11 - 15:22

MoreTears wrote: »

I have seen the first and second episode of Episodes (somebody apparently leaked them on to the net). I really enjoyed them. They elicited, from me, wry smiles rather than belly laughs, but that's well and good. It is an inherently interesting concept.

Not sure it is.

I'll give it a go, not overly hopeful. All the promotions of it on tv and radio have grated on me, i like Mangan but he's a bit self satisifed.

MoreTears · 10/01/11 - 15:26

Crazyeyeskiller wrote: »

Not sure it is.

I'll give it a go, not overly hopeful. All the promotions of it on tv and radio have grated on me, i like Mangan but he's a bit self satisifed.

Clearly, what I find "inherently interesting" may be completely uninteresting to another person.:) If the show isn't for you, oh well.

newkid30 · 10/01/11 - 16:03

Yes, really looking forward to this.

NoEntry2k · 10/01/11 - 16:10

MoreTears wrote: »

I have seen the first and second episode of Episodes (somebody apparently leaked them on to the net). I really enjoyed them. They elicited, from me, wry smiles rather than belly laughs, but that's well and good. It is an inherently interesting concept.

Nothing wrong with that, wry smiles are sometimes better than belly laughs, they often come from more intelligent jokes i find.