I wondered if it was originally planned for BBC4. It seems the type of show.
They've tried out series before giving them 3 or 4 episodes for a first series. A bit like a pilot series.
Just watched all four episodes on CatchUp over the weekend and thought it was brilliant. The nurse is lovely. And Paul Whitehouse is so brilliant at portraying his characters' sadness. I love Lorrie.
Nice attempt at irony but a bit lame and not worth a new series..The attempts by Paul Whitehouse to become a new Alistair Sim or the sublime Alec Guinness falls very short.
I think that's the reason it was hidden away on BBC4. It's not a Harry & Paul type show.
It's more Playhouse Presents on Sky Arts and BBC4 is where things like this end up even though apparently it's not commissioning comedy anymore (if you take this as being a drama/comedy)
I watched the final episode last night and thought it got better as the series went along.
My favourites were Jack, the squaddie with PTSD and the old guy Herbert.
I did wonder though why they had two characters with the same disorder (Herbert and Phyllis), unless they were to distinguish different stages or two disorders that seem the same but are different - which may have caught me out?
I thought the content was good but not overly impressed by Whitehouse. I'm a big fan of his but he seemed to be pulling out characters from his adverts and using that crappy makeup that he used in Harry & Paul and the adverts and the old Jewish guy was like a version of Arthur Atkinson.
The morbidly obese character is transplanted from "Bellamy's People" too.
The morbidly obese character is transplanted from "Bellamy's People" too.
Graham Downs is the character. He was a regular caller in the radio comedy 'Down The Line' hosted by Gary Bellamy. There were a few other oddballs
I would have liked to see on screen
Comments
I assume that each of the subjects was filmed in one go, or the make up demands would have been too much to put up with.
If I have a spare 30mins I might nip on to iPlayer to give it another go. I wasn't totally hooked by the first ep though.
Strange that something as good as this gets virtually ignored.
Oh, only just realised it was only four episodes long. Seems awful short for a series!
They've tried out series before giving them 3 or 4 episodes for a first series. A bit like a pilot series.
Will give the other two a go now.
It's more Playhouse Presents on Sky Arts and BBC4 is where things like this end up even though apparently it's not commissioning comedy anymore (if you take this as being a drama/comedy)
My favourites were Jack, the squaddie with PTSD and the old guy Herbert.
I did wonder though why they had two characters with the same disorder (Herbert and Phyllis), unless they were to distinguish different stages or two disorders that seem the same but are different - which may have caught me out?
Loved Jimmy's Top Gear rant
Wish The Rayn Men would re-release "What Did Santa Get For Christmas?" 😉
Graham Downs is the character. He was a regular caller in the radio comedy 'Down The Line' hosted by Gary Bellamy. There were a few other oddballs
I would have liked to see on screen