Welcome to the World, Neil-lar 

Like The Office before it, the first series sneaked onto the schedules with no so much a fanfare as a whisper; word of mouth and critical recommendation followed and the soon-to-be cult viewership began to fall in love with this cast of wierd and wonderful characters; series two aired and the plaudits and awards have been thrust upon it along with hundred of thousands of extra viewers; and now a Christmas Special has been comissioned and you can be sure it will be BBC Three’s

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Tags: BAFTA, BBC3, Britcom, Extras, Fawlty Towers, Gavin Stacey, James Corden, Matt Horne, My-Family, Ruth Jones, Sitcom, The-Office

Christmas Review #5 of 12

“From the makers of Friends” is the kind of tagline for a new sitcom that is all but guaranteed to add a pretty big slice to the viewing figures. Fortunately, for fans of Friends, this new ensemble comedy, The Class, ticks all the right boxes and gives us a welcome break from the constant loop of Friends repeats that appears to be cycling through ad infinitum on E4 a thousand times a day. The comedy here is driven by a the fact that the main players all used to go to school together and

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Tags: E4, Frasier, Friends, Last of the Summer Wine, My-Family, The Class

Surprising Success

British sitcoms that are both high quality and highly popular have been a rare breed in the last few years, so it was with some trepidation that I approached Not Going Out, the latest in a series of BBC1, Friday night comedies in the tradition of My Hero (awful since the first episode) and My Family (started well, but never the same after Kris Marshall left).� Penned by famous talking head from many a “list show”, Andrew Collins and sketch show regular, Lee Mack, they have created what is

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Tags: Andrew-Collins, BBC1, Comedy, Lee-Mack, My-Family, My-Hero, Not-Going-Out, Tim-Vine