Only Fools and Brotherly Forces

This episode we discuss the long running and immensely popular family comedy first released in the year 2000, "My Family". This was our first proper family comedy show and lead to a really unique and interesting discussion, full of tangents, random anecdotes and early 21st century nostalgia. The show features a great cast of actors and interesting characters that was dismissed by the critics while being a huge hit with audiences. Although it did perhaps overstay its welcome with a whopping 120 Episodes...

Another year rolls past which means another chance for us to step outside our usual format and look at a UK Comedy film. This year we watch the funniest UK Comedy Film EVER! (As per a decade old channel 4's poll). Monty Pythons 'The Life of Brian' was as controversial at the time as it was funny. The film experienced issued getting the green light from production studios and even after it was made would be banned in multiple countries for a long, long time. Listen to our episode to find out the good, the bad, the ugly and the great of this absolute classic. Oh, and MERRY CHRISTMAS!

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In this episode we discuss the seminal 2001 comedy " The Office", created by the now world renowned Ricky Gervais and Steven Merchant. The Office while not universally loved, was an instant classic and ubiquitous almost to a fault from its inception. The commitment to detail and insistence of its creators to have full control, lead to a show that appeared as instantly fully formed as anything we've previously discussed. The blend of reality, relatability and comedy seems perfectly woven into the sometimes unbelievable characters and their often despicable actions. The shows popularity and impact on comedy are often very highly stated, we try to pull this back down to earth and provide context into the world that The Office entered, discussing some of its predecessors and hopefully heaping deserved praise and fair judgement in our usual fashion.

Another Brotherly Forces ambitiously named Christmas Extravaganza. We catch up a little about our year and the different circumstances we find ourselves in compared to last years special when we covered the same dickens story performed by the muppets. In this episode we follow the classic story with one of our favorites Rowan Atkinson as Ebenezer Blackadder and visit his ancestors from past and future.

In this episode we discuss a 90s favourite; One Foot in the Grave. Far from just another geriatric comedy, we questioned how we'd missed it the first time around! Join us as we discuss the brilliantly portrayed Victor and Margaret Meldrew, with a mixed bag of supporting roles as the they work their way through life thats a mixture of mundane retirement and surprising/shocking moments, brilliantly woven together with outstanding writing.

As far as British comedy goes, it doesn't get much more juvenile than the 90's slapstick comedy, Bottom. Two of our favourites, Rick Mayall and Adrian Edmundson team up together one last time to continue their legacy of mindless violence and knob gags - what more could you want? somewhat of a right of passage for many in our age group but its unlikely that everyone was unboard. In this episode we talk about Rick and Ade through the years, the many little subtleties that really gave prestige to the series and the many lubricous highlights of this lighthearted show.

On this episode we journey through the decades with one of the most sarcastic and devious characters in British comedy, Edmund Blackadder. Dipping into a couple episodes of each series, we discuss the shows evolution, its highs and its lows. We resist the temptation to go down too many history rabbit holes and talk about the production, the cast and what it is that makes this one of the most loved UK comedy classics.

After life combines laugh out loud comedy with incredibly poignant emotion in a magically unique way. Ricky Gervais, writes, directs and stars in this ground breaking show as a man who believes he's lost everything. This week we discuss how Gervais expertly brings his acting entourage together to fill our screens with a diverse and brilliantly portrayed set of meaningful, interesting and occasionally insane characters. We focus as always on season one, however we do share our thoughts on the series as a whole following the recent release of the third and final season.

Leave your Humbugs behind and join us for a very Merry Christmas special as we talk about the brilliant "The Muppet Christmas Carol". A perfect mix of the immortal Charles Dickens, national treasure Sir Micheal Cane and the amazing comedy family that is The Muppets. This week we enjoy a glass of mulled wine and break down this family favourite in our usual way; combining strong opinions, with moderately interesting facts and a few laughs a long the way.

Spaced is the epitome of a cult classic, with an incredibly passionate fan base. The show drew much material from pop culture (a novel concept in British tv at the time) and launched the career of “King of the geeks” Simon Pegg. This week we discuss how the show has aged and our feelings towards this weird and wonderful cast of characters.

Saddened to hear that John Challis, lost his battle with cancer this week we decided to recored a short tribute to talk about what made him particularly special. We discuss the unique way in which he embraced the much loved character of Boycie, his services to Only Fools and Horses throughout his life as well as some of our favourite moments. Thanks for the memories Mr. Challis, it was a pleasure.

A beautiful balance between mainstream studio comedy and insane surreal antics are brought together in this hilarious cult classic early 00's series. A brilliant cast take us through the life of a mad man running a bookshop, despite him despising everything about people and business. This week we discuss just how insane Dylan Moran really is and lament the fact this is the only time that he revealed his genius to the mainstream. We also touch base on the legacy of Goodnight Sweetheart in our previous episode and roll the dice to see which show we will tackle next.