The first is Outnumbered. I've heard a lot of good things about this show from audience and critics alike. This is a semi improvised comedy about two parents and their troublesome children. The children on the show are great actors as its mostly their parts that are improvised. The actors playing the parents are also good but its the children that are the stars. They can be a little annoying at times, you have to feel for their beleaguered parents, but its a great little show. Here are some funny clips from the show:
The other show is Gavin and Stacey. This show has been very successful, winning many awards and making the leap from BBC3 to BBC1 in between the shows first and second series. Its about a pair of young lovers, one from Essex and one from Wales and their eccentric family and friends. I;ve seen it before but didn't find it funny but after watching it on Boxing Day, I decided to catch up. For me its very like The Royale Family in that the characters are very exaggerated and mostly dimwitted, but the show manages to be sweet and filthy at the same time. James Corden and Ruth Jones are both excellent writers and actors though I did find it a little narcissistic having the ending based around their characters but overall its a good little series.
Here are some funny clips from the show:
2 comments:
Outnumbered and Gavin And Stacey are good shows but the former is far more clever.
I'm liking a lot of British telly at the moment. The second series of Being Human is back on tomorrow night and it looks wonderful.
Outnumbered is definitely cleverer, extremely talented cast as well.
I think British TV gets better in the autumn/winter months. Fewer US imports between September and December to contend with perhaps.
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