Thursday, September 29, 2016

Breeze Block + Doctors & Nurses + Nathan Barley

Some more elusive UK comedy. This time from the early 00's. All three had a star that later became part of the Benidorm cast and all three shows featured several big names (at least they're big names today).

Breeze Block was about the Breeze family who resided in a lovely tower block. Tim Healey starred as Ralph Breeze, but the rest of the family was played by actors not as well known (although Craig Heaney played a son and just prior to this show had been a regular in the large cast of Band Of Brothers), however other cast members included Ashley Jensen, Mark Benton, Jill Halfpenny and I recall seeing Denise Welch (Healey's wife at the time), Tom Goodman-Hill, Ross Noble......

Doctors + Nurses had an impressive cast with Adrian Edmondson, Mina Anwar, David Mitchell, Geoff McGivern, Abigail Cruttenden, Joanna Scanlon, Susan Earl (Hardware, Reggie Perrin), Steven Alvey (Beast, The Brief, Loved By You). The 6th episode of this is very messed-up. The audio is fine but the video is just sort of a photo every couple of seconds but it's watchable if you enjoy this. Maybe someday a good quality recording will surface. Also, some of the other episodes have audio that is slightly out of sync here and there. I did my best to line it up.

Nathan Barley starred Nicholas Burns, Julian Barratt, Richard Ayoade, Rhys Thomas, Claire Keelan, Ben Whishaw. Some other people turn up in this like Benedict Cumberbatch, Julia Davis, Kevin Eldon, Noel Fielding. 

Wednesday, September 28, 2016

The Brothers McGregor + Constant Hot Water

A couple of rare UK sitcoms from 30 years ago. 

The Brothers McGregor ran for four series (26 episodes) starring Paul Barber (Denzil in Only Fools and Horses) and Philip Whitchurch (Tyler in My Hero) as brothers that operate a questionable second-hand car business in Liverpool.
Below is a scene from the last episode on this disc. Sort of looks like Elswick Street where they shot the sitcom Bread, doesn't it? The night that episode aired on ITV the second ever episode of Bread was airing on BBC. 
Episode 1.4 is missing about the first 6 minutes and Episode 1.6 is missing about the first 2 minutes.

Constant Hot Water starred Prunella Gee and Patricia Phoenix. 
"Attractive widow Miranda Thorpe has moved to the Yorkshire coast to open a boarding house. Not only has she developed an admirer in Frank, the removal man, but her new neighbour is also paying her a lot of attention too. Phyllis Nugent, owner of the Portifino residential private hotel next door, is prim and proper and believes that Miranda will attract the wrong kind of clientèle to the neighbourhood."

Monday, September 26, 2016

Down for a bit

Late in the week before last my main computer, which my tech calls The Beast, went down with overheating issues. I'm just catching up now.

Cleverman + Hillary

Two new drama's from Down Under. One from Australia, the other New Zealand. 
Hillary is a bio-drama about Sir Edmund Hillary. There's a new show on in the UK called Hooten and the Lady. It's some sort of South American adventure drama. I was scanning the files and seeing people being thrown out of third floor windows and get up like they just tripped over the cat and jumping out of airplanes like I jump into my pool. Ridiculous nonsense. Can't believe Jessica Hynes would lend herself to something like that, but then Claire Skinner and Lennie James did Critical last year. Anyway, Hillary is about REAL adventure by REAL people.    

Longmire - Disc 5

Coronation Street 2016 - Disc 6


Ängelby

Thursday, September 15, 2016

Comedy Smorg #10


The Dad's Army Story comedy-drama

The 2016 Movie

Some Mothers Do 'ave 'em

Mrs. Brown's Boys


Are You Being Served?

2016



Till Death Us Do Part lost episode remake


Goodnight Sweetheart

Keeping Up Appearances prequel



Hancock's Half Hour lost episode remake

Steptoe & Son

No substitutions......and I really don't give a shit that you don't think you might not like this or that. Save your breath and tell somebody else.

Wednesday, September 14, 2016

Winners & Losers - Disc 9

Australian drama Winners & Losers returned again and this concludes the show. It has ended.

Offspring - Disc 7

After a hiatus of two years, Australian drama Offspring returned for a 6th series.

Sunday, September 11, 2016

Saturday, September 10, 2016

Dag - Disc 2

I posted Disc 1 of this Norwegian comedy-drama about a year ago and many of you (well, let's be honest, there aren't that many of you to begin with) seemed to have enjoyed it based on the comments I received. Here's the rest of it. Atle Antonsen stars as Dag and most of you will also recognize Swedish actor Rolf Lassgård who was Wallander in all the Wallander movies.

The Out-Laws {aka Clan}

Flemish language 2012 crime black drama-comedy from Belgium. Originally titled Clan, UK television re-titled it The Out-Laws and combined the first two episodes into one (and it appears removed about 30 minutes of content). 
"Clan draws you into the lives of the Goethals sisters, tied together by the premature death of their parents, they've clung to each other like a real clan. But ever since their fifth sister's marriage the bond has frayed. Together, the four of them plot the murder of their brother-in-law, Jean-Claude, a pain in the ass just asking to be liquidated. Clever and quick-witted, the sisters devise a whole host of ingenious schemes. But while planning a murder is easy, committing it is another story... and with each mounting failure, the collateral damage grows."

EastEnders 2016 - Disc 6


Thursday, September 1, 2016

the name of this disc is FLEABAG

Some new comedy plus a couple things I had lying around here to fill out the disc. (The Goo is something from Ireland a couple years ago. 5 short episodes. No idea what that's about.)

Friday Night Dinner + Man Down

Two of the more popular current UK comedies, both from Channel 4, have recently returned with new series. Friday Night Dinner for a fourth and Man Down for a third.