British sitcoms: the deathmatch (19-01)

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leaguefreak Jan 2019 10:15am, 3 Jan 2019 7,205 posts	0 leaguefreak What was that one with lots of local references with a bloke from the posh bit of Wirral and a pretentious mum (Meols or Hoylake or similar) dating a common scouse girl??? (That's the premise, not my view). Was on national TV as i wasn't in the northwest then. looks hopefully at Swittle as he may get local references
rf_fozzy Jan 2019 10:15am, 3 Jan 2019 8,291 posts	0 rf_fozzy No to Steptoe. Even though it's Galton & Simpson, I just never found it that great. There's just something too off about Albert Steptoe. I guess very much of it's time. Who's even heard of a rag and bone man today?! Red Dwarf (at it's peak around series 5-6) and Spaced. Two clasics. The thick of it would be a winner. If it weren't now surplanted by Trump and Brexit farce in real life. Of modern times, Outnumbered is the one that makes me laugh the most. Especially when the kids were young. Another Andy Hamilton/Guy Jenkins (drop the dead donkey).
SailorSteve Jan 2019 10:15am, 3 Jan 2019 1,085 posts	0 SailorSteve TDDUP
swittle Jan 2019 10:21am, 3 Jan 2019 52,317 posts	0 swittle 'Watching'. I don't recall it, leaguefreak, although, living in Liverpool, I take more interest in TV based there. en.wikipedia.org
Nicholls595 Jan 2019 10:23am, 3 Jan 2019 17,470 posts	0 Nicholls595 Selwyn Froggit
McGoohan Jan 2019 10:24am, 3 Jan 2019 37,615 posts	0 McGoohan Scrapes ground below barrel
swittle Jan 2019 10:26am, 3 Jan 2019 52,318 posts	0 swittle Yes, I see, fozzy. 'Steptoe' has achieved almost mythological status: the sociologists are over it like a rash. The strength lies in the scriptwriters, although Harry H. did a great line in pathos imo. Never 'got' 'Red Dwarf' - but I don't get ' Hitchhuiker's guide...' either. Quality of acting in 'Outnumbered' rises to exceptional much of the time.
Nicholls595 Jan 2019 10:28am, 3 Jan 2019 17,471 posts	0 Nicholls595 What was the Ronnie Barker one, short sighted removal man?
swittle Jan 2019 10:30am, 3 Jan 2019 52,319 posts	0 swittle 'Clarence'. Neat refs to cross-eyed lion and to Clement & La Frenais in Barker choosing the name Bob Ferris as his pseudonym as writer. en.wikipedia.org
Diogenes Jan 2019 10:40am, 3 Jan 2019 33,512 posts	0 Diogenes It Takes A Worried Man by and featuring the brilliant Peter Tilbury