I miss good quality British sitcoms and this drivel only adds to my disappointment. It is so full of unentertaining cliches that the only reason you would keep watching it is to see it there is ever going to be a laugh. Let me save you some time - a laugh never comes, it will never come.
Instead there is a procession of implausible characters and situations,tired tropes and hackneyed hokum. I struggled through the pilot but I did not get to the end of episode one - I felt a scream building and my bowels stirring. I would rather drink a pint of vinegar and rub salt in my eyes than watch another minute of this crud. It is lazy, witless, unoriginal and quite frankly embarrassing.
I like Lee Mack. I enjoyed Not Going Out (at least while Tim Vine was in it) but this has no redeeming features.
I gave it 4/10 out of sympathy and because I like many of the cast - but even they cannot save this turkey.
Take my advice - give this a miss!
Instead there is a procession of implausible characters and situations,tired tropes and hackneyed hokum. I struggled through the pilot but I did not get to the end of episode one - I felt a scream building and my bowels stirring. I would rather drink a pint of vinegar and rub salt in my eyes than watch another minute of this crud. It is lazy, witless, unoriginal and quite frankly embarrassing.
I like Lee Mack. I enjoyed Not Going Out (at least while Tim Vine was in it) but this has no redeeming features.
I gave it 4/10 out of sympathy and because I like many of the cast - but even they cannot save this turkey.
Take my advice - give this a miss!