Pretty much enjoying BBC4’s The Great Outdoor’s featuring Ruth Jones and Mark Heap. Tom comes out with some of the best lines such as "I've been out of work before, but I really want to make a go of it this time.”

Funniest was this week when Tom revealed that his life long ambition was to be on the sick.

Hopefully this will get commissioned another series.

Rev on BBC2 isn’t all that great and is saved by the homeless guy Colin. They should drop Rev altogether and do a spin off about what Colin gets up to..

Wouldn't say it was the best show on Tv but "Man v Food"... has some really unbelievable eye watering can't take your eyes of the box moments....
The cake one.... talk about suger rush....
100,000 calories or some 'et

Anyone watch Pete Vs Life? Much kop?

Pete vs Life wasn't too bad, had some funny moments

Man vs Food is absolutely awesome show

At the moment I'm really in to Lie to Me on Sky1 on Thursday's, Tim Roth is excellent in it

I cant wait for Series 3 its one of the best written series IMO for a while.

"Briefcase "

House MD. Ruddy brilliant!

I'll probably watch Pete vs Life this week if I'm not out. Haven't bothered with House for a while now. I just lost interest in it. Got series 1 & 2 boxsets but that's about it.

Total Recall was on ITV4 last night. OPEN YOUR MINNDDDDDD.

I'll second that - it's also a perfect example of why a large number of Americans are in the shape they are...

It was alright. A reasonable gimmick, but the gags were nothing you haven't seen before in any other 'embarrassment' sitcom.

The commentators were good. One was Michael out of 'I'm Alan Partridge' and the other was Ian Kirky, better known as DI Harry Batt out of Dick 'n' Dom In Da Bunglaow. Nay-body move!

The commentators are the only reason I'm wanting to watch it really. Looked like it could be something a little different.

The X-Files, Millennium and Law and Order.

'True Blood' season 3 has been brilliant thus far. If you have the means, I strongly advise aquiring it.

Also, 3rd & Bird is great! Everybirdy should watch.

I LOL'd.

Has the BBC finally hit rock bottom when it comes to comedy? www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tcw8j

Has the BBC finally hit rock bottom when it comes to comedy? www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tcw8j

No, Damo, simply because after the horrors of Two Pints, Grown Ups and Coming Of Age it would be impossible for them to sink any lower.

This is just a continuation of the depths plunged by those shows.

BBC 3's 'yoof' output is a disgrace.

Nothing will beat Only fools and horses and Auf Wierdersehen pet.

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Both perfect examples of appalling programmes that went on for several series too long

Well, you've put 'END OF' at the end of your post, so that must make it true.

Hang on, if I say 'Blackadderr II & I'm Alan Partridge are the greatest sitcommery ever' will putting 'FACT' at the end of my post cancel out your 'END OF'?

Now now, MClaren, when those shows were at their peaks, they were both bloody excellent.

And I felt that Auf Wiedersehn stayed pretty good right up to the end, helped immensely by it's superb cast.

I haven’t had the misfortune to watch BBC 3's 'yoof' (is that a programme or a sceme to apeal to the younger generation? am really not sure haha) yet but I guess I’ll give it a go. I don’t know if you ever saw Limmy’s show that’s also BBC?

The adventure call stuff is pretty funny but the whole programme is a poor mans la la land.

I've watched two new "comedy" programmes this week...

"Roger and Val Have Just Got In" with Dawn French and some bloke, "comedy" might be the wrong word for it, observation might be nearer the point, I didn't manage to stick with it to the end but it was interesting in the same way that a newly wallpapered wall or a newly carpeted floor is, you can't take your eyes of it for a while but ultimately it doesn't go anywhere and quickly fails to excite you.

"Grandmas House" with Simon Ansell was easily classified as "comedy" for its first episode it remains to be seen whether the rest of the series can keep the momentum, theres a lot of writing to do when your action doesn't move from the front room and depends on a good script and actors who can carry it off, The Royle Family was an example of where its done well, Terry and June was not.

Blimey, and 'La La Land' was bad enough. Just one more 'embarass the public for cheap laughs' shows that have been done to death. Even the excellent Marc Wootton can't save it.

Fools and Horses is up there with the best no doubt. I’ve never had the pleasure to watch Auf Wierdersehen pet yet so at least there’s a lot of laughs coming my way yet!

A few sitcoms I’d include are -

Till Death do us Part (thanks to Alf Garnet who reminds me of every nutter on the terraces)
Open All Hours
On The Buses (has to be one of my personal favourites of all time)

Auf Wiedersehn had a good first series, mainly because it was believable, at the time I was living int he north east and actually knew electricians who had or were working in West Germany during their late 70s boom times in exactly the same circumstances, ie living in wooden barracks on building sites earning three times the trade rates in England. After the first series it started to stretch the storyline too far and it failed for me.

Only Fools etc, I could never get into, the only person I liked at all was Grandad from the first series, he had some cracking lines and delivered them with a deadpan face, after he died I didn't watch it any more but still feel like I've seen every episode thanks to it being looped permanently on a TV channel somewhere inside my TV set.

Shirley Ghostman and Gary Garner are two genius creations!

That director was just a time filler. Can see where you’re coming from though with the done to death. Surely I’m not the only one on here who found Bruno a poor borat?

Either way Gary Garners rib story had me rolling on the floor in tears. I haven’t done that since watching the inbetweeners where Mr Gilbert tells Will where his pigeon hole is.