Only Fools and Brotherly Forces

Mar 13 2024 104 ep. 66 mins 46
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Two brothers who spent their youth relentlessly watching Only Fools and Horses decided to make a Podcast. After going through the whole show, then decided to carry on looking over as many Great British Comedies as possible

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My Family

Mar 13 2024 103 mins  
This episode we discuss the long running and immensely popular family comedy first released in the year 2000, "My Family". This was our first proper family comedy show and lead to a really unique and interesting discussion, full of tangents, random anecdotes and early 21st century nostalgia. The show features a great cast of actors and interesting characters that was dismissed by t

Bad Education

Feb 07 2024 65 mins  
This Episode we discuss the 2012 series Bad Education, written by and staring Jack Whitehall. The show finds itself landing dangerously close to the likes of "The Inbetweeners" and another show staring Jack Whitehall, "Fresh Meat", and its fair to say the comparisons do not do this show any favours. The fact this show managed three seasons and a movie is a surprise only surpassed i

Christmas Special - Monty Pythons, The Life of Brian

Dec 20 2023 103 mins  
Another year rolls past which means another chance for us to step outside our usual format and look at a UK Comedy film. This year we watch the funniest UK Comedy Film EVER! (As per a decade old channel 4's poll). Monty Pythons 'The Life of Brian' was as controversial at the time as it was funny. The film experienced issued getting the green light from production studios and even a

Not Going Out

Dec 11 2023 93 mins  
In this episode we tackle the incredibly joke heavy 'Not Going Out'. Written by Lee Mack and surprisingly the second-longest-running British sitcom (number of series), the word play, one liners and consistent punch lines make it one of the easiest watching shows around. But with so many jokes, is there much story and character intrigue to keep us engaged? All will be revealed in th

The IT Crowd

Jul 26 2023 87 mins  

Birds of a Feather

Apr 06 2023 74 mins  
In this episode we watch the long running and 129 episode deep Birds of a Feather. Another female led comedy showcasing the acting prowess of Pauline Quirke along side childhood friend Linda Robson and larger than life Lesley Joseph. This series certainly looked to exceed expectations with similarities to some of our best loved shows, but will it be able to keep up the pace through

The Office

Feb 01 2023 100 mins  
In this episode we discuss the seminal 2001 comedy " The Office", created by the now world renowned Ricky Gervais and Steven Merchant. The Office while not universally loved, was an instant classic and ubiquitous almost to a fault from its inception. The commitment to detail and insistence of its creators to have full control, lead to a show that appeared as instantly fully formed

Stuck 2022

Jan 03 2023 80 mins  
Its what so many of us have been waiting for, a brand new comedy written by and staring the legendary Dylan Moran. When we both found out this was to be released last year we were of course overjoyed and quickly decided to break our randomator format to tackle this fresh series. Coupled with another of our favourite female comedy actors, Morgana Robinson, it has all the ingredients

Blackadders Christmas Carol

Dec 23 2022 68 mins  
Another Brotherly Forces ambitiously named Christmas Extravaganza. We catch up a little about our year and the different circumstances we find ourselves in compared to last years special when we covered the same dickens story performed by the muppets. In this episode we follow the classic story with one of our favorites Rowan Atkinson as Ebenezer Blackadder and visit his ancestors

Girls On Top

Dec 07 2022 85 mins  
In this episode we discuss a piece of English comedy history with French and Saunders first regular sitcom roles. They both write and star along with Ruby wax and Tracey Ullman in the classic comedy format of unlikely housemates. While parallels to Young Ones are abound, it's very much its own show with some new ideas and welcome new voices. A fascinating origin story for this coll