Time for 'The visit'

Enjoyed this, some great gags nd a decent story. I agree with the other fella that the "safe and gentle" style is becoming the norm in bbc sitcoms at the moment, a backlash maybe to the Nighty Night Days. (which I thought was great aswell).
However I think this "gentle" style is perfect for The Visit because it's not what you expect. What you're expecting rom a sitcom set in a prison visiting is something full of chavs, smack heads and dodgy twats. Going off the first ep, this show doesn't bother with the obvious, it is played rom the pov of the family. If it just had a few more great gags in like the T shirt one I'd be hooked.

Didn't see Episode 1, but saw Episode 2 online, it was okay, didn't make me laugh much, a couple of smiles here and there, it's just a bit samey, like a lot of other recent stuff.
 

I liked it. It had some really funny lines.

Liked the crotch scene, Vincent, as it shall now be known. Is it embarrassing watching stuff like that back with your kids?
(I may have invented the fact that you have kids, but I'm sure you've mentioned them....)
 

Quote: David H @ July 15, 2007, 12:26 PM

I watched this on the web and it was okay. I know why Vincent enjoyed filming Wasn't the main character from Early Doors in this with the same mother? It threw me thinking, 'Are they the same characters?'

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No different Mums, Early Doors Jean played by Rita May, in this Beatrice Kelley who was in Phoenix Nights plays the Mum.

 

I too liked this. I loved the religious nan & Vinnie you were fab. No easy task playing a guy with non seeing eyes.
I will be tuning in next week.
 

Quote: Callemcio @ July 16, 2007, 11:25 AM

I'll be blunt; I wasn't a fan. I only watched the first 10 minutes as the characters started to irritate me.

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I must admit it started slowly and maybe if I hadn't seen about Vince I might have given up but it was worth the wait. Very funny.
 

BIG.. Thank you's to all who have responded to 'The Visit' wether good or bad ! i feel as with most good sitcoms it will probably take a couple of ep's for people to give a shit about any of the characters,but i think they will(especially visually challenged salami pants Pete!) hope that most will stick with it,was a bit sorry to hear that someone switched over after ten minutes,don't know too many new sitcoms that grab you by the gonads in that short time,..anyway..it has never been my intention to defend The Visit,more intention to do my best and earn the respect of you Sitcom scholars ..Vinny

I haven't seen it yet... was going to catch the repeat on Thursday.
 

I keep meaning to iPlayer it. Will do by the end of the week!
 

hope so chaps..gonna be really indulgent myself and watch the repeat tomorrow at 10pm..bump the viewing figures up a little..

Ha ha, but do you have a Nielsen box?

If it's repeated tomorrow, I'll try and watch then.
 

got no idea what a nielson box is but reckon it sounds dodgy! how quickly can i get one....

It's the magic box that they use to record how many people watch programmes.


Basically, they pick a bunch of households whom they reckon represent certain hugely-generalised aspects of the population. They hook a box up to the TV, which makes a record of what's watched, for how long, and (as I understand it) there's a remote control of some kind so you can tell it every time someone enters or leaves the room. It's wildly inaccurate, but the best currently available. In the US, one box represnts something like 6.5 million people. Something ridiculous anyway. I'm sure Mark will elaborate at some point...
 

Quote: Aaron @ July 18, 2007, 4:06 PM

I'm sure Mark will elaborate at some point...

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I will indeed. Aaron is pretty much bang on (although it is a BARB box over here - it's the American's who use the Nielsen box). Basically BARB choose a stupidly small pool of people (a mere 5,100 homes), give them a box, record what those people watch, and then extrapolate that out because, well... that is what we must all be watching too! The TV industry knows it is a very un-reliable measurement but go with it wholeheartedly because 'its better than nothing'.

Digital is improving things - the BBC can record the exact number of people watching online, e.g. via the iPlayer and bbc.co.uk so if you want to get your viewing noticed, unless you've got a BARB box, its best to watch it online.

If you want to know more I'd really recommend watching Charlie Brooker's rant on Screenwipe. It's explains things brilliantly. It is on YouTube here (trouble is the ratings bit is right at the end - 7:26 minutes in to be precise).

Anyway, back to the chat about The Visit...
 

Quote: Aaron @ July 18, 2007, 4:06 PM

It's the magic box that they use to record how many people watch programmes.

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I thougt that's what he should've put down the front of his trousers to prevent any unfortunate accidents!