I hate it.
The jokes are paper thin, but yellowed with great age. The "acting" is bloody awful. The characters are all one dimensional and speak with the same voice. It could be a two man show as you can't really tell the difference between them.
The 4th wall should only ever be broken by a pro, Frankie Howerd was a master. I think Tony Hancock did it, but sort of stared vaguely at somewhere in the distance as if speaking to himself but we knew otherwise. This technique is for pros not a guy who knows nothing of the craft of laughs.
Another point I might add, this sort of stereotyping of Irish people was seen a lot in the 60s and 70s. And it shocks me how some of the best comedies have been given stick and forced to be herded into specific tight parameters so as not to offend, but as this is an Irish guy being racist about his own people and showing them as thick it's ok. I don't like when black comics play the I'm black here half an hour either.
I just don't see this show has any value and yet they axe shows that are genuinely good and worth a watch such as After You've Gone.
It breaks every rule or tip from the comedy bible and yet, BBC have run with it.
Problem being that, people who send scripts to the BBC tend to write a copy of the stuff they're showing and usually to a lesser standard.
I hope they get thousands of copies of this utter piss being sent in and long for proper shows in future so those of us that know and love sitcom can have a chance.
Sooo agree chum Hello!
Royal Bodyguard! From the same team that comissioned My Hero, the latest few series of My Family (Kris Marshall's departure being the start of that), Cancelled After You've Gone 
