Dossa And Joe
- TV sitcom
- BBC Two
- 2002
- 6 episodes (1 series)
Caroline Aherne sitcom in the vein of The Royle Family, following 65-year old Australian Joe and his Irish wife, Dossa. Also features Anne Charleston, Michael Caton, Jeanie Drynan, Donal Forde, Robert Bruning and more.
Press clippings
BBC angers viewers with TV download
Using the new generation of video recorders, which are connected by telephone line to a central database, the BBC was able to "download" the 30-minute programme to up to 50,000 households.
Owen Gibson, The Guardian, 29th May 2002Gong warfare
Dossa and Joe (BBC 2) is endlessly mysterious. What do you suppose Cherry Ripes are? Giselle can't get them in London and Dossa has to post them out. Language is often a barrier, a way of not communicating, for Caroline Aherne, until it finally flowers into music.
Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian, 23rd May 2002The Royle succession
There is an in-joke in Dossa and Joe (BBC2) which makes the heart lurch. Joe is condemned by retirement to listen to the chatter of his wife Dossa and her best friend Vanessa. Vanessa says "Oh, I love the royal family!" "Royal family my arse!" says Joe.
Nancy Banks-Smith, The Guardian, 16th May 2002