Massive. Image shows from L to R: Tony (Johnny Vegas), Danny (Ralf Little), Shay (Carl Rice). Copyright: BBC
Massive

Massive

  • TV sitcom
  • BBC Three
  • 2007 - 2008
  • 7 episodes (1 series)

Sitcom set around the launch of Manchester's hottest new music record label, Shady Records. Stars Ralf Little, Carl Rice, Johnny Vegas, Paul Kaye, Christine Bottomley and more.

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We were bemused at the offhand treatment dished out to the star act in new BBC3 comedy Massive at the show's launch, a pair of overweight female singers called HearKittyKitty (played by a menacing Beverley Rudd and Faye McKeever)... The pair, who at times push the men to the edge of the action, were initially given no role at the all-male press briefing lineup that followed the screening.

And perhaps that is the fatal flaw of this new wave of sitcoms, led by Peep Show. They seem to treat women as Beryl Cook-style, hard-drinking grotesques, and have very little warmth at their core. Is there a lesson, perhaps, in the fact that Johnny Vegas has found ITV1 stardom in Benidorm, an ensemble piece with a heart, and similarly Gavin & Stacey has won a place in the nation's affections?

Media Monkey, The Guardian, 3rd September 2008

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