Uncle Max
- TV sitcom
- CITV / BBC One
- 2006 - 2008
- 26 episodes (2 series)
Silent children's comedy starring David Schneider as the accident-prone Uncle Max, who has all manner of misadventures while taking his nephew Luke on a weekly day out. Also features William Howe and Jonathan Hanly.
Press clippings
Call me crazy ... but isn't the best children's TV being made now?
I loved Harry Hill's Shark Infested Custard and Gina Yashere's Gina's Laughing Gear. I set my Sky+ for David Schneider (The Day Today) as Uncle Max, or Marcus Brigstocke as King Stupid, which was simply Blackadder with added gunge. The fact is that some of the sharpest writers in Britain had a turn penning CITV's My Parents Are Aliens, and I don't know a child under five who isn't beguiled by Charlie and Lola. Kids TV today, when made properly, can be wonderful.
Grace Dent, The Guardian, 30th May 2007The show is written by and stars David Schneider [...] "I've long wanted to do a cartoon," explains the 42-year-old funnyman, "because I'm naturally good at physical comedy. I used to do it on the circuit, but I also had a hang-up about it and thought, No, I must prove I can do character comedy first."
Lancashire Telegraph, 10th February 2006