Although this comedy doesn't hold any amazingly new comedy formula - it doesn't seem to have to. THE CHARACTERS hold it together brilliantly, as does the twisted plot of each episode.
Gordon Brittas could be someone you know! The kind of person who insults and upsets you when all they're trying to do it help and give you some 'sound advice'. They mean well, but destroy everything, and indeed everyone, they go near.
The main thing about someone like Brittas, is they're hard to hate. You can't tell someone off when all they're trying to do is good! This is what makes the character of Brittas outrageous, but also believable. And it answers the question as to why after all these years he's still married and still has full time employment!
Mrs. Brittas makes me laugh the most. What a wonderful depressed, sarcastic, pill-popping character she is. Most importantly, they explain during the first series through her dialogue, exactly why she stays with Gordon. She feel comfortable with him, despite how annoying he is. It seems she is almost stuck in a rut, so to speak.
Colin is another great character. "I was just syringing my ears and I seem to have flushed out a couple of wood lice!!" The idea that the deputy wet of a leisure center who is suppose to be healthy and fit (and indeed should be!) looks and probably smells like a tramp is hilarious! Being Brittas' lackey gets him into some hilarious slap-stick situations.
Carol, the receptionist with post-natal depression who keeps her baby in her desk draw, is a vital character as well. She almost seems impervious to Brittas when he's compared to her other problems and she is often found sobbing at her desk.
The plot of each episode is a twisted journey that builds up and up with Brittas trying more and more to get everything under control, but everything just gets slowly worse. People get trapped in lifts, fainting from heat exhaustion and starting to cry after Brittias' words of encouragement.
A GREAT SHOW - well worth watching over and over again. Easy to watch and really easy to laugh at.
Gordon Brittas could be someone you know! The kind of person who insults and upsets you when all they're trying to do it help and give you some 'sound advice'. They mean well, but destroy everything, and indeed everyone, they go near.
The main thing about someone like Brittas, is they're hard to hate. You can't tell someone off when all they're trying to do is good! This is what makes the character of Brittas outrageous, but also believable. And it answers the question as to why after all these years he's still married and still has full time employment!
Mrs. Brittas makes me laugh the most. What a wonderful depressed, sarcastic, pill-popping character she is. Most importantly, they explain during the first series through her dialogue, exactly why she stays with Gordon. She feel comfortable with him, despite how annoying he is. It seems she is almost stuck in a rut, so to speak.
Colin is another great character. "I was just syringing my ears and I seem to have flushed out a couple of wood lice!!" The idea that the deputy wet of a leisure center who is suppose to be healthy and fit (and indeed should be!) looks and probably smells like a tramp is hilarious! Being Brittas' lackey gets him into some hilarious slap-stick situations.
Carol, the receptionist with post-natal depression who keeps her baby in her desk draw, is a vital character as well. She almost seems impervious to Brittas when he's compared to her other problems and she is often found sobbing at her desk.
The plot of each episode is a twisted journey that builds up and up with Brittas trying more and more to get everything under control, but everything just gets slowly worse. People get trapped in lifts, fainting from heat exhaustion and starting to cry after Brittias' words of encouragement.
A GREAT SHOW - well worth watching over and over again. Easy to watch and really easy to laugh at.