Still Game - s2e7 - It says something for this series that they do an episode about two old boys celebrating 60 years of being friends, yet avoid sentimentality, unless it can be played for laughs. Being knocked down by a bus was never funnier.
Mongrels - s1e5 - Every now and then with a box set, you hit the jackpot. A great episode and one you missed first time round. Nelson's pen friend from France turns up, but are those flecks of saliva at the corners of his mouth? BBC trailers are up for the new series in the autumn and repeats are on BBC3.
Garth Marenghi's Darkplace - e3 - Skipper the Eye Child, in which Garth over compensates for the lost of his half-human, half-grasshopper son. (in an accident involving a helicopter and an over-enthusiastic hop)
Fast Show - s2e2 - The arrival of Competitive Dad. Incidentally Simon Day's autobiography is just out and looks an interesting read given he worked with Vic and Bob and appeared on Saturday Zoo (Jonathan Ross's failed yet often cited comedy chat show - birthplace of Paul Calf no less). One day I must blog separately about the Fast Show, its influence and the overlooked parts of it.
Alas Smith & Jones - s1 best of - Astonishing for how young they both look (and how chubby Jones is) but also for the number of sketches that have stuck in the memory ("And now the new for the elderly...HELLOOOO").
Gimme Gimme Gimme - s1e2 - One room (pretty much) sitcom that still delivers on the joke quota and still has the worst title sequence of all time.
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