You Have Been Watching: A British Sitcom Podcast – Details, episodes & analysis

Welcome to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: A BRITISH SITCOM PODCAST In this episode, Rob Turnbull and Alex Lynch travel to WWII France to discuss the much loved 1982 - 1992 sitcom ALLO' ALLO! We talk catchphrases, bad French and the Fallen Madonna with the Big Boobies as well as taking a specific look at the 2007 tv special THE RETURN OF ALLO' ALLO'. So pull up a chair in Café René, order a glass of the cheap wine... and try not to grope the waitresses! Host / Editor Robert Turnbull Co-Host Alex Lynch Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast all about the sometimes odd world of British sitcoms. In this episode we’re joined once again by Mark Adams from SHIPWRECKED & COMATOSE: A RED DWARF PODCAST as we delve headfirst into series one of the Grant/Nayler sitcom THE 10%ERS. Yes, having previously teamed up to discuss the 1993 pilot episode (available to listen to now in our back catalogue!), we thought we'd do the only honourable thing and return for a full review of the first series! Host / Editor Robert Turnbull Co-Host Alex Lynch Guest Mark Adams Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: A BRITISH SITCOM PODCAST Prepare for insanity as we revisit the 1996 surrealist sitcom, ASYLUM created by Edgar Wright and David Walliams and written by Wright, Walliams and the cast - including Julian Barratt, Simon Pegg, Jessica Hynes and Normal Lovett. It’s weird, surreal and dark… but is it funny? Rob Turnbull and Alex Lynch do the hard work so you don’t have to as we take a deep dive into this oddity from the archives. - PLEASE NOTE: We had a mysterious sound issue at the time of recording (which turned out to be a faulty microphone). Apologies for the light crackle in places! - Host / Editor Robert Turnbull Co-Host Alex Lynch Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: A BRITISH SITCOM PODCAST. Its Valentine's Day and love is in the air so to celebrate Rob Turnbull and Alex Lynch do a compare and contrast of two classic, romantic comedy sitcoms; AS TIME GOES BY and GAVIN & STACEY. Is there a meet-cute? Does anyone dash to the airport? Are there crossed wires or mistaken identity? Does boy meet girl, boy get girl, boy loose girl, boy get girl back? Or does girl do all the hard work? We look at the tropes, characters and set ups in these two shows and ask if they really do embody rom-com. Host / Editor Robert Turnbull Co-Host Alex Lynch Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: A BRITISH SITCOM PODCAST. Blackadder is 40! (well, 40 and a bit!) From writers Richard Curtis and Ben Elton, starring Rowan Atkinson and Tony Robinson (to name but a few) Blackadder tells the story of The Blackadder Dynasty, one of the most important and influential families in British history. Starting in 1983 and spanning into the new Millennium, Blackadder is made up of 4 series, a couple of specials, sketches and a (short) film, so there’s a lot to talk about. Your hosts Rob Turnbull and Alex Lynch do their best to cover all iterations of this classic comedy. Host / Editor Robert Turnbull Co-Host Alex Lynch Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms. Or is it? Because in this episode we’re joined by Mark Adams and Carl Bryan from SHIPWRECKED & COMATOSE: A RED DWARF PODCAST. The subject of our epic crossover is the 1993 Grant/Nayler sitcom (pilot) THE 10%ERS. Set in the offices of a fictional theatrical agency and staring Clive Francis, Benedict Taylor and Elizabeth Bennet, it tells the story of a group of unscrupulous talent agents as they attempt to wheel and deal for their clients… with varying degrees of success. Host / Editor Robert Turnbull Co-Host Alex Lynch Guests Mark Adams & Carl Bryan Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms. In this episode, we take a look at the interesting quirk of sitcom recasting and how it affects a show when a cast member unexpectedly leaves! Whether recasting the same role or introducing a new character, changing things up can often be a good thing but does it always work? Everything from ONLY FOOLS AND HORSES through to CUCKOO gets a nod as we talk the pros and cons of recasting and in some cases, you might even think it makes the show better… - NOTE: We had a mysterious sound issue at the time of recording but plowed ahead. Apologies for the light crackle in places! Host / Editor Robert Turnbull Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter⁠⁠⁠⁠ Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms. In this episode, tying into the recent Coronation of King Charles III, Tony Black & Robert Turnbull elevate themselves to discuss The Windsors, Channel 4's perky farcical satire about the British Royal Family, which has been running since 2016. They focus on the recent Coronation special, discuss caricature, wax lyrical about the actors involved, but question if it really has enough teeth. Host / Editor Tony Black Co-Host Robert Turnbull Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter⁠⁠⁠ Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome back to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING, a podcast about British sitcoms. In this episode, Tony Black & Robert Turnbull, as Easter beckons, join the congregation to examine REV., the ecclesiastical BBC sitcom starring Tom Hollander & Olivia Colman which ran from 2010-2014. Along the way, they discuss the role of the church in modern day life, the career trajectory of the stars of the show, and much much more... Host / Editor Tony Black Co-Host Robert Turnbull Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter⁠⁠⁠ Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Welcome to YOU HAVE BEEN WATCHING: A BRITISH SITCOM PODCAST It’s time to get political as Rob Turnbull and Alex Lynch discuss the 1984 Christmas Special of YES, MINISTER and the 1987 first episode of THE NEW STATESMAN. In the run up to the 2024 UK general election we thought we'd do a compare and contrast on how these two very different shows tackle politics! WARNING: while all care has been taken to stay politically balanced this episode does contain extremely strong language as well as extremely strong opinions on the Tory party bastards who have wrecked our country over the past 14 years... * *Other political opinions are available* Host / Editor Robert Turnbull Co-Host Alex Lynch Find A. J. on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/ajblackwriter⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Find the podcast on Linktr.ee: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/youhavebeenwatching⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Support the Film Stories podcast network on Patreon: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/simonbrew⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Twitter: @filmstories Facebook/Instagram/Threads: Film Stories Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.filmstories.co.uk⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Title music: Jumping Cricket (c) Birdies via epidemicsound.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices